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  • AMSC Receives Volume Wind Turbine Electrical Control System Order From Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries

    4 January 2011

    American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today announced that it has received an initial order worth more than $10 million for wind turbine electrical control systems from South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. (Doosan). The systems will be utilized in Doosan’s onshore and offshore 3 megawatt (MW) full […]

  • 6 Alpha Associates Celebrates 10 Years in Offshore Energy Industry

    8 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    6 Alpha Associates, the strategic advisor for managing high risk offshore energy initiatives, this year marks its 10th year in business having successfully and safely completed a multitude of complex energy and construction development briefs. Since the firm’s inception in 2004, 6 Alpha Associates has implemented and introduced its unique unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk certification […]

  • Completing an offshore repair in less than a month

    16 September 2020

    When it comes to cable damage it is crucial to get the cable up and running again quickly. Any downtime caused by external cable failure or other damage to grid infrastructures carries a number of risks, especially economic ones. Costs in terms of revenue losses, penalties and fines may run into millions. NKT has equipment […]

  • AMC Connector: Targeting the Deepwater Segment (Norway)

    14 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    AMC Connector, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel specs. With a total payload capacity of 9 000 tonnes of subsea power cables or umbilicals, the vessel will be well equipped to target the deepwater installation segment. AMC Connector – previously called Aker Connector – will be […]

  • Poland lacks legislation that enables offshore wind projects

    2 August 2010
    R&D

    Development of offshore wind farms in Poland has been slow, despite the country’s leadership of the wind energy sector in Central and Eastern Europe. Although the offshore wind energy market is well-established in Western Europe, primarily in the UK and Denmark, central and eastern European nations have yet to appear on the offshore wind energy […]

  • Forewind Consortium Announces First Construction Development of Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    25 October 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    * The development of the world’s biggest offshore wind project has now been launched * 9,000 to 13,000 megawatts of wind power are planned by 2020 The development consortium Forewind, which also includes RWE Innogy, has announced the first stage in building the biggest offshore wind farm project in the world. Dogger Bank is a […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs Cables for TenneT, Buys New Vessel

    28 November 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group has completed the first part of the cable installation works to connect the wind farms Hollandse Kust (noord) and (west Alpha) to the Dutch mainland. The 220-kV high-voltage tests of both sea and land cables for Hollandse Kust (noord) were successfully completed as well, from the onshore substation to the substation […]

  • DONG Energy Publishes Draft Environmental Assessment for Hornsea Project Three

    27 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has today published a Preliminary Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) containing new information about its Hornsea Project Three offshore wind project. The report is part of a wider formal public consultation that will run from today (27 July) to 20 September 2017.

  • Business Focus: IBG Companies in the News

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    With Offshore WIND heading towards the launch of its International Business Guide 2017, the new Business Focus articles will update you on the companies that appeared in the news every two weeks. A2SEA A2SEA’s vessel Sea Installer has installed the first of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind […]

  • China: Goldwind Announces Annual Results

    28 March 2012

    Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Goldwind) announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2011 (the “reporting period”). In 2011, volatility in the domestic and global economies presented great challenges for China’s wind power industry. During the reporting period, to the Group generated revenues of RMB12,755.97 million and net profits of […]

  • Windfarm update: French OWF Projects, Wikinger, Borkum Riffgrund 2, Butendiek, Galloper

    24 November 2015

    French offshore wind projects French transmission system operator RTE France has awarded ABB with a $25m contract to supply nine 400MVA booster transformers and accompanying services, which will help regulate the voltage of power transmitted from four large-scale offshore wind projects. ABB will deliver the transformers in 2017 and 2020. The four French offshore wind […]

  • Eiffage Métal and Engie Solutions to Build Saint-Brieuc Offshore Substation

    7 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ailes Marines has selected Eiffage Métal and Engie Solutions to manufacture the offshore substation for the 496 MW wind farm in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Eiffage Métal will be in charge of the engineering and construction of the upper part of the substation, housing the transformers and electrical equipment. The company will also fabricate the […]

  • Fourth Order for Construction of Transformer Platform for Nordic Yards (Germany)

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    Leading manufacturer of major maritime projects, Nordic Yards, has signed a contract to construct an offshore transformer platform. The client, Alstom, with whom Nordic Yards will be working for the first time, was awarded the tender by transmission grid operator TenneT Offshore GmbH. DolWin gamma is the fourth HVDC transformer platform (High Voltage Direct Current) […]

  • Suzlon Reports Profits of USD 96 m in Fourth Quarter (India)

