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  • Ten-Point Plan Agreed for 3 Scottish Islands

    18 August 2014
    Authorities

    A framework between the UK Government and the 3 Scottish islands councils – the first agreement of its kind in the country – was launched on Friday by Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael. The Our islands framework, established in response to the Our Islands, Our Future joint campaign, will embed an islands voice at the heart of […]

  • VIDEO: ABB’s New 525kV HVDC Cable System

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    ABB today announced the launch of its new 525 kV cable system, which sets world record for extruded HVDC cable technology, doubling power flow and extending range to enable greater integration of distant renewables and interconnections.  These 525 kV systems can transmit so much more power – up to 2,600 MW in a cable pair, underground or subsea. […]

  • Rampion UXO to Be Removed Soon

    8 August 2016

    Two unexploded devices detected along the Rampion offshore cable route will be disposed of this week following E.ON’s consultation with the Marine Management Organisation, the developer informed today. The two devices, thought to date from WWII, were discovered during unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys in March. They were detected on the seabed 3km off Lancing Beach […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Delivers Turbines For French Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    5 April 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The wind turbine components to be installed on the Provence Grand Large floating wind farm offshore France have arrived in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. The 24 MW Provence Grand Large is located 40 kilometres west of Marseille and 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, in water depths of around 100 metres. The floating wind farm will comprise […]

  • OPSB Schedules Hearings on Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project

    18 August 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a hearing to allow the public to express their views about Icebreaker Windpower, Inc.’s application to construct a wind-powered electric generation facility in Lake Erie.

  • BOEM Accepts Lease Request for 400MW Floater off Hawaii

    9 March 2016
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has accepted a lease request for a 400MW floating offshore wind farm proposed offshore Oahu, Hawaii. The lease request accepted by BOEM was submitted by Progression Hawaii Offshore Wind, Inc., part of Oregon-based Progression Energy, for the Progression South Coast of Oahu Project. BOEM deemed the lease request for […]

  • ABB Participates in AWEA Offshore Windpower Expo (USA)

    12 October 2011
    Grid Connection

    ABB, the wind industry’s leading power technology solutions provider, announced its full support for the emerging offshore wind market in North America at AWEA Offshore Windpower Expo, held this week at the Baltimore Convention Center. ABB is demonstrating several of its major technological breakthroughs at this week’s event, held October 11-13. These technologies include ABB’s […]

  • 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 […]

  • Jersey Met’s Offshore Wind Project Gets Thumbs Up

    29 April 2013

    The Planning Applications Panel has given the go ahead to Jersey Met’s three-year offshore wind project. The Met Department wants to find out more about the wind around Jersey’s territorial waters to inform future planning for renewable energy. It applied for permission to put a mast and weather monitoring equipment on outlying rocks three kilometres […]

  • EDF Could Create 300 Local Offshore Wind Jobs in France

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    With its 1.4 GW portfolio of renewable energy power plants under contract, including 30% growth in 2013, EDF Energies Nouvelles through EDF EN Services, its subsidiary dedicated to the Operations & Maintenance activities, has become utilities’ key partner for such services in the French market. At the same time, EDF Energies Nouvelles Group continues to […]

  • NS Companies Invited to Join Tidal Energy Supply Chain

    21 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) is offering workshops in locations across Nova Scotia for companies interested in exploring opportunities in the tidal energy supply chain. Three levels of government have partnered to contribute more than $100,000 to the initiative. Nova Scotia—with its strategy for tidal power development in the Bay of Fundy—is considered a world leader […]

  • SEANEX Connections for Seagreen 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    20 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables, together with Vestas, has selected the SEANEX inner cone system from Pfisterer for the connections on more than 100 wind turbines at the Seagreen 1 project, located 27 kilometres off Scotland’s Angus coastline. According to the supplier, the system offers significant benefits during installation and continuous operation of the 66 kV inter-array cabling. […]

  • Operation Ventilus Starts in West Flanders

    2 April 2019
    Grid Connection

    The Flemish government and the Belgian transmission system operator Elia have jointly proposed plans for Ventilus, a new high-voltage project in West Flanders to connect additional offshore wind capacity. Wind energy is Belgium’s biggest source of renewable generation (8% of the total energy mix) and there are specific plans to expand wind capacity with a second […]

