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  • Vattenfall Shows Higher Underlying Operating Profit

    4 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Despite challenging market conditions Vattenfall grew its 2013 underlying operating profit. Electricity generation rose, with a high level of availability especially for nuclear power, and further reductions were made in operating expenses. However, net profit for the year experienced a severe negative impact from impairment losses. Report highlight: Net sales rose 2.6% to SEK 171,684 […]

  • CLS Offshore One of 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain

    6 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The London Stock Exchange has identified 1,000 of the UK’s most notable small and medium enterprises to Inspire Britain in its landmark business report. Included in this list is Great Yarmouth-based CLS Offshore Limited. The report aims to highlight the importance of SME’s to the future of the UK economy and has recognised more needs […]

  • Denmark: New Assignments for Blue Water Shipping

    1 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    For three years, Blue Water Shipping has been working on several interesting assignments during the construction of Denmark’s largest wind farm – Anholt Offshore Wind Farm – which opened in September. More than 3.000 people have been working on site during the project phase, and over 100 ships have been involved. Thus, the coordination and […]

  • OutSmart to Open Offshore Wind Operations Control Centre in Emden, Germany

    30 October 2013

    OutSmart will officially open the first offshore wind Operations Control Centre in Emden, Germany, on the 31st of October. The operations centre will be staffed 24/7 to operate offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and coordinate all maintenance and logistic activities. Launching customer is Trianel for wind farm Borkum West II, which is […]

  • The Netherlands: ATLAS Paint Consultants Acquires ISO 9001 Certification

    16 August 2013

    ATLAS paint consultants B.V., the leading inspection and consultancy company, yesterday announced that the company had received the ISO 9001:2008 certification from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) for advising, inspection and surveys of insulation, paint and coating projects.  “Achieving ISO 9001:2008 certification is an important milestone for ATLAS because it demonstrates our commitment to delivering […]

  • Construction of Lindoe Nacelle Testing Facilities to Start (Denmark)

    7 March 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The construction of LNT – one of the world’s most advanced wind turbine nacelle testing facilities for “the wind turbines of tomorrow” – is about to commence. This is a great opportunity for an exciting job for engineers with an appetite for innovation and large machinery, as Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center (LORC) is now hiring […]

  • China Takes Piece of Wind Turbine Market

    15 November 2012

    With one of the fastest growing wind markets in the world, Chinese manufacturers have been quick to step up and meet their country’s rapidly expanding demand for renewable energy – expanding their revenue significantly in the process – states a new report from business intelligence providers GBI Research. In the report, the firm analyses the […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Appointment of New Energy Minister

    5 September 2012
    Authorities

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed the appointment of the Conservative MP John Hayes as Energy Minister. He replaces Charles Hendry, who served in the role for more than two years since the formation of the Coalition Government in May 2010. Jennifer Webber, RenewableUK’s Director of […]

  • Norway: Wind Farm Developers Use Virtual Wind Measurement

    29 March 2012

    Since early 2003, StormGeo has been running nested, limited area numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to gain real-time weather prediction and for studying historical periods. The company have extensive practice in using weather models to produce high-horizontal resolution hindcasts; historical weather forecasts, ranging from 1 to 10 km and having entire hourly time series – […]

  • UK: Hartlepool Remains Optimistic

    28 March 2012

    In the aftermath of the decision made by Spanish company Gamesa not to award an 800-job contract to the Tees Valley, but to assign a £125m worth deal for construction of wind turbines to Leith near Edinburgh, Damien Wilson, the assistant director of regeneration and planning at Hartlepool Borough Council remains optimistic. “We always knew […]

  • UK: Galileo Hires Senior Originator for London Office

    16 March 2012

    Galileo, a pioneer and global leader in selling customized weather protection has added Ralph Renner, an energy market veteran, to its team. Renner, who will be based in Galileo’s London office, joins from Macquarie Bank where he was Head of European Power Trading. Renner held similar roles in the past at Dresdner Kleinwort and Accord […]

  • Royal Haskoning Wins CIPR PRide Award for Wind Energy Campaign

    2 December 2011

    A corporate positioning campaign for the wind energy division of Royal Haskoning, created by PR agency Proteus, has scooped a prestigious Gold award at the CIPR PRide awards in the Corporate and Business Communications category. The 2011 regional awards were judged by a national panel of peers. The campaign created by Proteus PR was designed […]

  • Vattenfall to Connect Wind Turbines to Railway Grids (Sweden)

    29 November 2011
    R&D

    Connecting wind farms to national power grids is often an expensive and fairly complicated process. An R&D project is looking into the possibility of connecting wind farms to existing railway power grids instead, as a lower-cost option. Wind power is a priority for Vattenfall, and the company plans to invest SEK 26 billion in new […]

