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  • Time to take note and take action: Why the ambitious offshore energy targets set for 2050 are a good thing

    30 May 2023
    Business development, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    The world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and with it, global energy demand is projected to rise by as much as 50%. But as society continues to grapple with the challenges of climate change, governments across the globe are looking to offshore energy to help meet these increasing energy demands while […]

  • UK Announces GBP 5 Million Fund for Offshore Wind Energy

    10 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    At the Clean Energy Ministerial on 26 April 2012, the Prime Minister welcomed continuing efforts to reduce the costs of offshore wind energy. Innovation has a significant role to play in improving technology and reducing the cost of energy. This second round of offshore wind innovation funding, with a budget of up to £5m, will […]

  • GEO Finishes Geotechnical Site Investigations for Gode Wind I Offshore Wind Project (Germany)

    8 August 2011
    Grid Connection

      GEO has finished the geotechnical site investigations for the projected German offshore wind farm, Gode Wind I. The investigations consisted of 77 deep CPTs, carried out from the vessel Blue Alfa. The offshore wind farm is located 40 km off the German coast, west of Cuxhaven. It will generate 231 MW and is owned […]

  • Denmark: Seaway Heavy Installs 1710mt Transformer Platform at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    16 April 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) state-of-the art crane vessel with 2500-mt fully revolving crane, Stanislav Yudin, completed the work on installation of 1710mt transformer platform at Dong Energy’s Anholt offshore wind farm, ReNews informs. The work was carried out on behalf of Energinet.dk In 2010 Danish Energy Agency awarded Dong Energy the concession to build the […]

  • UK Minister Speaks at NOW Ireland Conference

    21 November 2011
    Authorities

    Department of Energy and Climate Change Released following speech of Charles Hendry: Thank you for inviting me to your conference today. I’m delighted to have been given this opportunity to say a few words to this gathering of leading figures in Ireland’s energy sector. The energy challenge  I’d like to start by recognising Ireland’s strong […]

  • UK: E.ON Completes Sussex Public Consultation Events

    5 April 2012

    Thousands of local people from across Sussex have turned out to give E.ON their views on its proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The company has hosted 12 public exhibitions across the county in the largest consultation it has ever undertaken in the UK, resulting in 4,511 members of the community coming along to find out […]

  • Design flaws on Dutch and UK’s Offshore wind turbines

    4 May 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted offshore wind energy projects being constructed in Europe: “By offering generous incentives, the U.K. already has built more offshore wind power than any other nation. Now it is planning a wave of vast new wind farms, in some of Europe’s stormiest waters.” The construction of offshore wind energy […]

  • DNV GL Certifies RVO.nl’s Hollandse Kust (Zuid) Site Studies

    27 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL has awarded the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) with a certificate for the quality of its package of site studies for companies planning to compete in the tenders to build offshore wind farms at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Sites I and II.

  • UK: Offshore Wind O&M Contracts Offer Great Opportunities for Ports

    15 June 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    While ports such as Hull, Bremerhaven or Esbjerg might be ready to grab the most important developments, there are potential rich pickings for many other ports which are unable to win the headline projects. As the Portstrategy news portal writes, Richard Marks, business development director at Royal Haskoning, said that almost anyone can get business […]

  • Welsh Government Promises to Support Renewables Industry

    24 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Welsh Minister for Natural Resources, Alun Davies met with businesses in London yesterday, discussing the Welsh Government’s focus on green growth makes Wales a unique place to invest and grow new business.  In a new prospectus, the Minister has set out what Wales can offer the business community in terms of green growth. This includes: Wales’ wealth […]

  • Windcomm to Hold Offshore Business Meetings and Conference

    13 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Windcomm will host an offshore event OBMC (Offshore Business Meetings and Conference) on July 3, 2014 in Rendsburg, where effects of the EEG amendment on offshore industry will be one of the most important topics.  “The implementation of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and the development of a new energy market is a process […]

  • DNV GL Opens Glasgow Office

    5 December 2013

    The Scottish Government’s Director-General for Enterprise, Environment and Digital, Graeme Dickson, yesterday opened a new Scottish Head Office for recently merged DNV GL Energy. The new office represents a vote of confidence in the future of energy and renewables in particular in Scotland at time of considerable regulatory change in the sector. Speaking on behalf […]

  • OPT Deploys PowerBuoy off Atlantic City

    8 September 2015
    Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) has deployed its APB350 A1 PowerBuoy approximately 14 miles northeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The APB350 A1 contains an improved Power Takeoff (PTO) system compared to the APB350 that was deployed in 2011 in connection with the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Expeditionary Autonomous PowerBuoy (“LEAP”) Program and then redeployed in 2013 […]

