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  • Scottish Government to Speed Up Wave Energy Technology Development

    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 […]

  • Major Companies Call on UK Government to Support Low Carbon Economy

    12 December 2013

    In a joint statement released on December 10, over 100 businesses, investors, faith groups and NGOs, including WWF, urged the government to ensure business stability by sticking to plans to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions. The broad alliance, made up of major businesses such as Unilever, Kingfisher, O2, Cisco and Aviva called on decision-makers to […]

  • UK: Maersk Organises Free Offshore Wind Courses to Ex-Forces Personnel

    7 October 2013
    Training & Education

    Ex-Forces personnel are benefiting from free places on a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving offshore wind energy sector. The Level 2 Diploma in Staying Safe in the Wind Turbine Environment (Onshore and Offshore) has been developed by Newcastle based […]

  • UK: PSP Secures Deal for Wind Farm Boat Transportation

    26 June 2013

    Worldwide logistics company PSP has secured a contract to transport windfarm boats across the globe as a direct result of its appearance at Seawork. The details of the project were revealed (June 25) as Seawork International 2013 opened its doors to the public. Seawork International is the largest and fastest growing commercial marine and workboat […]

  • EU Bankrolls Portuguese Floating Wind Farm

    19 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Windplus S.A. will receive around EUR 96 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU’s NER300 programme and the Government of Portugal to build the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm.

  • Dutch Industrial Park to Run on Offshore Wind

    8 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    USG Industrial Utilities (USG) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eneco for a portion of electricity generated at the Fryslân wind farm located in lake IJsselmeer, the Netherlands. Starting January 2022, some 350 GWh of electricity generated at the Fryslân wind farm will be supplied to USG each year to power Chemelot industrial […]

  • EnBW First to Select Vestas 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    9 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has pre-selected Vestas to supply its V236-15.0 MW offshore turbines for the 900 MW He Dreiht project in the German North Sea. Depending on a firm and unconditional order eventually being signed, this will mark the world’s first commercial deployment of the new V236-15.0 MW offshore turbine, Vestas said. This means that this highly […]

  • First Phase of RWE’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Project Approved

    25 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued the planning approvals for Nordseecluster A, the first phase of RWE’s Nordseecluster offshore wind project. The Nordseecluster offshore wind project is being built around 46 kilometres north of the German island of Borkum and approximately 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist. The […]

  • OWGP Launches GBP 1 Million Offshore Wind Innovation Grant for UK Companies

    1 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million Innovation Grant funding competition aimed at boosting the local offshore wind supply chain. Innovation Grants between GBP 25,000 and GBP 200,000 are available for projects that focus on future cables, electrical systems, next-generation installation, and operations and maintenance technologies. The scope of the […]

  • Sif, GE, and Pondera Team Up on Off-Grid Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    17 May 2022
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Sif Group, representing KCI the engineers, GE Renewable Energy, and Pondera have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the feasibility study of AmpHytrite – a green hydrogen centralized offshore wind production project. The AmpHytrite project is aimed at mastering the complexity of a centralized offshore and off-grid hydrogen production unit and is aiming for […]

  • UK will Need Scotland’s Green Energy to Help Keep Its Lights on, Says Energy Minister

    17 April 2012
    Authorities

    The UK will need Scotland’s green energy to help keep its lights on whatever the constitutional future holds, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing today told the UK Parliament’s Committee on Energy and Climate Change. Giving evidence to its inquiry into energy and climate change in an independent Scotland, Mr Ewing told the Committee that industry regulator […]

  • Seatower appoint new VP of Marine Operations (Norway)

    24 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Offshore foundation company Seatower have appointed Trond Kjetil Nodberg as new Vice President of Marine Operations. Nodberg comes from a position of Vice President at Aker Marine Contractors. Oslo-based Seatower is the company behind the Cranefree concept for offshore wind, which features self-installing gravity foundations designed for scalable and efficient production. “I am thrilled to […]

  • Scotland to Fund Offshore Wind Cost-Cutting Project with GBP 2.2 Mln

    14 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    A project to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10% is being awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, a joint industry and government scheme, brings together nine offshore wind developers with over 72% (31GW) of the UK’s […]

  • APQP4Wind Completes First Training Courses

    27 February 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Four weeks after the official go-live of the APQP4Wind project, the first participants have now completed APQP4wind training courses within Management Awareness Training and Specialist Training. The participants were representatives from various organization levels at Vestas Wind Systems, Siemens Wind Power, LM Wind Power and KK Wind Solutions, who have helped develop the new quality […]

