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  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • Austria: Wind Energy Holds High Employment Opportunities

    8 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Unemployment is plaguing Europe, Anni Podimata, Vice President of the European Parliament told delegates attending EWEA’s 2013 Annual Event in Vienna, adding that youth unemployment has reached “unprecedented levels.” But despite the jobs crisis, one sector – wind power – still needs to hire more than 5,000 workers per year in order to fill a […]

  • Vienna Consulting Engineers to Support Gazelle’s 2 MW Floating Wind Demo

    3 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Dublin-based Gazelle Wind Power (Gazelle) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT GmbG (VCE) to support its 2 MW floating wind pilot project in the Canary Islands. Under the MoU, VCE will provide design services, including load capacity determination, inspection planning, performance assessment, and others, as well as monitoring and […]

  • Austria: Bureau Veritas to Present Its Offshore Wind Farm Project Certification Guide at EWEA 2013

    18 January 2013

    Bureau Veritas will participate in the EWEA Exhibition, Europe’s Premier Wind Energy Event in Vienna, from February 4 to 7, 2013, at Stand B-A64. With over 10,000 professionals attending from around the world, this event provides a unique opportunity in a rapidly growing market: exchanging new insights on regulatory issues, networking with key international leaders and […]

  • Wave Powered Pods Could Adorn Beirut’s Coast

    12 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Najjar & Najjar Architects, a design company based in Beirut and Vienna, has developed IRIS pods ‒ eye-like kinematic structures that would be installed along the coast of Beirut, at the very line where the land ends and the Mediterranean Sea begins. The IRIS pods would generate wave energy via buoys dipped in the sea, […]

  • GDF SUEZ Appoints New CFO

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Judith Hartmann has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of GDF SUEZ, effective 16 March 2015. Judith Hartmann, an Austrian citizen, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Vienna. She began her career in 1993 at Transport Canada in Ottawa. In 1997, she began working at the Financial department of Walt Disney Company in […]

  • 2014: Good Year for WindFloat

    8 January 2015

    In 2014 the WindFloat prototype (WF1), Demowfloat’s first installation in Portugal, reached another milestone, it passed the 10GWh mark and has now delivered 12.02GWh of renewable electricity to the grid. The prototype has been in operation for over 3 years and will continue to operate for some time in the future. During 2014 Principle Power […]

  • Europe’s Wind Power and Energy Future at EWEA 2013

    18 December 2012

    Chief executives, energy ministers, international journalists and energy experts from all around the world will meet in Vienna at the EWEA 2013 annual event from 4-7 February 2013, to discuss Europe’s energy policy and the future of wind energy. Last year 150 journalists, 10600 visitors and 523 exhibitors from 83 countries attended EWEA 2012. At […]

  • Denmark: Avanti Presents Two Lifts at EWEA 2012

    26 April 2012
    Technology

    Europe’s primary event for the wind industry, EWEA 2012, in Bella Center in Copenhagen was a great success. More than 500 exhibitors and over 10.000 visitors joined the exhibition and conference. Avanti Wind System was among the exhibitors. The exhibition visitors had the opportunity to take a closer look at two of Avanti’s brand new […]

  • EU on Track to Meet Its 2020 Targets, Report Says

    2 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The EU will come close to meeting the binding 2020 target on the deployment of renewable energy sources (RES), with currently implemented and planned RES policy initiatives, according to a new report. It finds that majority of Member States is expected to meet mandatory RES targets by 2020. Nineteen of the 28 assessed Member States may […]

  • Austrian Company to Equip TenneT’s Offshore Platforms in Germany with Structural Health Monitoring Systems

    28 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    VCE Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT has been awarded a contract to install Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems on twelve TenneT’s HVDC platforms in Germany. On nine platforms, which are in operation, the installation of the SHM systems will be carried out offshore during operation, while for the three platforms which are under construction or in […]

  • Belgium: Wind Energy to Face Shortage of Skilled Workers

    25 January 2013
    Training & Education

    Wind energy is expanding across Europe – currently the continent has over 100 GW of wind energy capacity with levels set to rise as the EU continues on its path to a 20% share of renewable energy by 2020, but the expansion in the number of skilled workers the sector requires is not keeping up. […]

  • ‘Happy Star’ Carrying 22 Damen Vessels

    28 September 2015
    Vessels

    The Damen Shipyards Group is shipping a total of 22 vessels from several Damen shipyards aboard the heavy-lift vessel Happy Star. This is Damen’s largest transportation of stock vessels to date. Upon arrival in Europe later this month, the completed vessels will be ready for immediate sale and can swiftly be put into operation.   […]

  • JACCAR Holdings Acquires More Than 25 pct of BOURBON (France)

