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  • Canada: NaiKun Releases Q2 Results

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (“the Company” or “NaiKun Wind”) announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012, a fiscal period in which the Company continued to explore ways to forward the NaiKun Wind Project while controlling its costs. A substantial restructuring was undertaken in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 […]

  • Trident Energy Releases White Paper on Auxiliary Power for OWFs

    7 January 2014
    R&D

    Trident Energy has released White Paper on auxiliary power for offshore wind farms. Trident Energy has spotted an opportunity to reduce the risks and costs of providing offshore power. Offshore wind farms are being built in ever deeper, harsher waters. Diesel generators are used to provide power when these are without grid connection – but […]

  • TotalEnergies, Rise to Establish Offshore Wind Training Hub in Queens

    28 April 2023
    Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance

    Attentive Energy One, a joint venture between Rise Light & Power and TotalEnergies, has proposed USD 16 million in renewable energy training funds in Western Queens as part of its 1,400 MW offshore wind proposal to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). This investment in an inclusive green economy will be […]

  • Bloomberg New Energy Finance: European Offshore Wind Highlight of Otherwise Sluggish Q2 2015

    10 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) today reported that two big European offshore wind financings, and a record quarter for investment in Chile, were among the highlights of an otherwise sluggish Q2 2015, when it comes to clean energy investment. Worldwide, clean energy investment was $53bn in the second quarter of 2015, just 3% less than a revised $54.4bn […]

  • Global Clean-Energy Investment Down 15%

    13 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Global investment in clean energy was $50.5bn in the first quarter of 2015, down 15% from Q1 2014. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the Q1 figures show that investment in Europe slipped 30% compared to first quarter 2014, to $9.7bn, while that in China fell 24% to $11bn. Investment in the US edged up […]

  • UK: Leading the Way for Wind Energy Workwear

    29 September 2013
    Training & Education

    Workwear for the wind energy sector is one of the fastest growing markets for the OAASIS Group. That’s no surprise when its new purpose-built 30,000sq.ft centre on Gapton Industrial Estate, Great Yarmouth, is so close to a coastline which boasts some of the biggest new or planned wind farms in the world. It’s a rapidly […]

  • Ørsted, PGE Take Final Investment Decision on 1.5 GW Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) have taken the final investment decision (FID) on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Located approximately 40 kilometres off the Polish coast near Ustka, Baltica 2 has a 25-year inflation-protected contract for difference […]

  • The medical challenges of offshore operations

    29 June 2018

    As offshore construction and maintenance projects move further out to sea, crew and personnel transfer times lengthen. This not only presents a requirement for innovative transfer vessels, but also the need for medical care to be available in situ in the event of an emergency.

  • Wind Farms Prove Themselves in Practice

    2 September 2015

    A recent news item on the Dutch BNR Nieuwsradio covering the results of German-American research by the Max-Planck Institute on the efficiency of wind generation published in the scientific publication PNAS has caused surprise and concern among the Dutch wind energy industry. With a new political debate on wind energy in the Netherlands planned for […]

  • 2 GW Maryland Offshore Wind Project Receives Approval

    6 September 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of Interior (DOI) has approved the Maryland Offshore Wind Project, which could provide more than 2 GW of renewable energy generation. The Maryland Offshore Wind Project consists of three planned phases. Two phases, known as MarWin and Momentum Wind, already have offshore renewable energy certificates from the State of Maryland. US Wind […]

  • Scots Planning Two New Subsea Cable Factories

    25 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics

    Peel Ports Clydeport, owner of Hunterston Port and Resource Campus (Hunterston PARC), has signed an option agreement with XLCC for two factories in Ayrshire, Scotland, that would produce high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables. The overall agreement includes building a 70-acre facility that would comprise the two cable factories, research and development laboratories, offices, […]

  • Van Oord: 2016 Revenue Declines while Order Book Grows

    21 March 2017

    Van Oord reported a decline in its 2016 revenue and net profit amid challenging dredging and offshore oil & gas markets. However, same as other similar companies, Van Oord said it sees opportunities for growth in the offshore wind sector.

