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  • UK: Installation on Track for 15 MW Wind Turbine Test Rig

    1 February 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Installation is on track for 15 megawatt wind turbine test rig. Open-access facility should encourage investment in step-up offshore wind turbine technologies sooner. Inside a new 3000 square metre hall, operations are underway to build one of the world’s largest facilities for the accelerated life testing of offshore wind turbines. Due to its scale the […]

  • Poland Getting Offshore Wind Energy Competence Centre and Academy

    16 November 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Polenergia, Equinor, Rumia Municipality, and Rumia Invest Park have signed a Letter of Intent on the plan to cooperate as part of the Pomerania Offshore Wind Energy Competence Centre, with an aim to reinforce the labour market necessary for offshore wind development in Polish Baltic Sea. The agreement sets out the activities the parties will […]

  • Scottish Businesses Gather Behind Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Project

    16 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    A coalition of organisations that are supportive of the GBP 2 billion Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm project has joined forces to appeal to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland to abandon further court action aimed at delaying the project.

  • First Jones Act Offshore Wind Jack-Up Coming in 2018

    29 June 2017
    Authorities, R&D, Vessels

    Zentech Inc. and Renewables Resources International (RRI) have announced their plans to build the first Jones Act compliant, four legged, self-propelled Dynamically-Positioned Level 2 (DP2) jack-up vessel based on a US-built barge.

  • Spain: Alstom to Showcase Its Solutions at Bilbao Marine Energy

    16 April 2013

    Alstom presents from 15-19th April at the Bilbao Marine Energy Week -the largest European conference on marine energy- its state of the art technological solutions for renewable ocean energy. This event, organized by the EVE (the Basque Energy Agency) will host a series of symposia, seminars and other activities related to marine energy, where Alstom […]

  • South Korea: STX Commissions First Offshore Direct Drive Wind Turbine

    24 August 2011
    R&D

      STX announces that it has commissioned the first offshore direct drive wind turbine and has completed a successful test run on Monday August 1st. STX’s first offshore direct drive wind turbine was installed under the project called ‘The demonstrative offshore windpark of Jeju island’. It sets a starting point for the future of the […]

  • NKT and Prysmian to Connect New Dutch Offshore Wind Farms to Land

    3 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has selected NKT and Prysmian to install five 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections for grid projects which will link new Dutch offshore wind farms to the national grid. TenneT’s next-generation, 2 GW grid connections in the Netherlands are scheduled to be completed between 2028 and 2030. NKT will build the cable connections for […]

  • Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Projects Get USD 18 Million Boost from US 

    6 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over USD 18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind technologies. According to the US DOE, these initiatives, which will be undertaken across 17 universities, including five minority-serving institutions, aim to tackle challenges facing marine and ocean renewable energy […]

  • Prysmian to Exhibit Full Range of Cable Systems for Power Transmission Infrastructures at MEE 2011

    3 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian, one of the leading worldwide players in the energy and telecommunications cable industry, is to showcase its latest technological innovations, specifically designed to support the development of smarter and greener power grids, at MEE 2011, the electrical industry’s largest tradeshow in the Middle East, taking place in Dubai from February 8th to 10th, 2011 […]

  • UK: South Boats Delivers First 19m WFSV to Turbine Transfers

    2 May 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announce the launch and commissioning of its 57th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Caernarfon Bay’. The vessel is the first of the South Catamaran 19m WFSV designs to be delivered and features a host of developments. Built for Turbine Transfers Ltd. the vessel has passaged to a contract in […]

  • Maryland Offshore Wind Project in US Gets Construction Plan Approval

    4 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the up to 2 GW Maryland offshore wind farm. The approval represents the agency’s completion of the final permit in US Wind’s federal permitting application. “After more than four years of rigorous and robust analysis, we are thrilled […]

  • New Partnership to Extract Rare Earth Magnets from Retired Wind Turbines for Use in New Ones

    12 September 2023
    Business development, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Manufacturing, Wind Turbines

    Sustainable materials specialist, EMR, rare earth magnetic materials recycling company, HyProMag, Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, Magnomatics, and the University of Birmingham have formed a partnership which will focus on extracting the rare earth magnets from end-of-life wind turbines and enabling their use in new wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. Named Re-Rewind, the partnership, […]

  • Main Contractor Selected for Baltic Power O&M Hub

    10 February 2023
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Baltic Power, a joint venture between Poland’s Orlen Group and Canada’s Northland Power, has selected the Polish company ERBUD as the main contractor for the construction of an offshore wind farm operations and maintenance base in the Port of Łeba. The construction of the base is scheduled to start later this year and be completed […]

