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  • USA: Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Reports Strong Fundraising

    22 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS) has reported continued strong fundraising for this past year. According to APNS in 2012 a revenue of nearly $2.1 million was reported. Read the APNS results below: Revenue of nearly $2.1 million was reported in 2012, stable with 2011 levels and up 17 percent since 2010. Of the […]

  • Fraunhofer IKTS Testing EKG Monitor for Offshore Turbine Foundations

    3 March 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden have successfully tested in-house developed sensor rings designed to monitor the condition of wind turbine foundations at offshore wind farms. Working together with staff from Baltic Taucher in Rostock, the researchers successfully demonstrated the viability of the process in an on-site trial […]

  • Seagreen to Offer Shorter-Term Corporate Power Purchase Agreements

    2 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The 1.14 GW Seagreen wind farm, soon to be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, is launching its offshore corporate purchase power agreement (cPPA) offerings. The Seagreen terms significantly shorten the typical cPPA length, providing buyers with an alternative option to standard longer-term cPPAs which are typically ten years or more in duration, Seagreen Wind Energy, […]

  • Able UK Opportunities at THMA’s Offshore Wind Connections

    23 April 2013

    Potential supply chain opportunities at Able UK’s Marine Energy Park (AMEP) and the fallout from the introduction of the Energy Bill are on the agenda at a free breakfast briefing this week. The Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) hosted ‘Offshore Wind Connections’, which is being supported by EEF the manufacturers’ organisation, will feature David Shepherd, […]

  • Allianz Global: Offshore wind project risks (USA)

    10 May 2010
    Business & Finance

    Allianz Global’s insurance expert, Robert Maurer, gave some interesting insight into offshore wind energy project risks. Usually, offshore projects are watched and assessed from the technical or economical point of view, but we thought it would be interesting to cite this article as a different way of looking at offshore wind. First off, the difference […]

  • Offshore Wind Cushions Jan De Nul from Rough Dredging, Oil & Gas Markets

    30 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Jan De Nul has reported a 2017 decline in the dredging market which, together with challenging conditions in the oil & gas industry, left a mark on its financial results. In the light of this, the company emphasised the role offshore wind had in its performance last year, adding that it sees further growth in the offshore renewables market, where its business is no longer restricted to Europe.

  • Time to take note and take action: Why the ambitious offshore energy targets set for 2050 are a good thing

    30 May 2023
    Business development, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    The world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and with it, global energy demand is projected to rise by as much as 50%. But as society continues to grapple with the challenges of climate change, governments across the globe are looking to offshore energy to help meet these increasing energy demands while […]

  • HEALTH & SAFETY: Helping to make maintenance safer and more efficient

    11 March 2016

    The long term employment prospects within the offshore wind industry lie with the Operation and Maintenance work that will keep the turbines producing electricity for the next 20+ years.  Hundreds of men and women will be climbing up the towers from boats, or down from helicopter dropping areas, into the nacelles for a long time […]

  • DNV to Support Taiwanese Company’s Diversification into Offshore Wind

    30 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Outlook & Strategy

    DNV has signed a contract with Intercontinental Wind Energy (IWE) to support the Taiwanese company’s diversification into offshore wind turbine jacket fabrication. According to a press release from DNV, the company’s work scope will assist IWE towards Tier-1 supplier status for offshore wind in Taiwan and includes providing quality assurance and control, as well as […]

  • Ørsted Vows Not to Use Wind Turbine Blade Landfilling

    3 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Ørsted has announced a ban on the landfilling of wind turbine blades and has committed to either reuse, recycle, or recover 100 per cent of the blades coming from repowering or end-of-design-life decommissioning of its offshore and onshore wind farms. As part of its new sustainability strategy and work towards achieving a carbon-neutral footprint by […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Farm Boosts Porpoise Activity

    23 June 2011
    Environment

    It is often assumed that offshore wind farms have a negative impact on marine animal populations but researchers from Denmark and the Netherlands have found that, in some cases, wind farms can act as a haven for certain species. The researchers, from Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands and Aarhus University in Denmark, monitored […]

  • OEEC First Offshore Energy Event with Dedicated Nature Enhancement Content Programme, Exhibition Pavilion

    22 November 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The Netherlands is a pioneer in including nature enhancement stipulations in offshore (wind) energy tenders. The Dutch event for the international offshore energy and maritime industries, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), has also given nature enhancement a prime spot in this year’s edition, including it more prominently in the conference programme and on the […]

  • Massachusetts DPU Approves Offshore Wind Power Supply Contracts, Including PPAs for Avangrid’s Commonwealth Wind

    4 January 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) wrapped up 2022 by issuing several new orders, among them also an order approving the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for Mayflower Wind and Commonwealth Wind projects, although Avangrid filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings for the latter in mid-December, with plans to re-apply at the upcoming state […]

