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  • H1 2013 Global Wind Market Update Released

    25 October 2013

    Rejuvenated New Order Intake: 2012 saw new lows in the new order intake, amid policy uncertainty in the US, India and Europe. Q2 2013 saw 4.6 GW (Gigawatts) of publicly announced firm orders, compared with 3.2 GW during Q2 2012. Overall, H1 2013 saw a growth of around 2% over H1 2012. The negative trend […]

  • Danish Officials Seek Experienced Bidders

    11 October 2013
    Authorities

      Danish Energy Agency has released a draft for prequalification criteria for the tender of Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. The agency has drafted that they will only receive bids from 6 companies/consortiums. The applicant must have at least one reference within the past 10 years that shows experience with an offshore wind farm […]

  • Movie Premiere at OE 13: ‘Switch: Discover the Future of Energy ‘

    4 October 2013

    Is fracking polluting our water? How dangerous is nuclear? Will we run out of oil? Can we clean up coal? Will renewables power our future? For straight answers to today’s most important energy questions, come to the Dutch premiere of Switch: Discover the Energy Future. Attending is free of charge. The acclaimed new documentary is […]

  • The Switch and Yaskawa Team Up

    2 October 2013

    The Switch, supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, and YASKAWA Electric Corporation (“YASKAWA”), a global manufacturer of servomotors, controllers, inverters, and industrial robots, announced they will enter into a strategic cooperation on high-power motors, generators and converters. By combining forces, the two companies […]

  • AREVA, Entrepose Projets and Fouré Lagadec Sign Industrial Partnership Agreement

    1 October 2013

    AREVA, Entrepose Projets, a subsidiary of Entrepose Contracting, and Fouré Lagadec have signed an industrial partnership agreement for the manufacturing of AREVA’s offshore turbine masts destined for the future wind farms in France and in the south of United Kingdom. Already selected in 2012 for the Saint-Brieuc bay offshore park, AREVA is currently part of […]

  • UK: Halyard Creates Silence for Alicat’s WFSVs

    15 May 2013

    As the 2013 Seawork International Show approaches, UK based marine exhaust specialist, Halyard, has announced yet another commercial success story with renowned Great Yarmouth based boat builder Alicat Workboats, to ensure its new four WFSV (Wind Farm Support Vessels) remain quiet on the water and to provide increased comfort for those on board. With a […]

  • UK: Myton Law Advises on GBP 1.6M Workboat Acquisition

    26 April 2013

    Myton Law has advised work boat operator East Coast Charters Ltd on a £1.6 million vessel acquisition. The Hull-based specialist shipping, transport and logistics law firm was instructed by East Coast Charters to act in the purchase and financing of the newly-built ECC Challenger, which adds to the company’s fleet of multipurpose workboats providing marine […]

  • VIDEO: Verbrugge and Sarens Load Out Tripods

    6 November 2013

     Last month, five tripods were loaded out in the Port of Vlissingen by Verbrugge Terminals and its partner Sarens. The tripods are intended for German Global Tech I offshore wind farm. The wind farm will consist of 80 wind turbines amounting to a total capacity of 400MW. Full operation of the wind farm is expected […]

  • UK: SeaRoc Gets OHSAS 18001 Certification

    12 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Marine engineering consultancy SeaRoc announces that it has achieved certification to OHSAS 18001: the internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems. The award reinforces SeaRoc’s already-strong commitment to improving health and safety performance and managing risks across its broad range of activities. SeaRoc operates an Integrated Management System for quality, health, safety […]

  • Delegates Enjoy OWIB Business2Business Event in Denmark

    12 December 2013
    Training & Education

    275 delegates enjoyed a full day of speed dating meetings yesterday, Wednesday, at the 2 day OWIB Business2Business and conference event in Esbjerg. The delegates from all over Europe were efficiently, and apparently effortlessly, guided through the pre booked sessions, each lasting 15 minutes, by the Offshoreenergy.dk team. The day ended with the OWIB Networking […]

  • Survey Completed at Lynn and Inner Dowsing (UK)

    12 December 2013
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Geophysical and environmental survey at Lynn and Inner Dowsing Wind Farms, which was carried out by the Wessex Explored vessel, has been completed and the vessel has left the site. The Thunderbird vessel is currently undertaking its scope of work during suitable weather windows. It is estimated that the vessel will complete the scope (carrying […]

  • Crawford Gillies Re-Appointed as Chair of Scottish Enterprise

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, John Swinney, today announced the re-appointment of Crawford Gillies as Chair of Scottish Enterprise. Scottish Enterprise is the Scottish Government’s main agency for economic development in North East, Central and Lowland Scotland. The Scottish Government provides Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise with a clear […]

  • Denmark: kk-electronic Launches Multipurpose System, ‘C’ Platform

    17 April 2012
    R&D

    The global challenge in the field of energy is increasing. Prices on traditional fossil energy are increasing and governments are constantly looking for alternatives with a sustainable profile. This puts wind on the agenda as an energy source that is an operational alternative, and it demands for wind energy to become competitive compared with other […]

