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  • Yaskawa Electric Corporation Acquires The Switch

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Yaskawa Electric Corporation has reached an agreement to enter into a contract with the owner of The Switch Engineering Oy, a Finnish Supplier of Components for Wind Turbines, to acquire all shares of The Switch, except The Switch’s own shares. Yaskawa and The Switch have developed a strong synergetic relationship after signing a collaboration agreement […]

  • DONG Gets Rid of WWII UXO off Norfolk (VIDEO)

    13 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. During a large scale offshore inspection campaign on the Race Bank site, 41 UXO items were discovered, ranging […]

  • Ørsted and PSEG to Negotiate Stake Sale in New Jersey Offshore Wind Farm

    30 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), a New Jersey-based utility, will enter into exclusive negotiations for PSEG to potentially become an equity investor in Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project. Subject to negotiations toward a joint venture agreement, advanced due diligence and any required regulatory approvals, PSEG would acquire 25% of Ocean Wind. Ocean Wind is […]

  • Danish Test Centre Primed For Mega Wind Turbines

    24 May 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The expansion of Test Centre Østerild in Denmark has now reached the point when it is possible for the manufacturers to start casting the foundations on the two new test stands, according to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Last year, the Danish government decided to expand the Test Center in Østerild with an additional […]

  • Radiolaria Serves as Example for Offshore Wind Foundation Structures (Germany)

    12 March 2013
    Environment, R&D

    In a research project called “Intelligent Foundation Structure for Offshore Wind Turbines”, Professor Christine Döbert from the Technical University of Mittelhessen wants to develop cost effective and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional techniques of building offshore wind foundations. Cooperation partner in this project is the Bremer Maritime Offshore Group. Coastal wind turbines, which are installed […]

  • GE Renewable Energy Adds Global Wind Service to Saint-Nazaire Roster

    23 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy (GE) has selected Global Wind Service (GWS) as a partner for the load-out and installation of the 80-turbine Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. Work is scheduled to start during the spring and run throughout the summer and fall, GWS said. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire wind farm, also known as Parc éolien en mer […]

  • First Floating Foundation for Kincardine 9.6 MW Turbines Arrives in Rotterdam

    15 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    First foundation for the Kincardine project, the world’s largest floating wind farm, has arrived in Rotterdam, from where the floating wind turbines will be installed off Scotland. The foundation was transported from the fabrication yard in Spain to Rotterdam on board Boskalis’ semi-submersible barge Fjord, towed by the oceangoing tug Seraya. Boskalis, which has been […]

  • Hornsea One Farm-Down Deal Smashes Financing Records

    19 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EKF, Denmark’s Export Credit Agency, has provided a GBP 800 million guarantee for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, making this the largest financing in EKF’s history and the largest wind financing that any public export credit agency has ever provided.

  • Imenco to Keep Hornsea One Corrosion Free

    22 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Norway’s Imenco Corrosion Technology AS with a contract to deliver equipment for cathodic corrosion protection of the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One wind farm off the Yorkshire coast in the UK.

  • Iberdrola Opens Wikinger O&M Base

    23 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has opened the Operation & Maintenance (O&M) building for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Mukran Port.

  • Big Oil Companies Unveil 1 GW Floating Wind Plan in Norway

    17 June 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and its partners in the Troll and Oseberg fields in Norway: Petoro, TotalEnergies, Shell, and ConocoPhillips, are looking into building a 1 GW floating wind farm to power the two offshore fields. The partners have already initiated feasibility studies to explore options for building a floating offshore wind farm in the Troll area, some […]

  • Germany: MAKE Consulting to Chair, Present at Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference

    30 August 2012

    MAKE Consulting will be attending the 4th Annual Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference in Berlin where Steen Broust Nielsen, a partner at the company, will chair the conference and deliver a presentation on “The Global Supply Chain-Predictions for the Future”.   The Conference will be held from Tuesday, 4th September – Wednesday, 5th September. The […]

  • Energinet.dk Seeks Subsea Cable Consultant for Germany

    6 January 2014
    Grid Connection

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk and its Dutch partner Tennet are looking for consultancy providers that will assist in obtaining the permits to install and operate the COBRAcable in Germany. The consultant will help the project team in the dialogue with key German authorities and in preparing the applications to German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic […]

  • Scotland: HiDef to Survey Area Off West Coast of Lewis

    28 March 2012

    HiDef announce they have been awarded a contract by the Scottish Government to conduct aerial surveys off the west coast of Lewis, which has the potential to capitalise on some of the best marine energy resources in the country. If the Scottish Government is to deliver on the areas potential it is vital to assess […]

  • DONG Changes Ticker to Orsted

    30 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy will start trading under the ticker symbol Orsted as of 31 October, after the shareholders approved the plan to change the company’s name to Ørsted.

