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  • GL Garrad Hassan Offshore Experts Chosen for SMart Wind’s ‘Hornsea’ Zone

    5 November 2010

    SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured grid connection for the first two 500MW […]

  • 1.5 GW Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Kicks Off Statutory Consultation

    8 June 2023
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind has formally launched the statutory consultation for the 1.5 GW project in the UK and is inviting local communities and consultees for their feedback and questions. The project team has offered a range of ways for communities and consultees to provide feedback on the project plans including an online exhibition, webinars, […]

  • Dakar Rally Cars to Help Deliver USD 4.7bln to UK’s Offshore Wind Industry

    19 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      A boat with suspension, a giant robotic arm and a vessel resembling a seahorse are just three of the innovative concepts shortlisted by the Carbon Trust as part of a competition to solve the problem of transferring engineers and equipment safely on to wind turbines as far as 300km offshore in wave heights up […]

  • BOEM to Auction 5GW Site Offshore Massachusetts

    25 November 2014
    Authorities

    Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank announced that more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be offered for commercial wind energy development in a January 29, 2015, competitive lease sale. “Thanks to the leadership of Governor Patrick and the Commonwealth […]

  • Scaldis Names Heavy Lifter

    19 April 2016
    Vessels

    Antwerp-based Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors N.V. has chosen the name of Gulliver for its heavy lift, DP2 vessel currently under construction in China. Gulliver, formerly known as RAMBIZ 4000 due to its lifting capacity, got its name following the keel laying ceremony held at the Hong Qiang shipyard near Shanghai on 27 February. The ship is ordered […]

  • USA: Atargis Energy Corporation Completes CycWEC Testing

    27 July 2012

    Atargis Energy Corporation recently completed a successful testing campaign at the Texas A&M Offshore Technology Research Center in College Station, TX. This testing campaign was designed to establish the performance of the Atargis proprietary Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter (CycWEC) in a large offshore wave basin facility at a 1:10 scale. One of the major achievements […]

  • Apollo to Work On Celtic Sea Multi-Connection Offshore Substations

    21 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Infrastructure, R&D, Technology

    Celtic Sea Power has awarded the Aberdeen-based engineering consultants, Apollo, with the pre-FEED contract for the 400 MW Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone Multi-connection Offshore Substation (PDZ MOS) and 2x 1 GW MOSs targeting The Crown Estate Refined Area of Search (RAoS) A offshore Wales. Located 19 kilometres off the Pembrokeshire coast, the PDZ MOS project is […]

  • OWC Moves Closer to Scottish Offshore Wind

    23 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Engineering consultancy Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is setting up an office in Edinburgh to support the Scottish offshore wind sector. “Scotland is home to many offshore wind development companies and is spearheading floating wind in the UK,” said Katherine Phillips, OWC’s UK country manager. ”Furthermore, with the planned launch of ScotWind and its likely inclusion of […]

  • Crown Estate Drafts Leasing Plan to Unlock 4 GW of Floating Wind Capacity in Celtic Sea

    11 November 2021
    Authorities

    The Crown Estate has developed proposals for floating wind seabed leasing in the Celtic Sea which could unlock up to 4 GW of new floating wind capacity in England and Wales, providing further detail on its plans for a leasing process that could see rights awarded by the end of 2023. The projects selected through […]

  • Metocean Data Gathering Needed for Hollandse Kust (Zuid) WFZ

    5 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO.nl) has invited tenders for the collection of meteorological and oceanographic data obtained through real time field measurements at the Wind Farm Zone Hollandse Kust (Zuid). The objective of this tender is to conclude an agreement with 1 or 2 suppliers to provide the metocean data by means of 2 […]

  • UK: Wind Farms Much More Efficient than Fossil Fuels

    10 July 2012

    Wind energy opponents who say that producing electricity using the power of the wind is not efficient would do well to take a look at the UK Government data, which shows that thermal sources of electricity – gas, coal, nuclear, waste/biomass, oil and other – lose massive amounts of energy as waste heat, compared to almost 0% […]

  • Dong, Oxford University to Bring Down Offshore Wind Costs

    18 March 2014

    Oxford University professor, Guy Houlsby, will deliver the 54th Rankine Lecture on Interactions in Offshore Foundation Design on Wednesday 19 March. The Rankine Lecture is the most prestigious of the invited lectures in geotechnics. The topic that he has chosen is highly relevant to DONG Energy’s goal of cutting costs by 35 – 40% for […]

  • RWE Receives Development Consent for Awel y Môr Wind Farm Offshore Wales

    21 September 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent to RWE’s Awel y Môr offshore wind project off the North Wales Coast. The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration by Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited on 20 April 2022 and accepted for examination on […]

