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  • GE Has the World’s 2nd Largest Order Backlog (Interview)

    18 November 2015

    Eize de Vries has spoken to Anders Søe-Jensen, CEO of GE’s offshore wind unit, at the EWEA 2015 event in Paris, where the company introduced its new Renewable Energy business, following the acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses. GE Offshore Wind’s brand new nacelle factory in St Nazaire is currently manufacturing five Haliade 150-6MW turbines for the US […]

  • Wind Powers Denmark for 22 Consecutive Hours

    19 May 2015

    From 7 pm on Saturday to 5 pm on Sunday, for 22 consecutive hours, Denmark was being powered by wind energy. For electricity consumers west of Storebælt, the period in which the entire power consumption was covered by wind turbines was even longer – 31 hours. According to Torsten Hasforth, chief consultant at the Danish Energy Association, several […]

  • WindEnergy Hamburg: Honeywell Displays Latest Fall Protection Product Range

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Honeywell, an international supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE), is currently presenting its latest occupational safety solutions for onshore and offshore wind turbine applications at the inaugural WindEnergy exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Visitors to the Honeywell stand, B2.EG.288 in Hall B2, will be able to find out more about the company’s newest height safety products including […]

  • Germany: Worker Injured on HelWin1 Offshore Grid Connection Project

    18 April 2013

    Tuesday evening, an employee of a contractor working for transmission grid operator TenneT suffered a severe injury during work at sea on the HelWin1 offshore grid connection project. The employee’s life is not in danger. The responsible authorities have been informed about the accident. TenneT is in close contact with the authorities and project stakeholders […]

  • Offshore Charging Vessel Project Takes Off

    27 November 2020
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    A consortium of offshore renewable energy and marine companies are exploring the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for electrified vessels. Funded by the first phase of the UK Government’s Sustainable Innovation Fund, the project – led by Turbulent Simulations, alongside Aluminium Marine Consultants, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, MJR Power & Automation, […]

  • Half of DanTysk’s Foundations Now Installed (Germany)

    14 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the total 80 wind turbine foundations have been installed at the DanTysk offshore wind farm. Jack-up vessel Seafox 5 performed the installation of the 40th DanTysk foundation over the weekend, Holger Grubel from Vattenfall wrote on the project’s blog. “With half the work now complete, we can celebrate ‘Bergfest’ as would be typical […]

  • Two OWFs Bring Big Supply Chain Opportunities to East of England

    4 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Two international wind farm developers have committed themselves to massive developments off the Norfolk coast in a major confidence boost to the East of England wind power sector. Delegates at an offshore wind seminar in Lowestoft, held on April 3, were told that both had the potential to offer big opportunities for the energy supply […]

  • Denmark: Offshore Wind Farms Need Alternative Capital Sources

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The continuing economic crisis has created a need for alternative sources of capital for the renewable energy sector, people attending a panel session at the EWEA 2012 Annual Event in Copenhagen heard on Wednesday. Torben Pedersen, of PensionDanmark, also said there are considerable pressures on public finances due to debt issues and on the banking […]

  • WWF: More Countries Join Public Movement Away from Coal to Support Renewables

    6 September 2013
    Environment

    The announcement today that five Nordic countries will stand with the US in ending public finance for new coal-fired power plants overseas, except in rare circumstances, is significant and builds on the growing movement away from coal, the most polluting energy source, says WWF. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have joined the US in […]

  • MHI Vestas Receives Order for 32 8MW Turbines for Burbo Bank Extension

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    DONG Energy has placed the first commercial order for 32 of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s record breaking V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful wind turbine, for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project in the UK. Blades for the project will be manufactured at the recently announced production facility on the Isle of Wight, UK – […]

  • Weather Postpones Block Island Installation

    24 July 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The rough sea is proving too much for what it is to be the US first offshore wind farm offshore Block Island. Due to the bad weather, which is expected to last longer than anticipated, Deepwater Wind has decided to dock the barge carrying turbine foundations off a pier in the Quonset Business Park to […]

  • Shell and Partners Cancel Floating Wind Project Offshore France

    16 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Energy giant Shell, China’s China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and France’s Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC) have cancelled a project to build a demonstrator floating wind farm offshore France, according to local media reports. Shell has cited ”technical, commercial and financial challenges” in the execution of the project as the main reasons for […]

  • Top News of the Week, May 18-24, 2015

    24 May 2015

    Siemens Installs 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype The new Siemens offshore flagship wind turbine of the type SWT-7.0-154 has now been installed as a prototype. E.ON Confirms Investment Decision for EUR 1.9 Bln Rampion OWF Today, E.ON confirmed the investment decision for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The total investment is approximately […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Funding Unaffected by Ongoing Debt Crisis

