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  • 4 October 2011

      RES Offshore announced that they will be working with EOLE-RES and Iberdrola. This follows today’s exclusive agreement to jointly bid for two of the five offshore areas that the French Government has offered for competitive tender. RES Offshore has a wealth of in-house experience built on participation in UK Rounds 1, 2 and 3, […]

  • 9 November 2018
    R&D

    Renewable energy covered 38% of Germany’s gross electricity consumption in the first three quarters of 2018, an increase of three percentage points over the same period in 2017.

  • 7 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist explosive ordnance disposal contractor Ramora UK is preparing to undertake a programme of disposal of items previously identified as unexploded wartime ordnance, found on the seabed where the 336MW Galloper wind farm will be built off the Suffolk coast. The bombs were identified during surveys undertaken ahead of the offshore construction starting this summer. Ramora […]

  • 23 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The first turbines, with a capacity of 1.5MW, were installed in 2000 at the 10.5MW Utgrunden offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in Sweden.

  • 21 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    The Bulgarian government’s ‘National Renewable Energy Action Plan’ is failing to tap the full potential of Bulgaria’s locally-produced and pollution-free wind power, and failing to harness the full potential of the country’s fast-growing wind energy industry. At the international conference “Wind Power in Bulgaria: gearing up for 2020”, held today at the Sheraton Hotel in […]

  • 1 January 2019

    While Offshore WIND team started preparing for our 2019 conference even before the 2018 one kicked off and the preparations are now well underway, we bring you an overview of the news from our now last year’s event:

  • 14 March 2013
    Environment, R&D

    Scientists are to extend a popular basking shark tracking project for another year, it was announced yesterday. For the last seven months the public have been able to follow the progress of eight of the giant sharks online, after they were tagged off the west coast of Scotland in July last year. Two of the […]

  • 17 August 2012

    As the famous saying goes “fortune favours the bold” so it is no surprise that Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), a firm who has amassed a wealth of experience in developing and building ocean going vessels, various types of marine structures along with advanced engineering technologies for high-efficiency gas turbine power generation plants have taken the […]

  • 22 August 2011
    R&D

      A North-Sea wind farm contributes to increased biodiversity and has hardly any negative effects on fauna, according to a Dutch research report. For two years a research team studied benthic organisms (life at the sea bed), fish, birds and marine mammals at the OWEZ offshore wind farm near Egmond aan Zee. Their study shows […]

  • 10 February 2015

    The European wind energy industry installed more new capacity than gas and coal combined in 2014. Across the 28 Member States, the wind industry connected a total of 11,791 MW to the grid with coal and gas adding 3,305 MW and 2,338 MW respectively. Moreover, the coal and gas industries in Europe both retired more […]

  • 27 May 2012

    Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the delivery of the first of its new ‘Wave Captain’ class of Wind Farm Support Vessels. The new design is a derivative of the larger Wave Master class vessels which have proved highly successful in service and features the unique high efficiency hull form […]

  • 15 April 2014
    Ports & Logistics

    The majority of residents in Atlantic City, N.J., and surrounding communities favor the construction of an offshore wind power project, based on surveys conducted through the Delaware Sea Grant College Program. Article by Teresa Messmore, UDaily Results show that 77 percent of residents are inclined to support a demonstration project of five offshore wind turbines visible from […]

  • 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, […]

  • 24 January 2012

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) congratulated Grand Valley State University (GVSU) on the successful completion of the first phase of their offshore wind resource assessment campaign on Lake Michigan. The WindSentinel™ has been retrieved from its offshore deployment location and returned to its home base, where it will spend the next 3 months. During this time […]

  • 21 March 2012

    SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, is one of over 400 exhibitors taking part in EWEA 2012 at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. The services offered by SGS Renewable Energy will be presented throughout the exhibition at stand E-C79. EWEA 2012 is Europe’s premier wind energy event, combining a comprehensive, […]

  • 15 May 2017
    Environment, R&D

    Scheduling wind farm construction activities in the Maryland Wind Energy Area (WEA) to take place during summer months, from June to September, could reduce the likelihood of disturbance to harbour porpoises, according to a new study.

  • 6 June 2013

    A senior engineer with DNV has received a prestigious award for his thesis on offshore renewable energy. Philimon Gonidakis was named the recipient of Cranfield University’s Professor John Sharp Prize at a graduation ceremony on June 6. Philimon has just completed an MSc in Offshore and Ocean Technology at the university which was jointly funded […]

  • 15 August 2013

    Another fast-track delivery to Chevalier Floatels has enabled the company to yet again deliver a vessel (its third) for service support operations in the 2013 season. With the DP Galyna commencing operations in the offshore wind market, both Chevalier Floatels and Holland Shipyards can boast the delivery of two highly performing vessels that are at […]

  • 22 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Industry

    The requirements for the Dutch Hollandse Kust West (HKW) tender could serve as an example to other countries and as an impetus to developers to add ecological measures in their future offers, according to speakers from RWE Renewables and TotalEnergies at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. Both RWE Renewables and TotalEnergies have placed […]

  • 23 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    Scotland is to establish a wave energy technology development body to encourage innovation in the industry, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism Fergus Ewing has announced. Wave Energy Scotland will bring together the best engineering and academic minds to collaborate in a research and development programme to accelerate wave technology further. Mr Ewing will provide […]

  • 4 April 2012

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited, has appealed to the High Court the recent decision to refuse its planning appeal for a substation at Little Dunham, Norfolk. The decision to refuse the earlier appeal was taken jointly by the Secretaries of State for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and for […]

  • 8 March 2012

    A series of free-running models of fast wind-farm support vessel designs have recently been tested by Seaspeed Marine Consulting for South Boats in order to develop the most appropriate hull forms for their next generation of vessels. Models of different hull designs, instrumented for performance measurement, were outfitted for self propulsion and run at sea […]

  • 9 May 2012

    SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, will attend the 11th RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind 2012 Conference and Exhibition held in London, UK. For the duration of the event, running June 13-14, 2012, SGS’s team of experts will showcase the wide range of services it offers to the renewable energy industry at […]

  • 2 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Technology

    Haizea Wind needs no introduction when it comes to the world of Wind Towers and Offshore Foundations. Rolling large diameter parts is their bread and butter in the location in the port of Bilbao, where two DAVI Plate Rolls operate all day long, rolling relentlessly. “I started in 2020 at Haizea and at that moment […]

  • 1 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    JDR, a UK based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has appointed Rob Hastings and Alan Wilson as Non-Executive Directors. Rob Hastings is currently Executive Director of the corporate management board at The Crown Estate. He is directly responsible for the Energy & Infrastructure portfolio, constituting the Crown Estates’ property […]

  • 29 May 2019
    Grid Connection

    Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and President of France Emmanuel Macron have submitted a joint request to the European Commission seeking financial support for the Celtic Interconnector electricity link between Ireland and France. The Taoiseach and President Macron have co-signed a letter before the European Council meeting in Brussels, requesting Jean-Claude Juncker’s support for […]