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  • Iberdrola Invests €145 Million in R&D

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    IBERDROLA invested €145 million in the field of Research and Development (R&D) in 2013, a 10% increase on the previous financial year. Most of the investment went to offshore wind power project, smart grids, clean generation and new technologies and business models. Thanks to this unwavering commitment to remaining at the forefront, the company has […]

  • ABPmer Conducts Environmental Appraisal for Crown Estate

    9 July 2014
    Environment

    ABPmer welcomed recent announcement made by The Crown Estate to award seabed rights for six new wave and tidal demonstration zones and five new wave and tidal current sites.  As a manager of the UK seabed, The Crown Estate grants rights to organisations to operate on the seabed. However, any projects must go through the […]

  • KIC InnoEnergy: 65 Innovation Projects Get EUR 80 Mln

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    KIC InnoEnergy has announced the 2014 results of its sustainable energy innovation project support programme, which recorded 28 newly enrolled high potential project consortia in just one year, adding up to 65 new projects since 2013, for which KIC InnoEnergy mobilized 80 million euros of investment. The success of this investment programme, which aims to boost […]

  • Scots Okay Inch Cape Onshore Planning Application

    25 February 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish Government has approved the onshore planning application for the Inch Cape offshore wind project. Inch Cape Offshore Ltd (ICOL) submitted the planning application in principle to East Lothian Council in March last year proposing the former Cockenzie Power Station site as the new location for the project’s onshore substation. The application and supporting Environmental Impact […]

  • UK and US to Colaborate on Floating Wind Technology Development

    25 April 2012

    Floating wind turbines are to be the initial focus of a new agreement between Britain and the United States this week as international talks convene in London to accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies. Energy Ministers from 23 of the world’s leading economies will gather in London on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss accelerating […]

  • SeaRoc Pays a Visit to Dogger Bank Met Mast

    2 July 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    SeaRoc Group, a specialist provider of marine and engineering services for offshore renewable energy projects, has successfully completed the first major maintenance visit to Forewind’s meteorological (met) masts in the North Sea at the beginning of June. The East (DB-MME) and West (DB-MMW) masts have been installed for 15 and 8 months respectively and scheduled […]

  • Lightning Strike Caused Hornsea One Production Cut – Report

    20 August 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The reduction in the energy supply from the Hornsea One offshore wind farm on 9 August was caused by a lightning strike, an initial report from National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) has revealed. Following the lighting strike, Hornsea One immediately de-loaded from 799MW to 62MW, the report said. The wind farm lost modules 2 […]

  • EMEC Makes New Animations for Wave and Tidal Test Sites

    5 September 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D

    EMEC offers a range of ready-made and cost-minimising test and demonstration facilities in major wave and tidal resources. Significant infrastructure investments have been made to make it as easy as possible for technology developers to learn by doing, with full confidentiality of performance data. The center developed two new videos illustrating the infrastructure provided by […]

  • Contributing to the growth of the wind power industry: Solutions today to the challenges of the future

    26 April 2021

    With the aim of contributing to the growth of the wind industry, Faccin Group continues with its policy of creating, sharing and distributing relevant and valuable content for its customers and public in general. The Group broadcasted on April 8th 2021 an engaging webinar focused on the Wind Energy Industry and the challenges laying ahead. […]

  • Heerema to Deliver Flat-Over Barge for TenneT’s 2 GW Offshore Topsides

    6 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with the German/Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for the delivery of a float-over barge, designed to install 2 GW offshore substations weighing more than 30,000 tonnes. According to Heerema, the new float-over barge will be a vital asset in the installation of ultra-heavy topsides, such as TenneT’s […]

  • France Selects EDF and Maple Power to Build 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    27 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie, a special purpose company of EDF Renouvelables and Canada’s Maple Power, has won the tender to build and operate the 1 GW Centre Manche 1 wind farm project offshore Normandy, France. Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie was one of the six pre-selected candidates in this tendering round. The other developers […]

  • North Star Secures Funds to Boost Its Renewables Fleet

    6 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    North Star has secured a GBP 140 million (approximately EUR 163 million) financing package to support the next phase of its offshore wind growth plan. “The £140million secured today secures the capital required for us to continue our newbuilding programme in the year ahead, whilst providing us with the flexibility to continue to expand these […]

