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  • EOLOS to Deploy Its Floating Lidar in Polish Baltic Sea

    29 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Technology

    EOLOS, floating Lidar solutions provider backed by InnoEnergy, is deploying its EOLOS FLS200 floating Lidar at an offshore wind farm site in the Polish Baltic Sea.

  • Korea-Flagged Geotechnical Survey Vessel in New Guise Hits the Water (Gallery)

    16 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Adira Renewables, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s offshore services provider Kim Heng and Soiltech Engineering Co Ltd Korea (STE), has launched a geotechnical survey vessel, rebuilt/converted in 2024, into the water. Kim Heng announced today, 15 April, the completion of the christening ceremony for Bridgewater Discovery, a DP2 geotechnical survey vessel measuring 76 metres in length […]

  • The Rise of Haliade-X 12MW (Video)

    12 November 2019
    Technology

    GE Renewable Energy has posted a video showing the installation time-lapse of the Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine at Maasvlakte, the Port of Rotterdam. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The GE Haliade-X 12MW prototype wind turbine produced its first power at the beginning of November. It features three […]

  • USA: Minority Business Owners and Civic Leaders Support Offshore Wind Bill

    6 April 2012
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    In anticipation of the much favoured adoption of the offshore wind Bill in the Senate Finance Committee, minority business owners and civic leaders plan to hold a gathering Friday morning to voice the Bill’s importance and thus pave the way for its passing, the Associated Press reports. It is said that the backers of the […]

  • Gemini O&M Base Takes Final Shape

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch construction company Kooi has completed works on an offshore service base in the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, which will be used by EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) and Siemens. The buildings and grounds are spread across an area of 3,500 m2 located within the terminal operated by EMS Maritime Offshore Nederland, a subsidiary of EMO. The construction consists of a new 600m² warehouse […]

  • China Could Set OW Prices

    3 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    According to the China Securities Journal, China could set preferential power prices for offshore wind projects this year. With this measure, the country would attract more investors to this industry and speed up its further development. After years of struggle, China granted approval for the three of its first four offshore wind power concession projects […]

  • Ballast Nedam Works on Prevention of Further Mishaps

    15 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Following the investigation into the accident that happened on Saturday night (July 6) at the Butendiek offshore wind farm, Ballast Nedam said that it has implemented mitigation measures to prevent such unfortunate events from happening again. The company informed that a safety alert will follow at the beginning of August. Ballast Nedam said that the […]

  • The Netherlands: Aqua Vision Hosts ADCP Workshop

    16 March 2012

    Aqua Vision BV is proud to host the 9th ADCP Workshop on 20-21 June, 2012. Past workshops have proven to be a huge success and this years’ will be no different. With a host of international speakers, demonstrations of the latest ADCP technology and an array of interactive workshops, it has something for everybody. On […]

  • General Cable Shareholders Nod to Prysmian Acquisition

    21 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    General Cable Corporation’s shareholders have approved the acquisition of the company’s 100% share by Prysmian Group.

  • Orion Starts First Sea Trials

    15 July 2019
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion has left the COSCO Qidong shipyard in China to start the first series of sea trials. During the sea trials the vessel’s performance will be measured and her dual fuel engines will be tested to their maximum power, DEME said. The 216.5-metre Orion will have the capacity to accommodate a […]

  • UK: Carbon Trust Presents Latest Developments at Global Offshore Wind Conference

    12 June 2012

    Carbon Trust is presenting innovation and latest developments in offshore wind energy at the Global Offshore Wind conference, 13-14 June 2012, with insights from the Offshore Wind Accelerator. Breanne Gellatly, Offshore Wind Accelerator Delivery Manager will present the Offshore Wind Accelerator’s design of an offshore wind measurement campaign to improve understanding of wake effects, to […]

  • Germany Backs Down from Severe Energy Support Cuts

    3 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Previous plans for the reform of the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG), involving cuts of wind energy subsidies and reduction of wind energy development, have been altered. After a number of German states complained on the initial plans, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with the country’s 16 state premiers at an energy summit in Berlin […]

  • Further Rotor Blades Delivered for Nordsee Ost OWF (Germany)

    21 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Further rotor blades have been delivered for the construction of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm.  Last week saw a further delivery of rotor blades to Bremerhaven. Eventually, the blades will drive the wind turbines of the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost, which is currently under construction around 30 kilometers to the north-east of the island […]

  • First Building Blocks Set for World’s First Artificial Island in Belgian North Sea (Video)

    30 April 2025
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    Construction has begun on the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island, in the Belgian North Sea, with the first two of 23 caissons already submerged at their final location. The work is being carried out on behalf of grid operator Elia Transmission Belgium by TM Edison, a joint venture between DEME and Jan De […]

