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  • Dutch Intelligence Warns Russia May Be Preparing to Sabotage Offshore Wind, Gas and Cable Infrastructure in North Sea

    22 February 2023
    Authorities

    Dutch General and Military Intelligence and Security Services (AVID and MVID) have sent a letter to the government together with an update on the latest insights into activities being covertly conducted by Russia, including those that are potentially being carried out in preparation for sabotage of the Dutch energy infrastructure in the North Sea. On […]

  • China: Yu Chongde Inspects Longyuan Rudong Offshore Wind Farm

    30 March 2012

    On March 21, Yu Chongde, deputy General Manager of China Guodian Corporation, and his entourage came to inspect Longyuan Rudong Offshore Wind Farm. Fei Zhi, deputy General Manager of China Longyuan Power, accompanied him during the inspection. Taking a special sea vehicle, Yu Chongde arrived at wind turbine site and made a field inspection of […]

  • EC Okays Danish Support for Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm

    28 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has found support to be granted to the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Danish territorial waters to be in line with EU state aid rules.

  • Japan: Yokogawa to Release Enhanced Version of Network-Based Control System

    5 June 2012
    Technology

    Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it will release an enhanced version of the STARDOM™ network-based control system on May 31. This enhanced version includes new modules that enable the FCN autonomous controller to communicate directly with facilities and devices that use the PROFIBUS-DP and CANopen industrial communication protocols※. An IT security setting tool is also […]

  • ESB’s Ocean Energy Project Westwave Wins Grant from SEAI (Ireland)

    3 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    ESB’s ocean energy project, Westwave, has been awarded a grant of €238,000 by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The grant is awarded under SEAI’s Ocean Energy Prototype Research and Development Programme which focuses on the development and deployment of ocean energy devices and systems, with an emphasis on industry-led projects. The grant is […]

  • UK: Tritech’s Marine Mammal Detection System Shows Good Results

    3 June 2012
    Environment

    Gemini SeaTec provides an early warning of the presence of marine mammals in the vicinity of marine current turbine structures. The Gemini SeaTec system has been successfully field tested on the Marine Current Turbine (MCT) SeaGen installation in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, overseen and tested by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Ltd. Launched at […]

  • Eolus and Simply Blue to Jointly Develop Floating Wind Farms Offshore Sweden and Finland

    30 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Eolus and Simply Blue Group have established a joint venture named SeaSapphire to develop four commercial-scale floating offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea – two projects in Sweden and two in Finland. The four projects include Skidbladner, located 100 kilometres southeast of Stockholm; Herkules, located 60 kilometres southeast of the Island of Gotland; Wellamo, […]

  • Equinor and BP’s New York Offshore Wind Projects Take Next Step in Federal Permitting Process

    15 November 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Empire Wind offshore wind projects, being developed by Equinor and BP in New York. The DEIS encompasses the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms that are proposed to be built in waters […]

  • BlueFloat Tie-Up Reveals 900 MW Wind Farm Project Offshore New Zealand

    2 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture (JV) between BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate, and Elemental Group have revealed their new offshore wind project, South Taranaki, off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island. The South Taranaki offshore wind project, which will use bottom-fixed technology, will be located 22 kilometres off the coast of South Taranaki and is expected to […]

  • Belgian Offshore Wind Transmission Specialist Joins New Jersey Project

    9 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic (NEETMA), a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Transmission, and WindGrid, a subsidiary of Elia Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation on a New Jersey offshore wind transmission project. Under the MoU, the companies will work together on the development and construction of offshore wind transmission infrastructure in New […]

  • DNV to Class Edda Wind’s Hydrogen-Ready CSOVs

    6 April 2022
    Vessels

    DNV has signed a classification contract with the Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind for two new Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). The vessels, being constructed to serve offshore wind farms during commissioning and operation, will be built at Colombo Dockyard PLC in Sri Lanka. The CSOVs, which will be hydrogen-ready, are expected to be delivered under […]

  • PLAT-O Proves Tidal Energy Cost Is Coming Down, SME Says

    7 July 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has announced that its PLAT-O, the first tidal energy system to generate power off the south coast of England, demonstrated that the cost of tidal energy is rapidly coming down with such systems coming on stream. Jason Hayman, Managing Director of SME, said: “It’s a huge achievement for the team. PLAT-O has […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Generation Increases 50 Pct in Q1

    28 June 2012
    Authorities

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 28 June 2012 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total and by fuel, and provides an analysis of the year on year changes, and now includes a section on renewables. Quarterly Energy Prices […]

