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  • UK: SPR, Vattenfall Invest GBP 6.65 Million in East Anglia Region

    2 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall, the developers of East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), have revealed today that £6.65 million has been invested in the East Anglia region through contracts with local businesses over the last two years as part of plans to build one of the largest offshore windfarms in the world. It is estimated […]

  • Offshore wind development is vital for UK to meet its EU 2020 targets

    6 July 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The development of offshore wind and linked infrastructure is vital to the UK meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy targets, the country’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said in a 2009 Renewable Energy Strategy report handed to the European Commission late Monday. Up to 33 GW of offshore renewable generation may be developed and […]

  • UK: National Grid to Invest GBP 30 Million in Power Lines

    20 March 2013
    Grid Connection

    National Grid is investing £30 million on upgrading a power line across Cumbria and Lancashire over the next ten months. New wires will be installed and steelwork repaired and renewed on the 345 pylons which make up the 116km long electricity transmission line which runs south from a substation at Harker, near Carlisle to a […]

  • Van Oord Selects Port of Blyth as Sofia Cable Base

    11 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has selected the Port of Blyth as the location for the storage and mobilisation of inter-array cables for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The installation of the inter-array cables is set to begin in 2024, in which 350 kilometres of cable will pass through the Port’s Battleship Wharf […]

  • Turbines to Harness Tidal Energy in Admiralty Inlet (USA)

    28 July 2011
    Environment

    Below the surface of America’s coastal waters could be the energy needed to power your clothes drier and other appliances. Some say the tides have the potential to power about five percent of U.S. households by producing nearly 9 GW of renewable energy. A pilot project to test this potential is in the works in […]

  • James Fisher Wins Triton Knoll O&M Contract

    15 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    UK-headquartered James Fisher and Sons (James Fisher) has secured a multi-million-pound contract at the Triton Knoll offshore transmission (OFTO) project in Lincolnshire, with the offshore platform located 20 miles off the coast in the North Sea. Under the contract, James Fisher will provide complete end-to-end operations and maintenance (O&M) services to support informed decision-making for […]

  • Mammoet Nets Exclusive Heavy Lift Contract for UK’s Offshore Wind Marshalling Site

    5 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    Mammoet has signed a five-year exclusive contract to provide heavy lift and transport equipment and services to Steel River Quay, an offshore wind marshalling facility located in the Teesworks industrial zone in the UK. Under the contract, the Dutch heavy lift specialist will supply specialist field personnel, mobile cranes, crawler cranes and SPMT trailers. At […]

  • RenewableUK Comments on National Audit Office Report

    27 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Reacting to the publication of the National Audit Office report “Early Contacts for Renewable Electricity”, RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said: “The NAO acknowledges that the awarding of Contracts for Difference under the FID-ER scheme created more certainty. Increased certainty brings costs down and helps establish an offshore wind supply chain in the UK. […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Electricity (Video)

    9 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Up to 6,000 homes in UK are now receiving electricity from the first producing wind turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil reports.

  • UK: Grimsby’s Offshore Wind Potential Presented to National Audience

    20 March 2012

    GRIMSBY’S potential as a centre for the multi-billion pound offshore wind industry has been highlighted as part of national television coverage about the UK economy. Viewers of the BBC’s Breakfast programme were shown workers leaving the town’s docks on boats bound for offshore wind farm sites. During the broadcast, Sam Pick, business development director of […]

  • Top News of 2020 – Editors’ Picks

    1 January 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    As we said our goodbyes to 2020, a lot of us will look back on a challenging year, but also a year which drew resilience, agility and the power of powering through into the spotlight. The same goes for the offshore wind industry, which met its fair share of challenges, but continued delivering in the […]

  • Germany: HUSUM Wind Presents New Concept of Traditional Trade Fair

    16 August 2013

    HUSUM Wind remains the unconventional meeting place for the wind industry that it has been since it was established in 1989 on the German North Sea coast – literally in the middle of what is a regional wind farm. And nothing has changed, even after it was announced in April 2013 that Messe Husum & […]

  • Floating Wind Could Create 52,000 Jobs in Norway, Study Finds

    30 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Floating wind alone could create over 52,000 jobs in Norway by 2050, which is around 25 per cent of the total employment in the oil industry in 2019, according to a report from Menon Economics. The report also finds that Norwegian players could take between 5 and 14 per cent of the global floating wind […]

  • Mooring Systems Presents New Mobile Spooler (UK)

