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  • TenneT Books Connector Express

    16 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Transmission system operator TenneT has chartered the Connector Express to provide supply trips to offshore platforms as well as perform inspections and repair work on structures and submarine cables from the base port of Emden. Rhenus Offshore Logistics, working in conjunction with A1 Offshore Solutions, started operating the supply vessel on 1 January 2019. The Connector Express, which […]

  • Senvion Secures EUR 100 Million Loan

    18 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion, its lenders, and main bond holders have signed a binding loan agreement, setting forth terms for a EUR 100 million debtor-in-possession (DIP) facility. According to Senvion, the DIP facility enables the company to continue its business operations following last week’s self-administration filing. The loan has received Board approvals and allows substantial […]

  • DNV GL Certifies Siemens 8MW Prototype; Installation in Østerild Upcoming

    17 January 2017
    Technology

    Siemens has obtained DNV GL’s Prototype Certificate for its SWT-8.0-154 offshore wind turbine, which enables the turbine manufacturer to install the prototype at the test centre for wind turbines in Østerild, Denmark, to demonstrate its performance.

  • Altitec Developing Turbine Repair Reporting System, Backed by GBP 50K Grant

    10 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Altitec, a company specialising in wind turbine rotor blade access and repair, has won a GBP 50,000 grant to develop a new reporting system, designed to provide real-time data.

  • Observator Group to Keep an Eye on Borkum Riffgrund 2 OSS Helideck

    10 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands-based Observator Group has won a contract to supply a Helideck Monitoring System for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore substation in the German North Sea.

  • China’s Rapid Renewable Energy Growth Driven by Ambitious Government Policies, Says GlobalData

    26 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    China’s renewable energy capacity increased from 27.8 GW in 2001 to 183 GW in 2013, and alternative sources are expected to account for more than 20% of the country’s total electricity generation by 2020, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that China’s emergence as a major player in the global […]

  • ORE Catapult, Ricardo, DNV GL Collaborate on Tidal Turbine Improvement

    23 February 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, together with Ricardo and DNV GL, has launched the first phase of a three stage collaborative industry project aimed at improving the reliability of tidal turbine powertrains by reducing risk at the design phase and aiding design optimisation. Improved reliability will increase energy output and ultimately drive down the […]

  • SgurrEnergy’s PPT Services In Line with New IEC Standard

    10 May 2017

    SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, has informed that its Power Performance Testing (PPT) services, which deliver wind turbine power curve tests, are fully compliant with the recently issued 2nd edition of IEC 61400-12-1 wind turbine standard from the International Electrotechnical Commission.

  • United Kingdom Infrastructure Report Q3 2012

    6 August 2012

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “United Kingdom Infrastructure Report Q3 2012” report to their offering. News that UK construction output fell by the sharpest pace in three years in Q112 highlights the detrimental effect the government’s austerity measures are having on the industry. On a local scale, small and medium sized […]

  • Denmark: MT Højgaard Ends 2011 with Loss

    14 March 2012

    2011 was a bad year for Denmark’s largest construction and civil engineering group, which emerges from the financial year with a pre-tax margin of minus 3.6% and a pre-tax loss of DKK 335 million. The financial statements are, as previously announced, negatively affected by losses on isolated projects, and in addition there are provisions, with […]

  • China Investing in German Offshore Wind Industry

    13 April 2012

    The Chinese subsidiary Jade Werke will begin production of steel fundaments for offshore wind parks in Germany as early as 2013. The company is investing EUR 50 million in a production plant in Wilhelmshaven, with construction planned to begin this summer. Germany Trade & Invest experts will share the latest news and business opportunities in […]

  • Global Wind Day to Be Celebrated All Over the World

    5 June 2013

    From Norway to Uruguay, Israel to India, hundreds of activities will allow people around the world to discover the power of wind energy on Global Wind Day, 15 June. From concerts in Croatia to boat trips in Japan, a video contest in Georgia and a comic workshop in Argentina, activities are many and varied, but […]

  • Tri-Nation Accord Copes with Wave, Tidal Risks

    26 October 2015
    R&D

    A tri-nation accord between firms based in Ireland, France and the UK is to result in shared research technology designed to dramatically reduce risks faced by developers of renewable tidal and wave power schemes around north western European coast lines. Known as MOREDATAS (Methods to Obtain Refined Environmental DATA from the Seas) the project addresses […]

  • EOLOS, Japan Meteorological Corporation Seal the Deal

    15 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    EOLOS and Japan Meteorological Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, 14 March, to cooperate in the Japanese wind and ocean resource measurement market. 

