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  • ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall Award East Anglia Contracts Worth GBP 17 Million

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall have today awarded contracts worth over £17m for the fabrication, installation and operation of two weather monitoring stations for the 7200MW East Anglia offshore Wind zone off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The contracts have been awarded to Aberdeen based Wood Group, with Steel Engineering of Renfrewshire being awarded the key […]

  • Siemens Opens Its Testing and Assembly Facility in Bristol, UK

    8 April 2013
    Technology

    Edward Davey, secretary of state for Energy and Climate Change praised Siemens for its investment in innovative marine technologies at the opening of its new testing and assembly facility in Bristol today. The new 25,000 square feet facility will be the base for the development of next- generation drive trains used in SeaGen – the […]

  • Ireland: ESB Eyes Two Sites for New 500MW Offshore Wind Farm(s)

    5 February 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    ESB-owned Hibernian Wind Power has applied for two investigative foreshore licences, aiming to examine the feasibility of building a 500MW offshore wind farm (or wind farms) off Ireland’s East Coast.

  • IEA: Offshore Wind a Trillion Dollar Industry by 2040

    25 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Global offshore wind capacity may increase 15-fold and attract around USD 1 trillion of cumulative investment by 2040, according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency. This is driven by falling costs, supportive government policies and some remarkable technological progress, such as larger turbines and floating foundations, IEA said. That’s just the start […]

  • German BASF and Mingyang Plan to Build 500 MW Offshore Wind Farm in China

    21 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    World’s largest chemicals producer, German BASF, and Mingyang, which just recently put the world’s biggest wind turbine in operation in China, have formed a joint venture to build and operate a 500 MW offshore wind farm which will power BASF’s new Zhanjiang Verbund site. In the joint venture, named Mingyang BASF New Energy (Zhanjiang), Mingyang […]

  • UK: First Turbine Components Arrive for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    28 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first sets of wind turbine towers, blades, hubs and nacelles have arrived into the Port of Mostyn for installation at RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The Siemens 3.6 megawatt turbine components arrived on board a RoRo ferry, SeaTruck Pace, from Denmark on Friday (18th Jan). The three sets of complete […]

  • Port of Grimsby: An O&M port with a long term future

    12 February 2014
    Ports & Logistics

    After the hectic construction and installation phase of the offshore wind industry there is a long term legacy that will remain for the life time of the current wind farm, and who knows possibly the second generation wind farm. Operations and maintenance (O&M) will be there providing work for thousands of engineers and technicians around […]

  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY: The next generation

    6 October 2015

    The offshore wind industry is not really doing anything exceptional when it comes down to the basics. Wind turbine generators, WTGs, have been around onshore since one of the first electricity-generating wind turbines was built to power a holiday home in 1887 in Marykirk, Scotland. Offshore platforms were built in the early 20th century for […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Merwede Sees Bright Future

    15 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    A decision has been made to maintain the current shareholder structure at IHC Merwede. The IHC Merwede Supervisory Board – in addition to all of the current shareholders – is comfortable with the financial strength of the company for the next year. With the support of JP Morgan and Rabobank M&A, IHC Merwede has carried […]

  • US Voters Strongly Favour Offshore Wind – Survey

    10 April 2020
    R&D

    Over 80 percent of the voters in the United States favour offshore wind energy, with widespread support coming from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country, according to a recent national survey. Conducted by Public Opinion Strategies in March and released this week by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the […]

  • 2018: Adding More Space for Offshore Wind

    3 January 2019
    Authorities

    When it comes to emerging offshore wind markets, Taiwan, India and the U.S. have been in the spotlight over the last few years and especially in 2018. Nevertheless, a few new areas made the offshore wind map over the last year, beyond those already well known and ready for takeoff. Offshore wind is not only expanding as new markets emerge globally, but also as the countries with existing offshore wind farms and those under development already eye earmarking further areas where offshore wind turbines could be installed.  

  • Poland Getting Offshore Wind Energy Competence Centre and Academy

    16 November 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Polenergia, Equinor, Rumia Municipality, and Rumia Invest Park have signed a Letter of Intent on the plan to cooperate as part of the Pomerania Offshore Wind Energy Competence Centre, with an aim to reinforce the labour market necessary for offshore wind development in Polish Baltic Sea. The agreement sets out the activities the parties will […]

  • UK: Stanislav Yudin Installs First Gwynt y Môr Foundation

    14 August 2012

    The first of 160 steel foundations that will make up Gwynt y Môr, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms has been successfully installed off the north Wales coast. The achievement has been celebrated by RWE npower renewables, which is constructing the wind farm over the next two years, to generate enough energy from the […]

