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  • Ørsted Orders Changhua Jacket Foundation Pin-Piles

    12 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a contract with Taiwan-based Formosa Heavy Industries for the manufacture of jacket foundation pin piles for the two Changhua offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 900MW.

  • Portuguese Energy Secretary to Urge EU Governments to Set 40 Pct Renewables Target

    10 March 2014
    Authorities, Environment

    Portuguese secretary of state for energy Artur Trindade will today call on EU heads of state and government to set ambitious targets for 2030 including a 40% renewable energy target and a target for grid infrastructure. Ambitious targets as the only way of ensuring green growth in leading European industries such as the wind power […]

  • Ewing: Renewables Are Answer to UK’s Dwindling Reserve Capacity

    9 November 2015
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has urged the UK Government to change their policy direction to ensure faster build of new power capacity, including renewable energy, in combination with increased storage capacity, following the last week’s market notification from National Grid of a shortfall in reserve capacity. The recent Winter Outlook report by National Grid showed that […]

  • OMM Guard Vessels Reports Strong Results

    13 February 2014

    Offshore Marine Management’s Guard Vessels business has released their figures for the 2013. They had 4,728 vessel management days recorded and a number of key industry relationships forged. The company has provided guard vessels for a number of high profile wind farm interconnectors, including Borwin 2, Helwin 1, Dolwin 1 and Sylwin 1, thus building […]

  • NASA Measures Offshore Wind Speed (USA)

    7 November 2011
    R&D

    On a bluff overlooking the Atlantic, Grady Koch spent a month watching ocean winds. He beamed a laser over the sea, day after day, measuring conditions offshore using an instrument called Doppler Aerosol Wind (DAWN) lidar, which is a type of laser. What Koch learns from the experiment will be used by scientists to advance […]

  • Equinor Gets SAP Nod for Empire Wind

    29 November 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved a site assessment plan (SAP) submitted by Equinor Wind US for the OCS-A 0512 wind lease area offshore New York.

  • Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Selects Lowestoft for O&M Base

    31 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Limited can confirm the signing of an agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to locate its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base at Lowestoft. The port is already home to the O&M base for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm and will now become home of the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm O&M team […]

  • Scunthorpe to Host Two Offshore Wind Connections Events

    21 March 2014

    Grimsby Renewables Partnership have teamed up with Team Humber Marine Alliance and RenewableUK to hold two supply chain events aimed at local businesses. The intention is to give companies a better insight into what opportunities are available for them and the opportunity to partake in networking and workshops. These free events will be held on […]

  • EU Offshore Wind on the Right Track Towards 2020

    28 September 2017

    After a likely record year in 2017 with 14GW, offshore wind energy in Europe continues its growing process with expectations that it will reach 25GW by 2020.

  • TSOs Report on Nordic Power System by 2025

    15 August 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    The Nordic transmission system operators (TSOs), Svenska kraftnät, Statnett, Fingrid and Energinet.dk, have launched a report on challenges and opportunities affecting the Nordic power system in the period leading up to 2025.  The main drivers of the changes are climate policy, which stimulates the development of more renewable energy, as well as technological developments and a common […]

  • UK: Centrica’s Wind Farm Won’t Affect Steam Packet

    15 April 2012

    The traits of the past seemed to be in conflict with the technological development of the future, as the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, the oldest continually operating passenger shipping company in the world objects to the Centrica’s plans for a wind farm in the Irish Sea, outside Manx waters, Iomtoday reports. Namely, the […]

  • UK and South Korea Help Secure Millions for World’s Largest Monopile Factory

    27 November 2023
    Business & Finance

    UK Export Finance (UKEF) and South Korea’s export credit agency Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) have helped SeAH Wind to secure GBP 367 million in Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC UK financing to build the world’s largest wind monopile manufacturing facility. UKEF and K-Sure have secured support worth GBP 367 million for South Korean manufacturer […]

  • Survey to Begin at Largest Irish Offshore Wind Farm in June

    26 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A geotechnical survey will begin at the Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland at the beginning of June as part of the consenting process for the project. Operations are expected to commence on 6 June at the earliest and are likely to finish on 4 July, weather permitting. The works will consist of a geotechnical […]