  • Ørsted Sells 25 Per Cent Stake in Ocean Wind to PSEG

    4 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has entered into an agreement to sell a 25 per cent ownership interest in its 1,100 MW Ocean Wind offshore wind project to New Jersey’s Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG). PSEG’s contribution will include both a conventional and tax equity investment in the project. The partners did not disclose the value of the transaction. […]

  • Maryland Public Service Commission Starts Reviewing Offshore Wind Applications

    22 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) began a 180-day proceeding to evaluate two offshore wind project proposals on Monday, 21 November. PSC opened an application period for a USD 1.9 billion Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credit (OREC) in February 2016. The initial application was submitted by US Wind in the same month. PSC received the second and […]

  • DONG Building Burbo Bank O&M Base in Merseyside

    20 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe, Merseyside, to serve the existing 90MW Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and the new 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, currently under construction. The facility will consist of a new office and warehouse building on a disused site. The whole […]

  • Canada: NaiKun Posts Quarter Results

    28 May 2013

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc.  (the “Company” or “NaiKun Wind”) announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013, 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 […]

  • NaiKun Wind Energy Project Approved by Federals (Canada)

    18 March 2011

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group (“the Company”) announced today that its offshore wind energy project has been granted a federal screening decision, confirming that Canada’s first offshore wind project can be constructed with no significant environmental, social or health effects. “This is an exciting and noteworthy milestone for NaiKun Wind and for British Columbia,” said NaiKun […]

  • Jumbo Offshore completes installation of 131 Transition Pieces for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    10 September 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    DP2-vessel Jumbo Javelin completes installation project one month ahead of schedule transporting & installing 9 TP’s per trip. Jumbo Offshore has successfully completed its TP-installation project for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF), off the UK’s south-east coast. For client Fluor, Jumbo’s DP2 Heavy Lift Vessel Jumbo Javelin installed 131 TP’s (out of 140 […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Energy Secretary’s Speech

    8 October 2014
    Authorities

    RenewableUK recognises the leadership shown by the Energy Secretary Edward Davey in his speech at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow. The Secretary of State’s speech outlined his party’s proposals for the future of the UK’s energy market and for tackling climate change. His policy statements included: Banning electricity generation from coal by 2025. Boosting […]

  • UAE: Lamprell Appoints New CEO

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, announces that James Moffat has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer effective March 1st, 2013. Prior to his appointment, Mr Moffat was the executive director responsible for the high profile Gorgon LNG Project […]

  • Natural Power Establishes Presence in London, UK

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Leading international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has announced a new presence for the company in London, which will be focussed on supporting Clients with its full range of Due Diligence services, as well providing access to the full lifecycle range of services available through the company across the wind, wave, tidal, biomass, solar PV […]

  • Finland: The Switch Calls Renewable Energy Sector to Embrace Agile Positioning

    12 June 2013

    In a statement released today, The Switch called for the renewable energy sector to embrace Agile Positioning, an industrial model that allows for greater flexibility and responsiveness to market changes. “In the renewable energy industry, we can see enormous shifts during the past year from a mass-production, manufacturing focus to a more customer-centric approach. The […]

  • UK Awards Three Grants to Accelerate Offshore Wind Innovation

    12 April 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Three innovative UK businesses are the latest companies to secure funding from a major Government scheme to support the development of next generation offshore wind technology. NGenTec Ltd, OSBIT Power Ltd and OGN North Sea Ltd will each receive grants under DECC and the Technology Strategy Board’s Offshore Wind Component Technologies Innovation scheme. Launched last […]

  • Binding Renewable Target Required to Secure Long-Term Green Investment (Belgium)

    14 March 2011

    The EU must adopt a binding renewable energy target for 2030 to secure long-term investment in renewable energy. At the opening in Brussels today of Europe’s largest wind power conference and exhibition, Arthouros Zervos, President of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), warned “the wind industry expects to invest some EUR 400 billion in Europe […]

  • Alstom to Introduce Its Latest Technology at EWEA 2014

    11 February 2014
    Technology

    Alstom will introduce its latest technologies and wind power solutions, which aim to lower the cost of wind energy, during European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) annual event to be held on 10-13 March 2014 in Barcelona (Hall 6).  Onshore technologies: POWEROF3™ In onshore wind technologies, Alstom will present its upgraded ECO 100 platform, result of more […]