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  • PCS Green Line to Present Power Converters at Hanover Fair (Germany)

    21 March 2011

    Visitors to the 2011 Hanover Fair will have a chance to see the expanded centrepiece of the new generation of PCS Green Line power converters: In addition to the extremely compact IGBT power module inside the power cabinet, PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH from Berlin presents an incoming feeder cabinet with smart DCU control unit […]

  • UK Electricity Reform Proposals Get Concerned Response

    21 December 2010
    Authorities

    UK electricity reform proposals to abolish the Renewables Obligation in place of a new Feed in Tariff have been met with a concerned response. The new UK electricity reform ‘Feed in Tariff with Contract for Difference’ (FIT CFD) announced last week is set to replace the Renewables Obligation (RO) for renewable energy projects built after […]

  • Berg Propulsion Scores Contract With Nostag Gmbh (Sweden)

    9 December 2010
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Continuing rising demand for sustainable wind-based energy plants in the North Sea has led Nostag Gmbh to contract Berg Propulsion to upgrade its cable layer, Nostag 10, by equipping the vessel with two azimuthing thrusters. Nostag, a consortium comprised of German companies Ludwig Freytag, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH and Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser, has been operating the […]

  • Carbon Trust Invites Bids for OW Subsea Cables R&D

    8 December 2015
    R&D

    The Carbon Trust has invited tenders for Dynamic Thermal Rating of Subsea Cables (DTR), as part of its major technology accelerator initiative focussed on reducing the cost of energy (GBP / MWh) from offshore wind by more than 10 %. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) is funding large-scale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects to unlock technological […]

  • Prysmian, Siemens Win “Sword of Honour” Award

    8 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The consortium between Prysmian and Siemens, currently constructing the Western HVDC Link project, has received the “Sword of Honour” award from the British Safety Council (BSC). The 2015 Sword of Honour scheme was open to specific business units and sites that achieved a five star outcome – the highest score – in the Five Star […]

  • Bosch Buys Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Power

    21 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 MW of power from the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm with the Stuttgart-based technology and services company, Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch). The output is equivalent to around 200 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year. The power purchase agreement (PPA) runs for a term of […]

  • Sif Pairs Skybox Foundation with Get Up Safe System

    6 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pict Offshore to integrate the Get Up Safe (GUS) system, as standard, into its Skybox TP-less monopile foundation. The GUS system is a heave compensated personnel lifting solution that is said to transform the way in which maintenance technicians access offshore wind […]

  • Doosan to Develop Korea’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

    29 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has been chosen as the main contractor to develop an 8MW offshore wind turbine within a 48-month long Large-Capacity Offshore Wind Power System Development project in South Korea, worth KRW 55 billion (approx. EUR 42 million).

  • Wind Power Grows in Europe’s Electricity Mix

    22 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind energy provided 14% of the EU’s electricity in 2018, which is an increase from 12% in 2017, according to statistics by WindEurope. Last year, wind power capacity rose by 11.3GW in Europe, with 2.65GW offshore and 8.6GW onshore. According to WindEurope, continued growth in capacity and the use of more powerful turbines are helping to increase wind’s share […]

  • Construction Starts on Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Offshore Substation

    16 August 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Seatrium has held a strike steel ceremony at its Pioneer Yard in Singapore to mark the start of construction of the offshore substation for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Seatrium said that this project is the latest under construction by Seatrium New Energy (a member of Seatrium Group) for […]

  • ABL Secures Work on Metsähallitus and Vattenfall Finnish Offshore Wind Farm

    8 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    ABL has been awarded a contract to provide a shipping study to identify and evaluate navigational risks associated with the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland, being developed by Vattenfall and Metsähallitus. ABL’s scope of work includes a comprehensive navigational risk assessment, including quantitative risk modelling, stakeholder engagement, and recommendations for risk mitigation measures. The […]

  • SK Ecoplant, SK Oceanplant to Build and Install Floaters for CIP’s 1.5 GW Project Offshore South Korea

    3 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    South Korean company SK ecoplant and its subsidiary SK oceanplant have entered into an agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the production, transportation and installation of floating foundations for CIP’s 1.5 GW floating wind project off the city of Ulsan. Under the agreement, the two supply chain companies will deliver the floaters through a […]

  • OX2 to Investigate Cultivation of Blue Mussels on Swedish Offshore Wind Project

