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  • SGS to Present its Rotor Blade Testing Services at the Technical Conference on Wind Turbine Rotor Blades 2010 in Essen, Germany

    11 June 2010

      Wind turbine rotor blades are extremely fragile structures, created by combining materials with critical interconnections between sub-components. In addition, they are subjected to highly demanding forces during their operational life. Wind turbine blade failures can have a severe impact on safety, turbine downtime and public exposure. This event, dedicated solely to the topic of […]

  • USA: 10,000 Petitions to Speed up Offshore Wind Development

    15 March 2012

    Days before the March 19 deadline for proposals to develop wind power in the ocean off Virginia’s coast, environmental leaders gathered in front of Dominion Virginia Power headquarters to deliver a petition signed by more than 10,000 Virginians in support of the electric utility’s hastened development of offshore wind power. Following the Interior Department’s recent […]

  • Ørsted Awards Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Subsea Cable Contract

    26 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    LS Cable & System has signed a subsea cable agreement with Ørsted, the world’s leading offshore wind developer headquartered in Denmark, for Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind projects in Taiwan.  The contract announcement follows Ørsted’s final investment decision, taken in March 2023. The wind farms are now under construction and are set to […]

  • Denmark Opens New Offshore Wind Area for Feasibility Studies

    15 March 2023
    Authorities, Research & Development

    The Danish Energy Agency has granted Energinet permission to carry out feasibility studies for offshore wind farms in the North Sea I area. Energinet will begin the feasibility studies in the second quarter of 2023. The studies will include geophysical and geotechnical studies of the area designated for offshore wind farms and possible cable disembarkation […]

  • Acta Marine CSOVs to Feature SMST Gear

    18 July 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Acta Marine is once again equipping two newbuild Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with SMST mission equipment. The cooperation between the two parties is reaffirmed by the contract signed with Tersan Shipyard for a modular W2W system package. ”We are very pleased to be part of the two next generation Methanol MDO/HVO powered CSOVs for […]

  • Eneti Puts EUR 173 Million of Shares for Sale to Fund Three-Strong Offshore Wind Vessel Newbuilding Programme

    10 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Offshore wind construction company Eneti announced on 8 November that it would issue USD 200 million (around EUR 173 million) in shares of its common stock for public offering and would use the net proceeds to fund the construction of its offshore wind installation vessel programme. Scorpio Holdings Limited, which is related to Eneti, had […]

  • Ørsted Buys Into Baltica 2 & 3 OWFs in Poland

    10 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 and 1 GW Baltica 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The agreement was signed following negotiations that PGE and Ørsted started back in October 2019. Almost a […]

  • Ørsted Faces Delays Across US Offshore Wind Portfolio

    29 April 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s offshore wind development projects in the US are moving forward at a slower pace than originally expected, the company’s CEO and President Henrik Poulsen said. The delays are due to a combination of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) prolonged analysis of the cumulative impacts from the build-out of US offshore wind projects, […]

  • Rhode Island Governor Shares Offshore Wind Vision

    9 August 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education, Vessels

    Rhode Island’s Governor Gina Raimondo has announced her Vision for Rhode Island’s Clean Energy Future – a second-term plan to position this US East Coast state as the epicentre of North America’s nascent offshore wind economy.

  • UK Charts Decade-Long Offshore Wind Path

    23 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The UK government has committed to opening the Contracts for Difference auctions for offshore wind every two years from 2019 throughout the 2020s.

  • LOC Expands Offshore Wind Geotechnical Team

    15 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    LOC Renewables, through its specialist naval architectural and design firm Longitude Engineering, has expanded its geoscience consultancy team to deliver a range of services related to the mitigation of ground risk for offshore wind development.

  • OPSB Postpones Adjudicatory Hearing for Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project

    26 October 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has postponed the adjudicatory hearing previously scheduled for Icebreaker Windpower, Inc.’s application to construct an offshore wind farm in Lake Erie, Ohio.

