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  • BASF and RWE Plan to Build 2 GW, Subsidy-Free Wind Farm Offshore Germany

    21 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Chemicals giant BASF and RWE have presented a project to build a 2 GW offshore wind farm that would power BASF’s chemical site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and enable CO2-free production of hydrogen. No public subsidies would be needed for the construction of the wind farm, which is already in the planning stage, the companies said. […]

  • Shell-EDF Joint Venture Submits Bid in New Jersey’s Third Offshore Wind Solicitation

    7 August 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF-RE Offshore Development, has submitted a proposal to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) in the state’s third offshore wind solicitation. New Jersey opened the solicitation in March and is looking to award between 1.2 GW and 4 GW […]

  • Relentless Cost-Cutting Drive Is Hurting Wind Industry Supply Chain – K2 Management

    22 June 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The relentless drive to reduce the levelized cost of electricity generated by wind is hindering the sector’s supply chain just when it needs to be accelerating deployment, according to renewable energy engineering and project management consultancy, K2 Management. The European wind industry needs to slow down in its attempts to further drive down the levelized […]

  • TDI-Brooks Wraps Up Survey Campaign Offshore New York & New Jersey

    2 April 2024
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    US-based TDI-Brooks has completed a large survey campaign offshore New York and New Jersey. Between January 2023 and February 2024, the company conducted an extensive site investigation programme in two offshore wind blocks in state and federal waters. TDI-Brooks carried out various tasks at different stages, such as geophysical surveys, UHRS detailed surveys, archaeological identification […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Cranks It Up to 15 MW with Offshore Behemoth

    19 May 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has launched a new SG 14-222 DD offshore Direct Drive wind turbine. The new turbine model has a 14 MW capacity, reaching up to 15 MW using the company’s Power Boost function, a 222-metre diameter rotor, 108-metre long blades, and a 39,000 m2 swept area. The turbine prototype is expected to be ready […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Accepts Mono Bucket Challenge

    19 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Deutsche Bucht Mono Bucket pilot demonstrator project has reached financial close, Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH said.

  • PNE Wind Sees Red

    12 August 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    German wind farm developer PNE Wind recorded EUR 1.4 million operating loss in the first six months of 2016, as compared to EUR 24 million operating profit reported for the same period a year earlier, as the high expenses related to the construction of wind farms dragged the company’s results down. In the first six months of 2016, the […]

  • GL Garrad Hassan Reviews Offshore Wind Over Last 10 Years

    23 October 2013

    GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a landmark document providing exclusive insight into the last ten years of offshore wind. ‘10 Years: 10 Lessons’ is a series of ten thought-provoking essays from experts with personal experience of a decade of […]

  • SPR, Vattenfall Divide East Anglia Development

    7 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall have agreed to independently take forward offshore wind farm projects within the East Anglia Zone. This follows on from industry-wide changes agreed with The Crown Estate, which will see ‘zone development agreements’ replaced with project specific agreements. ScottishPower Renewables intends to focus on developing projects in the southern area of […]

  • Austria: Prysmian Group to Showcase at EWEA’s Event

    31 January 2013

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will present its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2013 edition of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Annual Event, that will take place in Vienna (Austria) from February 4 to 7, hall B, booth […]

  • RENEWABLE ENERGY 21XX Exhibition Goes Online (Germany)

    21 July 2011

    EXPO21XX opens RENEWABLE ENERGY 21XX, first exhibition for renewable energy on the internet. The strongest wind turbine, the biggest solar power plant on a roof top and the leading renewable energy research projects! All this can be found on RENEWABLE ENERGY 21XX, the most comprehensive online trade fair for renewable energies recently launched by EXPO21XX. […]

  • Floating Lessons at DeepCwind (USA)

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      The DeepCwind Consortium reviewed dozens of applications and placed 12 students around Maine and Washington, D.C. for eight-week-long summer internships. Follow this series to hear from the mouths of interns what it’s like to work for companies that are launching the floating deepwater offshore wind industry.  Dustin Jalbert, Masters Candidate International Finance and Economics […]

  • Mercom Capital Group Releases Report for 2011 (USA)

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, yesterday released its annual and fourth quarter funding and merger & acquisition (M&A) activity report for the wind sector in 2011. In 2011, venture capital (VC) funding for wind energy continued to increase past previous years, totaling $369 million in 14 deals, […]

  • Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm Service Staff Get Two Buildings in Heligoland, Germany

