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  • Wind Firms Cannot Afford to Ignore Increasing Cyber Security Threats – DNV

    8 December 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Alexander Hansen Bakken, Cyber Security Consultant, DNV. DNV’s 2022 Energy Transition Outlook, an independent model of the world’s energy systems, forecasts that wind energy will grow 10-fold by 2050, boosted by cheaper turbines and improvements in operation and maintenance. This transformation is deeply dependent on energy infrastructure […]

  • Salzgitter and Iberdrola Sign Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement

    20 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH and Iberdrola Deutschland have signed a long-term power supply contract, with electricity to be sourced from the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm currently under construction in the German Baltic Sea. Based on this power purchase agreement (PPA), Salzgitter Flachstahl, part of the Salzgitter Group, has secured the delivery of 114 MW of […]

  • Hamburg Hands Over Torch to HUSUM Wind

    29 September 2014

    After four days of the fair, Schleswig-Holstein has taken over the torch from Hamburg and now invites the wind world to HUSUM Wind from 15 to 18 September 2015. The national trade fair of the German wind industry is expecting over 500 exhibitors and up to 20,000 trade visitors in North Frisia. Schleswig-Holstein’s minister-president Torsten […]

  • Existing End-of-Life Blades Are Recycled into Cement. Next-Gen Ones Could Become Gummy Bears

    24 August 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Researchers at the Michigan State University have developed new composite material for wind turbine blades that can be recycled into, among other things, sweet treats such as gummy bears. This adds to the momentum within the industry which, along with the reuse of other wind turbine components, is recycling existing end-of-life blades into products such as […]

  • Ørsted Ups Full-Year Guidance on Operating Profit, Gross Investments

    11 August 2022
    Business & Finance

    The world’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has increased its full-year operating profit (EBITDA) guidance and gross investment guidance following the release of the results for the second quarter of the Fiscal Year 2022. The company’s EBITDA for the first half of the year amounted to DKK 13.044 billion (EUR 1.75 billion), in line with […]

  • TenneT Presents ‘Hub and Spoke’ Offshore Wind Concept (VIDEO)

    10 June 2016
    R&D

    TenneT has presented a ‘hub and spoke’ concept to set up a large European offshore electricity system that incorporates building of an island in the middle of the North Sea. Numerous wind farms can be connected to the artificial island – a total capacity of over 30 GW can be connected on an island of roughly 6 km² – from […]

  • Major Wave Energy Developers Enter Collaboration

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Aquamarine Power, together with a number of leading wave energy firms, has joined forces with global drive and control manufacturer Bosch Rexroth in a bid to create a standardised, self-contained offshore electricity generator for the wave industry. The project tackles head-on one of the biggest challenges in wave energy – how to generate electricity reliably […]

  • Ming Yang, Yudean Team Up to Foster Offshore Wind Power Development (China)

    15 November 2011

    China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, today announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Guangdong Yudean Group Co., Ltd. (“Yudean”) to foster off-shore wind power development in Guangdong province and to localize the production of multi-megawatt wind turbine generators […]

  • UK: EOWDC Attracts Major Interest from Global Turbine Suppliers

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Significant global interest from wind turbine manufacturers to deploy at a cutting edge offshore wind demonstration centre, off Aberdeen, was confirmed today with the scheme’s backers announcing that they had signed working agreements with six potential suppliers. As a result of these Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), the partners behind the more than £230 million, 11-turbine […]

  • Offshore Wind Pipeline Faces Power Dilemma Without Robust Energy Supply Chain, Report Finds

    16 October 2024
    Contribution, Environment, Industry, Supply Chain, Technology, Transition

    New research has revealed that persistent power challenges continue to pose substantial hurdles for the rapidly growing offshore wind industry, signalling a need for more capable energy supply chain partners to bridge this gap. The report, called Race to Renewables, from energy solutions specialist Aggreko has found that 39% of 855 offshore wind professionals across […]

  • OEEC: Various Renewables Set for Numerous Markets

    10 October 2017

    Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference on Tuesday hosted ‘The rise of renewables session’ that offered a quick-scan of various renewable energy technologies currently under development and the markets set for their commercial implementation.

