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  • Weather Postpones Block Island Installation

    24 July 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The rough sea is proving too much for what it is to be the US first offshore wind farm offshore Block Island. Due to the bad weather, which is expected to last longer than anticipated, Deepwater Wind has decided to dock the barge carrying turbine foundations off a pier in the Quonset Business Park to […]

  • Dexia Attracting Investment in Offshore Wind Power (Belgium)

    2 December 2011

    Franco-Belgian bank Dexia made the headlines of numerous publications across Europe over the past few weeks in relation to a bailout plan that is currently being put on place. Predictions go as far as to say that France could lose its AAA index if the country has to provide bigger proportion of the bailout than […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Funding Unaffected by Ongoing Debt Crisis

    1 December 2011

    A number of bankers, investors and developers taking part in a panel at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam on Thursday agreed financing can still be arranged for expensive offshore wind farm projects despite the ongoing debt crisis.  Sean Klimczak, Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Blackstone, said he is “relatively optimistic […]

  • Top News of the Week, May 18-24, 2015

    24 May 2015

    Siemens Installs 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype The new Siemens offshore flagship wind turbine of the type SWT-7.0-154 has now been installed as a prototype. E.ON Confirms Investment Decision for EUR 1.9 Bln Rampion OWF Today, E.ON confirmed the investment decision for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The total investment is approximately […]

  • All around the world with 39 Wind Energy Lines for CS Wind

    26 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    A long-lasting partnership started in 2004 Talking about this story, that is the relation between DAVI and CS Wind, means going back almost 20 years. In fact, the beginning of this fruitful cooperation and collaboration dates back to 2004, when the first Plate Rolls were delivered to a CS Wind plant in Vietnam. Since then, CS Wind kept […]

  • SDE Sells USD 1.2 Million Wave Power Plants to China

    20 August 2012

    SDE has signed an export agreement to sell sea wave power plants for a total sum of 1.2 million U.S. Dollars. SDE is in the final stages of building the second power plant in a series of 3 power plants that will be built on Chinese soil. The deal that SDE signed with their local […]

  • Alstom Grid pioneers

    2 January 2012

    Alstom Grid has been pioneering the way for offshore wind grid connections from the very early days when it built the first substations for both UK and Germany. Alstom Grid has over 100 years of expertise in electrical grids and ranks among the top three in the electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover […]

  • UK: Torridge Withdraws Decision on Atlantic Array OWF

    24 September 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Torridge Council has backed down from allowing the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm construction. A couple of weeks ago, Torridge and Devon County councilors made no objections to the offshore wind project. However, Torridge Council voted 15:7 on Monday to withdraw their positive response to the project after a motion by an independent councilor Chris […]

  • MHI Vestas Receives Order for 32 8MW Turbines for Burbo Bank Extension

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    DONG Energy has placed the first commercial order for 32 of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s record breaking V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful wind turbine, for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project in the UK. Blades for the project will be manufactured at the recently announced production facility on the Isle of Wight, UK – […]

  • Port of Ostend: Offshore wind force

    10 January 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Every one working in the Port of Ostend is confident that renewable energy is the future. The port community is banking on the offshore wind sector as the promising alternative to the declining ferry market. “It does not mean that the port is likely to neglect ferries, but it is evident that after 160 years […]

  • WindEnergy Hamburg: Honeywell Displays Latest Fall Protection Product Range

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Honeywell, an international supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE), is currently presenting its latest occupational safety solutions for onshore and offshore wind turbine applications at the inaugural WindEnergy exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Visitors to the Honeywell stand, B2.EG.288 in Hall B2, will be able to find out more about the company’s newest height safety products including […]

  • N-O-S Adds Two New Hybrid Vessels to Its Fleet

    6 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Denmark-based Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) have announced it is bolstering its fleet with two new hybrid R-class vessels. The two vessels, MV Runner and MV Responder, are being built by Penguin Shipyard in Singapore and are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. MV Runner and MV Responder will be hybrid vessels, […]

  • Gwynt y Môr WFSV Comes to the Rescue

    8 July 2019
    Vessels

    Wind farm support vessel (WFSV) Windcat 3 has assisted in the rescue of a casualty vessel nearby the Gwynt y Môr wind farm offshore Rhyl, the UK. Windcat 3 responded to an all ships broadcast call in the morning of 7 July when the starter motor of a speedboat preparing to return from fishing seized. Four stranded […]

  • Havyard Restructuring, Cutting Workforce

    13 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Havyard Group ASA reported it is taking further measures to adapt to the market situation and maintain its profitability. All business areas in Havyard Group have been affected to a varying degree by the general downturn in the market in the oil industry, the Group said. Thus, it has been working over time on rationalisation and […]

  • Merkur Amends Financing

    12 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Merkur Offshore GmbH has completed a EUR 1.5 billion senior debt restructuring for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm project.

