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  • WTIVs: Wind Turbine Installation Vessels: New optimism

    2 December 2015

    The rugby world cup tournament is about to start in England as this article is being written. Just as the rugby fans will have waited 4 years for the whistle to announce the start of the first match, England versus Fiji, so the offshore wind industry has waited eagerly for the whistle to start for […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    6 July 2015

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Work has started in Norfolk on the onshore connection for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm with the national grid. The wind farm, located 20 miles off the coast of Cromer in North Norfolk in water depths of 18-25m is a project by Norwegian companies Statoil (35%) and Statkraft (30%), and […]

  • Energy Investment, Key to Meeting Asia’s Demand

    17 June 2015

    Asia has made huge strides in developing clean energy over the last decade but the region must boost clean energy investment, energy efficiency, and innovation if it is to meet rising demand and cope with a changing climate, said Bindu N. Lohani, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. “Renewables are […]

  • UK: People to Vote for Pro-Wind Politicians, Poll Says

    2 May 2013

    New independent research published today reveals that people are less likely to vote for political parties that oppose wind farm developments. The polling, undertaken by ComRes, asked about voting intention for both tomorrow’s local elections and the next General Election in May 2015. The results show that, in a General Election, 31% of voters are […]

  • First power from the Walney 1 Offshore Windfarm (UK)

    14 January 2011

    The Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm, off the shore of Cumbria, has Thursday January 13th 2011 started producing the first CO2-free electricity to the UK’s national grid. Electricity has been generated from the first of the 51 turbines that Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm will consist of eventually. When fully operational, the Walney 1 and […]

  • ABS Officially Opens KETC in South Korea

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Leading classification society ABS officially inaugurated the ABS Korea Energy Technology Center (KETC) in Busan, South Korea, on 19 October 2012. ABS President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki joined senior representatives of the Korean shipping and shipbuilding sectors and academia to celebrate the official opening of the ABS KETC, ABS’ first global energy center. Researchers […]

  • First Seacat Services Apprentices Successfully Graduate

    23 September 2015
    Training & Education, Vessels

    The first group of young seafarers has graduated from Seacat Services’ Maritime Apprenticeship programme. The successful graduates have taken the first step towards long-term careers in the offshore energy sector and will now discuss future career opportunities with Seacat Services. The year-long apprenticeship programme, which was introduced last year and is set to continue with a fresh […]

  • RWE Innogy Awards Long-Term Contracts for Port Logistics and Ship Management (Germany)

    6 January 2011

    * Award goes to „Linnhoff Offshore AG“ and „Reederei NSB“ * Cooperation for the offshore wind farms Nordsee Ost and Gwynt y Môr * Contract period of five years * German supply industry benefits with some € 80 million from the construction of RWE’s own installation vessels RWE Innogy has agreed on a long-term partnership […]

  • EWEA: UN Conference Overlooks the Rising Power of Wind and Other Renewables

    27 November 2013
    Environment

    As the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw ended on Saturday, EWEA’s Chris Rose made a comment about the event on the Associations blog: Another annual United Nations conference on climate change has ended and international negotiators once again failed to agree to a new treaty on reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil […]

  • Equinor and Technip Energies Start Floating Offshore Wind Collaboration

    16 June 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Equinor and Technip Energies have entered a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of floating offshore wind during the Seanergy conference in Normandie, France. The two companies come together to develop floating wind steel semi substructures that aim to accelerate technology development for floating offshore wind, enable cost reductions and develop local value opportunities. The […]

  • UK Gets Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence

    31 October 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new national Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence to drive forward the development of next-generation offshore wind technologies. The initiative is backed by up to GBP 500,000 funding each from the Scottish Government and the Catapult’s Welsh-based Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE), match […]

  • Clarksons Platou Establishes Offshore Renewables Division

    10 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Integrated shipping services provider Clarksons Platou has consolidated its renewables experts into a dedicated global division to provide ship broking, market intelligence and commercial services specifically to the offshore renewables market.

