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  • RWE Innogy to Use Liverpool for Gwynt y Môr Installation (UK)

    5 October 2011

    RWE Innogy today signed agreements on the use of areas at Birkenhead port near Liverpool. From October this year, RWE Innogy will use these areas as a base port for constructing the offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr (Welsh for “sea wind”). The lease agreements concluded between RWE npower renewables and the Cammell Laird shipyard […]

  • UK: GBP 30 Million from Regional Growth Fund Available for Humber’s Small Businesses

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Businesses of all shapes and sizes can now bid for a share of £30 million to boost growth, and build on the Humber’s position as the UK’s energy estuary, Business Minister Michael Fallon announced on February 8. The launch of the Humber local enterprise partnership’s (LEP) scheme came as part of the Minister’s tour of […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Taking Gas Infrastructure Into Consideration in Plans for Upcoming Offshore Wind Tenders

    11 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, Project Updates

    The Nederwiek IB offshore wind site in the Netherlands, which was initially planned to be part of the upcoming tender in 2025, is expected to be added to the 2026 round as the Dutch government assesses the impact a wind farm there could have on accessing a nearby gas transfer platform. A gas project proposal […]

  • Ørsted Gets Tax Break for New Jersey’s First Offshore Wind Farm, Shell-EDF JV Calls for Same Treatment for All Current NJ Projects

    7 July 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill that will ease Ørsted’s tax obligations related to the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind 1 project, the state’s first offshore wind farm and the largest so far approved for construction in the US. Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Shell and EDF Renewables which is […]

  • Maritime Know-How in Demand for Offshore Wind Energy and Oil & Gas Production

    14 June 2012

    The offshore segment is one of the most promising fields of activity for the maritime industry ‑ with the main focus on provision of hardware and services both for wind energy as a growth market and for the boom sector of offshore oil and gas production. The technical challenges and economic opportunities will be addressed […]

  • CRANES: Huisman delivers world’s largest Leg Encircling Crane

    8 December 2015

    Huisman recently delivered the cranes for the Seajacks Scylla, the new build wind turbine installation vessel for Seajacks UK Ltd. This jack up vessel is currently nearing completion at the yard of Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The Seajacks Scylla, based on the Gusto MSC NG14000X design, has been specifically designed to meet the […]

  • Scottish Enterprise Awards SHI with GBP 6.04 Million for Offshore Wind Project

    7 May 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Scottish Enterprise has awarded Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) £6.04million POWERS funding to support the development of its latest 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine prototype at the Energy Park in Fife. This award will support an intended total investment of £100 million in Scotland, which SHI announced last year, to launch a successful test demonstration project followed […]

  • Offshore wind in France – The state of the industry

    13 January 2012

    The last major economy in Europe that is not a member of the offshore wind club is due to knock on the clubhouse door this year. France will be joining the club with a huge 3GW enrolment fee. This month, to be precise, 11 January 2012, was the deadline for the tenders to be submitted […]

  • Wind farms causing temperature to rise

    15 March 2010
    Environment, R&D

    MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way. Wind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years — one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the American Wind Energy Association estimates that only about […]

  • Shell Halts Investments in New Offshore Wind Projects, Partners with Equinor to Create ‘UK’s Largest Independent Oil & Gas Company’

    5 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    Shell has decided to cease investments in new offshore wind developments as part of a review of the Shell Energy business. The oil and gas major, which has built a significant portfolio of renewable energy and clean fuel projects, will not abandon its existing offshore wind projects, but investing in new offshore wind farms is […]

  • Interview: Wikinger Substation Platform Construction Underway

    22 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    In December last year, Iberdrola awarded a €160 million contract to Spanish shipbuilding firm, Navantia, for work on Germany’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind project. The contract, which comprises fabrication of 29 jacket foundations and two substation platforms, represents Navantia’s formal entry into the offshore wind sector. Offshore WIND spoke to Abel Mendez Diaz, the company’s […]

  • Gamesa Opens First Manufacturing Base in Brazil

    8 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Gamesa, a world leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, inaugurated its first manufacturing base in Brazil, in the town of Camaçari in north-eastern Bahía. With this, the company has begun to make wind turbines in Brazil, just six months after it announced its decision to establish a manufacturing and sales presence […]

  • GMS: “Do You Really Know How OEMs Are Running Your Wind Farm?”

