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  • Japanese Start Building UK’s First HVDC Cable Factory

    15 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric has kicked off the construction of its subsea cable factory in Scotland, set to supply critical elements for the reinforcement of the UK electricity transmission grid and for connecting renewable energy production facilities to the grid. Sumitomo Electric held the groundbreaking ceremony together with its subsidiary Sumitomo Electric UK Power Cables on 14 […]

  • European Progress Blazes Trail for Investment in US Offshore Wind

    9 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The progress offshore wind industry has made in Europe is making things easier when it comes to investments into such projects in the United States.

  • Wind Industry Inaugurates OWI Lab’s Unique Facilities in Belgium

    4 October 2012

    On 27 September, in the presence of 250 industrial players in the wind energy sector and a sizeable press delegation, the OWI Lab was inaugurated with the official opening of the climatic test chamber at Churchill Dock in the Port of Antwerp by Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters. Naturally, the focal point of the inauguration was […]

  • Ørsted and Danish Partner Announce Large-Scale Power-to-X Project; Offshore Wind in the Plans

    6 December 2022
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted and Danish renewable energy developer Skovgaard Energy have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a Power-to-X facility in Denmark. The project is planned to be built in several phases, starting with electrolysis powered by onshore renewables and later tapping into offshore wind from the North Sea. The facility, which is said to […]

  • Germany: Construction Starts for 10 MW Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory

    23 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Fraunhofer IWES in Bremerhaven is building a worldwide unique test facility for complete 400 ton wind energy turbine nacelles: a drive-performance of 10MW, the dynamic equivalent of five times the shear force of a harbour tug boat to simulate rotor wind-loading and an artificial medium voltage grid for full value electrical turbine certification characterise […]

  • OFW: Harbour Porpoises in German Bight Unaffected by Pile Driving

    11 October 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Pile driving during construction of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea has little to no effect on local harbour porpoise population, according to a study commissioned by the Offshore-Forum Windenergie (OFW) in partnership with the offshore wind industry leaders.  “The study shows that offshore wind farms have no negative consequences for the harbor porpoise population,” […]

  • Offshore Wind Will Need Over 172,000 More GWO-Trained People by 2025 – Report

    1 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education

    Upwards of 172,000 more people will need to be trained to GWO standards over the next five years to meet the global offshore wind power market demand in line with health and safety standards, a new report has found. These workers will need to be trained to construct, install, operate and maintain the world’s growing […]

  • The next step for offshore wind and the role of vessels specifically designed for floating offshore wind

    21 November 2023
    Floating Wind, Innovation, Offshore Platforms, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    The global energy landscape is undergoing a significant transformation as the demand for clean, renewable energy sources continues to grow. Wind power, in particular, is playing a pivotal role in this transition. Offshore wind farms have proven to be a highly effective means of generating electricity. To facilitate the expansion of offshore wind energy, efficient, […]

  • Marubeni, UK GIB Acquire Half of Westermost Rough OWF

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has today signed an agreement to sell 50 per cent of the 210 megawatt UK offshore wind construction project Westermost Rough to Marubeni Corporation and UK Green Investment Bank. At completion of the transaction, Marubeni and UK Green Investment Bank will each acquire a 25 per cent ownership share in Westermost Rough for […]

  • Blast from the past

    10 April 2012

    Imagine an area 93km by 93km and then fill this area with 3000 wind turbines. Some of the turbine foundations will have only one hole penetrating in the seabed, some will have 3 holes penetrating and some will even have 4 holes. This is what can happen in an area the size of the Dogger […]

  • Germany: New Energy Husum Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

    19 March 2012

    New Energy Husum opened with an act of celebration. The exhibition for renewable energy celebrated its tenth anniversary with eminent speakers from the fields of industry and politics. These included representatives of the small wind turbine, biogas and solar sectors alongside Schleswig-Holstein’s economics minister Jost de Jager. De Jager used the occasion to present Husum’s […]

  • NYPA Board of Trustees Votes Against Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project (USA)

    28 September 2011
    Authorities

      The New York Power Authority (NYPA) Board of Trustees on Tuesday voted to end the competitive solicitation process for the proposed Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project (GLOW), without awarding a contract for project development. The estimated annual cost of GLOW and the current economic conditions were the reasons for the Trustees’ action. Evaluation of […]

  • Converteam and Scottish and Southern Energy Join Forces on Offshore Wind Energy (UK)

    8 December 2010
    Technology

    Power conversion specialist Converteam and SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) have entered into an agreement to jointly develop innovative fully direct current (DC) technologies to reduce total cost of ownership of offshore wind power generation and distribution by 10-20%. The partners aim to demonstrate the benefits of Converteam’s advanced DC technologies (4) in the reduction […]

