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  • DONG Seeking Local Content for Walney Extension OWF

    24 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy held a special supply chain event held in Barrow-in-Furness today to help local businesses get involved in the delivery of the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, to be built off the Cumbrian Coast. DONG Energy’s Walney Extension project team and key suppliers to the project presented to a full house at the town’s […]

  • The Crown Estate: Attrition Will Create more Investable Offshore Wind Sector

    26 November 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Huub den Rooijen, Head of offshore wind energy division at The Crown Estate, said that the UK is one of the best places to invest in offshore wind in the world for a variety of reasons, besides the country’s vast natural resources. Read Mr. den Rooijen’s analysis below: Since I began working in the offshore […]

  • UK: Positive Trend Recorded in Skilled Offshore Wind Workers, Despite Predictions

    16 November 2012
    Training & Education

    Even though many experts have predicted that the UK will face a skilled workforce shortage, Shrewsbury based employment agency, A&D Recruitment is proving them wrong. Namely, the agency said that it has a lot of Offshore Wind engineers with no jobs. This shows a current positive trend in available skilled offshore wind workforce, which may […]

  • Keppel’s Subsidiary Acquires OWEC Tower

    2 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Keppel Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary KV Ventus B.V. has acquired a 50.1% equity interest in OWEC Tower, from NorWind AS, TronderEnergi AS, InnoVent GmbH, Per Bull Haugsoen and Gunnar Foss for NOK 2,8 million (approx. EUR 327,827).  As KV Ventus already holds the remaining 49.9% equity interest in OWEC Tower (AS) following an acquisition in January […]

  • EEW SPC Delivers Hornsea One Monopile No. 116

    1 October 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Rostock-based EEW SPC has loaded out and delivered 116 out of 174 monopiles for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Offshore Wind, Hydrogen in Focus of Shell’s German Business Overhaul

    1 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Shell is restructuring its business in Germany as the energy transition progresses worldwide, the oil giant announced on 29 September, listing offshore wind and hydrogen as some of the key elements of its operations in the country. The company said it plans to participate in the production of electricity from renewable energy sources in Germany […]

  • Norway to Get Floating Wind Foundation Production and Assembly Facility

    17 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    Norwegian company WindWorks Jelsa, established in 2020, and Swiss construction company Implenia have signed an investment and a shareholders’ agreement to develop a production and assembly facility for large concrete or steel structures for the floating wind industry on Norway’s west coast.  The aim for WindWorks Jelsa’s facility, planned to be built at Jelsa in […]

  • Germany: Modular Vibrating of Monopiles for Offshore Wind Farm Riffgat

    26 June 2012

    After Seaway Heavy Lifting chose to use a vibratory hammer to install monopile foundations at the Riffsgat offshore wind farm, APE Holland informed that vibrating 30 steel monopiles started mid-June. The piles will be driven with the Super Quad Kong (SQK), a modular vibratory driver/extractor consisting of four APE vibros, which are connected to four […]

  • Photo of the Day: Seajacks Scylla Calls at IJmuiden

    15 March 2016
    Vessels

    Seajacks Scylla had her maiden call in IJmuiden on 14 March. The 139m long installation vessel, dedicated to the offshore energy market, can be adjusted to any project, which is the reason of Scylla’s visit to IJmuiden. The first project for the vessel is the installation of monopiles for German Veja Mate offshore wind farm, where […]

  • EUCC Provides Special Discount for Its Members at Offshore Wind Construction Summit (South Korea)

    7 February 2012

    The European Union Chamber of Commerce is going to provide a special 15% discount offer to its members at the Offshore Wind Construction Summit in Jeju, reports The Korea Herald. The Summit will be held from 15-17 February at ICC Jeju Island, South Korea, and the participants will be provided with a perfect platform to […]

  • Nass&Wind, OFS Partner Up on Floating Wind

    6 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    French companies Nass&Wind Industrie, a subsidiary of Nass&Wind Group, and Offshore Foundation Solutions (OFS) have signed an agreement under which the companies will cooperate to develop concrete floating offshore wind platforms. The partnership was initiated in early 2015 with an aim to unite the expertise of Nass&Wind in floating offshore wind and OFS in the design of offshore […]

  • TetraSpar Floater Greenlighted

    13 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Innogy, Shell and Stiesdal Offshore Technologies (SOT) have reached the final investment decision on their EUR 18 million floating wind demonstration project in Norway. The project will feature SOT’s TetraSpar floating foundation supporting a 3.6MW Siemens Gamesa direct-drive turbine which will be tested at the test site of the Marine Energy Test Centre (Metcentre) near Stavanger in […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Given Go Ahead by GWO