  • Remote Sensing Will Play Increasingly Important Role in Wind Power Market (USA)

    21 August 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The wind power market currently provides almost 3 percent of global electricity production. As the wind power industry matures, wind forecasting technologies are becoming critical in order to integrate greater amounts of variable wind energy into the grid.  Meteorological towers, or met towers, the predominant solution at present, serve a range of forecasting needs. According […]

  • France: Innovative Decision Support System for Structural Maintenance of FOWTs Close to Finalization

    12 March 2013

    Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas says an innovative decision support system for the structural maintenance of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) is close to being finalised. The initiative could result in significant cost and energy saving for all types of renewable marine energy farms. The system has been developed within the framework of Eurogia+, […]

  • EWEA Welcomes Paris Agreement

    15 December 2015

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has welcomed the UN climate change agreement struck in Paris on Saturday, 12 December. “The commitments countries have made in their INDCs don’t yet deliver 2DC let alone 1.5DC, but collectively they are far more ambitious than anything we’ve seen before – both the overall commitments and the specific measures such […]

  • IDTechEx Publishes Energy Harvesting in Action Report (USA)

    25 January 2012

    Energy harvesting is the use of ambient energy to provide electricity for small and or mobile equipment, whether electrical or electronic. It is concerned with providing relatively maintenance free, long life equipment, reducing the need for batteries. As is typical in relatively new technologies, there is much hype about energy harvesting and it is tough […]

  • Equinor Adds Technip Energies to Floating Offshore Wind Team in South Korea

    4 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor South Korea Co Ltd has selected the engineering and technology company, Technip Energies, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the 800 MW Firefly floating wind project offshore South Korea. The FEED contract covers the engineering of the floating wind turbine substructures for the Firefly floating offshore wind farm. The design of […]

  • RVO.nl Needs Offshore Wind Site Study Management Experts

    2 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D

    Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has issued a tender for framework contracts with external experts who can support RVO.nl in managing site studies and assist with the tendering procedures during the development of offshore wind farm zones.

  • First Gravity-Based Foundation Loaded and Ready for Fécamp Site

    1 July 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 71 gravity-based foundations for the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm has been placed on its transport barge at the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France, ahead of transport and installation at the project site off the coast of Normandy. The consortium of Boskalis, Saipem, and Bouygues Construction […]

  • Seabed Suitable for Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    21 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government selected for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed in the Baltic Sea is suitable for the development of this type of project. The Lithuanian Energy Agency selected Geobaltic and Garant Diving to carry out the geophysical and seismic surveys through an international […]

  • Wood Thilsted Wins Work on 2 GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Project

    19 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Caledonia Offshore Windfarm has selected the engineering consultancy Wood Thilsted to develop the structural concept design for the 2 GW project’s turbine foundations. The Caledonia offshore wind farm is being developed in the Moray Firth by Ocean Winds and is scheduled to be operational by 2030. Wood Thilsted will use the ground and metocean data […]

  • Queen Elizabeth II Visits Siemens Gamesa Blade Factory in Hull

    16 November 2017
    Authorities

    Siemens Gamesa welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to its offshore wind turbine blade factory at Alexandra Dock in Hull, UK, on 16 November.

  • Maersk Training to Hold Open Evening in Newcastle

    23 December 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    Maersk Training in Newcastle has invited North East residents aged 15 or over to attend an Open Evening event on 18 January and learn more about the company’s range of accredited Career Transition Training Programmes. The Open Evening will be held at Maersk Training Newcastle Ltd, 2 Mercury Court, Orion Business Park, from 4 pm to 6:30 […]

  • France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders

    16 May 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s energy regulator Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) has pre-selected ten bids for the development of an offshore wind farm project off Dunkerque, according to local media.