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  • TÜV SÜD to Showcase Its Offshore Wind Expertise in Frankfurt

    30 October 2013

    At EWEA Offshore 2013, TÜV SÜD will showcase its full portfolio of offshore wind power services. The international technical services provider supports designers, owners/operators and manufacturers of wind turbines offering comprehensive and customised testing, certification and inspection services (Hall 3.1, Stand 31C50). EWEA Offshore 2013 will take place from 19 to 21 November 2013 in […]

  • PNE WIND Significantly Extends Its Offshore Wind Project Pipeline in Q3

    11 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    PNE WIND AG has issued its financial results for the first nine months of 2013, and stated that this period of the financial year was characterised by the setting of a decisive operational course. During this period, the PNE WIND successfully concluded the biggest capital transaction in the company’s history with a bond issue amounting […]

  • New Danish Energy Agreement Makes Denmark Safe Investment

    16 April 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

      The Danish government has stepped up its green energy targets. That makes Denmark an even more obvious destination for wind energy investments, says Denmark’s Minister for Trade and Investment Pia Olsen Dyhr. She hosts an investor seminar on Monday at EWEA 2012 and will be available for a press Q/A session on Monday at […]

  • UK: New Generation Jack-Up Vessel Arrives for Gwynt y Môr

    4 September 2012

    A new offshore wind farm installation vessel, the first of its kind in the UK, arrives into Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead today (Sat, 1 September) in preparation for its first operational activity at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The new generation jack-up vessel, named Friedrich Ernestine, has been built and designed by RWE […]

  • As Turbines Get Bigger, Leading Offshore Wind Players Gather Around Alternative to Bolted L-Flange Connections

    5 July 2024
    Business development, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Innovation, Supply Chain, Technology

    A consortium comprising some of the world’s leading offshore wind developers and Tier 1 suppliers have initiated a joint industry project that aims to commercialise a new foundation connection technology developed by the Netherlands-based company C1 Connections. “With the increasing size of wind turbines, the traditional L-flange design has reached a point where in cases […]

  • UK: Taskforce Publishes Recommendations for Business Secretary

    16 March 2012

    The Taskforce, chaired by Tim Breedon, CEO of Legal & General plc, was commissioned by the Government to examine a range of alternative and sustainable finance sources, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Bank lending is by far the largest source of external finance currently used by businesses, but the Taskforce believes there is […]

  • RWE Gathers Thor Offshore Wind Farm Dream Team

    25 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected the preferred suppliers for all the main components of its 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark, with agreements now in place for wind turbines, foundations, export and inter-array cables, and for the onshore and offshore substations. At the beginning of this year, the developer selected Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-236 DD […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind to Grow Sixfold by 2017

    17 August 2012
    R&D

    Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, […]

  • Seawind’s Two-Bladed Turbines to Power Greek Islands

    29 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Seawind has signed an agreement with wind farm and solar park operator WRE Hellas to develop small scale offshore wind farms in the Greek Aegan Sea.

  • AI-Powered Cargo Drones Tested at Vattenfall’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    25 February 2025
    Business development, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore service provider Ampelmann, Dutch Applied Scientific Research Institute (TNO), and offshore wind developer Vattenfall recently tested AI-powered cargo drones at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms DanTysk and Sandbank in the German North Sea.  Cargo drones can transport materials and equipment from a service operation vessel (SOV) to wind turbines, reducing the need for vessels to go […]

  • Ørsted to Sell Half of Hornsea Two This Year, Omicron Causing Slight Delay in Full Commissioning

    2 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted will sell 50 per cent of its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK and expects to close the 1.3 GW project farm-down this year, the company said in its 2021 annual results. Putting the project in full operation will be slightly delayed due to the impact of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 on […]

  • Good Vibrations: RWE and Co to Test Quiet Pile Driving Approach

    6 May 2021
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    RWE Renewables, itap, BioConsult SH, the University of Stuttgart, and Technische Universität Berlin are to research an innovative vibratory pile driving technique at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm. The new method for installing foundations is said to have the potential to significantly reduce underwater noise emissions and installation times. The research project is funded by […]

  • France: Prysmian Group to Showcase Its Expertise at CIGRE 2012

    3 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase its comprehensive range of products and technologies, specifically dedicated to High Voltage underground and submarine power transmission, at the 2012 Biannual Session of CIGRE (the International Council on Large Electrical Systems, one of the key worldwide bodies operating in the […]

  • LEINE LINDE SYSTEMS to Present New Product at EWEA Offshore 2013

    31 October 2013
    Technology

    Insurers, banks and construction authorities usually require wind turbine manufacturers and operators to have a certification according to the applicable guidelines. Up until now, the safety functions required within this context, for example, switching off wind turbines in case of excessive rotor speed, have been implemented with relatively costly and frequently redundant constructions. With its […]

