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  • Wind Turbine Prices Poised to Go Up – Wood Mackenzie

    17 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine prices are expected to increase by up to ten per cent over the next 12 to 18 months due to increases in commodity prices, logistics costs, and coronavirus-related challenges, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. As noted in a recent Wood Mackenzie report, a rise in steel, copper, aluminium, and fibre […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Financial Close Hindered by RSPB’s Legal Action

    10 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Reaching financial close and entering construction phase for Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project could be jeopardized by the ongoing judicial review, requested by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) last year. In January 2015, RSPB submitted a legal challenge of the decisions by Scottish Ministers to grant consent for Inch Cape, Neart […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News of 2015

    31 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Offshore WIND staff thought that the New Year’s Day would be the perfect time to let you – our readers – be editors and compile a list of news you found the most interesting and worth a read in 2015. DONG Energy Seeks Technical and Consultancy Staff for Danish Projects DONG Energy has invited tenders for temporary […]

  • Study Shows Installation Method Strongly Influences Fatigue Damage of Foundations

    28 September 2015
    R&D

    ECN (Energy research Centre of the Netherlands) has released results of a test campaign that took place in June 2014 in the Bremerhaven where IHC IQIP, together with other industrial parties, measured the behaviour of monopile foundations under different driving methods in onshore conditions. Three piles were driven in the soil by hydraulic hammers of […]

  • Fishermen Argue Against New York Offshore Wind Lease

    10 February 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., is expected to deliver a ruling on a motion for a preliminary injunction against the lease sale of 127 square miles of ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York, for wind energy development.

  • UK: Tidal Transit Wins Another Contract and Makes EDP’s Future 50 List

    28 November 2012

    For the second year running, North Norfolk’s Tidal Transit Limited, which provides state-of-the-art, purpose-designed crew transfer vessels for use by workers on the North Sea’s offshore wind farms, has made the Eastern Daily Press’s Future 50 List. Future 50 is a list of companies that, in the opinion of the judges are the ones to […]

  • Tideland Signal at RenewableUK 2013

    17 October 2013

    Tideland Signal and Tideland Power Systems (formerly Dabbrook Services) will be presenting their comprehensive service for specifying, supply, commissioning and maintenance of navigation warning systems on stand 197 at RenewableUK 2013 at the NEC Birmingham from 5 to 7 November. Tideland Signal is a leading global supplier of temporary and permanent navigational aids and solar […]

  • Baltic Power Homeports in Łeba

    16 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Baltic Power, the joint venture between PKN Orlen and Canadian Northland Power, has signed a deal to lease a port of Łeba site where it plans to build an operations and maintenance (O&M) base that will serve the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm. This move follows after Baltic Power launched a tender in […]

  • Sunrise Wind First US Offshore Wind Project to Use HVDC Transmission Technology

    27 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource, the developers behind the Sunrise Wind project in New York who awarded Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions with a contract to deliver the offshore wind farm’s high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system, said that this would be the first offshore wind project in the US to use the HVDC system. While HVDC technology […]

  • Record-Breaking Attendance at Offshore Energy 2014

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The 7th annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) held on 28 & 29 October at Amsterdam RAI attracted 13,452 visitors representing 81 nationalities, an increase of 47% compared to last year. OEEC 2014 featured 630 exhibitors on 21,000 sq.m. floor space and 106 speakers in 22 sessions. Official opening OEEC 2014 was opened by […]

  • Westermost Rough OWF: First 6MW Turbine Standing Up

    15 August 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 35 Siemens 6MW turbines has been successfully erected at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The Westermost Rough offshore wind farm marks the first time that the next generation Siemens 6MW turbine will be used on a commercial scale – an important step on DONG Energy’s cost of energy reduction strategy. The […]

  • Ireland Needs Port Upgrades to Cash In On Offshore Wind (Report)

    28 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Ireland stands to lose billions due to offshore wind projects being built from bases outside the country unless strategic investments are made in improving port infrastructure, according to a report by the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA). The Harnessing our Potential report states that offshore wind could create 2,500 jobs over the next ten years […]

  • GreenSpur’s Vision Spurred with GBP 50K from SCORE Fund

    15 December 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    GreenSpur Renewables has been awarded GBP 50,000 from the GBP 6 million SCORE fund, to move towards putting its low cost direct drive permanent magnet generator (DD-PMG) to test at the 10MW+ level by the early 2020s. The company’s technology is using ferrites to create the magnetic field instead of rare earth sources currently used. Ferrites are […]

  • Moventas Tests FusionDrive at Its R&D Center in Finland

    4 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Already in commercial production, FusionDrive, the market’s smartest gear and generator combination, is now proven to work well in its test field. The full load test run of FusionDrive recently started in the Moventas R&D center in Finland. The gear and generator combination, now in commercial production for DeWind, is a joint effort of Moventas […]

