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  • Vattenfall Prepping Kentish Flats Extension Inauguration

    6 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is getting ready to inaugurate the 49.5MW Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm on the southern side of the Outer Thames Estuary at noon local time today. The wind farm comprises 15 MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW  turbines and is located next to the 90MW Kentish Flats offshore wind farm which has been operational since 2005. The site boundaries adjoin […]

  • The Switch to Participate in Husum WindEnergy 2012, Germany

    10 September 2012

    The Switch will be at the Husum WindEnergy from 18 – 22 September, at booth 2F06, where it will display one of its solutions, the 3 MW FusionDrive®, in real-life size. The Switch has taken a closer look at how to decrease the cost of energy. The formula for lowering the cost of energy is […]

  • BOEM Sets New Date for Atlantic OCS Lease Input

    21 May 2018
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has extended the comment period for the Proposed Path Forward for Future Offshore Renewable Energy Leasing on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) until 5 July 2018.

  • Germany: Lloyd Werft Sees Offshore Wind Market as New Mainstay

    21 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    A busy winter with plenty of passenger ships was followed by a spring in which special ships dominated the scene: the half-year report of Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven mirrors the current climate in German shipbuilding. “It’s a changeable market,” says Rüdiger Pallentin in a comment which also describes prospects for the coming months. And yet the […]

  • US East Coast Governors Urge Expediency on Vineyard Wind Decision

    29 August 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A bipartisan group of US East Coast state governors has urged the Trump administration to expeditiously complete the environmental review of the Vineyard Wind so that a Record of Decision for the offshore wind project can be issued by March 2020. In a letter sent to the US Department of Interior and the US Department of […]

  • 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 […]

  • Denmark Exploring Multiple Platforms as Alternative to Building Artificial Island

    5 July 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    After concluding that the current concept of its North Sea Energy Island would be too expensive for the State, the Danish government, the transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet, and other relevant agencies are now looking into the concept for the island to be established on several large platforms. As reported last week, the government has […]

  • Walney Extension Fund Gives GBP 50,000 for STEM Projects

    9 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has allocated more than GBP 50,000 from the Walney Extension Skills Fund to two groups from the Lancashire and Cumbria area, the UK, for STEM projects. Nearly GBP 40,000 goes to STEM Learning Ltd to develop two ENTHUSE Partnership projects, each of which will bring together eight schools and colleges from within the eligible funding […]

  • Vattenfall to Start Recruitment for New CEO (Sweden)

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s CEO, Oystein Loseth has informed the Board of Directors that he does not want to negotiate an extension of his fixed-term contract, which is due to expire in March 2015. The Board of Directors has now begun the process of finding a successor. Vattenfall’s CEO Øystein Løseth: “I have informed the Board that I […]

  • Liebherr Wants More Offshore Wind after Netting Orion Crane Order

    2 March 2017
    Technology, Vessels

    Liebherr’s maritime manufacturing plant in Rostock, Germany, has been awarded a contract to supply a heavy-lift crane for the Orion, a new wind farm installation vessel ordered by DEME from COSCO (QiDong) Offshore in China.

  • Windea Leibniz SOV Turns into CSOV to Serve Baltic and North Sea Offshore Wind Farms

    7 February 2023

    The Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Windea Leibniz has completed an extensive upgrade at Ulstein Verft in Norway and will be deployed with a status as a Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV). The number of crew cabins was increased and the ship received one extra pedestal on the stern for Baltic Sea operations to complement the […]

  • Ziton Signs Long-Term Vessel Agreements with Siemens Gamesa

    3 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Ziton has entered into new strategic agreements with the wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa, extending the current charter contract it has with the company and signing a new charter for another jack-up vessel. The current charter agreement for the vessel Wind Enterprise will be extended for four and a half years, keeping the vessel busy […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea

    8 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would see that these dots are actually wind […]

  • REpower Revises Forecast for Current Financial Year (Germany)

    22 December 2010

    Total performance of EUR 1.25 – 1.35 billion EBIT margin of 5% – 7% Cost-cutting measures to increase competitiveness The Executive Board of REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) has revised its outlook for the current financial year. The company now expects total performance between EUR 1.25 billion and EUR 1.35 billion (previously: EUR 1.5 – […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Brings LEGO to 100% Renewables Goal

    17 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    With the inauguration of the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm today, 17 May, the LEGO Group informed it had reached the goal of balancing 100% of its energy use with energy from renewable sources.