  • GlobalData Looks into UK Energy Bill’s Potential Effects on Pricing, Energy Security

    30 November 2012

    The key measure of the UK’s new Energy Bill will be to introduce a government-owned entity that will buy electricity at an agreed “strike price” from low carbon generators and recover the costs from electricity customers via electricity suppliers. The government-owned entity will buy the electricity under a contracts-for-difference mechanism feed-in-tariff (CfD FiT) that will […]

  • Downwind Floating Prototype Ready to Deploy

    13 October 2021
    R&D, Technology

    X1 Wind has completed the rotor assembly on its floating wind platform and the X30 prototype is now fully assembled in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ready for installation. Fitted with a specially adapted V29 Vestas turbine, the unique ‘downwind’ system is able to ‘weathervane’ and orientate passively with the wind to maximise energy yields, the […]

  • The Netherlands: BMO to Give Presentation at EWEA’s Offshore Wind Conference

    15 November 2011

    BMO Offshore will give a presentation on the benefits of on-site measurements during EWEA’s Offshore Wind Conference in Amsterdam. The presentation entitled: ‘Offshore Wind Project Risks: Experience, Assessment and Reduction’ will be delivered by BMO’s commercial director Bart Ummels on Thursday, december 1st, 11.00-12.30 during the session ‘The soft sector and hard cash’ in the […]

  • Akrocean Sends WINDSEA LiDARs Down Under?

    16 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Akrocean has won a contract to deploy two WINDSEA LiDARs on a 2GW offshore wind project for a period of two years. Although Akrocean did not reveal the name of the project, it did state that the LiDARs are going to be installed “on the other side of the world.” According to the French company, […]

  • DONG Energy Divests Its Dutch Sales Business

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy today signed an agreement to divest its sales activities in the Netherlands – DONG Energy Sales B.V. – to Eneco. DONG Energy has agreed with the buyer that the sales price will not be disclosed. The divestment is still subject to certain conditions, including merger control clearance in the Netherlands. The divestment will […]

  • Portugal: WavEC Carries Out Preparation for Wave Energy Converter Testing

    8 February 2013
    R&D, Technology

    On 23-24 January, part of Wave Energy Centre’s (WavEC) team has been performing measurements at a wave tank of the University of Porto’s Faculty of Engineering (FEUP) to prepare the testing of a wave energy converter at this tank in April.  The Wave Energy Centre is a non-profit organisation, founded in 2003 dedicated to the […]

  • UK: ERI to Conduct Seabirds Survey

    20 November 2012
    Environment

    Many researchers noted that the impact of wind, tidal and wave energy on marine wildlife is still unknown. This is due to the fact that the marine energy is a sector in its early development. Experts from the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Thurso are measuring the potential threat of these industries on sea birds, […]

  • Areva Shares Drop after Ditching Financial Targets

    20 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The French nuclear energy giant, Areva, has ditched its financial outlook for 2015 and 2016 on Tuesday. As a result, Areva shares plunged about 15% the next day in Paris while shareholders tried to ditch the stock due to uncertainties. The state-owned group blamed slow of its Japanese reactors after 2011 Fukushima accident, delays to […]

  • FLiDAR Nominated for ‘Best of 10 Years’ Industry Award

    28 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    FLiDAR N.V., a joint venture established between 3E and DEME group, has been nominated for “Best of 10 years” technology award of Industrie magazine for its floating LiDAR concept. For the realization of this project, a stabilized buoy had to be developed and algorithms that allow reliable measurement from a moving platform were written. The […]

  • EFFECTS ON MARINE LIFE: Marine life has no borders

    20 April 2015

    Since research into the impact of offshore wind farms on the marine life started more than 15 years ago at Denmark’s Horns Rev 1, there have been several multi-year research and monitoring programmes in Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. A large part of it funded by the wind farm developers themselves, and governments also […]

  • ORE Catapult Seeks Power Analyser System for ‘eGrid’

    20 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    ORE Catapult is looking to procure a Power Analyser System to be used in the 15MW wind turbine and 3MW marine drivetrain test facilities in Blyth, which will link into the Grid Emulation System (eGrid) to allow the measurement of current and voltage usage from the eGrid system.

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Inks Sandbank Deal

    29 June 2016

    Vattenfall has appointed Deutsche Windtechnik to oversee the construction and commissioning of the Sandbank offshore wind farm. Engineers and technicians from Deutsche Windtechnik are currently supervising the preassembly of the 72 SWT-4.0.130 wind turbines at the port of Esbjerg. The company has already worked on Vattenfall’s Dan Tysk offshore wind farm. “We are delighted that the […]