  • #OEECLive: ON AIR Talk-Show from Community Square at 15:00 CET

    25 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    As previously announced, Offshore WIND will today be live streaming a talk-show from the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The talk-show, taking place at Community Square of the exhibition floor in the Amsterdam Rai Convention Center, is themed “We’ll always have Paris”. To remind, almost a year ago, France’s capital Paris hosted a historic […]

  • CableFish to Reduce Cable Installation Costs

    26 February 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    UK innovator, North Sea Systems, completed the first full scale trial of its novel CableFish in December, which was put through its paces at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the turbulent waters around Orkney. The technology was welcomed by Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing who said: “I am very pleased that we were able […]

  • Explosion Leaves Two Injured On Board Vessel Working on Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

    22 November 2022
    Vessels

    During the night on 17 November, an explosion occurred on board the DP3 trenching support vessel (TSV) Athena, injuring two crew members. The vessel, which was in port in Le Havre at the time of the accident, is supporting the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm, according to French media. Ouest-France reports that the […]

  • Oysters Get New Home at Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm

    3 November 2022
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Four oyster tables made of concrete and other material on which live oysters are placed have been installed at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm as part of a mission to restore oyster reefs in the Dutch North Sea. The new oyster table design, which was developed under The Rich North Sea programme by the energy […]

  • Crown Estate Drafts Leasing Plan to Unlock 4 GW of Floating Wind Capacity in Celtic Sea

    11 November 2021
    Authorities

    The Crown Estate has developed proposals for floating wind seabed leasing in the Celtic Sea which could unlock up to 4 GW of new floating wind capacity in England and Wales, providing further detail on its plans for a leasing process that could see rights awarded by the end of 2023. The projects selected through […]

  • Seaplace’s CROWN Readies to Go Full-Size

    17 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Seaplace has received Approval in Principle from LR for its active ballast control system, designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platforms concept – CROWN. Seaplace’s ballast control system is a novel technology that includes both buoy and reduced-draft spar operational concepts, expected to reduce CAPEX costs of the floating wind generation. Seaplace’s active […]

  • UK Funding Innovative Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Projects

    8 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A new funding of GBP 57.5 million was announced for the UK’s energy and infrastructure, biomedical and quantum technology sectors, with GBP 28 million set aside for innovation in infrastructure systems and first of a kind deployment of innovation, both including offshore wind projects.  A series of competitions will open over the next 2 weeks and be run […]

  • US House Democrats Propose 25 GW by 2030 Offshore Wind Target

    22 October 2020
    Authorities

    The US House Democrats have introduced a bill that sets the target of developing at least 25 GW of operating offshore wind capacity in the US by 2030. The Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act, originally co-sponsored by House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva and House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Chair Kathy Castor, […]

  • German Offshore Wind Auction Enters ”Negative Bidding” Stage

    15 June 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has received several zero-subsidy bids across all four offshore wind areas currently under auction. The scenario of receiving multiple zero-cent bids for all of the sites now calls for the introduction of the so-called ”dynamic bidding process”, the agency said. The process is also referred to as ”negative bidding”. The bidding […]

  • Cerulean North Sea Renewables Grid to Power Oil & Gas Platforms with Floating Wind

    4 May 2023
    Business development, Grid Connection, Research & Development

    Cerulean Winds has unveiled plans to build the North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG), an offshore integrated green power and transmission system, powered by floating wind, that oil and gas platforms could plug into for clean power. With its consortium of partners including NOV, Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy, DEME, and Worley, Cerulean Winds say they will […]

  • The Netherlands: BMO Offshore Completes FlexMetMast Testing

    4 October 2011
    R&D

      BMO Offshore announces successful completion of basin testing of the innovative FlexMetMast foundation design based on floating-to-fixed (F2F) technology. The FlexMetMast is designed to deliver bankable data for offshore wind projects with water depths between 20 and 40m. The scale model basin tests, which took place over a period of weeks at Deltares, Delft, […]

  • Anbaric Applies for New England Offshore Transmission System

    21 November 2019
    Grid Connection

    Anbaric has filed an application with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the development of the Southern New England OceanGrid offshore transmission system. Anbaric is seeking non-exclusive rights-of-way to develop the independent, open-access offshore transmission system, which is said to be designed to maximize the region’s offshore wind resources. Once approved, the […]