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  • Belgium: OWI Lab Monitoring Offshore Wind Turbine Drive Train

    5 April 2013

    In the global search for renewable energy sources wind energy continues to experience an increasing market share. This growth drives new technological improvements which aim at increasing capacity, improving reliability and reducing the overall cost of wind turbines and correspondingly of the energy. One of the critical subsystems in this regard is the drive train […]

  • Wind Farm Developer Becomes Latest Member of Renewables Network (UK)

    23 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      AN ENERGY company developing a North Sea wind farm has signalled its commitment to local contractors by becoming the latest member of a networking organisation. RWE npower renewables, which is responsible for the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm project, has demonstrated a wish to meet suppliers across the Humber and Lincolnshire areas through its […]

  • German Minister of Economics and Energy to Open WindEnergy Hamburg

    23 May 2014
    Authorities

    The wind industry worldwide will be watching very closely what happens in Hamburg in almost exactly four months’ time – WindEnergy Hamburg has its premiere at the Hamburg Fair site from 23 to 26 September.  “Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, will open WindEnergy Hamburg. That underscores the importance of this leading industry fair […]

  • Iberdrola Secures EUR 1 Billion Loan to Buy Siemens Gamesa and Vestas Wind Turbines

    24 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    EKF Denmark´s Export Credit Agency (EKF) has approved a EUR 1 billion credit facility to the Spanish energy company Iberdrola for the purchase of wind turbines from Vestas and Siemens Gamesa. This is the largest credit facility ever granted by EKF and was done in cooperation with Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB). The […]

  • Prysmian to Showcase Its Offshore Wind Cables at WindEnergy

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    Prysmian Group will showcase its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2014 edition of the WindEnergy Hamburg event in Hamburg (Germany) from September 23 to 26, hall A1 booth 122. Long term growth perspectives in the renewable sector and business development strategy have taken the Group to further […]

  • UK: AREG’s Members Tackle Renewable Energy Challenges

    25 September 2012

    Domestic and international business opportunities and cutting-edge technologies are among the subjects to be discussed when Aberdeen City and Shire’s leading renewable energy industry body hosts a business seminar in Aberdeen on Wednesday (September 26). Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group will bring together industry representatives at their members meeting to be held in the Town and […]

  • DNV GL Certifies RVO.nl’s Hollandse Kust (Zuid) Site Studies

    27 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL has awarded the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) with a certificate for the quality of its package of site studies for companies planning to compete in the tenders to build offshore wind farms at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Sites I and II.

  • Germany: Windreich Expands Management Team

    12 April 2012

    Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz, Chairman of the Executive Board of Windreich AG, is gearing his company towards further growth. With several new additions to the management, the company’s market leadership in the area of offshore energy is to be extended, and the energy revolution is to be promoted. “We are the market leaders – therefore […]

  • Gdansk Shipyard to Lead Offshore Wind Revolution (Poland)

    25 July 2011

    The Gdansk Shipyard, where the Solidarity movement that ended the communist era in Poland was born, is now trying to lead another Polish revolution … in offshore wind power. The European Union has laid out clean energy targets to be reached by its 27-members by 2020. To hit those marks Poland must break its coal […]

  • Iberdrola: Fighting the challenges in developing offshore wind

    10 February 2014

    Despite announcing a substantial divestment programme, which included selling off several onshore wind farms, Spanish energy giant Iberdrola is still believed to be the world’s largest wind energy developer, with an operating portfolio of more than 13,830MW. In 2012, Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán, announced that its onshore wind assets in ‘non-core’ countries and other businesses […]

  • First Jacket In at Deepest Fixed Bottom Offshore Wind Farm

    11 October 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest, fixed bottom offshore wind farm, SSE Renewables said. Two jackets operated by main contractor Seaway 7 made their way on a barge from Global Energy Group’s Port of Nigg in the Highlands of Scotland to […]

  • Denmark and the Netherlands Raise Green Targets

    6 October 2011
    Authorities

      The Dutch and Danish governments have boosted their efforts to meet EU environmental targets for 2020 this week by setting new national goals for reducing emissions and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Maxime Verhagen, Dutch minister for economic affairs, agriculture and innovation, announced yesterday that the government will cut red tape to […]

  • Federal Budget Fails to Extend Support for New Wind Energy Development

    5 March 2010
    Authorities

    The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) today expressed its serious disappointment with the federal government’s failure to expand and extend its very successful ecoENERGY for Renewable Power Program in the 2010 federal budget. Despite its expressed desire to harmonize climate change and clean energy policies with the United States, the federal government is now clearly […]

