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  • UK: Gurit Provides Rotor Blades for ANDRITZ HYDRO HS1000

    29 May 2012
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Gurit, a leading global supplier of composite materials and technical solutions to the wind energy, transportation, tooling, marine markets and other selected application areas congratulates ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest who has successfully achieved supply of power to the grid from their HS1000 device. The HS1000 device installed in the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland, utilises […]

  • USA: Triboelectric Nanogenerator Harnesses Energy from Ocean Waves

    16 October 2013
    R&D, Technology

    As sources of renewable energy, sun and wind have one major disadvantage: it isn’t always sunny or windy. Waves in the ocean, on the other hand, are never still. American researchers are now aiming to use waves to produce energy by making use of contact electrification between a patterned plastic nanoarray and water. In the […]

  • AIS Opens New GBP 2.5 Mln Survival Training Centre

    16 July 2014
    Training & Education

    AIS Training’s brand new £2.5m state-of-the-art offshore survival training centre has opened its doors for business on North Tyneside. The new 20,000 sq ft centre is located beside its existing 120,000 sq ft training village in North Shields, comprising of 11 bespoke centres. Approved by industry bodies including OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), the Global Wind […]

  • TechNavio: Wind Turbine Components Market to Grow at CAGR of 12% during 2016-2020

    22 March 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The global wind turbine components market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12% during the period 2016-2020, according to a new report. Companies worldwide are keen on bringing innovative products to the global wind turbine components market, TechNavio said in its “Global Wind Turbine Components Market 2016-2020” report. Vendors are investing in R&D to […]

  • Navantia, Windar Secure 45-Monopile Order for 1.4 GW East Anglia Three

    4 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Navantia Seanergies and Windar have unveiled that they will manufacture 45 monopiles for Iberdrola for the 1,400 MW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. The production will take place in Navantia-Windar’s monopile factory located in Fene shipyard, in A Coruña, Spain. The order will involve 900,000 hours over 15 months and will […]

  • Avangrid Wins North Carolina Offshore Wind Auction

    16 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables, LLC, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, has secured a lease sale of 122,405 acres offshore Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, for offshore wind development after 17 auction rounds with a winning bid of USD 9,066,650. Avangrid has beaten three other bidders, Wind Future LLC, Statoil Wind US LLC, and wpd offshore Alpha LLC, to secure what is […]

  • UK: LDA Appointed as Masterplanner for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    LDA Design, an independent design, environment and energy business, has been appointed as masterplanners and landscape architects for the world’s first man-made energy-generating lagoon – the £650 million Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project being developed by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Ltd. Under the proposals, the lagoon would offer 250MW of installed tidal power capacity; reliable, […]

  • Principle Power Wins FEED Deal for Dolphyn Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    12 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the developer of the Dolphyn technology, has awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract to Principle Power for a 10 MW floating wind-to-hydrogen demonstration project in Scotland. The ERM Dolphyn concept employs a modular design integrating electrolysis and a wind turbine on a moored floating semi-submersible platform which uses Principle Power’s […]

  • Acquisition Not Magic Solution for BiFab, but New OWFs Could Be

    11 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    A number of consented offshore wind projects present a big opportunity to get BiFab back on its feet, according to the Scottish Government. BiFab was acquired by Canadian JV Driver in April as part of the government’s intervention to save the Fife-based company, however, it still needs new contracts to secure its future operation. 

  • Atlantic Towing Hired for Cape Sharp Tidal Project

    22 October 2015
    Vessels

    Atlantic Towing Limited of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia has secured a contract to provide marine tug and barge services to the Cape Sharp Tidal project. Cape Sharp Tidal is a multi-phase project with plans to grid-connect a 4MW demonstration tidal array in Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy in the coming months. The Atlantic Towing contract is […]

  • IHC IQIP Equipping SHL for Beatrice Foundation Installation

    28 February 2017

    IHC IQIP will provide jacket pile grippers, the Hydrohammer S-2500 with two specially designed hammer sleeves, and an internal lifting tool to Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), the EPCI contractor in charge of foundations for the Beatrice project.

  • Beatrice Cleared for Takeoff

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The GBP 2.6 billion Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project has been given the green light for construction by owners SSE, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and SDIC Power after the project reached financial close. The 588MW, 84 turbine project, situated in the Outer Moray Firth, was consented by the Scottish government in March 2014 and granted an […]

  • UK Establishes Floating Wind Task Force

    7 June 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    RenewableUK has announced that the UK is launching the Floating Offshore Wind Task Force with the aim to ensure that the country stays at the forefront of floating wind, creating thousands of new jobs and attracting billions in private investment, according to the trade group. RenewableUK and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have worked […]

  • Belgium: Alstom Installs 6MW Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine

    20 November 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    This weekend, Alstom completed the seaside installation of its new-generation offshore wind turbine, the 6-MW Haliade™ 150, off Ostend harbour at the Belwind site in Belgium. This is the largest offshore wind turbine ever installed in sea waters. Thanks to its 150-metre rotor (with blades stretching 73.50 metre), the turbine is more efficient since its […]

  • Germany: Ship Operators to Discuss Wind Turbines’ Impact on Navigable ‘Sea Room’

    3 January 2013

    The first annual conference of the ACCSEAS (Accessibility for Shipping, Efficiency Advantages and Sustainability) project will examine how to address significant current and future issues which may impact on safe navigation in the North Sea and western Baltic Sea by pioneering safe regional access through the use of e-Navigation. Themes for the March 2013 Conference […]

  • Germany: WindMW Starts Meerwind Süd │Ost Wind Farm Construction

    7 August 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    WindMW GmbH (“WindMW”), a joint-venture of Blackstone and Windland Energieerzeugungs GmbH, today announces the start of offshore construction on its 288 MW Offshore Wind Farm, Meerwind Süd │Ost. Meerwind is an 80 turbine, 288 Megawatt (MW) wind farm that is being constructed approximately 50 km off the German coast in the North Sea. Once finished, […]

  • UK: UltraJet Announces JetMaster 2 Electronic Control System for WFSVs

    29 May 2012

    Ultra Dynamics (UltraJet) in partnership with South Boats and Rotec Hydraulics announce the introduction of the New UltraJet JetMaster 2 DNV Class approved electronic control system for South Boats Wind Farm Support vessels (WFSV). The New UltraJet JetMaster 2 electronic control system can be seen down on the Pontoon on 19m South Catamaran WFSV’s named […]

  • UK: DNV Engineer Awarded for Thesis on Offshore Renewable Energy

    6 June 2013

    A senior engineer with DNV has received a prestigious award for his thesis on offshore renewable energy. Philimon Gonidakis was named the recipient of Cranfield University’s Professor John Sharp Prize at a graduation ceremony on June 6. Philimon has just completed an MSc in Offshore and Ocean Technology at the university which was jointly funded […]

  • MOL Offshore Wind Projects Receive Japanese Government Support

    9 February 2023
    Business development, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Two Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) projects have been selected in a public offering for subsidised projects in the Offshore Wind Power Human Resource Development Project administered by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. The first project is constructing a training facility in Kitakyushu and the […]

  • Shanghai Electric Orders Two Ulstein-Designed SOVs from ZPMC

    27 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    ZPMC and Ulstein Design & Solutions have signed a ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group, the first purpose-made SOVs designed for the Chinese offshore wind industry, according to the Norwegian vessel designer. This contract marks Ulstein’s entry into the Chinese offshore wind industry market, after […]

  • Underwater Substations on Massive Floating Offshore Wind Farms Part of ScotWind Bid Mix

    7 October 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Aker Offshore Wind has outlined plans to utilise offshore wind underwater substations as part of its bids to develop major floating wind farms offshore Scotland. The multi-million subsea innovation would be developed, manufactured, and supplied in Scotland by Aker Solutions and provide major export opportunities for Scottish businesses. Substations are traditionally installed above sea level […]

  • Port of Odense Kicks Off Extension at Lindø

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Odense has launched a comprehensive port extension at Lindø, which will cost around DKK 358 million (approx. EUR 48 million). LINDØ port of ODENSE – named to represent Lindø Industrial Park and its owner, the Port of Odense – will have at disposal additional 500,000 square metres of harbour area, new quays extending more than 1,000 metres, and […]

  • MacGregor to Supply NEMOS Winches

    2 June 2016
    Technology

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply highly-specialised winches for NEMOS, a pilot project using a system that generates electricity from waves that is, according to its developers, ideally suited to work in combination with offshore wind farms. Combining the system with offshore wind turbines allows sharing the electrical infrastructure, which lowers the […]

  • SeaTerra Clears UXO from DolWin3 Cable Route

    24 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology

    SeaTerra GmbH has completed investigation of 278 objects and removal of eight unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets from the DolWin3 cable route in the German part of the North Sea. Commissioned by the transmission system operator TenneT, SeaTerra GmbH recently examined and cleared numerous metal objects from the future DolWin3 cable route between Emden and the […]

  • BiFab Crisis: Workers Rally at Scottish Parliament as Unions Urge SSE to ‘Rein In’ SHL

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The trade unions supporting BiFab workers have called on SSE to ‘rein in’ the contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) and save 1,400 jobs in Fife and Lewis. On 16 November, SSE issued a statement saying that, as a 15% shareholder of BiFab, it is willing to play its part in a recovery package supported by and involving all shareholders.

  • EWEA Team Set Out to See Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm (Belgium)

    6 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      Sparkling on the horizon from the Belgian seaside resort of Oostende stands the Thornton Bank offshore wind farm. Last week the EWEA team set out to see these turbines – six tall towers which form phase one of the offshore farm’s development – up close and personal. At some 30km from the coast the […]