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  • NOV and GustoMSC Get to Work on Havfram Jack-Up

    22 December 2022
    Technology, Vessels

    NOV has signed contracts with CIMC Raffles to supply a GustoMSC™ NG-20000X self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for Havfram, an offshore wind services company based in Norway. The NG-20000X-HF vessel will be among the largest wind installation jack-ups in the industry. It features a 3,250-ton heavy lift crane and can install foundations up […]

  • Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta Topside Sails Out of Dubai

    21 February 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second offshore transformer station topside for the grid connection of the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project has set sail from the Drydocks World Dubai’s fabrication facility in the United Arab Emirates. In charge of the weighing, transport and load-out of the 700 MW, 3,950-tonne Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta topside is the […]

  • Crown Estate Welcomes GIB’s Investment

    1 April 2014

    The Crown Estate has welcomed announcement by the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) to commit £461 million into two of the country’s largest offshore wind projects. The government-backed bank announced that it is to take equity stakes in both the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire and the Gwynt y Môr […]

  • UK: SMEs to Get Help in Offshore Wind Industry

    26 March 2012
    R&D

    The Logistics Institute, Hull University Business School, is leading a new research project to help businesses in the Humber region get involved in the offshore wind initiatives. Until now, the majority of offshore wind equipment manufacturers have been located outside of the UK. With the prospect of a new wind turbine factory by Siemens and […]

  • ABB wins $50 million service contracts for offshore wind farms (Switzerland)

    14 October 2010
    R&D

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $50 million from the German transmission system operator, TenneT TSO (formerly transpower), to provide maintenance services for the grid connections of offshore wind farms located in the North Sea off the coast of Germany. The three-year contract has extension options. “Offshore […]

  • DONG Becomes Safari Guide

    29 August 2016
    Environment, Training & Education

    Danish offshore wind developer DONG Energy will be taking 4,500 compatriots on offshore wind safaris this September to showcase how the company’s offshore wind farms are contributing to the country’s green energy transformation. According to a survey conducted by Megafon, eight out of ten Danes support the conversion of the energy supply from fossil fuels to […]

  • Remote Sensing Will Play Increasingly Important Role in Wind Power Market (USA)

    21 August 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The wind power market currently provides almost 3 percent of global electricity production. As the wind power industry matures, wind forecasting technologies are becoming critical in order to integrate greater amounts of variable wind energy into the grid.  Meteorological towers, or met towers, the predominant solution at present, serve a range of forecasting needs. According […]

  • SSE Urges UK BEIS for More Offshore Wind

    5 July 2019
    Authorities

    SSE has called on the Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Minister Chris Skidmore to increase the 6GW cap on new offshore wind in the UK. According to SSE, the current Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction includes a limited capacity of offshore renewables set before the Committee on Climate Change published its report and the government passed the […]

  • EEEGR Hosts East Anglia ONE Supply Chain Event

    23 July 2015
    Training & Education

    Contract opportunities on the £2bn East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm were outlined by ScottishPower Renewables and turbine suppliers Siemens to more than 500 business people at an event in Norfolk. East Anglia ONE aims to create up to 3,000 jobs with at least 50% of its content sourced in the UK. The blades for […]

  • Natural Power Can Tell You How Complex Your Development Site is for Free (UK)

    2 December 2010
    Technology

    Leading international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power are pleased to announce a new free web based service providing an estimation of wind flow complexity on potential wind farm sites. As potential development sites with simple, flat terrain become fewer and fewer, more and more projects are built in, or near, forests and complex terrain. It […]

  • UK: Mabey Bridge’s Renewables Business Grows

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The new-in-post senior management team appointed by wind turbine tower manufacturer Mabey Bridge to oversee an expansion in the company’s renewables interests has hit the ground running – securing orders for more than 30 towers in just two months. Among the key contracts, won since the formation of Mabey Bridge’s new business line – Mabey […]

  • Estonia and Latvia Reveal Locations for Joint Offshore Wind Project

    27 October 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The governments of Estonia and Latvia have selected the locations in their respective parts of the Baltic Sea where their joint offshore wind energy project – ELWIND – will be built. Based on research and analysis, the most suitable development area for the implementation of a joint project in Estonian waters is the sea area […]

  • Offshore grid gets EU Presidency boost (Belgium)

    8 October 2010
    R&D

    Today the Belgian EU Presidency brought together governments and industry to speed up the building of an integrated offshore electricity grid in the North Seas. At a high level conference in Ostend, jointly organised by the Belgium Presidency and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Energy Ministries and industry from North Sea and other EU […]

  • LR: UK Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 to Be Highly Competitive

