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  • Finland Unveils 17-Point Action Plan to Promote Offshore Wind

    22 August 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    On 20 August, Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment published an action plan focused on advancing the offshore wind industry in the country. The plan outlines 17 proposals, emphasizing that the development of offshore wind farms will be driven by market conditions. In October 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a […]

  • Offshore Wind Cost 11% Lower, Report Says

    26 February 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    A report issued today by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult reveals that the cost of energy from offshore wind farms has fallen by almost 11% over the past three years, ahead of schedule on its path to delivering the UK Government’s target of £100/MWh by 2020, and providing clear evidence that offshore wind can play a significant […]

  • Belgian Energy Island Gets EUR 99.7 Million Boost, Foundation Work to Start in 2024

    15 December 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Belgian Federal Government and Elia Transmission Belgium (Elia) have signed an agreement on a EUR 99.7 million grant that Elia will use to build the foundations for the Princess Elisabeth Island, deemed a key link for unlocking offshore wind potential in the Belgian North Sea. The grant is part of the financial support offered […]

  • ESB International Applies for Exploration Licenses off West Coast of Ireland

    30 March 2011

    ESB International has applied to the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DEHLG) for foreshore exploration licences in the first step towards developing a 5 Megawatt wave energy project off the west coast of Ireland. This will enable the Company to conduct marine surveys and resource measurements at two locations, Killard Point, Co Clare […]

  • Belgium: DEME Wins New Contracts for Energy-Related Projects

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Within the DEME group recently, a great many assignments for large, energy-related projects have been awarded to a range of different companies. The assignments will be executed for oil and gas companies and businesses working within the renewable energy sector and represent a total value of 250 million EUR. In Santa Marta, Colombia, Dredging International […]

  • German Parliament Passes Offshore Wind Law, TenneT Applauds

    30 November 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the amended Energy Act. TenneT welcomes new amended Energy Act, which incorporates TenneT’s wishes and recommendations, providing greater legal certainty for investors in offshore wind energy. “TenneT instigated the discussion about the feasibility of the required development of wind energy in Germany well over a year ago. The discussion centred […]

  • Inter-Array Cable Issue to Leave EUR 403 Million Mark on Ørsted

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    An inter-array cable issue on several Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in the UK and Continental Europe could have a total financial impact around DKK 3 billion (around EUR 403 million) across 2021 to 2023, the company reported in its latest financial results. A cable failure was discovered during an inspection campaign at the Race Bank […]

  • DONG Rebrands Following Oil and Gas Exit

    2 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Danish energy company DONG Energy (Dansk Olie og Naturgas / Danish Oil and Natural Gas) is changing its name following the sale of its upstream oil and gas business to INEOS on 29 September.

  • 13 Companies Join Forces for Up to 20 MW Wind Turbines

    25 March 2014

    13 of the world’s leading companies in aerodynamics have now teamed up in the AVATAR project. They are developing the most advanced aerodynamic models for the next generation of large wind turbines, up to 20MW. These models are essential ingredients for integral design codes for large scale wind turbines and will be thoroughly validated. Ambitions […]

  • SRM Projects to Explore Discovery Passage Tidal Potential

    31 March 2014
    Environment

    SRM Projects, a Nanaimo based energy engineering firm, has recently been awarded investigative licenses for south Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows to explore the potential for tidal power development in the region. “We have been working with SRM for the past couple years, and the award of investigative licenses is a natural next step in the progression of […]

  • Top Polish Oil and Gas Player Issues Offshore Wind Tender

    22 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D

    Poland’s biggest oil and gas company, PKN ORLEN (Polski Koncern Noftowy), has announced a tender for the development of a preliminary technical concept to determine the options for preparing and implementing a project involving the construction of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea.

  • Business Moves on Offshore Wind 2017 Chessboard

    2 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Throughout the year behind us, we witnessed numerous business moves within the industry from mergers and takeovers to companies securing their positions in non-domestic markets where offshore wind is about to take off. Here, Offshore WIND is reminding of only few of the big business news from 2017. 