  • Elia Appoints New CEO (Belgium)

    25 November 2011

    Elia’s Board of Directors  approved the appointment of Jacques Vandermeiren as the future CEO and Chairman of Elia’s Executive Committee. He will assume his new positions in the second half of 2012. Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors, Chairman Luc Van Nevel thanked Daniel Dobbeni for all the work he did as part […]

  • BOEMER Gives Wind Power Zoning Priority (USA)

    8 March 2011

    In the annual Maine Fisherman’s Forum the Bangor Daily News Reports that BOEMER is giving wind power development projects zoning rights over other uses of the ocean resources, such as commercial fishing, all in the name of marine spatial planning: “Paul Howard, executive director of New England Fishery Management Council, said the potential impact to […]

  • E.ON leads in Offshore wind (Germany)

    21 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    E.ON is leading the European offshore business. According to new statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) 118 new offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 333 megawatts, were connected to the grid in the first half of 2010. A massive 64 percent of all new capacity was developed by E.ON Climate & […]

  • Vattenfall and Munich utility intend to build joint offshore wind farm in the German North Sea

    20 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Vattenfall and the Munich municipal utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture for realisation of the offshore wind power project DanTysk. DanTysk offshore wind farm will be constructed 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt with 80 turbines on 70 square kilometres with water depths up to 30 […]

  • AXYS Releases Research on Value of Environmental Monitoring in Renewable Energy Developments (Canada)

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Although a relatively new technology, off shore wind energy is the leader of the three technologies with 2,946 MW currently deployed in Europe, and plans for North America’s first off shore wind farm to be developed during 2012. Th e wave and tidal energy industries are at an earlier stage, lacking the head start […]

  • Offshore Wind of Change for China

    30 December 2011

    The two figures of “100 million” and “10 million” are extremely meaningful to each Chinese people. By the end of October, the total installed capacity of China Guodian Corporation surpassed 100 million kilowatts, among which wind power 10 million kilowatts, the symbolic WTG is located at Jiangsu Rudong Offshore (Intertidal) 150,000 kilowatts Large-Scale Demonstration Wind […]

  • Cargo Ship-Hit Gode Wind 1 Turbine Went Back Into Service in 24 Hours; Vessel Said to Have Been Kilometres Off Course

    30 May 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The turbine at the Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm in Germany that was hit by a cargo vessel last month was put back into service around 24 hours after being taken out of operation for inspection, Ørsted tells offshoreWIND.biz. According to reports by German media, the vessel, which sustained major damage, was on autopilot […]

  • GE Has the World’s 2nd Largest Order Backlog (Interview)

    18 November 2015

    Eize de Vries has spoken to Anders Søe-Jensen, CEO of GE’s offshore wind unit, at the EWEA 2015 event in Paris, where the company introduced its new Renewable Energy business, following the acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses. GE Offshore Wind’s brand new nacelle factory in St Nazaire is currently manufacturing five Haliade 150-6MW turbines for the US […]

  • Norway: Oveldi Worldwide Enters Talks with TP Shipping

    22 March 2012
    Business & Finance

      The management of Oveldi Worldwide has begun talks with Norwegian ship brokers TP Shipping of Grimstad, Norway. President Thomas Parlow, 16 year president of TP Shipping and formerly of TexShip Chartering of Houston, Texas, specializes in heavy lift transports, project cargo transports and IMO cargo movements. A partnership with Oveldi Worldwide and integration with […]

  • Purus Wind Orders Eight-Strong Offshore Wind Vessel Fleet at Damen

    27 March 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider, Purus Wind, have signed a contract for the construction and delivery of eight new vessels. Purus Wind ordered four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid vessels, three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs), and one 90-metre Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV). The FCS 3210s and […]

  • Uptime Develops Digital Ecosystem for Offshore Wind Operations

    28 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Norwegian Uptime International has announced its support to deep water offshore wind projects by developing an ecosystem comprising a set of digital solutions whose purpose is to ensure remote or autonomous operation of gangways connecting two floating units. According to the company, the ecosystem benefits include safer logistical operations, faster execution of operations, reduced fuel […]

  • Siemens Develops System to Fight Fires in Wind Turbines

    17 February 2014
    Technology

    Siemens has developed an automatic fire detection and extinguishing system for offshore wind turbines. The first of these systems was recently installed at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the North Sea. A fire in a wind turbine can quickly turn dangerous for people and the environment, particularly if the nacelle or rotors catch fire, […]

  • European Commission Releases Renewable Energy Progress Report

    28 March 2013

    The European Commission has released a Renewable energy progress report yesterday. The purpose of this progress report is to assess Member States’ progress in the promotion and use of renewable energy towards the 2020 targets. In addition, it contains sections on the sustainability scheme for biofuels and bioliquids consumed in the EU and on the […]