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  • Huisman received order for new Wind Turbine Installation Crane

    2 April 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    Huisman, the Dutch-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract with Centrica and MPI Offshore Limited to supply and install a new, state-of-the-art 600mt Wind Turbine Installation Crane onboard the Wind Turbine Installation Vessel “MPI Resolution”. The crane will be constructed, installed, commissioned and tested at the Huisman facility in […]

  • New CEO of Siemens Wind Power Business Unit appointed

    16 March 2010
    Business & Finance

    With immediate effect, Jens-Peter Saul (43) has been appointed CEO of the Siemens Wind Power Business Unit headquartered in Brande. Jens-Peter Saul succeeds Andreas Nauen, who is leaving Siemens at his own wish.

  • UK: First Wind Turbine at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    17 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    THE FIRST of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the flagship North Wales Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables. It marks a major milestone in the construction of the €2billion windfarm which, once fully operational, will be capable of generating enough energy from the […]

  • UK: Public Information Days for Rhiannon Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2013

    The team behind the proposed Rhiannon wind farm has submitted a Scoping Report relating to the onshore elements of the scheme to the Isle of Anglesey County Council. The report outlines Celtic Array’s proposed approach to the environmental assessment that will be undertaken to support an application for planning permission for land-based works required to […]

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Generates First Power

    29 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The North East’s first large scale offshore wind farm has now started to produce electricity as work continues towards completion of the project. The first three wind turbine generators at the EDF Energy Renewables Teesside offshore wind farm have now been fully commissioned and are supplying electricity to the National Grid. When complete the 27 […]

  • Belgium: MPI Resolution to Work on GeoSea’s Offshore Wind Projects

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    MPI Offshore announces the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Resolution by GeoSea N.V., subsidiary of the Belgian based DEME Group.  MPI Resolution is scheduled to commence work on a series of GeoSea projects situated in the North Sea and Baltic Sea area as from the middle of June 2013 for a […]

  • Belgium: Millions of Euros Available for Innovative Wind Energy Projects

    3 April 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A call for renewable energy project funding, which potentially totals tens of millions of Euros under NER300, was launched by the European Commission (EC) today. NER300 is the EU’s funding programme for innovative demonstration projects for renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS). However while no CCS projects qualified for funding as part of […]

  • Offshore Wind Costs in Belgium Lower than European Average

    28 March 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The net support costs for society of offshore wind in Belgium is lower than in neighbouring countries. Gross income for the various projects also lies below the European average. This appears from a comparative report by an independent consultancy firm, 3 E, in which the various support systems of 6 European countries were compared. Pursuant […]

  • USA: Navigant Research Releases New BTM Wind Report

    26 March 2013
    R&D

    Navigant Research announced today that it has released the annual BTM wind report International Wind Energy Development: World Market Update 2012. The 180+ page BTM wind report, World Market Update 2012, published by Navigant Research, is the eighteenth edition of this annual wind energy market report. The report includes more than 80 tables, charts and […]

  • France Officially Publishes Second Call for Offshore Wind Tenders

    25 March 2013
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) officially issued a second call for tenders for construction of offshore wind farms, which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on March 16. The launch of this tender was announced in January by the French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho. It […]

  • Germany: Two Studies Commissioned to Boost Offshore Wind Development

    21 March 2013
    Environment

    Together with associations and companies in the offshore wind industry, including RWE Innogy, the OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY Foundation has commissioned two studies in an effort to create a strong basis for the current discussion and a meaningful adjustment of the renewable energy act. Both studies will be closely coordinated. The results are to be presented […]

  • Highland Council OKs Moray Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    19 March 2013
    Authorities

    The Highland Council has raised no objections to a consultation from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) regarding an application by Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd for the construction and operation of 3 offshore wind farms and associated electricity transmission works in the Outer Moray Firth. The application has been submitted under section 36 of the Electricity […]

  • VIDEO: Siemens SWT-6.0 ‒ Leading the Way for Offshore Wind

    15 March 2013
    Technology

    Siemens developed the SWT-6.0 specifically for the demanding conditions in offshore locations. The first unit was installed in 2011 at the Høvsøre test site in Denmark with a 120 m rotor. It has now operated for well over a year, setting new production records during the testing. The second 6-MW-prototype with a 154 m rotor […]

  • Radiolaria Serves as Example for Offshore Wind Foundation Structures (Germany)

