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  • Comer Industries to Take Part in WindEnergy Hamburg

    7 July 2014

    Comer Industries will be participating at WindEnergy Hamburg, the international trade expo for global onshore and offshore manufacturers in the wind sector, to be staged at the Hamburg Messe exhibition centre in Hamburg, Germany, September 23 – 26, 2014 (Hall B6, Stand 339). With sound technical skills and a proven track record of installations on […]

  • GWEC Publishes Its 2014 Wind Power Statistics

    10 February 2015

    After a slowdown in 2013, the wind industry set a new record for annual installations in 2014. Globally, 51,477 MW of new wind generating capacity was added in 2014 according to the global wind market statistics released today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The record-setting figure represents a 44% increase in the annual […]

  • The Netherlands: Seaway Heavy Lifting Announces Organizational Changes

    9 January 2013

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) announces that Martin Spaans, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has decided to leave the company. Over the last 20 years Martin Spaans has guided SHL into the strong business it is today. His leadership has been integral to building the company’s reputation in both offshore oil & gas and renewable sectors. The […]

  • European wind industry to prepare for offshore wind

    2 August 2010
    R&D

    Even though 2.1 GW of offshore wind power has already been installed in European water with a further 1.5 expected to be constructed by the end of the year [2010], reaching targets of 40-50GW by 2020 will be a struggle and will require a significant increase in developments costing roughly £550 billion There are huge […]

  • 2011 Deep Research Report on EU and China Offshore Wind Power Industry

    10 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      Offshore wind is the mean of a reliable, intensive and abundant renewable energy. This relatively new source of electricity generation, which is capable to meet much of the populated coastal areas need for power around the world, has been also stimulating the development of marine economies with thousands of new jobs. Recently, offshore wind […]

  • UK’s Clean Energy Sector Rebounded Last Year to USD 9.4 Billion

    13 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    After a sharp falloff in 2010, investments in the United Kingdom’s clean energy sector rebounded last year to $9.4 billion, 35 percent higher than last year and the seventh highest among G-20 nations, according to new research by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The growth was driven in part by a 10-fold increase in solar energy […]

  • UK: Bechtel, Subsea 7 Team Up for Offshore Wind and Transmission Projects

    8 October 2012

    Bechtel and Subsea 7 announced today that they will work together to develop offshore wind and associated transmission projects in Europe, including the UK and Germany. The non-exclusive joint approach provides customers with Bechtel’s unmatched experience designing and building some of the world’s most complex projects and Subsea 7’s global expertise in seabed-to-surface engineering and […]

  • Belgium and Denmark Probing North Sea Energy Island Link

    12 February 2021
    Grid Connection

    Belgian and Danish transmission system operators, Elia and Energinet, have signed an agreement to assess the possibility of connecting the countries’ grids via the energy island in the North Sea. The two TSOs will, by the end of 2021, carry out technical and cost-benefit analyses of the interconnection project. At the beginning of 2022, the […]

  • Areva, Gamesa Negotiate Joint Venture in Offshore Wind

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    It is official: Areva and Gamesa are entering into exclusive negotiations to create a 50/50 joint-venture company in the field of offshore wind power.  The companies announced this yesterday via official press release, just a couple of days after the rumors about their joint venture had come out in the media. They stated that, from […]

  • The Netherlands Sets Tendering Timelines for 13.4 GW of Offshore Wind

    13 June 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The government of the Netherlands has disclosed the tendering timelines and locations for nine offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of up to 13.4 GW. The projects, ranging from 700 MW to 2 GW in individual capacity, are scheduled to be put out to tender between the second quarter of 2025 and the end […]

  • Energinet Eyes Savings for Bornholm Consumers Through Energy Island Connection

    14 March 2022
    Grid Connection

    Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has started onshore field investigations for the Bornholm Energy Island on both Zealand and on Bornholm, and is also working on ensuring that consumers on Bornholm can tap into the energy island’s electricity. At the beginning of this month, Energinet said it was ready to design the future high-voltage […]

  • RWE to Help Louisiana’s Oil & Gas Supply Chain Diversify into Offshore Wind

    5 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    RWE Renewables has partnered with Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) and the GNOwind Alliance to help establish an offshore wind supply chain in Louisiana that could serve projects across the US. Germany-based offshore wind developer will collaborate with GNO, Inc. and GNOwind Alliance on building a programme that will help existing Louisiana companies, especially […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Secure Scottish Green Hydrogen Potential – Report