  • NSW and GMSL to Install Submarine Cable for Global Tech I Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    7 June 2011
    Grid Connection

    On 17 May 2011, Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH (Global Tech) signed an order with a consortium of Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) and Global Marine Systems Ltd. (GMSL) to deliver and install over 100 km of medium-voltage submarine array cables for the Global Tech I offshore wind farm. The installation work will start in […]

  • What it’s like being an Engineer at TWD

    6 April 2020
    Jobs & Recruitment

    TWD develops the methods and designs the equipment contractors need to efficiently realize major construction projects. Through the years we have built up a track record full of engaging projects. We are, amongst other, active in the heavy civil industry. A project we are proud of is the ‘walking piling gate’, a piling solution which […]

  • TenneT Responds to Dutch Senate’s Decision

    23 December 2015
    Grid Connection

    Following the Dutch Senate’s decision to dismiss the ‘Stroom’ bill, TenneT said that it will work with the Ministry of Economic Affairs to come up with a customized schedule as soon as possible, since the first grid connection of wind farms in the waters off Borssele will now be delayed.  Mel Kroon, TenneT’s CEO, said that as of the 1st January no offshore grid […]

  • GMS: “Do You Really Know How OEMs Are Running Your Wind Farm?”

    16 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Do you really know how OEMs are running your wind farm? The fast-approaching expiry dates of many five-year equipment service warranties could spell uncertainties, opportunities and strategic decision-making for many offshore asset operators. Fortunately, there are attractive alternatives.  Article by Green Marine Solutions Time flies  The shape of O&M services could soon change quite radically […]

  • Hornsea One: And Then There Were Two

    15 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm is awaiting the last two monopile foundations to be installed as 172 out of 174 have been put in place. GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation installed the first monopile at the project in January 2018 and thus marked the beginning of offshore construction. EEW SPC produced all the monopile foundations for the […]

  • Tendring Council Working to Realise Economic Strategy

    23 June 2014
    Authorities

    Work is taking place to investigate key regeneration projects in Tendring in a bid to be prepared to make the most of the funding opportunities available to boost economic growth across the District. Two initiatives – a Care and Assisted Living Innovation and Training Centre and an Innovation and Incubation Centre for Harwich – are […]

  • Germany: Windreich Congratulates PNE on Gode Wind Sale

    17 August 2012

    Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz congratulates PNE WIND AG on the sale of their offshore wind park ‘Gode Wind’ to the Danish DONG Energy. The chairman of the board of Windreich AG is pleased, that with DONG Energy, the world market leader in the area of offshore wind energy with more than 20 years of offshore […]

  • UK: Energi Coast Showcases North East England’s Offshore Renewables Capabilities

    29 April 2013

    Energi Coast, in conjunction with NOF Energy, Subsea North East and Tees Valley Unlimited, showcased North East England’s impressive offshore renewables capabilities at an event at the House of Commons. Sponsored by Redcar MP, Ian Swales, the event was held on the prestigious Terrace Pavilion at the Palace of Westminster. Members of Parliament representing constituencies […]

  • Dutch Steel: Manufacturer Geared Up for Offshore Wind

    5 May 2017

    “You can say we are very, very good at constructing pipes”, states Jan Bruggenthijs, CEO of steel manufacturer Sif Group based in the Netherlands. The company manufactures foundations for the offshore wind and oil and gas industries.

  • New Subsea Company Established in the UK

    5 September 2016

    A new subsea company, dedicated to the offshore energy industry, was officially launched in Bristol, UK, today. Rovco, which is focused on underwater integrity, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), surveying and subsea services for both oil and gas and renewables sectors, has already secured its first contract with UK Marine Trust. The company also announced that it is about […]

  • Scotland Already Leads in Cutting Down Offshore Wind Costs

    13 June 2012
    Authorities

    Scotland is leading the way in driving down the costs of offshore wind, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has told major industry conference. Scotland has a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind capacity and planned offshore wind projects in the country have the potential to produce up to 10GW of electricity by 2020. Speaking at the Global […]

  • SHL: Offshore Wind Industry Maturing in Europe (Interview)

    21 October 2015

    During the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference 2015, Offshore WIND met with Yarco Hoddenbach, Business Analyst at Seaway Heavy Lifting. As the offshore wind market is maturing in Europe, we looked into how government is supporting the further expansion of the industry. Also, we bring you a glimpse of other regions with aspiration towards developing offshore wind. […]

  • UK: Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated

    19 September 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of Cumbria, UK, was officially inaugurated today. The energy company’s CEO and President, Mr Øystein Løseth, hailed an exceptional engineering achievement which shows the way forward for offshore wind power in Europe. Mr Løseth was joined by local MP John Woodcock and over 150 guests on a […]