  • ABB Wins $125 Million Offshore Wind Connection Order in Belgium

    26 November 2010
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $125 million from the Belgian company C-Power NV to link a wind farm 30 kilometers off the coast of Belgium to the mainland grid. The transmission link is part of an expansion of the Thornton Bank wind farm. In the first phase […]

  • China: BASF to Showcases Solutions for Wind Turbines

    18 October 2013

    BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, will showcase its latest innovations for efficient, durable wind turbines at the 5th China Wind Power Exhibition. Leveraging its unique portfolio of high performance products for tower, base, nacelle and blades, BASF will display contemporary product applications. It will also feature solutions for future product developments, in tandem with […]

  • Dong Energy Acquires 33,3 Stake in Offshore Wind Projects in Hornsea Zone (UK)

    16 December 2011

    DONG Energy has acquired a 33.3% stake in the first two offshore wind projects in the Hornsea zone from SMart Wind, the 50/50 joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens’ Financial Services unit, represented by Siemens Project Ventures GmbH. The wind projects, Heron Wind Ltd and Njord Ltd., have a potential total capacity of […]

  • Chris Huhne Visits Renewable MTL’s Manufacturing Facility in Rotherham (UK)

    30 September 2011

      Energy Secretary Chris Huhne visited MTL Group’s new 300,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Rotherham to witness UK manufacturing at its best. Following a £250,000 grant awarded to MTL Group in 2010 for developing the offshore wind supply chain in the UK, the Secretary of State was present at MTL Group’s £5m state-of-the-art manufacturing […]

  • SGS Becomes Member of Swiss Wind Energy Association ‘Suisse Eole’

    29 October 2010
    R&D

    In September 2010, SGS successfully became a member of Suisse Eole, an association for the promotion of wind energy in Switzerland. For the first time in its capacity as a Suisse Eole member, SGS took part in the meeting of the association held on September 14th, 2010 in Bern. During the one-day event SGS held […]

  • Iberdrola Secures EUR 1 Billion Loan to Buy Siemens Gamesa and Vestas Wind Turbines

    24 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    EKF Denmark´s Export Credit Agency (EKF) has approved a EUR 1 billion credit facility to the Spanish energy company Iberdrola for the purchase of wind turbines from Vestas and Siemens Gamesa. This is the largest credit facility ever granted by EKF and was done in cooperation with Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB). The […]

  • SSE Seeks Arklow Bank O&M Spot

    25 March 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE has begun assessing the Wicklow Port and Arklow Harbour as possible locations for a future onshore service base for the proposed Arklow Bank Wind Park project in Ireland. Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) are assessing the suitability of Wicklow Port and Arklow Harbour for an O&M base, with the study set to be completed in the […]

  • Rise Light & Power Proposes to Replace New York City Fossil Fuel Generation with Offshore Wind

    18 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Rise Light & Power has revealed its Queensboro Renewable Express (Queensboro) plan, an offshore wind transmission project that will bring renewable energy to Queens and replace existing fossil fuel generation. The company’s idea is to use multiple sets of transmission cables to bring up to 3.9 GW of electricity generated by offshore wind farms in […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Picks O&M Base Construction Team

    11 June 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Limited has appointed two Scottish-based businesses to construct its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base at Eyemouth Harbour in Scotland. Muir Construction, based in Inverkeithing, Fife, has been appointed to design and build NnG’s three storey, 1,040 square metre main O&M building and its two storey, 538 square metre storage […]

  • DNV GL Issues Recommendations for Novel Materials in Renewable Energy

    15 February 2016

    DNV GL’s Materials Research Programme has published a new position paper that looks at the latest developments in materials and shows the need for establishing long term reliability of novel materials deployed in renewable energy systems. Attention has focused to a large extent on cost and efficiency and to a lesser extent on the key […]

  • Northland Appoints New President and Chief Development Officer

    10 January 2014

    Northland Power Inc. (“Northland”) announced the addition of Sean Durfy to its executive team as President and Chief Development Officer. Mr. Durfy has been a member of Northland’s Board of Directors and will assume his new role effective January 8, 2014. Sam Mantenuto, Northland’s current Chief Development Officer has been appointed Vice Chair and will […]

  • USA: BOEM Issues Determination of No Competitive Interest for Transmission Project

    8 August 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a determination of no competitive interest for the construction of a transmission system between the Rhode Island coastline and Block Island, an important step in evaluating the transmission project proposed by Deepwater Wind that would deliver electrical power from its proposed 30 megawatt Block Island Wind […]