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  • Maryland Board of Public Works Approves Contract for Offshore Wind Survey (USA)

    3 January 2013
    R&D

    Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a contract with Coastal Planning & Engineering Inc. to carry out a high-resolution geophysical survey off Ocean City. The survey is related to offshore wind development in the area. The contract, worth USD 3.3 million, will be financed from the USD 30 million that the state received last […]

  • Vestas Presents Latest Innovations at World Future Energy Summit (UAE)

    18 January 2012

    On January 16-19, the annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES) will gather in Abu Dhabi for the fifth time key political, business, academic and industry players from different parts of the world committed to satisfy our growing need for sustainable energy. As this year’s summit program is focusing on Powering Sustainable Innovation, the global wind […]

  • Scottish Affairs Committee Publishes Report on Crown Estate in Scotland

    20 March 2012
    Authorities

    In a report published yesterday the Scottish Affairs Committee says the Secretary of State for Scotland should announce the Government’s commitment to devolve and decentralise the Crown Estate Commissioner’s (CEC) marine and ancient rights and responsibilities in Scotland. The Crown Estate (CEC) is a statutory corporation that manages various Crown property, rights and interests in […]

  • ORE Catapult Points O&M Innovators to InnovateUK Funding

    23 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is inviting UK companies to apply for the GBP 19 million InnovateUK funding for novel technologies that can service the offshore renewables sector.

  • Spectrum Offshore to Survey Vattenfall’s Danish Nearshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has awarded Spectrum Offshore with a contract to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey on two nearshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea.

  • Offshore Wind Survey Begins off Maryland, USA

    26 June 2013
    R&D

    Coastal Planning & Engineering Inc., a Florida-based company, began surveying the seabed off the coast of Maryland on Monday, The Baltimore Sun informs. By using a 130-foot vessel Scarlett Isabella, which comprises high-tech sonar and seismic equipment, the company is performing a high-resolution geophysical survey of the wind energy area located 10 to 30 miles […]

  • East of England’s Major Impact in Europe

    26 November 2013

    East of England representatives have returned from the offshore wind industry exhibition in Frankfurt with increased optimism about the region’s major role in the global windpower revolution. EWEA’s event attended around 500 exhibitors among which was a team from the Norfolk and Suffolk Energy Alliance (NSEA), promoting the EEEZ (the East of England Energy Zone). […]

  • Initiative ‘Renewable Energy Revolution Now!’ Starts in Berlin, Germany

    19 March 2013

    German Renewable Energy Association and its member associations yesterday launched a series of posters across Berlin displaying the slogan “No Hidden Costs: Renewable Energy” within their joint initiative “Renewable Energy Revolution Now!”. The first motives on the posters present the “true” and unembellished cost drivers of Germany’s energy supply: fossil and nuclear energy sources, stressing […]

  • NYSERDA Wraps Up Year One of Aerial Wildlife Surveys

    10 August 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has completed the first of three years of data collection via aerial surveys of birds and marine mammals in the state’s offshore wind area.

  • USA: MREC Conducts Second Round of Ocean Technology Testing

    20 July 2012
    R&D

    New milestones in the effort to transform the region into an international hub of ocean-related energy technology research and development were hailed last week at a press conference held by the UMass Dartmouth-based New England Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC). Several marine energy technology devices were on display at the event, which was held at […]

  • MPI Offshore Limited Announces Delivery of MPI Adventure (China)

    28 March 2011

    MPI Offshore Limited (MPI) is pleased to announce the delivery  in Qidong, People’s Republic of China, of the MPI Adventure, the first of two state-of-the art wind turbine installation vessels to be built at the Cosco Qidong Shipyard. The second vessel, MPI Discovery, is scheduled for delivery later this year. The MPI Adventure is a […]

  • USA: Jefferson County Opposes Lake Ontario Wind Turbines

    16 April 2012

    As reported by NCPR, last Tuesday night the Jefferson County’s Planning and Development Committee opposed unanimously to the Federal Memorandum of Understanding, Governor Cuomo struck with the Obama administration, on building windmills and transmission facilities off the shores of Lake Ontario. The primary reason for opposing to off-shore wind farms in the area stems from […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND Approves Share Buyback Programme

    4 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    PNE WIND AG’s Board of Directors resolved on 3rd December 2012 to buy back up to 4,126,700 of its own shares on the stock exchange during the period from 4th December 2012 to 30th June 2013 (anticipated). The buyback volume amounts to approx. 9 percent of the company’s total share capital. The Board of Directors […]

