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  • UK: CTruk Looks Forward with Hybrid Powertrain SWATH Design

    10 December 2013
    Technology

    A feasibility study around a hybrid powertrain SWATH, commissioned this year by CTruk, has given the company further impetus in its ongoing development of a hybrid electric offshore wind support vessel design. The study was based on the CTruk CWhisper SWATH, a 20m craft fitted with twin Cummins QSM-11 marine diesel engines and Rolls-Royce Kamewa […]

  • Siemens Invests EUR 150 Million in Expansion of Wind Business (Denmark)

    15 June 2011

    Over the next two years Siemens is to invest over EUR150 million in further expansion of its wind business. Two new Research and Development (R&D) Centers are to be set up in the Danish towns of Brande and Aalborg. In addition, Siemens will match the capacity of its Danish production plants to the growing demand […]

  • Industry Works to Improve Subsea Cable Performance

    14 January 2015
    Grid Connection, R&D

    A collaboration between the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and GnoSys Global Ltd is supporting the development of a new insulation material for power cables to improve their performance in the onshore and offshore renewable energy industries and drive down whole life network costs. New, more reliable electrical connections are needed to meet the growing […]

  • Gdansk Shipyard to Lead Offshore Wind Revolution (Poland)

    25 July 2011

    The Gdansk Shipyard, where the Solidarity movement that ended the communist era in Poland was born, is now trying to lead another Polish revolution … in offshore wind power. The European Union has laid out clean energy targets to be reached by its 27-members by 2020. To hit those marks Poland must break its coal […]

  • Iberdrola and TotalEnergies Join Forces Offshore Norway

    3 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Iberdrola, TotalEnergies, and Norsk Havvind have jointly responded to the call for tenders for the development of floating and bottom-fixed wind projects for a cumulated capacity of 4.5 GW at two offshore sites in southern Norway. The consortium said it will leverage in its offer the proven technical expertise of its members in both bottom-fixed […]

  • Major Developers Join New York Offshore Wind Alliance

    27 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    EnBW North America, EDF Renewables, and Vineyard Wind have joined the New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA). NYOWA gathers environmental, business, labor, wind industry and community organizations supporting the responsible development of offshore wind power for New York. The New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a target of 9GW of operational offshore wind capacity […]

  • Secretary Pickles Opens Humber Gateway O&M Base

    1 August 2014

    E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm Operations and Maintenance base was officially opened today by Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP. In the same week, with 61 of the 73 foundations already installed, E.ON celebrates the installation of the first two wind turbines – a major milestone […]

  • PMSS America Appoints Julien Bouget as Lead Engineer

    18 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      PMSS, a global consulting firm working exclusively in the renewable energy sector today announced that US wind industry professional Julien Bouget, has been named as Lead Engineer, Project Assurance for its North America business unit – PMSS America, Inc. (“PMSSA”). This follows last month’s announcement of the company’s appointment of Sebastian Chivers as its […]

  • Safety Technology Teams Up with HCF

    22 May 2014
    Training & Education

    Safety Technology Ltd has announced a joint venture with HCF CATCH (Centre for the Assessment of Technical Competence) this week. The RenewableUK and Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accredited training provider, Safety Technology, will be working closely with Grimsby based HCF CATCH, to offer industry required safety training to Wind Energy companies in the Humber region. […]

  • NWA Develops Nordergründe Insurance Package

    18 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nordwest Assekuranzmakler GmbH & Co. KG (NWA) has developed the insurance concept for the offshore project Nordergründe. The insurance specialist is thus providing a key building block for financing the project, which will cost 410 million euros. The Nordergründe wind farm, which is located 15 kilometres north-east of the island Wangerooge, is owned by wpd […]

  • UK: New Chairman Excited by Energy Challenge for Suffolk and Norfolk

    30 August 2013

    Bruce Provan is the new chairman of the Norfolk and Suffolk Energy Alliance (NSEA), a group created to provide a unified approach to bringing more investment into the region’s energy industry. And he believes they have invaluable work to do over the next few years, particularly as the offshore wind sector gathers momentum. ”We don’t […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Completes Boulder Detection Campaign for 50Hertz

    23 November 2022
    Grid Connection

    Germany`s Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES has completed a boulder detection campaign off the coast of the island of Rügen in the German Baltic Sea for the offshore transmission system operator 50Hertz`s new offshore platform project. Fraunhofer IWES used seismic measuring techniques to check whether there are boulders in the subsurface of a […]

  • RWE and National Grid to Jointly Bid in New York Bight Offshore Wind Auction

    20 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    RWE Renewables and the utility National Grid have signed a partnership agreement to jointly develop offshore wind projects in the coastal region of the Northeast US. Under this agreement, RWE and National Grid Ventures, the non-regulated division of National Grid, will be working together to explore opportunities in the US offshore wind market. This includes […]

