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  • RenewableUK Welcomes Official Figures on Energy Bills

    27 March 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed new official figures which show that renewable energy provides a much cheaper way to generate electricity for British households than gas. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published a new report which sets out the impact of climate and energy policies on consumer bills. It says annual domestic energy bills […]

  • WWF: Renewables Can Bring True Energy Security to Europe

    15 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The European Commission is due to publish its ‘winter package’ of Energy Union proposals tomorrow, which are likely to show that Europe is counting on gas imports to improve its energy security, despite the fact that domestic renewable energy and energy efficiency are the most effective ways of doing so, according to World Wildlife Fund’s European […]

  • German Team to Launch MIR at Seawork and Windforce

    6 June 2014
    Technology

    At Seawork Southampton and at Windforce Bremen the new product MIR – Motion impact recorder will be launched. Using a remote controlled truck the functionality will be presented to the professionals. Ship owners, service providers and windpark operators can benefit from the attractive conditions for the first customers. MIR Maritime is a newly established partnership […]

  • Shell and Eneco Partner with Largest Dutch Ecological Consultancy for Hollandse Kust West VI Offshore Wind Farm

    26 September 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Innovation, Project Updates

    Ecowende, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has partnered with Waardenburg Ecology, the largest ecological consultancy firm in the Netherlands, to develop a comprehensive ecological programme for the offshore wind farm the joint venture will build at the Hollandse Kust (west) Wind Farm Site VI. The developer and the consultancy are developing the programme […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension First FLiDAR-Calculated OWF to Be Built

    24 April 2015
    Technology

    DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension, located 8 km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay, is the world’s first offshore wind project to be built using energy yield calculations based on wind resource data collected from a floating lidar (FLiDAR), FLiDAR N.V. said in a press release issued today.  A FLiDAR buoy was the only […]

  • RWE Continues Taking Part in Wake Effect Research Projects in Anticipation of Increasingly Densely Built Offshore Wind Farms

    14 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, R&D, Research & Development

    In its annual results for 2023, RWE reported on last year’s financial performance and many of its offshore wind developments, but also on research projects related to the wake effect at offshore wind farms. Last year, RWE, together with various project partners, completed two wake-effect studies and embarked on a new research project in the […]

  • Blackbird Sets Date for Acquisition of SDE

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Blackbird International Corporation announced that it has finalized the procedures for the acquisition of SDE Ltd. It had previously released news that it had exchanged a Letter of Intent with SDE Ltd for purposes of a merger. Blackbird shall acquire 100% of the shares of the target company in exchange for restricted stock. The date […]

  • Construction Permit Granted for 240 MW Danish Offshore Wind Farm

    17 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a construction permit for the 240 MW Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm, which is planned to be built near Kalundborg, Denmark. The project involves the installation of 16 wind turbines on monopiles and covers an area of 31.1 square kilometres south of Kalundborg, east of the Great Belt, between […]

  • Van Oord Uses iXblue Subsea Positioning Tech for French OWF Piles Installation

    1 February 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch maritime contractor Van Oord has deployed iXblue’s Long Baseline (LBL) subsea positioning solution to conduct the installation of 190 offshore wind farm piles in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, France. Van Oord conducted metrology operations using iXblue’s Canopus transponders, Ramses transceivers and Delph Subsea Positioning Software to make sure the laid-out piles were positioned as […]

  • Offshore Gas Platform Owner to Test Wind Potential in North Adriatic

    24 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    A confidential owner of oil and gas platforms in the North Adriatic Concession area has contracted renewable energy consultancy Megajoule to install multiple wind Lidars at gas platforms as part of the company’s Low Carbon Development Strategy. Lidar ZX 300M will be deployed to begin taking measurements up to 300 metres from their installed position […]

  • Vineyard Wind Seeks Whale Protection Tech

    22 May 2019
    Environment

    Vineyard Wind is seeking proposals for Passive Acoustic Monitoring Systems (PAMS) to help safeguard endangered North Atlantic right whales alongside transit routes of its 800MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts, U.S. In the call, Vineyard Wind is looking for technology companies or academic institutions to provide and operationalize the PAMS to detect the presence of right […]

  • Ammonit will be presenting the new data logger Meteo-40 at Husum Wind Energy (Germany)

    13 September 2010
    Technology

    We will be presenting our new data logger Meteo-40 at Husum Wind Energy 2010. We look forward to meeting you soon at booth 3E04. To learn more about the new logger visit our website. Ammonit data logger meteo-40 Available in early 2011, the new Ammonit data logger offers many powerful features and will be state-of-the-art. […]

  • DNV GL Launches New Global Brand

    16 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Following the recent merger between DNV and GL, DNV GL has launched a new global brand. “In defining our new identity as DNV GL, our company’s vision of making a ‘global impact for a safe and sustainable future’ has never been more relevant than it is today,” says Henrik O. Madsen, President & CEO, DNV […]

  • SSE Files for Consent for Berwick Bank, Says 4.1 GW Offshore Wind Project Essential to Meet Scotland’s 2030 Targets

