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  • Denmark Unveils Plan for Up to 3.8 GW Bornholm Energy Island

    14 May 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has revealed its Plan for Program Bornholm Energy Island, outlining the framework for the future energy island at Bornholm and the adjacent coastal areas. The project is planned to consist of an offshore wind farm south of Bornholm with a 3.8 GW capacity as well as high-voltage installations on Bornholm […]

  • Allseas to Install DolWin4 & BorWin4 HVDC Offshore Platforms

    25 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Dragados Offshore has selected Allseas to install the high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platforms for the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection projects in the German North Sea. Under the contract, the company will be responsible for the transportation and single-lift installation of two 900 MW converter stations for the transmission of wind-generated power. […]

  • DONG Energy and Siemens Wind Power Enter Into Agreement on Testing of the Wind Turbines of the Future (Denmark)

    23 December 2010
    Technology

    DONG Energy and Siemens Wind Power (”Siemens”) have entered into an agreement under which Siemens will supply test turbines for research and development purposes to DONG Energy.The agreement is part of DONG Energy’s establishment of a new demonstration programme for offshore wind turbines. Siemens will supply two newly developed 6.0 MW offshore wind turbines.Besides generating […]

  • UK: HR Wallingford, Baker Consultants Host Successful Underwater Noise Workshop

    13 March 2013

    HR Wallingford and Baker Consultants recently hosted a workshop to discuss the issue of underwater noise pollution related to marine renewables at the tenth RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference. The aim of the workshop was to facilitate knowledge exchange between the industry, regulators and academics.  Roger May from Marine Scotland opened the workshop by highlighting […]

  • Canada: NaiKun Wind Releases Q1 Financial Results

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

      NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has announced its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2012, a fiscal period in which the Company continued to explore ways to forward the NaiKun Wind Project while controlling its costs. A substantial restructuring was undertaken in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 and the Company […]

  • UK: Forewind Holds Series of Meetings with Dogger Bank Teesside Stakeholders

    5 June 2013

    Teesside residents, business owners and community leaders were given the opportunity to find out the latest on Dogger Bank Teesside at a series of one-to-one consultation meetings, and at briefing sessions held in late May. Members of the Forewind team were on-hand for MP-surgery-style consultation sessions, held at venues along the Coast Road and in […]

  • SSE Asked to Use BiFab Yards for Beatrice Project

    4 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A group of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have asked SSE to award fabrication work contracts for its Beatrice offshore wind project to the BiFab yards in Fife and Arnish. If work on the jackets does not go to these yards, impact on workers, their families and the local economies they are located in will […]

  • TenneT Gathers 2GW Offshore Grid Connection Team

    13 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission systems operator TenneT has entered into an ”innovation partnership” with a number of companies to develop a 2GW offshore grid connection system. Given that such a platform does not exist, a new platform design and a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system that allows increased power transfer is required, TenneT said. To realise […]

  • Maryland CEJA to Become Law Without Governor Signature

    23 May 2019
    Authorities

    Maryland’s Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA), recently passed by the state’s General Assembly, is set to become law, but without the signature of governor Larry Hogan. In a letter to President of the Maryland Senate Thomas V. Miller Jr., Hogan states that Senate Bill 516 is not clean and affordable enough and will not produce the […]

  • Delaware Uni: USD 1.6 Billion Could Be Saved with Turbine Assembly at Port

    16 October 2017
    R&D

    The University of Delaware has determined that assembling offshore wind turbines in a port is the most cost- and time-effective method in the construction of offshore wind farms, since it would cost up to USD 1.6 billion less per project than conventional approaches and would take half the construction time.

  • Ad Hoc Marine Designs Unveils 41m W2W Crew Transfer Vessel

    16 January 2018
    Vessels

    Ad Hoc Marine Designs has introduced a new 41m Walk to Work (W2W) SWATH Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV), capable of being at sea for up to two weeks with 24 technicians onboard, accommodated in their own individual cabins.

  • US: Brown Introduces New Bill to Help Make Clean Energy Production a Reality

    20 April 2010
    Business & Finance

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of five U.S. Senators introduced legislation today that would spur research on potential offshore wind projects, expand incentives for offshore wind development, and require the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a comprehensive roadmap for the deployment of offshore wind.

