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  • GMS: National Turbine Repair Standard Required

    15 August 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Composites are complex. Working with them requires knowledge, skills and experience. However, composites are also extremely strong, robust materials used widely in industry and society. It is time for a national turbine blade repair standard to open up the wind market to new, highly-competent competition and drive down offshore costs, argues UK composites expert, Chris […]

  • Vattenfall, Stadtwerke München Decide to Invest in Sandbank OWF

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have reached an investment agreement in the construction of the Sandbank offshore wind farm. The investment costs for Sandbank are around 1.2 billion euros. Vattenfall holds a 51% stake in Sandbank Offshore GmbH, which has been set up to implement the project, while SWM holds 49%. Seventy-two Siemens wind power […]

  • All-Energy’s Move Warmly Welcomed

    8 August 2014

    News that the fifteenth show in the annual All-Energy series of exhibitions and conferences is to be held in Glasgow, and which opens nine months, has been met with enthusiasm, resulting in half of the available space being reserved or booked by exhibitors from nine countries – Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, […]

  • PGCIL to Connect Offshore Wind Turbines to Grid

    6 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    An Indian state-owned electric utilities company, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), announced plans to install a system which would connect offshore wind turbines to the grid, according to DNA India news site. “Integration of electricity generated from renewable energy resources with the grid is our focus area. As part of this initiative, we […]

  • ELA Container Sets Up Specialized Offshore Subsidiary

    17 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Due to the increasing demand of offshore accommodations, ELA Container founded a specialized subsidiary. Günter Albers, managing director of ELA Container and Hans Gatzemeier, former quality manager at ELA Container, are responsible as board of directors of the newly established company, ELA Container Offshore GmbH. ELA Container already gained diverse offshore experience within several offshore projects. […]

  • MARIN Floats First Monobase Foundation Prototype

    17 November 2014
    R&D

    MARIN has built the first ever (model) Monobase. The prototype will be tested in the coming two weeks in the MARIN facilities in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The model will be used to test all the main characteristics of the tow, installation and the inplace condition. According to the MonoBase Wind website, the first floating tests on the […]

  • Ireland Gets Wind and Wave Atlas

    11 November 2014
    R&D

    Researchers in the UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, in collaboration with Met Éireann, have created a new wind and wave atlas for Ireland for the period 2000-2012. The study was supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) through the Renewable Energy Research Development & Demonstration Programme. Ireland is uniquely placed in terms of […]

  • FoundOcean Signs Strategic Agreement with BASF

    11 November 2014

    FoundOcean, the experts in subsea grouting for the offshore energy construction industry, have signed a strategic agreement with BASF, the world’s leading chemical company. “Marrying BASF’s world leading chemical manufacturing capabilities and FoundOcean’s extensive offshore grouting experience means that foundation installers and wind farm developers can be confident in the integrity of the grouted connection,” […]

  • Milestone Year for UK Offshore Wind

    10 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Huub den Rooijen, Head of Offshore Wind at The Crown Estate which manages the UK seabed, assesses the case for offshore wind in turbulent times and calls for greater transparency in debating energy future. UK has seen significant milestones hit, such as 4 GW of capacity now in operation – enough to meet the electricity demands […]

  • Gallery: Rope Rescue Exercise at Lincs OWF

    5 November 2014
    Training & Education

    On Monday, November 3, a rope access exercise was carried out at the Lincs offshore wind farm, situated 8km off the coast of Lincolnshire, near Skegness. One of our readers provided Offshore WIND with photos from the exercise, which was done from the blades of the LS19 turbine down to the deck of the Cymyran Bay vessel. Construction […]

  • V164-8.0 MW Breaks All Records

    4 November 2014
    R&D, Technology

    At the beginning of October, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s new wind turbine, installed at the test center Østerild, produced enough electricity to power 13,500 Danish households in just 24 hours, thus breaking the world record. A goal that is high on the offshore wind industry list is to reduce the cost per kWh. A cornerstone of […]

  • South Korea to Install Tocardo’s Tidal Turbines

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Tocardo Tidal Turbines, producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has reached an agreement with Ekornergy, the South Korean energy company, to install tidal turbines with a total capacity of 28MW. The units will be installed in the coastal waters of the Mokpo Jeonnam region. Manufacturing of the first 15 T2 kW Tocardo turbines is […]

  • UK Ups CfD Budget by GBP 25 Mln

    28 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The auctions, which will start on 29 January, will see only the most competitive projects receive contracts – helping to drive down the cost of renewables support. Projects are set to compete for £325 million in support from new Contracts for Difference (CFD) – an increase of £25 million from the budget published in October. […]

