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  • HaskoningDHV to Back Kentish Flats Extension Development

    22 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Royal HaskoningDHV has been contracted by Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd (VWPL) to continue into the next phase of the Kentish Flats Extension Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Kent in South East England. Construction has now commenced on the project, which extends the existing capacity from 90MW to 140MW through the installation of fifteen […]

  • ECOWindS Sets Date For Its Final Conference

    14 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The ECOWindS (European Clusters for Offshore Wind Servicing) project has announced the date for its final project conference as Tuesday 29th September 2015; the event will take place at the OrbisEnergy, the hub for Offshore Renewables, in Lowestoft. The conference will bring together representatives from industry, regional and national administration and education and research establishments […]

  • Germany: AMBAU to Construct Largest Offshore Wind Tower

    10 July 2013

    July will see construction begin at the AMBAU site in Cuxhaven, Germany of the largest offshore tower ever built for a wind turbine, measuring 7.33 metres at the base flange. Consisting of four segments, the tower will have a total height of 106 metres; the largest segment can only be manufactured at Cuxhaven due to […]

  • Germany: Rösler Discusses Challenges in Offshore Wind Development

    9 August 2012

    The Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler yesterday met with representatives of the North German coastal states and the transmission system operators to discuss solutions to the challenges in the development of offshore wind energy. The main questions were about the issue of liability for delays and disruptions of supply from offshore […]

  • Palfinger to Supply 111 Offshore Wind Platform Cranes to Dong Energy (Denmark)

    14 October 2011
    Technology

      Following the recent order for 48 cranes by REpower Systems SE, PALFINGER WIND is again in the headlines winning a tender for 111 offshore wind platform cranes to be delivered to DONG Energy, Denmarks leading energy company. Deliveries will already start in January next year for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, Denmark’s largest offshore […]

  • ForWind Organizes ‘Wind Energy and Impact of Turbulence on Conversion Process’ Conference (Germany)

    14 February 2012

    EUROMECH Colloquium 528 will be hosting a “Wind Energy and the Impact of Turbulence on the Conversion Process” event from 22 to 24 February at the University of Oldenburg. The conference has been organized by ForWind, the Centre for Wind Energy Research of the University of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen. More than 80 experts from […]

  • Germany: NORD/LB Finances Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is participating in the financing of an installation vessel for offshore wind energy farms. Commissioned by the international provider of construction-related services HOCHTIEF, the “VIDAR” is a jack-up vessel being built at the Crist shipyard in Poland and scheduled to go into service from 2013 onwards. NORD/LB has co-structured the transaction within […]

  • Precision Drilling Benefits from Offshore Wind Development

    3 September 2015

    Precision Drilling has won a raft of new construction and demolition jobs stemming from increased offshore wind and green energy related contracts. The Hull-based specialist contractor has recently invested £100,000 in new equipment, machinery, vehicles and business development. Ian Wilkinson, managing director, said: “Since purchasing Precision Drilling in 2013, we have invested more than a […]

  • UK: ADC Launches Code of Practice at 2012 Oceanology Exhibition

    20 March 2012

    Following a period of development, ADC launched the new Code of Practice at the 2012 Oceanology Exhibition, recently held at the Excel Centre in London. The Code deals with all matters relating to Conducting Diving Operations on Renewable Energy Projects up to 12 miles offshore, in water depths up to 50m depth, using air or […]

  • Octopus Helps Oxifree Expand to Offshore Wind

    27 August 2015

    Corrosion prevention specialist Oxifree Global has secured funding from Octopus Investments enabling it to invest in expanding its offering within the offshore wind industry. The business will also supplement existing operations in Houston, Texas with additional facilities in Europe and the Far East. Ed Hall, one of the Founders and MD of Oxifree, said: “We are […]

  • Visser & Smit Marine Contracting and Ballast Nedam Offshore at Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance Conference Rotterdam

    22 December 2010

    Ton Geul, Business Development Manager at Visser & Smit Marince Contracting and Edwin van de Brug, Commercial Manager at Ballast Nedam Offshore will present their views during the conference Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 3011. The second edition of the conference will pay special attention to the electricity grid. Visser & Smit Marine Contracting is […]

  • UK: Phase 1 of Walney Offshore Wind Farm Becomes Operational

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      The first phase of the offshore wind farm being developed in the Irish Sea by Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd, in which SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has a 25.1% stake, is now operational. This means that 51 turbines, with a total installed capacity of 183.6MW, have successfully completed commissioning tests and are […]

  • Businesses Support Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Plans

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Businesses have overwhelmingly backed plans to create the world’s first man-made tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Every business that took part in a survey by Swansea Bay Business Club said it supported the plans, and that the lagoon would be a positive development for the area. Even companies that did not believe the lagoon would […]

