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  • REF Publishes Study on Wind Turbine Lifespan (UK)

    21 December 2012
    R&D

    The Renewable Energy Foundation has published a new study, The Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark, showing that the economic life of onshore wind turbines is between 10 and 15 years, not the 20 to 25 years projected by the wind industry itself, and used for government projections.   The work has […]

  • RenewableUK Hails Government’s Prioritisation of Offshore Wind

    14 January 2013

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind and marine energy sector, has welcomed the publication of the Government’s Call for Views for its Industrial Strategy, which identifies the offshore wind industry as a major engine of economic growth in Britain. By 2021, more than 47,000 people will be working in the offshore wind […]

  • UK: Coordination of Offshore Wind to Save Billions

    1 March 2012

    Coordination in the way links to offshore wind farms are developed could reduce the cost of offshore connections by between £0.5 and 3.5 billion. Preparatory investment in anticipation that more generators will connect could be allowed – as long as Ofgem is satisfied that customer interests are protected. Energy regulator Ofgem and the Department of […]

  • Alliance for Business Leadership Supports Cape Wind (USA)

    6 June 2013

    The Alliance for Business Leadership is a Bay State based non-profit public affairs community for CEOs, Investors and Entrepreneurs committed to greater social and environmental responsibility. More than 150 founders, CEOs, and managing principals of Massachusetts companies – the vast majority of which work outside of the Bay State’s burgeoning clean tech industry but including […]

  • UK: Narec’s Testing Factory Completed ahead of Schedule

    2 May 2013

    Construction of the structure that will house Narec’s 15 megawatt (MW) capacity wind turbine nacelle test rig has been formally completed six weeks ahead of schedule. The handover of the new building by Shepherd Construction concludes design and building works for three new facilities on the site. The new building – a 35 metre high, […]

  • NGenTec Limited Secures GBP 2 Million in Funding (UK)

    16 December 2010
    R&D

    NGenTec has secured inward investment of £2 million from Amsterdam based SET Venture Partners and Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund (“SCF”) (£1 million each) to enable the company to design, manufacture and test its innovative generator technology for the multi-megawatt offshore wind turbine market. The investment follows a recent £800,000 grant from the Department of […]

  • University of Delaware to Reduce Offshore Wind Energy Costs (USA)

    6 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The University of Delaware is coordinating six companies in a design effort to reduce the cost of energy and the time to deployment as well as attract investment in offshore wind power. With a $500,000 grant from the Department of Energy and an equal amount contributed by the companies, the consortium will design an integrated […]

  • The Netherlands: MarineCo Orders Two Offshore Wind HSSVs from Damen

    23 January 2012

    Scottish offshore service provider MarineCo UK has placed an order at Damen Shipyards for two more High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs). Since taking delivery of Damen’s first-ever HSSV 2610 Twin Axe in June and the second one in the last week of December, the MarineCo Shamal and MarineCo Mariah have shown striking performance when working […]

  • Siemens to provide 3.6-MW turbines to Cape Wind and plans to open Boston office

    31 March 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Cape Wind announced today it has entered into an agreement with Siemens to supply 130 of its 3.6-Megawatt (MW) turbines for America’s first planned offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts and, at the same time, Siemens also announced plans to open a U.S. Offshore Wind office in Boston. “We are pleased to be […]

  • Hexicon and IX Wind Team Up on 1,300+ MW Floating Wind Project Offshore Taiwan

    15 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    Sweden-headquartered Hexicon and IX Wind have joined forces to provide services for the development and construction of a 1,300+ MW floating wind project offshore Taiwan. The partnership, secured in December 2022, will offer project management, consultancy, and engineering services to the floating offshore wind project. The wind farm is planned to be commissioned as early […]

  • VIDEO: Future Proof Conference at OEEC2022

    30 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution, Environment, Industry, Technology

    During the session ‘Future Proof’ industry experts from the offshore energy sector share their visions on the market and the future. Topics like cyber security, a sustainable implementation of hydrogen and nature enhancement and sustainable business decisions for the supply chain on the table. Marjolein Kelder, Senior Project Manager The Rich North Sea“With our programme […]

  • Iberdrola Forms Partnership for 1 GW French Auction

    7 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Iberdrola and AXA IM Alts have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration in the offshore wind sector in France. With the agreement signed between the two companies, both parties will negotiate terms where AXA IM Alts on behalf of clients would join Iberdrola’s project as a minority shareholder if awarded in the […]

  • Further Six Danish ‘Open Door’ Applications Progress to Regulatory Consultation