  • FoundOcean Group Acquires Vibro-Piling Specialist CAPE Holland

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    FoundOcean Group announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in CAPE Holland Group, the vibro-piling specialist based in The Netherlands. Jim Bell, Managing Director at FoundOcean Ltd explains the reasoning behind the acquisition: “The board of the FoundOcean Group aims to assemble businesses which are adjacent to FoundOcean’s existing activities and contribute innovative […]

  • Hollandse Kust (noord) Offshore Substation Jacket Stands

    12 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore substation has been installed off the northern coast of the Netherlands, TenneT said. The topside for this 700 MW offshore substation is scheduled to be installed in May 2022, the transmission system operator said. After departing from the port of Vlissingen, the jacket arrived at its […]

  • MacArtney Winches Hornsea Project One Contract

    19 May 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    MacArtney has won a contract to deliver electrical cable winches which will pull array cables and export cables from the seabed onto the substation decks of DONG Energy’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One wind farm off the Yorkshire coast.

  • Europe Could Become First 100% Renewable Energy Continent

    21 June 2013

    The Global Alliance for 100% Renewable Energy criticises many legislators in Europe for still lacking full commitment to the transformation to renewable energy. At the European inauguration of the new Alliance in Munich, member organisations stated that renewable energy has become the key to Europe’s future economic and industrial development. However, according to the Alliance, […]

  • Renewables Awards 2012 to Showcase Humber Potential (UK)

    23 December 2011

    A HULL-based company that has grown to be one of the city’s business success stories is backing an awards event recognising the area’s newest industrial sector. The Insurance Partnership is sponsoring a category in the Humber Renewables Awards 2012. It is the first time such accolades have been staged locally and the event will celebrate […]

  • JERA Opens Base for Akita Offshore Wind Projects

    1 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Japanese utility JERA opened a new office in the city of Akita, which will serve as a base for offshore wind projects off the coast of Akita Prefecture. “Because JERA believes that Akita Prefecture, as a first-mover, will become a hub for the accumulation of information and human resources related to the domestic offshore wind industry, […]

  • REpower Welcomes DECC’s ROC Banding Announcement (UK)

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced a new proposal on how to support large scale renewable electricity under the Renewable Obligation. In response to increasing market pressures, particularly the need to reduce costs and promote cost efficient projects, DECC has altered the amount of Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) that are […]

  • Deutsche Bahn Buys Electricity from TWB

    8 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG (TWB) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Deutsche Bahn for electricity generated at the Trianel Windpark Borkum I offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the agreement, TWB will supply Deutsche Bahn with wind power from the North Sea in the coming year. As part of the […]

  • LM Wind Power Brings New Jobs with Cherbourg Plant Opening

    28 June 2018

    LM Wind Power, a subsidiary of GE Renewable Energy, has launched its new offshore wind turbine blades plant in Cherbourg, France, where it plans to provide a significant number of jobs.

  • ScotWind Leasing Applications to Include Supply Chain Development Statement

    17 January 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Offshore wind developers who want to participate in the ScotWind Leasing will have to provide a Supply Chain Development Statement laying out the anticipated level and location of supply chain impact from each phase of their proposed project, Crown Estate Scotland said. These commitments will then be formally incorporated into each ScotWind agreement and updated […]

  • MARIN Tests Floating Mega Island Concept

    17 July 2017
    R&D, Technology

    MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) has tested an innovative concept for a floating mega island that could provide future-proof living and working space at sea for developing, generating, storing, and maintaining renewable energy, including offshore wind.

  • Seacat Extends Vessel Inspection Deal with SMC

    25 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Seacat Services has extended the vessel inspection agreement with Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC). The agreement marks the second year that SMC has been contracted to carry out the Marine Inspection for Small Workboats (eMISW) of Seacat Services’ 14 vessels. According to the UK-based company, through the eMISW inspections, SMC ensures that each vessel continues to meet the […]

  • Conference on Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Held in Bremen

    4 March 2014

    The 3rd international conference “Advances in Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines” was held in Bremen at the end of last month. Rotor blades are decisive in the race for lower cost of energy, and although much progress has been seen in structural design and manufacturing over the past few years, there is still plenty of […]