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  • Axys FLiDAR Reaches Stage 3 on Carbon Trust Roadmap

    6 June 2017
    Technology

    Canada’s Axys Technologies Inc. has met all of the Stage 3 performance criteria outlined in the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap for Floating LiDAR Technology (OWA Roadmap).

  • UK: GBP 2.8 Bn Renewable Energy Investment During Economic Downturn

    10 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    While many companies and traditional industries have struggled, Scotland’s renewable electricity industry has delivered capital investment of some £2.8bn since the beginning of 2009, according to new figures from Scottish Renewables. The figures are part of a new series of statistics ‘Scotland’s Renewable Energy Sector in Numbers’ published online this week.  Niall Stuart, Chief Executive […]

  • Top News of the Week May 26 – Jun 1, 2014

    2 June 2014

    GeoSea Installs All Westermost Rough Foundations GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. Siemens Fine-Tuning Bid for Alstom German conglomerate Siemens […]

  • Flying Inspectors Whiz Through Burbo Bank Extension

    18 July 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and robotics solutions provider SkySpecs have completed an automated inspection of wind turbine blades on Ørsted’s Burbo Bank Extension wind farm off the coast of Liverpool Bay, UK.

  • Aveillant Improves Its Holographic Radar

    11 August 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Aveillant held a week of demonstrations proving Holographic Radar’s capability by tracking an aircraft in true 3D and real-time. The demonstrations, held at Deenethorpe Airfield in July, were attended by more than 60 people from airports, OEMs, regulators and wind farm developers. David Crisp, CEO of Aveillant, said: “We are delighted to be able to share […]

  • Celtic Interconnector Gets EUR 4 Million Financial Boost

    28 June 2017
    Grid Connection

    A project to build an interconnector linking for the first time the French and Irish electricity systems will today be awarded a EUR 4 million grant from the European Commission.

  • Delaware University Studies Turbine Distance Impact

    4 January 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The University of Delaware in the U.S. has found that the distance at which turbines are located from shore has a significant impact on how tourists feel about offshore wind projects.

  • Operators Get More Certainty with Lump Sum Payments

    16 June 2014

    Lump sum payments are about flexibility, efficiency, productivity and the more intelligent use of time at sea. They are a benefit to wind farm operators and service suppliers alike No unexpected surprises The lump sum payment system has many advantages. It gives operators budget certainty, no financial shocks and the guaranteed completion of an agreed […]

  • IEA: Renewables Keeping Energy-Related CO2 Emissions In Check

    16 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), the largest source of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, stayed flat for the second year in a row as renewable energy surged, according to analysis of preliminary data for 2015 released today by the International Energy Agency (IEA). “The new figures confirm last year’s surprising but welcome news: we now […]

  • Fendercare Marine Celebrates Expansion of Great Yarmouth Base

    27 June 2014

    On Friday 20 June, Fendercare Marine opened the doors of its Great Yarmouth base to showcase its expansion of lifting products and services over the last two years. The Fendercare Marine Equipment and Lifting Services Open Day was attended by a wide array of existing and new customers, as well as members of the local […]

  • Three Companies to Build Land Stations for TenneT’s 2 GW Projects Offshore Netherlands

    22 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dura Vermeer, BAM Infra Nederland, and Visser & Smit Bouw have signed a framework agreement with Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for civil engineering works for the construction of the land-based stations for the 2 GW offshore projects in the Netherlands. From 2024, TenneT plans to realise the connection of offshore wind farms according to a new […]

  • Principle Power’s Alexia Aubault Wins Offshore Energy Young Engineer Award

    24 October 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Alexia Aubault, an Engineering Manager at Principle Power, has won the inaugural Offshore Energy Young Engineer Award for her work on the WindFloat 1 floating wind turbine platform prototype project offshore Portugal. Aubault was presented with the award during the first Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner held on Monday, 24 October, at Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, ahead […]

  • Deepwater Wind Teams Up with Tesla for 144MW OWF in Massachusetts

    1 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind unveiled plans for its newest project off the American coast yesterday, 31 July. The 144MW Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm that would be paired with a 40MWh battery storage system provided by Tesla, is proposed to be built in Deepwater Wind’s federal lease site off the coast of Massachusetts.

