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  • Germany: Merkel’s Cabinet OKs Draft Law

    29 August 2012
    Authorities

    As Reuters reports, German Chancellor Merkel’s cabinet gave a green light to a draft law aimed at spurring offshore wind development, which is the key part of the German green energy shift. The draft will now go through the parliamentary legislative process. So far the offshore wind development has been falling behind solar and onshore […]

  • New IEC Standard Includes LiDAR Measurements

    15 March 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has published a new standard, IEC 61400-12-1:2017, formally allowing LiDARs as a supplementary or alternative measurement technique to mast-mounted cup anemometers.

  • Merger Between Bonheur and Ganger Rolf Approved

    16 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Shareholders and executives at Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA approved a recently proposed merger between the two companies during Extraordinary General Meetings (EGMs) held separately today. The Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee chaired the EGM. All items on the agenda, which was sent to Oslo Stock Exchange on 23 February 2016, were unanimously resolved […]

  • Crown Estate Confirms Capacity Boost at Seven Existing Offshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Crown Estate is proceeding with its Capacity Increase Programme to maximise the potential of existing offshore wind lease areas and add 4.7 GW of renewable energy. According to The Crown Estate, an additional 4.7 GW of renewable energy could be generated from the delivery of the programme by amending existing seabed rights to increase […]

  • Leask Marine’s C-Fenna Completes Borssele 1&2 Works

    19 February 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Leask Marine’s vessel C-Fenna has completed the recovery of ten seabed frames and buoys at Ørsted’s Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands on behalf of Fugro.

  • Surveys for Ørsted’s Australian Offshore Wind Projects Completed

    14 May 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has completed geotechnical and geophysical investigations at two Gippsland offshore wind farm sites in Australia. Using specialist vessels and equipment, the developer tested approximately 60 locations across its two feasibility licence areas by scanning and sampling the seabed in the Bass Strait off the Gippsland coast. The data should help Ørsted understand the composition […]

  • Azerbaijan Starts Measuring Offshore Wind Resource

    6 August 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Azerbaijan will soon start wind measurement campaigns to assess offshore wind resources at two locations, according to a recent update from the Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency (AREA), part of the country’s Ministry of Energy. In a press release on 2 August, AREA said that work on starting measurements was about to be completed, with two […]

  • VIDEO: Simultaneous Measurements Taken Upwind and Downwind

    20 May 2013

    ZephIR Lidar has conducted the world’s first simultaneous measurements taken upwind and downwind of a wind turbine for the Technical University of Denmark, Wind Energy department, formerly known as Risø DTU. The deployment was videoed by Micro Quadcopter, here showing a standard ZephIR Dual Mode at the front of the turbine and a modified ZephIR […]

  • Siemens-Gamesa Merger Clears Final Hurdle

    13 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The European Commission has cleared unconditionally under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa by Siemens.

  • Researchers Measure Severn Tidal Potential (UK)

    4 October 2011

    A YEAR after the Severn Barrage was controversially dropped, a research project could yet prove that tidal energy schemes off the South… By Graham Henry (walesonline) [mappress] Source: walesonline, October 04, 2011

  • New Standard for Approving Utility Mergers (USA)

    11 March 2011

    Massachusetts regulators are adopting a new standard for approving utility mergers by requiring companies prove the merger will help the… By Steve LeBlanc (therepublic) [mappress]   Source: therepublic , March 11, 2011        

  • New Project to Help Measure Foundation Scour

    27 November 2015
    R&D

    An interest group has been formed for an EU-funded project looking at technology to measure seabed scour, erosion and silting. The EXPOSURES project aims to establish a new marine information data collection system, which can be exploited for the benefit of commercial marine applications such as the measurement of scour around wind turbine foundations and the […]

  • Novel Floating Wind Measurement Device Launched

    14 September 2015
    Technology

    After confirmation of successful tests of the floating wind measurement device in July 2015, seaLIDAR was introduced to the offshore wind energy market today.  UK-based seaLIDAR Ltd, developed by ESTIA Consulting & Engineering S.A., combines measurement technologies with the potential to perform fully compliant IEC 61400 offshore wind measurements regardless of sea depth or availability of […]