  • Alstom Hiring at Saint-Nazaire Facility

    22 September 2015
    Training & Education

    Alstom continues spurring the job market in the Pays de la Loire Region, especially in the Saint Nazaire area. The Group is currently hiring people in the area, mostly operators, to work in the offshore wind turbine plant which was inaugurated in December 2014. Launched in the summer, the campaign will stretch until December 2015. […]

  • EEW SPC Rolls Out First Baltic Eagle Monopile

    14 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) has completed the fabrication of the first monopile for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany, owned by the Spanish energy company Iberdrola. The monopile, which was completed on 18 February, weighs 1,363 tonnes and has a diameter of 9 metres, and will be followed by 49 more, manufactured […]

  • Esvagt Banks On Offshore Wind

    31 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Danish shipping company Esvagt A/S recorded a turnover of DKK 181 million (EUR 24.3 million) in 2016 derived from the activities in offshore wind, a 41.4 percent jump compared to DKK 128 million turnover reported in 2015. The increase in the turnover was in line with the company’s intention to further expand into the offshore wind market. […]

  • UK: SMart Supergrid Programme Third Year Kicks Off

    1 October 2012

    At the National STEM Centre in York, SMart Wind and HETA (Humberside Engineering Training Association) launched the next evolution of their awardwinning  SMart Futures community schools engagement programme to name the separate wind farms within the Hornsea Zone. Building on two successful years of collaboration, “SMart Futures Supergrid” will not only include technical classroom workshops […]

  • UK: SMart Wind, DONG Energy Propose HVAC and HVDC for Project One

    19 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    DONG Energy requires full technical and economic flexibility to deliver against government targets for offshore wind cost reduction. Therefore, SMart Wind and DONG Energy are now including the option to connect Project One to the National Grid using either High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) or High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technology. Since HVAC technology has […]

  • Kriegers Flak CGS Commissioning Rescheduled

    8 October 2018
    Grid Connection

    The commissioning of the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) between Germany and Denmark has been delayed until May 2019.

  • NRG Strengthens Its U.S. LiDAR Business

    14 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    NRG Systems has appointed Barry Logue as the company’s Lidar Wind Energy Solutions Manager responsible for all sales and account management for NRG’s Lidar products and services in North America.

  • Canada: Fundy Tidal Seeks to Raise CAD 3 Million from Local Community

    2 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Fundy Tidal Inc. (Fundy Tidal) seeks to issue a maximum of $3 million dollars in shares through the Province’s Community Economic Development Investment Fund (CEDIF) program. The investment is RRSP eligible and is only available to Nova Scotia residents who are 19 years of age or older. Fundy Tidal is seeking investment funds to continue […]

  • COBRAcable Converter Station Starts Taking Shape in Eemshaven

    3 January 2017
    Grid Connection

    TenneT and Energinet.dk have driven the first pile into the ground to kick off the construction of the Dutch converter station of the COBRAcable, a subsea electricity connection that will link the Dutch and Danish grids. The COBRAcable will have a capacity of 700MW, will be approximately 325 kilometres long, and will run from Eemshaven, the […]

  • Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Project to Feature Locally-Made Pin Piles

    17 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) has signed a contract with China Steel Power Corporation to supply nearly a hundred pin piles for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan. Four production lines will be set up at CTCI MAC’s Ta-Lin Shop in Kaohsiung’s Nansing Free Trade Zone. The pin piles are expected to be ready […]

  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Partners with Another Dutch Floating Wind Tech Developer

    16 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Dutch floating wind technology developer TouchWind and Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have joined forces on the development of TouchWind’s floating wind technology. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they will collaborate on developing TouchWind’s floating wind turbine with a tilting angled one-piece rotor which, according to the […]

  • East Anglian Councils Pitch Offshore Ring Main Grid Link Proposal

    28 February 2020
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    North Norfolk District Council, working in partnership with East Suffolk Council, has expressed concerns about the impact of proposed onshore National Grid cable connections for offshore wind farms and wider implications for the district in a letter addressed to the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Under proposed plans, the North Norfolk and […]

  • Lake Erie Offshore Wind Demo Project In Line For Another Federal Grant

    20 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to award a USD 3.7 million grant to the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) for the development of the 20.7MW offshore wind demonstration project in Lake Erie, according to local media. This would be the third DOE’s grant for the project, bringing the federal backing to a total of USD […]