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  • Port of Grimsby Gets GBP 5 Mln to Become Offshore Wind Hub

    2 October 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    A £5 million investment in a new lock system at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Grimsby will make its Royal Dock more attractive to energy companies looking to base their offshore wind operations and maintenance activities at the port. The project forms part of an agreement between ABP and DONG Energy, which is building […]

  • UK Consumers Annually Pay Only GBP 10 for Wind Power

    4 April 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    While debate in the media rages on whether the UK’s green energy policies will raise electricity bills or not, Ed Davey, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, has said that onshore and offshore wind power together cost householders only £10 a year in total, according to a Guardian article. Moreover, Davey said […]

  • Offshore wind heads for record year (Belgium)

    21 July 2010
    R&D

    118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid in the first half of 2010 according to new statistics released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Those 118 turbines have a capacity of 333 MW – well over half the 577 MW installed offshore last year – showing continuing strong growth […]

  • CWind Successfully Completes Generator Management at World’s Largest OWF (UK)

    4 July 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    CWind, a leading UK offshore wind service provider, has completed generator management works on the world’s largest offshore wind farm, London Array, developed and built by a consortium comprising DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar. CWind has recently removed the last generators from site. The company worked with EP tools, a Denmark-based provider of generators, UPS […]

  • SeaRoc sail from strength to strength (UK)

    11 June 2010

    Seasoned renewable industry experts Eric Briar and Toby Mead, both ex-Metoc plc, are set to join SeaRoc, the marine and offshore engineering experts within the Natural Power group of companies. Briar will take the newly formed Chief Operating Officer role building on the successes of former CEO Peter Hodgetts, whilst Mead joins as Head of […]

  • Pelamis Wave Power Appoints Per Hornung Pedersen as CEO (UK)

    18 October 2011

      Pelamis Wave Power has appointed Per Hornung Pedersen as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Pedersen joins Pelamis with an immediate goal of fulfilling demand from the company’s three major customers, E.ON, Scottish Power Renewables and Vattenfall, who are actively developing commercial projects for Pelamis machines and have lodged enquiries for significant orders of wave energy […]

  • SeaRoc Opens New Office in Sydney

    16 April 2014
    Technology

    International marine engineering company, SeaRoc Group Ltd., has confirmed that a new commercial office has been established in Sydney to deliver the company’s innovative portfolio of software and technology solutions, SeaPlanner™, to the market in Australasia and Asia. Australian born engineer Derek Powell, with over 18 years professional experience in the manufacturing, Formula 1 motorsport […]

  • The Switch Introduces New Full-power Converter Series at China Wind Power 2011

    19 October 2011
    Technology

      The new full-power converter design by The Switch features top fault ride-through (FRT) capability, allowing better grid side performance. The new converters match the most stringent grid code in the world to date, the German BDEW 2008 directive, and they also comply with E.ON 2006, Transmission Code 2007, and Chinese grid code 2008. During […]

  • Scottish First Minister Talks about Energy Future

    18 September 2012
    Authorities

    The First Minister has told 200 energy CEOs that Scotland will continue to be a major centre for global investment – and that independence will help growth. Speaking at the FT Global Energy Leaders summit in London, Alex Salmond cited recent inward investments in oil and gas and renewables, and pledged to continue to work […]

  • UK: ETI, EMEC to Study Tidal Turbine Impact on Marine Mammals

    1 March 2013
    Environment

    One of the most comprehensive surveys ever carried out into the environmental impact of tidal powered turbines on marine wildlife has begun off the island of Eday in Orkney. The environmental monitoring and measuring survey is a key part of the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) ReDAPT (Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal) project. A team […]

  • GMB Seeks Assurances That E.ON’s OWF Will Create Local Jobs (UK)

    2 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    There are concerns that there will be no benefit to the south coast economy and that if there was a serious intent to develop green jobs in the UK this would be not allowed to happen, says GMB. GMB, the union for workers in the energy sector, is asking EON, the energy company seeking to […]

  • Rampion Offshore Substation Jacket In Place

    13 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation jacket for the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm has been installed off the coast of Sussex, UK,  Babcock International Group reports. Babcock’s two-year Rampion contract involves the engineering, procurement and onshore construction of the 400MW substation topside and jacket. The Schiedam-based HSM Offshore procured and fabricated the Rampion jacket and piles under a subcontract from […]

  • UK: RWE, Carbon Trust’s OWA to Test Innovative Wind Measuring Buoys

    20 September 2012

    RWE Innogy, together with the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, is to trial new methods of collecting wind speed data at the site of Gwynt y Môr, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. Two Light Detection and Ranging units (LIDAR) will be mounted on buoys and be temporarily installed ten miles off […]

