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  • The Netherlands Eyes Offshore Energy Hubs, More Floating Solar, Reuse of Gas Pipelines for Offshore-Produced Hydrogen by 2050

    14 December 2022
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) is now actively looking into the build-out of offshore wind beyond 2030, as well as into offshore energy hubs, offshore hydrogen production and reuse of gas pipelines for hydrogen transport. The EZK is currently working on a comprehensive 2050 plan, the draft of which is […]

  • Developers to concentrate on oceana county after masons refusal (USA)

    17 June 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Now that Mason County is out of the Scandia/Havgul wind farm picture, developers will scale back their plans again and concentrate on Oceana…   Kevin Braciszeski(oceanaheraldjournal) [mappress] Source: oceanaheraldjournal, June 17, 2010;

  • TÜV NORD Joins Forces with OutSmart

    23 September 2013

    German TÜV NORD has taken a share in OutSmart as of September 13th. Both parties have decided to join forces to strengthen their international presence in the energy market and to offer more services in the field of wind energy. Wide expertise Both OutSmart as TÜV NORD have the ambition to be leading in the […]

  • UK: DOW Receives Onshore Cable Route Planning Permission

    26 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited, has received the planning permissions needed to construct and operate the onshore cables for the proposed Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon) project. The permission received from the Planning Inspectorate covers the northern 28km section of the buried cable system needed to allow the electricity […]

  • RenewableUK Disappointed by Navitus Bay Decision

    11 September 2015

    RenewableUK has expressed disappointment that the Energy Minister Lord Bourne has refused planning approval for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm off the south coast of England. The 970 megawatt (MW) project was due to be built in the English Channel 13.4 miles off the coast from Bournemouth and 10.9 miles from the western tip of […]

  • NTA Publishes Information Update on Argyll Array, UK

    20 August 2012
    Environment

    The No Tiree Array (NTA) campaign, which opposes to Argyll Array offshore wind farm, has published an information update on its website regarding basking sharks and night time visualisations of the proposed offshore wind farm. In its update, NTA brings tracking maps of the Scottish Natural Heritage’s basking shark survey in the area. However, Scottish […]

  • Japan Pledges EUR 57 Mln for Offshore Wind

    15 January 2015

    Japanese government, led by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, has pledged to increase its efforts to promote renewable energy in the next fiscal year after feed-in tariff system, aimed to boost renewable energy generation, faced some problems, Japanese media reported. The Abe administration has allocated in total EUR 0.94 billion (JPY 130.7 billion) for renewables, out of which […]

  • UK: Modus Forms Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Division

    26 March 2013

    Modus Seabed Intervention continues to demonstrate its commitment to be at the forefront of subsea technologies with the creation of a new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) division. The North East England-based company has begun an investment programme into a planned fleet of AUV units; utilised for survey and inspection across the offshore field development life […]

  • UK: Narec Seeking Contractor for Geotechnical Survey Offshore Blyth

    31 May 2013

    Narec is seeking a contractor to undertake a geotechnical survey for the Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstrator Project. Under the contract, the company should survey contractor should be able to: Provide vessels and equipment suitable for undertaking geotechnical survey at the site, in the anticipated water depths, metocean conditions and seabed types; Provide vessels that meet […]

  • SMartWind’s Project One Waiting for Approval

    7 October 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The 3 month process for the Examining Authority to write a recommendation for SMartWind’s Project One in the Hornsea Zone concluded last month. The report from the Examining Authority sets out their conclusions on the application, including giving reasons for those conclusions. The report will make a recommendation to the Secretary of State for Energy and […]

  • Navitus Bay Unlikely to Go Ahead

    7 September 2015
    Authorities

    UK Secretary of State is to issue a decision about up to 121-turbine wind farm in the English Channel near the Isle of Wight. The call is expected to be negative as some Jurassic Coast will lose UNESCO World Heritage Site status in case the wind farm gets built, writes the Telegraph. For the same […]

  • Ørsted, Polish Electrical Engineering Institute Partner on Recycling Wind Turbine Blades

    29 May 2023
    R&D, Technology

    The Danish company Ørsted and Łukasiewicz – Instytut Elektrotechniki in Poland have signed a cooperation agreement to develop an innovative technology for recycling turbine blades from offshore wind farms. On the basis of the concluded agreement, Ørsted will provide Łukasiewicz – Instytut Elektrotechniki with research material i.e. samples of used offshore wind turbine blades which […]

