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  • SgurrEnergy to Host Seminar on Vital Role of Offshore Wind Measurements

    19 May 2014
    R&D

    SgurrEnergy will be joined by expert guest speakers from the worlds of industry and academia for an in-depth seminar looking at how and why measurement holds the key to the future of the offshore wind sector.   The seminar, titled The vital role of measurements in securing long term viability for the offshore wind sector, will […]

  • Gamesa Selling Adwen Stake to Clear Path for Siemens Merger?

    1 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa has offered to sell its 50% stake in Adwen to its French joint venture partner Areva to remove the last hurdle standing in way of its recently announced merger with Siemens, Spain’s daily Expansion cited unnamed sources as saying. The sources told Expansion that banks are already carrying out financial valuation of the potential […]

  • SgurrEnergy Launches Online Data Portal for Wind Measurement Campaigns

    11 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    A comprehensive online data management portal for wind measurement campaigns has been launched by SgurrEnergy this month to allow developers to interactively manage large scale or global wind measurement campaigns. Built and operated by SgurrEnergy’s in-house analysts, SgurrDataPortal was designed and developed using over 10 years of data recovery and analysis experience, with further input […]

  • Dong Energy Deploys 2nd FLiDAR Wind Measurement Buoy

    2 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Less than six months after Dong Energy ordered a second FLiDAR wind measuring device, the buoy has been installed on site and is fully operational. Dong Energy also signed a long term operation and maintenance agreement. The deployment, which involved specialized FLiDAR personnel took just 1 day to complete, and thanks to detailed onshore commissioning […]

  • EDF Contracts FLiDAR for 5-Year Offshore Wind Measurements

    27 November 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    EDF has signed a 5-year framework agreement with FLiDAR for offshore wind resource measurements. FLiDAR will deploy several of its buoys on EDF offshore wind farms over the coming years. The FLiDAR units have recently been validated by DNV GL as reaching Stage 2 on the Carbon Trust Roadmap, which greatly reduces the uncertainty of the […]

  • NASA Uses Laser to Measure Offshore Wind Speed (USA)

    18 October 2011
    R&D

    Grady Koch is not a weatherman but he knows which way the wind blows.   By Cory Nealon (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, October 18, 2011

  • EnBW Implements Measures for Further Investments in New Energy Concept

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    “The past fiscal year was not an easy year for the energy industry and therefore also not for EnBW. It is all the more pleasing that we were able to create the main conditions for further forward-looking investments, despite the difficult general environment. The measures we have taken to safeguard EnBW’s financial stability and its […]

  • Nass & Wind Launches M3EA Measurement Platform off Dunkirk

    31 May 2016
    R&D, Technology

    Nass & Wind Smart Services has recently installed a M3EA floating measurement platform to measure wind conditions off the coast of Dunkirk and offer the data collected to wind developers interested in participating in France’s third call for offshore wind tenders scheduled to start this summer. The data collected by the M3EA, equipped with a LiDAR Leosphere […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind, Aker Horizons to Complete Merger This Month

    15 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    The merger between Aker Offshore Wind (AOW) and Aker Horizons is expected to be completed after close of trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 17 June, which accordingly will be the last day of trading in the AOW shares on Euronext Growth Oslo, the company said in its latest trading update. As announced on […]

  • UK: Expro Sells Connectors & Measurements (C&M) Business

    20 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Arle Capital Partners today announces that portfolio company Expro International “Expro”, the international oilfield service company, has agreed to sell its Connectors & Measurements (C&M) business, including the Tronic and Matre brands, to Siemens AG at a valuation of US$630 million. Expro’s C&M business is a market leader in the design, manufacture, assembly and installation […]

  • NPL Issues Good Practice Guide for Underwater Noise Measurement

    25 April 2014
    Environment, R&D

    The UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has published a Good Practice Guide for Underwater Noise Measurement, giving guidance on best practice for in-situ measurement of underwater sound, for processing the data, and for reporting the measurements using appropriate metrics. From a scientific point of view, accurate acoustic measurements are needed for a diverse range of […]

  • WindGuard & BIMAQ Win Prize for Thermographic Rotor Blade Measurement

    18 March 2014

    At this year’s EWEA annual conference, Deutsche WindGuard & BIMAQ (Bremen Institute for Metrology, Automation and Quality Science) were awarded a prize for their poster on thermographic rotor blade measurement. Deutsche WindGuard already used the procedure in a number of onsite measurements for customers. The measurement process was refined in cooperation with BIMAQ. By using […]

  • ECN Expands Offshore Measurement Locations, Teams Up with KNMI

    30 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is expanding the number of offshore measuring locations and is entering a partnership with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). ECN, KNMI, Rijkswaterstaat and several other parties have various measurement masts and measurement systems set up off the coast from Egmond aan Zee, IJmuiden, Borssele and by the Goeree […]

