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  • European Commissioner in Favor of 2030 Renewable Targets (Belgium)

    5 May 2011
    Authorities

    Significant news for the renewable energy industry in Europe emerged yesterday after Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Change, again stated that we should “be discussing a renewable energy target for 2030”, in an interview with the Guardian. In April, Hedegaard made a similar statement in a Danish magazine, but again without making a […]

  • UK: London to Host Meteocean Awareness Course

    30 September 2012

    The effects of meteorology and oceanography (metocean) have a major impact on design and operations for all offshore industries – marine renewables, and offshore oil and gas. If users of metocean information are not aware of the implications that the weather, waves, currents and water levels can have on their operations or design work, then […]

  • Study: Offshore Wind a Golden Opportunity for Massachusetts

    8 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    A Massachusetts energy plan containing a requirement that utilities contract for approximately 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 would position the state as a national leader in offshore wind, allowing it to capture first-mover economic advantages, according to a new study released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). If the state positions itself as a leader in […]

  • DOE Validates Avent Lidar Technology’s Wind Iris System

    8 September 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    A collaborative research project at the U.S. Energy Department’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has shown that the Wind Iris nacelle-mounted LIDAR from Avent Lidar Technology is an effective diagnostic tool for identifying wind turbine yaw misalignment, allowing users to improve wind turbine performance.  This is the first independent scientific field study validating the […]

  • UK Government to Support Major Marine Energy R&D Projects

    29 August 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    The UK Government is to support a range of major collaborative research and development projects, worth in excess of £13 million, that will help to show how wave and tidal energy can be generated at scale, and with lower energy production costs. The UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board and Scottish Enterprise – in […]

  • Debate on UK Government Energy Bill’s Impact on Humber

    18 March 2013

    POLITICIANS, business leaders and environmental groups in the Humber are to debate how the Government’s Energy Bill could affect the area’s renewables ambition. An influential panel of speakers is to use an event in Hull to explain how the legislation may shape the potential of a new, green, economy in the region. The Energising England: […]

  • New research shows £3bn of lost revenue is blowing in the wind (UK)

    29 September 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Carbon Trust launches global challenge to improve access to offshore wind turbines and improve Round 3 economics The Carbon Trust today launched a global competition to find world-leading solutions to the problem of transferring engineers and equipment safely from boats to wind turbines as far as 300km offshore in 3 metre wave heights. The project […]

  • One Week to Go: 400+ Exhibitors from Offshore Energy Industry to Gather in Amsterdam

    19 November 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Clean Fuels, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Environment, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, R&D, Research & Development, Storage, Supply Chain, Technology, Training & Education, Transition, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of offshoreWIND.biz and organiser of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organisations from across the offshore energy sector and beyond Conference programme: spotlight on seabed security, offshore wind […]

  • Van Stee Offshore Orders First Damen Multibuster 8020 at OEEC

    30 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    At the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022, Kommer Damen, Chairman of Damen Shipyards Group, and Arjan van Stee of Van Stee Offshore have signed a contract for the delivery of an 80-metre Multibuster 8020 ultra-shallow draught, multi-purpose workboat. To be delivered next year, Van Stee’s Multibuster 8020 is the first of a new class […]

  • Belgium: Extreme Testing for Wind Turbines

    3 October 2012

    A large climatic chamber which can test offshore wind turbine components in extreme temperatures ranging from -60 degrees Celsius to +60 degrees was unveiled in Antwerp on Thursday as part of a new research and development facility. An element of the Offshore Wind Application Lab (OWI-Lab), the climate chamber, is housed inside a structure in […]

  • The Netherlands: Tideland Signal to Showcase at Offshore Energy 2012

    8 October 2012
    Technology

    Tideland Signal will be showing its comprehensive range of aids to navigation (AtoN) equipment and systems for offshore oil and gas platforms, wind farms, ports and harbours on stand 495B at Offshore Energy 12 at the Amsterdam RAI from 23 to 24 October. Tideland Signal has many years’ experience protecting offshore installations of every type […]

  • UK: Barge with Dynamic Positioning to Revolutionise Tidal Energy Installation

    15 February 2013

    Installing tidal energy devices is both costly and technically challenging, but a new Dynamic Positioning (DP) flat-top barge could be the answer that the industry has been waiting for. Adding DP capability to a versatile flat-top barge offers a real cost effective tidal energy installation solution with multiple benefits. Successfully installing devices in locations with […]

  • Securing Our Energy Future Highlighted at Offshore Energy 2013

    18 October 2013

    On 15 & 16 October 2013 the 6th Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference was held in Amsterdam RAI. The two-day event was attended by 9,123 international visitors, an increase of 20% compared to last year. Official opening: The state of the world By the push on the button of KoColijn, Sander Vergroesen, Managing Director IRO, […]

  • Grand Strand Could get Wind Farm (USA)

