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  • Vibratory Pile Driving Researchers Go Deeper Underground (Gallery)

    26 April 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    innogy-led research project to test a new method of installing foundations on offshore wind farms has entered its next phase.

  • 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 […]

  • Germany: Energy Representatives to Meet Angela Merkel

    1 May 2012
    Authorities

    Energy representatives, including RWE AG (RWE), headed by Juergen Grossmann will meet with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May2 in Berlin in order to discuss the development of power plant-construction, a spokeswoman from Essen, Annett Urbaczka confirmed to Bloomberg. The holding of the meeting was also confirmed by Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert at a […]

  • The Netherlands: ‘We Need to be Bolder’, Says Chair of OFFSHORE 2011

    29 November 2011

    Cost cutting, calls for innovation in the industry and calls for industry cooperation across Europe – these were just some of the hot topics at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Association’s OFFSHORE 2011 conference and exhibition in Amsterdam today. Ian Marchant, CEO of SSE Renewables and chair of OFFSHORE 2011 said that […]

  • UK EIC and World Forum Offshore Wind Sign MoU

    19 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK Energy Industries Council (EIC) and the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind. Under the MoU signed in Aberdeen, the two parties agreed to cooperate on offshore wind supply chain project activities. “We work extensively with supply chain companies and especially those diversifying from oil […]

  • UK: A2SEA Demonstrates Overcoming Offshore Wind Logistic Problems

    3 August 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    A2SEA Chief Operation Officer demonstrates how to overcome the logistic problems posed on the Ormonde offshore wind farm to deliver on time, incident free and on budget. Adoption of an end to end approach and employing a blend of cutting edge and proven techniques means A2SEA boost one of the most enviable track records in […]

  • UK: Fugro Congratulates London Array Team on Completion of First Phase

    25 April 2013

    Fugro congratulates the London Array project team on completion of the first 630 MW phase of the Thames estuary development. The project, jointly owned by DONG Energy, Masdar and E.ON, has set a new world record for the largest offshore wind farm, according to the World Record Academy.  ‘Fugro has played various roles throughout the […]

  • Germany: E.ON Plans to Reduce Offshore Wind Farms Costs

    15 March 2012

    Upon initiating a 7 billion-euro ($9 billion) renewable energy expansion plan, EON AG (EOAN) expects to reduce costs for building offshore wind farms about 40% by 2015, reports Bloomberg. Chief Executive Officer, Johannes Teyssen, said the company is planning to commission as much as 800 megawatts of renewable capacity this year. “Renewables are a mainstay […]

  • O&M Cost Strategies to Be Revealed to Europe’s Wind Industry

    21 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    More than 200 senior level wind industry executives – already comprised of operators, OEMs, ISPs and technology specialists – have begun to engage with one another in preparation for their arrival at the 6th International Onshore and Offshore Wind O&M Forum (27-28 January 2014). Delegates are geared up to gain exclusive insight into the very […]

  • UK: SgurrEnergy Supports World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Financing

    10 October 2013

    Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, has announced financial close on its share of London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, with SgurrEnergy acting as technical advisor to the banks on the transaction. The first phase of the groundbreaking project, located 20km off the coast of Essex and Kent, is jointly owned by DONG […]

  • Tools of the trade

    16 September 2016

    Cost-cutting. A combination of words warmly greeted in the offshore wind industry and for that matter also the outcome of marine service provider Houlder’s pile upending tool recently delivered for work on the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm development, off the Sussex coast in the English Channel. Construction of the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm has commenced and the first offshore foundation […]

  • Germany: DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Grid Connection Delayed for Spring 2014

    27 July 2012
    Grid Connection

    Vattenfall, Swedish power company, will see its DanTysk offshore wind farm connected to the Germany’s power grid with a delay of up to five months, reports Bloomberg. Siemens spokesman Torsten Wolf stated that the link is scheduled for completion by the spring 2014, even though it was planned to be ready by the very start […]

  • Carbon Trust Contest Looks to Improve Wind Resource Models

    1 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched an international competition focused on improving offshore wind resource models. The competition will enable modelers to access six validation cases from operational offshore wind farms in the North Sea, owned by OWA’s industry partners, to improve and strengthen their wake models. According to the Carbon Trust, this open source, […]

