1170 results found for 'Japan'

1170 results found for 'Japan'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Germany: World Wind Energy Conference 2012 Program Published

    18 April 2012

    The programme of the forthcoming 11th World Wind Energy Conference 2012 has been published: The WWEC2012 will discuss all aspects of wind power utilization in 40 sessions. 200 speakers from all over the world, leading experts in their fields, will contribute to a top-class wind event. In accordance with the main topic of the WWEC2012 […]

  • TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Starts Operating

    1 December 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has been commissioned and is now operating some 10 miles off Norway’s coast in water depths of 200 metres. The fully assembled floating wind turbine, comprising the TetraSpar floating foundation and a 3.6 MW Siemens Gamesa direct-drive wind turbine, was towed from Denmark and installed at the METCentre test […]

  • 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 […]

  • Shimizu Corporation Takes Delivery of Mega Jack-Up

    21 March 2023
    Vessels

    The Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard delivered the GustoMSC designed and equipped offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to Shimizu Corporation at the end of January. Shimizu unveiled plans to build a wind farm installation vessel back in 2019. The vessel, which is of GustoMSC SC-14000XL design, is 142 metres long, 50 metres, wide, and […]

  • Project to Develop Offshore Lifting Equipment Gets Financial Push

    14 December 2023
    R&D, Technology

    A project consortium led by Nekkar has conditionally been awarded a NOK 75.2 million (EUR 6.5 million) grant to develop remote-controlled, self-hoisting lifting equipment for the offshore wind industry. The Nekkar-led consortium also includes Kongsberg Maritime, DOF, an undisclosed global wind farm developer, GCE Node, NORCE, Sustainable Energy Catapult Center, Sintef Ocean, and the University […]

  • BW Ideol In Talks to Raise EUR 40 Million for Floating Wind Development

    22 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    Norway-headquartered BW Ideol and French state-owned investment company ADEME Investissement have agreed to enter into exclusive negotiations for EUR 40 million in funding by ADEME Investissement for BW Ideol’s project development activities. Under the agreed terms, BW Ideol will transfer its co-development project portfolio to a newly created subsidiary DevCo, subject to the approval of […]

  • US Establishing New Center of Excellence to Accelerate Offshore Wind Deployment

    9 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) is investing USD 4.75 million to establish a new national center of excellence to accelerate offshore wind energy deployment nationwide. The Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW), led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst with approximately 40 partners, will focus on workforce development, targeted research, […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Tweaks 8MW Turbine for Asia-Pacific Markets

    18 September 2018
    Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has modified its new SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbine to address conditions across the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Taiwan Further Jeopardising Offshore Wind Plans?

    11 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Taiwanese government watchdog, Control Yuan, has issued a report which is said to point to a number of shortcomings in the country’s offshore wind development plan, according to local media.

  • Minesto’s Plant Designed for Low Velocity Currents Produces First Power

    13 November 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Minesto has achieved a “first time ever” in harnessing the potential of tidal energy resources with its project off Northern Ireland. The company’s Deep Green ‘underwater kite’ marine power plant designed for low velocity currents has produced electricity at sea for the first time. Deep Green is the only known power plant in the world […]

  • EU to Meet 31 pct of Climate Target by 2020 (Belgium)

    9 November 2011

    European wind power production will meet a massive 31% of the emissions reduction required by the current EU climate target. Today the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published a new report revealing that by 2020, the EU wind industry would avoid 342 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 31% of the EU’s target of reducing […]

  • Greek Conglomerate and CIP to Jointly Develop Wind Farms Offshore Greece

    29 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    Greece-based industrial conglomerate MYTILINEOS has signed an agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructrure Partners (CIP) to jointly develop wind farms offshore Greece. MYTILINEOS entered the agreement through its Power & Gas Business Unit – Protergia, and CIP on behalf of its fund CI New Markets Fund I, for a joint cooperation (CIP 60 per cent / MYTILINEOS […]

  • BW Ideol Unveils Mass Production-Ready Floating Wind Foundation

    26 April 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, R&D, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    France-based BW Ideol has unveiled its standardised floating foundation product and a blueprint for mass production that could drive costs down across projects. With over 22 GW already awarded in Scotland, around 8 GW in the US, and several GW currently being awarded or in the tendering phase elsewhere in the world, the floating wind […]