    26 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The impact of wind energy was the topic of a public forum Monday night held by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The Alliance presented findings about how much energy wind turbines could generate along the Grand Strand. “If you were to take the wind generated annually off the coast, you could generate something like […]

  • UK: Supacat to Present SMV24 Offshore Support Vessel at All Energy

    20 May 2013

    A new concept in offshore support vessels, the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV24), is being unveiled at All Energy 2013 by the innovation house, Supacat. For the first time Supacat is displaying a 1:25 scale model of the 24metre vessel. The SMV24 has been designed as ‘one boat to replace many’ to offer a flexible, […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Signs 18 Month Sheringham Shoal Contract

    25 September 2013

    In an exciting renewable energy supply chain development, Tidal Transit Limited has been awarded an 18 month contract by Scira Offshore Energy Limited for its latest personnel transfer vessel, Tia Elizabeth, to service the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Announcing this contract, Tidal Transit’s Commercial Director Leo Hambro said: “Tia Elizabeth only arrived in the […]

  • DNV GL Awards Young Wind Energy Professionals

    12 March 2014
    Technology

    DNV GL today announced the winner of its 3rd Annual Wind Energy Award at the EWEA 2014 in Barcelona. The prize is designed to promote young industry talent and help close skill gap in wind energy industry. The winning diploma thesis by Christian Hermann outlines a practice-oriented solution into transportation systems for offshore wind parks […]

  • New Initiative by Sirris Builds Strategic Bridge Between Research and Business (Belgium)

    27 January 2012

    On 24th January, Sirris launched its fourth Application Lab, the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab), in the Port of Antwerp in the presence of more than 100 wind industry representatives. This lab will make state of the art measuring and test equipment available to businesses and start innovation projects in cooperation with these companies […]

  • Cost of CVOW Project Rises to USD 10.7 Billion, Completion on Track for 2026

    4 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 3 February, Dominion Energy announced that the estimated total costs for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have increased by nine per cent. In addition, the developer said that the 2.6 GW wind farm is now approximately 50 per cent complete and remains on track for on-time completion at the end of 2026. […]

  • BMT Announces Completion of Major Project Supporting Development of Taiwan’s Offshore Wind

    23 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

        BMT Asia Pacific and BMT Nigel Gee, subsidiaries of BMT Group, the leading international design, engineering and risk management consultancy announced today completion of a major project supporting the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind ambitions. Commissioned by Taiwanese Government agencies, and working alongside Wind Prospect Ltd, BMT has assisted in developing practical guidelines […]

  • The Netherlands Named “Partner Country” for HANNOVER MESSE 2014

    29 August 2013

    The Netherlands have been named the “Partner Country” for HANNOVER MESSE 2014. The high-tech, export-savvy nation will use the world’s leading industrial exhibition to promote its first-class trading credentials.  “The Netherlands and Germany – this is a tandem which stands for close and successful economic relations, which are going to get a further boost at […]

  • Polish Baltic Should Feature 1.5 GW of Offshore Wind Farms by 2020

    17 April 2013

    Poland is the biggest wind energy market in the EU’s newer Member States, but wobbles in government support have made investors nervous. EWEA spoke to Ewa Kurdyła, Director of the Polish Wind Energy Association. The following is EWEA’s interview with Ewa Kurdyła: Poland’s National Renewable Energy Action Plan indicates that cumulative wind capacity should increase […]

  • Danish Researchers Turning Wind Energy into Gas

    22 January 2016
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Wind energy can be converted into methane gas and stored in a natural gas grid, eliminating carbon emissions from biogas plants which use this method, a research project carried out by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Lemvig Biogas Plant has shown. Through the MeGA-StoRE project (Methane Gas Storage for Renewable Energy), DTU and Lemvig Biogas […]

  • Scottish Floating Wind Demo Site Has GBP 690 Million Economic Potential

    25 January 2023
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The economic potential of the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) proposed 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site off Orkney, Scotland has been estimated at GBP 690 million to UK economy. The Orkney-based EMEC concluded the concept design for a new floating offshore wind test and demonstration site in 2022 and is aiming […]

  • UK: Nextgen Announces Headline Speakers

    21 August 2012

    Some of the leading companies, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the cleantech sector are among the headline speakers at nextgen, Britain’s fastest growing event showcasing emerging renewable energy technologies. Held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire on 10-11 October, the speaker programme will feature dozens of presentations and topical panel discussions in six seminar theatres at […]

  • Fécamp OWF to Feature Seatower’s Gravity Foundation

    8 May 2014

    The developers of the Fécamp offshore wind farm have chosen to demonstrate and install Seatower’s patented Cranefree Gravity® foundation design. The Fécamp project, being jointly developed by EDF Energies Nouvelles, DONG Energy and wpd offshore, is located 13km off the coast of Normandy. The Fécamp demonstrator project is the final step in Seatower’s objective to […]