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  • French Ports to Support Offshore Wind Projects

    15 September 2011
    Ports & Logistics

      Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA), the port authority of Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham, has just finalised its comprehensive proposal to assist in the development of offshore wind energy in the Channel. PNA has published information concerning the capacity and characteristics of the ports it owns, with a view to supporting a European-level wind-energy sector that […]

  • Offshore Wind Pipeline Faces Power Dilemma Without Robust Energy Supply Chain, Report Finds

    16 October 2024
    Contribution, Environment, Industry, Supply Chain, Technology, Transition

    New research has revealed that persistent power challenges continue to pose substantial hurdles for the rapidly growing offshore wind industry, signalling a need for more capable energy supply chain partners to bridge this gap. The report, called Race to Renewables, from energy solutions specialist Aggreko has found that 39% of 855 offshore wind professionals across […]

  • TIME Initiative to Measure Turbulence Off Pentland Firth

    8 September 2014
    R&D

    The most extensive science and engineering research project to take place in Caithness for many years is occurring this month (September, 2014) from a base at Gills Harbour, on the shores of the ‘s Inner Sound. Expensive high-tech equipment, under the TIME initiative, has been laid on the Sound’s seabed from the 25-metre-long ‘multi-cat’ vessel […]

  • UK: SDI Creates Over 7,000 Jobs

    21 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Scottish Development International’s (SDI) international trade and investment activity created or safeguarded more than 7,000 Scottish jobs and helped more than 1,000 high potential Scottish companies target new global markets last year. In 2011/2012, SDI also worked with 190 companies on significant new international projects with a projected growth of £733million in sales over the […]

  • TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Starts Operating

    1 December 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has been commissioned and is now operating some 10 miles off Norway’s coast in water depths of 200 metres. The fully assembled floating wind turbine, comprising the TetraSpar floating foundation and a 3.6 MW Siemens Gamesa direct-drive wind turbine, was towed from Denmark and installed at the METCentre test […]

  • USA: AWC Selects New Jersey for 1st Phase of Its Offshore Wind Transmission Project

    16 January 2013
    Grid Connection

    Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) has announced that New Jersey has been selected as the first phase for its multi-year offshore wind transmission project. This phase of the project is called the New Jersey (NJ) Energy Link. The selection was based on New Jersey’s commitment to developing an offshore wind industry and the large potential for […]

  • Dalby Cleared to Turn Endeavor Wharf into O&M Centre

    29 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Dalby Offshore Services will move its headquarters to Endeavor Wharf at Whitby Port and start to develop the site as Yorkshire’s renewables and offshore services centre following last week’s decision of Scarborough Borough Council Cabinet to lease the site to the company. Including offices, a marine control centre and a public exhibition space, Dalby hopes […]

  • Wind Power Picks up in 2011

    2 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Randers, Denmark) on March 30 announced the launch of its newest dedicated offshore turbine, called the V164-7.0 MW, with a rotor diameter of 164m/538 ft. According to Anders Søe-Jensen, president of Vestas Offshore, the offshore wind market is set to take off in the coming years, but more so in […]

  • ACCURATE LEVELLING OF WIND TURBINES: Accurate levelling using hydraulic tools

    29 December 2014

    While the industry is looking at ways to assemble a turbine onshore so it can be installed at sea in one operation, at the moment the common method still is to install it in several stages at sea. The foundations are installed first and followed by the tower and the WTG. Whether the foundations are […]

  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • UK: South Boats Delivers Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel ‘MPI Cardenio’

    18 April 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 56th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MPI Cardenio’. The vessel is a fourth of class South Catamaran 17m and is the first of a two boat order from MPI Workboats Ltd. to be delivered. This vessel compliments the six wind farm vessels […]

  • Bridging borders: Regulatory harmonisation

    5 January 2012

    In recent times, the attention of project developers, policy makers and energy regulators has started shifting towards the construction of (transnational) large scale far offshore wind farms. This is due to their advantages over conventional energy production facilities, being larger in scale, inducing economies of scale; offering less nuisance related to visual or noise pollution […]

  • Trident Energy Releases White Paper on Auxiliary Power for OWFs

    7 January 2014
    R&D

    Trident Energy has released White Paper on auxiliary power for offshore wind farms. Trident Energy has spotted an opportunity to reduce the risks and costs of providing offshore power. Offshore wind farms are being built in ever deeper, harsher waters. Diesel generators are used to provide power when these are without grid connection – but […]