  • Sif Gearing Up for Hollandse Kust Zuid Monopiles

    5 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif is fine-tuning its production lines for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project. The production of the TP-less monopile foundations for Vattenfall’s 140-turbine project is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2020, as planned, Sif Group said. The production lines will work around the clock during […]

  • LS Cable & System Sends First Offshore Wind Cables to Taiwan

    22 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has shipped off the first batch of submarine power cables for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This is also the company’s first shipment of submarine cables for an offshore wind project in Taiwan. Last year, LS C&S won the right to supply all the high-voltage […]

  • 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 […]

  • Canadian Investor Taking Stake in Corio’s Offshore Wind Projects

    12 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Corio Generation, a Green Investment Group (GIG) portfolio company, has entered into a joint venture with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board to fund the development of up to 9 GW in offshore wind projects currently under development by Corio. The partnership represents an investment of up to USD 1 billion (around EUR 958 million) in […]

  • European Firms Launch Eleanore Project

    3 October 2011
    Grid Connection

    Eleanore project launched: 3E, Alstom Grid, CG, CMI, DEME Blue Energy, Eurogrid International and SAG bring their engagement to foster the development of future offshore grids in Europe one step further 3E, Alstom Grid, CG, CMI, DEME Blue Energy, Eurogrid International (a holding company owned by Transmission System Operator Elia and infrastructure funds specialist IFM), […]

  • MPS Floating Platform to Feature FibreMax Tendons

    1 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Welsh company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has joined forces with FibreMax to provide integrated floating foundation and tendon solutions to the growing floating offshore wind sector. The tendon solution will be used in the anchoring and moorings of MPS’ tension leg platform (TLP), called PelaFlex, to deliver the highest system stability and zero tilt, the […]

  • Annual Renewable Energy Outlook 2014 Out Now

    9 January 2015
    R&D

    Renewable energy has made strong advances in the power generation fuel mix in many developed and developing nations in the past decade. Energy-hungry nations are increasingly turning to renewables in order to meet their rapidly increasing demand, according to a recently issued report from Frost & Sullivan, available at Reportlinker. While some better established sources of renewable […]

  • Germany Boosts Offshore Wind Development

    24 August 2011
    R&D

    Earlier this month, Blackstone, leading investment and advisory firm, announced the financial closing for “Meerwind,” the largest German offshore wind farm to complete its full financing process. The Meerwind project was made possible by the German regulatory framework for offshore wind, which is one of the best designed and practical renewable programs in the world. […]

  • Japanese Company Buys Shares in Two Belgian Offshore Wind Projects

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Sumitomo Corporation have completed the purchase of shares in two offshore wind farm projects (Belwind and Northwind) off the coast of Belgium from Parkwind NV (Parkwind). Parkwind is jointly controlled by its shareholders Colruyt Group, Korys, the investment holding of the Colruyt family, and the Flemish investment fund PMV. The Belwind project is located on the […]

  • Marubeni Acquires 49.9 pct Stake in Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm from Dong Energy (UK)

    2 September 2011

      Marubeni Corporation has entered into an agreement with DONG Energy whereby Marubeni acquires a 49.9% stake in the 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm. Marubeni will pay to DONG Energy a cash consideration of approx. GBP 200 million for the 49.9% stake in Gunfleet Sands. Completion of the transaction is conditional on, inter alia, […]

  • SSE, Marubeni, CIP Team Up for ScotWind Leasing

    13 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Scottish offshore wind seabed leasing process has brought together Scotland-headquartered SSE Renewables, Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation, and Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). According to the latest press release from SSE Renewables, the developer has teamed up with Marubeni and CIP to work on joint bids for the ScotWind seabed leasing, managed by […]

  • Floating wind turbines: A promising start

    11 October 2012

    The bulk of the current plans for European offshore wind power are intended for construction in the relatively shallow North Sea. However, many European countries, including Portugal, do not border shallow seas. Their sea beds have steep descending slopes and much greater water depths not suited for current techniques. If a viable technique can be […]

  • Japanese Offshore Wind and Battery Storage Project Begins Commercial Operation

    4 January 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 1 January 2024, the 112 MW Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind farm in Japan began commercial operations, which is owned by JERA and Green power Investment Corporation, through a special-purpose corporation, Green Power Ishikari GK. The construction of the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm began in October 2022 after the project’s […]