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  • UK Secures 7 GW of New Offshore Wind, Awards CfD to World’s Single Biggest OWF

    7 July 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Government has awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to five offshore wind projects at a strike price of GBP 37.35/MWh each. One of the five offshore projects, which have a total generation capacity of 7 GW, is Ørsted’s Hornsea Three, for which the developer says is the world’s single biggest offshore wind farm. The […]

  • Spain: Iberdrola Invests EUR 25 Billion in Renewables Over 10 Year Period

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    IBERDROLA has allocated some €25,000 million to developing economically sustainable renewable energies in the last decade. This is the highest figure ever invested by a company in this field. With over 200 wind farms in Spain and 330 elsewhere in the world, these investments mean that the company now has a renewable installed capacity of […]

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Raises EUR 40 Million in Loan Notes (Ireland)

    16 January 2012

    Global renewable energy developer, Mainstream Renewable Power, has successfully raised €40 million in loan notes in what was one of Ireland’s largest private fundraisings of 2011. The three year loan notes were raised by Dolmen Stockbrokers from Irish high-net-worth individuals and institutions. It is expected that the formal closing of this €40mln will complete in […]

  • Draka Offshore Awarded Baltic 2 Wind Farm Subsea Array Cable Contract (Germany)

    25 November 2010

    Draka announces that it has been awarded the array cabling contract for the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from Visser & Smit Marine Contracting. The Baltic 2 contract, valued at approximately € 23 million requires Draka to deliver approximately 95 kilometers of 36kV subsea power cable for use in the project. The first delivery on […]

  • RenewableUK Hails World’s Largest Wave Farm and Funding Boost

    24 May 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed two key announcements in the wave energy sector which will help to spur growth and maintain the UK’s global lead in this innovative and dynamic field. The Edinburgh-based company Aquamarine Power has secured full consent to build the largest commercial wave energy array in the world. The 40-megawatt wave farm, off the […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia to Select Two Technologies for Fundy Tidal Project

    21 January 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Nova Scotia’s recent tender for a berth at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has attracted three qualified bidders, and two tidal turbine developers will win the chance to demonstrate their technology in the Minas Passage in the Bay of Fundy, home to the world’s highest tides. The province expects to announce the […]

  • Green Highland Renewables Appointed New Managing Director (UK)

    16 November 2011

    SMALL scale hydro developer Green Highland Renewables has appointed a new managing director. The Perth company said Ian Cartwright has been brought in to oversee the next phase of its development. Cartwright was the founder of J S Cartwright and Company, which he sold to Scottish Hydro Contracting in 1999 in a s1 million deal. […]

  • UK: RenewableUK Cymru Appionts New Chairman

    10 May 2012

    Jonathan Cawley from West Coast Energy has been appointed the new chairman of RenewableUK Cymru, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine renewables industries in Wales. He is currently planning and development manager at Mold-based West Coast Energy where he is responsible for overseeing the company’s interests in Wales. He is a […]

  • Gael Force Wins Award for SeaLimpet Mooring Device (UK)

    4 October 2011

      Specialist in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture, Gael Force Group, is celebrating after winning the best subsea industry service supply title at the Energy North awards in Inverness. The company won the award for the development of its innovative SeaLimpet floating gravity-based mooring device, designed for the subsea and renewables sectors. It recently announced […]

  • Siemens Turns to Tidal Power (Germany)

    24 June 2011

    As reported in the latest edition of “Pictures of the Future”, Siemens is also turning to tidal power as it strives to exploit alternative forms of energy. The company has recently secured a stake in SeaGen, the world’s first commercial power plant to generate electricity from tidal energy. Commissioned in 2008, the 1.2 MW plant […]

  • UK: Hydro Group Profit Up to GBP 1.3 Million

    15 November 2013

    Hydro Group Plc, a global design and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, has posted its 2012-13 (to year end March 31) results with more than a 12% rise in comparable turnover from £6.3million to £7.1million and a 136% increase in operating profit from £546,088 to £1.3million Doug […]

  • GE Announces Major European Offshore Wind Expansion

    26 March 2010

    GE announced yesterday plans to invest approximately €340 million to develop or expand its wind turbine manufacturing, engineering and service facilities in four European countries—the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden and Germany—signaling GE’s deep commitment to the promising European offshore wind sector. “Offshore wind will play a vital role in meeting the growing global demand for […]