  • Red7Marine Installs Export Cable at Wave Energy Test Site (Spain)

    18 November 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Red7Marine Offshore Ltd has announced the successful completion of export cable installation for the Biscay Marine Energy Platform in Spain. The scope of work included route clearance, cable laying, burial, shore‐end landings and testing of 4 power export circuits for this wave energy test site. A total of 18km of cable was installed by Red7Marine’s […]

  • CG Opens Fourth Office in UK

    17 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Avantha Group Company CG, one of the world’s leading engineering companies, has opened its fourth office in the UK, at Stafford, complementing its existing offices in Hazel Grove-Stockport, Jarrow-Tyne and Wear and Inchinnan-Renfrewshire. The new office will support CG’s growing client base in the UK, which includes power utilities, renewables, rail and industry customers such […]

  • Germany: Rhenus Ports Prepared for More Wind Energy Projects

    19 September 2012

    The ports in the German state of Lower Saxony and their range of logistics services are crucially important for the successful introduction of the change in energy policy in the country. Matthias Schrell, Managing Director of Rhenus Midgard in Wilhelmshaven, and Björn Wittek, who is responsible for wind energy business development at the logistics services […]

  • Divers to Be Trained for UXO Detection

    14 October 2015

    Commercial divers will be trained to detect unexploded ordinance (UXO) in a new partnership between explosives disposal experts Ramora UK and the Professional Diving Academy, Dunoon. The Professional Diving Academy (PDA) will be fully accredited by Ramora UK to enhance its existing commercial diver training courses with a 2 day module in underwater UXO detection […]

  • Offshore wind farm has good environmental impact says IUCN (Switzerland)

    6 July 2010
    Environment

    As the stories previously reported on this blog will tell you, the world is beginning to make changes towards a low carbon economy, and, the potential of offshore wind power in driving this change in the energy sector is now being realised. Offshore wind, key in fighting climate change, does have an impact on marine […]

  • REpower UK Achieve Historic 500 Megawatt Milestone (Germany)

    26 October 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    This week REpower UK, a subsidiary of REpower Systems AG, a leading manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines, reached an historic milestone of 500 megawatts of power installed across UK wind farms. REpower UK is currently the fourth wind turbine manufacturer in the UK to achieve the 500 megawatt watershed. REpower UK is one […]

  • Some South-West Coastline Residents Warmed up for Wind Farm Expansion Says Study (UK)

    27 December 2010

    IN THE Solway Firth, a planned extension to Scotland’s first offshore wind farm is facing opposition from local residents amid fears the coastline could be littered by hundreds of turbines. The proposals for Robin Rigg, put forward by E.ON UK, would increase the size of the existing 60-turbine farm by a further 100 turbines. When […]

  • Barrier Wraps Up London Array Coating Repairs and Maintenance Work

    6 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist coatings provider Barrier Ltd, and rope access company, UK Total Solutions, both part of Barrier Group, have collaborated to complete a remedial painting and maintenance contract on the 630MW London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary. The contract involved coating system repairs to two offshore substations, which transmit power from the wind […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Launch New Projects

    11 April 2018
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has kicked off two new studies to investigate critical issues for large-scale floating wind farms.

  • Top News of 2017 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2018

    The Offshore WIND editorial team brings you a list of what, in our opinion, were the most significant developments in the offshore wind industry in 2017. Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for […]

  • Harland and Wolff

    28 June 2013

    Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd. in Belfast, a Fred. Olsen related company specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, recently completed a contract to build the world’s first commercial offshore suction Bucket Foundations. Three Bucket Foundations have left the Harland and Wolff fabrication yard in the past months on board the Fred. Olsen Windcarrier vessel […]

  • ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 Kicks Off

    27 August 2019
    R&D

    The Carbon Trust has launched Stage 2 of the Offshore Renewable Joint Industry Project (ORJIP) for offshore wind. The programme aims to reduce consenting risk, project maturation time, cost and the environmental impact of existing and future offshore wind farms. Over the next four years, ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 will provide a framework to […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference Welcomes Startup Circular Energy

    19 September 2017

    Offshore WIND Conference is proud to announce Founder and General Manager of Circular Energy, Arnold Groot, will be speaking at the session ‘Oil, gas, wind: friend or foe’. In this session the changing landscape of cooperation between oil, gas and wind will be discussed and what is in it for wind. Arnold will share his views on how Circular Energy’s power from gas can balance the North Sea offshore grid.