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  • Seajacks Zaratan to Perform O&M Work on Gunfleet Sands, UK

    15 August 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Seajacks Zaratan, the newest addition to Seajacks’ self-propelled jack-up fleet, was contracted to perform Operation and Maintenance (O&M) work on the Gunfleet Sands offshore windfarm, jointly owned by DONG Energy (50.1%) and Marubeni Corporation (49.9%). This was the first job for Seajacks Zaratan, which was delivered by Lamprell Energy in May of this year. The […]

  • Germany: Overdick Delivers Heavy Lift Jack-Up Vessel “Innovation”

    14 August 2012

    Overdick has announced that the Heavy Lift Jack-Up Vessel “Innovation” has successful completed sea and jacking trials and has been delivered to their clients of HGO Infra Sea Solutions (HOCHTIEF Solutions and GeoSea) by the shipyard Crist in Gdynia. The HLJV “Innovation” is the most capable Jack-Up Crane unit in the world and it has […]

  • USA: Task Force Formed on Long Term Contracting for Offshore Wind

    14 August 2012

    The governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, very recently signed into law an important set of enhancements to the Green Communities Act of 2008. In particular, this new energy bill increases the amount of renewable energy that must be purchased by the state’s utilities under long term contract from 3% to 7%. This additional contracting capacity […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia to Set Electricity Price for Tidal Projects

    9 August 2012
    Authorities

    The Chronicle Herald says that the Nova Scotia Energy Department asked the provincial Utility and Review Board to begin with the process of setting a price for electricity from test turbines in the Bay of Fundy, which are scheduled to be connected to the power grid next year. This move will help the government’s plans […]

  • NOF Energy and Forewind Host Offshore Renewables Network Event

    9 August 2012

    NOF Energy has teamed up with Forewind to host a special offshore renewables networking event. Taking place on 12 September, 10.30am – 2.00pm at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, County Durham, the networking lunch will feature as a special guest, Forewind, a consortium comprising four leading international energy companies, which joined forces to bid for […]

  • UK: Navitus Bay Three Times Higher than Isle of Wight

    25 July 2012

    BBC Radio Solent had commissioned Bournemouth University to conduct a research about the visual impact of the Navitus Bay wind farm. The conclusion was that the wind turbines would appear three times as high as the Isle of Wight, writes BBC. Eneco, the wind farm developer, has not yet decided on the height of the […]

  • E.ON UK Responds to Energy and Climate Change Committee’s Report

    23 July 2012

    Responding to the publication of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report, Dr. Tony Cocker, Chief Executive of E.ON UK said: “These reforms matter but they must be delivered in a way that benefits consumers as well as the companies that want to make significant investments in Britain’s future. “We remain supportive of the […]

  • USA: Cambridge International Representative Testifies for Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act

    14 February 2013
    Authorities

    Dion Banks, Director of Governmental Affairs for Cambridge International, testified February 13, before the Senate Finance Committee on the benefits of passing SB 275 Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013. This initiative seeks to include offshore wind energy in the Maryland Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Program. The intentions of the bill are to supply […]

  • VIDEO: Vestas V164-8.0 MW Wind Turbine

    12 February 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Last year, Vestas increased turbine capacity of V164 platform to 8 MW. The platform was developed with a possible potential of increasing the turbine size from the very beginning. In December 2012, DONG Energy and Vestas entered into a cooperation agreement on the testing of the V164-8.0 MW wind turbine at Test Centre Østerild in […]

  • Germany: Norton Rose Advises Consortium of Banks on Investment in Butendiek OWF

    10 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    International legal practice Norton Rose has advised a consortium of banks led by KfW IPEX-Bank, UniCredit and Bremer Landesbank on the financing of the offshore wind farm Butendiek in the North Sea. The consortium finances this large-scale project with loans in the total amount of approximately €855m; the overall investment volume is about €1.3bn. The […]

  • Germany: Bremen’s Fishing Port Requires Engineering Design Services

    8 February 2013

    Fishing port of the state of Bremen, represented by the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Ports, these represented by the bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, requires contractors who will undertake quay engineering design services. The client intends to build a port for handling components for offshore wind turbines in the area of the arc in […]

  • VIDEO: Highlights of First Two Days at EWEA 2013

    6 February 2013

    On February 4, EWEA 2013 kicked off in Vienna, Austria. The following are videos bringing details on the first two days of the event: Day One: At the opening of Europe’s leading wind energy event, politicians and high level industry representatives also spoke of the need to secure the further growth of wind energy in Europe […]

  • VIDEO: ABB’s 7 MW Offshore Wind Generator

    4 February 2013
    Technology

    ABB has delivered over 30 000 wind power generators during the past 30 years, corresponding to about 30 GW of wind power. The company makes generators for all drivetrain concepts, gearless or geared, both doubly-fed and full converter type. ABB introduced doubly-fed generators in 1997. The first direct drive permanent magnet (PM) generator was manufactured […]

