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  • Van Oord’s Giant Jack-Up to Feature ABB Tech

    24 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    ABB has secured a contract with Yantai CIMC Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China to supply Van Oord’s wind turbine installation vessel Boreas with power, automation, and propulsion systems. Under the contract, ABB will provide four Azipod propulsion units with a combined propulsion power of 16 MW, offering significant space and weight savings as well […]

  • MHI Vestas Orders ABB Transformers for Portuguese Floating Giants

    26 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has contracted ABB to deliver its WindSTAR transformers specifically designed for floating wind turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project offshore Portugal.

  • Coming Up This Spring: First Seaweed Harvest at Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm

    19 January 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom

    Vattenfall and its partners in the WIN@sea project are preparing to harvest the first seaweed grown at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark. After the harvest, scheduled for this Spring, the seaweed will be analysed for its quality as a foodstuff. Win@Sea, including Vattenfall, Aarhus University, the Danish Technological University, the University of […]

  • DolWin Kappa Platform Nears Final Journey

    28 April 2022
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics

    The DolWin kappa offshore platform, part of the DolWin6 grid connection project, is largely prepared for sailing out from the Dragados shipyard in Cádiz, Spain towards the German North Sea, TenneT said. The first tests in preparation for commissioning, which is scheduled to be completed after the installation of the platform, are already underway. The […]

  • Offshore Wind Industry Council Launches Online Educational Modules

    13 April 2022
    Industry, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a series of online modules to support those new to the offshore wind industry by covering topics from project inception to decommissioning. The publicly available online modules explain how offshore wind farms are planned, the consenting processes involved in building and operating them, and the role offshore […]

  • RWE to Triple Its Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030

    15 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    RWE will invest EUR 50 billion gross in offshore wind and other renewables, hydrogen, flexible generation and batteries until 2030, by which time the company plans to double its portfolio to 50 GW from the previously planned 25 GW. In offshore wind, the company intends to triple its capacity from 2.4 GW to 8 GW, with activities […]

  • IQIP Launches New Piling Technique for Noise-Compliant Installation of Largest Monopiles

    6 September 2024
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    The foundation and installation specialist, IQIP, has put their newly developed piling technique EQ-Piling in action, which the Dutch company claims allows for the noise-compliant installation of even the largest monopiles. Conventional impact piling is an established method for installing large monopile foundations at the required depths, but it generates noise that can be harmful […]

  • Shell Puts Together Offshore Wind Recruitment Team

    6 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions (formerly Shell New Energies) has selected ERSG and Light Source People for global staffing services for its offshore wind business. Following a tendering procedure, Light Source People has been appointed as an official supplier to provide contractors and permanent staff for Shell’s offshore wind projects and wider renewables portfolio globally under a […]

  • BLUE Piling Technology Enters New Testing Phase

    10 November 2020
    R&D, Technology

    IQIP and Delft University of Technology have started their joint work on the monopile drivability investigation of the BLUE Piling Technology. The BLUE Piling Technology is a new monopile installation technique being developed by IQIP which is said to reduce underwater noise levels by creating a gentler blow compared to the conventional impact hammers. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • RWE to Use Innovative Ecosystem Monitoring Tech at German Offshore Wind Farm

    29 October 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, R&D

    RWE, together with its partners, has launched the Sustainable ecosystem approach in Monitoring the marine environment (SeaMe) project at its Kaskasi offshore wind farm off the German coast. The three-year project will be carried out in collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB), the Alfred Wegener Institute […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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+, […]