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  • VIDEO: Building ‘Mother of the Wind’

    17 November 2016

    Veja Mate is a deity in Latvian mythology whose name translates to “Mother of the Wind” what might be considered a very appropriate name for the 402MW offshore wind farm being built some 100km off the coast in the German sector of the North Sea. The foundation installation at the Veja Mate site involved using […]

  • NREL: Oregon Could See Billions from Floating Wind Farms

    7 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The US state of Oregon’s gross domestic product (GDP) could increase by USD 9.9 billion through a cumulative installation of 5,500 megawatts (MW) of floating wind capacity between 2020 and 2050, according to a report by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) commissioned NREL to analyze two hypothetical, large-scale deployment […]

  • Prysmian’s 66kV Cable System Ready to Hit Offshore Wind Market

    17 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    Energy cable systems provider Prysmian Group has gained verification of its 66kV cable system technology for offshore wind inter-array networks. “This new qualification milestone is a further advance along our path towards the development of innovative, sustainable and cost effective cable solutions for the offshore renewable power industry,” said Raul Gil, Prysmian PowerLink Chief Operating Officer. “Prysmian is both […]

  • NWFTC Tailors New SHEQ Review and Training Service

    15 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based National Wind Farm Training Centers (NWFTC), part of CWind Limited, has developed a new SHEQ (safety, health, environment, and quality assurance) review and training service for its clients in the offshore wind industry. Following the recently completed pilot program to assist in the improvement of working at height, transfer and rescue procedures for an operational offshore wind […]

  • Gamesa Launches Innovative Anti-Icing Paint for Wind Turbines

    17 April 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has developed a pioneering system for the prevention of ice formation on wind turbine blades. This solution, called Bladeshield, consists of an anti-icing ‘paint’ which not only prevents the formation of ice but also boosts the paint’s resistance to erosion, instead of reducing it as other solutions […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Alliances Give Certainty to Investors

    31 July 2013

    To establish the appropriate contractual structure for an offshore wind project’s delivery, Developers must recognise the need for funders to be satisfied as to the robustness of any legal structures. If a strategic partnership is formed, questions arise as to whether this will limit the exposure of the project to cost over-run in the construction […]

  • Spain: SUPRAPOWER Partners Working on More Powerful Superconducting Offshore Wind Turbine

    25 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Harnessing the wind’s energy is the objective of a new project, which aims to provide an important breakthrough in offshore wind industrial solutions. The EU-funded project, called SUPRAPOWER, is working on a more powerful, reliable and lightweight superconducting offshore wind turbine. The four-year project has the expertise of nine European partners from industry and science […]

  • Germany: KIT Researchers Develop Cooling System for Novel Generator

    6 January 2013
    R&D, Technology

    An efficient, robust, and compact wind power plant with a 10 MW superconducting generator is being developed by partners from industry and science within the recently established EU project SUPRAPOWER. Superconduction enables considerable savings of energy and raw materials. Within SUPRAPOWER, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT) Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP) develop a […]

  • SSE to Enter Close Period (UK)

    30 September 2011

      SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) will enter its close period on 1 October 2011, prior to the publication on Wednesday 9 November 2011 of its financial report for the six months to 30 September 2011. As stated in its Interim Management Statement on 21 July 2011, SSE expects that a particularly large proportion […]

  • Offshore engineering centre: A complete package from ABB

    12 August 2013

    The Swedish port of Karlskrona is the home to the ABB High Voltage cables division. This is where HVDC and HVAC cables for the offshore industry are designed and produced since mid of last century. Today the infield and the export cables for offshore wind farms are part of the portfolio. The offshore cable installation works are also coordinated from […]

  • TenneT Preparing EUR 30 Billion Offshore Wind Tender

    23 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    Transmission system operator TenneT is preparing a ”large-scale” offshore tender to connect 40 GW of new offshore wind capacity in Germany and the Netherlands by 2030. In the Esbjerg Declaration in May at the North Sea Energy Summit, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium agreed to jointly install at least 65 GW of offshore wind […]

  • MHI Vestas Adds Boltun and Walsin Lihwa to Taiwanese Supply Chain

    13 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has reached agreements with Taiwan’s Boltun Corporation and Walsin Lihwa Corporation for the delivery of fasteners and cables, respectively. These agreements will see Boltun and Walsin Lihwa Corporation supply MHI Vestas for CIP-developed wind projects – Changfang Phase 2 and Xidao – to be delivered off the coast of Taiwan beginning […]

  • Kishorn Port Launches 2nd Phase of Offshore Renewables Masterplan (UK)

    20 February 2013

    One of Scotland’s leading sites looking to service the offshore renewables market is launching the second phase of its masterplanning process with a public consultation event. Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL), a joint venture between Leiths (Scotland) Ltd and Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) Ltd, is holding a public open day on Wednesday 20 February at Lochcarron […]

