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  • MP Cunningham Voices Concerns over Asset Stripping at TAG

    17 October 2014
    Authorities

    Alex Cunningham has been assured by bosses that Teesside engineering company, TAG Energy Solutions, is definitely not in administration but that a sale is necessary if it is to begin operating again. The Stockton North MP spoke with Chief Executive Stuart Oakley, who confirmed that they had engaged the London firm of Duff and Phelps […]

  • EUR 24.6M DemoWind 2 Joint Call Open

    23 February 2016
    R&D

    DemoWind is now accepting Stage 1 (Outline) proposal submissions for the Joint Call 2016, launched on 16 February. Interested parties can create an account, add consortium partners and submit an outline proposal for their DemoWind 2 projects. Stage 1 proposals will be accepted up until 2pm CET on 5 May, 2016. DemoWind 2 is a European […]

  • Vattenfall and AMF Sign Ormonde Partnership Deal

    18 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Sweden’s power company Vattenfall has signed a GBP 237 million (EUR 327 million) deal to partner up with Swedish pension group AMF on the 150 MW Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm. The partnership agreement means that AMF will take a 49% share in Ormonde, with Vattenfall continuing to operate the wind farm as majority shareholder. ”AMF manages the pension […]

  • Kite Power Systems Lands in Glasgow, Starts Recruitment Drive

    20 February 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Kite Power Systems (KPS) has opened its head office in Glasgow, Scotland, and is on the lookout for additional workforce, mainly engineers.

  • Ocean Winds Books Navantia for French Offshore Wind Job

    7 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    OW Ocean Winds has confirmed a capacity reservation agreement with Spain’s Navantia to build two jacket-type foundations and the associated piles for the substations of two offshore wind farms in France. The two wind farms are the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier and the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport. The reservation agreement is […]

  • Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and POSCO Team Up on Wind, Solar and Bio-energy

    20 December 2011

    The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and the South Korean POSCO Power have officially joined forces. By signing a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 December, both parties have agreed on future collaboration in wind, solar and bio-energy. The joint POSCO-ECN collaboration will focus mainly on the application of ECN’s extensive know-how and experience […]

  • Scientists Develop Lightning Shield for Wind Turbine Blades

    10 August 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a lightning protection system for wind turbine blades using a new composite and an innovative thermal welding process. Created in partnership with General Electric and LM Wind Power and with funding from the US Department of Energy’s Technology Commercialization Fund, the wind turbine ”lightning shield” […]

  • More Green Power Essential for Scotland, First Minister Says

    31 October 2012
    Authorities

    The expansion of green power is essential for Scotland’s energy security, economic prosperity, and environmental sustainability, First Minister Alex Salmond said yesterday as he unveiled a new target to keep the country at the forefront of the sector.  The First Minister told the RenewableUK conference in Glasgow that a refreshed Renewables Routemap aims to see […]

  • An Insight into Floating Lidar

    4 March 2019

    Offshore wind farm development and operation are by nature more challenging than onshore, with additional environmental parameters to control and design for. More than 12 years ago, floating LiDAR (lidar) devices were introduced to the offshore wind industry – to meet a specific market need. Developers in the growing, but not yet mature, offshore wind […]

  • USA: OPT Announces Q1 Results

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced financial results for its Fiscal 2014 first quarter ended July 31, 2013. Highlights The Company’s net loss for first quarter of Fiscal 2014 declined to $3.8 million from $4.4 million in the first quarter of Fiscal 2013. OPT also recently announced the following developments: — Deployment of the […]

  • New Hampshire Has What It Takes for Offshore Wind Industry

    11 April 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    New Hampshire Representative Bill Baber has written a commentary on offshore wind energy and its vast benefits for New Hampshire. Mr. Baber cosponsored a bill for the establishment of a committee to study offshore wind energy and the development of other ocean power technology, which passed the House on a voice vote and is now […]

  • Grand Strand Could get Wind Farm (USA)

    26 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The impact of wind energy was the topic of a public forum Monday night held by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The Alliance presented findings about how much energy wind turbines could generate along the Grand Strand. “If you were to take the wind generated annually off the coast, you could generate something like […]

  • Deepwater Wind Resumes Work on Proposed Wind Farm off Block Island (USA)

    29 July 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    When the Rhode Island Supreme Court issued a ruling earlier this month upholding a long-term contract for the sale of power from Deepwater Wind’s proposed wind farm off Block Island, it was a green light for the company to resume work on the project. As the case dragged on for nearly a year, with the […]

  • LORC Announces Grand Opening of Nacelle Testing Centre

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Internationally recognized experts with lifelong experience in the wind industry will be among the speakers at the 10 September conference ‘Advanced Testing of Nacelles’. The conference marks the opening of the LORC Nacelle Testing facility, which provides the world’s most advanced and realistic tests of offshore wind turbines. The conference will focus on realistic validation […]

