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  • Converter Platform ‘Dolwin Alpha’ for Windreich’s MEG 1 OWF Erected

    26 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The centerpiece for the transport of wind power to be produced by Windreich’s offshore wind farm MEG 1 has been successfully constructed. “With the construction of the transformer platform ‘DolWin alpha’, 13 kilometers southeast from Windreich’s  MEG 1 wind farm, we have taken a big step forward with the planned construction of the wind farm,” […]

  • UK: Hornsea Project One Application Accepted for Examination

    23 August 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The application for Hornsea Project One, the first offshore wind farm that SMart Wind Ltd is developing in the Round 3 Hornsea Zone, has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Planning Inspectorate has approximately three months to prepare for the examination. During this stage, the public will be able to register […]

  • Deutsche WindGuard Offers Type Testing for Wind Turbines

    22 August 2013
    Technology

    Wind energy consultant Deutsche WindGuard now offers the full range of type testing required in the frame of type certification of wind turbines. The accreditation of the newly established service load measurement on wind turbines completes the accreditation scope. Type Testing Measurements are a main part of the Type Certification process each new type of […]

  • Welsh Finance Minister Visits DeltaStream’s Deployment Site

    14 August 2013
    Authorities, Technology

    Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt AM has visited the proposed site for Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire, ahead of its deployment next year. Backed by EU funds of almost £8 million and pioneered by Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd, the DeltaStream device will use tidal flows to generate clean electricity for […]

  • Germany: Installation of Foundations to Start Soon at Amrumbank West

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has begun the construction phase of German Amrumbank West offshore wind farm, the company said in its report for the first half of 2013. Installation of foundations at the project’s site is scheduled for this fall (most likely in October). In April, the company started the preparatory work for constructing the offshore wind farm […]

  • Denmark: Blue Water, Fred. Olsen Successfully Cooperate on Riffgat OWF

    8 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Blue Water loaded the last component from the Port of Esbjerg to the German wind farm Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm which is located in the North Sea. The turbines were installed by the experienced Norwegian company Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, who looks back on a positive project. “The cooperation with Blue Water has been excellent and […]

  • Seajacks Hosts Minister Fallon for Roundtable Discussions on Energy in East Anglia

    8 August 2013
    Authorities

    Seajacks yesterday hosted the Energy Minister, Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon, MP at its Great Yarmouth offices for an EEEGR roundtable event on the energy opportunity in East Anglia. The Minister was in the region to open the Greater Gabbard wind farm and tour other energy sites and kicked-off his visit by visiting the new Seajacks […]

  • MMO Publishes Report on Key Marine Activities in UK

    8 August 2013

    A report on key marine activities has been published on August 6 by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The Strategic Scoping Report (SSR) identifies natural resources and activities – both recreational and industrial – in the UK’s marine area, and will inform marine plans that are being developed to shape the future of England’s seas. […]

  • UK: Green World to Host Offshore Wind Conference

    26 September 2013

    Green World Conferences announced the annual Offshore Wind Conference which will take place on 23-25 April 2014 in London. On 23 April 2014 a one-day conference on financing and insuring offshore wind projects and the Subsea Wind Connection Masterclass will take place in the same location. The conference dinner will take place on the first […]

  • UK: Planning Inspectorate Accepts Dogger Bank Application

    26 September 2013
    Authorities

    The Planning Inspectorate accepted Forewind’s development consent order application for the first stage of offshore wind energy development on the Dogger Bank Zone. The application for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck, comprising two offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of up to 2.4 gigawatts (GW), was submitted in August after more than three years […]

  • UK: Wirral Prepares to Seize Offshore Wind Opportunities

    20 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Wirral Council is about to knock down the old factory of the former Transfood site in Birkenhead, northwest England in order to renew the site and turn it into an offshore wind industry hub. The Council yesterday approved plans to buy the premises, which will cost GBP 350,000, with cash provided from the Regional Growth […]

  • Carnegie Partners with Marine Renewable Energy Ireland Centre

    13 September 2013

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced that it has partnered with the Marine Renewable Energy Ireland Centre on a collaborative research project that has been funded in conjunction with Beaufort Research University College Cork. Carnegie will be collaborating with the Marine Renewable Energy Ireland Centre in a targeted research project to develop tools […]

  • Natural Power Appointed on Offshore Electricity Transmission Networks (UK)

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    UK Offshore Transmission Operator, Transmission Capital Partners has announced the appointment of renewable energy consultancy Natural Power to deliver NP /ControlCentre services including: 24/7 alarm monitoring, voltage control, access control, emergency de-energisation, emergency response management and liaison with National Grid (working as National Electricity Transmission System Operator) and the Distribution Network Operator. Services will be […]

