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  • RSPB Concerned Over UK Government’s Hornsea 2 Decision

    17 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has expressed its concern over the Secretary of State’s decision to approve DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, saying that it ”will lead to the unnecessary death of hundreds of globally important seabirds.” The charity believes that a growing offshore wind industry is critical if the […]

  • UK Tidal Energy Firms Welcome Cooperation with Canada

    21 July 2015

    Five British companies are celebrating today after they have received grant funding from the Government’s innovation experts at Innovate UK to develop tidal energy projects with Canadian businesses and universities. Split across two projects, worth a combined £700,000, the projects will help governments, industry and academia better understand the impact of tidal technology on the […]

  • Plaid Cymru Vows to Deliver 100% Renewables to Wales

    14 July 2015
    Authorities

    A Plaid Cymru government will deliver 100% of Wales’ electricity from renewables, the party’s Shadow Energy Minister Llyr Gruffydd has announced. He said that the Party of Wales will publish a route map towards generating 100% of Wales’ electricity needs from renewables by 2035 within 100 days of a Plaid Cymru government. The party’s Shadow […]

  • SgurrEnergy Backs Nordsee One to Financial Close

    19 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following the announcement of Nordsee One project reaching financial close, SgurrEnergy presented its role in the Nordsee One offshore wind farm to financial close, providing technical advisory services to a consortium of international commercial lenders involved in the non-recourse financing. The 332MW project, located around 40km North of the island of Juist in the German North Sea, is […]

  • RCG: Global Offshore Wind Investment Sets New Record in 2020

    15 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    Global financial investment for offshore wind set a new record in 2020 with USD 30 billion, surpassing the previous high of USD 22 billion from 2018, according to The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG). According to RCG’s Global Renewable Infrastructure Projects (GRIP) database, the total capacity financed for offshore wind in 2020 reached 8,370 MW across […]

  • TenneT Starts Project to Diversify Sea Life around Cable Intersections

    15 October 2020
    Environment

    Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has, in cooperation with Van Oord, started a pilot project designed to improve biodiversity at cable intersections in the North Sea. The project will see different types of stone deposited at cable intersections to investigate which application best stimulates biodiversity. The stones will be deposited at twelve sites where the […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Produce 18% More Power in H1 2020

    27 July 2020
    Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms produced 13.73 terawatt hours (TWh) in the first half of 2020, almost 18 per cent more than in the same period last year (11.64 TWh). Of this, TenneT transmitted 11.51 TWh of offshore wind energy from the North Sea to the onshore grid, marking a 21.1 per cent increase compared to […]

  • UK: Innovatum Adds Falcon ROVs to Its Fleet

    10 June 2013

    Innovatum, maker of the world’s smallest system for the location, tracking and survey of submarine pipelines and cables, has added to its fleet of small-sized, yet powerful Falcon ROVs, the slightly larger but compact version of the more powerful Saab Seaeye Cougar XT. They won their reputation for creating a smaller and smarter survey system […]

  • MEPA Seeks Supplemental Vineyard Wind Environmental Impact Report

    22 June 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA) has requested a supplemental filing to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Vineyard Wind Connector project.

  • Sweden Tackles Offshore Wind Grid Connection Costs

    21 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    The Swedish Energy Agency has, on behalf of the government, examined two different models to remove the grid connection costs for offshore wind power.

  • Danish Offshore Wind Icon Ready For Life Extension

    5 July 2021
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The wind turbine towers and foundations at the Middelgrunden wind farm offshore Copenhagen have ”…at least 30 good years left…”, according to initial analysis commissioned by HOFOR. The analysis of the wind farm’s towers and foundations was carried out by R&D Engineering. As previously reported, HOFOR plans to extend the operating lifetime of the 20-turbine […]

  • Ørsted Devising ‘Band-Aid’ Solution for EUR 403 Million Cable Issue

    15 June 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted is developing a solution that could potentially save the company from spending as much as EUR 403 million to repair damaged inter-array cables across up to ten of its offshore wind farms. As previously reported, Ørsted discovered an issue with Cable Protection Systems (CPSs) on the Race Bank wind farm off the UK earlier […]

  • Shell Halts Investments in New Offshore Wind Projects, Partners with Equinor to Create ‘UK’s Largest Independent Oil & Gas Company’

