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  • Aimselect Takes Over RS Wind

    19 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Aimselect, the UK-based recruitment, talent and search consultancy, has acquired the blue collar wind recruitment specialist company RS Wind.

  • Offshore Wind Sparks Recruitment Drive at DEME

    3 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Training & Education, Vessels

    Belgium’s DEME Group is recruiting more than 200 new employees in 2017 to meet the demand driven by the growth in offshore wind energy.

  • Siemens, SPR Sign Europe’s Largest Wind Turbine Contract

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has concluded a major East Anglia ONE deal with Siemens, worth up to one-third of the overall £ 2.5 billion (€ 3.2 billion) project investment. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply 102 wind turbines and service them for an initial period of five years. The turbine agreement is the largest individual contract placed as part […]

  • Offshore Wind: A Playfield with Giant Toys (Photo Gallery)

    20 April 2016
    Vessels

    The story of offshore wind farms moving farther from shore and wind turbines being installed in deeper waters does not finish with gigantic vessels and foundations, but extends to the almost entire supply chain, where equipment is also getting bigger and services are being adapted to the industry’s needs. At the beginning of this month, […]

  • Research and Markets Release New OW Report

    25 November 2013

    Research and Markets added latest “World Offshore Wind Market Forecast 2012-2016” report to their offering. The 4th edition of The World Offshore Wind Market Forecast, by energy business advisors Douglas-Westwood, examines drivers, case studies, key players, major markets and growth prospects for the global offshore wind sector. The report builds upon previous editions with the addition […]

  • Top News of the Week of Jan 21– 26, 2013

    27 January 2013

    Alstom Launches Construction of Its Plants in Saint-Nazaire, France Alstom CEO, Patrick Kron, and Alstom Renewable Power President, Jérôme Pécresse, accompanied Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, in Saint-Nazaire, when he officially launched construction works of Alstom’s first two offshore wind turbine factories on Monday 21 January.   Spain: SUPRAPOWER Offshore Wind Turbine on Its Way SUPRAPOWER […]

  • EU Offshore Wind Energy Sector Posts Solid 2012

    27 January 2013

    Europe installed and grid connected 293 offshore wind turbines in 2012 – more than one per working day. This brings the total to 1,662 turbines, in 55 offshore wind farms in ten European countries. The 293 turbines installed in 2012 represent 1,165 Megawatts (MW), an increase of 33% compared to 2011 installations of 874 MW. […]

  • Qatar: Campaign for 100 Pct Renewable Energy to Be Launched

    5 December 2012

    The International Renewable Energy Alliance held a side event yesterday during the COP18 in Doha “Towards 100 % renewable energy: Case studies and examples from regions and municipalities”. The aim of the side event was to demonstrate that all over the world, effective climate change mitigation is happening on the ground, by communities, regions and […]

  • Lloyds Register Certifies Mainstream Renewable Power (UK)

    28 November 2011

    Mainstream Renewable Power today announced that its Offshore Business has been independently certified by Lloyds Register for Quality Assurance (LRQA) for its integrated management system for Safety, Health, Environment and Quality. The certification verifies that Mainstream’s management system meets internationally recognised Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. The […]

  • First Coastal Virginia Monopiles En Route to US

    27 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first eight monopiles for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have set sail from EEW SPC’s factory in Rostock, Germany, and are en route to the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in the US. On 21 September, the first eight monopiles for Dominion Energy’s CVOW project were loaded at the Rostock quayside. In […]

  • Aarsleff to Deliver Concrete Working Platforms for TP-Less Monopiles at Ørsted’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    19 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Aarsleff BIZ Sp. z o.o., a Polish subsidiary of the Danish company Per Aarsleff Holding A/S, has produced almost a third of the concrete working platforms for the TP-less monopiles that will be installed at Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Besides the concrete working platforms, Aarsleff is […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Pipeline Blows Past 400 GW – RenewableUK

    29 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Industry

    The total pipeline of offshore wind projects around the world now stands at 413 GW, new research by RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team has shown. The pipeline includes projects which are fully operational, under construction, consented or being planned. The UK has a total pipeline of 63.2 GW of offshore wind capacity. China is slightly ahead […]