  • Apollo Secures Fit for Offshore Renewables Status

    14 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-headquartered engineering and technology consultants, Apollo, has been granted Fit for Offshore Renewables (F4OR) status under the F4OR Programme run by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. Apollo’s Renewable and Offshore Director Nigel Robinson said: “I am delighted with this award, which reflects well on our established track […]

  • Parkwind, Beach Energy Submit Joint Bid for Wind Projects Offshore Australia

    30 May 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    European global offshore wind developer Parkwind has teamed up with Beach Energy to compete for a licence to develop offshore wind projects in the Bass Strait off the coast of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. The bid was submitted as part of the Commonwealth Government’s process for granting offshore electricity infrastructure feasibility licences for potential offshore […]

  • Investors Snap Up TenneT’s EUR 1 Billion Green Hybrid Bond

    16 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    TenneT has issued a EUR 1 billion Green Hybrid Bond, from which the proceeds will be used to connect large-scale offshore wind to the electricity grid, with investors showing “keen interest” and the issue being 2.5 times oversubscribed. On 15 July, the transmission system operator priced its EUR 1 billion Green Hybrid Bond issue with […]

  • Ørsted Divests Remaining Stake in London Array for EUR 829 Million

    24 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has signed an agreement with funds managed by Schroders Greencoat to divest its remaining 25 per cent minority interest in the London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. The total value of the transaction is GBP 717 million (approximately EUR 829 million). Ørsted originally owned 50 per cent of the project and divested […]

  • ORE Catapult Picks 28 Companies for Offshore Renewables Growth Programme

    28 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has selected 28 UK businesses to benefit from the Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) business improvement and supply chain growth programme. This latest regional F4OR round includes 16 companies from the northeast of Scotland and 12 in North East England, which brings the total number of companies being supported through […]

  • Top News of the Week, 05 – 11 June 2017

    11 June 2017

    MHI Vestas Launches 9.5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has launched the V164-9.5 MW wind turbine to re-affirm the company’s drive to lower the cost of energy for offshore wind. Study: Jack-Up Free Turbine Installation and Maintenance Makes SENSE A new wind turbine installation and maintenance technology being developed by SENSE Offshore […]

  • States Respond to Trump’s New Oil & Gas Plan. Shell, Statoil Interested in New Areas

    5 January 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    As the Trump Administration issued the draft proposal for the 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program on 4 January, the move to make more than 90% of OCS available for oil and gas exploration and production saw opposition from several U.S. coastal states, including those that want more renewable energy in their future.

  • Contributing to the growth of the wind power industry: Solutions today to the challenges of the future

    26 April 2021

    With the aim of contributing to the growth of the wind industry, Faccin Group continues with its policy of creating, sharing and distributing relevant and valuable content for its customers and public in general. The Group broadcasted on April 8th 2021 an engaging webinar focused on the Wind Energy Industry and the challenges laying ahead. […]

  • Dong Contracts SPT for Suction Buckets Installation

    15 May 2014

    DongEnergy Wind Power A/S has contracted SPT Offshore for the installation and installation engineering of the suction buckets for Dong’sdemonstration tripod suction bucket jacket (SBJ) foundation as per of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm. The suction bucket jacket foundation will support a 3.6 MW Siemens wind turbine generator. The local water depth is 25m. […]

  • Gazelle Wind Raises USD 4 Million to Develop Floating Wind Platform

    11 August 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Dublin-headquartered Gazelle Wind Power Limited has raised USD 4 million in funding to accelerate the development of its hybrid floating offshore wind platform. This investment includes USD 1.3 million in seed funding and another USD 2.7 million in strategic long-term financing which will be used to develop the company’s first grid-connected demonstrator. Investor participation included […]

  • ABS Certifies WindFloat Atlantic Floating Turbines

    4 November 2019
    Technology

    The classification society ABS has certified the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind turbines, the first of which was installed off the coast of Portugal in October. The semi-submersible platforms, designed by Principle Power, are fitted out with 8.4 MW MHI Vestas offshore wind turbines and will be installed at a water depth of 100m. The 25 […]

  • Hollandse Kust Noord Tender Closes with Several Bids for Subsidy-Free OWF

    4 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) closed the application period for the Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm Zone tender on 30 April. Several developers have applied for a permit to build and operate an offshore wind farm in the zone without a government subsidy. RVO will now assess the applications and announce the winner of the […]

  • Sif Gearing Up for Hollandse Kust Zuid Monopiles

    5 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif is fine-tuning its production lines for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project. The production of the TP-less monopile foundations for Vattenfall’s 140-turbine project is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2020, as planned, Sif Group said. The production lines will work around the clock during […]