  • DONG Gets GBP 6 Mln for Suction Bucket Jacket

    28 January 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Through its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme (OWA ), the Carbon Trust has awarded DONG Energy GBP 6 million (DKK 54 million) to co-fund full scale demonstration of a new offshore wind turbine foundation called the Suction Bucket Jacket. If the demonstration is successful, it could be implemented in future commercial projects from 2017 – including […]

  • BOEM Starts Review of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Projects

    29 September 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct an environmental review of two wind energy development projects proposed offshore New Jersey by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC. Atlantic Shores, a 50:50 joint venture between EDF Renewables North America and Shell New Energies US, submitted a plan to construct and operate two commercial-scale offshore […]

  • BOEM to Carry Out Vineyard Wind Environmental Review

    30 March 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) of Vineyard Wind’s proposed 800MW wind farm offshore Massachusetts.

  • Robots and AI Beat Humans by 14 Pct in Detecting Turbine Fault in Innovate UK Project

    16 May 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Perceptual Robotics and the University of Bristol have announced the results of an Innovate UK data analysis project which show that robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are 14 per cent more accurate in detecting faults in wind turbines than expert humans carrying out the same inspections. The Innovate UK Research and Development project involved incorporating […]

  • Wood Mackenzie: Japan to Hit 4GW of Offshore Wind by 2028

    14 February 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Japan’s offshore wind capacity is expected to reach 4GW in 2028, a 62-fold increase from 2018, according to a new research by Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie estimates that Japan will see a power generation shortfall of more than 10GW by 2030, as it struggles to restart 30 nuclear reactors to meet the national nuclear target, and […]

  • Siemens’ New 6MW Wind Turbines Enter German Offshore Market

    21 November 2013
    Technology

    Siemens will supply 97 wind turbines, each with a rating of six megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 154 meters, to the Danish energy provider DONG Energy. This will mark the first time that Siemens will be supplying its new six-megawatt wind turbines for offshore in Germany. The Gode Wind 1 (252 MW) and […]

  • Kent to Design Berwick Bank Offshore Substations and Foundations

    1 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engineering and design service provider Kent has been awarded a contract for the design of offshore substations and foundations for both wind turbines and the substations at SSE Renewables’ 4.1 GW Berwick Bank offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Kent will complete two multidiscipline concept designs for the offshore substation platforms, delivering designs for options of […]

  • SMart Wind Issues Scoping Report for Hornsea Project One (UK)

    26 November 2010

    SMart Wind, the consortium led by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has submitted a Scoping Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) detailing the proposed approach to the development of the first projects in the 4GW Hornsea Zone. It sets out the proposed content, key issues and methodologies for the Environmental Impact Assessment […]

  • EnBW Energie Sells Its Interests in Poland to EDF (Germany)

    21 December 2011

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG separates from its interests in Poland and sells these to Electricité de France (EDF). According to the agreement signed by both companies, EDF is acquiring two EnBW subsidiaries holding respectively a 32.45% shareholding in the Polish coal-fired power station in Rybnik in southern Poland and a 15.59% shareholding in the Kogeneracja […]

  • Installation of Eneco Luchterduinen OWF’s Innovative Foundations to Start in July

    12 May 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    In early July, Van Oord will commence the offshore installation of the 43 foundation piles for the Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm, the third Dutch offshore wind farm, which will be utilizing innovative new design elements with regard to its foundation piles.  While the tower and foundation components of offshore wind turbines have been connected by means of a […]

  • Prysmian’s Monna Lisa Picks Up Its First Cable for Largest US Offshore Wind Farm-To-Be

    21 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Vessels

    Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa has been loaded for the first time with submarine cable, destined for what will become the largest US offshore wind farm once operational. Prysmian reported two days ago that the submarine cable for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project was being loaded on Monna Lisa […]

  • All-in-One Ornithology Survey Aircraft to Debut at Sofia OWF

    2 September 2021
    R&D

    An aircraft integrating light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and traditional digital aerial photography for ornithology surveys will be used for the first time at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. APEM and NIRAS, contracted by RWE to develop the project’s Ornithology Monitoring Plan and carry out the work, will use two aircraft provided […]

  • ACT’s Lightweight Blade Passes First Test

    8 April 2020
    R&D

    ACT Blade, a spin-off company from UK yacht-sail developer SMAR Azure, has completed the first test of its new lightweight blade for wind farms at ORE Catapult’s Blade Test Facility in Blyth. This first of two static tests was carried out in three weeks and saw a full-length 13m blade withstand the toughest simulation of […]