  • Gwynt y Môr Offers GBP 19 Mln Fund for Local Community

    19 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    A fund of more than £19 million has been made available from the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm to communities in the coastal areas of Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire. The fund will be distributed throughout the lifetime of the project. It is now open for small applications up to £10,000 and for grants over […]

  • Belgium: Technological Advances Improving Wind Power’s Competitiveness, EWEA Says

    28 February 2013
    Technology

    Anti-wind power lobbyists have long contested claims by the wind industry that wind power is competitive with fossil fuels. But technological advances, making wind turbines bigger, smarter, and more competitive in all situations, mean the wind is fast being taken out of the naysayers’ sails. Both EWEA and GWEC, the Global Wind Energy Council, agree […]

  • Oceana County wind farm meeting turns into scandal (USA)

    5 August 2010
    Training & Education

    In a hot, overflowing middle school auditorium Wednesday, the Lake Michigan offshore wind debate turned ugly.

  • ScottishPower Renewables to Fund Wind Turbine Technician Training Course Development

    23 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    ScottishPower Renewables is to help fund courses at Dumfries and Galloway College and Ayr College that will allow students to gain industry recognised qualifications and help them on their way to becoming wind turbine technicians. The company’s funding and support will aid the introduction of courses in 2013. For more than 2 years ScottishPower Renewables […]

  • World Bank Offers Implementation Guidance for Offshore And Large Scale Onshore Wind Power Development in China

    8 June 2010

    The World Bank launched two new reports on wind power today. The reports, titled “Regulatory Review of Offshore Wind in Five European Countries” and “Strategic Guidance,” present examples and options for consideration by China in meeting the challenges of offshore and large scale onshore wind power development. In recent years, China’s achievements in wind power […]

  • H&W to Manufacture Two Offshore Suction Bucket Foundations (UK)

    27 October 2011

    Harland and Wolff will manufacture the first two commercial offshore suction bucket foundations (Universal Foundations) at its Belfast facilities. The contract forms part of an overall project secured by Fred. Olsen United AS with Forewind Ltd. for the construction, delivery and installation of two complete meteorological masts, known as met masts, including foundations on the […]

  • EWEA 2012 Kicks Off Today in Copenhagen, Denmark

    16 April 2012

    “This is the place to be for renewable energy and green growth”, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark, said in Copenhagen this morning at the opening of the European Wind Energy Association’s Annual Event. And with 25,000 jobs in the Danish wind sector, which provides 60 billion in Danish Kroner in exports per year, she’s […]

  • Siemens: Wind Power on Its Way to Cost Reduction

    13 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens sees offshore wind cost reduction in greater output, less weight, improved production and installation processes of wind turbines. The company intends to apply this to reduce the offshore wind costs in the coming years. The company will present its new 4- and 6-megawatt wind turbines at the EWEA Offshore Trade fair in Frankfurt/Main. At […]

  • Wind Power Poland 2016 Kicks Off

    8 March 2016

    The Wind Power Poland 2016 event, organised by the Polish Wind Energy Association and supported by EWEA, opened its door today.  GE and Vestas are headlining as the two event ambassadors. Poland has installed a total of 1.3GW in new capacity as developers pushed forward on projects. To date, the wind industry in Poland supports […]

  • Germany: Use of Modular Transport Systems Increases, SCHEUERLE Says

    28 January 2013

    Transportation of offshore wind power plant components on the manufacturer´s production site requires a high degree of manoeuvrability and flexibility. Due to the large dimensions and the ever-increasing weight of offshore installations, this has led to an increasing use of modular transport systems such as the wide range of vehicle model types available from SCHEUERLE […]

  • E.ON Revises Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Proposal Prior to Submission (UK)

    17 December 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Over the last year, E.ON has listened to feedback received from over 1,000 people and organisations in Sussex through a major community consultation and has made changes to its Rampion Offshore Wind Farm proposals which were submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on Friday 14 December. The final plans will be publicly available once the Planning […]

  • Hi-Tech Survey Completed on Dock Site Earmarked for Proposed Wind Turbine Factory (UK)

    18 May 2011

      A detailed site survey has taken place on a Hull dock as part of preparations for a proposed Siemens wind turbine manufacturing plant. Specialists from civil and structural engineering company Alan Wood & Partners carried out the topographic survey for the Green Port Hull scheme. Energy giant Siemens has chosen the project, at Associated […]

  • CorPower ‘Pumps’ Electricity from Sea Waves

    17 June 2014

    CorPower Ocean AB was founded in 2009 by Dr. Stig Lundbäck, after he had spent about 30 years of his life imagining and designing various kinds of high efficiency pumping systems. Contrary to what might be expected, Dr. Lundbäck is not an engineer, but a medical doctor with a deep passion for the pumping principles […]