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  • UK: Mabey Bridge’s Renewables Business Grows

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The new-in-post senior management team appointed by wind turbine tower manufacturer Mabey Bridge to oversee an expansion in the company’s renewables interests has hit the ground running – securing orders for more than 30 towers in just two months. Among the key contracts, won since the formation of Mabey Bridge’s new business line – Mabey […]

  • UK Bankrolls Kite Power Developers

    22 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A British engineering consortium led by Kite Power Solutions Ltd (KPS) has secured a GBP 1 million grant from the UK Government’s Innovate UK Energy Catalyst to accelerate the development of its kite power generation technology. The GBP 1m Innovate UK grant will be used to scale-up KPS’s technology to a 500kW kite turbine and validate the […]

  • GEG and Rosetti Marino to Jointly Tackle Renewable Energy Projects in UK

    28 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Global Energy Group (GEG) and Italy’s Rosetti Marino have formed a strategic partnership to execute large scale renewable energy and energy transition EPC and EPCI contracts in the UK. The companies have entered into a five-year agreement, with the potential for a two-year extension, to jointly tender and execute EPC, EPCI, and EPCIC contracts in […]

  • UK: ETS Announces Acquisition and Aberdeen Expansion Plans

    20 June 2012

    Eastern Training Services Ltd, a specialist provider of technical vocational training to the energy, construction engineering and manufacturing industries, has been acquired by businessman Graham Hacon, owner of Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth-based 3sun Group. Mr Hacon, who has worked in the offshore instrumentation and construction engineering sectors for over 20 years, has also announced his […]

  • Crown Estate, University of Highlands and Islands Partner Up for Renewables (UK)

    30 May 2013
    R&D

    The Crown Estate and the University of Highlands and Islands have signed a ‘partnership agreement’ to work together to maximise the benefits to the people of the Highlands and Islands from the low carbon energy revolution in the area. The agreement reinforces initiatives already underway between the university and The Crown Estate, which manages a […]

  • Global Offshore Deploys New Gear on Kriegers Flak

    10 June 2020
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Global Offshore has completed the first phase of work at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm site utilising the new multi-function pre-lay plough. Mobilised on the Havila Jupiter, the PLP240 began boulder clearance on the site in the Danish Baltic Sea in April, following testing on a directly comparable set of seabed conditions close by. […]

  • IHC IQIP Equipping SHL for Beatrice Foundation Installation

    28 February 2017

    IHC IQIP will provide jacket pile grippers, the Hydrohammer S-2500 with two specially designed hammer sleeves, and an internal lifting tool to Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), the EPCI contractor in charge of foundations for the Beatrice project.

  • UK: South West Welcomes Crown Estate’s Invitation for Future Leasing

    26 July 2012

    The South West marine energy industry has welcomed the announcement by the Crown Estate that it is to begin an industry engagement exercise to chart future development plans for wave and tidal energy around the coast of the UK, including the South West of England. Speaking on behalf of the South West Marine Energy Park […]

  • Scottishpower Renewables Selects Intertek Metoc for Pioneering Wave and Tidal Projects

    16 March 2012

    Intertek METOC, a specialist marine consultancy, has been selected by ScottishPower Renewables, an Iberdrola company, to provide modelling, survey support and marine expertise for offshore wave and tidal resource assessment. The recent ROC (Renewable Obligation Credits) banding review has already started to provide a favourable investment climate for wave and tidal energy technology. This, combined […]

  • Belgium: European Commission Needs to Help Organise Sea Space

    27 June 2012

    Offshore renewable energies are expanding to meet the EU’s 2020 renewable energy targets, but renewables are one of many activities competing for space at sea. Meanwhile, Europe’s maritime nations are currently operating under their own planning rules and guidelines, which often conflict with their neighbours and waste time and money. This was the focus of […]

  • 3sun Gets Two-Year Extension on Siemens’ UK Offshore Wind Sites

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group has secured a contract extension with Siemens to provide offshore wind turbine installation services in the UK until 2016. 3sun Group has been working with Siemens since 2009, on work totalling around £15 million in the UK. This two year contract extension further underpins the relationship, and involves the company providing technicians for […]

  • Okayama University Professor to Commercialise Hydro-VENUS System

    25 June 2014
    Technology

    Okayama University’s Shinji Hiejima is looking for industrial partners to commercialize his experimentally proven and patented concept of the Hydro-VENUS system for converting tidal energy into electrical power. Research on converting tidal energy into electricity energy has a long history with the European Marine Energy Centre, in Scotland being one of the major international hubs […]

