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  • Highlights of the Month: November 2017

    1 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Cleared for Takeoff The Supreme Court in London has rejected RSPB Scotland’s application for leave to appeal the decision by the Inner House of the Court of Session on its Firths of Forth and Tay offshore wind farm judicial review. BiFab Safe Until April Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), SSE and the partners to […]

  • TÜV SÜD, PMSS to Showcase Their Offshore/Onshore Wind Power Portfolio at Hannover Messe 2013 (Germany)

    19 March 2013

    At the leading trade fair Wind, TÜV SÜD will showcase its entire service portfolio for offshore and onshore wind power. By acquiring UK-based PMSS in 2012, the international provider of technical services complemented and further expanded its premium services and its global network of expertise. In Hanover, TÜV SÜD’s experts can be found at the […]

  • Rhode Island Ports to Undergo Offshore Wind Upgrades with USD 95 Million State Support

    21 March 2022
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Rhode Island’s Port of Davisville and the South Quay Marine Terminal in the City of East Providence will receive USD 60 million and USD 35 million, respectively, for infrastructure upgrades to support offshore wind activities on the US east coast. At the beginning of this year, State Governor Dan McKee announced that his FY2023 budget […]

  • Barrier Increases Presence in Offshore Wind Market (UK)

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Barrier Ltd, which is part of the Barrier Group, has completed a significant new investment to support the transference of skills and technology into the offshore wind sector. The Wallsend-based company has expanded its Coatings Division to be able to deliver neoprene coatings and rubber clamps for offshore wind towers. As part of a six-figure […]

  • UK: A&P Manufactures First Wave Energy Device for Falmouth Test Site

    19 April 2012

    The first wave device installed in the waters at Cornwall’s marine energy test site has been manufactured by A&P Falmouth. Fred Olsen’s “BOLT Lifesaver” project, which is capable of operating and producing electricity, is now being tested in the sheltered FabTest site off Falmouth Bay, with easy access to the port. Renowned throughout the world […]

  • Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Creates Activity in Djursland (Denmark)

    4 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DJURS Wind Power’s member companies have secured orders for DKK 450 million and directly related employment for 330 employees in connection with the construction of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Djurs Wind Power  Apro Wind is one of the specific examples Very important locally Network produces results This is the result of the latest count made […]

  • Denmark: Anholt OWF Creates Ripple Effect among Suppliers

    16 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction work at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm creates a ripple effect among the project suppliers – nationally as well as locally. The Danish wind industry has left a distinct imprint on Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm near Anholt in the Kattegat, where Danish companies account for two thirds of the contract sum and for orders […]

  • Minister Barker Names South West as Marine Energy Park (UK)

    23 January 2012
    Authorities

    The South West has today been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park, firmly placing the region on the international map for leadership in marine renewable energy. Climate Change Minister Greg Barker made the announcement on a visit to Bristol where he met with key members of the new initiative. The South West Marine […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    3 August 2015

    Formosa 1 In June Siemens signed a Turbine Supply Agreement with Formosa Wind Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Swancor Enterprise and the developer of what could be Taiwan’s first offshore wind farm, the 128MW Formosa 1 offshore wind demonstration project. Formosa 1 is located 3 to 6km off Miaoli county, in north-west Taiwan, in water […]

  • Germany: Wind Power Growth Driver for TÜV SÜD

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    International service corporation TÜV SÜD is continuing its dynamic growth: its consolidated revenue will grow by a minimum of 8 per cent in 2012, to over EUR 1.8 billion (2011: EUR 1.68 billion). TÜV SÜD also expects a further rise in income (EBIT) (2011: EUR 160 million). The number of employees clearly reflects this positive […]

  • UK: Siemens Joins Newcastle University and ALE in Offshore R&D Programme

    21 October 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens the world leader in offshore wind energy solutions is collaborating with the Newcastle University and offshore specialist ALE in an innovative offshore R&D programme. Focused on ensuring the future energy transmission needs of the offshore wind industry are met effectively, wave tank modeling is part of the wider Offshore Platform Reference Design (AC and […]

  • UK: West Sussex County Council to Debate on Rampion OWF Plan

    10 July 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Major proposals for an offshore wind farm stretching across a wide area of the Sussex coastline will be put under the spotlight by a West Sussex County Council scrutiny committee. The debate on the Rampion plan, put forward by energy giant E.ON, will be webcast because of the huge public interest in the proposal. The […]

  • DONG Explains the Thinking Behind Subsidy-Free Bids

    14 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has revealed the factors behind the decision to place two zero subsidy bids in the first round of offshore wind auctions in Germany. As reported earlier, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of 590MW. For two of the projects – […]

