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  • Germany: Wind Power Growth Driver for TÜV SÜD

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    International service corporation TÜV SÜD is continuing its dynamic growth: its consolidated revenue will grow by a minimum of 8 per cent in 2012, to over EUR 1.8 billion (2011: EUR 1.68 billion). TÜV SÜD also expects a further rise in income (EBIT) (2011: EUR 160 million). The number of employees clearly reflects this positive […]

  • UK: SAS Calls South Coast Surfers to Discuss Navitus Bay OWF Impact

    9 August 2013

    Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are inviting members of the Bournemouth surfing and Isle of Wight waveriding community to join them to discuss the potential coastal and surfing impacts of the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm: The meetings will take place with the developers of the proposed offshore wind farm at the Lakeside Park Hotel, in […]

  • Interview: US Offshore Wind Industry – Seeing is Believing

    1 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Training & Education

    The most compelling action to encourage offshore wind development in the United States is to have real live examples of successful offshore wind projects, Charles Nordstrom, a Senior Associate and Head of the US team at BVG Associates, told Offshore WIND in an interview. The first offshore wind farm in US waters, currently under construction off […]

  • South Fork Seabed Investigations to Begin This Summer

    14 March 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Seabed surveys at the South Fork offshore wind farm site in the state of New York will commence in late May/ early June.

  • Port of Tyne Making Room for Offshore Wind

    20 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne in the UK is nearing the final phase of a GBP 3 million investment program to infill Tyne Dock and increase its offer to potential offshore wind manufacturers. The program will result in an additional 30ha of land with deep-sea quayside access to support offshore wind, Matt Beeton, Port of Tyne Chief Executive Officer, […]

  • Cecon Contracting and Partners Order Hybrid Cable Installation Vessel

    21 November 2022
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    Norwegian offshore and subsea installation contractor Cecon Contracting and partners have entered into an agreement to build a hybrid propulsion cable installation vessel. The vessel, NSK 6255, was designed by Cecon`s engineering team and NSK Ship Design, an independent international ship design company from Norway. It is set to be build at Sefine Shipyard in […]

  • County Road Permit Impedes Progress on Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Approved in US

    19 July 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has filed a complaint against Cape May County with the Superior Court of New Jersey as the developer has not yet received a permit required for investigation works at a section of a county road. The company says this is creating “a cascading and adverse effect” on the recently approved 1.1 GW Ocean Wind […]

  • UK: Fugro to Supply Offshore Met Mast for Rampion Wind Farm

    6 March 2012

    Fugro Seacore have announced today that they have signed a contract relating to the design, build and installation of an offshore met mast to record and monitor site conditions on the proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm site in the English Channel, 13km off the coast of Sussex, UK. “We will be working on this project […]

  • Fishermen Raising Money for Cape Wind Lawsuit at Portuguese-American Club (USA)

    21 December 2010

    Well more than 100 fishermen and their supporters turned out at the Portuguese-American Club Saturday night for the first Fishermen’s Night Out, a chance to socialize and compare notes about how to protect the rights of commercial fishermen in nearby waters. Hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association, the event’s goal was to raise […]

  • Innovation Key to Future of US Offshore Wind

    10 October 2012
    Technology

    The success of the North American offshore renewable energy industry will depend as much on future, sustained investment in technological innovation, as it will on backing pioneering offshore power projects. That is according to GCube, the leading provider of underwriting services for renewable energy projects, which has collaborated with Seattle based renewable energy technology developer, […]

  • World’s Largest Monopile Factory Secures Planning Approval

    17 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    SeAH Wind Ltd, a subsidiary of South Korea’s pipe manufacturer SeAH Steel Holdings, has received planning approval for its proposed GBP 300 million UK XXL monopile factory to be built at Teesworks. Site works are scheduled to commence in July with overall completion anticipated in 2024. The 40-metre high, over 800-metres long building, part of the Teesside’s […]

  • UK: Dong’s Work Annoys Jaywick Residents

    30 August 2012

    DONG Energy will be welding a massive pipe on the Jaywick beach which will be used to install subsea cables for connection of the two offshore wind turbines to a power station. This is making Jaywick residents angry, because the construction work will take over the beach at the summer’s peak. The company will use […]

  • DONG, Vestas to Jointly Test V164-8.0 MW Wind Turbine in Denmark

    11 December 2012
    R&D

    Today DONG Energy and Vestas Wind Systems have entered into a cooperation agreement on the testing of Vestas’ V164-8.0 MW wind turbine at Test Centre Østerild in Denmark. Through this agreement, DONG Energy becomes involved earlier in Vestas´ development of the V164-8.0 MW offshore wind turbine than previously envisaged. This ensures DONG Energy a detailed […]

