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  • 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 […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean Eyes Next-Gen Wind Farm Installation Newbuilds

    16 September 2020
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) intends to order a new wind farm installation vessel (WFIV), with an option for a second newbuild, and plans to invest in new cranes for both Pacific Osprey and Pacific Orca. SBO said that it has shortlisted several international shipyards for the order of the WFIV which will have ”capacities unseen […]

  • ORCA Hub Showcases Fully Autonomous Drone Inspectors

    16 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The ORCA Hub, a consortium of five UK universities, has unveiled fully autonomous drones that can inspect offshore energy infrastructure. The ORCA Hub is led by the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, a partnership between Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. The consortium also includes Imperial College London, the University of Oxford and the University of Liverpool. […]

  • GODESS Gets EU Funds

    13 November 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The European Union has awarded a EUR 1.4 million research grant to the GODESS (Global Optimal DEsign of Support Structures) project aimed at optimizing the design of offshore wind turbines.

  • Sif Fills 2016 Offshore Wind Order Book to the Max

    30 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Dutch foundation components manufacturer Sif Holding N.V. has reported EUR 108.4 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2016, a 141% increase compared to EUR 44.9 million revenue in Q1 2015, mostly driven by the maximum production capacity reached at the company’s offshore wind division throughout the quarter. EBITDA amounted to EUR 16.9 million compared to EUR 10.7 million […]

  • Carbon Trust Awards GBP 400k to Commercialise 66kV OW Cables

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Following an international competition the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has awarded contracts to three cable manufacturers to help commercialise the development of 66kV offshore wind farm intra-array cables. It is providing funding of £400k (£133k to each cable manufacturer) to accelerate the time to market of the cables for use in the large scale UK […]

  • 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 […]

  • Offshore Wind Energy Office Opens in Berlin, Germany

    15 October 2012
    Authorities

    The three wind power networks Wind Energy Agency (WAB), Renewable Energy Hamburg Cluster Agency (EEHH) and Wind Energy Network Association (WEN) have set up the Offshore Wind Industry Alliance (OWIA). The official launch of the association by Mayor Olaf Scholz (Hamburg), Mayor Böhrnsen (Bremen), Energy Minister Volker Schlotmann (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), and Secretary of State Dr. Oliver […]

  • ACS to Participate in HUSUM WindEnergy, Germany

    11 September 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Air Charter Service (ACS), one of the world’s leading providers of passenger and cargo charter flights, will present itself at the HUSUM WindEnergy 2012 fair. As an exclusive partner of the fair the globally active charter service provider presents its extensive range of services which is especially tailored to the needs of the offshore industry. […]

  • AREG’s Exhibitor Space Running Out Fast for All-Energy 2012 (UK)

    14 November 2011

    Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) today said that exhibitor space and sponsorship opportunities on Aberdeen City and Shire’s pavilion at All-Energy 2012 is already fast running out – more than six months before the UK’s largest renewable energy trade exhibition and conference is set to open. The Aberdeen City and Shire pavilion has grown in […]

  • Dillinger Hutte Investing EUR 135 Million into Offshore Wind (Germany)

    22 September 2011

      Dillinger Hütte is investing 135 million € in a supplier plant for offshore wind power plants. A plant that will manufacture offshore monopile foundations from thick-walled structural tubulars will be built for the future Steelwind Nordenham company. In its meeting today, the Dillinger Hütte Supervisory Board approved the investment for construction of a monopile […]

  • Ocean DEMO Greenlights Three Floating Wind Projects

    1 April 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Ocean DEMO, a EUR 13 million Interreg-funded project, has recommended two floating wind technology developers for support packages under the second call.

  • EDP24: Reasons Why Great Yarmouth Needs a Third Bridge

    28 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Business, council and public sector leaders have set out reasons why Great Yarmouth deserves a third bridge.