    16 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Suzlon Energy Limited, the world’s fifth largest wind turbine supplier, reported its earnings today, for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Mr. Tulsi R. Tanti, founder, Chairman and Managing Director – Suzlon Group, said: “The past year has seen consistent improvement in our Group performance, and we are very pleased to report a profitable […]

  • TenneT Presents 6 GW Offshore Wind Grid Solution for Germany

    2 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Technology

    TenneT has presented a new technological solution in Germany which can significantly accelerate offshore grid expansion for wind power in the North Sea and accommodate the build-out of 6 GW of offshore wind capacity in Germany three years earlier. The solution includes TenneT’s 2 GW standard for direct current connections, supplemented by further technological developments […]

  • France: Alstom Inaugurates Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

    20 March 2012

    On 19 March, Alstom inaugurated the largest offshore wind turbine in the world, at Carnet in the Loire-Atlantique. The ceremony was attended by Eric Besson, Minister of Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, and Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO of Alstom. The 6 MW Haliade 150 wind turbine has been developed in response to a […]

  • Dutch-Belgian Consortium to Build Gennaker Offshore Substations

    22 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium of HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy has won the tender for the development of the platforms and the connected services for the 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. 50Hertz and wind farm operator Skyborn Renewables seek to jointly implement Gennaker, currently the largest offshore wind […]

  • GE to Help Open GBP 50 Million Test Facility in UK

    7 June 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Wind turbine developers will soon have open access to a £50 million testing facility in the U.K. based on unique and leading-edge technology. The state-of-the-art facility has been specifically designed for full-scale testing of large nacelles. GE’s Power Conversion allows them to develop and build the next generation of wind turbines that will be increasingly […]

  • Deepwater Wind to Propose Offshore Wind Farm to NYPA (USA)

    16 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind hailed yesterday’s announcement by the New York Power Authority​ (NYPA) to jumpstart the process for developing a large offshore wind farm to serve downstate New York. NYPA has filed an application with the United States Department of the Interior​ to lease an offshore site at least 13 miles south of New York City […]

  • Belgium and Denmark Probing North Sea Energy Island Link

    12 February 2021
    Grid Connection

    Belgian and Danish transmission system operators, Elia and Energinet, have signed an agreement to assess the possibility of connecting the countries’ grids via the energy island in the North Sea. The two TSOs will, by the end of 2021, carry out technical and cost-benefit analyses of the interconnection project. At the beginning of 2022, the […]

  • AWEA: American Offshore Wind Power Is Ramping Up

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The momentum building for the development of offshore wind power in the U.S. was on full display over the last two days during the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER keynote speakers Abigail Ross Hopper, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy […]

  • Scottish Renewables Writes to Donald Trump

    16 April 2012

    Last week, Niall Stuart, the Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables wrote to US tycoon Donald Trump regarding his statements on renewables and wind power over recent months. Scottish Renewables is the representative body for the renewable energy industry in Scotland, representing more than 300 organisations and companies working in the sector. I am writing in […]

  • Spain: Gamesa Regains Operating Profitability

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The persistence of adverse economic and sector conditions continue to erode Gamesa’s results which, nevertheless, in 1H12 recovers operating profitability and initiates its deleveraging process ahead of schedule in 1H12 (initially slated for the second half), generating a net cash inflow of €100MM in 2Q12:  EBIT of €3MM (EBIT margin: 0.2%), this rises to €12MM […]

  • SeaEnergy Announces Strategic Update and Board Changes (UK)

    27 January 2012

    Following the disposal of SeaEnergy Renewables Limited in June 2011, the Company has been actively focusing its core strategy of developing new ventures in the energy sector. It has concluded that the Company should focus on the building and acquiring of complementary service businesses, including the provision of operations and maintenance to offshore wind farms […]

  • Underwater Centre Launches Work Class ROV Training Course

    11 July 2014
    Training & Education

    The world’s first training course in work class ROV operations delivered by an independent training provider has been launched by The Underwater Centre in Fort William. The first intake of students has started on the new five-week course – An Introduction to Work Class ROV Operations – which will change the way industry recruits and […]

  • How Wind Turbine OEMs Could Optimize Their Supply Chain?

    20 January 2014

    The wind industry needs to optimize its supplier base in order to reduce costs and improve turbine performance and reliability.  Written by Borje Axelsson from ABB: You have too many suppliers! Don’t worry, you are not alone. This is typical for a fast changing industry like Wind, where just finding suitable components is a higher […]