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  • France Backs Four Offshore Renewables Projects

    17 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    French Energy Minister Ségolène Royal and Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron have announced state support for four new projects in the marine renewables sector within the framework supplied by the French public sector investment programme “Investing for the Future”. Among the initiatives supported by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, the Ademe, three of them […]

  • Vallourec Tests Its Foundation Technology at New Hannover Facility

    25 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The commercialization of the offshore foundation system PREON® marine is making progress: Vallourec is the first company to put its foundation technology to the acid test at the new Test Center for Support Structures at the Leibnitz University of Hannover (LUH). The new facility will distinctly shorten the time to market of the new load-bearing […]

  • UK: Green Drinks for Humber Renewables Industry

    11 December 2012

    PROGRESS in the Humber area’s renewables industry over the last year is being reviewed at an informal networking event. The Christmas Green Drinks meeting will take stock of developments across the low-carbon sector during the past 12 months and also look ahead to 2013. Renewables Network and Footprint Renewables are staging the event on Thursday, […]

  • UK: Siemens Factory Approval Motivation for Small Businesses

    10 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Approval of plans for a Siemens wind turbine factory in Hull, UK, should be a “wake-up call” for small businesses, according to an industry group. Directors of the Renewables Network – which represents more than 250 companies across the green energy supply chain – have welcomed a decision by the city’s planning authority today to […]

  • UK: Cable Crossings Pose Threat to Navigational Safety

    1 June 2012

    Last month RYA reported on the rock placements or rock berms that were put in place to protect the export cables from the Kentish Flats and London Array wind farms at the point at which they cross. Throughout UK waters cable crossings are becoming more likely, and already more frequent, as offshore energy installations continue […]

  • Offshore Wind Promising Market for LNG-Fuelled Vessels

    2 March 2017

    Offshore wind installation is a promising market for LNG-fuelled vessels, according to GustoMSC’s report titled ‘LNG fueled Mobile offshore units’.

  • Highlights of the Month – September 2020

    1 October 2020

    OffshoreWIND.biz brings you the ten most-read articles on the site for the month of September 2020. Orion’s Crane Repair Starts Liebherr has started preparations for the recovery of its HLC 295000 offshore crane on board the Orion vessel, whose hook broke this May, leaving several people injured and damaging the crane and the vessel’s deck. Crane Ordered for First Jones […]

  • Offshore Surveys Start at UK Extension Wind Farm

    20 May 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    North Falls Offshore Wind Farm has kicked off the first offshore environmental and geophysical surveys on its array site and along potential cable routes offshore the UK. A trio of wind farm survey vessels will be busy in the Southern North Sea for the next three months on this UK extension project, RWE Renewables, the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Bladt Inks Another Major Sandbank OWF Contract

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries will manufacture an offshore substation (OSS) for the Sandbank offshore wind farm in close cooperation with their long term partners on the fabrication of substations – Semco Maritime and ISC. Bladt Industries has signed an EPCI contract for the fabrication of the OSS for the upcoming Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm. The contract is signed with the […]

  • Global Marine Energy Opened It’s Office in Boston (USA)

    24 February 2011

    Global Marine Energy, Inc. today announced the opening of its office in Boston Massachusetts. Global Marine Energy is an American owned licensee of Global Marine Systems Ltd, the market leading offshore cable installation and marine engineering company. For over 160 years, Global Marine has been successfully installing cable throughout the world’s oceans and for the […]

  • Rolls-Royce Hits 100MWh Milestone with Tidal Technology (UK)

    27 October 2011

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has achieved a significant milestone in the deployment of tidal energy technology with confirmation that its prototype tidal turbine, located subsea off the Orkney Islands, Scotland​, has successfully generated and fed over 100 megawatt hours (MWh) of electrical power into the national grid. Harnessing the reliable and predictable energy […]

  • WINDFORCE 2012 – More than 250 Exhibitors and 50 Speakers in 4 Days (Germany)

    31 May 2012

    Exhibition Hall 5 at the Bremen Fair is almost fully booked. WINDFORCE 2012, Germany’s first trade fair for the offshore wind energy industry, will present more than 250 international exhibitors, including global businesses and young start-ups representing the entire value-added chain. “To exceed the number of exhibitors we expected in our first year is of […]

  • Survey Activities Ramping Up on Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm Site

    16 May 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Survey activities are ramping up at Ocean Winds’ Caledonia offshore wind farm site with a pair of floating LiDAR devices soon to be deployed in the Scottish waters. The wind farm’s developer, Ocean Winds, said it is laying the groundwork for its comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a key element in the consenting process, following […]

