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  • USA: Fugro to Showcase at AWEA’s Offshore WINDPOWER 2012

    4 October 2012

    Following Fugro Renewable Services’ successful attendance at the Husum WindEnergy exhibition two weeks ago, the multidisciplinary team is back on the road and looking forward to introducing their latest developments at not one but two trade shows next week. Fugro will be exhibiting at: American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) annual Offshore Wind conference and exhibition […]

  • MPI Offshore Limited Announces Delivery of MPI Adventure (China)

    28 March 2011

    MPI Offshore Limited (MPI) is pleased to announce the delivery  in Qidong, People’s Republic of China, of the MPI Adventure, the first of two state-of-the art wind turbine installation vessels to be built at the Cosco Qidong Shipyard. The second vessel, MPI Discovery, is scheduled for delivery later this year. The MPI Adventure is a […]

  • TCP Opts For CWind’s Complete Cable Care

    15 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Power cable services provider CWind has signed a five-year cable repair framework agreement with Transmission Capital Partners (TCP).

  • Policy Exchange Ignores Benefits of Renewable Energy, Says WWF (UK)

    18 January 2012

    Responding to the new Policy Exchange report (The Full Cost to Households of Renewable Energy Policies) WWF said today that the think-tank is ignoring the benefits renewables could bring and is advocating a risky reliance on market mechanisms. WWF noted that in contrast to the Policy Exchange figures, a Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report […]

  • ETI Highlights UK’s Possible Low Carbon Options

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has publishes two potential scenarios depicting the UK’s low carbon energy system transition. The “Options, Choices, Actions” Report displays how the UK can implement an affordable 35 year transition to a low carbon energy system by 2050, but there are different ways of getting there. It concentrates on two potential scenarios […]

  • ABB Acquires Trasfor Group (Switzerland)

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire the Trasfor Group to expand its offering of specialty transformers and address fast growing markets and applications. Trasfor is a leading manufacturer of dry-type transformers and inductors for low-voltage and medium-voltage applications. It provides specialty products for drives, railway rolling stock, offshore […]

  • New Welding Method Aims to Cut Construction Costs and Times

    12 January 2023
    Industry, R&D, Technology

    New research, investigating single-sided welding for offshore wind foundations, could cut the cost of wind turbine fabrication and help ease bottlenecks in delivering the countries’ renewable energy targets which are often stalled by construction times, the Carbon Trust said. The Fatigue Assessment of Single-Sided Welds in Tubular Joints for Offshore Wind Foundations (ASSISI) project is […]

  • MHI Vestas Heads to The Big Easy

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has sent two members of its executive management team to New Orleans to share the lessons learnt from over two decades of experience in erecting offshore wind farms in Europe with their American colleagues during the WINDPOWER 2016 conference organised by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The offshore market in the US is on […]

  • Belgium: Turbine Blade Designs to Reduce Costs

    27 December 2012

    Siemens has already become somewhat of a leader in this field producing the world’s longest rotor blades for wind turbines. Measuring 75 meters in length, the blades are almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380. As they move, each rotor covers 18,600 square meters, the size of two and a half soccer […]

  • Offshore Wind Tower Factory to Be Built in Poland

    23 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    Spain’s GRI Renewable Industries and the Polish Industrial Development Agency (IDA JSC or ARP) have created a joint venture for the construction of a new offshore wind tower factory in the city of Gdansk, Poland. The estimated value of this investment is more than EUR 200 million, and production is expected to start in 2025 […]

  • DEME and Havfram Enter Offshore Wind Partnership in Norway

    25 August 2022
    Business & Finance

    DEME Offshore and Havfram have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm sector in Norway, starting with projects to be selected through the upcoming lease auction for the Sørlige Nordsjø II area. The companies say they plan to play an important role in the Norwegian offshore […]

  • RenewableUK: November Record-Breaking Month for Wind

    2 December 2012

    November has been a record breaking month for wind, with previous records being smashed repeatedly. Three times this month wind has broken its own record for generation, most recently hitting over 4.5 gigawatts and accounting for 11.45% of total electricity demand in the UK, according to official figures from National Grid. Meanwhile a report launched […]

  • Scotland Labeled Hotspot for Production of Concrete Floating Wind Foundations

    7 December 2021
    R&D

    Scotland could become a world leader in producing low carbon concrete foundations for floating offshore wind farms, according to a study funded by RWE, which is now increasingly involved in floating wind. Based on the findings, RWE said that Scotland was well placed to manufacture low carbon concrete foundations, attracting significant investment into the Scottish […]

  • Iberdrola Starts Engineering Phase of EUR 1.6 Billion Wikinger Offshore Windfarm in Germany

