835 results found for 'East Coast Hub'

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  • ORE Catapult and Scotland Bankroll Offshore Wind Research Project

    24 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced a GBP 920,000 programme to advance offshore wind research in Scotland, based around its Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine.

  • New Taskforce Enters Subsea Scene to Enhance Cable Performance for Offshore Wind

    11 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Global Underwater Hub (GUH) has launched a new initiative to tackle subsea cable reliability, a critical factor in offshore wind development, as the UK pushes to meet its clean energy targets. The industry body, representing the UK’s GBP 9.2 billion (around USD 11.3 billion) underwater sector, has published a white paper outlining the need for […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Shine in H1

    16 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms delivered 11.64 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity to the grid in the first half of 2019, a 28.8% increase compared to the same period last year when the wind farms delivered 9.04TWh of electricity. The wind energy transmitted from the North Sea to land by the transmission grid operator TenneT rose to […]

  • UK: Finance Secretary John Swinney Looks into Port of Ardersier Potential

    29 April 2013
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney visited the Port of Ardersier last week to find out how the large deep-water port in the Highlands of Scotland could become a major centre for the UK’s offshore wind industry. The fact-finding mission, hosted [on Monday April 22] by Port of Ardersier Chief Executive Stephen Gobbi, enabled Mr Swinney […]

  • The Netherlands: Vripack Designs 13m Supply Vessel Ribbon Offshore

    11 December 2012

    Being an experienced all-round naval architect, Vripack designed a 43ft supply vessel together with Ribbon Yachts in the Netherlands. And by looking at the correct proportions between line and surface, one can easily see that the design of the agile and modern Ribbon 45 SC is the foundation for the sturdy Ribbon Offshore. Vripack’s challenge […]

  • Boskalis Adds to Inch Cape Tally

    7 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) and Boskalis have signed an exclusive Pre-Construction Agreement (PCA) covering the transportation and installation of the wind turbine foundations, the offshore substation, and the inter-array cables.

  • Offshore renewables could power 5 million homes, says new South West England study

    11 October 2010
    R&D

    Offshore renewable energy projects around the South West coast of England could generate enough electrical power for 5 million homes, more than double the domestic needs of the whole of the South West. These are among the conclusions from a study commissioned by the South West RDA (Regional Development Agency) into the potential for wave, […]

  • Rhode Island to Issue 600 MW Offshore Wind Call

    28 October 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The U.S. state of Rhode Island is planning to issue a competitive request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to 600 MW of new offshore wind energy. A draft RFP will be filed with state regulators this fall, and if approved, a final request is expected to be issued to the marketplace in early-2021. Any […]

  • MOG Completed as Seastar Connects

    1 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 252 MW Seastar offshore wind farm in Belgium has been connected to Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG). Seastar is part of the 487 MW SeaMade project which comprises 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. The connection of the wind farm marks the completion of the MOG located 40km off Belgium’s coast. The switching platform […]

  • UMaine’s DeepCLiDAR Ready for the Market

    26 October 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    DeepCLiDAR, a floating light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has completed a new deployment performance test 12 miles off the Maine coast in 65 meters of water. AWS Truepower validated DeepCLiDAR’s data recovery and measurement accuracy against Carbon Trust’s industry-standard performance criteria. With the third-party […]

  • Jan De Nul, PanGeo Subsea Start Cable Depth of Burial Survey at Formosa 2

    4 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    PanGeo Subsea is working with Jan De Nul in Taiwan on a cable depth of burial survey at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm, with PanGeo’s sub-seabed 3D acoustic imaging technology being used for the campaign. According to the subsea imaging technology company, which delivered its Sub Bottom Imager (SBI) for the work, the survey […]

  • DONG Selects SeaPlanner’s Kit for UK MHCC Hub

    4 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    DONG Energy has chosen SeaPlanner as the system provider for their Marine and Helicopter Coordination Centre (MHCC) which will be one centralised hub for their UK offshore wind farm construction and a number of regional MHCCs. SeaPlanner will provide DONG Energy with personnel management, vessel and helicopter tracking and the communication dispatcher and site wide communications […]

  • Atlas Secures More Borssele 1&2 Work

    29 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded Atlas Professionals with a contract to supply personnel for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.