  • WinWinD Participates in Danish Wind Energy Event

    11 April 2012

    Espoo-based wind turbine manufacturer, WinWinD, will showcase its expertise at EWEA 2012 in Copenhagen 16 – 19 April. Siva Group and Finnish Industry Investment Ltd. are main shareholders of WinWinD which was founded in 2000 in Oulu. The company is manufacturing and supplying wind turbines with capacity of 1 and 3 MW. WinWinD will be […]

  • The Netherlands: TenneT Converter Platform Connected at Dockyard Zwijndrecht

    10 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    At Easter Sunday two separate decks of TenneT’s 80 metres high offshore converter platform were successfully mounted on each other in the yard of Heerema Factory Group in Zwijndrecht. The platform of Dolwin1 is currently being built by Heerema Factory Group, subcontractor of TenneT’s main contractor ABB. The HVDC Light converter platform will be installed […]

  • UK: Campaigners Not Satisfied with Revised Array Plans

    6 June 2012

    RWE npower renewables, the developer of the proposed Atlantic Array offshore wind farm, is still facing objections in North Devon regarding the number of turbines and their size. The campaigning group Slay the Array, claims that RWE’s recent announcement about minimising the initially planned number of turbines was a strategy to make the public think […]

  • Germany: OMM Completes Preparations for Prysmian Powerlink

    31 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Offshore Marine Management (‘OMM’) has successfully completed a contract for Prysmian Powerlink as preparations continue for the installation of BorWin2, which will connect new wind parks off the coast of Germany. Using the 2,000 tonne multipurpose vessel Bourbon Enterprise, OMM cleared the route proposed for the 124km (77 miles) high-voltage direct current export cable that […]

  • UK: Bond Air Services Cleared to Fly

    9 May 2012

    Bond Air Services, the UK’s largest independent emergency and mission critical helicopter operator providing air ambulance helicopter services, police and marine support to offshore wind farms and lighthouses, will resume flight operations of the EC 135 fleet at 07:00 on 9th May. Bond Air Services took the decision to suspend all flight operations for the […]

  • Wave Energy Coming to Ireland

    7 May 2012

    The fact that Ireland is one of the countries that has the best waves is not a secret, but how to make use of those waves in terms of making energy? TheJournal.ie reports that this has been a crucial question for many years now and Ireland has invested a vast amount of money and time […]

  • UK: Navalu to Exhibit at Seawork

    4 May 2012

    The company will be exhibiting at Seawork at stand B-201 on May 22 – May 24. French Builder NAVALU, located on the French Atlantic Coast, in the Vendée region have just taken the first delivery of the aluminium for the structure for the NxS 24 our WFSV. The performance numbers for the vessel are better […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Lagersmit Becomes IHC Sealing Solutions

    25 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    IHC Lagersmit BV, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede, has changed its name to IHC Sealing Solutions BV. This change, which came into effect on 6 July, is the result of the continued international growth that the company has experienced in recent years. Additionally, the company’s focus has shifted in past decades from the manufacture of […]

  • Germany: BSH Approves DolWin Alpha and DolWin1

    10 September 2012
    Authorities

      The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved the converter platform “DolWin alpha” and the subsea cable system “DolWin1” for connection of “Borkum West II”,” MEG Offshore 1″ and “Borkum Riffgrund 1” wind farms to the grid. The approval covers the installation and operation of the converter platform “DolWin alpha” and the laying […]

  • PCS Green Line 1000 Represented Twice at HUSUM, Germany

    10 September 2012

    PCS relies on the high-quality electrical cabinets from Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, based in Herborn, Germany. Rittal, in turn, collaborates with PCS on the development of power converters so that the two companies can bring to the market a custom-tailored solution consisting of a reactive current converter and an electrical cabinet. That is why, […]

  • Oceanflow Wins WATERS-2 Funding from Scottish Enterprise

    29 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Oceanflow Development Limited has been successful in winning WATERS-2 (Wave and Tidal Energy R&D Support) funding from Scottish Enterprise for the development of a twin-turbine variant of its floating, tethered Evopod technology. This latest award follows WATERS 1 funding in 2010 to demonstrate Oceanflow’s mono-turbine device, a quarter scale version of which is currently being […]

  • PCS, VEM Sachsenwerk to Celebrate Their Partnership at HUSUM, Germany

    23 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Two German companies have joined forces to sustainably optimize electricity generation from wind energy. For the first time ever, PCS Power Converter Solutions from Berlin and VEM Sachsenwerk from Dresden are offering a thoroughly tested and perfectly integrated combination of full power converters and synchronous generators. A beer reception at the HUSUM WindEnergy trade fair […]

  • Serious Complaint Against UK and Scottish Government

    22 August 2012
    Authorities

     In respect of the Scottish Government’s target based renewable energy programme, a serious complaint has been filed to hold both the UK and the Scottish Government to account via the United Nations. It should be appreciated that both the EU and the UK are now being held to account by the United Nations Economic Commission […]