  • Ørsted Selects Offshore Wind Turbine Support Team

    16 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded contracts for specialised and technical wind turbine support to Atlas Services Group Energy and Wind Multiplikator, following a competitive tender procedure. The contracts cover inspection and service of wind turbine parts and provision of personnel for this kind of work on Ørsted’s operational offshore wind farms in the UK, Germany, Denmark and […]

  • 8.2 France Working on Saint-Nazaire OWF Project

    9 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    8.2 France has been appointed to carry out quality monitoring of the assembly of the nacelles, the e-stack, and pre-assembly at the logistics hub in the port area for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. The company, which started its three-year contract back in April 2020, has deployed three experts and two engineers full-time for the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Produces 500th Offshore Wind Turbine Nacelle in Cuxhaven

    4 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has produced the 500th nacelle for an offshore wind turbine at its manufacturing plant in Cuxhaven, Germany. The milestone was reached with a nacelle for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The offshore nacelle manufacturing plant in Cuxhaven was opened in 2017 and regular operation started with the first months […]

  • EnBW and Aerodyn Venture Into Deeper Waters

    2 June 2020
    Business & Finance, R&D

    EnBW and aerodyn engineering are testing a 1:10 scale prototype floating wind turbine for the first time in Germany. The 18 meters tall Nezzy2, which comprises two wind turbines on a precast concrete floating platform, is being tested in a flooded gravel pit near Bremerhaven. The next step is testing the turbine in wind and […]

  • Good Wind Brings EnBW H1 2019 Numbers Up

    25 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    EnBW reported an operating result of EUR 204.9 million in the Renewable Energies division in the first half of 2019, a 24.3% rise on the previous year. According to EnBW, the increase in adjusted EBITDA is mainly due to the overall improvement in wind conditions at offshore and onshore wind farms in Germany. A further increase is expected […]

  • Van Oord to Install Burbo Bank Extension Foundations

    24 June 2015

    Van Oord has signed a contract with DONG Energy for the installation of foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in the UK. Van Oord will install the project’s 32 monopiles and transition piece foundations, supply and install the scour protection and provide the logistics between the fabrication ports in Germany, Denmark, the […]

  • Tidal Transit Inks First UK WaveCraft Charter

    15 September 2015
    Vessels

    Statkraft has entered into an initial six month charter agreement with Tidal Transit to use the WaveCraft to transport its O&M turbine technicians into its Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm field. The 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is located from 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk in the southern North Sea, and […]

  • Masdar’s Share in Hywind Scotland Valued at GBP 52.5 Million

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Masdar has invested GBP 52.5 million (approx. EUR 61 million) in Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, according to Scottish Development International (SDI), as Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy investor agreed with Statoil to take a 25% stake in the project.

  • Subsea 7 Aims at Full Ownership of Seaway Heavy Lifting

    17 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 informed today that it had made an offer to acquire the 50% shareholding in Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) currently owned by K&S Baltic Offshore (Cyprus). If the offer is accepted, Subsea 7 would become the sole owner of SHL, since it already holds a 50% interest in the company.

  • Report: GE Makes an Offer Areva Can Refuse

    2 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    French nuclear and renewable energy company Areva has turned down a non-binding offer made by General Electric (GE) for the offshore wind turbine maker Adwen, a 50 -50 joint venture between Areva and Spain’s Gamesa, Reuters reports. GE is said to be interested in some of Adwen’s technology and its French order book, but the company […]

  • ROMEO Targets Offshore Wind O&M Cost Reduction

    16 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    An Iberdrola-led industry based consortium has launched the ROMEO project aimed at reducing offshore wind O&M costs.

  • Seafox 5 Ready For Merkur

    13 February 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 151-metre, self-propelled, DP2, jack-up rig Seafox 5 has left the Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) shipyard following a four-month refit.

  • Sumitomo: Offshore Wind Investors Must Find Way to Handle Merchant Risk (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Zero subsidy offshore wind projects leave the actual electricity price as the only source of income and it is quite difficult for traditional investors such as banks to finance these projects, because that would mean that the banks lending the money must agree to take on the merchant risk, said Christoph Mertens, CEO Summit Renewable Power Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation.

  • IRENA: International Standards Could Boost Offshore Wind

    4 June 2018
    R&D

    The development and adoption of international standards in the offshore wind sector could reduce transaction costs, improve safety and reliability, as well as increase consumer and investor confidence, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).