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  • Floating Wind Digital Twin Software Secures US Grant

    26 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    A consortium of partners led by Principle Power has been awarded a USD 3.6 million grant from the U.S Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop, validate and operate DIGIFLOAT, the world’s first digital twin software tailored to floating offshore wind applications. This digital twin model will be a real-time, high-fidelity numerical […]

  • Gaelectric, Ideol Unveil Floating Wind Plans for Ireland

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has partnered with Ideol to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in Irish waters using Ideol’s Damping Pool technology.

  • UK: Burges Salmon Advises MeyGen on Pentland Firth Project

    1 October 2013

    Burges Salmon has advised MeyGen in helping it secure consent for the 86MW Phase 1 Pentland Firth tidal generation development. The MeyGen project, which is the largest tidal scheme to have been consented in Europe, will consist of up to 400, 1MW turbines that will generate enough energy to power 400,000 homes. They will be […]

  • Siemens Books Nigg Energy Park for Beatrice Project

    15 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Global Energy Group and Siemens have signed a contract for the use of Nigg Energy Park fabrication yard on the Cromarty Firth during the construction of the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. This multi million pound contract award is scheduled to commence in the spring of 2018 with every likelihood of retaining and creating in excess of […]

  • Tocardo Boosts UK Business with Senior Appointment

    25 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Tocardo, the leading producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has strengthened its UK operations with a senior appointment; Paul Morris joins the UK subsidiary as Managing Director of Tocardo Tidal Energy Limited.  This appointment is part of the company’s strategic plans to become the leading producer of tidal and free-flow energy in the UK. […]

  • Offshore Energy Conference: Developments in Wave and Tidal Energy

    9 October 2014

    There is a lot to tell about marine renewable energy. The industry is developing fast, promising initiatives are being undertaken and there is a great need for renewable energy. Delegates of Offshore Energy have the opportunity to be informed in half a day about recent technical inventions, field experiences of a number of partnerships as well […]

  • Tidal Energy Companies to Benefit from 5 ROC (UK)

    3 November 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

      As the UK government has announced plans to down grade the level of financial support for on and offshore wind and boost support the wave and tidal sectors, companies in this fledgling marine market stand much to gain. Marine renewable power developers were recently left stunned after the Governments proposed increases in the level […]

  • USA: Marine Energy Sector Requires Corporate Investment and Government Price Supports, Says Report

    25 June 2012
    R&D

    In many ways marine and hydrokinetic power systems offer one of the most promising areas for renewable energy development.  Marine and hydrokinetic resources – including ocean waves, tidal streams, river flows, ocean currents, and ocean thermal differences – are abundant, the technology is improving rapidly, and countries that have strong marine resources, such as the […]

  • Highlights of the Month: January 2017

    1 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ex-Statkraft Engineer Develops New Foundation Installation Solution Arild Bolsø, an engineer who worked for Statkraft in Norway and Forewind in the UK, has developed a new technical concept for offshore wind foundation installation. According to Bolsø, the concept would reduce installation time by 30-50%, compared to current methods. Public Consultation for Borssele V Tender Opens […]

  • UK: NAREC Completes Offshore Renewable Technologies Testing Facility

    14 May 2012

    National contractor Shepherd Construction has completed the first of three new structures being constructed at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland. The three structures* form part of Narec’s £80 million + investment in world-class facilities for the testing of offshore renewable technologies. The new facilities being constructed will enable the accelerated lifetime […]

  • Maryland’s First Offshore Wind Staging Center Starts Taking Shape

    18 March 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted and Tradepoint Atlantic have completed the initial phase of Maryland’s first offshore wind staging center at the 3,300-acre global logistics center in Baltimore County. Ørsted has now completed USD 13.2 million in port infrastructure upgrades, establishing both a lift-on/lift-off and roll-on/roll-off berth within Tradepoint Atlantic’s port facility for handling offshore […]

  • GE Contemplating Adwen Takeover; Aims Top Position in OW Market

    10 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    GE, which took over Alstom’s power and grid businesses last year, has its eye on another company developing offshore wind technology – Adwen – a joint venture between Gamesa and Areva that arose as a stumbling block during Gamesa’s merger talks with Siemens.  On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Jerome Pecresse, President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy, as saying that […]