  • Cost Reduction Strategies at Offshore Wind Construction in Germany

    9 September 2013

    More than 150 senior level wind industry executives – already comprised of 25 Utilities and 80 installation specialists – have begun to engage with one another in preparation for their arrival at Hamburg’s Royal Meridien for the 5th Annual Offshore Wind Construction, Installation and Commissioning Conference (October 14-15, 2013). With a global delegation, attendees are […]

  • Denmark: All Turbines at Anholt OWF Now Operational

    20 June 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Turbine number 111 at the Anholt offshore wind farm has just been connected to the grid and transmitted its first CO2-free kilowatt hour of power into the Danish mainland electricity grid. This means that the whole of the Anholt offshore wind farm is now operational. The first turbine at Anholt was installed on Monday 3 […]

  • Prysmian Joins Offshore Wind Event in Manchester, UK

    12 June 2013
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group will be present at 2013 RenewableUK Offshore Wind in Manchester, from June 12 to 13 (booth 47) with its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the offshore wind power industry. The range on display will include AC and DC high power transmission capacity submarine cable systems used in all major interconnections worldwide. […]

  • Sweden: GEO Consulting E.ON on Wind Energy Project

    11 June 2013

    GEO is presently carrying out engineering consultancy for E.ON Vind Sverige AB regarding the installation of ’MPI Discovery’ jack-up vessel at Kårehamn wind farm. The 6 legs vessel, 140 m long and 40 m wide, will be installing the wind turbines over the gravity foundations already present. As the seabed is full of boulders and […]

  • Germany: GL’s Project to Reduce Offshore Wind Costs

    7 June 2013
    R&D

    GL Garrad Hassan has launched an ambitious project to bring fresh thinking to the design of offshore wind turbines. Project FORCE (turbine optimisation FOr Reduced Cost of Energy) will build on GL Garrad Hassan’s expertise in turbine design, control system engineering and structural modelling. The project will systematically consider new technologies that can be applied […]

  • UK: Siemens Teams Up with Tidal Energy Limited

    6 June 2013
    Technology

    Siemens Mechanical Drives has supplied pioneering tidal technology company Tidal Energy Limited (TEL) with gear units that will be part of the DeltaStream tidal stream generating device due to go on a 12-month trial in Ramsey Sound early in 2014. It will be Wales’ first commercial-scale turbine. The three Siemens gear units were recently successfully […]

  • USA: Rhode Island Government Welcomes DOI’s Announcement

    5 June 2013
    Authorities

    The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Bureau (BOEM) have announced the first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The auction, scheduled to take place on July 31, will offer 164,750 acres offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing. […]

  • UK: Devon Entrepreneur to Build Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay

    29 May 2013

    A green energy entrepreneur from Devon is planning to build the world’s first purpose-built, tidal energy lagoon, capable of generating predictable, renewable electricity for more than 100,000 homes. Mark Shorrock from Tavistock is the driving force and chief executive of Tidal Lagoon Power Limited, which for the last 18 months has been working up detailed […]

  • USA: UMaine’s Offshore Wind Buoy Set for Action

    27 May 2013
    R&D

    The University of Maine unveiled on Friday its buoy-based system that will measure the wind speed in the Gulf of Maine at the height of an offshore wind turbine, the Associated Press reports. Initially, the buoy will be installed off the coast of Castine, together with the UMaine’s 1/8 scale prototype of a 6MW floating […]

  • Switzerland: Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and Offshore Wind Farm Industry

    27 May 2013
    Training & Education

    The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) will enter into force internationally on 20 August 2013. This is a new international convention which will be the ‘fourth pillar’ of the international regulatory regime for quality shipping, sitting alongside the MARPOL, STCW and SOLAS conventions. The aim of the MLC is to ensure that all seafarers globally (of […]

  • Denmark: Blue Water Shipping Presents Good Results

    24 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    2012 will – irrespective of the pace of the development in the company – always be a historic year for the transport and logistics company Blue Water Shipping which celebrated its 40th anniversary. But there were plenty of other things to be happy about for the company’s staff and clients in a year with a […]

  • USA: Principle Power Hosts Town Hall Meetings

    23 May 2013

    Renewable energy technology developer Principle Power hosted two Town Hall meetings yesterday to introduce the community to the proposed WindFloat Pacific Demonstration Project. Principle Power has received a $4 million financial assistance award from the U.S. Department of Energy to begin project outreach, front-end engineering design and initial project permitting for installation of five semi-submersible […]

  • Three Scottish Universities Establish Offshore Renewables Institute

    22 May 2013
    R&D, Training & Education

    Three of Scotland’s east coast universities are combining their expertise and experience – and advantage of location – to launch a new institute aimed at becoming the recognised global authority on the delivery and implementation of offshore renewable energy. The Offshore Renewables Institute is a new partnership which brings together experts from different disciplines at […]