  • Marubeni, UK GIB Acquire Half of Westermost Rough OWF

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has today signed an agreement to sell 50 per cent of the 210 megawatt UK offshore wind construction project Westermost Rough to Marubeni Corporation and UK Green Investment Bank. At completion of the transaction, Marubeni and UK Green Investment Bank will each acquire a 25 per cent ownership share in Westermost Rough for […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables First to Achieve 1 GW Capacity From Wind Power in UK

    13 June 2011

      ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), part of the world’s largest wind power company Iberdrola*, has become the first developer in the UK to achieve one gigawatt (GW) of electricity production capacity from wind power. The milestone was achieved after the company officially opened Arecleoch (120MW) and Mark Hill (56MW) windfarms in South Ayrshire. SPR now has […]

  • SIEMENS WIND POWER: A Bird’s Eye View on the Scale of Offshore Wind Power

    25 May 2015

    Events such as the EWEA OFFSHORE that took place in March, are providing excellent opportunities to hear all about the latest developments and challenges to overcome in the vibrant industry that is offshore wind. But reading and hearing is one thing… Experiencing the real thing is another. To give Offshore WIND and the articles we write as […]

  • Irish Developer Eyeing 500 MW Offshore Wind Project in Croatia’s Istria County

    9 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    Western Power, an Ireland- and UK-based wind energy developer, is studying potential offshore wind areas in Croatia’s sector of the Adriatic Sea. Subject to plans taking off, as this is currently at an early stage, the company could develop a 500 MW offshore wind project off the coast of the country’s Istria County. In this […]

  • ‘MPI Dorothea’ Latest Wind Farm Vessel by South Boats (UK)

    25 April 2011

      South Boats Special Projects Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch and commissioning of its 43rd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MPI Dorothea’. The vessel is a first of class South Catamaran 17m and is the first of a two boat order from MPI Workboats Ltd. to be delivered. This vessel compliments the […]

  • 40 years wind in the Netherlands: To be continued…

    14 February 2013

    It was 40 years ago, in the time of the international oil crisis, that some of the first initiatives were undertaken by, what the Dutch now would call, ‘goat-hair wool sock men’ taking a look at wind as a source for generating energy. Reason enough for one of these ‘pioneers’, Chris Westra, to organise a day where the […]

  • UK: Centrica Releases Interim Management Statement

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Centrica expects to deliver year on year earnings growth in 2012 in line with market expectations, subject to the usual variables of weather and commodity prices, in a continuing weak economic environment. Average UK residential gas consumption for the first ten months of 2012 was 9% higher than for the same period of 2011, while […]

  • UK: AREG Appoints New Board Members

    25 February 2013

    Three high-profile business leaders have been appointed as directors to the Board of Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), collectively bringing a considerable breadth of experience to help further position the region at the forefront of the sustainable energy industry. The appointments, which were elected by associate members, have been announced following AREG’s Annual General Meeting […]

  • Bottlenecks Loom Unless Installation Vessels Keep Pace with Super-Sized Wind Turbines – Report

    2 February 2022
    Vessels

    Offshore wind turbines are growing in size as technology advances and demand for renewable energy soars but installing them could be a headache for operators as demand will outpace the supply of capable vessels by 2024, Rystad Energy research shows. Operators will have to invest in new vessels or upgrade existing ones to install the […]

  • WTIVS

    2 October 2012

    In the past 12 months we have seen orders for new Wind Turbine Installation Vessels placed, new builds started and others completed and delivered. These vessels have got bigger and stronger’wlth larger cranes, and higher jacking possibilities. The specifications of almost every dimension have increased. Offshore WIND has spoken to some of the new owners […]

  • Maritime Holland: Royal Niestern Sander’s Walk-to-Work vessel best solution to the NAM challenge

    23 April 2015

    When NAM/Shell UK decided to invest in a ‘Walk-to-Work’ (WTW) offshore vessel for use with unmanned gas platforms, they requested Royal Niestern Sander (RNS) to make the preliminary design. The challenge was to design and build a stable platform for the transfer of personnel and equipment, to efficiently support the gas production platforms in the […]

  • EU Proposes Building Blocks of Green Deal Industrial Plan, WindEurope Says Plan ‘Falls Short’

    17 March 2023
    Authorities, Industry

    On 16 March, the European Commission issued a proposed Net Zero Industry Act and a Critical Raw Materials Act, the building blocks of the EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan. Together with a State aid framework adopted last week that also supports the Plan, the EU aims to accelerate the transition towards a net-zero economy and […]

  • Composites in Wind Energy (USA)

    27 February 2011

    The wind energy market is experiencing rapid growth worldwide and has doubled in size every 3 years for the past 30 years. It is expected to have generated 331 TWh in 2010 alone, amounting to 1.6% of global energy consumption. This expansion requires new manufacturing plant including facilities for large composite blades. Applied Market Information […]