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  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    31 August 2015

    Nordergründe The 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm reached financial closure. The project developer WPD announced that it has secured funding for the next €410m phase of the wind farm. The funding includes loans from KfW IPEX-Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and equity from WPD. Nordergründe will have 18 Senvion turbines installed 16km off the German coast in the Weser Estatuary, in water depths varying from […]

  • Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon to Generate GBP 300 Million Spending for Wales

    4 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Welsh Economy Research Unit at Cardiff University has published a report on the economic potential of Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The report predicts that capital investment would be £756 million of which £300 million will be spent in Wales (40%). This could result in a total additional £454m of additional output in Wales. The […]

  • Offshore Wind Projects Have Less Delays and Cost Overruns, Says EY

    2 December 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Ernst & Young (EY) has found that an average power and utility megaproject is delivered 35% over budget and two years behind schedule, with offshore wind and gas-powered generation projects suffering significantly less delays and cost overruns than water, hydropower, nuclear and coal projects. In its latest research on cost and schedule overruns on big infrastructure […]

  • UK Renewables Set New Records

    16 January 2014

    Recently released, the UK’s new national infrastructure plan saw the Government shifting incentives toward offshore wind power—and away from onshore wind farms and solar parks projects. Likewise, the recently published “Levy Control Framework” will see a boost to the UK’s spending on solar, wind and other renewable energy projects to £7.6 billion pounds a year […]

  • Equinor Ramps Up Its Offshore Wind Game

    2 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor plans to expand its acquisition of wind acreage and will continue to leverage its position in offshore wind, the company said in a press release from 2 November. The oil and gas major, which has been making significant renewable energy steps over the past several years, will establish renewables as a separate reporting segment […]

  • UK Launches Offshore Wind Sector Deal, Commits to 30GW by 30

    7 March 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    The UK has launched the new joint government-industry Offshore Wind Sector Deal which will see offshore wind reach the connected capacity of 30GW and deliver one-third of the UK’s electricity by 2030. Under the new deal, the number of jobs in the industry is expected to rise to 27,000 by 2030, up from 7,200 today. The deal […]

  • Italian Developer Reveals Plans for 750 MW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Sicily

    18 September 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Italian offshore wind developer, Regolo Rinnovabili, a subsidiary of BayWa r.e., has applied for a 30-year maritime concession to build and operate a 750 floating wind farm offshore Sicily. Regolo Rinnovabili submitted the application to the Port Authority of Mazara del Vallo to install approximately 50 wind turbines with a nominal power of 15 MW […]

  • RIDG Signs Its First Offshore Wind Seabed Agreement

    13 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), TotalEnergies, and Corio Generation have signed an option agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for their 2 GW offshore wind project, West of Orkney Windfarm, which was selected in the ScotWind leasing round at the beginning of this year. “This is a significant milestone for RIDG as it represents our first […]

  • E.ON Joins Dunkirk Offshore Wind Consortium

    28 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    German energy company E.ON has joined ENGIE and EDP Renewables in a bid to develop a wind farm offshore Dunkirk in France. The Dunkerque Eoliennes en Mer consortium has been forging close ties with all local stakeholders for almost two years to make this project a real example of integration and support of energy transition at the […]

  • US offshore wind opportunities in 2018

    12 April 2018

    By: Jason Deign, for New Energy Update The US offshore wind sector ended 2017 on a slightly ironic note. Plans for Cape Wind, which was supposed to have been the country’s first offshore wind farm, were finally shuttered after a long period of uncertainty.[1] But prospects for the rest of the market looked better than […]

  • Mojo Maritime Launches HiFlo-4 Installation Vessel (UK)

    7 March 2013
    Technology

    Mojo Maritime revealed plans for its patented development of the HiFlo-4 Installation Vessel (HF4) at the Renewable UK 2013 Wave and Tidal Event in London. HiFlo-4 is a high performance vessel built around installation processes and the demanding environment experienced in tidal races such as The Pentland Firth. The launch focused on the vessel’s capability, […]

  • DECC Launches GBP 4 Million Fourth Call for Offshore Wind Innovation Proposals (UK)

    1 March 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Following the announcement of the first three winners of the second call of the Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme, DECC has yesterday launched a £4 million fourth call, aimed at driving forward further innovation in the offshore wind sector and helping even more organisations benefit under this scheme. Energy and Climate Change […]

