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  • 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 […]

  • First Flight Wind’s Shipping and Navigation Working Group Discusses OWF Impact

    9 December 2013
    R&D

    First Flight Wind hosted its second Shipping and Navigation Working Group at the Whistledown Hotel in Warrenpoint. This Working Group is one of six which have been established to help First Flight Wind assess the potential impacts of an offshore wind farm on key industries. Made up of 13 individuals, members of this Working Group […]

  • Iberdrola to Speed Up Investments and Projects

    2 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola will put its investments in 2020 on a fast track with an aim to surpass last year’s investment record and reach EUR 10 billion. This will lead to some 4.5 GW of new capacity currently under construction to be commissioned this year.

  • Scottish Renewables CEO Responds to UK Energy Bill

    29 November 2012

    Responding to the new UK Energy Bill set out in Westminster by Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “It is a long time since a UK Bill was introduced that will have such important consequences for Scotland, given the importance of renewable energy […]

  • ABPmer Launches Renewables Channel (UK)

    16 June 2011

    ABPmer announces a new phase in the dissemination of marine renewable resource mapping tools for wind, wave and tidal developers with the launch of the Renewables Channel on WEBvision, their online spatial information sharing platform. The Renewables Channel allows browsers to interrogate the recently developed Western Isles and Northern Ireland (WINI) numerical model, which provides […]

  • EWEA: Wind Could Bring Most Power to Europe by 2030

    17 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Wind energy will be the largest source of power supply in the EU by 2030 if governments apply the right level of ambition in their climate and energy policies, according to the latest report issued by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Wind power can exceed gas, coal and other forms of energy by the end […]

  • Denmark: Offshore Wind Industry Leaders Invited to Join Project on Corrosion Protection

    14 March 2013
    R&D

    FORCE Technology, Institut de la Corrosion from France, Vattenfall A/S and DONG Energy A/S have partnered up to create a Joint Industry Project that aims at generating realistic and sufficient data to update corrosion control design guidelines specifically for the offshore wind farm structures. Offshore wind farm owners and operators are hereby invited to join […]

  • Equinor Pushes Ahead with 800 MW Floating Wind Project in Korea

    18 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Equinor Korea has signed a co-development Letter of Agreement for the Firefly floating wind project off South Korea with the Offshore Wind Countermeasures Committee, the Ulsan-based fishermen organization. With this agreement, Equinor and the Ulsan Offshore Wind Countermeasures Committee formed a consultative body to promote the project at the earliest, and to make efforts to […]

  • EU State Guidelines Endanger Meeting the 2020 Renewables Target

    18 December 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The European Commission proposes putting an end to differentiated support for renewable technologies such as onshore and offshore wind in its consultation of draft State aid guidelines for energy and the environment published today. This would effectively stop Member States from determining their own energy mix – a fundamental principle of EU energy policy. “These […]

  • RWE to Deploy Systematic’s Software on All Its Offshore Wind Farms

    26 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    RWE has signed a contract with the Danish software company Systematic for a marine management tool that the developer will deploy across its global fleet of offshore wind farms. Under the contract, Systematic will supply its software, called SITE, to manage vessel and personnel information, as well as existing operational data from all of RWE’s […]

  • European Commission Clears ABB’s High Voltage Cable Business Sale to NKT

    28 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The European Commission has cleared unconditionally under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of ABB’s high voltage cable business and power cable accessories business by nkt after concluding that the merged entity would continue to face effective competition in Europe.

