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  • Danish Energy Agency: Energy System without Fossil Fuels Is Technically Possible

    21 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The Danish Energy Agency has published an energy-scenario report and five sub-analyses on the energy system of the future and the challenges that need managing up to 2050 as fossil fuels are phased out and replaced with renewable energy.  It is technically possible to construct an energy system which is not based on coal, oil […]

  • Sima Charters Adds New Multi-Purpose Vessel to Its Fleet

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Dutch company Sima Charters successfully delivered a Multi-Purpose 66ft Tender, christened SC Amethyst. The tender features design and naval architecture by Vripack and is engineered for countless activities in the offshore sector. SC Amethyst has been designed by Vripack and Sima Charters, and built by Sima Charters together with Shipinstall. The SC Amethyst is […]

  • UK: Met Office Launches Wind Production Forecast Plus

    12 September 2012
    Technology

    The Met Office launches the Wind Production Forecast Plus today, a new site-specific weather forecasting service for wind farms and wind energy production, with enhanced output accuracy. It provides energy generators, traders, consultants and grid operators with an accurate weather forecast to feed into their own power models, to help them predict how much energy […]

  • USA: Sierra Club Launches New Campaign Calling LIPA to Invest in OW

    18 September 2012

    Yesterday the Sierra Club launched a robust new campaign calling on the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to choose clean, renewable energy like offshore wind for Long Island’s energy future. LIPA is currently debating various sources for new power for its customers including new dirty energy plants and offshore wind. They are expected to announce […]

  • Crown Estate Grants Site Lease to Marine Current Turbines (UK)

    12 October 2011

      Plans by Marine Current Turbines and its project partner RWE npower renewables to install and operate Wales’s first-ever tidal energy farm have moved a step closer with the granting of an Agreement for Lease by The Crown Estate for the Skerries Tidal Stream Array, which is proposed for the waters off the coast of […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    10 August 2015

    Gwynt y Môr The 576MW Gwynt y Môr wind farm, located 8 miles offshore in Liverpool Bay in water depths of over 28 metres, was officially inaugurated by Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales on 18 June. The offshore wind farm is the world’s second largest, with 160 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines on monopile foundations and 2 offshore substations in an area of over 80km². […]

  • The Netherlands: Collaborative Approach Solves Maintenance Problem at Princess Amalia Wind Farm

    13 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Hertel’s offshore rope access team worked with its client to overcome a number of unique logistical challenges when carrying out work at the Princess Amalia offshore wind farm in the North Sea. This collaborative approach led to the development of a bespoke software package to help track long-term maintenance requirements at the site. The Princess […]

  • South Korea Working on Grid Plan for 8.2 GW of Offshore Wind

    16 March 2023
    Business development, Grid Connection, Research & Development

    KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) Research Institute, together with DNV as a technical advisor, is developing a long-term plan for a power grid that will enable delivering electricity generated by offshore wind to South Korea. In February 2021, the South Korean government announced a KRW 48.5 trillion (EUR 34.8 billion) project to develop an 8.2 […]

  • DONG Energy: No Oil, No Gas, No Coal

    2 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment

    DONG Energy has decided to entirely phase out the use of coal as fuel at its power stations by 2023. Since 2006, DONG Energy has reduced its coal consumption by 73% and will replace it at the power stations with sustainable biomass to achieve the zero point.

  • Denmark: DONG Energy Announces Start of Production of Elements for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    8 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      Now 13 months after DONG Energy was awarded the concession for constructing the offshore wind farm, production of the first supplies has started. Work is progressing to realise Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Commencement of manufacture of foundations Bladt Industries in Aalborg and their subsuppliers have started manufacturing the foundations for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm […]

  • UK: Cornish Companies to Work on Floating Wind Turbine Project at Wave Hub

    11 June 2013

    Two Cornish companies have won an international contract to work on a multi-million pound project to develop a floating wind turbine at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility. The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) confirmed earlier this year that Wave Hub had been chosen as its preferred location to develop, build and test a […]

  • OWGP Grants EUR 1.5 Million to Twelve UK Companies

    15 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has awarded twelve UK companies a total of GBP 1.3 million (around EUR 1.5 million) in funding and business improvement support. “These twelve companies represent a growing community of supply chain companies from across the UK being supported by OWGP, bringing the total number of companies awarded support to […]

