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  • WWF: Scottish Wind Blows Strong in November

    8 December 2014

    November 2014 was a “big month” for wind power in Scotland, new figures published today reveal.  The figures come as ministers from almost 200 countries gather in Lima, Peru for the second and final week of the UN climate talks, which is aiming to make progress on the draft of a new global deal on […]

  • Lloyd’s Register Confirms WaveRoller’s Good Condition

    8 December 2014
    Technology

    The WaveRoller™ Pilot Power Plant, that was recently brought to harbor after campaign in Portugal, has now been thoroughly inspected by experts from Lloyd’s Register. The inspection was carried out as a part of the cooperation between AW-Energy and Lloyd’s Register, with the aim to get a certification for the WaveRoller technology in the near […]

  • WP Offshore Goes where Wind Industry Grows

    5 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Dutch holding WP Group will build a facility for its WP Offshore unit at a new location in Eemshaven in mid-2015. The contract for this was recently signed with Groningen Seaports. WP Offshore has opted for a new building at this location because of the excellent position with respect to the offshore wind farms in the North Sea, especially […]

  • Offshore Wind Wise Investment for North Carolina

    5 December 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    The carbon pollution from five coal plants could be eliminated in North Carolina if wind power is developed off the North Carolina coast, according to a new analysis by Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center. The report comes right as Congress considers whether to renew tax credits critical to wind development. “Wind energy is […]

  • Dialogue Paper on Kriegers Flak Delayed

    2 December 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The publishing of the dialogue paper on Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak is slightly delayed, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) notified on its website.  “We expect the paper to be published next week,” the DEA said. In order to ensure that potential tenderers can offer their views on these framework conditions and contribute to making […]

  • EMEC: Pelamis One of Icons of Marine Renewables

    27 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The directors of pioneering wave energy developer Pelamis have vowed to continue the fight to ensure the company’s success. Additional funding is required for further development of Pelamis’ wave energy technology. Without this, the board has reluctantly moved to appoint administrators to assess the options for securing the future for the business and its staff. […]

  • TenneT Invites Tenders for BorWin4

    20 October 2014
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT-owned DC-Netz BorWin4 GmbH is inviting tenders for BorWin4 connection system located in the North Sea. BorWin4 is a 900MW system for transmitting electrical power between offshore wind farms in the BorWin Cluster and a grid connection point on land. The project comprises onshore and offshore converter station, as well as an offshore platform. The […]

  • Pontis Engineering to Exhibit at China Wind Power

    20 October 2014

    Next week Pontis will exhibit at China Wind Power for the 5th time in a row. The China Wind Power exhibition is ranked among the top three global wind events in terms of scale. As its influence grows, international wind power equipment manufacturers and service providers are regarding it as their first choice for business […]

  • China Longyuan Hosts Offshore Wind Reverse Roadshow

    17 October 2014
    Training & Education

    On October 10, China Longyuan Power held the 2014 offshore wind power reverse roadshow and gave a systematic introduction to the development status and future plan of offshore wind power in Rudong County, Jiangsu Province. Jia Nansong, the Vice President of the Company and secretary of the Board, attended to give a lecture and answered […]

  • All-Energy Call for Papers Opened

    15 October 2014

    The call for papers for All-Energy 2015, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, being held at the SECC, Glasgow on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 May 2015, is now open with a closing date of 5 December 2015. The All-Energy conference covers all renewable energy generating sectors and the opportunities and challenges facing […]

  • HUSUM Wind Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

    14 October 2014

    The 25th anniversary of the successful wind fair is being celebrated in Husum today with high-calibre guests from the fields of politics and business. Guests will include Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister-President Torsten Albig and minister for economic affairs Reinhard Meyer. A limited edition wind chronicle is also being launched during the celebrations, charting a quarter of a […]

  • Ernst & Young: ROVOP’s MD UK’s Entrepreneur of the Year

    7 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    On October 2, the managing director of the subsea specialist ROVOP received a prestigious industry recognition after being named as the UK’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 for international business growth. Judges singled out Steven Gray from a shortlist of the nation’s most successful and innovative business leaders, for his outstanding achievement in building […]

  • Aqualis Signs Deal to Acquire Tristein

    24 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Following the memorandum of understanding to acquire Tristein AS, signed in February, and a financial, legal and operational due diligence, Aqualis ASA (Aqualis) and Tristein AS (Tristein) signed the definite share purchase agreement between Aqualis and the eight selling shareholders of Tristein yesterday. The purchase price for 100 percent of the shares in Tristein is NOK […]