    15 August 2012

    RWE Innogy today celebrates the topping-out ceremony for two buildings on Heligoland. The two new apartment blocks being built near the inland port will accommodate service staff for the operation and maintenance of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in the future. The Nordsee Ost wind farm with an installed capacity of 295 MW is […]

  • REpower: 295 MW Contract Signed for Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    26 November 2010

    REpower to deliver 48 turbines of the 6M type for phases 2 and 3 Biggest project financing in the offshore wind industry Installations planned for 2012 and 2013 respectively REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) and the Belgian offshore project development company C-Power have signed a contract agreeing the delivery of 48 wind energy turbines of […]

  • UPDATED: COD for 900 MW German Offshore Wind Farm Pushed Back from End-2025 to Early 2026

    6 December 2024
    Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2026 instead of the initially planned fourth quarter of 2025 due to a delay in the grid connection construction. The cause of the grid connection delay can be traced back to 2020/2021 and the challenges in […]

  • Offshore Wind Supply Chain Could Boost UK Economy by GBP 92 Billion Before 2040

    9 October 2023
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    Growing the UK’s supply chain for offshore wind represents a GBP 92 billion (approximately EUR 106 billion) opportunity to boost the UK’s economy by 2040, according to a report by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) and the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP).  The report, titled “Supply Chain Capability Analysis”, outlines key measures that industry […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Orders Vessels for Next-Generation Offshore Wind Turbine Components

    16 May 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Siemens Gamesa, Amasus Offshore, and deugro Danmark have entered into a long-term charter agreement for two newbuild vessels, Rotra Futura and Rotra Horizon, customized for transporting offshore wind turbine components, which will be delivered in 2025. The new concept builds upon the existing Rotra concept with the Rotra Mare and Rotra Vente vessels. Since 2016, […]

  • Seabed Surveys Completed for South Irish Sea Offshore Wind Project

    30 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Irish energy provider and renewable energy developer, Energia Renewables, has finished seabed surveys for the South Irish Sea offshore wind project, located off the coast of Wexford and Wicklow. The geotechnical and geophysical surveys, carried out over several months between April and October 2022, following the granting of a Foreshore Licence in 2021, measured important […]

  • Ørsted Sells Half of Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    20 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Glennmont Partners has signed an agreement with Ørsted to acquire a 50 per cent ownership share in the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. The divestment is subject to the final investment decision on the project and to obtaining project permit and merger and foreign investment clearances, with completion of the transaction expected […]

  • More About 4 GW Dutch Tender: All Bids Revealed, Winners Now Have Four Weeks to Commit

    12 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The largest Dutch offshore wind tender is now completed with winning bidders announced. In March, when the application period closed, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) said that despite challenging market conditions, several proposals were submitted. Here, we’re bringing a few more details about the tendering procedure and who placed bids in the 4 GW tender. […]

  • Carbon Trust Helping Develop Nagasaki RE Testing Centre

    23 February 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Carbon Trust is working as part of a consortium set up to progress the development of a tidal and floating wind energy test centre in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The Nagasaki Prefecture has been identified as a potential location for the offshore renewable test site, to not only take advantage of the region’s abundant […]

  • EnBW Takes Renewables Road to Boost Profit

    29 April 2015

    EnBW made good progress in the previous financial year in implementing its 2020 business strategy, while it reported that its adjusted EBITDA in 2014 was 2.6% lower than in previous year.  As a result of expectations of a continued fall in electricity prices, it was however necessary to make significant write-downs on the EnBW power plant […]

  • DONG Explains the Thinking Behind Subsidy-Free Bids

    14 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has revealed the factors behind the decision to place two zero subsidy bids in the first round of offshore wind auctions in Germany. As reported earlier, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of 590MW. For two of the projects – […]

  • New Labour Laws Threaten North Sea Vessels

    7 August 2014
    Authorities

    North Sea supply vessels and support ships could be detained in port if they are found to be failing to comply with a new maritime law which today (Thur 7 Aug) comes in to effect in the UK, a legal expert has warned. The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is an international agreement which safeguards the […]

  • First Batch of Turbines on Its Way to Nordsee Ost

    20 May 2014

    At RWE’s base port in Bremerhaven the go-ahead was given yesterday for the installation of the 48 wind turbines that will comprise the Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm. Four 240-tonnes tubular steel towers, together with the associated hubs and nacelles, were loaded onto the installation vessel “Victoria Mathias” which will transport them for installation at […]