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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. 

  • 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.