  • This Year’s Largest Dedicated Network Event for Offshore Wind Industry Now Open for Bookings (Denmark)

    17 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Bookings can now be made for one of the most significant events in the offshore wind industry – the Offshore Wind International Business2Business Event 2011 in Esbjerg, Denmark, on November 9. OWIB 2011 is business’s version of speed dating and gathers developers, manufactures, suppliers, consultants and knowledge institutions from wide range of offshore wind […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted Ink First US Offshore Wind Turbine Deal

    9 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa have signed a subcontract to supply wind turbines for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project founded by Dominion Energy.

  • UK: Cathelco to Supply Corrosion Protection for Two Transformer Platforms

    12 November 2012

    Cathelco have won contracts to supply impressed current corrosion protection (ICCP) systems for two transformer platforms, HelWin Alpha and SylWin Alpha, which are being built for Siemens Energy in Germany for offshore wind farm applications. When completed the HelWin Alpha will be positioned near Helgoland as part of the HelWin1 offshore wind farm project where […]

  • Offshore Renewables Play Significant Role in All-Energy 2014

    16 May 2014

    Offshore wind, wave and tidal all play key roles in next week’s All-Energy 2014 (Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre – AECC, 21-22 May). Nearly 11 hours of conference time at the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference is devoted to offshore wind –including 105 minutes to floating offshore wind; a further nine and a […]

  • Oil & Gas versus Wind: Fabricom Offshore Services

    15 October 2013

    With four decades of experience, and providing a wide portfolio of Operations & Maintenance services in the oil & gas industry, Fabricom Offshore Services B.V. is still a relative newcomer to offshore wind. But it has been taken by hand by sister company Cofely Fabricom – which pioneered the Offshore High Voltage Substation (OHVS) – and has adapted very quickly. The company, which is part of the Benelux Division […]

  • Interview: Specialized Vessels Give Chevalier Floatels a Competitive Edge in Offshore RE Industry

    15 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Oil and gas offshore service vessel operators are becoming increasingly interested in the offshore renewables industry as their main market deteriorates; however, vessel operators that specialize in the renewables sector such as Chevalier Floatels have an edge over the new competitors in that their vessels are finely tuned to serve the renewables market with streamlined execution and cost-efficiency, Marcel Roelofs, the Dutch company’s […]

  • Mingyang Enters Deal with Renexia, Italian Gov’t to Set Up Shop in Italy

    8 August 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Renexia, Mingyang Smart Energy and Minister Adolfo Urso from the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see the Chinese OEM producing wind turbines in Italy and supplying 18.8 MW wind turbines for Renexia’s Med Wind floating wind farm. The agreement includes a EUR 500 […]

  • TenneT and 50Hertz Form North Sea Offshore Wind Pact

    17 January 2022
    Grid Connection

    Transmission system operators 50Hertz and TenneT are planning to jointly transport 4 GW of wind power from the North Sea into the German power grid. The two companies have signed a cooperation agreement to realise a multi-terminal hub in the area of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, and an extra-high voltage direct current link (HVDC) to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Sees Red as Supply Chain Tensions, Onshore Woes Take Their Toll

    21 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has reported a EUR 309 million loss in the preliminary results for the first quarter of the Fiscal Year 2022 (October 2021 – December 2021). According to Siemens Gamesa, the company’s performance in Q1 FY 2022 was negatively impacted by supply chain-related disruptions, which are now expected to […]

  • Offshore Energy: Offshore wind industry needs standardization

    1 October 2014

    Cost reductions are a huge industry focus. I am confident that we can lower the levelized costs of energy by 30 to 40  percent for those projects that will achieve FID in 2020. Of all the possible reductions in CapEx and OpEx, one of the innovations that needs to come forward is standardization of offshore […]

  • G&G International

    4 October 2012

    With the recent news that G&G International has won a contract for 72 WTG transition pieces and 1 OHVS transition piece for the new Northwind Offshore Wind Farm project on the Bank Zonder Naam, G&G is firmly established in the offshore wind industry. For this work they have created a joint venture, Gl WindForce JV, […]

  • Denmark: Bright Future for Global Offshore Wind Power Industry

    17 December 2012

    While maturing growth and policy headwinds have dampened growth in onshore wind power, offshore wind power is expected to show strong growth – especially towards the end of the decade. MAKE Consulting expects offshore installation compound annual growth of 44% in 2011-2016, with 18GW of installations in the period, supported by favourable policy in Europe […]