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  • Dong Signs MHI Vestas for Borkum Riffgrund 2

    24 August 2015

    DONG Energy and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have signed an agreement covering the delivery of the V164-8.0MW wind turbine to the Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany. On 10 June 2015, DONG Energy announced that MHI Vestas Offshore Wind was the preferred bidder for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind project. Now, the […]

  • Offshore Wind Installations Stabilise in 2014, Says EWEA

    30 January 2015

    The European offshore wind industry saw new capacity installations decline by 84 MW (5.34%) in 2014 as the sector stabilised following record figures the previous year. In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74 […]

  • AMBAU GmbH Receives Major Order for Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations (Germany)

    8 March 2011

    AMBAU GmbH has received its first complete order for offshore foundations. This is the largest individual order in the history of the company. Bremen: With AMBAU GmbH having already demonstrated its expertise as a supplier of main components for the foundations of the projects Global Tech 1 and Borkum West, the company has now received […]

  • Top News of the Week Sep 23– 28, 2013

    29 September 2013

    Belgium: Alstom Hires Bold Tern Alstom has hired “Bold Tern” jack-up installation vessel, owned by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, to complete the offshore operations at the Belwind offshore wind farm. Japanese Offshore Wind Taking Pace A lot is happening on the offshore wind power front in Japan. In June Japan unveiled its first commercial floating turbine […]

  • USA: Terminal Access Opportunity and Workforce Development Committee Announced

    3 October 2013

    Massachusetts and New Bedford officials have announced establishment of a new committee for South Terminal project and offshore wind industry, reports South Coast Today. The new committee will track job growth for these projects. Bill White, director of offshore wind sector development at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center said: “We want to review the project […]

  • National Grid, Elia Welcome Cross-Border Cable Approval

    2 December 2014
    Grid Connection

    National Grid Nemo Link Limited has welcomed Ofgem’s decision on regulatory regime for the proposed Nemo Link interconnector between UK and Belgium. The project is being jointly developed by UK National Grid and Elia, the Belgian transmission system operator and would be the first electricity link between the two countries. Alan Foster, European Business Development Director, […]

  • Tideland Lights Up Germany’s FINO1 Research Platform

    15 April 2014

    The Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel GmbH has chosen Tideland’s Nova-65HI LED lanterns to mark its FINO1 research platform in the North Sea approximately 45 kilometres offshore from Borkum. The research platform is in the immediate vicinity of Alpha Ventus, the first German offshore wind farm and it was built to measure and analyse ambient […]

  • Technip Starts Work on Borkum OWF in Germany

    1 May 2013
    Grid Connection

    Technip Offshore Wind has started offshore operations on an array cable installation contract for phase 1 of the Borkum Wind Farm development, located 45 kilometers to the North of the German island of Borkum, in the North Sea. This project, awarded by Trianel, is Technip’s first offshore wind, array cable installation project offshore Germany. The […]

  • UCL Australia Lecturer Publishes Book on Offshore Wind

    16 June 2015
    Training & Education

    Dr Katelijn Van Hende from the University College London in Australia has published a book on offshore wind in the European Union.  In the book titled “Offshore Wind in the European Union. Towards Integrated Management of our Marine Waters” Van Hende talks about the issues behind the planning, permitting and licensing of offshore wind farms and grid […]

  • TenneT’s Transmission Capacity 96.4% Available

    21 September 2015
    Grid Connection

    TenneT has published its interim report for the period from January to August 2015, in which the company highlighted that approximately 4,300 MW of offshore transmission capacity has been available 96.4% on average. This exceeds the statutory requirement for an average minimum availability of 92.3%. In its interim report, TenneT analyzed data from January to August 2015. During this period, the company has […]

  • BOEM to Talk Offshore Wind in South Carolina and New Jersey

    9 May 2016
    Authorities

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold two Renewable Energy Task Force meetings regarding offshore wind development off the coasts of South Carolina and New Jersey.  South Carolina Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, scheduled for 17 May, will be held via webinar and will focus on updating Task Force members on public input received in response […]

  • London Array’s High Voltage Team Moves into New Office

    18 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy and National Grid have both joined the growing tenant community at Discovery Park in Kent, Europe’s largest science and technology park. The site had just five tenants when it was taken over by Discovery Park Ltd, a private consortium, two years ago. Since then, it has attracted a host of companies locally, nationally […]

  • BlueFloat Consortium Unveils Plans for Another Offshore Wind Project in New Zealand