  • Kriegers Flak OWF Generating Electricity for Danish Households

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, where half of the turbines have been installed so far, is already generating electricity for Danish households and has contributed to Vattenfall’s Q1 2021 results. The developer reported a decrease in electricity generation in the first quarter of the year as a result of lower […]

  • Belgium Blows Past 1GW Offshore Wind Mark as Rentel Goes Full Throttle

    11 January 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 309MW Rentel wind farm in the Belgian North Sea has become Belgium’s fifth fully operational offshore wind farm. Rentel has now joined the ranks of C-Power, Belwind, Northwind, and Nobelwind. The combined capacity of the five wind farms is 1,186MW provided by 274 wind turbines. With the addition of the capacity from Rentel, Belgium is now fifth […]

  • Danes and Norwegians Form Offshore Wind Research Pact

    7 February 2018
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Denmark’s DTU Wind Energy and Norway’s Sintef Energi A/S have signed a Memorandum of Understanding as the first step towards a strong partnership on offshore wind energy R&D.

  • Top News of the Week, 29 Aug – 4 Sep 2016

    4 September 2016

    Adwen Preparing Bremerhaven Site for 8MW Prototype Offshore wind turbine maker Adwen has begun the civil works on the site in Bremerhaven where the first prototype of its AD 8-180 wind turbine will be installed. Report: Gamesa and Siemens Turn Down GE’s Bid for Adwen Gamesa and Siemens have rejected GE’s first bid to buy […]

  • Atkins Accepts SNC-Lavalin’s Takeover Offer

    21 April 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    UK-based design, engineering and project management consultancy WS Atkins and Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group have reached agreement on the terms and conditions of a recommended all cash acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Atkins by SNC-Lavalin (GB) Holdings Limited.

  • USA: Clean Energy Highlighted in President Obama’s State of the Union Address

    20 February 2013
    Authorities

    President Obama on February 12 highlighted clean energy and challenged the nation to become even more energy efficient during his State of the Union address to Congress. During the speech marking the start of his second term of office, President Obama spoke about a range of clean energy topics, including cars and transportation, energy efficiency, […]

  • Jeju Hanlim OWF Moves Towards Construction

    28 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction of the 100 MW Jeju Hanlim offshore wind farm in South Korea is expected to start in 2022, as the project has now entered design and construction phase. This is according to Dutch consultancy Pondera, which was appointed to provide owner’s engineering services together with Korean engineering company Hanmi Global in 2019. The first (contracting) […]

  • Construction of Saint-Brieuc OWF About to Kick Off

    21 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction works on the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France will begin on 3 May, Iberdrola announced on 21 April. The works, starting with pile installation for the project’s jacket foundations, are planned to take place from May to October in five zones located in the northern part of the wind farm to avoid interfering […]

  • Transmission Charges a Threat to UK Green Energy Industry – Report

    25 May 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment

    Britain’s energy regulators are putting billions of pounds of green infrastructure investment at risk by overseeing an energy market which favours EU energy imports at the expense of home-grown schemes, new research has shown. Electricity generators in the UK pay transmission charges for the cost of building and maintaining the network, set by the regulator […]

  • Hornsea Two Monopiles Order Lands on EEW SPC Desk

    11 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has placed an order with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) for 165 monopiles for the 1.4GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Top News of the Week Jul 4 – 10, 2016

    10 July 2016

    DONG Energy Winner of Dutch Borssele I & II Tender DONG Energy will build Dutch offshore wind farms Borssele I and II. Siemens Rolls Out 8MW Wind Turbine Siemens has expanded its portfolio with an 8MW offshore wind turbine. Borssele 1&2 World’s Cheapest Offshore Wind Farm The cost of building and operating the 700MW Borssele […]