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  • Mainstream Deploys Floating LiDAR at Neart na Gaoithe OWF Site

    25 April 2014
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power have kicked off Phase 2 of their floating LiDAR campaign by deploying a floating LiDAR on its 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. Technology providers FLiDAR NV (a joint venture between DEME and 3E), deployed the device almost 21km off the Fife coast on April 20th. The technology is designed to […]

  • Highland Council Permits Moray Firth Super-Hub

    31 January 2014
    Authorities

    The Highland Council has granted permission for Port of Ardersier to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind. The council has granted onshore planning consent – giving a thumbs-up to ambitious plans to transform the 160 hectare (400 acres) vacant site into a manufacturing, assembly […]

  • Tide Can Bring Vast Business Opportunities to Ballycastle

    18 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The town of Ballycastle in Northern Ireland should work on positioning itself as a tidal energy research and development hub, the newly elected Moyle Council ChairmanDónal Cunningham stated. “We need to capitalise on our unique position and natural resources to create jobs and opportunities for the area,”  Mr. Cunningham is quoted by Ballymoney Times as […]

  • Forth Green Freeport Consortium Unveils Details for Rosyth Development

    10 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The consortium behind the Forth Green Freeport project in Scotland, which submitted a bid for the development to the UK and Scottish governments in June, released details for the major enhancement of the Rosyth port and waterfront areas within Fife that would support the offshore wind industry. The development of nearly 150 hectares of land […]

  • Offshore Renewables Opportunity Knocks for Cornwall Businesses

    15 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Marine Offshore Renewable sector (MOR) has seen £10’s of millions invested in and around Cornwall over the past few years – Wave Hub, FaB Test, Marine Energy Park in Hayle and the COAST test tank at University of Plymouth, etc. Marine renewable energy (MRE) developers from around the world are being encouraged and incentivised to […]

  • BVG Associates Announce New Office and Team in Scotland

    23 November 2012

    BVG Associates, a highly respected consultancy with expertise in wind and marine energy technology and supply chain development, has chosen to locate their new Scottish office in Burntisland, Fife. The renewable energy sector is set to become one of Scotland’s major growth areas in the next decade and Fife is perfectly located on the East […]

  • Rhode Island Ports to Undergo Offshore Wind Upgrades with USD 95 Million State Support

    21 March 2022
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Rhode Island’s Port of Davisville and the South Quay Marine Terminal in the City of East Providence will receive USD 60 million and USD 35 million, respectively, for infrastructure upgrades to support offshore wind activities on the US east coast. At the beginning of this year, State Governor Dan McKee announced that his FY2023 budget […]

  • James Fisher Begins Triton Knoll Prep Work

    2 October 2019

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has started the preparatory work on clearing the site of the Triton Knoll offshore wind project in the UK. As reported, JFMS secured a contract in March to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal and boulder clearance at the 145km2 site offshore Lincolnshire. According to the company, the work is likely to be significant […]

  • Consortium Develops First US Offshore Wind Test Centre

    13 October 2011

      The first North American offshore wind turbine test centre has started development, off the eastern Atlantic shore of the US state of Virginia, by a consortium of Ecofys, Fugro and Real NewEnergy. The project, Poseidon Atlantic, has come about through collaboration between the Commonwealth of Virginia, Northampton County and the Virginia Port Authority with […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Adds MacArtney GRT to Storage Toolbox

    22 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has added a MacArtney generator rotation tool (GRT) to the portfolio of equipment securing long-term storage of SWT-6.0/7.0/8.0 nacelles with generators and hubs.

  • Dutch-Belgian Joint Venture to Deliver Ostwind 3 Offshore Substation

    31 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has selected the Dutch-Belgian joint venture (JV) comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy to deliver the Ostwind 3 offshore high voltage substation in the Baltic Sea. The joint venture will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) of the jacket foundation […]

  • UK: Narec Completes 100m Blade Test Facility

    9 August 2012

    A new facility that will enable the UK to lead the World in the testing of offshore wind turbine blades has been completed by national contractor Shepherd Construction. The contractor this week handed over the 5,700m² steel frame structure to the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland. The project is the second of […]

  • India: SEFORGE to Supply Machined Flanges for Wind Towers

    6 March 2012

    SEFORGE Limited, a Suzlon Group subsidiary, announced a key purchase agreement with a leading wind turbine manufacturer for the supply of machined tower flanges, used for wind towers, over a period of three years. The Rs. 367 crore (US$ 75 mn) contract covers supply of flanges for wind turbine towers for projects in India and […]