  • Industry Calls for 10 GW of Offshore Electrolysis Capacity in German National Hydrogen Strategy

    29 May 2023
    Authorities, Industry

    Offshore wind and hydrogen developers and organisations in Germany have called on the federal government to set clear targets for offshore hydrogen in the update of the country’s National Hydrogen Strategy, with an additional 10 GW of offshore electrolysis capacity to be added by 2035. On 26 May, several companies and industry organisations signed an […]

  • Dr. Hermann Scheer, global fighter for renewable energy and for a more democratic and decentralised energyscheer supply, is dead

    15 October 2010
    Authorities

    Yesterday morning, Dr. Hermann Scheer, Member of the German Parliament, President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy, died unexpectedly in Berlin. One of his greatest achievements, next to many books and inspiring speeches, was to initiate the successful feed-in tariff legislation for renewable energy which is today used in […]

  • Next level wave intelligence for Floating Wind Farms. (FOWF)

    12 October 2020

    Harvesting wind energy from far offshore has significant advantages. At the same time, it introduces many challenges and some unknown issues still yet to be faced. They are installed far from shore, in deeper waters, in the middle of harsh marine environments where local sea state conditions can instantly change, while turbines are exposed to […]

  • USA: MBARI Engineers to Test New ‘Power Buoy’ Version

    14 May 2012
    R&D

    MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way to make use of all that energy.” Since 2009, Hamilton has led a team of engineers trying to do just that. Their goal […]

  • EDF Could Create 300 Local Offshore Wind Jobs in France

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    With its 1.4 GW portfolio of renewable energy power plants under contract, including 30% growth in 2013, EDF Energies Nouvelles through EDF EN Services, its subsidiary dedicated to the Operations & Maintenance activities, has become utilities’ key partner for such services in the French market. At the same time, EDF Energies Nouvelles Group continues to […]

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Construction Kicks Off

    29 March 2012

    MAJOR components have begun arriving at new port facilities on the River Mersey in Birkenhead for the construction of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. The €2billion (EURO) project, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms, 18km off the Wirral coast, is enabling significant new investment into Merseyside, the North West and […]

  • DOE, BOEMRE and NOAA Announce Nearly $5 Million for Joint Environmental Research Projects to Advance Ocean Renewable Energy (USA)

    27 October 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), and the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today announced eight joint research awards totaling nearly $5 million to support the responsible siting and permitting of offshore wind energy facilities and ocean energy generated from waves, tides, currents […]

  • Mojo Validates Its Marine Ops Planning Tool

    20 May 2014

    Adverse weather frequently delays offshore operations, creating substantial commercial risk. The nascent marine energy sector feels the impact of this risk keenly and, Mojo Maritime has found that understanding how to mitigate this risk is not a simple matter. Mojo Maritime’s planning software tool Mermaid (Marine Economic Risk Management Aid) has been created through years of hard earned […]

  • Ocean Planning Is the Key to Unlock America’s New Blue Economy

    12 May 2016

    Written by Shiva Polefka, Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress’ Ocean Policy program.  The thin coastal fringe of the United States comprises a tiny proportion of the nation’s total land area but supports a huge share of its business. Coastal and Great Lakes counties alone—just 10 percent of U.S. land area, excluding Alaska—generated more […]

  • UK: Jennifer Blazes Trail in Offshore Wind

    15 March 2013
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training Newcastle is celebrating after welcoming its first female delegate through the doors – a trend the company hopes will start a new influx of women into the wind industry. Jennifer Menmuir, a Siemens graduate trainee, aged 25 from Falkirk in Central Scotland was the first woman to complete a two day specialist working […]

  • Maersk Training Story: Carload of Hopes

    28 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    When you believe in something, how far would you go to sustain that belief?  Maersk Training has released a story about three men making every effort to grab one of the opportunities that the renewable energy industry offers. At 27 Jonny Chung has already put his money where his mouth is. In the past he’d gained a […]

  • Sierra Club NJ: Pro-Wind Energy, But Against Atlantic City OWF

    6 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Sierra Club’s New Jersey chapter has voiced its opinion over the 24MW Atlantic City Wind Farm after a bill reviving the pilot project was approved by the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee on 22 March. The organisation is looking at the project as not being the best option to reach the state’s offshore wind targets.

  • R&D monitoring for optimised turbine designs and O&M

    7 August 2013

    Offshore wind energy continues to experience an increasing share of the electricity generation market in Europe. Both the UK and Germany have set up ambitious goals to further expand their offshore wind energy capacity. Relatively smaller countries such as Belgium for example are also stepping up their offshore capacity and are investing in research projects […]