  • How to plan and execute reliable and cost effective offshore installation projects in hostile, farshore, deepwater environments (UK)

    6 September 2010
    Grid Connection

    Despite a buoyant European offshore wind market, offshore construction & installation contractors that fall short of budget and technology challenges risk falling by the wayside. Utility scale developers at the forefront will be seeking out only companies capable of providing and meeting the necessary challenges imposed on the industry today. With a total of 2,396 […]

  • JDR to Launch New Range of Inter-Array Cables

    2 June 2014

    JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, will demonstrate its ongoing investment in products and services to support the evolution of cost-effective offshore wind energy production at Global Offshore Wind 2014, launching a range of inter-array cables with aluminium conductor cores. The new aluminium conductor core inter-array cable, which is XLPE […]

  • Australia: Carnegie Makes Progress on Commercial Demonstration Project

    30 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    During the quarter Carnegie Wave Energy Limited made significant progress on its commercial demonstration project, the Perth Wave Energy Project. In addition, Carnegie continued to make technical and commercial progress on its proprietary CETO wave energy technology and commercial site development. Highlights from this quarter include: $9.9m in grant funding from the Australian Government’s Emerging […]

  • RenewableUK Hails New Report on Economic Benefits of Offshore Wind Energy

    9 July 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed the publication of a new report on the economic benefits of offshore wind energy by the Institute for Public Policy Research. The study urges Government to ensure that the UK reaps the enormous economic benefits offered by the offshore wind sector by introducing further policies to encourage long-term growth. In particular, it […]

  • Spain: Gamesa Receives Design Certification for Its 5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    31 January 2013
    Technology

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has, as scheduled, made further progress on its offshore strategy, securing IEC 61400-22 design certification for its G128-5.0 MW offshore wind turbine from independent organisation Det Norske Veritas (DNV). This achievement represents a major milestone in the certification process for Gamesa’s offshore turbine, ensuring the timely launch, […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND Releases H1 Report

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has published its results for the first half of 2012. The reporting period was characterised by ntensive onshore and offshore project development activity which required advance payments and investments in projects whose realisation will lead to future sales and earnings. Providing further evidence to the strength of […]

  • DONG Energy Sets Up U.S. Headquarters in Boston, MA

    14 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind giant DONG Energy will open its U.S. headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, at the end April.

  • MPS Welcomes EU Commission’s Innovation Fund Proposal

    17 July 2015

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for an Innovation Fund, which aims to strengthen the Emission Trading Scheme and support emerging renewable technologies. The company said that its wave energy technology, the WaveSub, has huge potential to contribute to energy security targets across the EU (and globally) and will reduce reliance on […]

  • Offshore wind in Greece: The energy hub of Southeast Europe

    12 October 2012

    Mediterranean countries have set targets for offshore wind development in the Mediterranean Sea by 2020. Greece has a relatively very low target of 200MW installed offshore wind capacity. This offshore development mainly concerns conventional offshore wind farm project designs. But Greece’s energy market is at the forefront of transformative changes that are attracting investors from […]

  • How to Develop the US Supply Chain

    9 March 2020

    The US is expecting to create a whole manufacturing industry which will grow on the back of investments, contracts, manufacturing, jobs and services, for the OW sector. Written by Julian Jackson for New Energy Update by Reuters Events How Likely Is This? In the longer term it is obvious that having significant manufacturing capacity in coastal US […]

  • Penguin International Delivers Formosa 1 SATV

    3 March 2020
    Vessels

    Penguin International Ltd. has delivered the service accommodation and transfer vessel (SATV) for the Formosa 1 offshore wind project to a Taiwanese operator. The 35m SATV Ventus Formosa was built by the Penguin Shipyard in Singapore and designed by the UK BMT. According to Penguin, the prototype vessel is purpose-built for 12 technicians to live […]

  • More European Developers Interested in Taiwan’s Offshore Wind

    22 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Germany-based offshore wind developer innogy and a major oil and gas company from the Netherlands have emerged as the latest companies from Europe that are interested in entering Taiwanese offshore wind market, according to Taiwan’s Storm Magazine, which left the Dutch oil and gas company unnamed. 

  • Wikinger Substation Heads to the Baltic Sea (Photos)

    16 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The 4,550-tonne offshore substation built for the 350MW Wikinger wind farm departed last weekend from Cadiz in Southern Spain and is now en route to the installation site in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The journey is expected to last for around three weeks, according to ScottishPower Renewables and Iberdrola, whose engineers helped mastermind […]