  • Atkins Continues Supporting Blyth Offshore Demonstrator

    5 December 2016

    Atkins, which has been acting as Technical Advisor to EDF Energy Renewables for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm, is moving into a delivery role on the project as the wind farm is now under construction. Experts from Atkins joined the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator project team to review the designs and provide additional assurance and risk management […]

  • E.ON Splits Its Business Operations

    4 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    As announced earlier, E.ON separated its operations from Uniper’s effective 1 January, 2016. E.ON will focus on renewables, energy networks, and customer solutions, whereas Uniper will operate a conventional energy business consisting of conventional power generation (including hydro) and global energy trading.  E.ON will be doing business from its new campus in Essen, while Uniper will […]

  • BlueTEC Prepares to Install Second Tidal Turbine

    13 October 2015
    Technology

    The BlueTEC Texel Tidal partnership is now planning the installation of a second, larger turbine following the successful first months of operating the BlueTEC tidal energy platform.  “Getting the platform from the drawing board to a grid-connected operating reality in just 6 months is amazing,” says Allard van Hoeken, Head of New Energy at Bluewater Energy […]

  • USA: Senator Vitter Wants Answers on Offshore Wind Lease in Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf

    7 June 2013
    Authorities

    U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) responded to news reports that the U.S. Department of Interior will outline details of an offshore lease sale for wind energy in the Atlantic Ocean. In November 2012, Sens. Vitter and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) wrote a letter to former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, noting that the agency will not allow […]

  • UK: Ofgem Reveals Six Bidders in West of Duddon Sands Tender Process

    21 February 2013
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ofgem E-Serve has announced the six bidders which have successfully qualified to compete for the high-voltage transmission link for the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. Ultimately the winning bidder will own and operate the link for the next 20 years. Today’s announcement sets out the longlist of bidders which will compete, as part […]

  • UK: Incat Crowther to Design 25m Catamaran WFSV

    4 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Incat Crowther announces that it has been awarded a contract to design a 25m Catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessel (WFSV). Construction of the vessel has commenced at MMS Ship Repair in Hull, in the UK.  Designed to meet an industry demand for increased cargo capacity and flexibility, the vessel will feature a large forward cargo deck that caters […]

  • UK: Hull City Council Gives Green Light to Siemens

    11 May 2012
    Authorities

    Hull City Council’s Planning Committee gave its consent to the proposed Green Port Hull facility following the submission of plans by Associated British Ports (ABP) and Siemens plc.  Negotiations to secure and sign a commercial agreement between the two companies continue, with a deal expected to be finalised later in the year, though the planning […]

  • Germany: World Wind Energy Conference 2012 Program Published

    18 April 2012

    The programme of the forthcoming 11th World Wind Energy Conference 2012 has been published: The WWEC2012 will discuss all aspects of wind power utilization in 40 sessions. 200 speakers from all over the world, leading experts in their fields, will contribute to a top-class wind event. In accordance with the main topic of the WWEC2012 […]

  • Norway: Boilers Balance Critical to Renewables Market

    4 March 2013
    Technology

    The ability of the Parat electrode boiler to manage fluctuations in renewable energy sources rapidly has brought swift uptake in Denmark since 2011. As the Norwegian company launches in Germany, Parat reflects on the promise its solution offers to efficiency in Europe’s smart electricity grids. Germany’s appetite for renewable energy dwarves other European states, accounting […]

  • Scotland Invests GBP 11.3 Mln in New Data Lab

    22 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    A new £11.3 million innovation centre dedicated to helping Scotland capitalise on the growing market in analytics and ‘big data’ technology is set to open later this year. The investment is projected to return a minimum of 345 new jobs and an additional £155 million of value to the Scottish economy. The new Data Lab […]

  • GCube Insurance: Offshore Wind Needs to Mitigate Supply Chain Risks to Ensure Longevity of Sector

    15 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    While offshore wind has performed strongly during the pandemic, continuing with next to no business interruption, the sector still faces some significant supply chain risks. This is according to an insurance company specialising in renewable energy, one of few businesses with the capability to comprehensively assess the offshore wind industry through this lens. Over the […]

  • Spanish Partners Win First XXL Monopile Production Contract

    25 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer Ocean Winds has awarded the partnership between Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables with a contract to manufacture and deliver 14 monopiles for the Moray West wind farm in Scotland. This contract will be the first order executed in the new XXL monopile factory that Navantia and Windar are building in the Fene […]

  • DNV and LS Cable & System Jointly Target Nearshore and Floating Wind

    27 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    DNV has signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with power cable manufacturer LS Cable & System to target emerging cabling opportunities in the offshore wind industry. The MOU comes in response to growing global demand for high-voltage, next-generation power cables with dynamic capabilities for nearshore and floating wind farms. DNV and South Korea’s LS […]

  • Ørsted Starts Building O&M Base in Taiwan

    22 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has held the groundbreaking ceremony in the Port of Taichung for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base of the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms. Scheduled to be operational from 2022 and onwards, the O&M base is the first of its kind that Ørsted has invested in building in Taiwan […]