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  • Vestas Rolls Out First Locally-Assembled Offshore Wind Turbine Rotor Hub in Taiwan

    3 November 2023
    Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has, together with Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Farm, completed the first locally assembled offshore wind turbine rotor hub in Taiwan. At the core of the offshore wind turbine rotor hub is the hub casting, manufactured just a few kilometres away by Yeong Guan Energy Technology Group (YGG) at their Taichung […]

  • CO2 Leak at Hai Long Onshore Substation Hospitalises 17 On-Site Workers

    21 August 2024
    Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Seventeen people working on the Hai Long Changhua onshore substation, part of the Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan, were hospitalised on 20 August after a carbon dioxide leak at the substation. First reported by Taiwanese media citing information provided by Changhua County Fire Department, the incident is said to have left 14 on-site […]

  • Aker Solutions and Cognite Get USD 2 Million Offshore Wind Technology Grant

    15 April 2020
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Aker Solutions and Cognite have secured a USD 2 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for an offshore wind energy technology project. The NextWind Real Time Condition Monitoring project aims to develop a holistic digital solution that will enable monitoring the condition of an offshore floating wind farm and its impact on the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Muehlhan Wind Service Team Up on SeaMade

    31 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has hired Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) to provide pre-assembly and ground logistics for the SeaMade offshore wind farm project in Belgium. Under the contract, MWS will pre-assemble 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbines prior to their transportation and installation at the site located 38-50 kilometres off the coast of Oostende. The turbine pre-assembly […]

  • Germans Developing Grid Simulator for 20MW Wind Turbines

    17 February 2020
    R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES is developing a mobile grid simulator that will allow the testing and optimization of the grid compatibility of very large wind turbines with an output of up to 20MW. As a mobile test facility, the “Mobil-Grid-CoP” grid simulator will serve to verify current and future grid system services as well […]

  • Estonia Starts Construction Permit Process for 1GW Offshore Wind Farm

    30 December 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Estonian government has initiated a construction permit procedure for Eesti Energia’s 1GW offshore wind project in the Gulf of Riga. The move allows the developer to continue its research and search for partners for the construction of the offshore wind farm, Enefit Green, a member of Eesti Energia group said. According to Aavo Kärmas, […]

  • DECC Appoints New Permanent Secretary

    10 May 2016
    Authorities

    Alex Chisholm has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, following the announcement that Stephen Lovegrove, who held the position, has been named Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. The appointment has been made by the Prime Minister in agreement with the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, […]

  • DONG Energy Renames to Ørsted

    2 October 2017

    The offshore wind giant DONG Energy has changed its name to Ørsted, following the sale of its upstream oil and gas business to INEOS on 29 September and the decision to shift to green energy. While the acronym DONG, which stands for Dansk Olie og Naturgas (Danish Oil and Natural Gas), went in line with the company’s business in the past, the name no longer fits the renewable energy player. 

  • Aegir Takes On EOWDC Jackets at Port of Tyne

    2 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The deep-water heavy lift vessel Aegir has started lifting suction bucket jacket foundations, built for Vattenfall’s  European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), at the Port of Tyne’s Northumbrian Quay in North Shields.

  • Megavind In Quest of Additional Wind Tech Testing Sites

    22 January 2016
    R&D

    Danish wind industry’s strategic RD&D partnership, Megavind, has called for additional locations and facilities for testing wind energy technology. According to Megavind, there is currently a need for 4-7 new test sites in Denmark to meet the growing demand for testing next-generation wind turbines. The organization has also entered a dialogue with the Danish government to discuss possibilities to find […]

  • DOE to Give USD 3.7M to Maine Aqua Ventus

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

    The New England Aqua Ventus I offshore wind project will get an additional $3.7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The University of Maine-led project, also known as Maine Aqua Ventus, will receive the funding to complete engineering and planning work, and approach financial close, in addition to $3 million awarded by DOE in September 2014 to advance the design to […]

  • UK OW Owner/Operators Commit to SPARTA

    1 July 2015

    All 10 of the UK’s offshore wind farm owner/operators have signed an agreement committing to SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis), a collaborative project with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and The Crown Estate. Following a successful year-long pilot phase, the owner/operators have recognised the significant benefits that SPARTA can deliver, including […]

  • UK: ROVOP Named Promising New Business

    22 June 2012

    Fast-growing energy company ROVOP has won a top industry accolade after being named Promising New Business at last night’s (Thursday, June 21) 2012 Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise awards ceremony. Within just a year of its inception, ROVOP has successfully carved out a niche for itself as an independent company providing specialist, rapid response ROV […]