  • China Prioritises Renewable Power

    29 March 2016
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Chinese government’s energy and other regulatory agencies have obliged all transmission system operators (TSOs) to grid-connect all renewable energy facilities that meet technical requirements of their networks.  The requirement has been issued by National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration. According to the document, the new rules are helping secure the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption […]

  • ABC, BSBO Say Icebreaker Could Affect Bird Migrations

    23 April 2014
    Environment

    Two bird conservation organisations have raised concerns by the new proposal to develop wind energy.  In an April 4 letter, the Washington, D.C.-based American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and the Ohio-based Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), voiced concerns about the six-turbine “Icebreaker” project, located off the shores of Ohio, to Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) Chair Thomas […]

  • UK: David Still CBE Joins RTS International as Advisor to Board of Directors

    24 May 2012

     RTS International (RTS) announced that David Still CBE has become an advisor to the Board of Directors. David Still, CBE, has worked in the renewables industry since the early 1980’s. He has worked as a wind developer, including leading on the UK’s first offshore wind farm. He was the Chairman of the British Wind Energy […]

  • Offshore Wind, Aerospace Industries Enter Collaboration

    5 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA and ELECNOR DEIMOS, by way of their respective UK subsidiaries, have launched project SUMO (Support of Maritime Operations in Offshore Windfarms), an initiative aimed at creating a benchmark system for offshore wind farm management. This cutting-edge initiative is to be undertaken with the support of the UK’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the […]

  • REpower Systems AG: AE-Rotor Holding B.V. Requests Squeeze Out of Minority Shareholders (Germany)

    4 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    Today, AE-Rotor Holding B.V. informed REpower Systems AG that it is holding shares amounting to more than 95% of the registered share capital of REpower Systems AG. At the same time, AE-Rotor Holding B.V. requested that the general meeting of REpower Systems AG shall pass a resolution on the transfer of the shares held by […]

  • Eco-Fish Safeguards Marine Mammals During Rampion OSS Jacket Installation

    4 October 2016

    Eco-Fish Consultants have reported that they delivered Marine Mammal Observer (MMOs) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) services during the installation of a substation jacket at the Rampion offshore wind farm. The main objective was to ensure that the installation was carried out with minimal disturbance to marine mammals, which could potentially be caused by underwater sound […]

  • National Press Club to Host Offshore Wind Energy Forum (USA)

    20 November 2011

      The National Press Club Newsmakers Committee will host a Newsmaker forum on the growing importance of offshore wind and the tools and infrastructure necessary to get it to consumers in the club’s Zenger Room at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the National Press Building, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. With vast untapped […]

  • Belgium: Vroon and MPI Vessels Working on Northwind Project

    21 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    As construction of the Northwind offshore windfarm continues, a number of Vroon and MPI vessels are employed on this project. The windfarm, situated off Zeebrugge in Belgium, will consist of more than 70 offshore wind turbines, providing 216 MW, enough power for 120,000 households. MPI Resolution, wind turbine installation vessel, is engaged in the installation […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference: Competition Is Key to Unlocking Cost Reductions

    22 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    There are no local content requirements in offshore wind tenders in the Netherlands because the Dutch government sees competition as key to achieving cost reductions, Ruud de Bruijne, Project Manager Offshore Wind Energy at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) said during the Offshore WIND Conference in Amsterdam.

  • Basque Country Presents Its Brad at EWEA 2013

    25 November 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A group of highly qualified businesses in the wind energy sector and a strong maritime industry, with highly advanced port infrastructures and ancillary services: that is the foundation on which the Basque Government and Ente Vasco de la Energía are seeking to build a real “smart energy revolution” in the Basque Country, with the offshore […]

  • Iberdrola Gets EUR 100 Million EIB Support for Innovation Strategy

    25 January 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a financing agreement with Iberdrola to support the company’s two-year innovation, research and development strategy for renewables with EUR 100 million. Iberdrola will use the funds for R&D in renewables, the production of green hydrogen and the development of floating wind and photovoltaic installations, and will also include […]

  • Resolute Marine Energy Joins WOC

    7 November 2013

    The World Ocean Council (WOC) has welcomed its newest member Resolute Marine Energy (RME). RME is the first company from the emerging marine renewable energy sector, particularly in harnessing ocean wave energy, to join the global ocean industry leadership coalition. RME’s CEO Bill Staby stated that, “We see the need and value to working with […]

  • Spectrum Offshore Wraps It Up at Hornsea One

    3 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Spectrum Offshore has completed its scope of work at Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Spectrum Offshore was in charge of providing offshore construction support surveys on the 1.2GW project under a contract secured in April last year. According to the UK-based company, the work took 18 months and was carried out […]