    12 March 2013
    Environment, R&D

    In a research project called “Intelligent Foundation Structure for Offshore Wind Turbines”, Professor Christine Döbert from the Technical University of Mittelhessen wants to develop cost effective and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional techniques of building offshore wind foundations. Cooperation partner in this project is the Bremer Maritime Offshore Group. Coastal wind turbines, which are installed […]

  • Dutch Consume 0.7 Pct of Offshore Wind Power in 2012

    26 February 2013

    Even though there were no offshore wind farms that became operational in 2012, the Netherlands recorded a 0.7% of offshore wind power in its domestic electricity consumption, according to the statistics from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The Netherlands has four completed offshore wind farms and eleven with authorized consent. With no new ones […]

  • Germany: Installation of Topside for Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Completed

    18 February 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore installation of the topside for Riffgat wind farm has been completed on Saturday, February 16th 2013. The topside, delivered on turnkey basis by Strukton Hollandia JointVenture, left the fabrication yard in Krimpen aan de IJssel one week ago. The topside has been lifted on board the SHL heavy lift vessel “Oleg Strashnov” early […]

  • UK: Success of Yorkshire Firms in Offshore Wind Industry Highlighted

    13 February 2013

    YORKSHIRE businesses that have already won work in the offshore wind power industry have been lined up to present at a supply chain conference. Delegates at the event will hear how companies in the region have been successful in securing contracts in the emerging sector and the type of requirements global energy giants are looking […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Attracts Investment in Cromarty Firth Port

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cromarty Firth Port Authority is expected to announce securing approximately GBP 9 million in bank funding for its GBP 20 million project, which will turn the port into a place for handling offshore wind turbines and employ up to 400 people, the Scotsman writes. The project involves expansion on nine acres of land and building […]

  • UK: DONG to Build Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Westermost Rough in the North Sea on the British east coast. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 billion including the construction of the transmission assets. When the wind farm goes into operation, the transmission assets will be sold to an […]

  • Japan: Mitsubishi Eyes 10 Pct of Offshore Wind Market

    28 January 2013

    Mitsubishi is planning to take a 10 % of the world’s offshore wind market by 2017, according to Bloomberg. Even though Siemens and Vestas are holding 80 % share in this market, Mitsubishi is planning to take its piece of the renewable pie by developing a large-scale wind power generation system that adopts a hydraulic […]

  • Frost & Sullivan: Wind Energy Market Set to Boom in Japan

    23 January 2013
    R&D

    The wind energy industry, one of the key growth engines amongst renewable energy technologies slipped into a slowdown in 2012 plagued by Europe’s and other developed countries’ economic woes, its first since witnessing double digit growth rate y-o-y since 2009. Amidst this, the wind energy industry is likely to regain its lost sheen back in […]

  • Germany: Ulstein Bags Baltic 2 Wind Farm Contract

    8 January 2013

    ArGe Baltic 2 foundations, a Joint Venture between Hochtief and GeoSea, has awarded Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions BV a contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of a complete pile upend as well as lifting tool for the Baltic 2 wind farm installation project. By using basic laws of mechanical equilibrium, Ulstein Idea […]

  • USA: Maryland Senate President Wants Offshore Wind Debate

    12 December 2012
    Authorities

    The Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller strongly supports the offshore wind energy bill. He said that he is willing to make changes to the Senate Finance Committee to pass the offshore wind bill for a debate at Senate, writes the Associated Press. “I might have to do that in terms of getting out […]

  • USA: Market Report on Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Available

    4 December 2012
    R&D

    ReportsnReports.com adds new market report “Wind Turbine Rotor Blades – Global Market Size, Market Segmentation, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020” to its store. The growing proliferation of offshore wind farms will see a decreasing share of the global wind turbine rotor blade market allotted to onshore installations, says the latest report. “Wind […]

  • UK: Steel Engineering Clasps SHI’s Offshore Wind Contract

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Steel fabricator Steel Engineering, headquartered in the west of Scotland, has clasped a deal from Korean group Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to produce offshore jackets and ensure steelwork for a wind turbine generator system under development at the Energy Park at Methil, Fife, the Scotsman informs. In addition, the deal purports provision of post-delivery on-site […]

  • Lease Sale Brings America Closer to Offshore Wind Revolution

    3 December 2012
    Authorities

    The Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, Edward J. Markey, commented the Interior Department’s announcement of the first-ever competitive lease sales for renewable energy development in federal waters offshore. The lease sales, to be held next year, will offer some of the nation’s best offshore wind resources in one area identified off the coast […]