  • GL Garrad Hassan Organises Renewable Energy Seminars (UK)

    17 July 2011
    Training & Education

      GL Garrad Hassan and GL Academy are merging their expertise to offer joint training seminars. The cooperation combines GL Garrad Hassan’s knowledge as a technical authority on wind, wave, tidal and solar power, and its eight years of experience in providing international training, with GL Academy’s know-how as an established global provider of maritime […]

  • National Grid Outlines Plans for ‘North West Coast Power Ring’ (UK)

    31 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    National Grid has outlined plans to connect new sources of electricity generation in Cumbria to the national power network by creating a ‘North West Coast Power Ring’. The company has been asked to provide a connection into the electricity transmission system for the proposed new 3.2 GW nuclear power station, Moorside, near Sellafield in West […]

  • HÅB Seeks Main Contractors for Mejlflak Nearshore Wind Farm, Denmark

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Havvind Århus Bugt A/S (HÅB), acting through its technical advisor COWI A/S, is seeking main contractors that are interested in becoming pre-qualified for the subsequent tender of the turnkey/EPCI contract for the Mejlflak Wind Farm in the Bay of Aarhus. Profile: Mejlflak Nearshore Wind Farm. Havvind Århus Bugt A/S (HÅB), acting through its technical advisor […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Merwede Has Positive Sales Forcast for This Year

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    IHC Merwede has revealed a healthy net profit margin of 4.1% per cent in 2012 and a positive sales forecast for the year ahead. The company develops and builds innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support services for the dredging, mining and offshore industries, which have been performing well – despite the global economic situation […]

  • Gamesa Opens First Manufacturing Base in Brazil

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Gamesa, a world leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, inaugurated its first manufacturing base in Brazil, in the town of Camaçari in north-eastern Bahía. With this, the company has begun to make wind turbines in Brazil, just six months after it announced its decision to establish a manufacturing and sales presence […]

  • US$20bn of spend is needed to build 200 new vessels

    30 March 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    Written by David Matthews, Head of Strategy Clarksons Renewables Clarksons sets out today’s reality if the Wind sector is to achieve its ambitious targets for tomorrow Countries around the world have set ambitious targets around Wind energy production for 2030. But with Wind booming and Oil & Gas back in a big way – does […]

  • Wind farm support vessels: The lifeblood of a wind farm

    15 April 2014

    There are some blunt facts about wind farm support vessels and some of them do not make pleasant reading. In the past four years there have been many wind farm support vessels built, some for existing companies and some for new companies. At the time they were ordered the prospects looked good with the UK […]

  • Transmission Charges a Threat to UK Green Energy Industry – Report

    25 May 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment

    Britain’s energy regulators are putting billions of pounds of green infrastructure investment at risk by overseeing an energy market which favours EU energy imports at the expense of home-grown schemes, new research has shown. Electricity generators in the UK pay transmission charges for the cost of building and maintaining the network, set by the regulator […]

  • Belgium: Europe Leads Offshore Wind Market with 90 Pct of Total Installation in 2012

    12 February 2013

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with annual market growth of almost 10%, and cumulative capacity growth of about 19%. A record year for US installations and a slower market in China mean that the two countries all but tied for the top […]

  • Sottish Renewable Energy Sector Holds Great Potential

    12 December 2011

    The report from Reform Scotland, a well-established and respected think tank, has confirmed what the renewable industry has known for some time – that Scotland have the potential to play an internationally-important role in the development of the sector – and strongly contradicts recent critics. The report assesses renewable energy against the four key criteria […]

  • Mainstream, Ocean Winds, and Statkraft Add Aker Solutions to Utsira Nord Team

    9 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Mainstream Renewable Power, Ocean Winds, and Statkraft have signed a memorandum of understanding with Aker Solutions, in Norway to collaborate on floating offshore wind at Utsira Nord. Mainstream, majority-owned by Aker Horizons, Ocean Winds, and Statkraft are in a consortium to pursue an application to develop floating wind power at the Utsira Nord license area […]

  • Site Selected for UK Twin-Turbine Floating Wind Demonstrator

    18 May 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Swedish floating wind developer and technology provider Hexicon is to acquire the Wave Hub offshore renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The deal, which is expected to complete at the end of May, will see Hexicon through its UK subsidiary, TwinHub Limited, acquire the assets of Wave Hub Limited from local authority, […]

  • SgurrEnergy Opens Offices in Norway, Brazil

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    This week, SgurrEnergy announced the opening of two new international offices, bringing its total number of global offices to nine. With headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, these recent developments see the company’s reach extend to Norway and Brazil with plans for further growth in Germany in 2013. This comes just weeks after a double win for […]

  • WindEnergy Hamburg Wraps Up

    29 September 2014

    It was an ideal start for the new event, WindEnergy Hamburg, which came to a close on Friday after four exhibition days at the Hamburg Fair site. “It was simply fantastic,” says Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO Hamburg Messe und Congress. “The companies clearly met the right customers and did good business. And the visitors […]