  • MAKE Advises Centerbridge on Senvion Acquisition

    26 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following the recent news that Centerbridge Partners LP, USA had bought 100% stake in Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, MAKE Consulting (MAKE) informed that it acted as a commercial due diligence advisor to Centerbridge Partners LP. The EUR 1 billion worth transaction, which is subject to anti-trust clearance, is planned to […]

  • EWEA OFFSHORE to See LEANWIND Project Update

    22 January 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG) and ACCIONA Infrastructures will present some preliminary findings from LEANWIND during the EWEA OFFSHORE 2015 event in Copenhagen. The paper will address the global performance of various existing concepts of gravity based foundations in terms of buoyancy and stability. The LEANWIND project, which started in December 2013, is an […]

  • Ningbo Orient Cables Wins Chinese Offshore Wind Deal

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese cable manufacturer Ningbo Orient Wires and Cables Co Ltd, has won a contract to deliver subsea cable for a 400MW offshore wind project off Putian, China.  The contract is worth CNY 122.46 million (approximately EUR 17 million) and involves the production and delivery of a 220kV submarine optical composite cable and related equipment. The delivery is expected to take place […]

  • Egyptian Investment Bank Buys 49% of EDP Renewables France

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    A private equity arm of the Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes has acquired a 49% stake in EDP Renewables France for EUR 160 million. EDP Renewables France is a subsidiary of EDPR (Energias de Portugal Renovaveis) and has a portfolio of 33 operational wind farms with a combined capacity of 334 MW that it will continue to […]

  • IRENA Launches Online Knowledge Platform for Renewables

    19 January 2015
    Technology

    International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched REsource, a freely accessible online knowledge platform containing data and information on renewable energy, which enables users to easily find country-specific data, create customized charts and graphs, and compare countries on metrics like renewable energy use and deployment. It also provides information on renewable energy market statistics, potentials, policies, finance, costs, […]

  • Horizontal or Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, That Is the Question

    15 January 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Maurizio Collu from Cranfield University, UK, and Michael Borg from Technical University of Denmark have published a paper on horizontal and vertical axis offshore wind turbines, advocating the latter as more cost effective option.  The authors state that it is time to look at alternatives in wind turbine design, considering that more and more offshore wind projects are […]

  • RWE Cuts Renewables Budget

    13 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    German utility, RWE, has slashed its renewables investment plans to EUR 1 billion from 2015 to 2017, having invested the same amount between 2008 and 2014. This move comes after the company’s debt reached EUR 31 billion due to crisis in the power sector. Hans Buenting, chief executive of RWE Innogy, said: “These are the […]

  • EWE-Led Consortium to Prove Efficiency of Intelligent Technologies

    13 January 2015
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    German energy company EWE has announced that it will apply together with partners from the industry, politics and science for a federal project worth EUR 40 million.  The newly established consortium led by EWE is named “Enera” and comprises, among others, well-known companies such as ENERCON, TenneT, 3M, public utilities and Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, as well as political actors from the municipalities […]

  • Ming Yang’s Subsidiary Repays EUR 136 Mln Notes

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    China Ming Yang Wind Power’s subsidiary, Guangdong Mingyang Wind Power Industry Group Co., Ltd. (GMWP), has successfully repaid its EUR 136 million (RMB 1.0 billion) notes in full on time. The total payments of the principal amount and interests with respect to the Notes were approximately EUR 171.4 million (RMB 1.26 billion). The Notes were issued on […]

  • Marine Renewables Canada Funds Energy Development Acceleration

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Marine Renewables Canada has issued a request for proposals for research projects to be funded by Marine Renewables Canada in conjunction with the Standards Council of Canada’s Mirror Committee (SMC) to the International Electrotechnical Committee’s (IEC) Technical Committee 114 (TC114) – “Marine energy – Wave, tidal and other water current converters”. To ensure that Canada maintains its leading role in the development of […]

  • Vestas Raises Cash Flow Expectation

    7 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has upgraded its free cash flow expectation to EUR 850 million.  According to the company, the previous expectation of  EUR 400-700 million was changed based on preliminary report. “The improvement is primarily driven by a better-than-expected development of the net working capital,” the company stated. The company will disclose the annual report […]

  • Totaro & Associates Opens European Headquarters

    5 January 2015

    Totaro & Associates (T+A), a market research and innovation strategy consultancy, has opened their European Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany as of 1 January, 2015. The company cites strong demand for competitive benchmarking as well as intellectual property (IP) risk mitigation services from existing and new European clients. In the midst of companies re-centralizing their research […]

  • Kyocera Decides to Install Floating Solar Project

    22 December 2014
    Technology

    Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation announced today that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC, a joint venture established by the two companies, will develop and operate a 13.4-megawatt (MW) floating solar power plant on the Yamakura Dam reservoir, managed by the Public Enterprises Agency of Chiba Prefecture in Japan for industrial water services. The plant […]