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  • Wind Turbine OEMs Compete to Meet Higher Technology and Lower Price Expectations (Denmark)

    18 December 2011

    MAKE Consulting has published its annual Wind Turbine Trends report. Analyzing an industry that faces intensifying challenges of wind development constraints, higher demands of wind asset owners and narrowing price premiums, MAKE expects technology to play a critical role in determining the success of wind energy market players. Striking a balance between cost and performance […]

  • Vineyard Wind Receives First Shipment of Turbine Components

    26 May 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and AVANGRID, has received the first shipment of turbine components for GE’s Haliade-X 13 MW turbine at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal in Massachusetts, USA. The tower sections will be constructed at the terminal before being shipped out and installed later this summer, Vineyard […]

  • Iberdrola to Invest in Scottish Renewable Energy

    5 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ignacio Galán, the chairman and chief executive officer of Iberdrola, has outlined a strategy for further multi-billion pound investments in renewables in the UK, with a strong focus on Scotland, in a lecture at the University of Strathclyde.  Mr Galán was delivering the fourth James Blyth lecture at the university, in which he gave a detailed […]

  • Irish-Scottish Offshore Grid Study Gets GBP 1 Million of European Funding

    21 June 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    A detailed study into how an offshore electricity grid between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland could be introduced has now been commissioned after being awarded European funding. The second part of the flagship Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) has now been given £1 million to examine how an offshore grid could be established by […]

  • Germany: Cuxport Needs Additional Space for Further Growth

    3 February 2013

    The port services provider Cuxport has issued an upbeat assessment of its business operations in 2012. The company handled about 1.6 million tonnes of goods that entered or left the port. Cuxport particularly enjoyed high growth rates in its automobile logistics operations. But it was also able to expand its business in project logistics for […]

  • The Netherlands: Damen Presents New Shipping Concept Offshore Carrier 7500

    28 August 2012

    Damen Shipyards presents a new shipping concept to the market – the Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 7500 – specifically designed as a smaller heavy transport, offshore installation and ro-ro platform suitable for multiple markets. The Damen Offshore Carrier aims to provide flexibility and year-round utilisation. Damen developed the new vessel in cooperation with Singapore based […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Services Accepts ‘Offshore West Hinder’ from South Boats

    23 May 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the acceptance of its 61st offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Offshore West Hinder’ by Offshore Wind Services BV at Seawork 2012, where the vessel is currently on display. Her sister ship ‘Offshore Wandelaar’ has passaged to a contract in Denmark following successful trials and acceptance. Offshore Wind Services […]

  • UK: South Boats Delivers First WFSV to Offshore Wind Services BV

    16 May 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announce the launch and commissioning of its 60th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Offshore Wandelaar’. The vessel is the first of two South Catamaran 19m WFSV designs to be delivered to Offshore Wind Services BV, ahead of its sister ship ‘Offshore West Hinder’ which can be seen at Seawork […]

  • Victorian Government Awards USD 5 Million to BioPower Systems (Australia)

    1 December 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS), today announced that the Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, the Hon. Michael O’Brien MP, has awarded the company conditional funding support of $5 million under the Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Program. The funding will be applied towards the $14 million pilot demonstration of the company’s 250kW bioWAVE ocean […]

  • South Boats Delivers ‘Abersoch Bay’ to Turbine Transfers (UK)

    16 February 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 52nd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Abersoch Bay’ to Turbine Transfers Ltd. Designed as a technology demonstration vessel to ‘live test’ new solutions for the industry, ‘Abersoch Bay’ incorporates equipment that will be fitted as standard to the new range of South […]

  • Dutch to Start Investigating New Sites at IJmuiden Ver

    3 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, through the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), has launched a tender for geophysical investigations in an extended area in the North of the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (WFZ), where an additional 2 GW of offshore wind capacity could be accommodated on top of the 4 GW […]

  • Danes Seek Permits to Start Hesselø Investigations

    3 September 2020
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency has sent a draft permit for preliminary offshore and onshore studies related to the Hesselø offshore wind project for consultation with the relevant authorities. The feasibility study permit will give the transmission system operator Energinet, which is to be responsible for the investigations, the right to collect relevant information about the […]

  • Offshore Energy Awards 2018 Winners Revealed

    22 October 2018

    The 400+ attendees were very curious to find out who the winners of the Offshore Energy Awards were last night. The black-tie dinner gala, hosted by Viktoria Koblenko, served a culinary dinner and offered sultry musical interludes by Jennifer Ewbank. The evening was officially opened by executive Vice President Shell, Bart van de Leemput, and Managing Director of Navingo, Coert van Zijll Langhout.