  • UK Planning Inspectorate Accepts Forewind’s Application

    24 April 2014
    Authorities

    The UK Planning Inspectorate accepted offshore wind developer, Forewind’s second development consent order application for the Dogger Bank Zone. The application for the 2.4 gigawatt (GW) Dogger Bank Teesside A&B development comes eight months after Forewind submitted its first application, for the 2.4GW Dogger Bank Creyke Beck proposal, which is almost half-way through the examination […]

  • Harnessing Waves with Nanostructured Hydrophobic Surface

    21 April 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The American Chemical Society has published a paper on a new way to harvest wave energy. Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems at Chinese Academy of Sciences and School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology gave their contribution to this report, which looks into liquid–solid electrification-enabled generator based on a fluorinated […]

  • BOEM to Attend USA Science and Engineering Festival

    21 April 2014

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is an official partner of the third USA Science and Engineering Festival, taking place Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.  The festival is free and open to the public. The working hours are from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. BOEM will be exhibiting […]

  • RUK Welcomes IPCC’s Call for Energy Shift

    14 April 2014

    Commenting on publication of the 3rd UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which calls for a shift away from fossil fuels to focus instead on developing renewable energy sources, RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said:  “When it comes to taking practical action against carbon emissions, the most useful tool in the kit is […]

  • Buckie Harbour to Benefit from Two Newly Consented OWFs

    9 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Two recently consented offshore wind farms in the outer Moray Firth will bring economic prosperity to the Moray area, especially through the use of Buckie Harbour, local parliamentarians say. There are significant opportunities for Moray through development of Buckie Harbour as an Operations and Maintenance Base and for supply chain work for existing Moray businesses, as well […]

  • Marubeni Becomes Majority Stakeholder of Seajacks

    7 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Marubeni Corp. now owns 55% of Seajacks International Ltd. In 2012, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Marubeni acquired Seajacks with 50:50 ownership stakes. Marubeni has now bought 5% from INCJ and became the major shareholder of the company that owns and manages jack-up vessels for offshore installation of energy projects. Marubeni and INCJ […]

  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Energy Minister Discusses Offshore Wind in Juliusruh

    4 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    During today’s visit to the island of Rügen, Christian Pegel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Minister for Energy, Infrastructure and Regional Development, went to Juliusruh, where he discussed the current political developments in the offshore wind energy with industry representatives. The economy talks about offshore wind energy, held in the afternoon, focused on the latest issue: the amendment to […]

  • Blue Offshore, Caley Deliver Basket Carousel

    4 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    Blue Offshore Marine Services, and Caley Ocean Systems, have supplied a basket carousel to maritime services company Stemat for offshore cable storage for the Nordergründe wind farm. Jointly designed and fabricated by Caley Ocean Systems and Blue Offshore, the 18m diameter basket carousel can hold dynamically 2,200 Te of subsea cable. Mounted on the Stemat […]

  • HelWin Beta Jacket Ready to Go

    1 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens’ HelWin beta jacket was successfully loaded on the barge yesterday at Heerema’s Vlissingen yard. “The next milestone is the sail away to its final offshore destination,” Heerema Fabrication Gruop said. The jacket is part of the HelWin beta converter platform, which is one of the main components of the TenneT DC offshore grid connection […]

  • E.ON Eyes Land for Cable Route

    4 August 2014
    Grid Connection

    Developer of Rampion offshore wind farm has released its plan to acquire land for the onshore cable connection. E.ON issued a plan whereby it will acquire agricultural land between landfall and the 400 kilovolt substation in Bolney. Simon Birnstingl, Council chairman of Upper Beeding Parish, one of the location affected by this decision, said: “As […]

  • Clifford Chance Advises Banks Involved in Westermeerwind

    30 July 2014
    Business & Finance

     A group of banks led by ING and Rabobank in the role of structuring banks acted as financiers of the Westermeerwind wind farm in the Noordoostpolder that reached financial close. In addition to ING and Rabobank, ASN Bank and Triodos Bank were also is involved and Danish export credit agency EKF guarantees part of the financing. […]

  • VIDEO: Carnegie Harness Power of Waves

    29 July 2014

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited is the owner and developer of the patented CETO wave energy technology that converts ocean swell into zero-emission renewable power and desalinated freshwater. CETO differs from other wave technologies under development globally by being fully submerged and being able to generate power both onshore and offshore. CETO has been proven at […]

  • VSMC to Connect Westermeerwind Wind Farm

    28 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Siemens NL has contracted VSMC to design, supply and install infield cables between 48 wind turbine generators and 6 export cables to the onshore substation of the Westermeerwind wind Farm. The work for VSMC also includes 7 dike crossings (HDD), cable terminations and testing. VSMC will start the HDD in August 2014, followed by cable […]