  • DONG Energy Finds Offshore Communication Solution

    6 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Innovative employees in DONG Energy’s wind business have found a new communication tool that makes it possible to communicate on offshore sites before cables have been uncoiled, and telecommunication poles have been installed. The solution is a small portable 10-foot container containing communication systems which can reach far out to sea. At the moment, DONG […]

  • North Devon Council Discusses Atlantic Array (UK)

    10 September 2013
    Authorities

    At a council meeting on 28the August, North Devon Councillors discussed the application for the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm. Councillors considered the impact of the development on the unique environment and views of the area, the effect on residents living along the access routes needed for its construction and the cumulative effect of the turbines on the […]

  • RWE Subcontracts Semco for Nordsee Ost Substation Project (Germany)

    19 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    German energy group RWE has chosen Semco Maritime as subcontractor for design and installation of German utility provider RWE’s substation platform at the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost in the German North Sea region. The project includes offshore commissioning of the electrical and technical systems at the substation. The contract was won in close cooperation […]

  • USA: Subsea Cabling Software Sells Good in Offshore Renewables Market

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Makai Ocean Engineering has recently made multiple sales of their full-featured GIS route engineering software, MakaiPlan, to power cable installers who serve the offshore renewable energy market. “We have been monitoring the offshore renewables market closely,” said Dr. Jose Andres, CEO of Makai, “and we are excited that our planning and installation tools are being […]

  • Acciona Windpower to Pilot New 3 MW Gearbox from Moventas

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Acciona Windpower has agreed with Moventas on prototype as well as serial deliveries of a 3 MW wind gearbox product based on Moventas’s new Exceed series of high torque density gearboxes. Deliveries of the new technology will take place in 2015, adding to the on-going 3 MW deliveries Moventas has been making to Acciona since […]

  • UK’s Subsea Cable Specialists Win Queen’s Award

    24 April 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    UK Subsea Cable Specialists Engineering Technology Applications Ltd have received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for their global success, particularly in relation to offshore renewables. The award recognises that in the last three years ETA has seen an increase of nearly 200% in international sales. This increase has largely been […]

  • Germany: Seafox Group Successfully Starts Operations in Offshore Wind Industry

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    After months of careful planning and detailed engineering, the Seafox 5  installed the first offshore wind monopile on February 28th. These  monopiles serve as the foundations of the  DanTysk Offshore Wind Park. The main contractor for the foundations of this wind farm is Aarsleff Billfinger Berger Joint Venture (ABJV) that, with use of the Seafox […]

  • UK Government Driving Down Costs of Offshore Wind Power

    10 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    More wind farms have been brought in to a competitive system to drive down the costs of offshore wind. The offshore transmission regime means that Ofgem can find the most cost-effective investment in the connecting cables and infrastructure for offshore wind power, saving consumers between £200 and £400 million since 2011, according to estimates by […]

  • Germany: TenneT Gets Approval for Nordergründe Connection

    9 July 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Since the update of the Energy Act in August 2009, an approval of high-voltage cables for connection of offshore wind farms is required for the implementation of planning procedures. In early 2011, TenneT filed extensive application forms for both the sea and the land route of the Nordergründe grid connection project to the authority of […]

  • KIC InnoEnergy: 65 Innovation Projects Get EUR 80 Mln

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    KIC InnoEnergy has announced the 2014 results of its sustainable energy innovation project support programme, which recorded 28 newly enrolled high potential project consortia in just one year, adding up to 65 new projects since 2013, for which KIC InnoEnergy mobilized 80 million euros of investment. The success of this investment programme, which aims to boost […]

  • EC: Cooperation Key to Develop Vast North and Irish Sea OW Potential

    25 May 2016

    The North and Irish Sea hold great offshore wind potential, but its development is being hindered by a lack of collaboration in the region, according to a new study published by the European Commission.  The best way to tap into this potential is for EU countries bordering these seas to work together, the “Study on regulatory matters […]

  • Natuur&Milieu, Eneco Call for Further 700MW of Offshore Wind in the Netherlands

    19 July 2016

    Investing in a package containing offshore wind, sun and bioheat is almost EUR 1 billion cheaper for Dutch consumers than biomass co-firing, according to a report commissioned by Nature & Environment (Natuur & Milieu) and Eneco, which called on the Dutch government for an additional 700MW of offshore wind farms to replace the co-firing of biomass in […]

  • Teras Offshore’s Jack-Up Accommodation Rig Deployed at Race Bank

    23 September 2016
    Vessels

    Teras Offshore, in collaboration with Attollo Offshore, has secured a 16‐month charter contract with DONG Energy for its jack‐up accommodation rig Atlantic Amsterdam, which will support the construction of the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Atlantic Amsterdam was mobilized to Race Bank from the port of Hirtshals in northern Denmark and has been on the location since 27 […]