    16 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Do you really know how OEMs are running your wind farm? The fast-approaching expiry dates of many five-year equipment service warranties could spell uncertainties, opportunities and strategic decision-making for many offshore asset operators. Fortunately, there are attractive alternatives.  Article by Green Marine Solutions Time flies  The shape of O&M services could soon change quite radically […]

  • DEME in 2010 – Nearshore and Offshore Marine Works (Belgium)

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    DEME is one of the largest marine engineering companies in the world. From its core activities, dredging and civil marine engineering, the group has developed complementary activities such as environmental engineering (treatment of soil and sludge), services for the oil and gas sector and extraction of construction aggregates from the sea. Financial overview 2010 For DEME, 2010 can rightly be called […]

  • UK Ports Need GBP 4 Billion Investment to Help Unleash Floating Offshore Wind Industry – Report

    15 March 2023
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    A new report by the Floating Wind Offshore Wind Taskforce says up to eleven ports around the UK will need to be transformed as fast as possible into new industrial hubs to enable the roll-out of floating offshore wind at scale. The report contains a series of recommendations which could see 34 GW of floating […]

  • Iberdrola: A Spanish giant succeeding offshore

    1 October 2012

    A few months ago Spanish energy giant Iberdrola was crowned the world’s largest wind energy developer with an operating portfolio of more than 14,000MW. The promotion of offshore wind energy is a key platform for Iberdrola’s future growth plans. Iberdrola’s Offshore Business Division, based in Scotland with offices in London, Berlin and Paris, is busy […]

  • ENECO: Touring the Dutch offshore wind farms

    22 December 2014

    On a bright Sunday morning August 31st around 450 persons gathered in the Felison terminal of the DFDS Seaways in the port of IJmuiden where the Princess Seaways cruise liner was waiting to take them on a day trip to the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, Dutch utility Eneco’s second offshore wind farm in Dutch […]

  • UK: EMEC Celebrates Its 10th Birthday

    23 May 2013

    The European Marine Energy Centre – the world’s first and only test centre for wave and tidal energy devices – celebrates its tenth anniversary this month, with the pioneering Orkney based facility planning a host of events to mark its milestone year. The centre, which started off with just four wave test berths at Billia […]

  • Gamesa projects resumption of growth: sales of 4,000 MW in 2013, with over 15% annual growth (Spain)

    8 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Business Plan 2011-2013 focuses on three strategic vectors: a reduction in the Cost of Energy (CoE), growth and improved efficiency. * Steady recovery in the EBIT margin (WTG), to 6%-7% in 2013. * Orders will provide a solid foundation for growth: backlog of 7,500 MW (including framework agreements) and orders of 719 MW through September […]

  • UK: Wave and Tidal Energy Much in Evidence at All-Energy 2013

    14 May 2013

    With the UK’s lead in developing wave and tidal energy solutions, and Scotland’s exceptional levels of activity, it is not surprising that All-Energy 2013 (Aberdeen, 22-23 May), the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, looks seriously at this developing sector of the renewables industry. Nearly 210 exhibiting companies, of the total of 580, have […]

  • US Selects Five Floating Wind Technologies Enabling Mass Production and Deployment in Second FLOWIN Phase

    16 May 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Principle Power’s WindFloat, PelaStar, Technip Energies’ INO15, Stiesdal’s Tetra Triple-One, and Esteyco’s WHEEL floating wind platforms are the winners of the second phase of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize in the United States, set up to support technologies that can facilitate mass production and deployment of floating wind turbines. Each of the five […]

  • UK: Climate Change Minister to Launch Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park

    30 July 2012

    The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters in the North of Scotland will today confirm their place on the global marine energy map with the launch of the area as a Marine Energy Park. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker will welcome the launch of the marine park during a visit to Thurso in Caithness, […]

  • French Ports to Support Offshore Wind Projects

    15 September 2011
    Ports & Logistics

      Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA), the port authority of Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham, has just finalised its comprehensive proposal to assist in the development of offshore wind energy in the Channel. PNA has published information concerning the capacity and characteristics of the ports it owns, with a view to supporting a European-level wind-energy sector that […]

  • Korea Ambassadors Visit Narec

    28 May 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Two Ambassadors have been given an in-depth insight into the North East’s expertise and exporting prowess during a two-day visit hosted by UK Trade & Investment. Scott Wightman, the British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and Sungnam Lim, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the UK, were in the North East to learn more […]

  • Germany: TenneT Revenue Reaches EUR 1.5 Billion in 2011

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT has maintained a high security of supply in 2011, while transmission rates remained at a low level. TenneT also contributed to making the energy supply in north-west Europe more sustainable. Major investments have gone into strengthening and expanding the grids in the Dutch and German markets in order to meet increasing […]

  • USA: Science Café to Discuss North Carolina’s Offshore Wind

    3 July 2013
    R&D

    Christine M. Voss, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences is leading the next discussion on off-shore wind energy in North Carolina, at the next Coastal Science Cafe on July 8th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Capt. Bill’s Waterfront Restaurant located at 701 Evans […]