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  • Ørsted Books Wind Innovation for Hornsea Two

    5 February 2021
    Vessels

    C-bed has signed a contract with Ørsted for the deployment of its Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Wind Innovation on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The vessel, which has also been hired for Ørsted’s Hornsea One offshore wind farm and is currently in full operation there, will start working at the Hornsea […]

  • SgurrEnergy Nets O&M Contract for Levenmouth 7MW Demo Turbine

    15 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Training & Education

    SgurrEnergy has been appointed by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to operate and maintain the recently acquired Levenmouth 7MW demonstration offshore wind turbine, located just 50m off the East Fife coast. The turbine, acquired from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), becomes the world’s most advanced, open access, offshore wind turbine dedicated to research, and offers opportunities […]

  • LM Wind Power Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2018

    28 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Wind Power plans to be carbon neutral by 2018, with the fist step on the path to carbon neutrality being sourcing 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources, mainly wind, from 2017 onward. Two other main components of LM Wind Power’s carbon neutral program, which will be named ‘CleanLM’, are […]

  • Italy to Start Tracking Adriatic Wind Speeds

    19 November 2014

    “Restinco” plant nursery in Brindisi, Italy, a regional state property under the management of Agency for Regional Irrigation and Forestry activities (Arif), will become a home to a meteorogical tower which will track wind speeds. It is one of six towers the Polytechnic University of Marche is planning to install on the Italian part of the Adriatic coast. […]

  • Six European Heliports to Establish North Sea Alliance for OWF Ops

    1 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    After a two-day meeting in Den Helder, the directors of Aberdeen International Airport, Emden Airport, Esbjerg Airport, Humberside Airport, Stavanger Airport and Den Helder Airport have agreed to set up a North Sea Heliports Alliance (NSHA) in preparation for the upcoming roll-out of large-scale offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

  • First German-Flagged Damen FCS 2710 Gets to Work

    28 May 2021
    Vessels

    German vessel operator Opus Marine GmbH has held a naming ceremony in Cuxhaven for Allegro, a new Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710. Allegro is the first vessel of its kind to fly the German flag. Opus Marine will place the vessel within its existing fleet, consisting of six vessels for the offshore wind industry […]

  • Heerema Fabrication Group Cuts 450 Jobs

    2 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Netherlands-based Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) plans to lay off 450 of the existing 770 employees at the company’s head office in Zwijndrecht, as well as at its yards in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Poland, partly due to ”the combination of price pressure and unfavourable contractual conditions in the wind energy market”. Other reasons for the lay-offs are […]

  • UK: Obtaining Project Finance in Offshore Wind Sector

    19 February 2013

    Even though offshore wind projects are now constructed faster and safer than ever before, the industry as a whole is still perceived as “high risk” by the majority of external investors. The main reason for this remains the high cost of energy production coupled with the limited financial stability of some contractors. In most cases, […]

  • Japan Setting the Scene for Offshore Wind Development

    6 November 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    As Japan’s shift to renewable energy gears up after the Fukushima disaster, the country is progressively pushing for offshore wind power, having in mind that its onshore wind capacities are rather limited. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced on Friday that it will establish a study group dubbed the Procurement Price Calculation […]

  • HIGH WIND: Bringing stability to the industry

    2 February 2016

    In 2000, the offshore wind industry was pioneering ways of installing 2MW turbines in water depths of just 15 meters, only a few miles off the coast. Today, 15 years later, a single turbine can produce a higher output than all the turbines combined in earlier wind farms, the blades are at least 4 times […]

  • UK: Building Strong Local Labor Force Important for Wind Energy Production

    26 June 2012

    The fact that there is more to building a wind farm then just infrastructure has been confirmed by the recent statements of general manager of Scira Offshore Energy, EinarStrømsvåg, who pointed out that building of a strong local labor force is as important for wind energy production to gain a full swing. Speaking of the […]

  • Danish Test Bench Reduces Development Costs

    25 December 2012
    Technology

     The test bench is among the most advanced in the world and besides testing of durability, function and mechanics of the nacelle, the facility can test wind turbine stability and capacity in a wind farm with many turbines and analyse how the entire wind park relates to a specific grid code. The Danish wind power […]

  • China Wind Power 2011 Approaches

    17 October 2011

    Norwegian companies take to Beijing for the most influential event on wind power in China this October. With more than 600 exhibitors and an expected 40 000 domestic and international visitors to the exhibition, the stage is set for what has become Asia’s largest wind power event. Covering a total exhibiting space of 120 000 […]

  • BAM Nuttall Hired for Beatrice Wick O&M Base Works

    24 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    UK civil construction company BAM Nuttall has been appointed as the principal contractor for the renovation works on two buildings at Wick Harbour, where Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) will set up the O&M base for the Beatrice offshore wind farm.