  • 2013 Best Financial Year Ever for PNE WIND

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    German wind farm developer PNEWIND AG has published its annual report for 2013, which turned out to be the most successful fiscal year in the company’s history. At the same time, the company has significantly expanded its operational activities in the first quarter of 2014. “2013was not only an outstanding year financially for PNE WIND […]

  • UMaine Floating Wind Turbine to Rock Space Gear

    23 September 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The University of Maine has been awarded nearly USD 1.4 million from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to design an ultra-lightweight, corrosion-resistant, concrete floating offshore wind turbine. The floating turbine will be equipped with NASA motion mitigation technology originally developed to reduce vibrations in rockets. “With this funding, we plan […]

  • PNE Wind Sees Red

    12 August 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    German wind farm developer PNE Wind recorded EUR 1.4 million operating loss in the first six months of 2016, as compared to EUR 24 million operating profit reported for the same period a year earlier, as the high expenses related to the construction of wind farms dragged the company’s results down. In the first six months of 2016, the […]

  • Maryland Governor Enacts Offshore Wind Bill, Announces Foundation Component Centre with Ørsted

    24 April 2023
    Authorities, Infrastructure

    Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the state’s Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act (the POWER Act) into law on 21 April, thus codifying Maryland’s new 8.5 GW offshore wind target for 2031. The Governor signed the POWER Act at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, where he also announced the state’s first offshore wind advanced foundation component […]

  • Fugro Completes UXO Project in Dutch North Sea

    25 February 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed a marine unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk mitigation project for TenneT as part of the construction of the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm. The 13-month project involved surveying the cable route for explosive remnants of war (ERW), including munitions dumped at sea after conflict, and investigating potential targets. TenneT received their final […]

  • PNE WIND Significantly Extends Its Offshore Wind Project Pipeline in Q3

    11 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    PNE WIND AG has issued its financial results for the first nine months of 2013, and stated that this period of the financial year was characterised by the setting of a decisive operational course. During this period, the PNE WIND successfully concluded the biggest capital transaction in the company’s history with a bond issue amounting […]

  • UK: EMEC to Start Consultations on Expansion of Its Pioneering Facilities

    21 March 2012

    THE European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is to begin consultations on the expansion of its pioneering facilities in response to rapidly growing demand for its full-scale test sites. The move comes as one of Europe’s largest electricity producers, Vattenfall, is confirmed as the latest utility to secure a test berth at the world-leading wave energy […]

  • BNEF: 237MW of Floating Offshore Wind by 2020

    20 March 2017
    Floating Wind

    The world could see as much as 237MW of floating offshore wind capacity installed by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • Report: Offshore Atlantic Wind is the Next Clean Energy and Jobs Wave (USA)

    2 December 2010
    Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    Experts say a coordinated effort by government and the market is still needed to propel wind projects across the finish line Up and down the Atlantic coast, states and offshore wind developers are making significant progress in advancing offshore projects, according to a new report. The report finds up to six gigawatts (GW) of offshore […]

  • Eneti to Acquire Seajacks, Exits Dry Bulk Sector

    5 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Eneti Inc.’s wholly-owned direct subsidiary entered into a binding agreement with Marubeni Corporation, INCJ, Ltd., and Mitsui O.S.K., Lines Ltd. under which Eneti will acquire 100 per cent of Atlantis Investorco Limited, the parent of Seajacks International Limited. Seajacks was founded in 2006 and is based in Great Yarmouth, UK. It is the largest owner […]

  • 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 […]

  • Scotland Turns to Sea in Their Pursuit of Renewable Targets

    29 July 2011

    From his office in a converted Victorian schoolhouse, Neil Kermode can see little more than centuries-old stone buildings and narrow streets better suited to horse carts than Land Rovers. Yet Kermode, head of the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, will tell you he can also see the future. Orkney, a collection of […]

  • JDR: 66 kV Inter-Array Cable Allows OW Industry to Grow

    6 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    High-voltage inter-array cables such as the new 66 (72.5) kV cable recently introduced by the UK-based JDR Cables in Hartlepool will have a key role in helping the offshore wind industry move towards increased power transmission between high-power large turbines, James Young, JDR’s Chief Technical Officer told Offshore WIND.

  • USA: Offshore Wind to Grow Sixfold by 2017

    17 August 2012
    R&D

    Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, […]