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  • Offshore Wind – The Shipping Forum 2010 (Denmark)

    28 July 2010
    Training & Education

    This event is dedicated entirely to the operation of offshore ships & workboats used in the construction & maintenance of offshore wind…   (i-newswire) [mappress] Source: i-newswire, July 28, 2010;

  • Deepwater gets rival for Cape wind (USA)

    27 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    A Canadian company that says it can provide Rhode Island with renewable power at a cheaper price than Deepwater Wind is urging state… By Alex Kuffner (pojo) [mappress] Source: projo, July 27, 2010;

  • Norway: Experimenting with floating offshore wind turbines

    2 May 2010
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Ten kilometres off the southwest coast of Norway, the 80-metre blades of a turbine spin in the North Sea wind. It’s not an unusually large… [mappress] Source: cbc, May 02, 2010;

  • USA: Sen. Brown announces $750,000 for University of Toledo

    29 April 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today announced that the University of Toledo will receive $750,000 in funds from the U.S….   [mappress] Source: abclocal, April 28, 2010;

  • GWEC reports on Wind Power in China

    26 April 2010
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    China (excluding Taiwan) was the world’s largest wind energy market in 2009, more than doubling its wind farm capacity from 12.2 GW in 2008…   [mappress] Source: evwind, April 26, 2010;

  • Visit to KEMA: Discussing the future energy system

    20 April 2010
    R&D

    April 20 – His Royal Highness Prince of Orange paid a working visit to KEMA this afternoon, Tuesday April 20. During the visit, the Prince was informed about efficient and distributed power generation, in which smart grids play an prominent role.

  • RSK Continues Its Work on Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    21 November 2014
    Environment, Grid Connection

    RSK continued to work for E.ON during the pre-construction period after having completed the environmental impact assessment for the project off the Sussex coast. The Planning Inspectorate has reported that the Department for Energy and Climate Change gave the Rampion offshore wind farm development consent by on 16 July. Onshore project manager Katie Barlow acknowledges that […]

  • Carbon Trust in Need of Offshore Wind Consultancy Services

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The Carbon Trust, through its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, has issued a call for entries from companies interested to undertake a study aimed to assess the benefits of Integrated Design in a FEED level ‒ Front End Engineering and Integrated Design (FEEDID). The primary objectives of this work are to: To de-risk the Offshore […]

  • Offshore Vessels and Cables Market 2020 Analysis Released

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    ReportsnReports.com added Offshore Vessels and Cables Market – Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020 research report to its store. The industry research provides an understanding of the type of vessels required for offshore wind farm development and highlights major trends in the market. The report Offshore Vessels and Cables Market – […]

  • Seahorse to Help Tideway Rollingstone with Gwynt y Môr Scour Protection

    20 November 2014
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The rock dumping vessel Seahorse will be commencing operations at various locations within and around the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in late November 2014 until further notice.  This is to support the rock dumping vessel Tideway Rollingstone with scour protection / rock armour layer works. The vessel will require a wide berth of […]

  • CLS Offshore Hull Division Picks General Manager

    20 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    David Scott has joined CLS Offshore as General Manager for the company’s Hull Division. David comes to CLS with over 20 years of international experience in the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) sectors, at both technical and managerial levels. He joins CLS from The IBS Group, a large multi-segment group providing integrated oilfield […]

  • BOEM Authorizes Transmission Link for Block Island Wind Farm

    18 November 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced that BOEM has offered a right-of-way (ROW) grant to Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission System, LLC (Deepwater Wind) for the Block Island Transmission System (BITS). “This is a major milestone for offshore renewable energy in […]

  • Minesto’s CEO Forecasts Strongest Trends in Renewables Industry in 2015

    13 November 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Anders Jansson, CEO of Nordic marine energy technology company Minesto, has compiled his predictions on which three trends will be the strongest in the renewable and marine energy industries in 2015.  A commercial breakpoint Mature technologies in renewable energy, e.g. solar and wind energy, have reached a technical and commercial breakpoint where they compete with conventional […]

  • TÜV SÜD to Back Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    TÜV SÜD will accompany the construction of the new Sandbank offshore wind farm, located around 90 km off the island of Sylt, providing manufacturing inspection and quality assurance services for the project. The international testing and certification company has won the contract for the certification of the implementation phase, involving production monitoring according to the […]