  • Preparation for Rampion Construction Begins

    14 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Work will begin this week at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, in readiness for the first foundation installation in January. This will include clearing boulders on the seabed along the cable route and around each of the 116 foundation positions to allow safe and effective installation. Chris Tomlinson, E.ON Development Manager for the Rampion Offshore […]

  • UK: Vattenfall Secures Last Berth EMEC

    15 March 2012

    Vattenfall today announced that it had signed up the last remaining berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world leading ocean energy research and development centre on Orkney to test a Pelamis wave energy converter. Vattenfall’s announcement stated that they hope to start testing a Pelamis machine in 2014, and confirmed previous statements […]

  • CTruk’s Business Grows with GROW:OffshoreWind

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    The rapid expansion of the sustainable energy sector is helping fuel the growth of CTruk, an Essex company, after it successfully tapped into GROW:OffshoreWind, a national support programme run in partnership with the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS). CTruk designs and builds a range of high-speed marine craft and has established itself as a market leader […]

  • Windreich Secures Funds for Global Tech I Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Willi Balz, Chief Executive Officer of the Windreich AG, has announced that the company has secured total project financing for its first offshore wind park Global Tech I and emphasizes, ‘With its 400 MW capacity, it is the first offshore project worldwide to obtain financing which directly brings the shift to renewable energies one step […]

  • Netherlands Chooses Site for World’s Largest Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    20 March 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch government has designated an area for what will become the world’s largest offshore hydrogen production project. That area is Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden (the North of the Wadden Islands), identified earlier for offshore wind development and deemed most suitable for providing 500 MW of electrolysis capacity and for the transport of hydrogen to […]

  • Rise Light & Power Unveils Plans to Redevelop New York City Fossil Fuel Plant Into Renewables Hub

    13 July 2022
    Environment, R&D

    Rise Light & Power has announced plans to redevelop its 2,480 MW Ravenswood Generating Station in New York City into a renewable energy hub that can integrate offshore wind, upstate wind, and solar into the city’s electric grid. Located on a 27-acre waterfront site in Long Island City, Queens, the Ravenswood Generating Station is currently […]

  • CIP and Hexicon to Halve Pentland Floating Wind Project Area

    1 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) consortium will reduce the area of the Pentland floating wind farm site by half and the maximum number of turbines from ten to seven, following feedback from stakeholders and the local community. The floating wind project is being developed by Highland Wind Limited, which is majority-owned by a […]

  • RVO Talks 6 GW for IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Zone

    26 October 2021
    Grid Connection

    The Dutch IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone, which is set to house TenneT’s next-generation offshore grid solution with a capacity of 2 GW per connection, is likely to incorporate three instead of two 2 GW grid connection systems and have 6 GW instead of 4 GW of total installed offshore wind capacity. This is according […]

  • New Export Cable for Gwynt y Môr After Year of Cable Issues

    14 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    On 14 May, Sumitomo Electric Industries reported that it was awarded an export cable supply contract for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The news comes a few months after Ofgem ruled in favour of Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc which had filed an Exceptional Event claim for the project’s export cable failure from […]

  • Danes Launch New Offshore Wind Environmental Assessment Approach

    24 September 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has decided that a Strategic Environmental Assessment must be completed prior to submission of final bids for the Thor offshore wind farm. In addition to this, comprehensive environmental assessments are still to be carried out prior to final bids. Later, the winner of the concession will have to carry out […]

  • SHI Establishes UK Offshore Wind Project Base at Fife Renewables Innovation Centre

    15 January 2013
    R&D

    Korean industrial giant, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), has announced that it is to base its UK offshore wind project at Fife Renewables Innovation Centre (FRIC) at Energy Park Fife, Methil. Announcing the news, Chan Hee Son, UK Project Manager of Samsung Heavy Industries said: “Samsung is very pleased to be part of the Fife Renewables […]

  • MAKE Consulting Strengthens its Offshore Wind Business (Denmark)

    24 November 2011

    MAKE Consulting – a leading strategic advisor to the wind power industry – enhances its offshore wind intelligence and advisory offerings. Through stronger offshore wind experience, a tailored research concept, and the addition of a known offshore wind specialist – Kaj Lindvig – MAKE Consulting is poised to be a market leader in offshore wind […]

  • Ocean Power Technologies to Make Waves in Spain

    24 October 2011

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or “the Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, announced the launch of a new technology initiative to enhance the efficiency of the Company’s patented PowerBuoy(R) wave energy systems under the Company’s existing “WavePort” project. OPT will be working with a consortium of European companies and institutions to advance the […]