    5 September 2023
    Green Hydrogen, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X

    New and existing offshore wind farms could help generate large amounts of green hydrogen and support the UK and EU meet their net zero targets, if the necessary infrastructure can be put in place, according to a new report commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland. The “Commercial Models for Future Hydrogen Production” report, written by Xodus […]

  • Highlights of the Month – January 2018

    1 February 2018

    Taiwan to Sign 5.5GW of Contracts with Offshore Wind Developers by July Nine developers looking to build offshore wind farms in Taiwan have qualified for offshore environmental permits. These developers, offering 10.5GW of offshore wind capacity in total, will now compete for 5.5GW of offshore wind contracts, 3.5GW to be selected for the feed-in-tariff (FIT) […]

  • Reading the Map: Addressing the Challenges Only Way Forward

    10 October 2017

    The second day of the Offshore WIND Conference, chaired by Mike Blanch – Associate Director at BVG Associates – started with this morning’s session called “Future forecast: reading the map”, which addressed the path and challenges on the offshore wind road towards 2023, as well as up to 2050 and beyond. 

  • James Gray, EEEZ: East of England Crucial to UK’s Offshore Wind Development

    28 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Those who doubt the value of wind power in generating power for the UK are being urged to think again by James Gray, inward investment director for EEEZ, the East of England Energy Zone. He wants to see the nation’s politicians, business leaders and energy industry fully behind the many initiatives for future wind power […]

  • 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 […]

  • EEEZ Urges Gov’t to Increase Backing for Offshore Wind

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Those who doubt the value of windpower in generating power for the UK are being urged to think again by James Gray, inward investment director for EEEZ, the East of England Energy Zone. He wants to see the nation’s politicians, business leaders and energy industry fully behind the many initiatives for future windpower development – […]

  • First Seacat Services Apprentices Successfully Graduate

    23 September 2015
    Training & Education, Vessels

    The first group of young seafarers has graduated from Seacat Services’ Maritime Apprenticeship programme. The successful graduates have taken the first step towards long-term careers in the offshore energy sector and will now discuss future career opportunities with Seacat Services. The year-long apprenticeship programme, which was introduced last year and is set to continue with a fresh […]

  • BVG Associates: 2016 Is the Year of New Offshore Wind Markets

    6 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    There is every reason to believe that 2016 will see a series of developments for renewable energy, especially in new markets in offshore wind, according to Bruce Valpy, Director at BVG Associates. The year ahead of us will see the commissioning of the first offshore farm in the US, at Block Island, off Rhode Island State. 2016 will […]

  • Austria: Prysmian Group to Showcase at EWEA’s Event

    31 January 2013

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will present its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2013 edition of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Annual Event, that will take place in Vienna (Austria) from February 4 to 7, hall B, booth […]

  • Vattenfall Completes Installation of Final Turbine at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

        Vattenfall today completed the installation of the final turbine at its pioneering wind farm off the coast of north-west England. The 30th turbine at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm was installed at 3 am with the final rotor lift from A2Sea’s vessel, the SeaJack. Installation was completed four months after the first turbine was […]

  • Prysmian Group Bags EUR 800m Contract for Submarine HVDC Interconnector (UK)

    16 February 2012

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has been awarded a record contract worth approximately 800 million Euro, the highest value ever awarded in the cable business, for the development of Western HVDC Link, a new submarine High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) interconnector between Scotland and England. The whole […]

  • Two important new offshore windfarm contracts signed by Nordsee – GeoSea (both DEME Group) in German waters

    1 September 2010
    R&D

    The Joint Venture Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau Gmbh – GeoSea NV, both of them members of the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental Group DEME, has been awarded two different contracts for prepiling and installation works to construct both the EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm, 32 km north of the island of Rügen, and the Trianel West Borkum II wind farm, 45 km north of the East Frisian Island Borkum in German waters.

  • Van Oord Installs First Monopile at RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    21 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel, Aeolus, has installed the first of 100 monopile foundations at the 1.4 GW Sofia project in the UK, RWE’s largest offshore wind farm to date. The Sofia offshore wind farm is located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK. […]

  • RWE to Start Survey Work at Floating Wind Site Offshore California

    13 June 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Site investigation survey work will soon start at RWE’s floating wind project site off the coast of Northern California, where the Germany-based offshore wind developer plans to build its first commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm, Canopy. RWE will be performing initial site investigation surveys during 2024 and 2025, with the first activities beginning in June […]