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  • Germany: Registration for WINDFORCE 2013 Is Open until End of May

    4 April 2013

    Those who wish to attend the WINDFORCE 2013 offshore conference in Bremerhaven should register soon. The online registration form is posted until 31 May 2013. Participant capacity in Bremerhaven is limited and some programme highlights may soon be fully booked. The deadline for listing businesses on the official List of Participants and for name placement […]

  • Great Hale Fen Residents Fight against Triton Knoll Substation (UK)

    2 April 2013
    Environment, Grid Connection

    Great Hale Fen residents and landowners are initiating a campaign against the construction of a substation for Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in their area, Sleaford Standard news site informs. Residents say that they only recently found out about the proposal, which is in its final stages and will be built soon. Concerns are raised […]

  • UK: Harper Macleod Recruits Rival Renewable Energy Team to Target Marine Energy Potential

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Harper Macleod LLP has recruited the Renewable Energy team from rival firm McClure Naismith as it makes a significant move into the marine energy sector. Partner Steven Brown, an expert in emerging wave power technologies, and Associate Michael Johnston join Harper Macleod, Legal Advisers to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, on Monday, 25 March. The […]

  • Kuick Releases South Korea Wind Power Sector Analysis 2013

    22 March 2013

    Kuick Research has released research titled “South Korea Wind Power Sector Analysis 2013.” Wind Power in South Korea is being seen as the potential driver of renewable energy development in the country. Electricity generation through wind power has already progressed to significant levels and most of this has been developed onshore. The present onshore capacity […]

  • Denmark: Auditors of Public Accounts Find DONG Energy’s Electricity Prices to Be Competitive

    21 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    In April 2012, the auditors of public accounts asked Rigsrevisionen – the Danish National Audit Office – to investigate DONG Energy’s electricity prices and some of the aspects affecting the electricity price. The auditors of public accounts published their report Wednesday afternoon. The report determines that DONG Energy’s prices: have been in line with the […]

  • The Budget 2013 and Its Impact on Humber’s Renewables Industry (UK)

    21 March 2013

    KEY announcements in the Budget, delivered by Chancellor George Osborne, could be positive for the Humber’s renewables industry, according to an accountant working in the sector. Looking at the impact the Budget will have on the region’s renewables industry, Andrew Manderfield, partner at Streets Chartered Accountant, said there were two areas in particular that were […]

  • VIDEO: First Wind Turbine at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    14 June 2013

    The first of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the flagship North Wales Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables. It marks a major milestone in the construction of the €2billion windfarm which, once fully operational, will be capable of generating enough energy from the […]

  • UK: FoundOcean to Pile Grout World’s Largest Wind Turbine

    12 June 2013

    FoundOcean has been awarded the contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will be the first 7MW turbine to be installed. Each blade measures over 80m, longer than the wingspan of an Airbus A380, making them the […]

  • USA: Fishermen’s Energy Places Wind Sentinel Buoy in Federal Waters

    6 June 2013

    After more than a year of preparations and near-shore testing, the Fishermen’s Energy Wind Sentinel buoy was relocated from a test site near Atlantic City to an offshore area leased from the U. S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Located eleven miles east of Ocean City, NJ, this site is within […]

  • VolturnUS 1:8 Launched: Maine Brings U.S. Offshore Wind Dream to Reality

    1 June 2013
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine in the U.S., was officially launched by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners yesterday at 11 am (5 pm CET/CEST). The 65-foot-tall VolturnUS prototype was lifted by a crane from the dock and lowered into the Penobscot River in Brewer. […]

  • UK: Sustainable Marine Energy Opens Office on Isle of Wight

    31 May 2013

    Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner has run up the flag to celebrate the arrival of innovative technology company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) at its new offices and workshops at Trinity Wharf, East Cowes. The company has relocated from London because it believes the Isle of Wight has the right support and businesses to enable […]

  • VIDEO: Construction of Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm

    29 May 2013

    RWE’s Nordsee Ost wind farm will be erected in 22 to 25 metre deep water, 35 kilometres northwest of the island of Heligoland and 40 kilometres west of Amrum, covering a total area of some 24 square kilometres.  First foundations at the wind farm site have already been installed by the offshore installation vessel Victoria […]

  • VIDEO: ScottishPower Renewables’ CEO Talks about Offshore Wind Development

    28 May 2013
    R&D

    In the following video, CEO of ScottishPower Renewables Keith Anderson talks about the development of Offshore wind, including the West of Duddon Sands OWF, which recently entered in construction stage following the installation of the project’s offshore substation on site: [mappress] Offshore WIND Staff, May 28, 2013; Image: ScottishPower

