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  • Time for Offshore Wind to Wake Up to Full Benefits of Digitalisation

    29 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Jonas Corné, CEO at Greenbyte, a provider of asset management solutions. The article examines digitalisation in the offshore wind sector, the necessity of it and current challenges that hinder using digitalised solutions to advance offshore wind projects. Despite the global disruption caused by the COVID pandemic, 2020 was […]

  • Prysmian Secures SylWin1 Project by TenneT for the Cable Connection of Offshore Wind Farms in the North Sea to the German Power Grid

    26 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    The project sets new technological milestones reaching 864MW of power rating and 320 KV DC voltage Prysmian is the industry leader involved in most of the major worldwide offshore Windfarms projects Prysmian, a leading worldwide player in the energy and telecommunications cable industry, has been awarded a project worth more than €250 million by the […]

  • DNV GL’s Wind Expert Joins Bristol Uni Academics

    26 September 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The University of Bristol, UK, has appointed Ervin Bossanyi, Senior Principal Researcher Renewables at DNV GL, as Visiting Industrial Professor within the University’s Department of Aerospace Engineering. Dr Bossanyi will help the university align its research programme with the needs of the renewables industry and prepare the next generation of students with appropriate skills for employment […]

  • Siemens Installs Third HVDC Platform

    11 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2. Working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT, Siemens has thus achieved a decisive milestone of the German grid connection projects. “We have now installed three high-tech platforms for TenneT in the North Sea. The HelWin2 project is now in the […]

  • New York Overwhelmingly Supports Offshore Wind (USA)

    1 October 2012
    R&D

    A new poll released on September 27 by Public Policy Partners (PPP) shows than an overwhelming percentage of New York voters favor clean, renewable energy sources to power the state. The poll comes out just as the Long Island Power Authority is deciding on new energy contracts that could include offshore wind, and just after […]

  • Maintaining Momentum: Why Supply Chain Collaboration Is Key in Europe’s Offshore Wind Ambitions

    8 September 2022
    Industry

    The following article is a guest post by Wayne Mulhall, Managing Director at James Fisher Renewables. The global offshore wind market is at an inflection point. On the one hand, megaprojects around the world are transitioning from a subsidy to a merchant development and finance model. On the other hand, floating offshore wind (FOW) is still in the […]

  • Prysmian to Exhibit Full Range of Cable Systems for Power Transmission Infrastructures at MEE 2011

    3 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian, one of the leading worldwide players in the energy and telecommunications cable industry, is to showcase its latest technological innovations, specifically designed to support the development of smarter and greener power grids, at MEE 2011, the electrical industry’s largest tradeshow in the Middle East, taking place in Dubai from February 8th to 10th, 2011 […]

  • MHI Vestas and CIP Book Assembly Site at Taichung Port

    2 December 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas has leased a site at the Taichung Port in Taiwan for assembly activities for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project. The 5000m2 site, leased from Fortune Electric, is located in the port’s zone 1, adjacent to the preassembly quayside for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project. Turbine hub […]

  • Eneco Teaches School Kids about Wind Energy

    13 May 2015
    Training & Education

    On May 12, Eneco’s WindLab has been opened near a wind turbine in the western area of the Port of Amsterdam. This is the second location of the interactive wind laboratory. Earlier, it was located at a wind park in Etten-Leur. There, almost 4,000 pupils from 160 groups from the Netherlands have learned about wind energy over eighteen months. Part […]

  • China Longyuan Power Hosts Symposium on Offshore Wind Power Development

    15 May 2013

    On May 7, the symposium on offshore wind power development organized by China Guodian Corporation and undertaken by China Longyuan Power was held in Nantong, Jiangsu province. Xie Changjun, member of the Party Leadership Group and vice President of China Guodian Corporation, Liu Xuehai, director of Hydropower and New Energy Development Department, Li Enyi, President […]

  • The medical challenges of offshore operations

    29 June 2018

    As offshore construction and maintenance projects move further out to sea, crew and personnel transfer times lengthen. This not only presents a requirement for innovative transfer vessels, but also the need for medical care to be available in situ in the event of an emergency.

  • CIP Opens New York Office

    5 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has established an office in New York City, U.S., with an opening ceremony held on 4 September.

