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  • UK: REF Responds to DECC on Offshore Wind Farms’ Costs

    6 February 2013
    Authorities

    Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) has responded to the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) by writing a letter to Rt Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, after the news published a few days ago, where DECC was quoted as saying that REF’s figures regarding the future subsidy income for the […]

  • UK: HVPD, JDR, Principle Power Win GBP 2.3 Million from DECC’s Offshore Wind Scheme

    1 March 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind innovation has yesterday been given a real boost with the announcement of the first three winners under the second call of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme. High Voltage Partial Discharge (HVPD) Ltd, JDR Cable Systems Ltd […]

  • UK: RWE Wins All-Energy-Sponsored Award

    12 December 2012

    All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, congratulates RWE npower renewables for their win in the All-Energy-sponsored ‘Contribution to Supply Chain Development’ award at the annual Scottish Green Energy Awards attended by a thousand guests in Edinburgh (6 December). No sooner had that award been presented, than the All-Energy team was in for […]

  • Flotation Energy, Vårgrønn Seal Exclusivity Agreements for 1.9 GW Scottish Floaters

    2 November 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, and Flotation Energy have signed exclusivity agreements for two floating offshore wind developments under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. Once completed, the Green Volt and Cenos floating offshore wind farms, with up to a total of 1.9 GW capacity, […]

  • Equinor and Naturgy Launch Floating Wind Project Offshore Spain

    21 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Naturgy and Equinor have unveiled the 200 MW Floating Offshore Wind Canarias (FOWCA) project located in the maritime area of ​​eastern Gran Canaria. The FOWCA project, which would be connected to the Barranco de Tirajana substation of Red Eléctrica Española, will be developed using semi-submersible floating platform technology that, among other advantages, allows the […]

  • Pentland Firth Could Power Half of Scotland

    10 July 2013

    Tidal turbines stretched across Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland, could generate up to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of power – equivalent to almost half of Scotland’s electricity needs. A new study, led by Oxford University researchers, provides the first reliable estimate of the maximum energy that could be generated from Pentland […]

  • Navingo’s Casper Kunst Looks Back at Two Energetic OEEC Days

    4 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    Casper Kunst, Commercial Manager at Navingo, the organization behind the OEEC and Navingo Career Event, shares his experience of the event and announces the next edition scheduled for November 2022. “The past two days have been really productive. I spoke to a lot of people, seen a lot of happy, smiling faces, as everyone is […]

  • Photo of the Day: Aeolus Stretching Its Legs

    31 July 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Van Oord’s first transport and installation vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms, Aeolus, jacked up. The vessel is currently conducting testing of the jacking in the North Sea off the coast of Zandvoort. Mrs K. Aboutaleb-Erahoutan, wife of the Mayor of Rotterdam named the vessel last month […]

  • Germany: Dong Seeks Contractor for Gode Wind 1 and 2

    15 March 2013

    Dong Energy is looking for a contractor for transportation and installation of offshore substations for Gode Wind 02 and Gode Wind 01 Offshore Wind Farms. The contract also includes transportation and installation of 4 or 8 tubular piles and 1 topside for each wind farm. In August 2012, Dong Energy acquired German Gode Wind 1, […]

  • Jersey to Harness Tidal Energy

    28 May 2013

      Deputy Rob Duhamel, Jersey Minister for Planning and Environment, thinks that Jersey needs to harness the potential of the tides that are flowing around the island, reports BBC. Duhamel said: “A key issue was recognising that we have energy dense waters and it is a resource that could be exploited.“ “But any exploiting of […]

  • EDS to Take Care of Teesside OWF Network

    19 July 2016

    EDF Energy Renewables has awarded EDS Group, a high voltage engineering specialist, with a contract for operations and maintenance (O&M) management of the High Voltage Network at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm. The three-year contract, with a one year optional extension, will see Teesside come under the remit of the EDS Control Centre, through which EDS will manage […]

  • ILG to Provide Nordsee Ost Foundation Steel

    27 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following AMBAU’s announcement about winning a Nordsee Ost job, the company awarded Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH (ILG), a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG, a contract for the delivery of around 47,900 tons of plate for monopiles and transition pieces for the “Nordsee One” offshore wind project. ILG will be delivering the plate to AMBAU’s production just in time in Bremen […]