  • Advertorial: TLQ solutions as wind farms venture further offshore

    10 October 2016

    John Verdonk Business Unit Manager Offshore Temporary Living Quarters at Seafox As wind farms go further and further offshore into more challenging waters and harsher environments, the industry is developing a number of solutions to cope with the demands of the wind farm’s initial construction period and following on from that, Operations & Maintenance activities. […]

  • OFFSHORE INTERCONNECTORS: The German Offshore Grid update

    20 October 2015

    The German Government has set a target to have 6.5 gigawatts of offshore wind power capacity installed by 2020. In Germany the offshore grid network has been beset with problems and delays but is eventually taking off and 2015 will prove to be a major link up year for TenneT the Dutch/German TSO responsible for […]

  • Various Wind Turbines with Same Goal, to Collect Energy (USA)

    29 July 2011
    R&D, Technology

    Wind turbines are getting really big — some with blades as long as a football field — and more powerful, often generating 50 times more electricity than the first generation of wind power machines built in the 1980s. But scientists are also studying how to harness the wind in different ways that could help allay […]

  • South Korea Discusses Its Offshore Wind Development with UK

    19 August 2012
    Training & Education

    A delegation of leading officials from South Korea visited OrbisEnergy this week, Lowestoft’s flagship hub for offshore renewable energy, to understand the UK market and to discuss opportunities for developing their own offshore wind industry. The UK is the world’s largest market for offshore wind development. In addition, the February 2012 Ernst & Young quarterly […]

  • Nordic Yards Starts Building DolWin Gamma

    9 October 2014

    The construction works of the DolWin gamma offshore converter platform started today, 9 October, at Nordic Yards in Warnemünde. This was marked by the traditional first steel cut, which took place at the Warnemünde site in the presence of representatives of the contractor Alstom and customer TenneT.  As general contractor, Alstom had placed an order […]

  • OSD-IMT Introduces Range of New Wind Farm Vessel Designs

    17 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Based on the outcome of four years of extensive discussions with wind farm developers, operators and maintenance companies, OSD-IMT has developed a range of innovative designs of offshore wind farm service operation vessels (SOV’s). These designs fulfill the operational demands of the wind farm maintenance industry and can also provide logistics support services to transformer […]

  • RenewableUK Disappointed by Government Announcement

    24 July 2014
    Authorities

    RenewableUK says today’s publication by the Department of Energy and Climate Change of the draft budget for the first allocation round of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) brings a greater level of clarity on the future level of financial support for renewable energy projects. However the trade association, which represents the wind, wave and tidal energy […]

  • Renewable Energy Targets by 2030 (Belgium)

    22 December 2011
    Authorities

    It has been hotly debated for months, and last week – finally – the European Commission published its 2050 energy roadmap outlining several different scenarios for Europe’s energy future over the coming decades. For wind energy and other renewables the week was tense. Until now, the European renewables industry has been driven forward by renewable […]

  • RDM Presents New Generation of 35m Utility Workboat for Offshore Unlimited (Australia)

    16 August 2011

    Richardson Devine Marine announces that RDM Hull 055 is a new generation 35 metre utility workboat for the Offshore Unlimited Group. RDM’s relationship with the offshore Unlimited Group started in 2008 with Unlimited – a versatile 24m catamaran workboat that was immediately accepted as a practical and economical workhorse, filling a niche in the offshore […]

  • Cape Wind Could Supply Large Amounts of Electricity During Heat Waves (USA)

    24 July 2011

    Climbing temperatures have pushed the demand for electricity yesterday and today to the highest this year just as Cape Wind would be producing large amounts of clean power according to records from Cape Wind’s data tower in Nantucket Sound. Cape Wind’s offshore wind farm planned for Nantucket Sound would have been running at its full […]

  • UK: “Salt and Science” Enhances Guard Vessel Capabilities

    9 September 2013

    Maritime consultants Marico Marine and vessel operators Jubilee Fishing have joined forces to deliver a unique package to Offshore Renewable Energy developers looking to enhance their guard vessel provision with the additional capability of data collection. Utilising Marico Marine’s unique Salt and Science approach, guard vessels are fitted with shipping data collection equipment and advanced […]

  • New Report Urges UK Government to Give More Clarity for Power Sector beyond 2020

    4 September 2013
    R&D

    A new independent report published today that is jointly sponsored by DONG Energy and Siemens outlines the important role that renewables can play in the UK’s transition to a low carbon electricity supply over coming decades. The report was launched in Parliament at a cross-party debate with key note speech from Rt. Hon Ed Davey […]

  • Sif Puts Second Production Line at Maasvlakte 2 into Operation

    24 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dutch foundation components manufacturer Sif Holding NV has put into operation the second production line at the company’s assembly facility at Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam, bringing the plant to full capacity. With the opening of the second production line this month, the company expects the capacity for XL monopiles to increase and reach a maximum capacity of […]