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  • UK Government Reveals GBP 5m Found to Spark Offshore Wind Innovation

    22 November 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    In the UK Renewables Roadmap published in July, DECC announced funding of up to £30m – subject to value for money assessments – for offshore wind innovation. DECC expects to fund two schemes under this programme, one of which is the Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme. DECC has provisionally allocated £15m to […]

  • UK: CWind Increases Its Inspections Services Offering

    12 June 2013

    CWind, a UK-based offshore wind services provider is increasing its inspections services offering and is taking on Michael McQueenie to head up the section. CWind has been offering inspection services to its clients since 2009 and has conducted a range of inspections on behalf of its clients at 10 wind farms since then, including wind […]

  • Narec Signs MoU with Swedish Research Institute

    21 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Technical Research Institute of Sweden (SP), to further combined collaborative R&D activities and establish a formalised strategic partnership to strengthen existing capability in the area of offshore renewable energy. There already exists a great deal of synergy between the two […]

  • GL Renewables Certification Opens Office in Glasgow, UK

    29 October 2012

    GL Renewables Certification (GL RC), a standard setting certification body for renewables, has opened its fifth international office in Glasgow. The office and staff members will deal with Type and Component Certification for clients in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In addition to onshore wind, GL RC Glasgow will concentrate on offshore Project Certification and […]

  • Estonian Port Making Room for Offshore Wind

    21 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam) has decided to invest up to EUR 53 million to build a new 310-metre quay with a 10-hectare area beyond the quay in Paldiski South Harbour, Estonia, to support the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea region. The investment is co-financed by European Commission in […]

  • Scotland Set to Open World’s First Floating Wind Farm

    18 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will inaugurate the world’s first floating wind farm, Statoil’s Hywind Scotland Pilot Project, today (18 October).

  • DONG Orders Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply and maintenance of 94 8MW turbines at the 752MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms being developed in Dutch waters.

  • Statoil Picks Heavy Offshore Maintenance Challenge Winners

    8 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Statoil has chosen Ampelmann, Axtech and Largeway as the winners of the Norwegian energy company’s innovation challenge on heavy maintenance of offshore wind turbines.

  • Sino-Danish Wind Alliance Charts International Course

    2 April 2019

    Chinese wind turbine maker Envision, Denmark’s LM Wind Power, and the Danish Export Credit Agency have launched a multi-party financing initiative to foster global business development. In early March 2019, the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF) issued a buyer credit letter to Envision enabling the company to access funding for global business development. The funds […]

  • Westermost Rough Funds New Withernsea Promenade

    8 September 2015

    Westermost Rough offshore wind farm has committed £80,000 to deliver a brand new promenade feature for Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Westermost Rough is teaming up with the Withernsea and South East Holderness Regeneration Partnership and Withernsea Big Local Partnership to install a pavement fountain with amphitheatre style seating on the Central Promenade. […]

  • Block Island Project Secures Financing, Steel in Water Planned for Summer

    3 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind, the US wind energy developer, has fully financed its Block Island project, reaching financial close on more than $290 million in project financing. Mandated Lead Arrangers Societe Generale and KeyBank National Association provided the funding for the wind farm. With these major agreements, Deepwater Wind has now secured all debt and equity funding needed […]

  • RWE Inaugurates Nordsee Ost, Gwynt y Môr Next

    11 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The Nordsee Ost wind farm was officially inaugurated on the occasion of the meeting of the G7 Energy Ministers in Hamburg, on May 8. The inauguration was attended by the German Minister of Economics, Sigmar Gabriel, and his fellow ministers from the G7 states, as well as Peter Terium, CEO of RWE AG, Hans Bünting, CEO of […]

  • Block Island Wins Major Environmental Approval

    9 May 2014
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    In a major advancement for the Block Island Wind Farm, Deepwater Wind has received the first major environmental permit approvals needed to begin deployment of this path-breaking project. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) issued Deepwater Wind Water Quality Certificates, deeming the Block Island Wind Farm and Transmission System in compliance with state […]

  • Germany: MPI Adventure Awarded Trianel Wind Farm Borkum Charter Party

    11 March 2013

    MPI Offshore announced today the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Adventure by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG for the installation of wind turbine generators on the Trianel Borkum Offshore Wind Farm situated off the Northern Coast of Germany.  MPI Adventure is scheduled to commence the installation of forty Areva […]