  • Metocean Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Lithuania

    21 July 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Two buoys with specialised equipment have been deployed at two predefined locations in the Baltic Sea, as part of a contract signed between Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy and the Spain-based EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions. The anchoring of the buoys was carried out by the Lithuanian Garant Diving company, together with the Spanish specialists. For one […]

  • Wind Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Vietnam

    27 September 2022
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power and its partner AIT Corporation have installed a Light Detection and Ranging system (LiDAR) unit at the 500 MW Ben Tre offshore wind farm in Vietnam. The LiDAR was placed on a fixed platform and deployed in Vietnam’s East Sea, 40 kilometres from the coast of Ben Tre Province at water depths of […]

  • Bonheur and Ganger Rolf Float Merger Plans

    8 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The boards of directors of Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA have resolved to propose a merger of the two companies, with Bonheur being the surviving entity and maintaining its listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The corporate structure of Bonheur and Ganger Rolf has historically taken the form of a cross ownership between the two companies, […]

  • ESB Seeks Wind and Metocean Measurement Teams

    13 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has issued a contract notice for a qualification system for offshore wind resource and metocean measurement campaigns on sites off the coast of Ireland and the UK. The wind measurement and metocean data will be utilized to enable offshore structures to be designed against both extreme and fatigue loading conditions […]

  • LiDAR Measurement Campaign Gives Results (Norway)

    14 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    In March 2013, Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) inaugurated a measurement campaign at Sola airport outside of Stavanger, Norway. The equipment installed consisted of one scanning and one static wind LiDAR system. In addition a second static wind LiDAR was installed some 3 km further away, side by side with an automatic radiosonde […]

  • Scotload Presents New Load Measurement Technology

    12 November 2013

    Scotload launched a new product for safe lifting, intelligent load cell that stores data for real-time and retrospective analysis, SmartLoad™. The new SmartLoad™ data logging feature provides asset owners with protection against product misuse and overload events by providing a true and correct log of all operations carried out. SmartLoad™ has a variety of features […]

  • SGS Appoints New Global Business Development Manager, Renewable Energies (Switzerland)

    8 August 2011

      On August 1, 2011, SGS announced Christoph Thiel as the new Global Business Development Manager, Renewable Energies. Christoph will focus on global sales and business development activities at SGS Renewable Energy Services. Drawing on his first-rate experience and know-how in the renewable energy sector, Christoph Thiel will support local affiliates in developing their home […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Integrates Adwen in Its Offshore Business

    27 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has agreed to integrate Adwen within the group’s broader offshore operations, which will allow it to better serve its customers and maximise business opportunities, Siemens Gamesa informed in its Q3 report, released on 26 July.

  • Siemens to Buy Adwen as Part of Gamesa Merger?

    25 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Reportedly, Siemens is likely to buy Adwen, a joint venture between Areva and Gamesa, as part of its merger with Gamesa.  During these first months of 2016, Siemens and Gamesa have been in final talks over an agreement to merge their wind power businesses and thus make the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer. However, up until now, onshore wind […]

  • FLiDAR Completes Neart na Gaoithe Measurements

    9 March 2015
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    FLiDAR has wrapped up the onsite wind measurements at Mainstream Renewable Power’s 448MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. The FLiDAR floating LiDAR buoy provided on-site wind measurements and resulted in a considerable development time and cost saving compared to a traditional meteorological mast. The unit is now decommissioned and undergoing post validation at the ORE Catapult […]

  • Wind and Ocean Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Germany

    13 February 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    At the end of last year, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) launched a multi-year measurement campaign to collect wind and sea data in an area approximately 280 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. Since mid-December 2024, Fugro Norway, contracted for this purpose, has been collecting comprehensive wind […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Rejigs Top Echelon

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    The Board of Directors of Siemens Gamesa has appointed Miguel Ángel López, currently the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), member and non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective 1st of December.

  • TIME Initiative to Measure Turbulence Off Pentland Firth

    8 September 2014
    R&D

    The most extensive science and engineering research project to take place in Caithness for many years is occurring this month (September, 2014) from a base at Gills Harbour, on the shores of the ‘s Inner Sound. Expensive high-tech equipment, under the TIME initiative, has been laid on the Sound’s seabed from the 25-metre-long ‘multi-cat’ vessel […]