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  • First Offshore Wind Project Announced for Bulgaria to Use Floating Wind Technology and Power Gas Platform

    25 January 2023
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    France-based floating wind technology developer, Eolink, and 15 European renewable energy partners have launched an EU-backed project named Black sea fLoating Offshore Wind (BLOW). The project aims to install a 5 MW floating wind turbine offshore Bulgaria and link it to a gas platform in the Black Sea. BLOW will use Eolink’s floating offshore wind […]

  • Vestas Lowers Full-Year Guidance, Cites Project Delays

    2 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas expects the company’s full-year revenue for 2022 to range between EUR 14.5 billion and EUR 15.5 billion, as compared to the previously expected EUR 14.5 billion to EUR 16 billion. The adjustment of the full-year guidance follows the release of the company’s results for the third quarter of 2022 with revenue […]

  • Denmark’s Iconic Offshore Wind Farm to Get a New Lease on Life

    23 December 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s HOFOR is starting a restoration and recycling project at the Middelgrunden wind farm offshore Copenhagen with the aim of extending the project’s service life by up to several decades. The wind farm’s 20 wind turbines form a gentle arch which has been ”shielding” Denmark’s capital and its harbour since 2001. HOFOR owns ten of […]

  • German Wind Sector Calls For Q1 2019 Offshore Wind Tender, Volume Expansion

    21 January 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Germany’s leading wind industry associations have urged the German government to issue a tender for 1.5GW of available offshore grid capacity in the first quarter of 2019, and to increase the 2030 and 2035 expansion volumes. The associations, BWE, BWO, Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, and WAB, said that the Omnibus Energy Act passed in December […]

  • Survey Technology – From Maritime to Extraterrestrial

    19 January 2015
    R&D, Technology

    A group of maritime engineering students share a futuristic vision to send robots into outer space to explore planetary lakes. The potential uses for these robots on Earth is also limitless, including sending fleets of drones to provide quick and safe response to natural disasters and creating a “wired ocean” that provides early notice of […]

  • Report Forecasts Bright Future for Offshore Wind

    4 December 2014

    The report European offshore wind 2014 published today by international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer reveals a positive attitude to financing of new and projected European offshore wind projects. Underlying survey data shows that the sector is beginning to benefit from a healthy appetite in the lending market, competitive capital costs and, in consequence, strong […]

  • Gamesa, AREVA Strive to Create Global Leader in Offshore Wind

    7 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Gamesa and AREVA signed binding agreements for the creation of a joint venture in the promising offshore wind energy industry, culminating the exclusive talks initiated last January. The closing of the transaction is expected to be secured by the fourth quarter of this year, subject to approval by the French government and the relevant competition […]

  • Norstec Academy Takes On Three Journalism Students

    16 June 2014
    Training & Education

    The Norstec Academy will engage journalism students from the University of Lincoln and City University, London in a two week-long student tours of the offshore renewables industry. The tour “prize” is the outcome of a student competition launched in May this year and is focused on showcasing the wealth of opportunities offered by offshore renewables. […]

  • Researchers Investigate Hearing of Marine Mammals

    1 April 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Researchers from the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation (TiHo) are investigating the hearing of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) under the leadership of Professor Dr. Ursula Siebert and Dr. Andreas Ruser. They published the first results in the online specialist magazine Plos one. The investigations were […]

  • DNV GL Launches Marine Energy Planning Tools

    27 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    DNV GL yesterday released WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer; the world’s first marine energy planning tools to be made commercially available. A major barrier to the growth of the marine energy industry is the risk associated with projects and the accompanying uncertainty of return on investment. Engineers face a large number of unknowns at the start of […]

  • Safe Methods of Working under EWEA Offshore Conference Spotlight

    4 November 2013

    Effective sharing of marine construction experience, safe methods of working and recommended practice for offshore installation will lie at the heart of presentation by Alan MacLeay at EWEA Offshore 2013 in the ‘Synergies with other maritime technologies’ session on 20 November in the ‘Industrialising the supply chain’ track. The offshore wind energy industry does not […]

  • Emergency Exercise Performed at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 May 2013

    Emergency services from North Wales and the North West took part in a major simulated exercise at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm yesterday. Exercise ARGO is using dummies instead of real people to test rescue procedures and recovery times for the 160 turbine site, which is more than eight miles offshore in Liverpool Bay. […]

  • Germany: 2012 Successful Year for PNE WIND

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    With a successful financial year 2012, the wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has laid the foundation for continued positive developments. This is clearly illustrated in the 2012 annual report published today and also reconfirms the figures published on 12th March 2013. PNE WIND AG realised an operational result (EBIT) amounting to EUR 20.4 […]