  • EMEC to Assist in Development of Marine Energy Test Centre in Taiwan

    5 December 2012
    R&D

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, Scotland, has announced another major international collaboration agreement, in which the world-leading test facility will assist in the development of a marine energy test centre in Taiwan. Speaking at the inaugural Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC-2012) on Jeju Island, Korea, EMEC’s commercial director […]

  • A&P Energises North East England

    31 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Based in two North East England locations, an area known for its deep industrial heritage, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees. Part of the A&P Group which also includes A&P Falmouth where ship repair and conversion services have been taking place for more […]

  • USA: O’Malley Signs Offshore Wind Bill into Law

    10 April 2013
    Authorities

    Governor Martin O’Malley, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr, House Speaker Michael E. Busch, joined by Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown, signed important legislation on April 9, which will create jobs and expand opportunity for more Marylanders. Among the bills signed into law are the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, the Employment […]

  • 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 […]

  • USA: Environment New Hampshire Releases Wind Energy Report

    20 December 2012

     As Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath prompt more Granite Staters to call for action to tackle global warming and the rise in extreme weather, Environment New Hampshire released a new Environment New Hampshire Research & Policy Center report that shows that New Hampshire’s current power generation from wind energy displaces as much global warming pollution […]

  • MHI Vestas Puts Pen to Paper in Taiwan

    28 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    After securing the preferred supplier status on projects with a combined capacity of 1.5GW in Taiwan, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind signed a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with local companies covering tower and blade manufacturing, as well as the supply of materials for blade production.

  • Marylanders to State Leaders: “Double Wind and Solar Now!”

    15 January 2015
    Authorities, Environment

    As the 2015 Maryland General Assembly kicked off Wednesday, activists packed Lawyer’s Mall in front of the State House to call for action in 2015 to double the state’s use of clean electricity like wind and solar. The rally was headlined by a broad array of social justice, environmental, faith, labor and business leaders, who […]

  • Experiment in Norway: Painting Wind Turbines to Avoid Bird Collisions

    9 August 2013
    Environment, R&D

    An experiment of huge dimensions has started at Smøla wind farm. Several wind turbines will be painted to make them more visible to birds, thus reducing the risk of collisions. Never before has a trial of this nature been carried out with such thorough scientific follow-up. The INTACT project, which is a collaboration between several […]

  • UK: 2012 Another Record Year for EMEC

    24 December 2012

    Demand for access to wave and tidal test sites at the European Marine Energy Centre has never been higher as the pioneering Orkney based facility gears up for its tenth anniversary year. All 14 of EMEC’s test berths – at its Billia Croo and Fall of Warness wave and tidal sites – are now contracted […]

  • Israel: Eco Wave Power Co-Founder Shortlisted for Business Green Leaders Awards

    7 May 2013

    Inna Braverman, 27, Co-founder and Marketing Director of Eco Wave Power, an advanced and promising wave Energy Company from Israel, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Business Green Leaders Awards of 2013 in the category of ‘Young Sustainability Executive of the Year’. Inna Braverman has been shortlisted, along with only three other nominees from a […]

  • Harland and Wolff

    28 June 2013

    Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd. in Belfast, a Fred. Olsen related company specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, recently completed a contract to build the world’s first commercial offshore suction Bucket Foundations. Three Bucket Foundations have left the Harland and Wolff fabrication yard in the past months on board the Fred. Olsen Windcarrier vessel […]

  • Narec to receive 18.5M for offshore wind test site

    26 February 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Andrew Mill, CEO of Narec, responds to the announcement by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) of an £18.5 million grant to fund an offshore wind test site at Narec in Blyth, Northumberland: “We very much welcome this funding award and the continued support we have received from Central Government and Regional Development […]

  • ScotWind Bidder Pledges EUR 276 Million Early Investment for Every Successful Bid

    17 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind have announced a GBP 235 million (approximately EUR 276 million) early investment package for every successful bid in the ScotWind leasing round to support the supply chain capabilities and the ‘just transition’ from fossil fuel industries. The financial package is included in the joint bids Ocean Winds and Aker […]

  • Liebherr-LTR 11200, Solution for Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance (Germany)

    13 December 2011
    Technology

    The Liebherr LTR 11200 crawler crane was developed pri-marily for operations involving wind farms, and it has since proved its value in that sector many times over. The most powerful telescopic crane in the world has now also mas-tered its first commitments on the high seas – and has shown itself to be a champion. […]