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  • UK: Cable Crossings Pose Threat to Navigational Safety

    1 June 2012

    Last month RYA reported on the rock placements or rock berms that were put in place to protect the export cables from the Kentish Flats and London Array wind farms at the point at which they cross. Throughout UK waters cable crossings are becoming more likely, and already more frequent, as offshore energy installations continue […]

  • IT Power Appoints Abbie Badcock as New Marketing and Business Development Manager (UK)

    1 August 2011
    R&D

      IT Power announces the appointment of its new marketing and business development manager. Abbie Badcock, based in London, will be in charge of the marketing and business development strategy and implementation for this leading international renewable energy consultancy. IT Power’s Joint Managing Director, Anthony Derrick stated, “IT Power is excited to have Abbie join […]

  • Borkum Riffgrund 1 First German Offshore Wind Farm Balancing Grid

    20 May 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    As of this month, Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm has been providing system-stabilising balancing power for the German power grid, making it the country’s first offshore wind farm taking up this task. Bringing the electricity from Borkum Riffgrund 1 as balancing energy for the German electricity grid was implemented by Energy2market and Ørsted. […]

  • GIG Enters Irish Offshore Wind Market, Buys a Relevant Status Project

    9 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), the developer of the Sceirde Rocks offshore wind farm, in Galway, Ireland. Sceirde Rocks is a proposed 400 MW offshore wind farm, capable of generating enough energy to power the equivalent of up to 295,000 homes. The Galway-based renewable energy project has been designated […]

  • Seven UK Offshore Wind Extension Projects Greenlighted as Race Bank Hits a Snag

    28 August 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has completed the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) for the 2017 offshore wind project extension applications confirming that seven out of the eight projects which applied will now progress to the award of rights. The HRA, which The Crown Estate has undertaken as a requirement of the Habitats Regulations, assesses the […]

  • Artificial North Sea Island Plan Moves Ahead

    8 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    TenneT Netherlands, Energinet.dk and TenneT Germany will sign a trilateral agreement on developing the North Sea Wind Power Hub project during the North Seas Energy Forum in Brussels on 23 March, in the presence of Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner for Energy Union.

  • UOW Working on Super Efficient Offshore Wind Turbines

    28 November 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Researchers from University of Wollongong (UOW) are developing technologies for next generation offshore wind turbines that are one-third the price and 1,000 times more efficient, and they could be installed off the coast of Australia in the next five years. Materials scientist Dr Shahriar Hossain, from the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials at UOW, […]

  • Prysmian’s 66kV Cable System Ready to Hit Offshore Wind Market

    17 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    Energy cable systems provider Prysmian Group has gained verification of its 66kV cable system technology for offshore wind inter-array networks. “This new qualification milestone is a further advance along our path towards the development of innovative, sustainable and cost effective cable solutions for the offshore renewable power industry,” said Raul Gil, Prysmian PowerLink Chief Operating Officer. “Prysmian is both […]

  • E.ON Goes with 116 Turbines for Rampion

    24 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has announced the final design for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm project, after receiving consent from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in July this year. Situated 13km off the Sussex coast at its nearest point, the 72km2 final wind farm would feature 116 turbines, each measuring around 140m high to […]

  • Baltic Power Onshore Substation Work Kicks Off

    23 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The ORLEN Group and Northland Power have commenced the construction of an onshore substation for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. Situated in the Choczewo municipality, the substation, being an onshore part of the Baltic Power project, will act as a hub for cable lines transmitting electricity from offshore substations located […]

  • A.P. Moller Holding Targets Top Spot in Offshore Wind with Maersk Supply Service Buy

    20 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Vessels

    Denmark’s A.P. Møller Holding (A.P. Moller Holding) has entered into an agreement to acquire Maersk Supply Service from A.P Møller – Mærsk. The ambition is to establish a leading offshore marine company servicing the offshore wind industry by building on the solid and extensive capabilities and assets, which Maersk Supply Service today offers mainly to […]

  • Vessel Forced to Leave French Offshore Wind Farm after Protests Turn Ugly

    25 June 2021
    Authorities, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Trenching support vessel Aethra was forced to leave the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm after the local fishermen protesting the project breached several safety protocols and verbally threatened the safety of the captain and the crew. The Aethra was deployed on the site when a large number of fishing boats surrounded the vessel. The fishermen then […]

  • Shell to Bid for Two Offshore Wind Areas in Norway

    17 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Dutch oil major Shell has partnered with Norwegian hydropower producers BKK and Lyse to apply for licences in two areas currently offered by Norwegian government for offshore wind development. The consortium is now working to prepare applications for projects in the Utsira Nord area, deemed better suitable for floating wind technology, and Sørlige Nordsjø II, […]