    4 November 2011
    Technology

    Mooring Systems Ltd has launched what is believed to be the most adaptable offshore, mobile spooler of its kind in the UK, that will offer significant advantages for clients operating in the oil and gas and the renewables markets. The spooler, which was designed and built by Caley Ocean Systems at East Kilbride, has been […]

  • Turbine foundations installed at Greater Gabbard (UK)

    31 August 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Greater Gabbard, one of the largest offshore wind farms under construction in the world, has moved a step closer to generating 500MW of renewable electricity. The installation of all the 140 turbine foundations is now complete and thirty wind turbines are now in place. Located approximately 25km off the Suffolk Coast, the wind farm development […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Greater Gabbard OWF Opening and Offshore Wind Benefits

    7 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    RenewableUK has welcomed comments made by the Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon about UK job creation in the offshore wind industry, at the official opening of Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, off the coast of Suffolk. At the opening ceremony, Mr Fallon said: “The UK leads the world in offshore wind power generation with […]

  • UK: RWE Announces Local Consultation on Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm

    6 February 2013
    Grid Connection

    The creation of hundreds of jobs and production of huge amounts of home grown renewable energy is one step closer today as RWE npower renewables makes a series of announcements about the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm. The company, one of the UK’s leading renewable energy developers, is announcing a consultation on the wind farm’s […]

  • Norstec Academy Takes On Three Journalism Students

    16 June 2014
    Training & Education

    The Norstec Academy will engage journalism students from the University of Lincoln and City University, London in a two week-long student tours of the offshore renewables industry. The tour “prize” is the outcome of a student competition launched in May this year and is focused on showcasing the wealth of opportunities offered by offshore renewables. […]

  • UK: Friends of the Earth Conditionally Supports Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    8 May 2012
    Environment

    The environmental group Friends of the Earth, from Brighton and Hove, said it supports the plans for the Rampion offshore wind farm proposed by E.ON, as long as the company is willing to avoid destructive impact on the South Downs National Park, reported Brighton and Hove News. The group said that the wind farm is needed immediately to reduce […]

  • Rhode Island to Open Solicitation for Up to 1 GW of New Offshore Wind Capacity

    7 July 2022
    Authorities

    Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has signed a bill that seeks to procure between 600 MW and 1 GW of newly developed offshore wind capacity. “Adding offshore wind clean energy capacity is essential for meeting our new 100 percent renewable energy by 2033 goal and our Act on Climate emissions reductions target. It will not […]

  • Watson, Farley & Williams Advises Dong on Irish Sea Projects

    13 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Dong Energy on its successful tender in the Isle of Man Offshore Wind Generation Leasing Round. Dong has been selected exclusively as the Isle of Man Government’s preferred partner in respect of the development of a 700MW offshore wind farm, which could power around 400,000 homes. This success […]

  • Dutch, Japanese Team Up for Offshore Wind

    29 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    On Thursday, June 25, Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) and the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) have signed an agreement stipulating how the two parties will act together to develop offshore wind energy in the Netherlands, Japan and possibly beyond. Arjen Schutten, director of HHWE, said: “Japan’s offshore wind market will grow explosively in the […]

  • USA: SGA Backs O’Malley’s Legislation

    1 February 2013

    The University of Maryland Student Government Association (SGA) members are giving their support for Governor O’Malley’s wind energy bill, and they hope it will make it out of the General Assembly, writes The Diamondback Online. If the bill passes, Maryland would see a 200MW wind farm off its Eastern Shore. James Jalandoni, Student Government Association […]

  • New York Opens 2 GW Offshore Wind Solicitation

    28 July 2022
    Authorities

    New York State has opened its third offshore wind solicitation, seeking to procure at least 2,000 MW of offshore wind energy. The procurement, administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), will be open for proposals from developers until 22 December, with solicitation award announcements expected in early 2023. The state’s third […]

  • Wales Wants to Stop Fracking and Use Its Offshore Renewable Resources

    4 December 2014
    Authorities, Environment

    Wales must have the same powers to ban the controversial practice of fracking for onshore gas as is being proposed for Scotland. That’s the view of Plaid Cymru’s (Party of Wales) energy spokesperson Llyr Gruffydd, who said: “Under the proposals to devolve more powers to Scotland, the Scots will have powers over onshore gas licences. […]

  • Van Oord Picks Port of Tyne as Sofia Foundations Base

    23 March 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has selected the Tyne Clean Energy Park at the Port of Tyne as the storage and marshalling base for the foundations of the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm. The site will be occupied from the third quarter of 2023, with the base operational from the first quarter of 2024, as the business […]