  • Marine Power Systems Strengthens Its Team

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based company that is developing revolutionary technology designed to capture the energy from ocean waves, has boosted its team by appointing an experienced Project Engineering Manager. Gareth Potter is a professional civil engineer and project manager with extensive experience in the planning, design, and construction of major engineering projects. Before […]

  • SmartestEnergy Relocates to Inovo Building

    5 August 2014

    Independent energy company SmartestEnergy is expanding its operations in Scotland on the back of continued growth north of the border. The company, which opened an office in Glasgow just under three years ago to add to its existing locations in London and Ipswich, has moved to larger premises in the city and is recruiting a […]

  • Windfarm Update: Sandbank

    1 December 2014

    In August Vattenfall and Stadtwerke Miinchen (SWM) reached an investment agreement for the Sandbank offshore wind project, with an investment value of approximately €1,2bn, to be built 90km west of the island of Sylt. A special project company, Sandbank Offshore GmbH, is set up for this purpose whereby Vattenfall holds 51% and SWM 49% of […]

  • Lower Saxony Prime Minister in Clean Energy Talks with Scottish First Minister

    8 June 2012
    Authorities

    Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister David McAllister yesterday discussed co-operation opportunities in the developing European clean energy market. Mr McAllister arrived in Edinburgh yesterday, where he joined Energy & Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing for the official opening of new premises for Germany’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Enercon, which is headquartered […]

  • UK End of UK-Netherlands Interconnector Planned to Land in Walberswick

    20 February 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The LionLink interconnector, a subsea cable that will connect the future Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to the UK grid and interconnect the two national power networks, is planned to make landfall in Walberswick on its UK side. On 19 February, National Grid Ventures (NGV) said it selected Walberswick as the preferred […]

  • Kite Power Systems Lands in Glasgow, Starts Recruitment Drive

    20 February 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Kite Power Systems (KPS) has opened its head office in Glasgow, Scotland, and is on the lookout for additional workforce, mainly engineers.

  • UK: Forewind Organizes Working Group to Identify Location for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck

    29 February 2012

    Representatives from parish councils, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and community groups will be invited to take part in a working group aimed at assisting Forewind, developer of the proposed Dogger Bank Creyke Beck offshore wind farm projects, with the siting of its electricity infrastructure near Cottingham. The working group, comprising local community representatives, will […]

  • Siemens to Build Offshore Part of Noordoostpolder Wind Farm (The Netherlands)

    31 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens is to build, on a turnkey basis, the offshore part of the Noordoostpolder Wind Farm. To this end, Westermeerwind and Siemens have concluded an investment agreement (conditional contract) valued in nine figures. A total of 48 wind turbines are to be built, each with a capacity of 3 MW, in three rows 500 and […]

  • IJUBOA Sets Up Scheme to Recognise Competence of Existing Barge Masters (UK)

    8 September 2011
    R&D

      Those commissioning maritime construction projects will soon be able to assure themselves that their jack-up operators are competent and safe. The International Jack-Up Barge Owners Association (IJUBOA) has published its Code of Practice and set up a scheme to recognise the competence of existing barge masters. The code provides a standard against which companies […]

  • 115.5-Metre Vestas Wind Turbine Blade Put Through Its Paces in Denmark

    19 December 2022
    R&D, Technology

    The 115.5 m blade for Vestas’ V236-15.0 MW™ wind turbine is currently being tested at Blaest’s blade test facility in Aalborg, Denmark. Before going into commercial production, the new V236-15.0 MW™ wind turbine will undergo comprehensive test campaigns which are a mandatory part of the type certification process. One of the tests to be performed […]

  • DONG Gets Rid of WWII UXO off Norfolk (VIDEO)

    13 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. During a large scale offshore inspection campaign on the Race Bank site, 41 UXO items were discovered, ranging […]

  • Researchers Working on Blade Bearings Improvement

    17 February 2016
    R&D

    A research project has been launched to establish the foundations for the further development of blade bearings. The HAPT (Highly Accelerated Pitch Bearing Test) project has gathered researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES Nordwest, the Institute of Machine Elements, Engineering Design and Tribology (IMKT) at Leibniz Universität Hannover […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Farm Boosts Porpoise Activity

    23 June 2011
    Environment

    It is often assumed that offshore wind farms have a negative impact on marine animal populations but researchers from Denmark and the Netherlands have found that, in some cases, wind farms can act as a haven for certain species. The researchers, from Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands and Aarhus University in Denmark, monitored […]

  • SUBSEA PROTECTION: Protection solutions against scouring

    30 March 2015

    In the previous article we spoke about the importance of accurate wind measurement for an optimum wind farm design. But also underwater there are elements that need to be taken into consideration when designing the foundation and cable structures for each wind turbine. Waves and currents can cause erosion of the seabed around a fixed […]