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  • 14 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s Norwind Offshore has declared options for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) at Vard. The options for the two CSOVs were part of the contract signed between the two companies back in October 2021. Norwind Offshore and Vard, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, have also agreed on new options for […]

  • 4 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE has invited local Highland communities to apply for the second round of the Beatrice partnership fund.

  • 2 November 2011
    R&D

    The piece of work “Zèfir: in search of deep water offshore wind energy”, carried out by students from the Cor de Maria school in Valls, has been awarded the first prize in the Sustainability category. Over 12,000 people of all ages took part in the 12th edition of the science competition “Ciencia en Acción”, which […]

  • 16 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    EDF Energy Renewables is supporting a unique Redcar community scheme to continue to monitor activities along the coast. Launched in 1996, Coastwatch Redcar trains volunteers to assist the HM Coastguard and search and rescue services in the event of an emergency or unusual incident at sea. The team is based at the Lookout watch tower […]

  • 12 September 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy’s next generation demonstration site at Gunfleet Sands has been officially opened by Greg Barker MP, the Minister for Climate Change at a ceremony in Harwich. Located next to the existing 172MW Gunfleet Sands wind farm off the coast of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, the new two Siemens 6 megawatt wind turbines mark a significant […]

  • 23 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Contribution, Environment

    Simply Blue Group and Irving Oil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities related to the development of an integrated renewable energy hub at the Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery in Ireland. The Whitegate Refinery is the country’s only refinery and a critical part of the country’s energy infrastructure, Simply Blue said. Under […]

  • 17 September 2019
    Authorities

    Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has signed an executive order which sets the goal of having up to 2.5GW of offshore wind developed in the state by 2026. Executive Order Forty-Three includes the targets that 30% of Virginia’s electric system is powered by renewable energy resources by 2030 and to begin producing 100% of electricity from carbon-free […]

  • 31 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    RWE Innogy has today agreed terms for the sale of a 10% share in its Gwynt-y-Mor offshore wind farm with the UK Green Investment Bank. RWE Innogy will generate £220m of new capital as a result of the sale, which will be reinvested into other renewable energy projects within its extensive portfolio. The transaction will […]

  • 6 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      Sparkling on the horizon from the Belgian seaside resort of Oostende stands the Thornton Bank offshore wind farm. Last week the EWEA team set out to see these turbines – six tall towers which form phase one of the offshore farm’s development – up close and personal. At some 30km from the coast the […]

  • 7 January 2013

    China’s offshore wind industry is entering an era of large-scale development, as the country’s wind power development is the most rapid in the world. “Wind power has become the third-largest electric power in China,” said Liu Qi, deputy director general of the National Energy Administration. “There is no electric power to substitute the position of […]

  • 2 September 2011

    Innovation should be judged on technical merit, not blind enthusiasm. Even in an industry at the leading edge of design and technology, critical evaluation based on sound processes is essential. GL Garrad Hassan expert Peter Jamieson has authored a new book: ‘Innovation in Wind Turbine Design’, based on his over 30 years of experience working […]

  • 10 April 2017

    Knowledge of impact forces is an important aspect in the design and subsequent operation of offshore wind turbines. Offshore wind turbines are typically monopile or space frame structures. In addition to their basic operational loading, these structures are designed to withstand the environmental loads experienced offshore from waves, currents and wind.

  • 5 June 2013
    Authorities

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau yesterday announced that BOEM will hold the first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The […]

  • 6 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Allianz Capital Partners, on behalf of Allianz Insurance Companies, has signed an agreement to purchase a 25.2 per cent stake in the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands from the chemicals producer BASF. This is the first offshore wind and first equity renewables investment of Allianz in the Netherlands, the global […]

  • 25 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Oriel offshore wind project in Ireland is getting ready for the start of site surveys after having secured a license by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. The investigation works are scheduled to commence in August at the site off the coast of Dundalk in dialogue with the stakeholders and the local […]

  • 27 June 2013

    OutSmart announced that Koen Baeten has joined the company as General Manager for the Belgian market. Baeten has over 10 years of experience in the wind energy sector, more specifically in the production of steel constructions for offshore wind. Together with Baeten OutSmart hopes to support the Belgian market in the development of off- and […]

  • 23 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind’s 144MW Revolution Wind project will create approximately 700 direct regional construction jobs in and around the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the company announced.

  • 26 March 2013

    The sub area selected by the senior executives with most potential for cost reduction was foundations, with almost twice as many responses as the next closest. Foundations make up 19% of an offshore wind power plant’s LCOE according to Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center [LORC]. Foundation cost reduction, and the cost of the logistics to their […]

  • 23 November 2011

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (the “Company” or “NaiKun Wind”) has just posted, on the Company’s website, a briefing paper authored by Michael O’Connor, President and CEO. This paper focuses on the company’s current resource development, some of our work with possible suppliers, our review of the energy picture, and explains our efforts to move […]

  • 15 February 2016
    Authorities

    Energy leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration. The MoU was signed during the North American Energy Ministers Meeting on 12 February, when the officials also launched a web platform where North American energy information can be easily accessed in one area. Under […]

  • 20 September 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    Next Geosolutions and RMS Submarine are some two months away from wrapping up a 17-month project involving marine surveys for cable route design and engineering of multiple 220kV HVAC grid connections for Arkona and Wikinger offshore wind farms in the western Baltic Sea. Next Geosolutions has been hired by Prysmian, which was awarded a contract to deliver and install the power […]

  • 2 May 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Research & Development

    Norwegian Offshore Wind (NOW) has launched a new crowdsourcing campaign with innovation scale-up Wazoku, aiming to capture new ways to manage emergencies on full-scale floating offshore wind turbines. The challenge, named ‘Floating Offshore Wind-Safe Solutions for Black Swan Events’, calls for solutions from sustainability start-ups that prioritise environmental and human safety, as well as the […]

  • 29 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has secured a marine site characterization contract from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for the Sørlige Nordsjø II project, set to become the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Norway. The work scope will include mapping the seafloor and sub-seafloor to expand understanding of the site’s geological features and support future development phases of […]

  • 14 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project has completed reliability testing and is now ready to enter commercial service. The next significant regulatory step for the two-turbine project is to submit the final documentation to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) which will carry out a technical review, expected to be completed […]

  • 8 July 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Japanese industrial and engineering corporation Hitachi Zosen and French offshore renewable energy technology developer Naval Energies have agreed to cooperate in the field of floating wind energy. The project between the two companies is based on a feasibility study to jointly design and build floating wind turbines with a capacity of several hundred megawatts using Naval […]

  • 18 February 2019
    R&D

    Wood has completed the first commercial lidar test at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine. Wood tested its Galion lidar system at the onshore met mast of the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine located on the Fife coast in the UK. According to the UK company, the test was completed ahead of schedule, in one month […]