  • EOLOS FLS200 Floating LiDAR Validated For Offshore Wind Measurements

    10 February 2016
    Technology

    ECN has reported that EOLOS FLS200 floating LiDAR performs in compliance with the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of the Carbon Trust’s roadmap for the commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR technology. In October 2015, the EOLOS FLS200 floating LiDAR buoy completed a 6-month validation campaign next to the IEC-compliant IJmuiden offshore meteorological mast in the North Sea. The campaign has been carried […]

  • UK Unveils Measures to Fast-Track 16 GW of Offshore Wind

    30 January 2025
    Authorities, Environment, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has unveiled measures to unlock up to 13 offshore wind projects, which could generate up to 16 GW of electricity and potentially bring GBP 20 billion (approximately EUR 23.9 billion) to GBP 30 billion (about EUR 35.8 billion) of investment in homegrown clean power. According to the UK government, ministers are streamlining […]

  • Norway: Wind Farm Developers Use Virtual Wind Measurement

    29 March 2012

    Since early 2003, StormGeo has been running nested, limited area numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to gain real-time weather prediction and for studying historical periods. The company have extensive practice in using weather models to produce high-horizontal resolution hindcasts; historical weather forecasts, ranging from 1 to 10 km and having entire hourly time series – […]

  • ZephIR 300 Wind Lidar Cleared for Bankable Wind Measurements

    30 January 2014

    ZephIR 300 wind lidar is accepted for use in bankable / finance-grade wind speed and energy assessments with either no or limited on-site met mast comparisons under “benign” conditions. DNV GL considers ZephIR 300 to be at Stage 3 under “benign” conditions – accepted for use in bankable / finance-grade wind speed and energy assessments […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Developer Measuring Wind and Wave at Narec

    24 December 2013
    R&D

    Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited will be deploying two metocean buoys at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) Blyth. The buoys will be deployed within 565m of the location below to measure wind speed and direction and waves and currents. Both buoys will be deployed alongside each other. The buoys will be in place […]

  • Fugro’s Wave Buoy Measuring Site Conditions at Dudgeon OWF

    23 December 2013
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    As part of the Dudgeon offshore wind farm development, Fugro GEOS deployed a wave buoy in April on behalf of Statoil for a period of 12 months. The buoy will measure waves, currents and water level and will transmit the data to shore via satellite telemetry, according to KIS-ORCA’s website. The wave buoy is a […]

  • Canada: FORCE, Nortek Scientific to Develop Technology for Tidal Measurement

    21 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), in partnership with Nortek Scientific, has announced the construction of the world’s first instrument to provide high-resolution, real time measurements of turbulent water flow at turbine hub height – called the Vectron. A leap forward in site characterization technology, the Vectron is able to capture highly accurate […]

  • Belgium: DONG Selects FLiDAR for Accurate Offshore Wind Measurements

    29 January 2013

    Following months of analysis DONG Energy has selected FLiDAR to implement the latest generation of wind resource measurement technology. The partnership initially involves a one year measurement campaign in the Irish Sea. Benj Sykes, UK Country Manager for DONG Energy’s Wind business said; “FLIDAR represents a step forward in how we are developing offshore wind […]

  • Siemens-Gamesa Merger to Obtain EU Approval by Mid-March

    3 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The European Commission will decide on the Siemens-Gamesa merger by 13 March. The deal involves Gamesa absorbing Siemens’s wind power assets in exchange for newly-issued shares in Gamesa, with Siemens owning 59% of the new company and Iberdrola retaining an 8% interest.

  • Germany: GL Garrad Hassan Commissioned for “FINO Wind” Research Project

    28 August 2013
    Environment

    DWD (German Weather Service) has commissioned GL Garrad Hassan to be responsible for an extensive sub-project within the scope of the “FINO Wind” research project. This involves taking an inventory of the metadata, utilisation and collection of LiDAR wind measurement data for the correction of mast effects, as well as the uncertainty estimation and assessment […]

  • RWE Innogy Installs Wind Measurement Station Offshore Heligoland (Germany)

    2 November 2011

    RWE Innogy successfully completed the installation of a measuring tower in the German North Sea. The measuring system has been installed in the construction area of the Nordsee Ost offshore windfarm 30 km north of Heligoland. RWE Innogy will start the construction of the windfarm at the beginning of next year. The measuring tower with […]

  • Beothuk Energy to Merge with Canadian Imperial Venture Corp.

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Beothuk Energy Inc. (BEI) has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to merge with Canadian Imperial Venture Corp. Under the terms of the LOI, CIVC will issue one common share for every issued and outstanding share of BEI, up to a maximum of sixty-two million common shares. Over the last several years, BEI has […]

  • France: Nass&Wind Measures Wind Potential around île d’Yeu

    27 July 2012
    R&D

    Nass&Wind Offshore, one of the leading French developers of offshore wind projects, commissioned a LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) wind meter type device on 19 July installed on the terrace of the aerodrome of the île d’Yeu (France). The laser on this new generation instrument sweeps the sky and measures the absolute speed of wind […]