  • UK: Alstom’s Tidal Turbine Reaches Full Potential

    31 July 2013

    From its immersion in January 2013, at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, Alstom’s full-scale tidal device has reached the full nominal power of 1MW after a series of gradual increases in power. The turbine connected to the grid has now generated over 10MWh of electricity, in actual operating conditions. Both are […]

  • Jan De Nul’s Mega Jack-Up Sets Sail from UAE to Europe

    29 March 2023
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul’s new jack-up vessel, Voltaire, has left Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where it underwent further commissioning and project-specific adjustments ahead of its first assignment, and is now on its way to Europe. The vessel’s first deployment will be on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project offshore the UK, the world’s […]

  • UK Energy Minister Meets with GEV Wind Power

    28 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    GEV Wind Power Projects Director, Alastair Gadney, was among the energy industry leaders to be hand-selected to meet with the RT Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, at a recent roundtable discussion at the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce offices. The Minister led the group to discuss existing energy supply […]

  • Baltic Wind Power 2013 Event to Be Held in Stockholm, Sweden

    15 August 2013

    Baltic Wind Power 2013 conference and exhibition will take place on 09-10 September 2013 in Stockholm. The conference will focus on further wind energy market development (both onshore and offshore) in Sweden and the Baltic Sea basin and will offer a crucial update on cutting-edge technologies, new projects and finance. Located in the networking area […]

  • UK: Umeco to Exhibit Structural Materials at All-Energy Show

    10 May 2012
    Technology

    Umeco will be exhibiting its Structural materials and Tooling prepreg technologies for the renewable energy market on Stand F89 at the 2012 All-Energy show in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre – Bridge of Don, Aberdeen on the 23 and 24 May. The stand will feature a 1/72 scale model of the Sea-Spider, Renewergen Ltd’s […]

  • HOCHTIEF Solutions Commissions VIDAR Offshore Jack-Up Vessel

    12 December 2013
    R&D

    In the next few days, HOCHTIEF Solutions will commission a further powerful jack-up vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms. In the company of around 300 guests from the European offshore market the ship named VIDAR will officially be commissioned in Bremerhaven on December 12. The jack-up vessel was developed especially for construction and […]

  • BlueWeek 2015: Collaboration Key for Dutch Energy Agreement Success

    28 April 2015

    The Dutch Energy Agreement can be successful only if the industry, government and researchers active in the field of offshore wind energy and energy production from water work together, Marine Renewable Energy Symposium at Deltares stressed. Acting on the principle ‘dare to share knowledge’, Deltares teamed up with MARIN and TKI Wind op Zee to […]

  • Mitsubishi to Present Wind Turbine with Hydraulic Drive Train at Dutch Event

    29 November 2011

    Starting today Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), together with Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, Ltd. (MPSE), which oversees MHI’s power systems operations in Europe, will be presenting the overall scheme of the company’s new offshore wind power system, currently under development, at EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In place of a conventional gear drive […]

  • Lloyd’s Register Appoints Wind Turbine Specialist to its Global Technical Business (UK)

    19 January 2012

    Lloyd’s Register has appointed the industry-respected wind turbine specialist Steve Gilkes to lead its ambitious technical support programme for operators and manufacturers serving the wind sector. Gilkes, who has started the role of Global Wind Turbine Leader after joining the organisation from GL Garrad Hassan, will be based in Bristol and is expected to bring […]

  • France: Round 1

    6 August 2012

    In April 2012 the French Government under President Sarkozy announced the results of the first round for offshore wind energy licences. Companies and consortia had been invited to tender for the licences following the terms and conditions set out by the Commission of Energy Regulation (CRE). The tenders were for a total maximum power of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Hires Muehlhan for Hollandse Kust Noord Pre-Assembly Work

    9 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa for pre-assembly work for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, currently being built in the Netherlands by CrossWind, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco. Under the full-scope pre-assembly contract, MWS will be responsible for mechanical and electrical pre-assembly, crane/lifting operations, and the complete […]

  • Atlantique Offshore Energy Sends Off Calvados Substation

    6 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Atlantique Offshore Energy, in a consortium consortium with GE Grid Solutions and SDI (DEME Group), has sent off the offshore substation for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind project in France, also known as the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm. The offshore wind farm is being built by a consortium comprising EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge, CPP Investments […]