  • UiB Researchers Discuss Energy in Japan

    3 June 2015
    R&D

    Japan-Norway Energy Science Week 2015 was held in Tokyo on 27 and 28 May, with 80 participants from Norway and nearly 300 from Japan. Professor Sigrid Eskeland Schütz from the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, began on “Legal Aspects of renewable energy production in marine areas and coastal zones”. She gave an introduction of […]

  • Seals Fancy Offshore Wind Turbines

    22 July 2014
    Environment

    Offshore wind turbines can provide valuable feeding opportunities for the wildlife population in the area, according to new research carried out by the University of St Andrews. The study, published on Monday, 21 July, in the journal Current Biology, found that some seals appeared to deliberately seek out and forage around the structures. The research […]

  • Sunderland Port Makes Case for Dogger Bank Work

    24 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Sunderland has declared itself “ready, willing and able to deliver” for the Dogger Bank offshore wind project selected in the UK Government’s third Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round. The port, owned and operated by Sunderland City Council, said it expects to see strong interest in its facilities and services, after the Government’s decision to approve the […]

  • Oceans of Energy to Build Offshore Solar Array at Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Park

    25 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    Oceans of Energy has been awarded the contract for installing and operating offshore solar farm inside the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park being developed by CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco. This is set to be the first offshore solar farm in the world to be connected, installed, and operated within a […]

  • RenewableUK Criticises Civitas’ Wind Power Report

    9 January 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave & tidal industry, has criticised a report published by the thinktank Civitas for failing to understand how wind power works as part of the UK’s electricity generation system. The study, by Ruth Lea, Director of Civitas’s Manufacturing Renewal Project, claims that both onshore and offshore wind power […]

  • RES Signs Offshore Wind Deal in South Korea

    21 June 2016

    RES and South Korean company DOHWA Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, outlining the principle arrangements of future cooperation between the two businesses, including upcoming large scale South Korean offshore wind projects. Blue Wind Engineering Co., Limited, the RES representative in South Korea will support both RES and DOHWA. The partnership will see RES […]

  • Cape Wind Could Supply Large Amounts of Electricity During Heat Waves (USA)

    24 July 2011

    Climbing temperatures have pushed the demand for electricity yesterday and today to the highest this year just as Cape Wind would be producing large amounts of clean power according to records from Cape Wind’s data tower in Nantucket Sound. Cape Wind’s offshore wind farm planned for Nantucket Sound would have been running at its full […]

  • UK: Energi Coast Calls for Stability in Budget to Enable Offshore Wind Sector Development

    15 March 2012

    Energi Coast, North East England’s Renewables Group, has urged the Chancellor to make offshore wind a priority in next week’s Budget to ensure the UK can be placed at the heart of the energy revolution. The group, which is supported by 22 North East England companies from the offshore renewables supply chain, that any changes […]

  • H145 Helicopter Passes Offshore Wind Test

    5 February 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Following a two-day flight trial in late January, the H145 helicopter has proved its operational capabilities for offshore missions. Airbus Helicopters reported today that aviation companies Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH and HTM Offshore have tested its twin-engine multipurpose helicopter H145 in all the relevant fields of offshore operations. The flight test programme included missions such as approaching […]

  • Organic Growth in OW One of Major Pillars of RWE’s Business

    13 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    RWE Innogy, one of the world’s five largest operators of offshore wind farms, said that by combining renewables, grid and retail operations in one subsidiary with its own access to the capital market, it is laying the foundation for further growth in these fields. As part of a capital increase, RWE intends to float around 10% of the shares in the […]

  • Offshore Wind Investment Reached USD 19.4 Bln in 2014

    9 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    World clean energy investment rebounded strongly in 2014, boosted by demand for solar photovoltaics on the back of its greatly improved competitiveness, and by the financing of a record $19.4bn of offshore wind projects. Authoritative annual data, published today by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, show that global investment in clean energy was $310bn last year. […]

  • 2015 Huge for Wind Power in Scotland

    11 January 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Following a record final month, 2015 proved to be a “huge year” for wind power in Scotland, with wind turbines providing enough electricity to meet the electrical needs of 97% of Scottish households, according to the data gathered by WeatherEnergy and analyzed by WWF Scotland. Wind turbines generated a record 10,392,439MWh of electricity in 2015, an increase of 16% […]

  • Vineyard Wind Expands Offshore Wind Team

    31 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind energy developer vying to build the first utility-scale project off the coast of Massachusetts, has named Lars Thaaning Pedersen as its new CEO and Iain Henderson as CFO.