  • UK: DONG to Build Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Westermost Rough in the North Sea on the British east coast. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 billion including the construction of the transmission assets. When the wind farm goes into operation, the transmission assets will be sold to an […]

  • Germany: ICT Carries Out E&I Engineering for Riffgat Offshore Wind Park

    30 January 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Strukton Hollandia JointVenture is building an offshore transformer platform for its German client, RIFFGAT GmbH offshore wind park 1. Two transformers are installed on the platform which convert the voltage delivered by the thirty 3.6 MW wind turbines from 33 kV to 155kV. Under normal operating conditions, auxiliary voltage for the platform is generated by […]

  • AREG and Scottish Renewables Launch Industry’s First Share Fair

    29 January 2013

    An innovative renewable energy initiative aimed at accelerating the growth of the industry’s supply chain is to be launched at a major Scottish offshore wind conference being held in Aberdeen today. Scottish Renewables and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) have developed a new Supply Chain Share Fair. It is being introduced as part of Scottish […]

  • UK: Technical Marine Support Takes Delivery of CTruk 20T MPC

    28 January 2013

    Dungeness-based new venture, Technical Marine Support Ltd, has taken delivery of its first vessel, a design-enhanced CTruk 20T MPC. Destined to start work this week on the Lincs offshore wind farm as part of CWind’s growing charter fleet, Endeavour sports this popular support vessel’s latest design refinements. These include a three pod wheelhouse system with […]

  • Germany: WAB Publishes European Offshore Baltic Sea Map

    25 January 2013

     The Wind Energy Agency WAB released yesterday a map of the offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea during the Windforce Baltic Sea conference. The map shows the planned offshore projects and provides detailed information on size, water depth, distance from the coast, the owner and developer of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. […]

  • The Netherlands: Tocardo, Repsol Partner Up to Develop Tidal Energy

    24 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Tocardo International, the leading producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, and Repsol, the international integrated energy company, announce a partnership between the two companies.   The Repsol New Energy Ventures and Tocardo partnership will provide a platform for both companies to develop offshore tidal energy, combining Tocardo’s knowledge of tidal and river free flow […]

  • Japan: MHI Begins Testing of Large-Scale Wind Power Generation System

    24 January 2013

    In December Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) commenced test operation at its Yokohama Dockyard & Machinery Works of a large-scale wind power generation system that adopts a hydraulic drive train in place of the earlier gear-driven system. The test operation is a part of the project launched in September last year to develop a hydraulic […]

  • DONG Energy Comments Report by Danish National Audit Office

    23 January 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Danish National Audit Office (Rigsrevisionen) has today published its report on DONG Energy. The report has been prepared at the request of the Danish Public Accounts Committee. In its report, Rigsrevisionen attaches importance to the fact that, since the  merger in 2006, DONG Energy has been pursuing a strategy designed to realign the company’s business […]

  • German Offshore Wind Workers Urge Angela Merkel for More Support

    17 January 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The current situation in German offshore wind industry led to a demonstration in Hanover last week, when around 700 workers urged Chancellor Angela Merkel for more support to the industry, Bloomberg reports. Issues on the transmission grid and sharing financial risk have caused delays in several projects, which consequently triggered some employment concerns. Due to […]

  • UK: SeaRoc Appointed Principal Contractor on Teesside Offshore Wind Farm

    17 January 2013

    International marine engineering company SeaRoc has been appointed Principal Contractor to oversee the completion of the offshore wind farm construction at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm on behalf of EDF Energy Renewables. The project has now also reached an important milestone with the installation of the project’s first turbine. On 1st January 2013, SeaRoc was appointed by […]

  • USA: BOEM Schedules Offshore Wind Seminar in Rhode Island and Virginia

    15 January 2013
    Authorities

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has scheduled public seminars in Rhode Island and Virginia to explain how offshore wind developers can participate in upcoming auctions for renewable energy development in federal waters offshore Rhode […]

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Signs ‘Firm’ Export Link to UK

    10 January 2013
    Grid Connection

    Global renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power has finalised negotiations with UK’s National Grid for 5,000MW of “firm” access to be delivered to the UK National Grid from 2017 to 2020. The company’s Board today approved the second payment at a meeting of its Risk and Investment Committee. Since first announcing its “Energy Bridge” export […]

  • Former Dong’s CEO Appointed Chairman of Offshore Center Denmark

    27 December 2012

    DONG Energy’s former CEO, Anders Eldrup, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Danish knowledge center for the offshore sector, Offshore Center Denmark. “The appointment of Anders Eldrup is the latest result of a determined effort to strengthen Offshore Centre Denmark’s role as a national center for oil-gas and renewable energy. The sector […]