  • Finnish Company Positioning for Offshore Wind Build-Out in Åland 

    30 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Finnish company Ilmatar Energy Oy has established a subsidiary called Ilmatar Offshore Ab through which it plans to develop an offshore wind project in the province of Åland, where the provincial government has outlined an offshore wind development zone in the Gulf of Bothnia, named Sunnanvind. The company said it aims to develop, build and own […]

  • Prysmian Cracks Floating Wind Market with Kincardine Cable Contract

    24 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has won a new contract with Cobra Wind International Ltd to provide the cable system to connect the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm to mainland UK.

  • UK: Wind Farms Much More Efficient than Fossil Fuels

    10 July 2012

    Wind energy opponents who say that producing electricity using the power of the wind is not efficient would do well to take a look at the UK Government data, which shows that thermal sources of electricity – gas, coal, nuclear, waste/biomass, oil and other – lose massive amounts of energy as waste heat, compared to almost 0% […]

  • Offshore wind farm has good environmental impact says IUCN (Switzerland)

    6 July 2010
    Environment

    As the stories previously reported on this blog will tell you, the world is beginning to make changes towards a low carbon economy, and, the potential of offshore wind power in driving this change in the energy sector is now being realised. Offshore wind, key in fighting climate change, does have an impact on marine […]

  • RWE in Talks over Galloper Wind Farm

    25 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Plans are still underway to build the 68-turbine offshore East Anglian windfarm, Galloper – estimated to be worth £20million and 850 jobs to the local economy. RWE Innogy said it hoped to make an announcement in the spring on the future of the 340MW windfarm, despite announcing two months ago it would not continue with […]

  • TNO: Keep it simple, sustainable and predictable…

    19 June 2013

    Currently most of the licences for offshore wind farm development zones are granted with a lease period of 20 to 25 years. As a consequence the turbines have to be built to last for at least that period. There are several elements that can affect the life span of a turbine once it is installed […]

  • Sweden: Damen Shiprepair Götaverken to Become Leading Shipyard in Nordic Region

    6 March 2012

      Damen Shiprepair Götaverken (DSGö) is committed to becoming the leading shipyard in the Nordic region. By following a strategy that puts greater focus on environmental initiatives, investments and new jobs, DSGö is raising the bar for its Gothenburg shipyard. Under the new strategy, the long-established Swedish shipyard Götaverken Cityvarvet is now changing its name […]

  • Philippine Company Acquires Shell’s Stake in 3 Offshore Wind Projects, Becomes Sole Owner

    12 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Philippine renewable energy holding company Alternergy Holdings Corporation (ALTER) has acquired full ownership of three offshore wind projects in the Philippines which the company owned together with Shell. Through its subsidiary Alternergy Wind Holdings Corporation, Alternergy bought Shell’s 40 per cent interest in the Tablas Strait Offshore Wind Power Corporation, the company developing the Tablas […]

  • BVGA, UHI Launch Offshore Wind Economic Impact Assessment Tool

    12 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    BVG Associates (BVGA) and the Economic Intelligence Unit at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) have developed a benchmark standard in measuring local and national value added from offshore wind developments. Offshore wind is a maturing industry that is becoming truly global, BVGA said. For continued growth and to build local and government […]

  • SBM Details Floating System for EDF’s Provence Grand Large Project

    10 November 2016
    Technology

    As reported last week, SBM Offshore will deliver the floating platforms for the pilot wind energy project EDF EN will set up off the French coast, after being selected by the French government as one of the two new winners at the floating wind tender. SBM today provided details related to its part of the work on […]

  • Windnova Software Debuts at Gemini OWF

    25 June 2015
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Gemini offshore wind farm has agreed a contract to become the first commercial users of Windnova, a new project management software, designed specifically for the offshore wind sector. The web-based software, developed by Windnova S.L, monitors and controls activities associated with the development and operation of offshore wind farms. The development team at Windnova claims […]

  • Onshore Planning Application Submitted for 100 MW Scottish Floater

    2 November 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) has submitted the onshore planning application to the Highland Council for its 100 MW floating offshore wind project located off the north coast of Scotland. Following public consultation, very few changes were made to the application for Planning Permission in Principle. This application covers the onshore infrastructure elements of […]

  • Danes Pick Thor Export Cable Landfall Spot

    13 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet and the Danish Energy Agency have decided that the export cables from the Thor offshore wind farm will have their landfall at Tuskær, north of Nissum Fjord. Accordingly, the possibility for a landfall south of Nissum Fjord has been cancelled. This decision is primarily based on considerable cost savings to […]

  • EDF Offers a Lifeline to Atlantic City Offshore Wind Project

    5 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renewable Energy has entered into a preliminary agreement with Fishermen’s Energy to acquire the 24MW Atlantic City Wind Farm project located offshore New Jersey, US.