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  • Suzlon Group Crosses 15,000 MW in Wind Installations Across the World (India)

    17 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    15,000 MW of cumulative installations; 10,500 turbines; covering over 1,800 customers across 25 countries Accounts for nearly nine per cent of the world’s total wind installations@ Capacity can generate enough green energy to power more than thirteen million households annually Offsets ~27 million tonnes of CO2e* annually, equivalent to planting ~1,275 million trees Pune: Suzlon […]

  • UK: Port of Ardersier Submits Plans for Offshore Wind Development

    6 May 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    A renewables jobs boom could come to the Highlands of Scotland if plans to turn a former oil fabrication yard into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind get the go ahead. The Port of Ardersier has submitted plans to Highland Council, Marine Scotland and Transport Scotland for the consents needed to make the site a […]

  • ReportLinker Publishes Wind Energy Outlook for North America

    25 October 2011

    Market Drivers for Onshore and Offshore Wind Power, Regulatory and Policy Issues, Technology Issues, Key Industry Players, and Wind Capacity & Revenue Forecasts. The North American wind energy industry is lagging in key areas compared to Europe and Asia, but many key industry players are optimistic about the North American market as turbine costs continue […]

  • E.ON Invests EUR 7 Billion in Renewables (Germany)

    15 December 2011

    Investments of EUR7 billion in renewables, three large wind farms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, and new transmission lines for wind power: they are all ways Johannes Teyssen is making E.ON a green energy provider. Today E.ON outlined the company’s comprehensive program for helping to transform Germany and Europe’s energy landscape.  New offshore […]

  • UK: Falck Nutec Gets Positive Feedback at All-Energy

    29 May 2012
    Training & Education

    The offshore wind industry is continuing to gather knowledge and awareness of health & safety training, according to renewable energy safety training specialists Falck Nutec. The news follows the firm exhibiting and consulting with delegates at last week’s All-Energy conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The firm have recently become the first company […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Plans to Power its Offshore Wind Farm by Labor Day 2013 (USA)

    13 January 2012

    A company that plans to build what could be the nation’s first offshore windmills said it was all but ready to break ground and begin construction on its multimillion-dollar project, with a goal of being up and running and turning out power by Labor Day 2013. Fishermen’s Energy of Cape May hopes to obtain a […]

  • Reliably obtaining a cable repair vessel at short notice

    14 October 2019

        By Jakub Vastmans, Interim Director Service Product Management at NKT For decades, the power cable industry has been pushing the boundaries of high-voltage (HV) submarine power transmission. Over the years, new insulation technologies have emerged, voltage levels have increased, protection methods have improved, and novel monitoring technologies have been developed. The objective is […]

  • Ørsted, Falck and BlueFloat Support Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Bid

    23 May 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Ørsted UK, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have expressed their support for the bid to give Scottish Green Freeport status to the Cromarty Firth. The three companies, which have secured seabed leases in the recent ScotWind round, have become members of Opportunity Cromarty Firth (OCF), the partnership of private, public, and academic sector bodies committed […]

  • WINDFARM UPDATES: Sandbank & Wikinger

    23 February 2015

    Sandbank  Foundation construction work has started for the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm, approximately 100km North West of the island Sylt, which will comprise 72 Siemens 4MW turbines. The 72 steel monopile foundations, with diameters of up to 6.8m and lengths of up to 70m, are built by EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock. Depending […]

  • Germany: NSW Charters DP2 Vessel from Meriaura

    1 March 2012

    Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) has agreed to long-term charter the DP2 vessel MV Aura from the Finnish Meriaura Ltd for use in subsea cable installation projects in the North and Baltic Sea. Under the terms of the agreement NSW will charter the vessel starting in summer 2012. Constructed in 2008, the vessel will be converted […]

  • Denmark: ABB Shows Portfolio for Wind Industry at EWEA 2012

    11 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    As energy cost reduction has become a buzzword in the renewables industry and a hot topic during European’s major wind fair EWEA 2012 starting from April 16, ABB brings to this event its complete wind portfolio as well as latest technologies to address the issue. One of the highlights of ABB’s booth is its offering […]

  • Carbon Trust: Why Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Must Now Take Precedence (UK)

    8 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    In the following article, Phil de Villiers, Head of Offshore Wind at the Carbon Trust, looks at why the UK offshore wind industry must embrace cost reduction to reduce uncertainty:  It’s been a busy few weeks for the UK’s offshore wind industry. David Cameron provided a welcome boost by generating some long overdue positive headlines […]

  • Another Multi-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Project Emerges in Australia

    21 August 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Elanora Offshore, a consortium comprising EnergyAustralia, KIMAenergy, Boskalis, Respect Energy, and Polpo Investments, has unveiled its plans to build a 5 GW wind farm off the Gippsland coast, Australia’s first declared offshore wind zone. According to the project’s website, the 5 GW Elanora offshore wind farm would create over 3,000 direct jobs during the construction […]