  • Germany: E.ON Announces EBITDA of around EUR 10.8 Billion

    13 March 2013

    Düsseldorf-based E.ON SE posted EBITDA of about €10.8 billion and underlying net income of about €4.2 billion in the 2012 financial year.  “Our solid results, which also reflected a number of positive one-off effects, are gratifying and a tribute to our employees’ outstanding dedication and performance, particularly in difficult times,” said E.ON CEO Dr. Johannes […]

  • USA: UMaine Wins 1st Phase of Deepwater Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Project

    31 January 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded the first phase of a potential $93.2 million deepwater offshore wind demonstration project by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The UMaine Composites Center-led team of industry leaders and national laboratories is one of five awardees selected from over 70 competing proposals. In […]

  • Belgium: 3E, OWA Launch New FLiDAR Company

    7 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Technology

    With support from Flemish Government, a newly launched joint venture, FLiDAR nv, starts product trials in North Sea with aim to deliver tools to drastically reduce costs of offshore wind developments. 3E and OWA (DEME Group) have announced the official launch of FLiDAR N.V. Based in Oostende, FLiDAR is a joint venture established between 3E […]

  • Germany: Nordex Announces 2011 Full Year Results

    28 February 2012

    On basis of its provisional consolidated financial statements, the Nordex Group closed 2011 in line with its current forecast. In November 2011, the Management Board announced that Nordex would be reporting lower sales and an operating loss of around EUR 10 million for the year as a whole. Highlights: Sales down 5% to EUR 921 […]

  • NRG Energy Must Exit Contract Soon to Avoid USD 2.75m Payment (USA)

    12 September 2011

    The three months Bluewater Wind bought to try to salvage its offshore wind-power contract with Delmarva Power has not brought the change in federal law the developer had hoped for, industry observers say. But it’s anyone’s guess what will happen when Bluewater and Delmarva reach a key deadline in their power-purchase contract in less than […]

  • Reliable Rotors for Wind Industry (Germany)

    12 August 2011

    Wind turbine blade manufacturing is a developing business as the wind energy industry looks to have fewer, larger turbines offshore, which presents performance challenges for composite materials. The situation is complicated by the cost pressures in the renewable energy markets, wanting turbines at a cheaper price, so some of the types of technology used in […]

  • Wärtsilä to Power Technologically Advanced UK Research Ressel

    13 December 2010
    R&D

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new, state-of-the-art, research vessel. The vessel will be operated by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and is to be built at the C.N.P. Freire S.A. shipyard in Spain. The NERC is the UK’s main […]

  • ACCESS SYSTEMS: TDD – Tube Docking Device

    22 December 2015

    Transfers at sea have long been a problem and the safety of those involved is becoming an increasing consideration particularly because of the rapidly increasing numbers of people involved. The offshore wind farm owners and contractors alike have very strict H&S policies which other industries increasingly feel obliged to adopt as the renewable energy sector […]

  • TenneT Awards Massive Transport and Installation Contracts to Heerema and Allseas

    17 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels

    TenneT has signed multi-year framework agreements with Allseas and Heerema Marine Contractors for the transport and installation of at least fourteen 2 GW offshore platforms. The fourteen 2 GW converter stations will be installed in the Dutch and German parts of the North Sea. The framework agreement will cover at least twenty-eight slots until 2031; […]

  • Massachusetts DPU Approves Offshore Wind Power Supply Contracts, Including PPAs for Avangrid’s Commonwealth Wind

    4 January 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) wrapped up 2022 by issuing several new orders, among them also an order approving the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for Mayflower Wind and Commonwealth Wind projects, although Avangrid filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings for the latter in mid-December, with plans to re-apply at the upcoming state […]

  • Danes Hammer Out Hesselø Subsidy Scheme

    29 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish government and the parties to the Climate Agreement have agreed on a subsidy scheme for the Hesselø offshore wind farm. To a large extent, the subsidy scheme for Hesselø is similar to the subsidy scheme decided for the Thor offshore wind farm which was based on the recommendations from The Danish Council on […]

  • Port of Wilhelmshaven: Fit for the future

    16 August 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Germany’s ambition is to have 2.500 turbines installed in its territorial waters in the North and Baltic Seas by 2030. This means that on an average of 250 turbines will have to be produced and installed each year. This cannot be handled by one port alone and therefore several German ports are now trying to […]

  • Viessmann to Introduce Its Method to Turn Excess Renewable Power into Gas

    5 March 2014
    R&D

    At Ecobuild 2014 Viessmann will be presenting its power-to-gas solution for addressing the peaks in power generation from weather-dependant renewable energy sources. Viessmann, one of the world’s leading sustainable heating systems manufacturers, believes its model for storing excess power in the gas grid can pave the way for the UK’s successful transition from conventional to […]