  • European Leaders Gathering in Esbjerg to Speed Up Offshore Wind Buildout

    6 May 2022
    Authorities

    Energy ministers from Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as the European Commissioner for Energy, will meet at the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg on 18 May to discuss how to accelerate the buildout of renewable energy in the North Sea. During the summit, the ministers will present concrete plans for enhanced cooperation on […]

  • French Floating Wind Pilot Project Stands Complete

    12 October 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The third and final wind turbine of the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project was installed 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France. Less than a month after the first departure from the Port of Marseille Fos, the other two wind turbines were in turn towed offshore and anchored at a depth of […]

  • First US High-Voltage Subsea Cable Plant Opens for Business

    9 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Nexans has officially opened its high-voltage subsea cable plant in Charleston, South Carolina, the first such facility in the United States. From the new facility, Nexans will deliver subsea cables up to 525kV HVDC and 400kV HVAC, covering the full range of needed products for export cables for offshore wind and subsea interconnections. The first […]

  • GE, Glosten Present 12 MW Floating Wind Turbine Concept

    25 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    GE has unveiled a 12 MW floating wind turbine concept featuring the company’s Haliade-X model with a 12 MW output and tension-leg platform technology from Glosten. The concept has been developed within the two-year project for which GE Research was awarded USD 4 million in 2019 through the ARPA-E’s ATLANTIS (Aerodynamic Turbines Lighter and Afloat […]

  • 8.2 France Working on Saint-Nazaire OWF Project

    9 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    8.2 France has been appointed to carry out quality monitoring of the assembly of the nacelles, the e-stack, and pre-assembly at the logistics hub in the port area for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. The company, which started its three-year contract back in April 2020, has deployed three experts and two engineers full-time for the […]

  • France’s Only Offshore Wind Turbine Overdelivers

    1 February 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The 2 MW Floatgen floating wind turbine, installed at the SEM-REV test site off Le Croisic, France produced 14 per cent more power in 2020 than in 2019, reaching an annual total of 6.8 GWh, Ideol said. In total, the Floatgen wind turbine produced 12.8 GWh of electricity throughout 2019 and 2020. Moreover, a new […]

  • Lithuanian Parliament Gauging New Offshore Wind Scheme

    30 September 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A draft offshore wind bill in Lithuania that recently began its journey through the system to get approved is now before the Lithuanian parliament (the Seimas), which is considering its amendments to the current laws that would set up conditions for the development of offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea. Early this summer, the […]

  • DEME Offshore Gets On Board PosHYdon Project

    29 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    DEME Offshore has joined the team behind the PosHYdon project that aims to integrate offshore wind, offshore gas, and offshore hydrogen in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Within the project, DEME Offshore will be in charge of providing the hydrogen unit for installation on the Q13a platform, operated by Neptune Energy. There, the […]

  • Final WindFloat Atlantic Turbine Ready to Go Home

    19 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of the three floating wind turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project will soon set sail from Spain to its designated location off Portugal. Tractebel Engie reported on 17 May that it fully assembled the third WindFloat Atlantic platform in the port of Ferrol.  The turbine should start its journey to the site off […]

  • Vestas to Lay Off 400 People, Close Temporary Offshore Wind Facility

    22 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Vestas will stop some of its projects with immediate effect and lay off around 400 employees.

  • Sumitomo: Offshore Wind Investors Must Find Way to Handle Merchant Risk (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Zero subsidy offshore wind projects leave the actual electricity price as the only source of income and it is quite difficult for traditional investors such as banks to finance these projects, because that would mean that the banks lending the money must agree to take on the merchant risk, said Christoph Mertens, CEO Summit Renewable Power Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation.

  • New Seabed Services Company Comes Into Market

    10 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK-based Nautilus Associates Ltd and a group of specialist investors have established a new seabed services company dedicated to the offshore renewables and oil & gas industries. Seabed and Offshore Solutions Ltd. (Seabed Solutions) is said to be established to address a gap in the seabed services market and to bring all technical skills required […]

  • ROMEO Targets Offshore Wind O&M Cost Reduction

    16 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    An Iberdrola-led industry based consortium has launched the ROMEO project aimed at reducing offshore wind O&M costs.

  • IMCA Playing Big Part in Offshore Wind Safety

    12 August 2015

    International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has gained a seat at the UK HSE GB ‘Offshore Wind Industry Leaders Workshop’ in Bootle in November thanks to its Offshore Renewable Workgroup. “There is no doubt that the Offshore Renewables Workgroup, under the dynamic chairmanship of Alan MacLeay of Subsea 7/Seaway Heavy Lifting, is extremely proactive and producing some […]