    15 August 2012

    The stage is set for North East England to become a global leader in wind turbine training after Maersk Training Newcastle becomes the UK’s first – and one of only a handful around the world – to be given the go ahead to run courses approved by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). Maersk Training Newcastle […]

  • Vestas and Port of Gdynia Readying For Offshore Wind Boom in Poland

    13 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has begun technical discussions with the Port of Gdynia to drive the port’s development as a key infrastructure site for offshore wind in Poland. The collaboration is intended to support the attractiveness of the port to project developers as a major hub in the impending buildout of offshore wind in […]

  • BOEM Preparing Revolution Wind Environmental Review

    29 April 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the Revolution Wind project.  The publication of the NOI opens a 30-day public comment period during which BOEM will hold three virtual public scoping meetings and accept comments to […]

  • China: Ming Yang Announces Change of Board of Directors

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (Ming Yang), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, today announced that, effective November 16, 2012, Mr. Xian Wang has resigned as a member of the Company’s board of directors, for personal reasons. Mr. Wang has been a member of the board of directors since August 2010. Mr. […]

  • USA: OMSI to Host Renewable Energy Exhibit

    30 December 2012

    OMSI will open its new renewable energy exhibit on January 17 next year, writes KWG. The exhibition will have exhibit props which will demonstrate how wind and sea power are harnessed. “Using energy to efficiently power our lights, TVs, heaters, toys and more requires engineering, innovation and creativity,” said Chris Stockner, OMSI energy and the […]

  • Brittany Region and wpd Sign Floating Wind Pact

    21 September 2018
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind developer wpd and the Brittany Region have signed an agreement to promote the development of floating wind in this French region.

  • UK: Registration Opened for Dogger Bank Applicants

    2 October 2013

    Registration is now open for organisations and individuals who wish to become registered parties in relation to the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck development consent order application. The Planning Inspectorate accepted Forewind’s application for the first stage of offshore wind energy development on the Dogger Bank Zone – Dogger Bank Creyke Beck – on September 25 […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Development Blows Across North America

    6 May 2011

    Europe’s love affair with offshore wind may at last be venturing across the Atlantic as the first approved project in the US continues apace. However, the switch to this large-scale renewable energy form – which has the potential to displace both coal and nuclear in providing the bulk of energy consumed by coastal populations – […]

  • UK: Offshore Renewables Development to Affect Gannets

    12 November 2012
    Environment

    Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that proposed offshore renewable energy developments in the English Channel have the potential to affect the foraging behaviour of northern gannets from Alderney in the Channel Islands. The study by the University of Liverpool, the British Trust for Ornithology and Alderney Wildlife Trust, funded by the Alderney […]

  • E.ON to Invest in Offshore Wind Every Two Years

    7 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection

    E.ON Climate & Renewables (ECR), the renewables unit of the German energy company E.ON, plans to invest in one offshore wind project every two years as the company halved its renewable energy investment pipeline due to changing market regulations, ECR’s CEO Michael Lewis told Reuters. ECR is cutting its pipeline from 10GW reported in summer 2015 to 5GW this […]

  • GE Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbine Reaches 14 MW Output

    5 October 2021
    R&D, Technology

    GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X prototype in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has started operating at 14 MW. With this new milestone, GE Renewable Energy becomes the first industry player to operate a turbine at this power output, the turbine maker said. The Haliade-X 14 MW is an uprated version of the Haliade-X 13 MW, which received its […]

  • The Netherlands: Arabs to Invest Billions in North Sea Wind Farm

    10 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Taqa state of the Abu Dhabi Emirate is about to become a majority shareholder in a massive wind farm in the North Sea. According to De Telegraaf, after a difficult search for money, Arabs are willing to invest billions of dollars in the offshore wind farm, though the move came seven months after the intended […]

  • Photo of the Day: DEME’s Duo Busy at Borssele 1 & 2

    15 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has shared a photo of its vessels Sea Installer and Sea Challenger working together at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm, where they have so far installed 55 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines. [The article continues below the image.] The vessels are working as a tandem within DEME’s duo-vessel solution to […]

  • GeoWAVE Project Launched to Anchor Wave Energy (UK)

    23 January 2013
    R&D, Technology

    A major new research project – lead by the University of Dundee – has been launched with the aim of helping make offshore wave energy a sustainable proposition. Sustainable offshore wave energy has the potential to make a real contribution towards the binding European Union commitment to source 20% of its electricity requirements from renewable […]