  • Canada: Trillium Power Files Amended Statement of Claim for $500 Million

    16 December 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    On December 12, Trillium Power Wind Corporation filed a “Fresh as Amended Statement of Claim” as ordered by the Court of Appeal. Read the document here: Fresh as Amended St. of Claim Dec. 12 13 Ontario Superior Court of Justice filing responds to an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling last month that allowed Trillium Power […]

  • Competition Heats Up Offshore Finland as Wind Developers Show Increasing Interest

    21 January 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    The Finnish government has granted a research permit to wpd Finland Oy for an offshore wind area west of Jakobstad in Finland’s exclusive economic zone. wpd Finland Oy was granted the permit on 20 January. The week prior, OX2 Finland Oy received permits for two projects in the research areas west of Hailuoto and Jakobstad. […]

  • Ørsted Books Second Methanol-Powered SOV at Esvagt

    5 July 2023
    Technology, Vessels

    Ørsted and Esvagt have signed an agreement for a second methanol-powered service operation vessel (SOV). The SOV is a sister vessel to the world’s first methanol-powered SOV which is scheduled to enter service off the UK East Coast in 2024. The second SOV will be ready for launch in 2026, where it will operate out […]

  • RWE in Talks over Galloper Wind Farm

    25 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Plans are still underway to build the 68-turbine offshore East Anglian windfarm, Galloper – estimated to be worth £20million and 850 jobs to the local economy. RWE Innogy said it hoped to make an announcement in the spring on the future of the 340MW windfarm, despite announcing two months ago it would not continue with […]

  • Spain: ACCIONA Installed Energy Capacity Up by 8.8 pct

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    ACCIONA Group ended 1Q 2012 with EBITDA of 328 million euro, 6.5% up on same period of last year’s figure. Net attributable profit was down 49%, to 29 million euro, mainly as a result of ACCIONA Energy. Revenues saw a 9.5% rise, coming to 1,591 million euro. The rise in Group’s EBITDA stemmed mainly from […]

  • Explore. Inspire. Transform.

    7 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference has an overall theme for the new year. The OEEC 2018 theme is “Explore. Inspire. Transform.” The theme gives guidance to the conference program and serves as a conversation starter at various meeting places on the exhibition floor.

  • RWE Investigating Floating Offshore Wind – Green Hydrogen Combo

    17 December 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    RWE has signed a contract with professional services firm Jacobs to investigate the production and supply of green hydrogen at the Pembroke Power Station site in Wales, the UK. The study will take four months, completing in March 2022, and include investigations into the feasibility of initially installing a 100 MW electrolyser to produce green […]

  • Dillinger Hutte Investing EUR 135 Million into Offshore Wind (Germany)

    22 September 2011

      Dillinger Hütte is investing 135 million € in a supplier plant for offshore wind power plants. A plant that will manufacture offshore monopile foundations from thick-walled structural tubulars will be built for the future Steelwind Nordenham company. In its meeting today, the Dillinger Hütte Supervisory Board approved the investment for construction of a monopile […]

  • Wind Lifts DONG Energy, IPO Within a Year

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has ended the first quarter of 2016 with DKK 5.2 billion (EUR 699 million) net profit, a 49% increase compared to DKK 3.5bn net profit recorded in the first quarter of 2015, mainly attributed to a strong performance in the Danish energy company’s Wind Power sector. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization […]

  • Secretary Salazar Streamlines Offshore Wind Applications Along Atlantic Coast (USA)

    3 February 2012

    Echoing President Obama’s State of the Union call for an “all of the above” energy strategy, the Department of the Interior marked a major milestone for offshore wind energy along the Atlantic coast. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau announced that the department’s renewable […]

  • EMEC Wraps Up Concept Design for 100 MW Floating Offshore Wind Test Facility

    10 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has concluded concept design for a new 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site offshore Scotland. Located 20 kilometres west of Orkney and further out to sea from its existing wave energy test facility at Billia Croo, EMEC’s proposed test site will comprise six berths for floating offshore […]

  • LOC Consortium to Look Into Challenges Facing Utility-Scale Floating Wind Farms

    1 June 2017
    R&D, Technology

    A consortium led by LOC Group has been selected by the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) to investigate the infrastructure and logistics challenges faced in the development, construction and maintenance of utility-scale floating offshore wind farms. The investigation report and recommendations, which has been commissioned by the Carbon Trust and JIP partners DONG Energy, ENGIE, […]

  • TÜV Rheinland: Certification of Wind Turbine Components Helps Reduce Costs (Germany)

    9 July 2013

    Due to increasing international competition, manufacturers of wind turbines are under pressure when it comes to costs. The certification process in particular can offer substantial savings potential. Detailed knowledge about certification processes and about their influence on each other can be used as a benefit. For market access of wind turbines it is important that […]