    20 June 2023
    Environment

    OX2 has signed a letter of intent with Ecopelag to investigate the possibilities for large-scale cultivation of blue mussels at the Aurora offshore wind farm in Sweden. The Aurora offshore wind farm is located approximately 20 kilometres south of Gotland and 30 kilometres east of Öland, within the Swedish economic zone. Through innovation and concrete […]

  • Geophysical Survey Completed for Swedish Offshore Wind Farm

    1 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Clinton Marine Survey, on behalf of OX2, has carried out a geophysical survey for the Galatea-Galene wind farm offshore Sweden. The survey of about 370 square kilometres was carried out by Clinton Marine Survey’s Northern Storm vessel over a five-week period and included both the wind farm area and the planned cable corridors to shore. […]

  • UK: HR Wallingford, Baker Consultants Host Successful Underwater Noise Workshop

    13 March 2013

    HR Wallingford and Baker Consultants recently hosted a workshop to discuss the issue of underwater noise pollution related to marine renewables at the tenth RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference. The aim of the workshop was to facilitate knowledge exchange between the industry, regulators and academics.  Roger May from Marine Scotland opened the workshop by highlighting […]

  • GL Group Announces 11th Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference (Germany)

    30 January 2013

    German offshore wind projects – the current accomplishments, technical challenges and future opportunities, these topics and many others surrounding them will be discussed at GL Garrad Hassan’s 11th Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference (HOW) on 20-21 February 2013. The conference invites developers, manufacturers, and operators of wind turbines, engineering consultants, investors, energy companies, as well as […]

  • Largest Waves Recorded at FaBTest

    24 February 2014

    The marine renewable energy test site, FaBTest, located within Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, has experienced the largest waves since recording begun in 2012. During January and February 2014 alone, the wave buoy maintained by the University of Exeter regularly measured waves in excess of five metres (16 feet) over eight separate storms. The winter storms culminated […]

  • New Software for Offshore Monopile Installation Put into Operation

    7 January 2014

    The Acclaimed Software Company Ltd announced a new software system designed for Harkand Andrews Survey to support pile installation operations. The ‘Total Controller’ and ‘Total Viewer’ systems have been successfully put into operation on a construction support vessel conducting precise pile installations. Harkand Andrews Survey have developed a technique for installing monopiles and transition pieces […]

  • New Offshore Wind Market Report Out

    29 July 2015

    Research and Markets has added the “Offshore Wind Energy Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2014 – 2022” report to their offering. This report addresses the key market dynamics impacting the capacity additions for offshore wind energy globally. As a part of our market dynamics analysis, we separately consider and […]

  • New Offshore Wind Market Report Available

    21 July 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has added the “Offshore Wind Energy Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2014 – 2022” report to their offering. The report addresses the key market dynamics impacting the capacity additions for offshore wind energy globally. Market drivers, market restraints, and market opportunities are separately considered and analyzed. The […]

  • Deep C to Keep Beatrice Piles Soil Free

    7 June 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian seabed intervention specialist Deep C has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) to perform soil plug removal inside subsea piles, as part of the development of the 588MW Beatrice wind farm off Scotland.

  • Vibratory Pile Driving Researchers Go Deeper Underground (Gallery)

    26 April 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    innogy-led research project to test a new method of installing foundations on offshore wind farms has entered its next phase.

  • Burntisland Orders Granada Pythons for Beatrice

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Burntisland Fabrications Limited has contracted Granada Material Handling to design, manufacture, deliver and commission 26 davit crane units for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project. Each of the Granada Python crane units has been specifically designed for Beatrice and the challenging marine environment in which it will operate, the Manchester-based company said. One Python […]

  • Westermeerwind’s Aviation Lighting Disturbs Residents

    12 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    People living near the Noordoostpolder wind farm in the Netherlands, which features 38 turbines on land and 48 in the water, have found the flashing red lights coming from the turbines to be disturbing. This led Westermeerwind BV, the owner of the offshore part of the wind farm, to address the issue as well as to explain why this kind of […]

  • All Saint-Brieuc Inter-Array Cables to Be Buried

    4 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ailes Marines reported on 2 December that all the inter-array cables at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm will be buried to minimise the interference for navigation and fishing activities. According to the developer, due to extreme site conditions a commitment to bury half of the cables was made in 2016. Now it has been determined […]

  • UK Firm to Design Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    15 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PKN Orlen has selected the UK-based Offshore Design Engineering (ODE) to carry out preliminary technical and construction design of an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. As part of the contract, ODE has agreed to work with Polish companies on the project. The project will include, among others, a preliminary turbine […]