    1 December 2011

    A number of bankers, investors and developers taking part in a panel at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam on Thursday agreed financing can still be arranged for expensive offshore wind farm projects despite the ongoing debt crisis.  Sean Klimczak, Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Blackstone, said he is “relatively optimistic […]

  • Dexia Attracting Investment in Offshore Wind Power (Belgium)

    2 December 2011

    Franco-Belgian bank Dexia made the headlines of numerous publications across Europe over the past few weeks in relation to a bailout plan that is currently being put on place. Predictions go as far as to say that France could lose its AAA index if the country has to provide bigger proportion of the bailout than […]

  • All around the world with 39 Wind Energy Lines for CS Wind

    26 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    A long-lasting partnership started in 2004 Talking about this story, that is the relation between DAVI and CS Wind, means going back almost 20 years. In fact, the beginning of this fruitful cooperation and collaboration dates back to 2004, when the first Plate Rolls were delivered to a CS Wind plant in Vietnam. Since then, CS Wind kept […]

  • UK: Eden Rose Joins Tidal Transit Windfarm Service Vessel Fleet

    10 April 2012

    Eden Rose, the second of Tidal Transit’s fleet of windfarm service vessels, was launched on 30 March 2012 by its Spanish boat builder, Mercurio Plastics. Like its sister Ginny Louise, it is a state-of-the-art, purpose designed vessel for use by companies involved in the planning, development and construction of offshore wind farms in the Greater […]

  • UK: Torridge Withdraws Decision on Atlantic Array OWF

    24 September 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Torridge Council has backed down from allowing the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm construction. A couple of weeks ago, Torridge and Devon County councilors made no objections to the offshore wind project. However, Torridge Council voted 15:7 on Monday to withdraw their positive response to the project after a motion by an independent councilor Chris […]

  • Merkur Amends Financing

    12 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Merkur Offshore GmbH has completed a EUR 1.5 billion senior debt restructuring for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm project.

  • Alstom Grid pioneers

    2 January 2012

    Alstom Grid has been pioneering the way for offshore wind grid connections from the very early days when it built the first substations for both UK and Germany. Alstom Grid has over 100 years of expertise in electrical grids and ranks among the top three in the electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover […]

  • Port of Ostend: Offshore wind force

    10 January 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Every one working in the Port of Ostend is confident that renewable energy is the future. The port community is banking on the offshore wind sector as the promising alternative to the declining ferry market. “It does not mean that the port is likely to neglect ferries, but it is evident that after 160 years […]

  • N-O-S Adds Two New Hybrid Vessels to Its Fleet

    6 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Denmark-based Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) have announced it is bolstering its fleet with two new hybrid R-class vessels. The two vessels, MV Runner and MV Responder, are being built by Penguin Shipyard in Singapore and are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. MV Runner and MV Responder will be hybrid vessels, […]

  • Gwynt y Môr WFSV Comes to the Rescue

    8 July 2019
    Vessels

    Wind farm support vessel (WFSV) Windcat 3 has assisted in the rescue of a casualty vessel nearby the Gwynt y Môr wind farm offshore Rhyl, the UK. Windcat 3 responded to an all ships broadcast call in the morning of 7 July when the starter motor of a speedboat preparing to return from fishing seized. Four stranded […]

  • RWE and E.ON Complete Asset Swap Deal

    1 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    RWE has taken over innogy’s activities, meaning the asset swap deal with E.ON is officially completed. The wind, solar and hydropower businesses, as well as the biomass, biogas and gas storage activities are now transferred to RWE. About 2,700 employees are transferring from innogy to RWE in the course of the takeover. “This is the […]

  • Finland: Switch Tests 8.6 MW Permanent Magnet Generator

    13 November 2013

    The Switch announced that their 8.6 MW permanent magnet generator (PMG) for offshore use successfully passed initial no-load testing. The PMG is scheduled to undergo full-load tests in the upcoming weeks. This medium-speed, rear-mounted PMG design  enables The Switch to lower the generator weight without compromising on reliability. Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen, The Switch CEO, said that […]

  • Navitus Bay Returns 79% of Development Area to Crown Estate

    10 August 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Navitus Bay has reached an agreement with The Crown Estate to hand back the remaining, unused parts of the original wind farm development zone. This means that the parts of the seabed in the zone that have not been used for the application submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consent will no longer be under […]