  • Gamesa to Install First Offshore Prototype in Spain Next Year

    7 May 2012

    Gamesa, a global wind power technology leader, continues to make progress on the implementation of its offshore wind market strategy. The latest milestone is the decision to start the permitting process for the installation of its first offshore prototype, the G128-5.0 MW (50 Hz), at Arinaga Quay in Gran Canary Island (Canary Islands, Spain). Gamesa […]

  • INTERVIEW: MMT to Continue Development and Focus on Surveys for Oil and Gas Industry

    31 October 2012

    On the second day of the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference held in Amsterdam RAI, one of our reporters made an exclusive interview with the project and sales director of MMT SE Mr. Nils Ingvarson. Hereby we are bringing you a part of their conversation. – What do your activities in the subsea world include? […]

  • Offshore Engineering Global and China Marine Industry Report Available

    21 December 2011

    Reportlinker announced that the new market research report is available. The skyrocketing oil price during 2007-2008 sparked globally investment fever in marine engineering industry. However, from 2009 onwards, seeing globally economic recession and sluggish demand, many small and medium-sized marine engineering enterprises have taken a heavy toll on revenue in the wake of the nosedive […]

  • Company announcement from Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark)

    19 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    All-time high order intake. Results in line with expectations. Full-year guidance revised downwards. The second-quarter wind energy order intake was 3,031 MW, which was the highest level ever recorded and on a level with the order intake for the whole of 2009. Vestas generated second-quarter revenue of EUR 1,007m, a drop of 17 per cent […]

  • DEME Joins MEG I Crew

    1 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Concessions has entered into a partnership with Nordsee Offshore MEG I GmbH to co-develop the MEG I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea last Thursday. MEG I will be one of Germany’s largest offshore wind farms and is located in the German Bight, circa 45 km north of Borkum. This 400MW project […]

  • APEM to Survey German North Sea Wildlife

    20 February 2015
    Environment

    Ten new digital aerial bird and marine mammal surveys will be delivered by APEM for offshore windfarms in the German North Sea over the next year. The surveys will take place between February 2015 and March 2016 in order to report the abundance and distribution of seabirds and marine mammals at different times of the […]

  • China to Host Asia’s Largest Offshore Wind Event

    13 June 2013

    The number of firms in China exiting or reducing their exposure to the wind power sector is expected to significantly level off, as new policies supporting renewable energy being developed at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC) come on line. At the end of last year, China Longyuan […]

  • UPDATE ON FRANCE: The great potential of offshore wind in France

    16 March 2015

    France is ranked 2nd in Europe regarding the offshore wind potential, just behind the United Kingdom. And while no wind farms are installed to date this will change in the next few years to come. Offshore WIND asked France Energie Eolienne (FEE), the French wind energy association, to provide an update on the current status and […]

  • China’s Offshore Wind Industry Entering Era of Large-Scale Development

    7 January 2013

    China’s offshore wind industry is entering an era of large-scale development, as the country’s wind power development is the most rapid in the world. “Wind power has become the third-largest electric power in China,” said Liu Qi, deputy director general of the National Energy Administration. “There is no electric power to substitute the position of […]

  • Race to Erect First Offshore Wind Turbine in USA

    13 June 2011

      Choppy waters are curtailing offshore wind development and frustrating the industry’s cause. The race to be the first to generate electricity in this country may be a close call, although the guys in Texas say that they have the leading edge. Challenges are ahead and notably winning the regulatory permits and investment capital to […]

  • The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (Interview with Vattenfall)

    17 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    When you are talking with people working in real estate, there is a small chance you would not hear them saying: “Location, location, location!” at some point. In offshore wind, the same could be said for cost reduction.

  • 900 MW DolWin Epsilon Platform to Begin Journey to German North Sea

    29 May 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The 900 MW DolWin epsilon platform is getting ready to sail into the German North Sea, the transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT announced on 28 May. After three years of construction at Seatrium’s shipyard in Singapore, the 82-metre-long platform has covered approximately 13,000 nautical miles to Norway in 60 days. There, the structure received its […]

  • WTIVS

    2 October 2012

    In the past 12 months we have seen orders for new Wind Turbine Installation Vessels placed, new builds started and others completed and delivered. These vessels have got bigger and stronger’wlth larger cranes, and higher jacking possibilities. The specifications of almost every dimension have increased. Offshore WIND has spoken to some of the new owners […]

  • Dakar Rally Cars to Help Deliver USD 4.7bln to UK’s Offshore Wind Industry

    19 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      A boat with suspension, a giant robotic arm and a vessel resembling a seahorse are just three of the innovative concepts shortlisted by the Carbon Trust as part of a competition to solve the problem of transferring engineers and equipment safely on to wind turbines as far as 300km offshore in wave heights up […]

  • Fraunhofer, VBW Weigt Bag Contracts for German N-9 Wind Zone

    11 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has chosen Fraunhofer and VBW Weigt for geophysical investigation and hydrographic survey services within the geological preliminary exploration of the N-9 wind energy area. The two companies have been awarded contracts at the tender that was launched in October for the sites within the German N-9 wind area in […]