  • HVDC – Securing supply

    9 October 2013

    When the ‘battle of the currents’ ended in the late 19th century with Westinghouse and the AC lobby victorious over Edison’s DC lobby, AC became the dominant means for transmission of electrical power; a method which was to remain dominant for over a century. AC, with the ability for stepping the voltage up or down […]

  • Head of RenewableUK to Step Down

    16 September 2015

    The Chief Executive of RenewableUK, Maria McCaffery, will be stepping down next year from her role in the trade association. Julian Brown, Chairman of the Board, announced that Maria has tendered her resignation and will be staying in post until a successor is able to take over the leadership role. This is likely to be […]

  • Nine North Seas Countries Set 260 GW by 2050 Offshore Wind Target

    12 September 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Industry

    Energy Ministers from the nine members of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) have agreed to reach at least 260 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050. This will represent more than 85 per cent of the EU-wide ambition of reaching 300 GW by 2050. At their ministerial meeting in Dublin, under the Irish Co-Presidency […]

  • EPISCentre to Produce Skilled Energy Workers from July

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    A new skills centre to become the focal point for world class energy skills training in the East of England is to be launched in the Great Yarmouth borough in July. The EPISCentre project will start initially from the Minerva House building near the home of EEEEGR, the East of England Energy Group, at Beacon […]

  • EEEGR Launching Offshore Wind Supply Chain SIG at Westminster

    17 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) will launch a new Offshore Wind Supply Chain special interest group (SIG) on Wednesday, 19 October, during a reception at Westminster. The Offshore Wind Supply Chain is expected to ensure that the region benefits from the investments in offshore wind, with its first steering group meeting, chaired by 3sun Group […]

  • Denmark: Port of Esbjerg Opens New Østhavn Harbour

    24 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Esbjerg’s new Østhavn (“East Harbour”) opened on Friday, 21 June. This 650,000 square metre expansion of the harbour will consolidate Esbjerg’s position as the leading North Sea port for the wind turbine industry and increase its potential to develop and grow other business areas. The opening ceremony was attended by the Danish […]

  • Energy Minister Announces £4 Mln Grant for Port of Cromarty Firth

    8 August 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today announced a £4 million grant from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the development of a new deepwater quayside at the Port of Cromarty Firth – bringing the total redevelopment project to £25 million. The 35 acre Invergordon Service Base, operated by the Port of Cromarty Firth, has been […]

  • UK: Francis Brown Recruits Two New Apprentices

    20 June 2012
    Training & Education

    Francis Brown Ltd, the North East engineering company, has asserted its commitment to future skills after taking on new apprentices who trained in the region.  The Stockton-on-Tees firm, which already operates an apprenticeship programme with three advanced apprentices currently training with the company, has now recruited Christopher Brown, 19, from Seaton and Luke Swinborne, 16, […]

  • NASA Uses Laser to Measure Offshore Wind Speed (USA)

    18 October 2011
    R&D

    Grady Koch is not a weatherman but he knows which way the wind blows.   By Cory Nealon (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, October 18, 2011

  • UK Monopile Factory Changes Location, New Address at Teesworks

    14 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    SeAH Wind Ltd will build a GBP 200-300 million UK XXL monopile manufacturing facility at Teesworks and not at Able UK’s Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) on the South Bank of the Humber as initially planned. SeAH Wind Ltd, a subsidiary of South Korea’s pipe manufacturer SeAH Steel Holdings, has not specified the reason for […]

  • Boskalis Harbours EOWDC Foundations at Peterhead Port

    10 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has awarded Peterhead Port Authority with a contract to harbour the suction bucket jacket foundations for the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • USA: Grand Valley Students Visit Lake Michigan Research Buoy

    23 July 2013

    A group of Grand Valley student researchers traveled seven miles off the coast of Lake Michigan July 18 to visit the Offshore Wind Assessment research buoy. The students are helping to analyze data collected from the buoy to determine the amount of power that could be created if wind turbines were installed in Lake Michigan. […]

  • Second Hollandse Kust Tender Confirmed for Year-End, Rules Tweaked

    3 October 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands will invite tenders for the Hollandse Kust (zuid/south) III & IV offshore wind sites at the end of this year, Eric Wiebes, the country’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy confirmed, adding that the upcoming process will see some changes despite running under the old regulation.