  • 2nd Generation Vessels: Hype or Hallelujah? (A2SEA Story)

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Often, new technology doesn’t live up to expectations – and there have been plenty of expectations around second-generation vessels such as SEA INSTALLER. Has this much-awaited vessel delivered on its promises?  The first of A2SEA’s second-generation installation vessel designs, SEA INSTALLER incorporates innovation after innovation – all aimed at making installation faster, safer and less […]

  • Denmark: Siemens Tests 6MW Turbine with World’s Largest Rotor

    8 October 2012
    R&D

    On October 6th 2012, Siemens Energy has begun field testing of its new 154 m rotor for the 6-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in Østerild, Denmark. The SWT-6.0-154 turbine is equipped with the world’s longest rotor blades – each blade is 75 meters in length. With a record rotor diameter of 154 meters, each SWT-6.0-154 […]

  • Gamesa Awards Prizes for Two Wind Turbine Patents (Spain)

    21 November 2011
    R&D

    For a second consecutive year, Gamesa’s Patents and Inventors Contest has honored the hard work and effort of its employees in the area of invention and patents, two cornerstones for developing and safeguarding the company’s technological innovations. The judges’ panel reviewed a total of 26 patents based on the following criteria: generation of value for […]

  • Siemens Bags Six Offshore Wind Contracts for 1.4GW in 2011 (Germany)

    16 December 2011

    This calendar year, Siemens won six contracts for offshore wind farms with a total capacity of about 1.4 gigawatts (GW) – enough to supply clean electricity to more than 1.4 million homes. The latest success was the award of the Amrumbank West project in the North Sea, for Amrumbank West GmbH, a subsidiary of E.ON […]

  • Japan: Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum Undergoes Total Renovation of Environment/Energy Zone

    30 January 2013

    On February 24 the Environment/Energy Zone of the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum, established by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) in Yokohama in 1994, will reopen following a complete renovation of its exhibits. Organized under the theme of “energy diversity,” the newly refurbished zone will feature actual exhibits, scale models and video presentations introducing MHI’s various […]

  • Asia’s Leading Maritime Gathering Opens with Sparkling Ceremony (Singapore)

    12 April 2011

    Sea Asia, the leading maritime exhibition and conference in Singapore showcasing the international and regional maritime industries, opened today with fanfare at a packed opening ceremony in Singapore (April 12, 2011). The show, which articulates the Voice of the Asian maritime communities, has captured the imagination of the global shipping community. It was officially opened […]

  • German Offshore Wind Grinds to a Standstill in 2021

    16 July 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Germany will not install a single offshore wind turbine in 2021, marking no expansion in offshore wind capacity in a calendar year for the first time in more than ten years, the country’s wind organisations said. This expansion gap is not the expression of a lack of interest on the part of investors or a […]

  • WindEurope Calls For Wind Turbine Blade Landfilling Ban

    16 June 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    WindEurope has called for a Europe-wide landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades by 2025. Europe’s wind industry actively commits to re-use, recycle, or recover 100 per cent of decommissioned blades, WindEurope said. This comes after several industry-leading companies announced plans for blade recycling and recovery. A landfill ban would further accelerate the development of […]

  • Heerema Tests Floating Installation of XXL Turbines Method Offshore

    15 October 2021
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the first offshore test of a novel method of assembling and installing XXL wind turbines onboard a floating, dynamically positioned (DP) vessel. The method was tested in the Dutch North Sea onboard the giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir. Heerema performed the demonstration project, known as Floating Offshore installation of XXL […]

  • Improving subsea cable detection

    26 January 2015

    One of the major cost elements in developing an offshore wind farm is to be found in the area of cabling and grid connection. There are significant costs incurred with the production of the inter array and export cables, their installation and the related connection activities ensuring the transfer of the energy produced to the […]

  • UK: Navitus Bay Shortlists Three Local Ports for O&M Base

    26 June 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Navitus Bay Development Limited (NBDL) has today announced a shortlist of three local ports – Poole, Portland and Yarmouth – to host the wind park’s operations and maintenance (O&M) functions. The O&M base will effectively be the wind park’s headquarters over its 25 year lifespan, and is expected to provide an economic value to the […]

  • ORE Catapult, UIUC Team Up on Floating Wind Challenges

    24 February 2022
    R&D

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has partnered with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to support the development of the US floating offshore wind sector. According to ORE Catapult, the floating wind will likely be a primary source of US offshore wind capacity in the coming decades as much of their estimated 2,000 GW capacity […]