  • 100 Complete Foundations Installed at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    12 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has passed a major construction milestone with the completion of the first 100 full foundations at the 160 wind turbine locations in Liverpool Bay. In addition, the last two steel monopiles left Gwynt y Môr’s base harbour port facility at Birkenhead on Friday, 9th August, for installation in the […]

  • ORE Catapult and Narec Merge to Boost UK’s Offshore Renewables Industry

    3 April 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) have today announced that they are merging to form a national champion for the development and cost reduction of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy across the UK. The move will see the world-class research, development, demonstration and testing facilities of Narec […]

  • Pentagon Assurance Secures Yunlin Contract

    27 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Risk management and compliance specialist Pentagon Assurance has won a contract to provide quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) services in relation to subsea trenching work for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The project will see the South Shields firm providing QHSE advice and support safety, and reduce risk and costs associated with […]

  • Insight into Offshore Wind Industry in China

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The recent developments in China on the policy front, local stakeholder ambitions, and project developments indicate a shift towards growth in the country’s offshore wind market, according to a new report by Quartz+Co and MEC Intelligence. In the past five years, offshore wind has become the fastest growing clean energy technology in the Northern Europe. […]

  • China Introduces Offshore Wind Feed-In Tariffs

    17 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has been working with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) tariff department for months to determine the feed-in tariff for offshore wind, and the discussions between the two agencies are nearly finalised.  It is said that inter-tidal projects will enjoy a tariff of RMB 0.85 (USD 0.14) per kilowatt hour while the nearshore […]

  • TenneT Welcomes German Ministers’ Proposal to Accelerate Offshore Grid Development

    4 July 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Two German ministers presented a proposal aimed at accelerating the development of wind farms off the German coast by introducing new liability arrangements and a long-term offshore grid development plan.  “We welcome the proposal by Phillip Rösler, the German federal minister for economic affairs, and Peter Altmaier, the minister for the environment, to introduce new […]

  • Trident Energy Teams up with Leading Electrical Engineering Research Organisation (UK)

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Trident Energy, the independent developer of generator solutions for the offshore renewable energy industry, announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with RenewNet, a world-leading electrical engineering research organisation. Trident Energy has developed a low cost, high reliability linear generator for use in offshore wind, wave and tidal energy technologies. The generator can be […]

  • Bernhard Schulte Orders Two Methanol-Ready CSOVs at Ulstein

    6 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Bernhard Schulte Offshore has signed an agreement with Ulstein Verft for the design and construction of two methanol-ready commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), with options to order four additional vessels. The CSOVs, measuring 89.6 metres in length with a beam of 19.2 metres, are of the ULSTEIN SX222 design and will utilise the company’s TWIN […]

  • Sweden: Systecon Performs Availability Analyses on East Anglia Project

    29 August 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The consultancy and software developer Systecon AB, a company with extensive expertise and experience in operation and maintenance analysis, performs simulations to analyze different logistics concept for East Anglia Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Scottish Power and Vattenfall. East Anglia Offshore Wind is a joint venture company between Vattenfall and Scottish Power with the […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Pipeline Now at 98 GW, Second Only to China – Report

    13 June 2023
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The UK’s pipeline of offshore wind projects has reached 97,944 MW, up from 91,287 MW a year ago, while the global pipeline topped 1.23 TW, an increase of nearly 400 GW in the last year, according to RenewableUK’s latest EnergyPulse market intelligence data report. The pipeline includes projects at every stage of development, including operational, […]

  • World’s First Energy Island Starts Taking Shape – Video

    23 April 2024
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Power-to-X

    The first of the 23 caissons being built for Princess Elisabeth Island in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is almost finished and will be immersed in the North Sea this summer. The artificial Belgian energy island is a world first. A Belgian consortium comprising DEME and Jan De Nul (TM Edison) is building the foundations of the […]

  • Norway: MaXccess System Successfully Completes Offshore Trials

    29 March 2012
    Technology

    OSBIT Power (OP), Siemens Wind Power and Statoil announced that they have successfully completed offshore trials of OP’s innovative offshore wind turbine access system, MaXccess. The trials were conducted with the backing of Siemens Wind Power and Statoil, at the Hywind Demo floating offshore wind turbine off the coast of Norway. MaXccess was installed on […]

  • Estonia Invites Competing Applications for Saare 7 Offshore Wind Area as Developer Submits Proposal

    17 January 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    Estonian developer Sunly Wind has applied for a superficies licence with Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) for an offshore wind farm in the Saare 7 area. The CPTRA has now initiated a procedure for the area under which it invites any competing applications to be submitted, in which case an auction would be […]