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  • WindEurope: ‘European Governments Should Not Follow German Example of Negative Bidding’

    13 July 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry

    Following the results of the latest German offshore wind auction, which went into the so-called negative bidding stage and ended up earning the State billions from the winning developers, WindEurope warned that this would be passed on to consumers and the supply chain, and called on the German government to avoid this approach in future […]

  • South Australian Gov’t Rejects Offshore Wind Project Application, Asks Federal Gov’t to Move Declared Development Zone Out of State Waters

    5 September 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Wind Farm Update

    The South Australian (SA) government has rejected a proposal by Skyborn Renewables and Australis Energy for an offshore wind farm to be built off the state’s coast and has also submitted a document to the federal government in which it expresses its opposition to the Southern Ocean offshore wind development zone being in the state’s […]

  • Windfarm update: French OWF Projects, Wikinger, Borkum Riffgrund 2, Butendiek, Galloper

    24 November 2015

    French offshore wind projects French transmission system operator RTE France has awarded ABB with a $25m contract to supply nine 400MVA booster transformers and accompanying services, which will help regulate the voltage of power transmitted from four large-scale offshore wind projects. ABB will deliver the transformers in 2017 and 2020. The four French offshore wind […]

  • Rough Sea Ahead for German Offshore Wind, Industry Says

    20 July 2016

    The new German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) means troubled waters for the German offshore wind industry, according to a press release jointly issued by AGOW (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offshore-Windenergie), Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, BWE (Bundesverband WindEnergie) and WAB. The number of new offshore wind installations in Germany was relatively moderate in the first half of the year, […]

  • UK: Xodus to Investigate Use of Deterrent Devices during OWF Construction

    26 June 2013
    Environment, R&D

    International energy consultancy Xodus Group will be lead consultant to review and make recommendations on the use of acoustic deterrent devices and the mitigation of potential underwater noise impacts arising from pile driving during offshore wind farm construction. As part of a programme of work to be carried out through the Offshore Renewables Joint Industry […]

  • GDF SUEZ Reports Solid Results for 2011 (France)

    9 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    GDF SUEZ continued to report solid results for 2011, with EUR 90.7 billion in revenues, up +7.3% despite highly unfavorable weather conditions and the gas tariff freeze in France. EBITDA grew by +9.5% thanks to the contribution of International Power from February 2011, the commissioning of new assets in all business lines, very good performances […]

  • 8.1 GW of Offshore Wind Feeding Into German Grid; Decisive Action Needed to Install Further 22 GW by 2030, Industry Says

    16 January 2023
    Industry

    Germany said goodbye to 2022 with 8,100 MW of offshore wind capacity connected to the grid after all wind turbines at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm (342 MW) went into operation mid-December. Although this is a step forward, the country is still 22 GW away from its 2030 target and the government needs to take […]

  • UK: Supacat Launches Multi-Purpose Vessel 24 at Seawork

    25 June 2013

    The Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV24), which will transform support operations in today’s growing offshore wind farm and maritime engineering sectors, receives its official launch at Seawork International. The SMV24 is a new concept in offshore support vessels, designed to provide operators with `one boat to replace many`, enabling operators to conduct a wide range […]

  • Almost EUR 17.6 Billion for Polish Economy from Offshore Wind

    29 May 2013

    In accordance with a report by Ernst&Young concerning the impact of the offshore wind energy on the Polish economy the country is facing a unique opportunity. Reaching 6 GW in offshore wind in 2025 will entail PLN 73.8 billion value added for the Polish economy. Direct revenues of the public finance sector amount to PLN […]

  • Dong Energy Celebrates Five Year Anniversary (Denmark)

    1 July 2011

    Five years have passed since Elsam, Energi E2, DONG, Nesa, Københavns Energi and Frederiksberg Forsyning merged under the name of DONG Energy. A merger process that began already in 2003 and on 1 July 2006, it culminated in the birth of DONG Energy, the largest merger in Danish history. “Five years later, we can conclude […]

  • Reportlinker Announces ‘Global and China Marine (Offshore) Engineering Industry Report, 2012’

    31 October 2012
    R&D

    Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report “Global and China Marine (Offshore) Engineering Industry Report, 2012” is available in its catalogue. The shipbuilding industry has been sluggish since H2 2011. In contrast, the offshore engineering industry is in a much better condition. In H1 2012, the fulfilled orders of global offshore engineering market totaled […]

  • Ørsted Divesting Half of Hornsea Two for EUR 3.6 Billion

    28 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances for GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.6 billion). The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, once the […]

  • State Officials Welcome Deepwater Milestone

    28 July 2015

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper joined Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo, the state’s congressional delegation and representatives of Deepwater Wind – the project developers – in celebrating an historic “steel in the water” milestone for America’s first commercial scale offshore wind […]

