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  • Iberdrola Renewables and AREVA Join to Bid for French Offshore Wind Projects

    29 June 2011

      IBERDROLA RENOVABLES and the French company AREVA have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly bid on two zones for offshore wind power development off the French coast. Both companies have agreed to bid for two of the five areas that the French government has offered for competitive tender in a first phase in […]

  • SgurrEnergy Opens Offices in Norway, Brazil

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    This week, SgurrEnergy announced the opening of two new international offices, bringing its total number of global offices to nine. With headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, these recent developments see the company’s reach extend to Norway and Brazil with plans for further growth in Germany in 2013. This comes just weeks after a double win for […]

  • UK: EMEC Highers External Liaison Consultant

    8 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    THE European Marine Energy Centre has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of marine renewable energy expert Max Carcas of Caelulum Ltd to work on external liaison activities. Mr Carcas will work with EMEC to assist the world-leading wave and tidal energy test facility boost its industry engagement due to increased demand. Mr Carcas […]

  • BW Ideol and Tohoku Plan New Floating Wind Project Offshore Japan

    12 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    BW Ideol and Tohoku Electric Power have signed an agreement to jointly develop a commercial-scale floating wind farm off the coast of Kuji city in Iwate prefecture, Japan. The companies have now initiated the feasibility studies necessary to develop the project, which will utilise BW Ideol’s Damping Pool technology. Through the Iwate floating wind project, […]

  • OX2 Selects EEW SPC Monopile Foundations for Two Wind Farms Offshore Sweden

    13 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 has entered a conditional agreement with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) for the delivery of monopile foundations for two of the offshore wind farms OX2 is developing in Sweden together with Ingka Investments. According to the agreement, EEW SPC will deliver up to 230 monopile foundations to the offshore wind farms Galatea-Galene and Triton […]

  • REF Publishes Study on Wind Turbine Lifespan (UK)

    21 December 2012
    R&D

    The Renewable Energy Foundation has published a new study, The Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark, showing that the economic life of onshore wind turbines is between 10 and 15 years, not the 20 to 25 years projected by the wind industry itself, and used for government projections.   The work has […]

  • Siemens Acquires Majority Stake in Marine Current Turbines (UK)

    17 February 2012

    Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd., the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems. “The acquisition of Marine Current Turbines is an important step forward for the Solar & Hydro Division,” said Ted Scheidegger, CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. “We […]

  • OX2 to Investigate Cultivation of Blue Mussels on Swedish Offshore Wind Project

    20 June 2023
    Environment

    OX2 has signed a letter of intent with Ecopelag to investigate the possibilities for large-scale cultivation of blue mussels at the Aurora offshore wind farm in Sweden. The Aurora offshore wind farm is located approximately 20 kilometres south of Gotland and 30 kilometres east of Öland, within the Swedish economic zone. Through innovation and concrete […]

  • UK: Siemens Technology in Oceanflow’s Semi-Submersible Turbine Design

    31 July 2013

    Oceanflow Energy’s Evopod is a tidal turbine with a difference. A semi-submersible turbine design, it has shown excellent seakeeping performance in tests, and it incorporates Siemens gear and inverter units. As a floating, tethered device, it has lower deployment costs than seabed mounted devices, and it is claimed to impose less disturbance on sensitive seabed […]

  • UK: Ofgem Plans to Change Transmission Charging Methodology

    2 August 2013
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem has announced it is minded to approve a change to the methodology for calculating what generators pay to use the electricity transmission network across Britain. It is proposed that the new charges would come into effect on 1 April, 2014. The aim of this change is to facilitate the timely move to a low […]

  • Dutch Company Working on Two Floating Wind Projects Offshore Northern Ireland

    23 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch marine engineering and offshore energy company, SBM Offshore, has taken the first step towards applying for a marine licence to build two floating wind farms offshore Northern Ireland. SBM Offshore, which has set up a company named North Channel Wind to develop and build the projects, has completed site characterisation and commenced a scoping […]

  • Geophysical Survey Completed for Swedish Offshore Wind Farm

    1 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Clinton Marine Survey, on behalf of OX2, has carried out a geophysical survey for the Galatea-Galene wind farm offshore Sweden. The survey of about 370 square kilometres was carried out by Clinton Marine Survey’s Northern Storm vessel over a five-week period and included both the wind farm area and the planned cable corridors to shore. […]

  • AMSC Announces Additional D-VAR(R) Orders for Grid Interconnection of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom

    18 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today announced that it has received several new orders for its proprietary D-VAR reactive compensation solution for wind farms in the United Kingdom, including two orders from Manchester, England-based Nordex UK Ltd. AMSC’s D-VAR Intelligent Grid solutions will now be deployed at 15 wind farms […]

  • Germany: Galion Becomes First Lidar to Be Approved for Low Cost Offshore Power Curve Tests