  • RenewableUK Celebrates Galloper Offshore Wind Farm’s Development

    24 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    RenewableUK is celebrating the Government’s announcement that Galloper offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk has been granted planning permission. One of the developers, RWE npower renewables, said the construction phase alone will create up up to 850 jobs, with the potential to attract over £1 billion of investment into new UK energy infrastructure […]

  • The Netherlands: Central Industry Group Enters Offshore Wind Market

    23 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Central Industry Group (CIG) is a group of 10 companies, all providing industrial goods and services to the international shipbuilding market and to complex architectural projects. Tailored to the client’s requirements, CIG’s high-quality products are renowned for their added value. While operating independently in their own product market combinations, CIG companies complement each other to […]

  • The Netherlands: Sif to Deliver Monopiles and Transition Pieces for Humber Gateway

    14 March 2013

    Sif Group has secured the EON Humber Gateway contract for the manufacturing of monopiles and transition pieces for the part consisting of 73 wind turbines. ”Sif will manufacture the primary steel for these foundations and Eiffage JV will manufacture the secondary steel,“ wrote sales manager Richard Jongen in an email. The Humber Gateway wind farm […]

  • The Netherlands: Van Oord Net Profit Reaches EUR 98 Million

    14 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord’s turnover for 2012 amounted to EUR 1.676 million (2011: EUR 1,715 million), and net profits for 2012 were EUR 98 million (2011: EUR 118 million). Its order portfolio is well filled, rising to EUR 1.9 billion at the end of 2012. ‘Our net results are in line with our expectations’, says CEO Pieter […]

  • UK: Grimsby to Celebrate Another Step towards Offshore Wind

    7 March 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    The lock gate extension at the entrance to Port of Grimsby East is now completed, making the former fish docks ready to meet the demands of the offshore wind energy industry, This is Grimsby news site informs. Essential improvements of the infrastructure raise the port’s capacity to accommodate large vessels, which will carry out O&M […]

  • Six Turbines Installed at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    3 March 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    EDF Energy Renewables reported on February 18 that six turbines have been completely installed ahead of commissioning and a seventh tower was awaiting the addition of its blades on the Teesside Offshore Windfarm. The MPI Adventure, a large six-leg jack up vessel designed to transport, lift and install turbines, was reloading in Hartlepool at the […]

  • Italy: Prysmian Secures Dolwin3 Project Worth in Excess of EUR 350 Million

    28 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new major contract worth in excess of € 350 million by Alstom Grid for the connection project DolWin3 linking offshore wind farms in the North Sea to mainland Germany on behalf of the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT. The project […]

  • SGS Holds QHSE Presentation at Renewable UK Health & Safety Conference

    25 February 2013
    Technology

    SGS Global Renewables QHSE Manager, Jim Green was a guest presenter at the January 2013 Renewable UK (RUK) Health and Safety Conference held in the English city of Sheffield. The presentation focused on quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) in wave and tidal projects specifically regarding safety in the marine environment and highlighted the need […]

  • USA: Offshore Helicopter Operators to Jointly Review Safety Practices

    25 September 2013

    Offshore helicopter operators Avincis Group, Bristow Group and CHC Helicopter announced they have launched a review of safety practices that will deepen their commitment to share best practices and consistently operate at the highest possible level of safety. The three companies leading this effort will reach out to other helicopter operators to encourage them to […]

  • Germany: Construction Starts for 10 MW Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory

    23 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Fraunhofer IWES in Bremerhaven is building a worldwide unique test facility for complete 400 ton wind energy turbine nacelles: a drive-performance of 10MW, the dynamic equivalent of five times the shear force of a harbour tug boat to simulate rotor wind-loading and an artificial medium voltage grid for full value electrical turbine certification characterise […]

  • UK: All-Energy 2014 ‘Open for Business’ – Call for Papers Published

    23 September 2013

    Every May, Aberdeen hosts ‘the AGM of the renewable energy industry’. All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, brings together buyers and sellers, industry and government, utilities and developers, academics, innovators, engineers, communities, sector specialists and investors; all of them stakeholders with the common aim of actively driving forward the expanding industry. And […]

  • East of England Ideally Placed to Support Massive Offshore Wind Development

    20 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Delegates to the EEEGR2013 conference went home enthused by more evidence of the renewed dash for gas and a fresh blast of windpower to boost the East of England energy industry. Experts from three world-leading wind turbine producers agreed that the East of England was ideally placed to support the development of the massive wind […]

  • Australia: Carnegie Awards Contract for Final Perth Wave Energy Project Element

    18 September 2013

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced that it has awarded a contract for the final key element of the Perth Wave Energy Project, the Onshore Plant and Process Control System. The contract for the delivery of the Onshore Plant and Process Control System was awarded to ABB Australia Pty Ltd. As a global […]