  • Esvagt Wins Vestas Service Deal for 760 MW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    17 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Denmark’s Esvagt has secured a contract to service Vestas at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and has initiated the process of designing and building the new service operations vessel (SOV). The partners have agreed on a 15-year contract with extension options, which is aligned with Vestas’ service contract for Ecowende, […]

  • UK: Nextgen Announces Headline Speakers

    21 August 2012

    Some of the leading companies, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the cleantech sector are among the headline speakers at nextgen, Britain’s fastest growing event showcasing emerging renewable energy technologies. Held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire on 10-11 October, the speaker programme will feature dozens of presentations and topical panel discussions in six seminar theatres at […]

  • GRAHAM Construction to Hand Over 7MW Prototype by End of October

    21 October 2013

    GRAHAM Construction expects to hand over the 196-metre giant – which will be taller than the highest spans of the nearby Forth Road Bridge – to owners Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) before the end of October. The prototype is being erected just yards offshore from the Fife Energy Park at Methil, where SHI has located […]

  • SCHOTTEL Sets Up Hydrokinetic Energy Unit

    10 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    SCHOTTEL has founded a new subsidiary – SCHOTTEL HYDRO GmbH. The new company will incorporate SCHOTTEL’s hydrokinetic energy business. SCHOTTEL HYDRO comprises activities in three segments: hydrokinetic turbines, semi-submerged platforms and components, such as turbine hubs and drives. SCHOTTEL HYDRO is located in Spay, Germany, while around 100 SCHOTTEL sales and service locations ensure customer […]

  • EDF Obtains Rights to Develop Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project

    3 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Energy Renewables (EDF ER) has acquired the rights to develop the Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project near the port of Blyth in Northumberland, securing both the seabed rights from The Crown Estate, and associated land rights and meteorological data from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The project could provide the company with an […]

  • Pieter van Oord: Increasing Speed of Construction Brings Costs Down (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    22 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Construction companies are building offshore wind farms two to three times faster than in the past and are helping offshore wind developers bring down the amount of subsidies needed for the projects to materialize, Pieter van Oord, Chief Executive Officer of Van Oord, said on the sidelines of the Offshore WIND Conference in Amsterdam.

  • RWE Greenlights GBP 3 Billion Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    24 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has taken the financial investment decision on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm project in the UK. The 100 per cent RWE-owned project represents a total investment of approximately GBP 3 billion (EUR 3.48 billion). The company is now poised to forge ahead with the construction of Sofia, with onshore enabling works due […]

  • UK: Industry Focuses on Foundation Costs

    26 March 2013

    The sub area selected by the senior executives with most potential for cost reduction was foundations, with almost twice as many responses as the next closest. Foundations make up 19% of an offshore wind power plant’s LCOE according to Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center [LORC]. Foundation cost reduction, and the cost of the logistics to their […]

  • U.S. Has Major Offshore Wind Potential, Says Report

    4 September 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    The U.S. Energy Department has announced a new report showing steady progress for the U.S. offshore wind energy industry over the past year. The report highlights 14 projects in advanced stages of development, together representing nearly 4,900 megawatts (MW) of potential offshore wind energy capacity for the United States. Further, this year’s report highlights global trends […]

  • US Developer Plans to Build Offshore Wind Control Centre in New Bedford

    11 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables plans to build an Offshore Wind Control Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of the Commonwealth Wind project proposal, the offshore wind project developer Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), informed on 10 November. The development of the centre is contingent on Commonwealth Wind being […]

  • UK: EOWDC Could Host Pioneering Turbine Foundations

    8 May 2013

    A major programme of offshore works are due to start tomorrow (Thursday, May 9) for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) and which could lead to pioneering turbine foundation designs being developed at the more than £230million test facility. The programme involves a series of geotechnical boreholes being performed between 2.5km and 4km off […]

  • Survey Starting at Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Project

    8 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A geophysical and environmental survey is set to soon commence at the Salamander floating offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea. The geophysical survey and benthic drop-down video and grab survey activities are expected to commence on 26 July at the earliest and run until 30 September at the latest, […]

  • UK: BIS Plans to Compile National Offshore Wind Supplier Database

    6 June 2012
    Authorities

    The UK government revealed plans to create a database featuring every business that could help ensure domestic companies provide over 50% of equipment to the Round 3 offshore wind farms. An official representing Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) said that this plan forms part of the efforts aimed at supporting the growing sector, […]