  • Peel Ports Great Yarmouth Starts Preparing for Offshore Wind Projects

    21 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Construction works to enhance port infrastructure at Peel Ports Great Yarmouth for several high profile offshore wind projects have begun, Peel Ports Group reports. A multi-million-pound co-investment has been agreed to support the construction of primary infrastructure and ground works for the Galloper Wind Farm and East Anglia ONE Wind Farm projects. Construction work will […]

  • Austria: OWI-Lab Makes Report on EWEA 2013

    26 February 2013

    The OWI-Lab team attended the EWEA 2013 event in Vienna this month, the largest wind energy conference in Europe. More than 8000 participants and nearly 400 companies attended the conference and exhibition this year. Although 11.000 MW of wind energy capacity was installed last year, the wind industry is in fact facing tough times just […]

  • Vestas and OutSmart to Run First Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    8 April 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    NoordzeeWind has selected Vestas and Dutch-German OutSmart to operate and maintain the Egmond aan Zee wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Egmond aan Zee is the Netherlands’ first offshore wind farm, consisting of 36 Vestas V90-3.0 MW wind turbines located ten to eighteen kilometers off the Dutch coast. Originally built as a demonstration project […]

  • UK: Narec Project Wins Prestigious Construction Award

    17 July 2013

    The contractor responsible for constructing the three new test facilities at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland, has been awarded a top accolade for the expertise and precision employed during the project. Shepherd Construction walked away with the top accolade of Supreme Award at this year’s Construction News awards as well as […]

  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • SSE, Scottish Enterprise Announce Launch of Hunterston Offshore Wind Test Centre

    10 October 2012
    R&D

    SSE and Scottish Enterprise (SE) are to invest up to £20 million to create an offshore wind turbine test centre, capable of hosting three full scale wind turbines designed for offshore deployment. SE has committed up to £4.3 million from the National Renewables Infrastructure Fund towards the joint venture with SSE which will in turn […]

  • UK: TAG Signes Up to Wind Energy Charter

    23 April 2012

    TAG Energy Solutions has signed up to industry body RenewableUK’s new Wind Energy Charter, which has been created to highlight how the industry will benefit the UK economy. The Charter sets out how the wind energy industry is delivering significant benefits to the UK and its economy as well as the industry’s intentions to deliver […]

  • Vattenfall: DanTysk – Discovering best practises

    21 July 2014

    DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm is back on schedule – albeit a revised schedule – with more than half of its 80 wind turbines installed. Gunnar Groebler, Head of the Business Unit Renewables at Vattenfall’s Continental/UK regional organisation, reflects on progress and outlines the company’s view as to whether offshore wind will remain an important strategic […]

  • Meewind to Invest EUR 150 Million In BARD Wind Farm (The Netherlands)

    11 March 2011

    Meewind, an investment fund, will invest EUR 150 million in the BARD-Nederland wind farm, the largest renewable energy project in the Netherlands. Willem Smelik, director of Meewind, and Michael van der Heijden, managing director of Typhoon Offshore and responsible for financing the wind farm, announced this today after signing a cooperation agreement. “This wind farm […]

  • GERMANY UPDATE

    11 November 2016

    Since the last time we looked at the status of Germany’s offshore wind industry only two years ago in July 2014, the number of operational offshore wind turbines has jumped from just 141 capable of producing 616MW to 835 grid connected turbines capable of 3,552MW in July 2016 and another 54 installed turbines not yet […]

  • The Netherlands: TU Delft’s Associate Professor Receives Subsidies for Offshore Energy Projects

    3 April 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Pavol Bauer (UHD, Electrical Power Processing section) received subsidies from the top sector Energy for a grand total of three projects. The total subsidy of the projects amounts to one million euros for research and half a million euros for components and equipment. It concerns research on Integrated Offshore Electricity Infrastructure, Electrical Vehicle Supported PV […]

  • Victorian Government Awards USD 5 Million to BioPower Systems (Australia)

    1 December 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS), today announced that the Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, the Hon. Michael O’Brien MP, has awarded the company conditional funding support of $5 million under the Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Program. The funding will be applied towards the $14 million pilot demonstration of the company’s 250kW bioWAVE ocean […]

  • OrbisEnergy: East of England Remains UK’s OWF Powerhouse

    17 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Johnathan Reynolds, business development lead for renewables and innovation hub OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and director of energy firm Nautilus Associates, said that East of England businesses can be confident of the development of many offshore wind farms off their coast. As the supply chain in the East of England prepares to compete for work with developers of […]