  • Researchers Working on Blade Bearings Improvement

    17 February 2016
    R&D

    A research project has been launched to establish the foundations for the further development of blade bearings. The HAPT (Highly Accelerated Pitch Bearing Test) project has gathered researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES Nordwest, the Institute of Machine Elements, Engineering Design and Tribology (IMKT) at Leibniz Universität Hannover […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables First to Achieve 1 GW Capacity From Wind Power in UK

    13 June 2011

      ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), part of the world’s largest wind power company Iberdrola*, has become the first developer in the UK to achieve one gigawatt (GW) of electricity production capacity from wind power. The milestone was achieved after the company officially opened Arecleoch (120MW) and Mark Hill (56MW) windfarms in South Ayrshire. SPR now has […]

  • Triton to Become Majority Shareholder of DeepOcean

    24 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Triton, a private equity investment company, will become the largest shareholder of DeepOcean, after the funds advised by Triton signed an agreement to acquire a majority interest in the subsea services provider. The transaction is expected to close around 1 January 2017, subject to regulatory approval in the relevant jurisdictions. The parties have agreed not to disclose the […]

  • NKT Separating Businesses Following ABB Cable Deal

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    NKT has decided to split the Holding company into two separately listed companies, with the timing of this decision being linked to NKT Cables’ acquisition of ABB’s high-voltage cables business. NKT is the active and long-term owner of three industrial businesses including Nilfisk, NKT Cables, and NKT Photonics. With the acquisition of ABB’s high voltage […]

  • RenewableUK Expands to Tidal Lagoon Energy

    2 May 2014

    The trade association representing the wind and marine energy industries, RenewableUK, is expanding its membership to include companies involved in tidal lagoon energy. The organisation has covered wave and tidal stream energy since 2004 and will now take on an additional form of tidal power. Tidal lagoon technology traps water at high tide in vast […]

  • Belgium: DEME Wins New Contracts for Energy-Related Projects

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Within the DEME group recently, a great many assignments for large, energy-related projects have been awarded to a range of different companies. The assignments will be executed for oil and gas companies and businesses working within the renewable energy sector and represent a total value of 250 million EUR. In Santa Marta, Colombia, Dredging International […]

  • Ocean Installer Selects Aberdeen as New UK Base

    13 June 2012

    Norwegian based subsea construction and engineering firm, Ocean Installer, has selected Scotland’s energy capital to set up a new UK division, in a move that will see the company create up to 100 new jobs in the energy sector. The company has signed a new ten year lease with Aberdeen Energy Park joint venture partners, […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia Outlines Steps for Marine Renewable Energy

    15 May 2012
    Authorities

    Nova Scotia has taken another step towards turning its abundant ocean energy resources into an affordable supply of clean, renewable electricity. The province released a plan today, May 14, that outlines how it will use local expertise and knowledge to develop the emerging energy sector. The Marine Renewable Energy Strategy contains broad policy, economic and […]

  • USA: South Carolina and North Carolina Collaborate to Accelerate Development of Offshore Wind Energy

    11 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Representatives from South Carolina and North Carolina met in Charlotte in June to discuss opportunities for collaborating to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy on the south Atlantic seaboard. The meeting is being heralded as a significant first step towards regional collaboration for offshore wind in the Southeast. The objective of the two-state meeting […]

  • First Offshore Wind Project Announced for Bulgaria to Use Floating Wind Technology and Power Gas Platform

    25 January 2023
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    France-based floating wind technology developer, Eolink, and 15 European renewable energy partners have launched an EU-backed project named Black sea fLoating Offshore Wind (BLOW). The project aims to install a 5 MW floating wind turbine offshore Bulgaria and link it to a gas platform in the Black Sea. BLOW will use Eolink’s floating offshore wind […]

  • First American-Built Offshore Substation Sails Away

    26 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource have marked the sail away of the first American-built offshore wind substation, which departed a Texas fabrication facility and is en route to the US East Coast. The substation is transiting across the Gulf of Mexico and then up the East Coast for installation at the South Fork Wind project site in […]

  • Denmark, Belgium, and Germany Step Closer to Energy Island Grid Links

    23 November 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Dan Jørgensen, and the Belgian Minister of Energy, Tinne van der Straeten, have signed a formal political Memorandum of Agreement to establish an offshore grid connection between Denmark and Germany including the Danish energy island in the North Sea. Andreas Feicht, Head of Secretary at the German […]

  • First Jacket In at Deepest Fixed Bottom Offshore Wind Farm

    11 October 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest, fixed bottom offshore wind farm, SSE Renewables said. Two jackets operated by main contractor Seaway 7 made their way on a barge from Global Energy Group’s Port of Nigg in the Highlands of Scotland to […]