  • UK Wave & Tidal Sector Discussed in Plymouth

    5 March 2015

    Over 60 industry professionals from across the UK will gather at Plymouth University today to discuss the future development of the UK wave and tidal energy sector. The annual meeting of the Marine Energy Programme Board (MEPB), established in 2011, provides a strategic forum for UK industry, regional stakeholders and Government to help steer development […]

  • Californian Port Partners with Crowley to Develop Floating Offshore Wind Terminal

    28 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Crowley has entered into an agreement with the Port of Humboldt Bay to exclusively negotiate to be the developer and operator of a terminal to serve as California’s first hub for offshore wind. The company, through its business unit dedicated to wind energy, Crowley Wind Services, will enter into negotiations with the port to lease […]

  • SeaRoc to Charter MPI Adventure for NOAH Installation in Blyth, UK

    29 August 2012

    International marine engineering company SeaRoc can confirm that they will charter MPI Adventure to install Narec’s Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH), scheduled to take place in October 2012. SeaRoc Operations Director Toby Mead confirmed the Charter Party had been signed and commented: “MPI Adventure is a state of the art vessel coming into this project off […]

  • RWE Reaches Two OW Milestones

    2 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The last few days have been challenging for the installation teams of RWE’s offshore wind farms. The last of the 160 wind turbines has now been installed successfully off the Welsh coast, and cabling and commissioning works continue at pace to ensure the wind farm becomes fully operational this winter. The construction of the German […]

  • Vattenfall Chooses Horns Rev 3 O&M Base

    6 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has selected the Port of Hvide Sande as the operations and maintenance hub for the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. Located on the Danish west coast, the port will be used as a base for O&M of the project’s 49 MHI Vestas V164-8.3MW turbines. Once Vattenfall establishes a facility at the port, […]

  • UK: South West Welcomes Crown Estate’s Invitation for Future Leasing

    26 July 2012

    The South West marine energy industry has welcomed the announcement by the Crown Estate that it is to begin an industry engagement exercise to chart future development plans for wave and tidal energy around the coast of the UK, including the South West of England. Speaking on behalf of the South West Marine Energy Park […]

  • IER Responds to DOI’s Offshore Wind Lease Sale (USA)

    5 June 2013
    Authorities, R&D

    The Interior Department has announced that the administration will hold the nation’s first offshore wind lease sale in late July. The area scheduled for lease consists of 164,750 acres off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In response to this announcement, Institute for Energy Research (IER) published a fact sheet on offshore wind energy development […]

  • OX2 Unveils Plans for 1.9 GW Offshore Energy Hub in Southern Baltic Sea

    24 March 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    OX2 has initiated the development of the Neptunus offshore energy hub in the southern Baltic Sea which is estimated to have a total installed capacity of 1.9 GW. Located about 50 kilometres off the coast of Blekinge in the Swedish economic zone, the energy hub is planned to produce both electricity and hydrogen. The project […]

  • Macron Inaugurates France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, located between 12 and 20 kilometres off the coast of the Guérande peninsula, where he will inaugurate the country’s first commercial-scale project of this kind. At the beginning of this month, the last of the total of 80 wind turbines was installed at the […]

  • UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Confirms Residence at ITREZ

    27 June 2013

    The International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) has confirmed that it’s first tenant will be the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. The ITREZ hub aims to bring business and academia together to work collaboratively on the development of the offshore renewables sector. The first phase of the project is nearing completion and inovo, the […]

  • UK: Technip Offshore Wind Expands into Newcastle

    13 April 2012

    More than 60 new jobs are to be created in the North-east of England by Technip Offshore Wind Ltd after the company announced today that it intends to set up a new projects and engineering centre in Newcastle, located at the heart of the region’s emerging renewables hub. The move bolsters Technip’s rapidly-evolving renewable energy […]

  • EDF Performs Autonomous Foundation Inspection at Blyth Offshore Wind Farm

    23 May 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    EDF Renewables has carried out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection by deploying a customised remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at the Blyth offshore wind farm in the UK. Equipped and operated from the Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA) Hub, the ROV carried out visual inspections of the […]

  • GE Renewable Energy Adds Mammoet UK to Dogger Bank Wind Farm Team

    22 November 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy, part of GE Vernova`s portfolio of energy businesses, selected Mammoet UK, a heavy lift and transport company, to supply onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of turbine components for Dogger Bank Wind Farm. “We are delighted to announce that we have selected Mammoet UK as our cranes and […]