  • Vattenfall Mulling Options After Thanet Extension Setback

    3 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall is set to consider how to proceed with the Thanet Extension offshore wind project after the UK Secretary of State refused its development consent order (DCO) application. Commenting on the decision, Danielle Lane, UK Country Manager for Vattenfall, said: “Naturally we’re very disappointed by this decision and will consider how we proceed from here.” […]

  • UK: GSK Invests in Renewables to Lessen Manufacturing Costs

    30 August 2012
    Authorities

    The wind turbines planned by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as a part of a Montrose project faced refusal by the Angus Council, but the company does not give up on its other projects, specifically the tidal power generation. Namely, the Montrose project is part of an investment by GSK in the UK. The company plans to build a […]

  • Ørsted Vows Not to Use Wind Turbine Blade Landfilling

    3 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Ørsted has announced a ban on the landfilling of wind turbine blades and has committed to either reuse, recycle, or recover 100 per cent of the blades coming from repowering or end-of-design-life decommissioning of its offshore and onshore wind farms. As part of its new sustainability strategy and work towards achieving a carbon-neutral footprint by […]

  • EOWDC Onshore Work Wind Planing Permission

    23 July 2014
    Authorities

    Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd was granted planning permission for its onshore work for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). In November last year, Aberdeenshire Council refused the planning permission for two substations, access road and installation of an underground cable between the substation compound and Mean Low Water Springs. The council said that […]

  • UK: NTA Requests Montages of HVDC Converters’ Locations

    20 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    In its information update, which includes environmental issues and request for night time visualisation, the No Tiree Array (NTA) points to conflicting wind subsidy policies between Scotland and the UK, as well as the location of the HVDC converters for the Argyll Array offshore wind farm. It says that the UK Government is putting a […]

  • 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 […]

  • Hai Long All Set for PPA

    22 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 300MW Hai Long offshore wind farm has secured all approvals and permits and the next step will be executing the power purchase agreement with Taipower, Mike Crawley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northland Power, said. The wind farm is one of three Hai Long projects with a combined capacity of 1,044MW that Northland Power […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 19 – 25, 2015

    25 October 2015

    Siemens Presents New Offshore Wind Grid Connection Solution Siemens has introduced a new solution for connecting offshore wind turbines to the grid. Presented at the National Maritime Conference in Bremerhaven, the direct-current technology enables a cost-efficient and simplified connection of offshore wind power plants far from the coast, Siemens said. Faulty Part of Horns Rev […]

  • Vattenfall Orders Reusable Monopile Covers for Hollandse Kust Zuid

    12 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has ordered 140 reusable monopile covers for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm from Theuws Polyester, which will work together with Composite Cover Manufacturing on the project. The first 40 covers are planned to be delivered this year and the remaining 100 in 2022. “The design of these monopile covers is innovative, […]

  • Poland Increases Capacity in Updated Draft Offshore Wind Bill

    8 July 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Polish government has published a revised draft offshore wind bill which would allow for 5.9 GW instead of 4.6 GW of capacity to be offered via Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the end of June 2021. According to the Polish Wind Energy Association (PSEW), this 5.9 GW in the first phase of development correspond […]

  • ABPmer to Consider Reuse Value of Marine Environmental Data

    27 May 2015

    The Productive Seas Evidence Group (PSEG), through MEDIN, The Crown Estate, the MMO and Marine Scotland, has commissioned ABPmer to consider the potential merits of expanding public access to industry marine environmental data within the marine sector and how that access might be achieved. The UK Government has committed to enabling open access to as […]

  • Massachusetts Court to Decide on Cape Wind-NStar Contract

    1 May 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U. S. District Court of Massachusetts is contemplating a decision regarding a lawsuit against the Cape Wind’s contract with power utility NStar. Town of Barnstable, local businesses, residents, and the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS) filed the lawsuit to the U.S. District Court on January 21. They claim that the state coerced NStar […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm to Clear Another Obstacle (UK)

    9 January 2012

    Dudgeon offshore windfarm worth GBP 1.5bn hopes to clear another obstacle. North Norfolk District Council’s decision on cable route has been delayed as planners waited final wording on the planned substation at Little Dunham, reports EDP24. The onshore cable route runs over 45km in the south westerly direction to the proposed substation site located south […]

  • UK: Government Gives Consent for Two Offshore Wind Farms

    6 July 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Consent was given today by the Government for the construction of two wind farms off the Norfolk Coast with a combined capacity of over 1GW. This means that 6.6GW of offshore wind power is now either operational, under construction or consented in the UK. The two wind farms at Race Bank (580MW) and Dudgeon (560MW) […]