  • A2SEA Wins Hornsea One Prize

    10 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA has won a contract to install a part of 174 Siemens 7MW turbines at the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One wind farm off the Yorkshire Coast. In spring 2019, A2SEA will deploy its offshore installation vessel, Sea Installer, to work on the turbines at the site located 120 kilometres off the coast. ”It is a great pleasure […]

  • Iberdrola, ScottishPower Chairman Discusses UK Investments with George Osborne MP

    27 September 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Iberdrola and ScottishPower Chairman and CEO Ignacio Galan met yesterday with the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP. The meeting took place in the Treasury in London, where Ignacio Galan outlined Iberdrola’s investment plans and praised the UK’s long track record of a consistent regulatory framework. With the Electricity Market […]

  • Technip Energies Buys Into Floating Wind Technology Developer

    8 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    Technip Energies has acquired a 16.3 per cent stake in X1 Wind, Spanish renewable energy technology startup behind the PivotBuoy floating offshore wind platform. Technip Energies said it was the lead investor in this funding round, which also counts with the participation of the European Commission-owned European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, advised by the European […]

  • Hardware for 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project Arrives in US

    20 October 2023
    Foundations, Supply Chain

    The first monopile foundations have arrived at the Port of Virginia for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US. In September, the first eight monopile foundations, which are single vertical, steel cylinder, set sail from EEW SPC’s factory in Rostock, Germany, to the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in the US. The German […]

  • UK: London Array Announces Depth Change at Kentish Flats and Britned Crossing

    26 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    In an area where the London Array Offshore Wind Farm export cables and the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm cables cross each other, these high voltage cables are being protected by rock placements. In total, four rock berms will be created, each approximately 150 metres long, 15 metres wide. Due to the height of the […]

  • Fugro to Begin Seabed Surveys at Triton Knoll

    12 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to start seabed and sub-seafloor investigations at the Triton Knoll site in the UK. Under a GBP 3 million contract, Fugro will operate three vessels out of the Humber, supported by technical teams from the company’s Wallingford headquarters.

  • Scottish Renewables Welcomes GBP 103 Million Investment Fund

    23 March 2012

    Responding to the Energy Minster, Fergus Ewing’s, statement to the Scottish Parliament on 22 March 2012 about the Renewable Energy Investment Fund, Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said:  “After the recent positive announcement on locating the UK Green Investment Bank Headquarters in Edinburgh, the Energy Minister’s statement on the Renewable Energy Investment Fund […]

  • UK: SR250 Exports Power to National Grid

    23 April 2012

    In the latest of a series of onsite tests at EMEC Stromness based Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited has successfully generated and exported power into the UK national grid for the first time. On the 18th of April the SR250 full-scale prototype was towed to EMEC Fall of Warness tidal test site and connected to it’s […]

  • Report: China’s Installed Wind Capacity to Reach 495 GW by 2030

    6 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    Wind power installed capacity in China will more than treble from approximately 149 Gigawatts (GW) in 2015 to over 495 GW by 2030, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report, Wind Power in China, Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2016, states that […]

  • Maritime Industry Also Relies on Offshore Wind Energy (Germany)

    23 December 2011

    Shipyards, suppliers, shipping companies and ports do not have a really good year behind them. The expansion of offshore wind energy will bring a turnaround. But this can take time. According to the official announcement, by the year 2025 wind energy at sea is to cover about 15 percent of German electricity demand today. Goals […]

  • GE Completes LM Wind Power Buy

    20 April 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Denmark’s LM Group Holding has announced the completion of the sale by Doughty Hanson of its stakes in the blade maker LM Wind Power Holding to GE Global Holdings Denmark for an enterprise value of EUR 1.5 billion.

  • Geotechnical Survey Wraps Up at Oriel Offshore Wind Project

    20 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Geoquip AS has completed a geotechnical survey campaign at the Oriel offshore wind project in Ireland. The month-long campaign complements the geophysical survey completed by Alpha Marine in August last year. Data collected during these surveys contributes to the foundation design, as well as also the future wind farm layout. According to Parkwind, the outbreak […]