  • Marine Surveys Start on 3.4 GW Wind Farm Offshore Vietnam

    24 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Enterprize Energy has kicked off initial marine surveys off the coast of Binh Thuan province in Vietnam for its 3.4 GW Thang Long offshore wind project. This is the largest offshore wind farm to be granted a survey licence by the Vietnamese government, the developer said. Enterprize Energy has engaged local marine services providers Hai […]

  • India to Install First Offshore Wind Turbine in 5 Years

    9 April 2012

    In the forthcoming five years India will have its first offshore windmill, located in Dhanushkodi, executive director of Centre for Wind Energy Technology, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Dr S Gomathi Nayagam announced at a two day conference on renewable energy held in Chennai last week, IBN Live informs. According to him, India will […]

  • Belgium: OWI Lab Monitoring Offshore Wind Turbine Drive Train

    5 April 2013

    In the global search for renewable energy sources wind energy continues to experience an increasing market share. This growth drives new technological improvements which aim at increasing capacity, improving reliability and reducing the overall cost of wind turbines and correspondingly of the energy. One of the critical subsystems in this regard is the drive train […]

  • RVO Awards Contracts for Metocean Campaigns Offshore Netherlands

    20 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded contracts to GEOxyz and RPS advies- en ingenieursbureau B.V. for the execution of metocean campaigns at three offshore wind zone areas in the Netherlands. The tender, which was divided into three lots, outlines that the data is obtained by means of two individual floating LiDAR systems and one […]

  • Van Oord’s Boreas to Sport MacGregor Deck Cranes

    9 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    MacGregor has been chosen to supply two auxiliary telescopic cranes for a new generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that is being built at Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China for Dutch contracting company Van Oord. MacGregor’s scope of supply consists of two auxiliary offshore telescopic cranes, which are used to transport the cargo and […]

  • Equinor, Polenergia Tap RockWave for Polish Offshore Wind Project

    7 March 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Equinor and Polenergia have awarded RockWave a contract for subsurface data reprocessing for the 1,560 MW Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract scope involves the reprocessing of sparker ultra-high resolution seismic (UHRS) data to create an optimised subsurface image. The new data will play a “crucial role” in upgrading the engineering ground […]

  • Seaway7 Bags Inter-Array Cable Contract Offshore Poland

    25 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by Equinor and Polenergia for the inter-array cables of the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. Seaway7’s scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of 100 66 kV […]

  • Fugro Stays Offshore New Jersey

    26 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fugro has received a contract renewal from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind for the provision of real-time wind and metocean measurements off the coast of New Jersey in the US over the next two years. The award is the latest in a set of three contract renewals between Fugro and Atlantic Shores based on a successful […]

  • Allianz Makes First Offshore Wind Investment

    6 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Allianz Capital Partners, on behalf of Allianz Insurance Companies, has signed an agreement to purchase a 25.2 per cent stake in the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands from the chemicals producer BASF. This is the first offshore wind and first equity renewables investment of Allianz in the Netherlands, the global […]

  • Germans Appealing for 2 GW Offshore Wind Tender

    25 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Germany’s WAB, Greenpeace Energy and H2BX are calling for the special 2 GW offshore wind tender to be implemented quickly and that areas be put out to tender before the end of the year. In a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier, the parties claim that long-term framework […]

  • Kriegers Flak Monopiles Stand Ready

    31 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed all 72 monopiles at Vattenfall’s 605 MW wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea. The last monopile was en-route to the installation site, after completion at EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock, on 24 August, the German company said. Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen installed the first monopile […]

  • Vattenfall Gathers Vesterhav Seabed Survey Squad

    13 September 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is preparing to deploy two vessels in search of naval mines and shipwrecks in the area of the Danish North Sea where the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord offshore wind farms will be built.

  • EC Nods to EUR 3.5 Billion Boost for Belgian Offshore Wind Projects

    27 September 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules Belgium’s support of a maximum of EUR 3.5 billion for three offshore wind projects in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Irish Offshore Wind Project Moves Towards Survey Phase

    25 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Oriel offshore wind project in Ireland is getting ready for the start of site surveys after having secured a license by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. The investigation works are scheduled to commence in August at the site off the coast of Dundalk in dialogue with the stakeholders and the local […]

  • Manchester Uni Studies Floating Wind Stabilization Options

    7 August 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The Manchester Metropolitan University has secured a GBP 124,000 grant from the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub to test solutions for stabilizing floating offshore wind turbines. In the one-year project, the UK university will develop computer models to test the best methods to stabilize and control the motions of the turbine and its semi-submerged support structure. The project […]