    11 November 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture (JV) between BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate, and Elemental Group have announced its plans to develop up to 1.4 GW Waikato offshore wind project in South Auckland and West Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand. The project is intended to be developed in phases to generate a capacity of up to 1.4 GW of power […]

  • New Bill Enabling US Coastal States to Get Half of Federal Offshore Wind Revenue

    23 June 2021
    Authorities

    A new bill introduced in the US, called the Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies & Ecosystems (RISEE) Act, would enable the coastal states to get 50 per cent of the revenue that the country makes from offshore wind farms built in federal waters. Currently, the law requires all revenues generated from offshore wind leases and production […]

  • U.S. Governors Launch Climate Alliance in Support of Paris Agreement

    2 June 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Ports & Logistics

    In response to the U.S. President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., and Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced the formation of the United States Climate Alliance.

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Nets East Anglia Environmental Impact Assessment Contract

    22 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables has awarded the Peterborough-based Royal HaskoningDHV with an GBP 8 million contract to carry out environmental assessments for East Anglia ONE North and East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm projects. The contract is said to be one of the largest of its kind in the offshore wind industry. The team at Royal HaskoningDHV […]

  • Commercial Diver Wins EEEGR Energy Innovation Award (UK)

    2 March 2011

    During 30 years as a commercial diver Bob Durrant was often intrigued by the impact discarded car tyres had on the seabed. So instead of retiring, he launched a company to investigate whether linked tyres could prevent sand scouring which causes problems for turbines, cables and other subsea structures. Now Bob is celebrating the success […]

  • OWEP Goes Online (Norway)

    18 December 2011

    This month Norwegian wave energy developer, Intentium AS launches open wave energy project – owep. This is meant to be a hub where developers, decision makers, suppliers and students, can publish their own project or request for involvement. This will typically be a project for a complete ocean energy system, a sub-system, a scientific theory […]

  • Belgium: 10 Energy Ministers Discuss Potential for Integrated Offshore Grid

    6 December 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection, R&D

    Energy Ministers from the 10 countries around the North and Irish Seas (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom) and the European Commissioner for Energy gathered on 3rd December to discuss the outcome of the analysis that has been carried out by Government authorities, transmission system operators and […]

  • EWEA 2012 in Copenhagen Gets ‘Congress of the Year’ Award (Denmark)

    5 April 2013

    EWEA 2012 has received the “Congress of the year” award in the category for congresses with more than 1.000 participants. The Danish Wind Industry Association accepted the award on behalf of all the partners. In April last year EWEA 2012 drew almost 11,000 visitors to Copenhagen, making it the largest private conference ever. DWIA and […]

  • Senvion Sold to USA Firm, Suzlon to Get Its License for Offshore Technology

    22 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Suzlon Group today signed a binding agreement with Centerbridge Partners LP, USA to sell 100% stake in Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group. The deal is valued at EUR 1 billion equity value in an all cash transaction and future earn out of up to an additional EUR 50 million. The […]

  • 100 MW Floating Wind Project Offshore Scotland Moves Forward

    7 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Highland Wind Limited is pressing ahead with plans to build the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF), a 100 MW floating wind project offshore Scotland. Highland Wind is majority-owned by Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through one of its Copenhagen Infrastructure (CI) funds. Once completed, the wind farm, located 6.5 kilometres off […]

  • 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, […]

  • UK: National Grid Launches Consultation on Low-Carbon Energy Sources Connection

    4 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    National Grid has begun its first stage of consultation on proposals to connect new sources of low-carbon electricity generation in North Wales. A new nuclear power station at Wylfa and an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea are being proposed by Horizon Nuclear Power and Celtic Array respectively. These need connecting to the electricity […]

  • USA: Massachusetts Governor Awarded “Green Governor of the Year Award”

    22 February 2013
    Authorities

    Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick (D) accepted the “Green Governor of the Year Award” for his innovative environmental leadership in 2012. Patrick earned the honor by driving bipartisan environmental initiatives, public-private partnerships, and visionary legislation that raise the bar for energy efficiency; expand renewable energy infrastructure and usage; grow the clean tech industry and create […]

  • Iberdrola to Invest in UK’s Energy Security

    24 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ignacio Galán, chairman of IBERDROLA and ScottishPower, today told the UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey in London that the company’s ambitious investment programme in the UK will help ensure security of energy supply and was optimistic on bringing its major offshore wind programme to fruition. Secretary of State Davey was visiting IBERDROLA’s […]