    5 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    Shell has decided to cease investments in new offshore wind developments as part of a review of the Shell Energy business. The oil and gas major, which has built a significant portfolio of renewable energy and clean fuel projects, will not abandon its existing offshore wind projects, but investing in new offshore wind farms is […]

  • General Cable Announces Baltic Sea Offshore Wind High Voltage Project Award

    14 October 2010
    Grid Connection

    General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) (the Company), a global leader in the wire and cable industry, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), has been awarded a major order by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH, a subsidiary of the German-based transmission network operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, to provide a complete turn-key solution including the supply and […]

  • Bottlenecks Loom Unless Installation Vessels Keep Pace with Super-Sized Wind Turbines – Report

    2 February 2022
    Vessels

    Offshore wind turbines are growing in size as technology advances and demand for renewable energy soars but installing them could be a headache for operators as demand will outpace the supply of capable vessels by 2024, Rystad Energy research shows. Operators will have to invest in new vessels or upgrade existing ones to install the […]

  • UK: Scientists to Study Effect of Sea Power Generators on Wildlife

    16 July 2012

    UK scientists will measure the effect on the marine environment and wildlife of devices that harness tide and wave energy using sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on the seabed. Renewable energy from tidal currents can be generated using turbines in the tidal flow, and wave energy can be captured […]

  • Germany’s Offshore Era Enters its Second Year – Twelve Months of Operational Experience at Alpha Ventus (Germany)

    17 November 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    One year ago the last of the twelve turbines of alpha ventus was assembled – completing Germany’s first offshore wind farm. Since the gradual commissioning of the turbines, the offshore test field has fed some 170 gigawatt hours of climate friendly power into the national power grid and has already achieved an balanced EROEI (Energy […]

  • OWI-Lab Large Climatic Chamber Carries Out First Tests

    1 March 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The first climatic tests (extreme temperature tests) have been carried out this week in the Port of Antwerp of a new generation of transformers for large offshore wind turbines. The Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab for short) was built by the Sirris technology research centre and will be used to simulate a range of […]

  • OEEC First Offshore Energy Event with Dedicated Nature Enhancement Content Programme, Exhibition Pavilion

    22 November 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The Netherlands is a pioneer in including nature enhancement stipulations in offshore (wind) energy tenders. The Dutch event for the international offshore energy and maritime industries, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), has also given nature enhancement a prime spot in this year’s edition, including it more prominently in the conference programme and on the […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • IEA: Signs of Stress Must Not Be Ignored

    12 November 2014
    R&D

    Events of the last year have increased many of the long-term uncertainties facing the global energy sector, says the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2014 (WEO-2014). It warns against the risk that current events distract decision makers from recognising and tackling the longer-term signs of stress that are emerging in the energy system. […]

  • G7 Ministers Vow to Accelerate Offshore Wind Deployment to Reach 150 GW by 2030

    17 April 2023
    Authorities

    The G7 (Group of Seven) Ministers of Climate, Energy and the Environment have pledged to speed up the buildout of renewable energy projects, including offshore and floating wind, and reaffirmed the seven countries’ commitments to their existing 2030 offshore wind targets, which together amount to 150 GW of capacity. The energy ministers of the G7 […]

  • Seabed Surveys Start for 2 GW ScotWind Offshore Wind Projects

    6 April 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has launched seabed surveys for its 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm and the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. G-tec is leading the first phase of the work, which is the geophysical surveying of the seabed at both sites, in leasing zones NE2 and E3, from March […]

  • Amazon and Iberdrola Sign Global Renewables Pact, First Stop Offshore Wind

    29 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola and Amazon have announced a new global collaboration to support the development of large-scale renewable energy projects and leverage cloud computing technology to enhance digitalisation in the energy transition. Iberdrola and Amazon.com Inc. have agreed to collaborate on new wind and solar capacity by signing power purchase agreements (PPA) for projects in Europe, the […]

  • Fishing Industry Alliance Sues US Interior Department Over Vineyard Wind 1

    7 February 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), a US coalition of fishing industry associations and fishing companies, has taken legal action against the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to approve the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which recently entered construction. RODA filed a lawsuit with the US district court for the District of […]

  • Scottish Floater Selects Onshore Base

    21 December 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) project has signed an MOU with Scrabster Harbour Trust to work together on the development of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) requirements, services, and facilities as part of a wider commitment to boost the Scottish supply chain. The MOU also sees the organisations commit to collaboratively investigating the potential […]