  • Germany: Hauff-Technik Presents Custom-Made Solutions at Husum Fair

    28 September 2012

    Last Saturday marked the end of this year’s HUSUM WindEnergy, in which Hauff-Technik was taking part for the first time and which is recognised internationally as one of the leading trade fairs in the area of renewable energy. This year, with more than 36,000 visitors from 90 countries visiting the 1200 or so exhibiting companies, […]

  • UK Marine Industry to Target Growth beyond Eurozone Horizons

    15 January 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Exciting opportunities to export to countries like China, Brazil and South Korea have been identified and must be grasped by the British marine industry to help them deliver growth, Business Minister Michael Fallon said. Mr Fallon was speaking at the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show as he unveiled a joint Government and industry-led plan to […]

  • First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm in Americas Can Enter Construction

    20 May 2021
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf air quality permit to Vineyard Wind 1, LLC, the developer of the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. The permit includes air pollution control requirements for the construction and operation of the 800 MW wind farm. By issuing this permit, […]

  • Power Starts Flowing Through HVDC Transmission Link Between Britain and the Netherlands

    1 April 2011
    Grid Connection

    Together with the operating company BritNed Development Ltd., Siemens Energy has placed the BritNed HVDC transmission link between Britain and the Netherlands into operation. BritNed is a joint venture of National Grid, the international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the world, and TenneT, the Dutch grid operator based […]

  • EDF ENERGIES NOUVELLES: France can now be part of the offshore wind story

    9 March 2015

    Being awarded the concession to develop three French offshore wind farms is not only a great opportunity for EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) to further expand its renewables portfolio but also a great opportunity for the country’s industrial sector and offshore wind knowledge base. Offshore WIND interviews Béatrice Buffon, EDF EN Deputy Chief Executive Officer, […]

  • EU Funds Two Spanish Floating Offshore Wind Projects with EUR 67.4 Mln

    9 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The European Commission yesterday awarded €1 billion funding to 19 projects to fight climate change under the second call of the so-called NER 300 funding programme. The funding for the projects comes from revenues resulting from the sale of emission allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System. This makes the polluters the driving force behind developing new low-carbon […]

  • UK: Secretary of State Praises Enterprise Zone

    12 April 2012
    Authorities

    Eric Pickles, visited Beacon Park, which forms part of the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone, in a meeting hosted by New Anglia LEP and Brandon Lewis, MP. The New Anglia Enterprise Zone is part of the first wave of Local Development Orders (LDOs) which have been approved in EZs across England. 6 out of […]

  • Germany: Wind Power Growth Driver for TÜV SÜD

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    International service corporation TÜV SÜD is continuing its dynamic growth: its consolidated revenue will grow by a minimum of 8 per cent in 2012, to over EUR 1.8 billion (2011: EUR 1.68 billion). TÜV SÜD also expects a further rise in income (EBIT) (2011: EUR 160 million). The number of employees clearly reflects this positive […]

  • UK: Members of Parliament Impede Investment in Wind Energy

    29 February 2012

    Wind energy has made headlines in the UK this week with the Guardian reporting that the views of some Members of Parliament could scupper billions of pounds of investment and the creation of hundreds of new jobs in wind energy. The paper reports that “billions of pounds’ worth of investment in Britain’s energy infrastructure is […]

  • The Netherlands: Multipurpose Terminal in Eemshaven Completed

    26 June 2013

    The opening ceremony for the Orange Blue Terminal was held , just two years after the signing of the leasehold contract. The over 20 hectare large multipurpose terminal located on the Dutch side of the mouth of the Ems River was already operating as a marshalling port for offshore wind logistics during construction. This gave […]

  • The Netherlands: W3G Marine Ltd and IHC Merwede to Develop Design of OWTIS

    21 June 2011
    R&D

      W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS). The OWTIS concept has major advantages over existing assets, not least in its ability to improve offshore safety by necessitating fewer tasks to be performed offshore. It is environmentally […]

  • SDE Completes Construction of New Model of Sea Wave Power Plant (Israel)

    22 August 2011
    R&D

      The global warming in recent years showed the major need for green renewable energy. The heavy heat waves, floods, melting icebergs and the many natural disasters that struck all the continents have created a situation that does not allow us continue to produce energy in ways that pollutes the globe and there is an […]

  • Scottish First Minister Visits Abu Dhabi (UAE)

    17 January 2012
    Authorities

    Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond today met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Premier Wen of China and shared his vision of a global society with a secure energy future. The First Minister took part in a majilis – a public audience held by the ruler Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince […]