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  • Borssele 1&2 Fully Commissioned

    27 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, Borssele 1&2, has been fully commissioned. Located 22 kilometres off the coast of the province of Zeeland, the 752 MW project has now become the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and the second-largest operating offshore wind farm in the world, providing enough green electricity to […]

  • The Netherlands: KCI Nominated for IRO Innovation Prize With New Logistics Tool TILT

    29 March 2011

    Dutch based engineering firm KCI has been nominated with its new logistics tool TILT for the IRO Innovation prize. This prestigious prize for offshore innovations will be handed out on 7 April during the IRO innovation seminar which will be held at the Shell Upstream Research & Development Centre in Rijswijk. Together with three other […]

  • Hunterston Is No More

    26 September 2019
    R&D

    SSE Renewables has decommissioned the last remaining test turbine at the Hunterston National Offshore Turbine Test Facility in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Following six years of testing, the 6MW Siemens turbine was brought down to the ground in an operation by lead decommissioning contactors, Keltbray, and under the supervision of SSE Renewables. The operation involved a […]

  • Beatrice Cleared for Takeoff

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The GBP 2.6 billion Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project has been given the green light for construction by owners SSE, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and SDIC Power after the project reached financial close. The 588MW, 84 turbine project, situated in the Outer Moray Firth, was consented by the Scottish government in March 2014 and granted an […]

  • Germany: SSB Presents Universal Electric Pitch System

    4 April 2012
    Technology

    SSB Wind Systems is presenting its new UniFlex Pitch at the EWEA 2012 in Copenhagen. The UniFlex Pitch is the world’s first modular electric pitch system capable of being integrated into a wide variety of wind turbines (WTGs). Until now pitch systems have had to be individually adjusted to meet the specific demands of different […]

  • Strategic Marine to Build Catamaran for European Offshore Wind Market (Australia)

    14 February 2012

    Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine has started 2012 strongly, signing contracts to build eight 20 metre offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels (including options) for the European market. The company will also be establishing a Service Network in Europe to support the vessels it will be supplying to clients in the region. The vessels will be […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF to Exhibit at IdeenPark

    10 August 2012

    HOCHTIEF will be exhibiting at IdeenPark, the largest technology exhibition experience in the Ruhr area in Germany, from 11 to 23 of August 2012. HOCHTIEF will present on energy infrastructure in the IdeenPark’s energy park at Messe Essen, Hall 3, booth 22. Solutions for development of renewable energies will be presented under the motto “On […]

  • Sierra Club: Public Hearings on New Electric Plan Put Long Island at Forefront of Energy Overhaul

    19 August 2014
    Authorities

    This week, PSEG kicks off two weeks of public hearings on their proposed Utility 2.0 plan, part of Governor Cuomo’s promise to reorganize Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) as a 21st century utility. The hearings are scheduled for Smithtown (8/19), Mineola (8/20), Rockaways (8/21), East Hampton (8/26) and Riverhead (8/26). At the same time, the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wind Industry Outlines Path to Energy Transition for Policymakers

    27 September 2016

    WindEurope has launched its Making Transition Work report today in Hamburg. The report details specific policy proposals on how Europe can remain a leading force in wind energy and renewables.  The report provides recommendations to policymakers on how to facilitate a swift transformation of the energy system and considers the policies that will make Europe the best choice […]

  • UK’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Developers Reveal New Projects

    8 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has announced agreements with offshore wind developers ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall and DONG Energy, which have reconfigured or identified new projects within their respective Round 3 offshore wind development zones in UK waters. Following ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall’s announcement in August 2015 to independently take forward projects within the East Anglia Zone, both […]

  • Ofgem Chooses Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty as Preferred Bidders for High-Voltage Link (UK)

    26 May 2011
    Grid Connection

      Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty Consortium Appointed as Preferred Bidder for High-Voltage Link to Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm Green Energy Transmission (GET), a consortium comprising Equitix Ltd and AMP Capital Investors, together with Balfour Beatty Capital Limited has been selected by Ofgem E-Serve as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high […]

  • Northland Power Gets EUR 125 Mln from EDC to Buy 60 Pct Stake in Gemini OWF

    17 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced financing of EUR 125 million for Toronto-based clean energy company Northland Power, the largest loan EDC has ever provided in the wind power sector. The financing will be used by Northland to purchase a 60 per cent ownership stake in Project Gemini, a 600 MW offshore wind farm in […]

  • Germany: Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven to Be Built

    7 December 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Bremen’s Senate decided to ensure funding for building of the Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) in an effort to achieve energy turnaround and create jobs. The Senate made the required landmark decision for project’s financing at a meeting on December 4, according to the press release published on its official website. Mayor Jens Böhrnsen said: “The […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Source Energie Plans Another Gigawatt-Scale Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Project in UK

    17 August 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Source Energie has unveiled plans for a second gigawatt-scale floating wind project in the Celtic Sea that would produce large-scale low-carbon green hydrogen offshore and transport the gas back to shore via a dedicated pipeline. This move comes after the company announced that it joined forces with Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to use its ERM […]

  • Vestas Launches 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    10 February 2021
    Technology

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has introduced the V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine. With the world’s largest swept area exceeding 43,000 m2, the V236-15.0 MW delivers industry-leading performance and moves the boundaries of wind energy production to around 80 GWh/year, enough to power around 20,000 European households, Vestas said. The launch of the V236-15.0 MW […]

  • German Government Urged to Secure 900 MW of OW Projects Annually

    27 January 2016
    Grid Connection

    Government leaders of five German states, the national wind industry representatives, and metal and electrical workers’ associations have released the “Wismar Appeal”, calling for further expansion of wind energy, both onshore and offshore, and changes to the reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). As part of the federal government’s reform considerations to the law for the […]

  • Iberdola’s Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

    6 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, being built by Iberdrola through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, has produced its first green power. The project is Iberdrola’s first in France and only the second offshore wind farm to produce power in the country, according to the press release. […]

  • UK and Chinese Researchers Form Floating Offshore Wind Partnership

    15 September 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Researchers from the University of Exeter will collaborate with counterparts in China on a new project to develop the next generation of floating offshore wind technology.

  • BOEM Moves Forward with New York Offshore Wind Plans

    27 May 2014
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it is moving forward with wind energy planning efforts on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New York. The bureau is publishing a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) to obtain nominations from companies interested in commercial wind energy leases within a proposed area offshore New […]

  • 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 […]