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  • Japanese Delegation Picks BOEM’s Brain on OW Environmental Review

    7 December 2017

    With Japan’s PREC Institute currently evaluating various approaches to preparing offshore wind Strategic Environmental Assessments, representatives from the institute and Japan’s Ministry of the Environment met with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on 4 December to discuss BOEM’s approach to offshore wind planning and environmental review.

  • Production Problems, Cost Overruns Behind BiFab Crisis

    14 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Production problems and cost overruns related to the Beatrice jacket foundations order are at the root of financial issues that the Scottish company BiFab is currently facing, resulting in its staff coming to work as usual despite the company having no money to pay their wages, just so the Beatrice order placed by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) could be kept at BiFab.

  • Vineyard Wind Expands Offshore Wind Team

    31 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind energy developer vying to build the first utility-scale project off the coast of Massachusetts, has named Lars Thaaning Pedersen as its new CEO and Iain Henderson as CFO.

  • DNV GL Signs MoU on OW Testing and Certification in Taiwan

    17 October 2017
    R&D

    DNV GL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwanese stakeholders to collaborate on offshore wind testing and certification to drive the expansion and facilitate the development of offshore wind in Taiwan.

  • Register Now for Offshore WIND Conference 2017!

    6 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Want to find out what the future holds for Offshore WIND? Then now if the time to register your participation and book your seat for Offshore WIND Conference. This edition boasts speakers from Siemens Gamesa, Van Oord, DONG, TNO Energy, Bladt Industries, the Dutch Government and the European Space Agency– to name but a few.

  • Canyon Offshore to Trench Hornsea One Inter-Array Cable Routes

    22 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has awarded Canyon Offshore Limited, an Aberdeen-based trenching solutions provider, a contract for the provision of trenching services on DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • ASM Industries Confirms Offshore Wind Plans

    14 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Following media reports from April saying ASM Industries (ASMI) had been planning to boost its involvement in the offshore wind sector and had pinpointed the port of Aveiro as a location for its new plant, the Portuguese company confirmed to Offshore WIND that it had decided to invest in the new facility, specialised in bigger products – mostly for offshore application.

  • April 2017 – Ignition Month for Future OWFs in Europe

    4 April 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    The UK launched the second Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction on 3 April, the same day the deadline was set for developers to place bids at Germany’s first competitive offshore wind tender. This month is significant for offshore wind in France as well, as the selection phase of the country’s new competitive dialogue tendering process will begin.

  • Report: Japan Sleeping On Its Offshore Wind Potential

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Japanese offshore wind-power resources have been largely overlooked but have tremendous potential, and can viably contribute to baseload power demand in the country’s post-nuclear era, according to a report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

  • PolyTech Tackles Blade Degradation

    20 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Danish company PolyTech A/S has, after three years of development work, launched a new Leading Edge Protection (LEP) technology that is said to address the wind turbine industry’s need to protect blades against rain and particle erosion. As wind turbine blades get bigger, they are increasingly being worn down by weather and by the airborne particles […]

  • CEFC Invests in 2% of Australian Ocean Energy

    15 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Australian Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) committed new investments of close to A$500m in the past 12 months, taking its total commitments to invest over the two years since inception to more than A$1.4 billion. These projects and programs have catalysed a further A$2.2 billion in other investment. During its second full year of operation, the […]

  • Senvion Strengthens Team, Changes Legal Form

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion is strengthening its management team in order to further build on the strong performance of the 2014/15 fiscal year. Senvion has appointed Manav Sharma as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Manav Sharma has been at Senvion for more than four years and has headed its Finance department since October 2013. […]

  • Lloyd’s Register CEO to Step Down

    21 May 2015

    Lloyd’s Register’s Richard Sadler has taken the decision to step down as CEO at the end of 2015, after eight years in the role. The Lloyd’s Register Group Ltd Board of Directors has announced the appointment of current CFO, Alastair Marsh, as his successor. Since Richard Sadler’s appointment as CEO in 2007, he and the […]

  • Tidal Could Lower Its Costs, Wave Energy Needs Innovations

    25 February 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Tidal stream energy can have a significant role to play in the UK’s future energy system and has the potential to compete with other low carbon energy sources on cost, according to a new report published today by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). However, the future for a cost competitive wave energy industry is less […]

  • Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry

    26 December 2014

    Pontoon loaded with offshore wind turbine parts sinks off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea. The 35×11 meters large transporting pontoon sprung a leak while being towed from Stralsund towards Kiel by Bösch tug, and sank almost four kilometers northwest of […]

  • EnBW Buys Albatros Offshore Wind Farm

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has acquired the Albatros offshore wind farm project from the consortium partners STRABAG and the Norderland/ETANAX Group. This offshore wind project, which has approval for 79 wind turbines of the 5-7 megawatt rating class, is located 105 kilometres from the coast in the German sector of the North Sea. The wind […]

  • VIDEO: Offshore Wind in Spotlight at Offshore Energy 2014

    29 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The kick-off of Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance (OWIM) Conference marked the beginning of the second day of Offshore Energy 2014, held in Amsterdam. Among a number of exhibitors, delegates and visitors involved in the offshore renewables industry, the presence of Marie Donnelly from the European Commission certainly attracted a lot of interest. This year’s OWIM […]

  • 2013 Best Financial Year Ever for PNE WIND

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    German wind farm developer PNEWIND AG has published its annual report for 2013, which turned out to be the most successful fiscal year in the company’s history. At the same time, the company has significantly expanded its operational activities in the first quarter of 2014. “2013was not only an outstanding year financially for PNE WIND […]

  • Kongsberg Presents Leak Detection System at Oceanology

    11 March 2014

    Leak detection and environmental monitoring within the offshore renewables and oil and gas sectors are a key focus for Kongsberg Maritime at Oceanology International 2014, with the world launch of a sophisticated new approach to subsea monitoring. The Modular Subsea Monitoring-Network (MSM) is a flexible solution deployable on projects of all types and scale and […]

  • Orange Blue Terminal to Handle Riffgrund 1 Foundations

    3 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Orange Blue Terminal (OBT) in Eemshaven, Netherlands will handle and store 77 foundation structures required for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The onshore project coordination, project engineering and execution are in the hands of OBT, operated by the Hamburg port service provider, Buss Port Logistics in conjunction with their Dutch partner, Uniteam […]

  • SgurrEnergy Collaborates with Chinese University on Wind Research Project

    3 December 2013
    R&D, Technology

    SgurrEnergy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) in Beijing yesterday as part of a research collaboration into wind turbine power characteristics and design improvement. This collaboration marks the first research project by a notable Chinese university using scanning lidar technology to assess wind turbine design and performance […]

  • UK: Recent Graduate Climbs the Offshore Energy Ladder

    30 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Recent graduate Katie Musgrave is playing a leading role in a young company’s pioneering scour protection technology thanks to the direct support of her university. Katie became product engineer with Scour Prevention Systems only a month after graduating with distinction from her Masters in Energy Engineering with Environmental Management at the University of East Anglia […]

  • UK: Alnmaritec Delivers Rix Tiger

    30 September 2013

    The thunder may have been roaring on the North East coast at the end of July but that didn’t stop the UK’s premier boat builder Alnmaritec delivering the latest boat to be built at their Blyth, Northumberland base for client Rix Shipping. The ‘Rix Tiger’ is the second of the new Wave Captain class of […]

  • HVDC Transmission Market Worth USD 9.62 Billion by 2018, Report Says (USA)

    27 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    According to a new market research report of “HVDC Transmission Market – By Technology (LCC/VSC), Configuration (Back To Back, Monopolar, Bipolar, Multi-Terminal), Power Rating (Below 500 MW, 501 MW – 999 MW, 1000 MW – 2000 MW & Above 2000 MW), Application, Component & Geography (2013 – 2018)”. The increasing wind farms, focusing on power […]

  • The Netherlands: Huisman to Deliver Leg Encircling Crane for Scylla

    26 August 2013
    Technology

    Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract for the delivery of a 1,500mt @ 32m Leg Encircling Crane, the largest of its kind, for Seajacks new offshore wind farm installation vessel “Scylla”. The contract for the 1,500mt crane was awarded to Huisman by the South Korean shipyard […]

  • DONG Energy Sells Norwegian Onshore Assets, Focuses on Offshore Wind

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has just sold its 33% interest in the Norwegian onshore wind company Kvalheim Kraft to Vardar Boreas AS, which already owns a 33% interest in Kvalheim Kraft. Kvalheim Kraft owns two operating wind farms, Mehuken 1 and 2, which are located close to the west coast of Norway approx. 300 km north of […]