    10 June 2013
    Technology

    The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IWES) has verified the accuracy of Galion Lidar’s groundbreaking “remote mast” functionality.  This is the first independent validation of this novel wind measurement methodology within the industry. The leading research institute states that Galion Lidar, a remote wind measurement device developed by international renewable […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Using Drones for Large-Scale Periodic Blade Inspections at Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm

    22 June 2023
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Deutsche Windtechnik performed the periodic inspection of the rotor blades at the German Butendiek offshore wind farm using automated drones at the beginning of this month. According to the company, it is among the first to carry out a large-scale offshore wind inspection campaign using automated drone technology. The work included the inspection of the […]

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr Signs Contract for Major Components Installation

    3 April 2012

    GWYNT Y MÔR Offshore Wind Farm Limited has secured a major contract to begin the next stage of offshore construction off the North Wales coast. In a £multi-million deal with Seaway Heavy Lifting Limited of Cyprus, the heavy lift vessel, ‘Stanislav Yudin’ will operate in Liverpool Bay between April and December, 2012, to install major […]

  • Japanese Shipping Company Buys Into Odfjell Oceanwind

    5 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry

    Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has become a shareholder in the Norwegian floating offshore wind technology developer, Odfjell Oceanwind. According to Odfjell Oceanwind, the transaction generates significant capital which will be used to further strengthen the company’s position in floating offshore wind technologies. Odfjell Technology, combined with the Odfjell family’s direct investment, will […]

  • SGS Announces Jale Cairney as Vice President Global Risk Management

    14 December 2010

    SGS Industrial Services, a global service provider for technical verification, inspection, testing and conformity assessment, is pleased to announce Jale Cairney as Vice President Global Risk Management. In her new position, which commences in January 2011, Jale will be responsible for the development of the Global Risk Management Competence Center in Camberley, England. With nineteen […]

  • France: Prysmian Group to Showcase Its Expertise at CIGRE 2012

    3 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase its comprehensive range of products and technologies, specifically dedicated to High Voltage underground and submarine power transmission, at the 2012 Biannual Session of CIGRE (the International Council on Large Electrical Systems, one of the key worldwide bodies operating in the […]

  • Atkins to Design Dounreay Trì Floating Platform

    8 February 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish company Hexicon has appointed Atkins as engineering partner for the world’s first multi-turbine offshore wind floating platform to be deployed at the Dounreay Trì Project off the Scottish north coast. Atkins’ offshore wind team has been working with Hexicon to define the concept since 2015 and is currently in the process of analysing a […]

  • SSE Renewables Calls for More Use of Non-Price Criteria in Offshore Wind Auctions

    16 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables is calling on European governments and regulators and internationally to make greater use of non-price criteria (NPC) in offshore wind energy auctions, whether for seabed or for contracts for difference (CfD). The renewable energy company said that the use of non-price criteria in auctions for new offshore wind can help support a sustainable […]

  • Floating Foundation for 15+ MW Offshore Wind Turbines Launches

    28 February 2023
    Industry, Infrastructure, R&D, Technology

    Odfjell Oceanwind has launched the Deepsea Star™ harsh environment floating wind foundation designed to support wind turbines with a capacity of 15 MW and more. The Deepsea Star™ is a column-stabilised, semi-submersible steel design with centre wind turbine tower, designed to take the weights and loads from the 15 MW turbines which will become available […]

  • Prysmian Completes Neart na Gaoithe Cabling Job Offshore Scotland

    5 April 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian has concluded the installation of submarine and land power cables to connect the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid. The offshore wind project is now in the testing and commissioning phase and the system is scheduled to go live during 2024. Prysmian designed, supplied, and […]

  • All-Energy 2014 Opens Tomorrow

    20 May 2014

    All-Energy 2014, the UK’s largest renewables exhibition and conference, opens tomorrow (Wednesday 21 May) at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre with a plenary session featuring both the Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP, and Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism with other speakers including Rob Cormie, Group Operations […]

  • Wind of Change: Youth Survey Thumbs up for Renewables (UK)

    3 December 2010

    Research published today shows huge support for renewable energy among young people with 94 per cent of those questioned saying that offshore wind was the ‘fairest’ energy technology, 81 per cent saying onshore wind, and 94 per cent supporting solar energy. This is compared to 2.2 per cent for coal energy. These figures are part […]

  • Deep Wind Offshore Unveils Plans for Gigawatt-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

    28 May 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Norway-headquartered Deep Wind Offshore has applied to develop and operate a 1.5 GW floating offshore wind farm in Sweden. The Swedish government has received the first application for a floating offshore wind farm outside Stockholm. The Erik Segersäll floating offshore wind farm is planned around 74 kilometres east of Nynäshamn and can reach electricity consumers […]