  • A Win for Coexistence in North Sea | BP and Ørsted Reach Agreement on Offshore Wind-CCS Project Overlap Area

    26 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and BP have reached an agreement on the previously disputed overlap area between the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm and the Endurance carbon storage site, developed by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) that gathers BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies. Quick overview: Ørsted submitted an application for the development consent order (DCO) for the 2.6 GW […]

  • Moray East Reaches Full Output

    7 April 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland has, following completion of works, achieved its full contracted output of 900 MW to the UK National Transmission Grid, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited said. The wind farm has been able to produce electricity while construction was underway. 1,415,000 MWhrs was supplied from June 2021 to March 2022 […]

  • Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Stands Complete

    24 August 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, the Kincardine Offshore Wind, has been completed. The 50 MW project is located approximately 15 kilometres off the southeast coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The wind farm’s five Vestas 9.525 MW wind turbines and one 2 MW Vestas unit were installed at water depths ranging between 60 […]

  • Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition Opens

    11 September 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind. The Carbon Trust, the project lead, together with 14 offshore wind developers represented by the Floating Wind JIP, will select the best ideas with a particular emphasis on mooring systems and […]

  • Highlights of the Month – June 2019

    1 July 2019

    OffshoreWIND.biz brings you the ten most read offshore wind news in the month of June. BREAKING: France Reveals Dunkirk Tender Winner France has selected the consortium of EDF Renouvelables, innogy and Enbridge to construct and develop the Dunkirk offshore wind project. Dunkirk Strike Price Is EUR 44/MWh The Dunkirk offshore wind farm will deliver electricity […]

  • Three Offshore Wind Projects Secure Contracts for Difference as Strike Prices Go Down

    11 September 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK government has awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfD) in the second round of auctions with strike prices going as low as GBP 57.50/MWh for projects scheduled for commissioning in 2022/23.

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed at Moray West OWF Site

    14 December 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Ltd. has installed an EOLOS floating LiDAR buoy at the Moray West offshore wind farm site, located next to the Moray East and Beatrice offshore wind farms.

  • Tidal Energy Projects Very Welcome in West Normandy

    4 December 2014

    West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME; ONEM), a local-public company supporting the development of Renewable Marine Energy industrial sector in West Normandy, has announced that it endorses ADEME’s decision in the call-for-tender, which has chosen the consortia of Alstom/GDF Suez and DCNS/EDF Energies Nouvelles and has welcomed the announcement made by the French Prime Minister.  Initiated in September 2013 by […]

  • EUR 6.5M Secured for Human Heart-Inspired Wave Tech

    3 November 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    CorPower, a developer of a wave energy converter inspired by the pumping principles of the human heart, has completed a €6.5M funding round, thus securing a critical investment for the next stage of the company’s development and allowing for the third round of testing of its wave energy technology, called the HiWave. Results from the second stage of HiWave […]

  • Hi-tech Project to Reduce Tidal Energy Costs

    1 September 2015
    R&D, Technology

    A new type of sensor could soon be installed on the blades of subsea tidal turbines to monitor the interaction between marine life and renewable energy installations, as a result of a new collaborative project involving the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and CENSIS. The organisations’ research will aim to improve the monitoring of activity […]

  • Highlights of the Month: December 2015

    4 January 2016

    Samso Turbine Breaks Off and Crashes into Sea Denmark’s Samso offshore wind farm, also known as Paludans Flak, is out of action after one of the turbines collapsed and crashed into the sea early Saturday morning, Søren Hermansen, Director of the Samso Energy Academy, confirmed to Offshore WIND. Photo of the Day: Port of Esbjerg’s […]

  • Safety Technology Becomes Official Trainer for EU Skills’ Low Carbon Energy and Marine Power Institute

    18 December 2013
    Training & Education

    South Wales based RenewableUK accredited safety training provider, Safety Technology Ltd, has been selected as an official trainer for the EU Skills’ new Low Carbon Energy and Marine Power Institute. This new initiative, developed by EU Skills Cymru and part funded by the Welsh Government, has been established with the aim of providing a gateway […]

  • 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 […]

  • Bluewater Secures Demonstration Site for its Floating Tidal Energy Converter (UK)

    22 November 2011

    Leading Dutch offshore energy company Bluewater Energy Services has secured a tidal demonstration berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for demonstration of its floating Tidal Energy Converter, BlueTEC. Bluewater has successfully completed its development and design phase including model testing and is now ready to enter the market with a full scale demonstration […]