  • 77 Pct of Atlantic City Residents Support Offshore Wind

    15 April 2014
    Ports & Logistics

    The majority of residents in Atlantic City, N.J., and surrounding communities favor the construction of an offshore wind power project, based on surveys conducted through the Delaware Sea Grant College Program. Article by Teresa Messmore, UDaily Results show that 77 percent of residents are inclined to support a demonstration project of five offshore wind turbines visible from […]

  • USA: People to Speak Out Against Cape Wind Higher Electric Bills

    30 May 2012

      The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound urged residents and businesses to speak out against the wildly overpriced Cape Wind project that would cost Massachusetts ratepayers billions during a Department of Public Utilities hearing in Boston on Wednesday, May 30th at 7 p.m. NStar is seeking approval to purchase 27.5 percent of Cape Wind’s power […]

  • Narec to Manage GBP 11 Million Wind Innovation Programme (UK)

    7 November 2011

    Narec was successful in its bid for the second phase of Regional Growth Funding (RGF). Narec will manage the £11 million Wind Innovation Programme, which includes match funding from the private sector to the order of £5 million, to bring together offshore market leaders with world-class technology providers and academia in the UK.  Andrew Mill, […]

  • Investors Showing Great Interest in Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    5 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Funding for wpd’s Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan is close to completion and negotiations with a group of investors and banks will be finalised in a few weeks, the German developer said.

  • GBP 6 Million Available for Wave and Tidal Projects Through WATERS (Scotland)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched in March 2010. To reduce the […]

  • Windcat Orders Hydrogen CSOVs at Damen

    29 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Windcat Offshore has announced an order for the construction of a series of hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with Damen Shipyards at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The “Elevation Series” CSOVs have been designed by Damen Shipyards in cooperation with Windcat and CMB.TECH. The result is said to […]

  • Mayflower Wind Sheds Light on Massachusetts Bid

    2 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind Energy has issued the public version of its bids into Massachusetts’ second round of the offshore wind development procurement process. Mayflower Wind, a joint venture of Shell New Energies and EDPR Offshore North America, submitted three 800MW proposals as well as a 400MW proposal. More specifically, these include the 408MW Mayflower Wind Project […]

  • USA: Old Warehouse to Become Wind Turbine Test Facility

    27 February 2012

    A cavernous 70-year-old warehouse once used by the Navy is being transformed to play a key role in the nation’s energy future. Sometime this summer, workers will jockey a 150-ton rig designed to test the drive trains of offshore wind turbines into a massive hole in the floor of the testing facility on the campus […]

  • Siemens Energy Consortium Nets EUR 4 Billion Offshore Wind Power Grid Deal

    11 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Siemens Energy and Spain-based Dragados Offshore have been awarded a EUR 4 billion contract from Amprion to build converter stations for two offshore grid connections in Germany. Under the contract, the consortium will design, build, and install the LanWin1 and LanWin3 offshore converter platforms in the North Sea. The contract, which includes a ten-year maintenance […]

  • UK Invests More Money in Offshore Wind

    4 December 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Additional investments of around £40 billion are expected in the UK’s renewable electricity generation projects up to 2020, following updated contract terms and strike prices published today and wider reforms to the electricity market. The strike prices and contracts reinforce the UK’s position as one of the world’s leading renewables markets, and the number one […]

  • Siemens: Wind Power on Its Way to Cost Reduction

    13 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens sees offshore wind cost reduction in greater output, less weight, improved production and installation processes of wind turbines. The company intends to apply this to reduce the offshore wind costs in the coming years. The company will present its new 4- and 6-megawatt wind turbines at the EWEA Offshore Trade fair in Frankfurt/Main. At […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV to Work on Europe’s Largest Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    15 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Royal HaskoningDHV has been awarded a contract for environmental consultancy services for NortH2, a large offshore wind-to-hydrogen project being developed by a consortium comprising Shell, Gasunie, Equinor, and RWE, and supported by Groningen Seaports and Province of Groningen. “We are thrilled to be part of the ground-breaking NortH2 development. Green hydrogen has an important role […]

  • Germany: Conference to Address Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force’s Recommendations

    9 July 2012

    The 4th Annual Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference 2012 by Wind Energy Update will address the recommendations from the Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force to provide delegates with the best supply chain strategy for themselves and the industry.  Whilst investment is still rife, IKEA recently purchased 30 of Vestas 30 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines, […]

  • Spain: International Growth Helps Iberdrola Maintain Stable Profits During Crisis

    25 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    IBERDROLA is one of the Spanish industrial groups that has best managed the effects of the current economic crisis. This reflects a strategy initiated just over a decade ago focused on international growth, with 54% of Ebitda originating outside Spain in the first quarter of this year, and also on core businesses of generation, networks […]