  • Enefit Green Presses Ahead with Estonian Offshore Wind Project

    12 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Enefit Green’s Liivi Bay offshore wind farm has undergone an environmental impact assessment (EIA), showing no significant negative effects on the environment and boosting labour market activity and municipal revenues with proper mitigation measures, according to an expert group from Skepast and Puhkim. The team from Skepast and Puhkim analysed the environmental impact of three […]

  • Siemens, deugro Launch New Offshore Wind Logistics Concept

    17 November 2015

    Siemens presented a new offshore logistics concept at EWEA 2015 in Paris. The company has signed a long-term framework contract with transport service provider deugro Danmark A/S, utilizing two purpose-built transport vessels to efficiently link Siemens’ existing production locations in Denmark with the new production facilities in Cuxhaven in Germany and Hull in the UK. Instead of loading […]

  • GlobalData: Siemens Gamesa Outstrips Vestas

    23 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy came in first on the world’s top wind turbine manufacturers list in 2017 and overtook the spot Vestas had been holding, according to the latest report from GlobalData. At the end of the last year, Siemens Gamesa had 9.43GW of installed wind turbines, while Vestas held 7.52GW, accounting for 18% and 14.3% market share, respectively. 

  • Seagreen Deploys ZephIR LiDAR Tandem

    13 April 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Seagreen Wind Energy Limited has deployed two ZephIR Wind LiDAR units as part of the ongoing engineering works for the design of the wind turbine generators, their foundations, and the array layout at the 2.45GW Firth of Forth Zone off Scotland. One of the LiDAR units was deployed on a floating buoy within the Seagreen Zone […]

  • Ørsted Starts Typhoon Watch Project in Taiwan

    26 October 2018
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Ørsted has launched a Dual-doppler radar project in Taiwan to collect wind data to understand the dynamics of a typhoon and tropical weather phenomena and how they can affect an offshore wind farm. Ørsted also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Taiwan University, National Central University, Chinese Culture University and Industrial Technology Research […]

  • Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm Could Feature 16 MW Turbines

    18 October 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The first offshore wind project to be built in Lithuania’s sector of the Baltic Sea could comprise wind turbines of up to 16 MW of capacity each, with a minimum of 43 units erected at a designated site approximately 29 kilometres offshore. The possible number and capacity of the wind turbines has been mentioned in […]

  • UK: Wind Farms Much More Efficient than Fossil Fuels

    10 July 2012

    Wind energy opponents who say that producing electricity using the power of the wind is not efficient would do well to take a look at the UK Government data, which shows that thermal sources of electricity – gas, coal, nuclear, waste/biomass, oil and other – lose massive amounts of energy as waste heat, compared to almost 0% […]

  • C-Ventus to Become Part of Føn Energy Services

    15 May 2024
    Business & Finance

    Føn Energy Services has unveiled its plans to acquire Dutch offshore wind farm services company, C-Ventus, as part of a merger expected to bolster its offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) capabilities. Føn Energy Services will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in C-Ventus from current owner DISA International, a global provider of marine engineering, civil […]

  • SgurrEnergy Starts Wave and Tidal Research Project

    15 July 2014
    R&D

    SgurrEnergy has commenced a research project with the University of Edinburgh and ScottishPower Renewables to establish ways to reduce uncertainties for wave and tidal projects. The three-year project will provide solutions to some of the current issues in order to meet the needs of the growing wave and tidal industry and help to unlock the […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea

    8 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would see that these dots are actually wind […]

  • Satellites Could Solve Some Key Offshore Technology Challenges

    9 June 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) and Satellite Applications (SatApps) Catapults have joined forces to explore ways in which satellites can be used to drive forward the development of the UK’s offshore renewable energy industry. According to the Catapults, satellites present possible solutions to some of the sector’s key technology challenges. The UK’s nine Catapult centres are actively […]

  • Boskalis Announces 230 Layoffs at Its Head Office

    15 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has completed a study into the costs of its head office organisation, and will target total cost savings of EUR 30-35 million, resulting in the loss of around 230 jobs.

  • Aquamarine Power USA Wins Grant to Gather Data on Wave Energy Potential Along Oregon’s Coast

    3 August 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

      Aquamarine Power USA has been awarded a $100,000 matching grant by the Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) to gather data on the wave energy potential of the sea along Oregon’s coast. The grant is for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) installation. The ADCPs will measure the wave energy resource at a number of points […]

  • 10 years of life as a Lidar, much of it offshore

    30 November 2019

    2010, ZephIR HQ, Worcestershire, U.K.:  the ZephIR 300 Lidar – a remote sensing wind measurement tool capable of collecting wind data remotely from its installed location by use of a infra-red laser – was born, following an 18 month product development program that focused on improving the ‘usability’ of remote sensing devices. The resultant product […]