    22 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables submitted the application for the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank offshore wind project to Marine Scotland on 9 December, kicking off the consent process with the Scottish Ministers. According to the developer, the project’s site in the Firth of Forth is the only remaining fixed-bottom site in Scotland that could bring forward this kind […]

  • Vattenfall: Dolphins Unfazed by Offshore Wind Construction Work

    16 May 2023

    Concerns have been raised that the installation of the monopiles of the Vesterhav North wind farm offshore Denmark could cause a small pod of dolphins to leave the area. The dolphins have, however, neither left the area nor have they changed their behaviour, Vattenfall, the owner and developer of the wind farm, said. In 2020, […]

  • Poland: PGE Deploys EOLOS LiDAR in Baltic Sea

    12 February 2018
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    PGE Energia Odnawialna started a two-year wind measurement campaign for its planned 1GW offshore wind farm project, after deploying a floating LiDAR in the Polish Baltic Sea at the end of January. As Offshore WIND reported earlier, Spanish floating LiDAR specialist EOLOS supplied the EOLOS FLS200 LiDAR, designed for the offshore industry incorporating the ZephIR 300M […]

  • MTEC Becomes Certified B Corporation (Canada)

    18 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Maritime Tidal Energy Corporation (MTEC), a marine renewable energy consulting company based in Nova Scotia, Canada, announced yesterday that it has exceeded necessary measurements and has become a certified B Corporation. Only companies that exceed rigorous social and environmental measurements can become a Certified B Corporation. MTEC was certified by an independent, non profit US […]

  • SeaRenergy Calls It a Day at Veja Mate

    13 March 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    SeaRenergy has completed a two-year contract for the Veja Mate offshore wind farm, under which it had provided construction site safety services including the provision, installation, maintenance and recovery of five cardinal marker buoys and three mooring buoys.

  • AXYS Finishes 200th TRIAXYS Directional Wave Buoy (Canada)

    22 July 2011
    Technology

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has recently surpassed the construction of its 200th TRIAXYS™ Directional Wave Buoy. TRIAXYS™ Directional Wave buoys are currently deployed worldwide gathering wave data for renewable energy potential, research and impact studies, marine operations and general marine safety. TRIAXYS™ was created by AXYS in conjunction with the National Research Council (NRC) of […]

  • USA: New Wind Energy Operations Services from Second Wind

    7 March 2012
    Technology

    Second Wind, a leading provider of wind measurement technology, software and services, today announced the introduction of a suite of wind farm operations services based on the company’s Triton® Sonic Wind Profiler and SkyServe® Wind Data Service. Triton, a remote sensing system using sodar technology to provide wind measurements across the turbine rotor sweep, and […]

  • PNNL to Trail Two Met Buoys

    15 September 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    Two massive, 20,000-pound buoys decked out with the latest in meteorological and oceanographic equipment will enable more accurate predictions of the power-producing potential of winds that blow off U.S. shores. The bright yellow buoys — each worth $1.3 million — are being commissioned by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state’s […]

  • Denmark: Siemens Opens World’s Largest Test Facilities

    12 March 2013
    R&D

    Siemens Energy has opened two major Research & Development test facilities for wind turbine technology in Denmark. The new test center in Brande features test stands for major components of Siemens wind turbines, including generators, main bearings and complete nacelles. In Aalborg, seven blade test stands are capable to perform full scale tests of rotor […]

  • EU Nods to JERA Joining Formosa I Offshore Wind Project

    4 February 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of joint control over Formosa I offshore wind project in Taiwan by Macquarie, Ørsted, Swancor, and Japan’s utility JERA. Formosa 1 is currently a joint venture between Ørsted (35% ownership), Taiwanese developer Swancor Renewable (15%), and Macquarie Capital (50%). As reported, JERA agreed […]

  • Reportstack Releases Report on Carnegie Wave Energy

    24 October 2013

    Reportstack, provider of premium market research reports announces the addition of Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) – Alternative Energy – Deals and Alliances Profile market report to its offering. Carnegie Wave Energy Limited is engaged in producing wave technology(CETO). the company is focused on developing and commercializing its CETO wave energy technology that is used […]

  • Langlee Wave Power’s Device Proves High Efficiency (Spain)

    26 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    After completing wave tank tests at Cehipar, Madrid, Langlee Wave Power confirmed a 80% higher efficiency of its 132 kW Langlee Robusto wave energy device compared to the previous design. The 1:18 scale tests proved a maximum power efficiency of 64%, which gives the 132 kW Langlee Robusto more than 50% load factor and 4,400 […]

  • Technological Advancement in Piling Instrumentation

    3 June 2019

    By Alexandre Crochelet, Senior Engineer at G-Octopus, a Cathie Associates Company Pile Driving Monitoring (PDM) during driving and Pile Dynamic Testing (PDT) are widely used in onshore and offshore construction to ensure the structural integrity of the piles during driving and achieve a safe and economical pile installation. PDM helps in assessing the pile behaviour […]