  • Dutch Prepare to Study Borssele Offshore Wind Site

    12 November 2014
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    On October 24, the Concept Scoping Report for the Dutch offshore wind site off the town of Borssele was published for public consultation. This concept scoping report has been prepared by Pondera Consult and Grontmij and describes what the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will examine. The objective of the EIA is to accurately describe the environmental impact of […]

  • Midas Breaks Ground on Hayle Marine Renewables Business Park

    12 November 2014

    Building work has started on the Hayle Marine Renewables Business Park which is being created to strengthen Cornwall’s growing marine renewables sector. The Devon & Cornwall division of Midas Construction has won the contract to build the business park, which is part of the £24 million investment by Cornwall Council, the European Regional Development Fund […]

  • RenewableUK Reveals Major Employment Increase in Wind Sector

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The number of people working in the medium and large-scale sectors of the British onshore wind industry, and offshore wind, has risen by 8% in just over twelve months to more than 15,400 direct, full-time jobs, according to the trade association RenewableUK. This means the number of people directly employed in these key parts of […]

  • Floating Wind Test Site in Mediterranean Sea Fully Permitted 

    11 November 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    During the 3rd General Assembly of the INFLOW (INdustrialization setup of a FLoating Offshore Wind turbine) demo project, which was held on October 22nd 2014, it was announced that a key milestone of the project has been successfully reached. The offshore site for testing the novel floating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) to be developed during the INFLOW project […]

  • Meerwind Süd|Ost Wind Farm Officially Opened

    10 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    WindMW GmbH has officially opened the Meerwind Süd|Ost offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.  The offshore wind farm is located 23 kilometers off the island of Helgoland and consists of 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines with a total capacity of 288 megawatts. Construction of Meerwind began in 2012 and was completed on […]

  • UKERC: Renewables Create More Jobs than Fossil Fuels

    10 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    A new study by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) suggests that renewable energy and energy efficiency create up to ten times more jobs per unit of electricity generated or saved than fossil fuels. However, in itself labour intensity may not be a desirable quality and support for green jobs should not solely focus on […]

  • ONC to Gather Bay of Fundy Tidal Energy Data

    6 November 2014

    Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, has further expanded its footprint across Canada with the launch of a new collaboration with the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). With advanced observatories on the Pacific coast and in the Canadian Arctic, today’s launch on the Atlantic coast establishes ONC’s operations […]

  • Linklaters Advises on 270MW Wind Farm Connection Funding

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Linklaters advised a consortium of Transmission Investment LLP, Amber Infrastructure and International Public Partnerships (together, Transmission Capital Partners) in relation to the acquisition and financing by the European Investment Bank of the offshore transmission assets connecting the 270MW Lincs wind farm to the onshore distribution network. The £307 million transmission link is the fifth offshore […]

  • Germany Makes Plans for Better Offshore Wind Future

    4 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    German coordinator for the Maritime Industry and State Secretary for Economy and Energy, Uwe Beckmeyer, yesterday opened the “OffWEA” specialist conference “The Future of Offshore Wind Energy According to the EEG amendment 2014” in Berlin.  The specialist conference was organized by Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie, under the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy’s “Technical support of the Federal Government in developing and implementing […]

  • FloWave Launches Global Ocean Energy Prize

    3 November 2014

    The ocean energy pioneers of tomorrow have been offered the chance to compete for a week of free testing – worth £38,000 ($61,000) – at FloWave, the world’s most sophisticated ocean energy simulator. The FloWave Prize – or ‘FPrize’ – is aimed at young researchers studying for PHDs and beyond, who must put forward their […]

  • May the FORCE Be With You ‒ Bay of Fundy Wired for Tidal Power

    31 October 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The Bay of Fundy is now wired for power. Four underwater power cables have been successfully installed in the Minas Passage, each able to deliver electricity directly to homes across the province. The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has laid four cables along the sea floor of the Minas Passage, giving FORCE the […]

  • Master Fined for Wind Farm Vessel Collision with Floating Military Target

    31 October 2014
    Authorities

    The master of a wind farm passenger transfer vessel has today been ordered to pay £9,702 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Michael Gallagher was in charge when the workboat catamaran Windcat 9 with 15 people on board when it hit a large floating military […]