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  • Germany: Siemens to Build EUR 200 Mln Offshore Wind Turbine Factory

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Siemens will invest around €200 million to build its first production facility for offshore wind turbine components in Cuxhaven, Germany, the company reported today. The factory, expected to create up to 1,000 new jobs, will accommodate the final assembly of generators, hubs and nacelle back-ends, which are all connected to form complete nacelles, the core of Siemens 7 MW wind […]

  • Forewind Investigates Harbour Porpoises in North Sea

    9 December 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Forewind is one of five international offshore wind energy developers to jointly initiate an ambitious research programme into how the harbour porpoise population in the North Sea is likely to be affected by the construction of offshore wind farms. The programme, called Disturbance Effects on the Harbour Porpoise Population in the North Sea (DEPONS) will […]

  • Strainstall Wins Hywind Mooring Monitoring Contract

    19 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Strainstall, a monitoring solutions developer and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the 30MW Hywind pilot park – the world’s first floating offshore wind farm being developed by Statoil off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland. The site will consist of five, 6MW floating turbines, with […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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).

  • UK: SeaHold Signs Charter Contract with Otto Marine for MPSV

    21 March 2012

    Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine company which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, announces that it has secured a bareboat charter contract from SeaHold GEOSHIPS LIMITED (A UK based. ISO 9001 certified Marine and Subsea services shipping company supporting offshore oil and gas and renewable […]

  • University of Oldenburg Wins EUR 3.8 Million for Offshore Wind Research Project (Germany)

    30 December 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) will sponsor the new research project, GW Wakes, on offshore wind energy at the University of Oldenburg, with 3.8 million euros over the next three years. The aim is to study the wind currents and wakes in large offshore wind farms with hundreds of […]

  • PaxOcean Receives Order for Methanol-Ready Offshore Construction Vessel Newbuilds

    7 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    PaxOcean has unveiled an order for up to four methanol-ready offshore construction vessels (OCVs) from an unnamed European shipowner. PaxOcean announced it has signed shipbuilding contracts for two OCVs with a “renowned European shipowner” for delivery in 2027 and an option for two additional vessels. Measuring 123 metres in length with a 1,750-square-metre cargo deck […]

  • TEPCO Ventures to Deliver SkySpecs Solutions to Japan’s Offshore Wind Market

    1 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    SkySpecs an TEPCO Ventures have signed a partnership agreement to deliver SkySpecs’ solutions to the Japanese offshore wind market. Under the agreement, TEPCO will deliver the robotics solutions provider’s autonomous drone inspections, blade asset management software, and predictive maintenance planning tool to the wind energy market in Japan. According to SkySpecs, which has offices in […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES to Survey German Offshore Wind Zone

    21 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fraunhofer IWES has secured a contract to provide geophysical investigation and hydrographic survey services at the N-9.4 offshore wind zone in the German North Sea. The work will be carried out in 2022 as part of the preliminary investigations of the seabed at the zone. The contract was awarded by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic […]

  • Fugro to Start Star of the South Geotechnical Site Investigation

    28 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has been awarded a contract to perform a geotechnical site investigation, which is set to kick in this weekend, for Australia’s first offshore wind farm, Star of the South. The geotechnical site investigation is partly funded by the Victorian Government through the Energy Innovation Fund with a USD 19.5 million […]

  • Van Oord’s Next-Gen Newbuild to Install Nordseecluster Foundations

    26 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has been selected as the preferred supplier for the transport and installation of foundations for RWE and Northland Power’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in Germany. For this work, Van Oord will deploy its brand-new offshore installation vessel Boreas which is currently being built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (YCRO) in China. […]

  • Senvion Finalizing Sale of Certain Core Business Parts

    29 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has received several advanced offers for various substantial core parts of its business. Senvion is entering final stages of the mergers and acquisitions process and will present the investor concepts to the creditors’ assembly for a vote on 10 September 2019. The company has also put in place financial arrangements to […]

  • Wind Industry Majors Sign MoU with Danish Government

    18 January 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Government of Denmark has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with wind industry majors with the aim of strengthening and continuing the strong collaboration between the global wind energy industry and the Danish government. The MoU, titled ‘Second to none wind energy framework – think Denmark’, was signed by Kristian Jensen, Denmark’s Minister of Finance, Lars Christian Lilleholt, […]