    31 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has sent six new offshore wind applications received through its open door scheme for regulatory consultation. From 4 April to 30 August, DEA received 47 applications, of which 16 have been rejected due to overlap with state land reservations. Of the remaining 31 applications, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), European Energy, […]

  • Second Calvados Export Cable In Place

    4 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Eiffage Génie Civil, together with ETMF, has installed the second export cable for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The installation of the three-kilometre long export cable was done in collaboration with Antares Ingenierie, Ar Ganol, Logic Master, and Abeko Marine. The French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), which […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    28 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has started on Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction. The offshore works are kicking off with a geophysical pre-lay survey along the Dogger Bank Aexport cable corridor in the Southern North Sea […]

  • Siemens Energy Transformers for China’s First 66 kV Offshore Wind Farm

    10 March 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy will install 22 units of distribution transformers at Yuhuan Offshore Wind Power Project Phase 1, China’s first commercial 66 kilovolts (kV) offshore wind farm. The fluid immersed transformers of type FITformer WIND will support China Huadian Corporation (CHD) to optimize energy supply in the Yangtze River Delta region. The first phase of the […]

  • Rambøll Bags Cable Route Survey Contract for Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm

    6 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Rambøll will carry out cable route survey work for the Hesselø offshore wind farm in Denmark. According to a recently issued tender award notice, Rambøll signed a contract for the work with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet on 18 September, following a tendering procedure. This summer, the Danish Energy Agency instructed Energinet to […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind Ups Stake in Principle Power

    18 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Aker Offshore Wind has increased its ownership in Principle Power Inc from approximately 20 per cent to an expected 39 per cent, after exercising an option to buy further shares in the floating wind technology company. “Principle Power is established as the industry leading provider of floating wind foundation technology, with more than 100MW of […]

  • Rosetti Marino Cuts First Steel for Fécamp OWF’s OSS Jacket

    23 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Rosetti Marino has cut the first steel for the jacket foundation that will support the offshore substation (OSS) at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France. The Italian company is building the jacket at its Piomboni Yard in Ravenna for Chantiers de l’Atlantique, which won a contract for the offshore wind farm at the beginning […]

  • DCO Decision for Norfolk Vanguard OWF Quashed

    18 February 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The decision of the UK Secretary of State to grant the application for development consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm has been quashed following an order issued by the High Court on 18 February. Based on the ruling in the Norfolk Vanguard Judicial Review, the Secretary of State, which granted development consent for […]

  • Jan De Nul, PanGeo Subsea Start Cable Depth of Burial Survey at Formosa 2

    4 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    PanGeo Subsea is working with Jan De Nul in Taiwan on a cable depth of burial survey at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm, with PanGeo’s sub-seabed 3D acoustic imaging technology being used for the campaign. According to the subsea imaging technology company, which delivered its Sub Bottom Imager (SBI) for the work, the survey […]

  • JDR Adopts Resonant Test Tech for 66kV Inter-Array Cables

    3 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    JDR Cable Systems has adopted HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden’s Resonant Test System (RTS) for testing inter-array cables at offshore wind projects. The test system is purpose-built for post-installation testing of 66 kV offshore inter-array cables according to the international standard IEC 63026.   The plan is to have it DNV certified and smaller in scale compared to […]

  • Latvia, Estonia Exploring Grid Connection Options for Joint 1 GW OWF Project

    29 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The transmission system operators (TSOs) in Latvia and Estonia, AS Augstsprieguma tikls (AST) and Elering AS, have signed a cooperation agreement to study possible solutions for connecting the two countries’ joint 1 GW offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea to their mainland grids. Latvia and Estonia started discussions for a joint offshore wind project […]

  • Eidesvik’s Acergy Viking Becoming Eco-Friendly

    21 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Eidesvik Offshore is set to upgrade its service operation vessel (SOV) Acergy Viking as part of the company’s ambition to reduce its fleet emissions by 50% by 2030. Acergy Viking will be updated with a battery pack and hybrid propulsion solution, which is expected to bring to a reduction of diesel consumption (MGO) by up […]

  • High Speed Transfers Takes Delivery of HST Euan

    27 January 2020
    Vessels

    High Speed Transfers (HST) has taken delivery of HST Euan, its fourth FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel, from Damen Shipyards. HST Euan was loaded onto a heavy-lift vessel at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey in mid-January bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Damen floated out the vessel at the beginning of November 2019 and a […]

  • E.ON Hands In Innogy Takeover Papers

    31 January 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Essen-based energy company E.ON has submitted its application to integrate innogy to the EU Commission. “With the filing of the transaction in Brussels, we have taken an important step towards our goal of implementing the transaction agreed with RWE to acquire innogy from mid-2019. We are also well on track to prepare the planned integration of […]