  • Round 3 of UK’s Offshore Wind Programme to Face Great Challenges

    10 January 2012

      Progress is lagging behind the Crown Estate’s intended timescales for Round 3 of the UK’s offshore wind programme. Why is this so and what can be done to put Round 3 projects back on track? The UK is currently the world leader in the generation of offshore wind energy thanks to the first two […]

  • Fail-safe design approval for future turbine growth

    20 February 2017

    By Britta Rollert, Director Marketing and Communication, Fraunhofer IWES Before the market launch of newly developed or modified prototypes for offshore applications, the need for extensive tests and feedback from experience gathered in the field is essential. Testing is an opportunity to improve the turbines and technologies in use further and faster in the future. […]

  • Seven UK Offshore Wind Extension Projects Greenlighted as Race Bank Hits a Snag

    28 August 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has completed the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) for the 2017 offshore wind project extension applications confirming that seven out of the eight projects which applied will now progress to the award of rights. The HRA, which The Crown Estate has undertaken as a requirement of the Habitats Regulations, assesses the […]

  • Marineco UK orders first-ever Damen High Speed Support Vessel 2610

    3 September 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Damen Shipyards Group announced the sale of its first-ever Twin Axe Catamaran, the Damen High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) 2610, which is particularly suited for the offshore wind industry. Marineco UK, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently signed for the new HSSV 2610 with an option for a second. The Scottish firm already has an extensive […]

  • USA: Congress Urged to Support Wind Power

    12 December 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    35 Minnesota business leaders, elected officials, sportsmen, and environmental groups delivered a letter to Congress asking them to extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the Offshore Wind Investment Tax Credit (ITC) before they expire at the end of the year.  “Clean energy, including wind power, is an important part of our state […]

  • UK: 3sun Enhances Its Offering to Energy Industry

    28 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has announced the acquisition of RRC Controls Services Ltd, based in Gourdon Aberdeenshire. The deal, worth a six figure sum, is part of 3sun Group’s plans to expand its footprint in Aberdeen and enhance its service offering to the energy industry. […]

  • US Governors Urge Trump to Adopt Long-Term Offshore Wind Policy

    15 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A bi-partisan group of twenty US state governors has urged president Donald Trump to adopt a comprehensive offshore wind development legislation with a particular focus on a long-term extension of a thirty percent investment tax credit (ITC).  In a letter to president Trump, the Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition cited the Department of Energy’s 2015 Wind Vision […]

  • Germany: Victoria Mathias Arrives at Nordsee Ost Wind Farm Site

    28 June 2012

    The offshore installation vessel Victoria Mathias has arrived at the construction site of Germany’s offshore wind for the first time. During the so-called sea trials the ship is tested extensively before it will subsequently start its work. At the same time, maintenance work was carried out on the metmast. The vessel which was recently named […]

  • EIB Loan for TenneT’s Dutch Offshore Wind Grid Expansion

    9 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 250 million loan agreement with TenneT for the western section of the Zuidwest 380kV offshore grid project in the Netherlands. The financing will support the construction of a new 380kV transmission line, combined with a 150kV line for part of the route, from the substation at […]

  • Siemens Installs Prototype of 4 MW Offshore Wind Turbine (Denmark)

    19 December 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens Energy has installed the prototype of a new four-megawatt (MW) wind turbine in Østerild, Denmark. The new wind turbine type is a designated SWT-4.0 and is based on the proven technology of the SWT-3.6, the world’s most popular offshore wind turbine. The prototype 4.0 MW turbine is initially equipped with the standard 120 meter […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Hydrohammer to Supply Largest Piling Hammer for Seaway Heavy Lifting

    31 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    IHC Hydrohammer®, part of IHC Merwede, has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting to design and manufacture the S-2500 piling hammer, which is the largest ever built by the company. The order highlights the strong and reliable cooperation that has developed between the two companies over more than 20 years. The order also […]