  • Wikinger and Arkona All Hooked Up

    16 April 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The transmission system operator 50Hertz has connected the Wikinger and Arkona offshore wind farms in the German Baltic Sea to its transmission grid ahead of their official commissioning. The wind farms were connected to the grid via the Ostwind 1 grid connection below the originally calculated budget, 50Hertz said. After three years of construction and […]

  • New York PSC Greenlights State Offshore Wind Plans

    25 June 2018
    Authorities

    The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has accepted an environmental review of policy options to implement the state’s offshore wind program that will ultimately lead to meeting Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s goal of procuring at least 2.4GW of offshore wind energy by 2030.

  • ITPEnergised Merges with Xero Energy

    4 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    UK-based consultancy companies ITPEnergised and Xero Energy informed on 31 May that they had merged to provide environmental, grid, electrical and engineering services to the energy, transport, property and construction sectors in the UK and overseas.

  • Tauw to Test Soil on Potential Hollandse Kust Zuid Onshore Cable Routes

    9 June 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands-based consultancy Tauw Group will carry out soil investigations and determine the most suitable route for onshore cables which will connect four 350MW offshore wind farms in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) zone to the Dutch grid, TenneT reports. Tauw will examine several onshore cable routes, including the one leading to Wateringen and two leading to a terminal on Maasvlakte. The soil […]

  • Maersk Training Starts 2017 Open Evening Season in Newcastle

    25 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Training & Education

    Maersk Training in Newcastle is hosting its first open evening of 2017 on 1 February to promote a training course which helps people looking to start a new career in the wind industry. The training experts, based in Newcastle, have been running the Level 2 Diploma in Staying Safe in the Wind Industry for over […]

  • Acta Marine Orders Offshore Wind CSV from Ulstein

    24 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels

    The Netherlands based Acta Marine has ordered a wind farm construction support vessel (CSV) from Norway’s ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein Verft. The new DP2 vessel is primarily aimed at the offshore wind market and carries the new SX195 design from Ulstein Design & Solutions, the Norwegian company said. “We are expanding our services and […]

  • EU Marching Towards Creation of Energy Union

    25 February 2015
    Authorities

    The European Commission has set out its strategy to achieve a resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy. “It is time to complete the single energy market in Europe,” the EU Commission states in its press release. The College of Commissioners approved the strategy for Energy Union, which comprises the following package: A Framework Strategy […]

  • USA: Mercom Announces Report on Funding and M&A Activity for Wind Energy Sector

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, today released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the wind energy sector for the first quarter of 2012. Venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter came in strong with $240 million going into a record number of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa: 8MW Offshore Wind Turbine to Be Market-Ready in 2020

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has launched a new offshore wind turbine – SG 8.0-167 DD – said to increase the annual energy production (AEP) compared to the 7MW model by 20%. The 8MW turbine is expected to be market-ready in 2020. 

  • WINDFORCE Baltic Sea Getting Closer

    13 January 2014

    The programme for WINDFORCE Baltic Sea is impressive. In two days, more than 100 conference participants will get a comprehensive view of issues related to renewable energy production in the Baltic Sea. Eight theme sessions and 30 international speakers will deal with nearly everything in the value-adding chain, from research, installation and logistics to financing, […]

  • Lawsuit Filed against NSTAR’s Contract with Cape Wind, USA

    22 January 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Town of Barnstable, local businesses, residents, and the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS) filed a lawsuit to the U.S. District Court yesterday against NSTAR’s no-bid contract to purchase electricity from Cape Wind offshore wind farm. The lawsuit against Massachusetts regulators, NSTAR, and Cape Wind says that the State discriminated against out-of-state power companies – […]

  • Eolus Requests Government Consent to Build 2.2 GW Floating Wind Farm in Sweden

    1 July 2024
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Eolus has submitted an application to the Swedish government for permission to build a 2.2 GW floating offshore wind farm at a site located 20 kilometres north of Gotska Sandön and about 100 kilometres southeast of Stockholm. The project, named Skidbladner and developed by Simply Blue Group, is planned to comprise a maximum of 147 […]