  • Navitus Bay Returns 79% of Development Area to Crown Estate

    10 August 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Navitus Bay has reached an agreement with The Crown Estate to hand back the remaining, unused parts of the original wind farm development zone. This means that the parts of the seabed in the zone that have not been used for the application submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consent will no longer be under […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 2 – 8, 2015

    8 March 2015

    Vattenfall Agrees 10.31 Eurocecent/kWh to Win Horns Rev 3 After today’s news that Vattenfall was chosen to build the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm, Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building issued some details about the winning tender, revealing that the company was selected because it had agreed a price of 10.31 Eurocent per […]

  • Finland: Switch Tests 8.6 MW Permanent Magnet Generator

    13 November 2013

    The Switch announced that their 8.6 MW permanent magnet generator (PMG) for offshore use successfully passed initial no-load testing. The PMG is scheduled to undergo full-load tests in the upcoming weeks. This medium-speed, rear-mounted PMG design  enables The Switch to lower the generator weight without compromising on reliability. Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen, The Switch CEO, said that […]

  • Germany: Global Investment in Offshore Wind Power to Rise to EUR 130 Billion by 2020

    7 May 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    In their new study entitled “Offshore Wind Toward 2020 – On the Pathway to Cost Competitiveness“, the experts at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants state that they expect Europe to have installed offshore wind capacity of 40 GW by 2020. In the same year, global investment to ramp up offshore wind power will have reached around […]

  • UK: JDR Reports Record Results

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has provided an update on its trading performance for the nine months ended 30 September 2012. Highlights Record revenue of £85.6m (an increase of 75% from the equivalent period last year) Record EBITDA performance driven by higher revenue and productivity improvements Significant recent […]

  • ABP Takes a Swing at Able Marine Energy Park

    8 December 2014

    ABP has announced that it is seeking a Judicial Review (JR) of the Secretary of State for Transport’s decision to grant a Development Consent Order (DCO) in respect of the proposed Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) on the South Bank of the Humber at Killingholme. The DCO allows for the compulsory purchase of the Port […]

  • RWE and E.ON Complete Asset Swap Deal

    1 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    RWE has taken over innogy’s activities, meaning the asset swap deal with E.ON is officially completed. The wind, solar and hydropower businesses, as well as the biomass, biogas and gas storage activities are now transferred to RWE. About 2,700 employees are transferring from innogy to RWE in the course of the takeover. “This is the […]

  • UK: Marineco Acquires Fourth Twin Axe Support Vessel

    25 March 2013

    The ‘Marineco Thunderbird’ is UK based Marineco’s fourth FCS 2610 Twin Axe. Marineco was the first customer to buy one of these vessels nearly two and a half years ago, based on a design for an Offshore and Offshore Wind support vessel which Damen really believed in. The recent purchase of Thunderbird is proof of […]

  • UK: Eden Rose Joins Tidal Transit Windfarm Service Vessel Fleet

    10 April 2012

    Eden Rose, the second of Tidal Transit’s fleet of windfarm service vessels, was launched on 30 March 2012 by its Spanish boat builder, Mercurio Plastics. Like its sister Ginny Louise, it is a state-of-the-art, purpose designed vessel for use by companies involved in the planning, development and construction of offshore wind farms in the Greater […]

  • UK: FloWave to Hold Doors Open Day

    12 September 2013

    Flowave TT will welcome the public into their wave and tidal research facility for the first time. There will be a series of six visit opportunities during the annual ‘Doors Open Day’ day event on Saturday 28th September. Each tour will comprise a short presentation on the design, construction and operation of the test facility, […]

  • Isle of Lewis to Host EIMR Conference

    21 April 2014

    The Isle of Lewis is set to cash in around GBP 350,000 from a renewable energy conference. The Scottish island will host an Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference on Wednesday 30th April and Thursday 1st May. Organised by the University of the Highlands and Islands, and backed by VisitScotland Conference Bid Fund, the […]