    23 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    BOURBON was informed on 20th January that JACCAR Holdings SA had acquired 945 000 additional shares in BOURBON. The participation of JACCAR Holdings SA in BOURBON thus passes from 24.6% to 26.04% of the capital and 25.7% to 27.12% of the voting rights. Commenting on its rising above the 25% threshold JACCAR Holdings SA declared: […]

  • EWEA Publishes Report on Wind Energy in Central and Eastern Europe (Austria)

    5 February 2013
    R&D

    Wind power in Central and Eastern Europe will become a significant source of electricity production by 2020 and Turkey’s wind power generation capacity will grow even faster – provided there is a stable legal framework in each country. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published a new report, ‘Eastern Winds’, analysing the emerging wind […]

  • Denmark to Launch Offshore Wind Tenders, Timetable Now Ready

    31 January 2013
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has published details of the tender process and the provisional timetable for the planned 1,500 MW of offshore wind power to be set up by 2020. Since March 2012, it has been evident that Denmark should have two large offshore wind farms and several coastal offshore wind turbines to meet […]

  • Austria: TÜV Rheinland Presents Comprehensive Services for Wind Energy Industry

    25 January 2013

    TÜV Rheinland, the global top ten provider of technical services, will be presenting its expertise to the global wind energy industry at this year‘s EWEA trade fair from February 4-7 in Vienna, Austria. With its international network as well as strong and long-standing presence in countries such as Japan, Korea, India, and China, TÜV Rheinland […]

  • DeepCwind Maine Offshore Wind Report (USA)

    24 February 2011
    R&D

    The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the DeepCwind Consortium released the Maine Offshore Wind Report today. The report is available for download online at DeepCwind.org/offshorewindreport. UMaine Prof. Habib Dagher is leading statewide efforts to develop the technology and infrastructure that will enable Maine to capitalize on deepwater offshore wind as an […]

  • Ventizz’s Firm Takes Over North Sea Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    10 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Danish firm SSP Technologies Holding ApS, a portfolio company of Ventizz Capital Fund IV, LP (“Ventizz IV”), has ended a legal dispute with PNE Wind AG via an amicable settlement. The dispute, which began in 2009, was in relation to the acquisition of the Danish rotor blade specialist SSP in 2008. Alongside an arrangement […]

  • Vestas 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Sports TTTech Industrial Gear

    7 September 2022
    R&D, Technology

    A scalable distributed control system (DCS) by TTTech Industrial has been integrated into the world’s first 15 MW wind turbine, the Vestas V236-15.0 MW. TTTech Industrial and Vestas have been working together for more than ten years. TTTech Industrial’s DCS is being integrated into thousands of Vestas wind turbines every year, most recently into the […]

  • First Taiwan-Flagged CSOV Completes Harsh Weather Trials

    14 February 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has completed harsh weather demonstrations at the offshore substations of the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a with the first Taiwan-flagged commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Orient Constructor. The trials, conducted in early January 2022, displayed the ability of the vessel to manage transfers during the […]

  • Austria: Professor Arthouros Zervos Receives Wind Energy’s Most Prestigious Prize

    7 February 2013

    The Poul La Cour prize for outstanding contribution to wind energy has been awarded this year to Professor Arthouros Zervos. The award was presented to Professor Zervos by Klaus Rave, Vice President of EWEA. Speaking at the presentation of the award at the conference dinner of the EWEA 2013 Annual Event in Vienna, CEO of […]

  • Belgium: EWEA Talks about Cutting Cost of Offshore Wind Energy

    7 December 2012
    R&D

    The cost of energy is a topic high up on the media agenda but it is a thorny issue complicated by all the different variables and methods used to calculate the cost of energy. One commonly used method is the “levelised cost of energy” (LCOE), which is, in simple terms, the lifetime cost of an […]

  • Brazilian State Eyes Multi-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Projects

    11 August 2021
    Authorities

    The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte has signed an agreement with the low-carbon energy developer Enterprize Energy to identify and develop opportunities for offshore wind, green hydrogen, and green ammonia projects off the country’s northern coastline. The signing ceremony took place at the Administrative Center of the Rio Grande do Norte State Government […]

  • Moog Launches New Modular Pitch System at EWEA 2013 (Austria)

    5 February 2013
    Technology

    Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry, presents its latest AC Moog Wind Turbine Pitch System at EWEA 2013, Europe’s premier wind energy event, being held in Vienna on 4 -7 February. Innovative modular systems and products from Moog for wind turbine pitch […]

  • UK: Natural Power to Speak, Chair at Global Wind Industry Events

    13 August 2012

    Global renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has been appointed to speak and chair a number of sessions at Windpower Monthly Offshore Consenting Conference, London, AWEA Offshore 2012 and EWEA 2013. The company’s Director of French Operations, Oisin Brady, has been nominated as a lead session chair at EWEA 2013. The European Wind Energy Association’s annual […]