  • Dominion Wins Grant to Work on Cost Reduction of Offshore Wind Electricity (USA)

    19 September 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

      Dominion has received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to look for ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind electricity generation by at least 25 percent. “One of the biggest challenges to off-shore wind generation is bringing down the cost so it can be more competitive with other forms […]

  • Brittany Backs DCNS Floating Offshore Wind Development

    17 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    At Sea Tech Week in Brest yesterday, an agreement between the Brittany Region and DCNS was signed by the Brittany Regional Council President Pierrick Massiot and DCNS Director for Marine Energy Frédéric Le Lidec. The purpose of this agreement is to speed up development of the floating offshore wind turbine plant in Brittany and to […]

  • Scotland Launches GBP 15 Million Fund for Innovative Offshore Wind Foundation Projects

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

    A new £15 million fund has been launched to support innovative solutions for the development of offshore wind turbine foundations, a key component in Scotland’s fast-growing offshore wind sector. The Scottish Innovative Foundation Technologies Fund, which is open to offshore wind foundation manufacturing projects, will support innovation to develop new prototype foundations for water depths […]

  • California Allocates USD 45 Million to Kick-Start Offshore Wind in USD 2 Billion Clean Energy Budget

    11 January 2022
    Authorities

    California’s Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a state budget proposal for the 2022-2023 fiscal year on 10 January, following the revision issued in May 2021 which dedicated USD 20 million for offshore wind activities. The budget proposed now raises this to USD 45 million. The USD 2 billion budget for the Clean Energy Investment Plan is meant […]

  • Norway: Kongsberg to Provide Radar System for DBB’s Jack-Up Vessel

    24 September 2013
    Technology

    Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to deliver an Integrated Vessel Control System for a new build 80m Wind Turbine Service Jack-Up Vessel, owned by Danish offshore services specialist, DBB Jack-Up. The integrated ‘Full Picture’ solution covers navigation, automation and manoeuvring systems, and will be one of the first to […]

  • German Commerce and Technology Secretary Rösler to Open SMM

    28 August 2012

    At 7:00 p.m. on Monday 3 September, German Federal Secretary of Commerce and Technology Dr Philipp Rösler will officially open the SMM, shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology international trade fair hamburg at the CCH-Congress Center Hamburg. Bernd Aufderheide, Chairman of the Board of Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, will welcome some 800 invited guests from […]

  • US Backs Philippines Offshore Wind Development

    8 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to the Philippines’ Aboitiz Renewables, a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, for a feasibility study to develop up to 3 GW of offshore wind projects in the Philippines. The study will help Aboitiz identify potential project sites and provide technical economic analysis to […]

  • Gainesville Company to Survey Birds off Atlantic Coast (USA)

    28 December 2010

    A Gainesville company is developing some high-tech ways to survey birds off the Atlantic coast through a federal grant to help regulators consider the effects of offshore wind turbines. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement — or BOEMRE — has awarded a $2.5 million grant to Pandion Systems Inc. to conduct […]

  • SAMCEF for Wind Turbines Selected by REpower Systems AG (Belgium)

    16 February 2011

    The purchase of S4WT is the natural result of the confidence of REpower in SAMTECH’s software solutions. The choice of S4WT was further consolidated through the outcome of validation campaigns. These tests proved the higher accuracy of S4WT over other multi body and aero-elastic approaches when comparing numerical results and experimental measurements. The S4WT solver […]

  • New Yorkers Urge Mayor to Push for Offshore Wind

    19 February 2016

    More than 100 people have expressed their gratitude to the New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio for his plan to power 100% of City government operations with renewable energy, and urged him to include offshore wind as a cornerstone of that plan. New Yorkers gathered on 18 February in front of the City Hall, calling for the Mayor to make the City […]

  • OEEC 2015: Constructive, Anti-Cyclical and Energetic

    15 October 2015

    With 658 exhibitors, 23,000m2 floor space and visitors representing 86 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 (OEEC) was not only a big success, the event also grew compared to last year. A remarkable achievement in this turbulent and challenging year for the offshore industry. 11,865 visitors came to Amsterdam RAI to meet up with […]

  • UK Shadow Energy Minister: “Marine Energy Can Transform Our Economy”

    28 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The UK Energy and Climate Change Minister and the UK Shadow Energy Minister have told RenewableUK’s wave and tidal energy conference in back-to-back speeches that the Coalition Government and Labour fully support developing the UK’s enormous marine energy resources to generate low-carbon power and bring massive economic benefits to the nation. In his keynote video […]

  • MHI Vestas Heads to The Big Easy

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has sent two members of its executive management team to New Orleans to share the lessons learnt from over two decades of experience in erecting offshore wind farms in Europe with their American colleagues during the WINDPOWER 2016 conference organised by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The offshore market in the US is on […]

  • Local MP Visits CTruk in London, UK

    19 September 2013
    Authorities

    Bernard Jenkin, Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex, visited Brightlingsea-based designer and builder of multi-purpose composite marine craft, CTruk, in London last week as the defence and security event DSEI drew to a close.  CTruk launched its proof-of-concept Force Protection Craft, THOR – Twin Hulled Offshore Raider, at the show. After meeting the […]