  • Smulders Wins EOWDC Foundations Contract

    31 January 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders Projects has won a contract to manufacture and assemble suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). The company will manufacture lower parts of jacket structures and carry out the final assembly of the 11 foundations at its manufacturing facility in Newcastle which Smulders acquired from fabricator, OGN Group, at the end […]

  • First Unmanned Offshore Service Vessel Coming in 2018

    1 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    UK-based Automated Ships Ltd and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the world’s first unmanned and fully-automated vessel for offshore operations. In January 2017, Automated Ships Ltd will contract ‘Hrönn’, which will be designed and built in Norway in cooperation with Kongsberg, and will be in operation in 2018, the […]

  • Natural Power Helps Kite Power Solutions Win Test Site Planning Consent

    5 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, has secured what is believed to be the world’s first planning consent for a kite power technology test and development site. The application was made on behalf of Kite Power Solutions (KPS) for the test and development site to be located within the MoD West Freugh Range, operated by QinetiQ […]

  • Report: Offshore Wind a Golden Ticket for UK East Coast Ports

    8 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore wind sector has an enormous potential to accelerate economic growth on the east coast of Britain, according to a strategic review of the UK’s east coast port facilities carried out by BVG Associates for the Offshore Wind Industry Council.  The report, Strategic review of UK east coast staging and construction facilities,  has found that the UK’s east […]

  • Four Companies Get USD 860,000 for Offshore Wind Research in Virginia

    28 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that four Virginia businesses have been selected for awards totaling $860,000 for research having a total value of more than $3 million that will give the Commonwealth a competitive advantage and accelerate the development of offshore wind power and its associated industry supply chain.   Alstom Power Inc, a global […]

  • USA: OPT Deploys Autonomous PowerBuoy Off New Jersey

    22 August 2013
    Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) yesterday announced the deployment off New Jersey of its innovative autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the roll-out of the Company’s Autonomous PowerBuoy® (“APB”) product line. This latest deployment, 35 miles off the coast and in 43 meters of water depth, is in connection with a previously-announced […]

  • UK: Romax Moves to University of Nottingham Innovation Park

    22 May 2012

    Romax Technology, world leading gearbox, bearing and driveline engineering specialists, has signed an agreement to move into new premises at the University of Nottingham’s Innovation Park (UNIP). Romax has rapidly expanded its simulation technology and drivetrain design business and has been growing at a rate of around 20% per annum on average, creating many new […]

  • France: DCNS Reserves Port Space in Cherbourg for Tidal Energy Plans

    16 March 2012

    Laurent Beauvais, President of the Basse-Normandie Region and Chairman of the Ports of Normandy Authority, and Patrick Boissier, Chairman and CEO of DCNS, signed a memorandum of understanding at DCNS headquarters in Paris, in the presence of Jean-François Le Grand, President of the Manche Departmental Council and Bernard Cazeneuve, MP, Mayor of Cherbourg–Octeville and President […]

  • URI, DEM Biologists Track Duck Movement (USA)

    22 February 2012
    Environment

    Biologists from the University of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and other agencies have implanted satellite transmitters in sea ducks to learn about the birds’ daily movements and identify important wintering locations. The baseline data the scientists collect will be used when government officials and offshore wind farm developers make decisions […]

  • South Boats Launches Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel, ‘Porth Wen’ (UK)

    18 November 2011

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 47th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Porth Wen’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 16m and is the third of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the eighteen wind farm vessels […]

  • Northwest Research Team Deploys Echosounder to Monitor Puget Sound (USA)

    16 June 2011
    Environment, R&D

      The University of Washington, working with NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), recently retrieved a BioSonics DT-X SUB split beam echosounder after a 1-month deployment in northern Admiralty Inlet, WA. The study location is a proposed Snohomish Public Utility District tidal energy demonstration project site. The BioSonics DTX-SUB is an autonomous scientific echosounder packaged […]

  • Chemical Specialist Launches Offshore Lifting System for Renewables Sector (UK)

    18 May 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has today launched a game-changing new product that could save millions of pounds when installing offshore renewables infrastructure. The Gel Lift System (GLS), which can be seen in action at stand AB31 in the Aberdeen City & Shire Pavilion at All Energy […]

  • MCT and RWE Apply to Build 10MW Tidal Power Plant off North West Coast of Anglesey (UK)

    30 March 2011

    Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), in partnership with RWE npower renewables, has today submitted a consent application to install a 10MW array of tidal stream turbines off the North West coast of Anglesey in 2015. The array, consisting of seven twin rotor turbines arranged across an area of 0.56km², will harness the power of the […]