    13 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 will be highly competitive, with multiple developers vying to take a slice of a 7GW opportunity, according to Tristan Chapman, Senior Vice President of Renewables and Innovation from Lloyd’s Register. As previously reported, the Crown Estate opened the leasing Round 4 in October, offering seabed rights for […]

  • BOEM Seeks Public Input on Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Research Lease

    4 May 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development

    The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has unveiled plans to review potential environmental impacts associated with the possible issuance of an offshore wind energy research lease in the Gulf of Maine. The lease was requested by the State of Maine for the purpose of researching potential floating offshore wind development. The research […]

  • UK: Carbon Trust Invites Tenders for Windfarm Engineering R&D Services

    5 August 2013
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator programme is inviting tenders for windfarm engineering R&D services. A significant number of UK offshore wind farms have experienced difficulties associated with the installation and burial of intra-array cables. In 2011, the OWA commissioned a study to develop recommendations for optimised cable installation methodologies showing that optimising the way of […]

  • Firms Benefit from NAREC Construction Project (UK)

    26 January 2012

    A Seaton Delaval firm is benefiting from the construction of new facilities at Blyth’s National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec). Steel fabricator Ivanhoe Forge has scooped a £300,000 contract for the fabrication and installation of staircases, ladders and metal work for main contractor. Shepherd Construction. Ivanhoe is working alongside Shepherd Construction and civils subcontractor Heyrods Construction […]

  • World Ocean Council Joins World Forum Offshore Wind

    17 May 2019
    Environment

    The World Ocean Council (WOC) has joined the recently launched World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) as its newest member. WOC brings together industries such as shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, renewable energy (wind, wave, tidal), ports, dredging, cables, as well as the maritime legal, financial and insurance communities, and others to address ocean sustainable […]

  • PNE Sells Gode Wind II to Brancor Capital Partners (Germany)

    29 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG is selling its shares in PNE Gode Wind II GmbH, in which the offshore wind farm project “Gode Wind II” is being developed, to HYSSING Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, which is held by the Danish Brancor Capital Partners APS. The agreed purchase price for all shares of PNE Gode […]

  • Gram & Juhl to Launch Turbine Condition Monitoring Service

    3 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Gram & Juhl has announced the opening of a state-of-the art Diagnostic & Monitoring Service at the end of 2014. With this new service, Denmark-based company will be offering the full Turbine Condition Monitoring package i.e. TCM® hardware, software, and installation services for both factory and retrofit installations along with 24/7 Diagnostic & Monitoring and […]

  • Vattenfall Inks First Power Sale Deal for Hollandse Kust Zuid OWF

    18 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Air Liquide has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm, the first such contract for the 1.5 GW project and also the first PPA Air Liquide signed in the Netherlands. Under a 15-year agreement, Air Liquide will purchase 100 GWh of renewable electricity per year generated […]

  • Denmark: Sea Consult Takes Delivery of Its First Damen Twin Axe

    30 July 2013

    Danish company Sea Consult ApS has taken delivery of its first Damen Twin Axe as the company prepares to enter the offshore wind market. Based in Marstal, Sea Consult is a new customer to Damen and this will be the first Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 to be operated by a Danish company. The vessel […]

  • MHI Vestas Starts UK Recruitment Drive

    15 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas is looking to hire hundreds of additional people at its blade factory on the Isle of Wight in the coming weeks. On Monday, 15 October, MHI Vestas kicked off a major recruiting campaign driven by a growing demand for its V164 wind turbine platform. “Today marks the start of an ambitious […]

  • Community Benefits Consultation on GBP 19 Million Funding Begins (UK)

    15 December 2011

    Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, through independent market research company Cogent, is seeking Flintshire residents’ views on how £19 million of community funding should be allocated across North Wales. The funds, £768,000 per year, index linked to inflation, will become available once the 160 turbine wind farm is fully operational in 2014. The […]

  • NWFTC Tailors New SHEQ Review and Training Service

    15 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based National Wind Farm Training Centers (NWFTC), part of CWind Limited, has developed a new SHEQ (safety, health, environment, and quality assurance) review and training service for its clients in the offshore wind industry. Following the recently completed pilot program to assist in the improvement of working at height, transfer and rescue procedures for an operational offshore wind […]

  • Cammell Laird Appoints New Energy Head

    6 January 2017
    Vessels

    Birkenhead-based shipyard and engineering services company Cammell Laird is to ramp up its operations in the energy sector with the appointment of a new managing director. Jonathan Brown has joined the energy division of Cammell Laird from Rolls Royce where he led its nuclear new build and projects group. Brown has previously worked for BNFL, Serco and […]