  • Installation Work at Kentish Flats Extension to Start in May

    14 April 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of foundations and wind turbines at the Kentish Flats Extension will start on May 1, subject to weather conditions.  On behalf of Vattenfall, GeoSea’s offshore wind installation vessel Neptune will be carrying out installation works approximately 8.5 to 13 km north of Herne Bay and Whitstable in Kent. The installation will take place on commencement of favourable sea conditions […]

  • DolWin3 Project Moving Forward

    8 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    Two 685 MVA power transformers have been delivered and installed in the land-based converter station Dörpen West, which is part of the DolWin3 project. The power transformers have been developed, manufactured and tested according to the specific needs of the project at GE’s site in Mönchengladbach. The DolWin3 project, the third network connection in the DolWin wind […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Meets Potential Suppliers for Islay Tidal Power Project

    26 October 2012

    Project managers from ScottishPower Renewables met today with more than 90 potential suppliers in Dunstaffnage near Oban as the renewable energy company progresses with its plans to develop a tidal power array in The Sound of Islay, potentially the first of its kind in the world. ScottishPower Renewables was granted permission to install up to […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Service Beatrice Offshore Wind Turbines for 10 More Years

    6 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa have signed a new service agreement for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, which will see Siemens Gamesa continuing to service and maintain its wind turbines until 2034. The 588 MW offshore wind farm comprises 84 Siemens Gamesa’s SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines, the last of which was installed in May 2019. The […]

  • Vestas Setting Up Assembly Plant for Flagship Offshore Wind Turbine in Poland

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

    Vestas has announced plans to establish a new factory in Szczecin, Poland, which will assemble components for the company’s flagship offshore wind turbine, the V236-15.0 MW model. The factory will produce nacelles and hubs for Vestas’ flagship unit which was introduced by the firm in February last year. Vestas said that the new factory will […]

  • Insight into Offshore Wind Industry in China

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The recent developments in China on the policy front, local stakeholder ambitions, and project developments indicate a shift towards growth in the country’s offshore wind market, according to a new report by Quartz+Co and MEC Intelligence. In the past five years, offshore wind has become the fastest growing clean energy technology in the Northern Europe. […]

  • 18 Borssele 1+2 Foundations Stand

    13 February 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Innovation has installed 18 out of 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Innovation is loading the monopiles and the transition pieces at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam and installing them at the site some 22 kilometres off the coast of […]

  • Iberdrola Links Wikinger to German Grid

    29 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has connected its 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm to the German power grid. 

  • Final Dudgeon Turbine Takes Shape

    5 September 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the last of the 67 Siemens 6MW wind turbines on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm.

  • BOW Terminal Loads Van Oord’s Cable Layer

    20 January 2015
    Vessels

    After a long windy period, BOW Terminal managed to load equipment onto Van Oord’s brand new DP2 Cable Layer “Nexus” yesterday. The lifting of a cable carousel, fabricated by IHC Engineering Business, and a knuckle boom crane, manufactured by SMST, was performed as a tandem lift via BOW Terminal’s cranes. The 126-meter vessel is currently […]

  • Entrust Joins ‘Hello Northwest’ Initiative (UK)

    23 December 2010

    An Irish business which provides planning consultancy and IT services to onshore and offshore wind energy firms has breezed into the north west. Entrust is the latest company to set up operations in the region under the ‘Hello Northwest’ initiative which offers free office space for new investors. Entrust, which is based in Galway, has […]

  • Survey Underway at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    6 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    As previously announced, the Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited has begun the seabed Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site. The company will carry out a total of 110 CPTs with multi-purpose vessel Fugro Commander over the period of 26 days, starting 12th December 2013. With a capacity […]

  • Structural O&M Required for Nordsee One

    30 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Nordsee One GmbH, a project company behind the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, has invited tenders for structural maintenance and repair services to be carried out at the offshore wind farm site approx. 32 km north of the island of Juist. The developer is looking to award a contract for maintenance and inspections of all structural […]

  • Photo of the Day: Work Underway on DolWin Beta

    17 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Aibel employees doing their job on the DolWin beta converter station.  “Small people, great effort,” says Aibel AS in a description of the photo that shows work on the DolWin beta offshore converter station outside the company’s yard in Haugesund, Norway. With a capacity of more than 900 MW, the converter station will host […]