  • Highlights of the Month – November 2020

    1 December 2020

    We bring you the ten most-read articles on the OffshoreWIND.biz site for the month of November 2020. Two-Turbine Floater Prototype Breezes Through Tests in Baltic Sea The scaled-down version of the Nezzy² floating wind turbine, a two-turbine floating wind platform, completed its two-month tests in the Bay of Greifswald in the Baltic Sea and has […]

  • Windfarm Update: Amrumbank, Global Tech I, Borkum West 2.1, DolWin Beta, Ostwind 1

    17 November 2015

    Amrumbank MPI Adventure installed the last turbine blade at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in early September. The installation work started in February, with the vessels operating in water depths of approximately 25m. Amrumbank West is located approximately 35km north of Helgoland and 37km west of Amrum in the German part of the North Sea. The wind […]

  • The Netherlands: Norwind Installer and Ulstein Join Forces on New Offshore Wind Foundation Installation Vessel

    28 November 2011
    Technology

    Norwegian based NorWind Installer contracted the ULSTEIN Dutch design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry. The vessel is a customized version of the Deepwater Enabler design from ULSTEIN. The DP vessel is designed for world-wide operations […]

  • Natural Power Opens Irish HQ in Dublin

    28 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Minister Pat Rabbitte TD officially opened Natural Power’s Irish headquarters in Dublin, with the creation of 20 highly skilled positions. Natural Power is a leading international renewable energy consultancy, with a full range of construction services, as well as providing access to the full lifecycle range of services available through the company across the Onshore […]

  • UK: Success of Yorkshire Firms in Offshore Wind Industry Highlighted

    13 February 2013

    YORKSHIRE businesses that have already won work in the offshore wind power industry have been lined up to present at a supply chain conference. Delegates at the event will hear how companies in the region have been successful in securing contracts in the emerging sector and the type of requirements global energy giants are looking […]

  • Evolution of Offshore Foundations

    2 February 2021

    By Dario Mulazzani, DAVI Product & Market Specialist Wind Energy & Heavy-Duty Division. Located in such a dynamic and extremely powerful element as the sea, foundations represent one of the main elements of any offshore wind farm, accounting for over one-fourth of the total equipment cost. As they must support the wind turbines, absorbing all […]

  • Canada: Fundy Tidal, Digby County to Establish Tidal Energy R&D Facilities

    20 November 2013
    R&D

    The Municipality of Digby, the Town of Digby and Fundy Tidal Inc. have entered into an agreement to develop the “Digby Community Energy Trust” to coordinate resources and investment into infrastructure in support of research, development and commercialization of tidal power systems and services in the region. The Trust also seeks to provide the core […]

  • Gazelle Unveils 3rd Gen Floating Wind Platform, Latest Design Uses Less Steel and Reduces Environmental Footprint

    26 April 2023
    Business development, Industry, Technology

    Ireland-based floating wind technology company Gazelle Wind Power unveiled the third generation of its floating wind technology this week at WindEurope 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company, which earlier this month announced that it partnered with the Portuguese renewable energy developer WAM Horizon for a pilot project in Aguçadoura, says that the new, enhanced design further […]

  • New Generation of Subsea Turbine Foundations to Hit Market in Next 24 Months (UK)

    17 May 2011
    R&D

    The logistical challenge and its anticipated cost have galvanized designers, developers, and government-backed agencies to reset the thinking on subsea foundation design. But the task has by no means been easy. “With wind turbine sizes now scaling up to 5MW and beyond, the top-head mass is virtually double that of the current mainstream sizes,” says […]

  • Norwegian Big Shots Establish Remote Operations Partnership

    15 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The Norwegian Solstad Offshore, DeepOcean and Østensjø have teamed up to fast-track the adoption of remotely managed services with the aim of reducing operating costs and emissions for the offshore energy industry. The companies have established two joint ventures (JVs) to support the remote operations drive, one to own and operate advanced onshore remote operations […]

  • Scottish FM Opens Renewable Energy Skills Training Academy

    24 August 2012
    Authorities, Training & Education

    A cutting-edge skills academy for Scotland’s renewable energy sector has been officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday during a visit to Steel Engineering as part of a programme of events to mark the Scottish Cabinet visit to Renfrew. Sixty modern apprentices will be trained during the first year of the Renewable Energy Skills […]

  • Germany: Areva Delivers 20 M5000 Turbines to Borkum Offshore Wind Park

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    AREVA announces the delivery of 20 M5000 turbines, out of a total of 40, to be installed in Trianel’s Borkum offshore wind park located in the German North Sea. The Borkum wind farm, situated 45 km away from the northern coast of the Borkum Island, is currently under construction close to “alpha ventus”, the first […]