  • UK: Teesside Schools Participate in ‘Champions for Wind’ Initiative

    17 October 2012
    Training & Education

    Ten teachers from Teesside schools are set to become offshore wind energy “champions” having been selected to take part in a careers education initiative to boost local young people’s interest in pursuing opportunities in the expanding industry. Launched by Forewind, development partner for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, working together with the Humberside […]

  • Critical Group and Floating Power Plant Working on Poseidon (Denmark)

    16 November 2011

    Critical Software Technologies (UK), Critical Software (PT) and Critical Materials (PT) are working with Floating Power Plant to help the company adopt a proactive approach to monitoring the condition and structural health of its Poseidon off-shore plant. Critical’s work on the Poseidon prototype, situated off the coast of Lolland in Denmark, will open up an […]

  • Fluor Net Earnings Reach USD 135 Million (USA)

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    luor Corporationannounced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Net earnings attributable to Fluor for the third quarter were $135 million, or $0.78 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $54 million, or $0.30 per diluted share a year ago. Segment profit for the third quarter of 2011 was $236 million, […]

  • Nordex Group Begins Year with 22 pct Sales Growth (Germany)

    11 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      The Nordex Group has begun the year 2011 with double-digit sales growth. The increase to EUR 183.1 million (Q1/2010: EUR 150.5 million) was materially underpinned by the strong performance of Nordex USA, which was able to expand its sales substantially to EUR 28.9 million (Q1/2010: EUR 3.4 million). At EUR 144.4 million, business in […]

  • SGS to Showcase Its Wind Energy Services at the Husum Wind Energy Trade Fair 2010 in Husum, Germany

    6 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is one of the exhibitors at the Husum Wind Energy 2010 Trade Fair in Husum, Germany. The services offered by SGS Global Competence Center Renewable Energy will be presented throughout the exhibition at stand no. 3A09 in sector A of hall 3. The Husum Wind […]

  • Germany: Windreich AG Increases Number of Employees

    12 March 2012

    Windreich AG still remains on its course for growth-which is also reflected by the company’s staff development. The workforce of the company has increased twofold in the last twelve months. By late February 2012, Windreich AG employed 106 people in comparison to last year in which the workforce consisted of 53 employees. Hence their number […]

  • BlueFloat, Renantis Award Surveys Contract for Floating Wind Sites Offshore Scotland

    6 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Acteon Geo-services brands, TerraSond and Benthic, have been awarded a combined geophysical and geotechnical survey by the BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership for its Bellrock and Broadshore offshore wind farms, located northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland. The geophysical scope will involve using the Ocean Fortune, a survey vessel designed specifically for year-round North Sea operations, which […]

  • Three Companies to Build Land Stations for TenneT’s 2 GW Projects Offshore Netherlands

    22 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dura Vermeer, BAM Infra Nederland, and Visser & Smit Bouw have signed a framework agreement with Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for civil engineering works for the construction of the land-based stations for the 2 GW offshore projects in the Netherlands. From 2024, TenneT plans to realise the connection of offshore wind farms according to a new […]

  • New Zealand Offshore Wind Project Gets Development Boost from RPS

    8 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RPS has announced that it will be working together with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) on the first phase of a potential offshore wind farm development off the coast of New Zealand. CIP and NZ Super Fund joined forces at the beginning of this year to bring […]

  • European Offshore Wind Ports Ally to Mitigate Port Capacity Issues Brought by Higher 2030 Targets

    29 September 2022
    Ports & Logistics

    Six key ports for offshore wind in Europe have forged an alliance to resolve capacity issues that already exist and are set to become even more pressing as offshore wind goals agreed under the Esbjerg Declaration bring faster buildout of offshore wind farms. Representatives from Port Esbjerg (Denmark), Port Oostende (Belgium), Groningen Seaports/Eemshaven (Netherlands), Niedersachsen […]

  • Export Cable Installation Marks Official Start of Offshore Construction on World’s Largest Wind Farm

    29 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction work has now officially started on what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm with the installation of the first length of the HVDC export cable off the Yorkshire coast. NKT has commenced work on the laying of the nearshore cable for Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW […]

  • Ørsted Divesting Half of Hornsea Two for EUR 3.6 Billion

    28 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances for GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.6 billion). The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, once the […]

  • Synced Approach to Help US Coastal States Reach Offshore Wind Targets, PJM Study Finds

    20 October 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D

    US regional transmission system operator (TSO) PJM Interconnection has published the Phase 1 results of a study into offshore transmission options to deliver offshore wind electricity to coastal states from their soon-to-be-built offshore wind farms. According to the first results of the study, undertaken together with state agencies to identify solutions across the PJM footprint, […]