  • Industry Unites for Local Scottish Content

    3 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Trade unions, offshore wind developers and supply chain companies have agreed to take action to ensure more Scottish companies benefit from the awarding of contracts for offshore wind projects. At a summit held by Finance Secretary Derek Mackay and Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse, industry representatives agreed that collective action was needed to make sure supply chain companies […]

  • Consortium to Cut Costs of Offshore Wind

    7 March 2014

    Xodus Group, Cathie Associates and UTEC Geomarine have teamed up to deliver a landmark study which will aim to reduce the costs of generating electricity from offshore wind farms in UK waters. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), which brings together nine offshore wind developers (DONG Energy, E.ON, Mainstream Renewable Power, RWE Innogy, ScottishPower […]

  • A2SEA Wins Hornsea One Prize

    10 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA has won a contract to install a part of 174 Siemens 7MW turbines at the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One wind farm off the Yorkshire Coast. In spring 2019, A2SEA will deploy its offshore installation vessel, Sea Installer, to work on the turbines at the site located 120 kilometres off the coast. ”It is a great pleasure […]

  • New research shows £3bn of lost revenue is blowing in the wind (UK)

    29 September 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Carbon Trust launches global challenge to improve access to offshore wind turbines and improve Round 3 economics The Carbon Trust today launched a global competition to find world-leading solutions to the problem of transferring engineers and equipment safely from boats to wind turbines as far as 300km offshore in 3 metre wave heights. The project […]

  • Germany: Alpha Ventus 2012 Yield Exceeds Expectations

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The annual yield of alpha ventus again exceeded expectations in 2012. During last year, Germany’s first offshore wind farm fed 267.8 gigawatt hours of power into the German power grid. At 15.3 per cent, the power yield is higher than the originally forecast value. The good yield trend also continued in the first quarter of […]

  • Marine Designs Sets Up Pontoons for Humber Gateway

    4 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed its 11th offshore wind related project with the installation of crew transfer pontoons in Grimsby Fish Docks for E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm Project.  The company, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, designs, builds and installs heavy-duty, 50-year design life ‘DockMaster’ concrete pontoon systems. […]

  • PensionDanmark becoming partner in Nysted offshore wind farm

    10 September 2010
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy and PensionDanmark have signed an agreement, under which PensionDanmark will buy 30% of the Nysted offshore wind farm at a cash consideration of DKK 0.4 billion. At the same time, DONG Energy will buy E.ON’s 20% ownership interest and resell it to PensionDanmark at a price of DKK 0.3 billion. Consequently, DONG Energy […]

  • UK: Aveillant Completes Live Demonstration ‒ Holographic Radar™ Solves Wind Farm Clutter Issue

    18 July 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Aveillant has completed live demonstrations which show that its Holographic Radar™ reliably removes wind turbines from airport radar with no degradation to radar performance. The two week showcase demonstrated the technology in action at Prestwick airport, where live data from two Holographic Radars™ was integrated into an offline Air Traffic Control system. Aveillant began developing […]

  • Walney Extension Ready to Take Over London Array’s Title

    31 August 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Walney Extension, a 659MW wind farm in the Irish Sea, is scheduled to become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm in a few days and throw the 630MW London Array off the throne. 

  • James Fisher Wins Rampion Pontoon Contract

    11 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has won a contract for the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of temporary pontoons at the Newhaven Port which will be used during the construction phase of the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. JFMS has worked closely with its sister company Mojo Maritime on the Rampion pontoon project. With design work […]

  • UK: Industry Focuses on Foundation Costs

    26 March 2013

    The sub area selected by the senior executives with most potential for cost reduction was foundations, with almost twice as many responses as the next closest. Foundations make up 19% of an offshore wind power plant’s LCOE according to Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center [LORC]. Foundation cost reduction, and the cost of the logistics to their […]

  • RenewableUK Announces First Energy Awards Winners

    28 June 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has announced the winners of the association’s inaugural Energy Awards.  More than three-hundred guests, including business leaders and politicians, attended the awards ceremony at the Intercontinental Park Lane last night (27th June). Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive said: “We created these awards […]

  • 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 […]