  • UK: Scientists to Study Effect of Sea Power Generators on Wildlife

    16 July 2012

    UK scientists will measure the effect on the marine environment and wildlife of devices that harness tide and wave energy using sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on the seabed. Renewable energy from tidal currents can be generated using turbines in the tidal flow, and wave energy can be captured […]

  • UK: Port of Tyne at Heart of the Action

    31 October 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    The giants of the renewable industry are set to gather in Scotland this week – and the Port of Tyne will be at the heart of the action. Renewable UK – the world’s largest conference and exhibition of its kind – will bring together 300 different organisations working in the generation and supply of new […]

  • Offshore wind development is vital for UK to meet its EU 2020 targets

    6 July 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The development of offshore wind and linked infrastructure is vital to the UK meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy targets, the country’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said in a 2009 Renewable Energy Strategy report handed to the European Commission late Monday. Up to 33 GW of offshore renewable generation may be developed and […]

  • ABB to Strengthen Norway’s Grid

    14 July 2016

    ABB has won an order worth more than USD 30 million (approx. EUR 27 million) from Statnett for two substations that will strengthen Norway’s grid reliability, boost power supplies, and facilitate the integration of new renewable energy sources. The substations will also play a key role in connecting the Norwegian grid to those of the UK […]

  • UK: Partrac Reports Busy 2012

    7 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    In completing over 85% of all energy resources assessments for the domestic scene, Partrac have established themselves as the leading survey company able to deliver high quality data from these environments. Technical Director Kevin Black said: “We have just completed internal reviews for our 2012 Annual  Report, and last year was an exciting year for […]

  • The Netherlands: Airborne Composites Announces Partnership Agreement with Nautricity

    3 July 2012
    Technology

    Airborne Composites was granted the contract to design & build 7 composite blades of almost 4m in length for a tidal turbine that is to be used for validation purposes. The plan is to commission the CoRMaT validation tidal turbine in Q3/2012 at the EMEC test centre in Scotland. In addition, discussions  have been concluded […]

  • Highlights of the Month – September 2019

    3 October 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the top ten most read news in the month of September 2019. Siemens Gamesa Wants a Piece of Senvion German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Siemens Gamesa to pursue negotiations for the sale of selected Services and Onshore assets in Europe. UK Offshore […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2017

    1 September 2017

    MHI Vestas Turbine Catches Fire at Østerild Test Centre An MHI Vestas V164 wind turbine has caught fire at the Østerild – National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Denmark. E.ON Wins Robin Rigg Dispute Against MT Højgaard The UK Supreme Court has ruled against MT Højgaard (MTH) in the Robin Rigg offshore wind […]

  • Offshore Wind One of Options to Power Amazon’s Data Centres in Japan

    14 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Amazon is in talks with power utilities and trading houses in Japan as the tech giant is looking to build a renewable energy plant that would power its data centers in the country, Nikkei reported on 13 May. One of the options reported to be on the table is an offshore wind farm. A Japanese trading […]

  • World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm Starts Operating, Statkraft Buys Entire Output

    21 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the wind turbines at Kincardine, the world’s largest floating wind farm, has marked the start of the long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between Statkraft and Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Ltd (KOWL). The 50 MW Kincardine floating wind farm will provide over 200,000 MWh per year to the Scottish grid, enough to power over […]

  • Maine, UK Shake Hands on Offshore Wind

    11 December 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. State of Maine and the United Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation in clean energy technologies, including offshore wind, and mutually achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century or sooner. Under the five-year MOU, Maine and the UK have agreed to share resources and advance offshore wind and green hydrogen […]

  • Italy: Prysmian Receives Investor of Year Award

    25 January 2013

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has been conferred the prestigious Investor of the Year award, made every year by the British Government and UK Trade & Investment to prominent companies for investment and strategic projects in Great Britain. The awards ceremony will be held this evening in […]

  • Scottish Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Takes Off

    2 December 2020
    R&D, Technology

    UK energy regulator Ofgem and the Scottish government have set aside up to nearly GBP 25 million to finance a project that will use offshore wind power to produce green hydrogen energy for heating homes in Fife, Scotland. Being developed by the gas network operator SGN, the H100 Fife project aims to use the electricity […]

  • Innovate UK, BSI Publish Offshore Renewable Energy Guide

    1 May 2015

    BSI, a business standards company has published, together with Innovate UK, has published a guide called PD 6900 Environmental impact assessment for offshore renewable energy projects. The guidance was developed by BSI using a consensus-based approach, and has had input from key organizations such as RenewableUK, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Marine Scotland among others. […]