  • DeepOcean Group Appoints New CEO (Norway)

    4 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    DeepOcean Group Holding AS (“DeepOcean Group” or “the Company”), an integrated provider of subsea engineering and trenching services, today appointed Bart H. Heijermans as their new CEO effective February 1, 2012. The announcement represents the next step in DeepOcean Group’s development into a leading global subsea services organization following the completion of its recent financial […]

  • Germany: GL Releases New Crew Boats Rules

    4 May 2012

    Germanischer Lloyd (GL) announces the release of the first comprehensive set of classification rules for Crew Boats and Offshore Wind Farm Service Craft. As the energy industry expands and installations are pushed ever further offshore and into more challenging environments, the vessels servicing these installations must be relied upon to operate in wider spectrum of […]

  • BOEM Authorizes Transmission Link for Block Island Wind Farm

    18 November 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced that BOEM has offered a right-of-way (ROW) grant to Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission System, LLC (Deepwater Wind) for the Block Island Transmission System (BITS). “This is a major milestone for offshore renewable energy in […]

  • VolturnUS 1:8 Launched: Maine Brings U.S. Offshore Wind Dream to Reality

    1 June 2013
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine in the U.S., was officially launched by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners yesterday at 11 am (5 pm CET/CEST). The 65-foot-tall VolturnUS prototype was lifted by a crane from the dock and lowered into the Penobscot River in Brewer. […]

  • DP Energy Plans to Enter Australian Offshore Wind Market

    25 August 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The international renewable energy company DP Energy has unveiled plans for five separate offshore wind projects in Australia after the government introduced more supportive policy for the sector. These five areas are off the coast of Warrnambool in Western Victoria, Wonthaggi and Port Albert in the Gippsland Region, and Wollongong and Newcastle areas in New […]

  • The Return of the Tripod – Foundation Specialists See an Opening

    28 September 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Sif, KCI, and Smulders have teamed up to jointly develop a new product line called ‘The revival of the Tripod’. The Tripod foundation concept was last deployed offshore at Global Tech 1 wind farm in the German North Sea around eight years ago. The concept on its own was abandoned as a ‘live’ foundation of […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Industry Meets at EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 to Discuss Growth

    16 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    As Europe faces the danger of recession, one industry is planning massive growth. The European offshore wind industry is set to more than triple its annual investments over the next decade – creating jobs, manufacturing and construction opportunities in many countries. At the end of the month, the world’s largest offshore wind power event takes […]

  • Damen Multi Cat 2712 Workboat Delivered to Green Marine

    19 May 2015
    Vessels

    Marine operations company Green Marine Energy Support Services, based in Stromness, Orkney (Orkney Islands), recently took delivery of a Damen Multi Cat 2712 workboat for its offshore wave and tidal activities. The vessel’s first job was laying the moorings for and towing Green Marine’s heavy-lifting barge and the removal of the HS1000 tidal turbine for […]

  • Germany: Q3 Strongest for Nordex

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    In the first nine months of the current year, the Nordex Group posted a 7 percent increase in sales to EUR 715.5 million (2011: EUR 668.2 million). Business in Europe, which is the company’s most important region, rose in particular, with sales climbing by 16 percent. With business volume EUR 294.4 million, the third quarter […]

  • Japan: Fuji Heavy Assigns Wind Turbine Generator System Business to Hitachi

    30 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Hitachi Ltd. and Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. have reached a basic agreement on the assignment of FHI’s wind turbine generator system business to Hitachi. Towards the completion of assignment, which is planned for July 1, 2012, Hitachi and FHI will discuss the specific terms of the future agreement. In recent years, environmental awareness and the […]

  • USD 1 Trillion Investment into Renewables by 2030, Report Says

    2 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The next decade and a half will see renewable energy raise its share of European electricity generation capacity from 40% in 2012, to 60% in 2030, while the share of fossil-fuel sources such as coal and gas falls from 48% to 27%, according to a major report from research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The […]

  • Scottish Green Energy Awards 2012 Held in Edinburgh

    7 December 2012

    The eleventh Scottish Green Energy Awards celebrated the successes of the renewables industry last night with its largest ever ceremony. Among the winners were MSP Rob Gibson SNP for Best Politician and Judith Patten, founder of All-Energy for her outstanding contribution to the industry. The Scottish Green Energy Awards, sponsored by RWE npower renewables and […]

  • Swedish Firm Receives First Commercial Order for Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

    5 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Sweden-based SeaTwirl has announced that it received its first commercial order for a new wind turbine application in the North Sea. Earlier this year, SeaTwirl announced that the company and Kontiki Winds signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify and explore opportunities to electrify Oil and Gas assets and other offshore applications using SeaTwirl’s […]