    13 June 2012

    IBERDROLA has announced it is commencing the detailed engineering phase of Wikinger, the company’s first offshore windfarm in Germany, with a view at starting operations on the €1.6billon project by 2016. UK based engineers, project managers and technicians from IBERDROLA’s Offshore Business Division, based in Glasgow and London will have a crucial role in the […]

  • Binding Renewable Target Required to Secure Long-Term Green Investment (Belgium)

    14 March 2011

    The EU must adopt a binding renewable energy target for 2030 to secure long-term investment in renewable energy. At the opening in Brussels today of Europe’s largest wind power conference and exhibition, Arthouros Zervos, President of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), warned “the wind industry expects to invest some EUR 400 billion in Europe […]

  • Deepwater to Develop Floating Wind Farm

    8 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind revealed plans to develop the West Coast’s first-ever offshore wind farm – a project poised to become the world’s first commercial project to use cutting-edge floating foundation technology. Deepwater Wind entered into an agreement several months ago with Principle Power to complete the development of the 30-megawatt (MW) WindFloat Pacific project, using Principle Power’s groundbreaking WindFloat […]

  • TÜV SÜD Joins AquaVentus Membership Roster

    10 February 2022
    R&D, Technology

    The international provider of testing, inspection, and certification services, TÜV SÜD, has joined the AquaVentus consortium as a member, supporting this lighthouse project of German offshore hydrogen production. The European Union and Germany have set the target of becoming climate neutral by 2050. As a storage medium for energy from renewable sources, hydrogen will play […]

  • Caterpillar, Vestas to Remanufacture Wind Turbine Components (Denmark)

    8 November 2011

    Caterpillar Inc. and Vestas Wind Systems have reached a 10-year, global agreement to remanufacture wind turbine components. Vestas, of Aarhus, Denmark, is the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, with an installed base of 44,500 turbines. Vestas has chosen to enter this agreement to ensure remanufacturing services of high quality and at a competitive price for […]

  • Cooper Lomaz: Uncertainty in Renewables Industry Affects Salaries

    15 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    East Anglia has become the “epicentre” of the UK’s oil, gas and renewables industry over the past five years, according to EEEGR member Cooper Lomaz. In its latest Recruitment Salary Survey, which provides a regional barometer of employment and remuneration, Cooper Lomaz found that the jobs market for oil and gas workers in the region […]

  • RWE Wins Dutch Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Tender with 760 MW Project Including Green Hydrogen and Floating Solar

    11 November 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has won the permit to build a large-scale offshore wind farm at the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) VII site in the Dutch North Sea through the subsidy-free tender launched in the Netherlands in April. The Germany-based developer placed a bid through its project company Oranje Wind Power II and proposed a 760 MW offshore […]

  • Seawork International 2015 Kicks Off

    16 June 2015
    Vessels

    Europe’s largest commercial marine exhibition and conference, Seawork International 2015, has opened its doors again for the eighteenth year running. Over 600 exhibitors have filled the halls, quayside and marina to the gunnels at the ABP Port of Southampton, with over 10,000 products and more than 7,350 visitors due on site over the three days […]

  • Wind Power — Even without the Wind (USA)

    28 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Innovative storage system could enable offshore wind farms to deliver power whenever it’s needed.    Written by David L. Chandler, MIT News Offshore wind could provide abundant electricity — but as with solar energy, this power supply can be intermittent and unpredictable. But a new approach from researchers at MIT could mitigate that problem, allowing the […]

  • Belgium: Binding 2030 Renewable Energy Target to Preserve EU Offshore Wind Leadership

    8 June 2012
    Authorities

    European politicians need to endorse a new binding 2030 target for renewable energy sources if they want to take advantage of the EU’s position as global technological leader in onshore and offshore wind power. That was the message Wednesday from Stephane Bourgeois, Head of Regulatory Affairs at  the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in Brussels, […]

  • Two Firms Merge into ZF Wind Power Technology (Germany)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    On 25 July 2011, the boards of ZF Friedrichshafen AG (“ZF”) and Hansen Transmissions International NV (“Hansen”) announced the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Hansen to be made by ZF International BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of ZF. On 6 October 2011, ZF […]

  • REA Welcomes Government’s East Marine Plans

    7 April 2014
    Authorities

    The REA praised the Government’s East Marine Plans, approved by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The Inshore and Offshore East Marine Plans are the first two of 11 Marine Plans the Government intends to complete by 2021. These will eventually set planning guidance for sustainable development in all […]

  • Ampair Launches ‘off the Shelf’ Range of Offshore Power Supplies (UK)

    21 October 2011
    Technology

    UK small wind turbine manufacturer Ampair has continued its push into the renewable hybrid power system market by launching the containerPod™ range of power solutions predominantly designed for providing platform power for the offshore wind measurement sector. Jeremy Davies Ampair’s sales and marketing manager says that, “Onshore heated met-masts and LIDAR installations use between 50 […]