5979 results found for 'beacon wind'

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  • Ecosse’s Route Clearance and Seabed Preparation Spread Available

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Following on from a highly successful boulder clearance and seabed preparation campaign on Westermost Rough, Ecosse Subsea has an available fully mobilised trenching spread. The spread, currently aboard the Havila Jupiter will become available from 24th August 2014 and includes a survey team, ROV, the Scar pre-cut Trenching Plough and Boulder Clearance plough. The spread is […]

  • BVG Associates Announce New Office and Team in Scotland

    23 November 2012

    BVG Associates, a highly respected consultancy with expertise in wind and marine energy technology and supply chain development, has chosen to locate their new Scottish office in Burntisland, Fife. The renewable energy sector is set to become one of Scotland’s major growth areas in the next decade and Fife is perfectly located on the East […]

  • Ørsted Picks Greater Changhua Cable Installation Partner

    1 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Woen Jinn Harbour Engineering to make the Taiwanese company the preferred offshore cable installation partner for the Greater Changhua offshore wind projects.

  • Convent Energy Garrisons Hamburg Outpost

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Convent Energy opened a new office in Hamburg today, and from now on, the wind energy personnel service provider is situated in the cities of Oldenburg, Hamburg and London. The company said it also plans to open its offices at more locations. Lars Poslednik has been appointed Director Sales & Business Development at the Hamburg office. “We are […]

  • UK: Inquiry into Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Cabling Route Begins

    25 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    The inquiry into the 28km cabling route from Weybourne to Great Ryburgh began yesterday, EDP 24 informed. Even though the North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) initiated the appeal hearing, due to a lack of money, they will not be opposing the evidence proposed by the Warwick Energy. The company decided to go with the underground […]

  • Opus Marine Orders Damen Fast Crew Supplier

    8 December 2020
    Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Hamburg-based Opus Marine for the delivery of a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710. The vessel, to be named Allegro, will serve the offshore wind industry in the German section of the North Sea. Damen will deliver the vessel to Opus Marine in March 2021. The relative […]

  • Windpark Fryslân to Feature Locally-Made Internal Platforms

    17 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Bijlsma Constructies has won a contract to deliver 89 internal platforms for the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm project in the Netherlands. The Dutch company will start production in March and is expected to complete all the platforms in July. Windpark Fryslân is being built by Zuiderzeewind, a consortium of Van Oord and Siemens Gamesa […]

  • East Anglia One Met Masts Undergoing Repairs

    7 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    East Anglia Offshore Wind has started remedial works on the East Anglia One ZE and East Anglia One 1B Met Mast, according to KIS-ORCA. The works have been performed from a Crew Transfer vessel since the 5th January, and will consist of the installation of 4 vertical axis wind turbines, one on the mast platform and three on the […]

  • Statoil and SSE Boost Dogger Bank Shares as Statkraft Pulls Out

    23 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish energy company SSE and Norway’s Statoil have increased their share in the Dogger Bank offshore wind development after the companies acquired and equally divided a 25% stake from former consortium partner Statkraft.

  • MHI Vestas and Boston Energy Team Up on Two UK Offshore Wind Projects

    29 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Boston Energy has secured a contract to support MHI Vestas during wind turbine pre-assembly operations on two offshore wind projects in the UK. Boston Energy will assist MHI Vestas on the 857 MW Triton Knoll and the 950 MW Moray East projects. These are due to commence later this year in Invergordon for Moray East […]

  • UK: New £11m Energy Skills Complex to Go Ahead

    4 July 2013

     Work could start next spring on an £11million centre at Great Yarmouth to become the flagship for urgently needed energy skills training across the East of England. Business bosses want the EPISCentre project to move on quickly to prove the region’s long-term commitment to producing skilled workers for the energy industry. It could prove vital […]

  • NASA’s Image of the Day: London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    NASA Earth Observatory has released an image of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, taken from space by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite. The image was captured on April 28, 2013; twenty days after the wind farm became fully operational. In April last year, the London Array […]

  • Norway: Inwind Signs Health and Safety Accord

    30 March 2012

    Inwind has signed up to meet Renewable UK’s Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Health and Safety Accord. Inwind supports every effort to improve the working conditions and safety levels in the offshore wind industry. The Renewable UK initiative is welcomed as a public statement of intent in adressing the existing challenges in risk and competence […]

  • UK: Osiris Projects Has Cable Route Survey Solutions

    16 July 2012
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Accounting for around 16% of total project cost, submarine cabling procurement and installation for offshore wind developments is a significant commercial investment. Unfortunately for developers submarine cables do not exist in a static environment, and are subjected to a number of potential threats both natural and manmade. Manmade hostile seabed intervention can include fishing, anchoring […]

  • Offshore Wind of Change for China

    30 December 2011

    The two figures of “100 million” and “10 million” are extremely meaningful to each Chinese people. By the end of October, the total installed capacity of China Guodian Corporation surpassed 100 million kilowatts, among which wind power 10 million kilowatts, the symbolic WTG is located at Jiangsu Rudong Offshore (Intertidal) 150,000 kilowatts Large-Scale Demonstration Wind […]

  • Dutch Wind Takes Off in 2015

    3 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    130MW of offshore wind capacity added to the Dutch grid in 2015 helped the country grow its generation of electricity from wind turbines by nearly 20 percent last year, according to the data gathered by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). In 2015, 13 billion KW of electricity was generated from renewable sources in The Netherlands, approximately 11 percent of total […]

  • Port of Tyne Getting Ready for Offshore Wind

    27 November 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne, one of the two deep-sea ports in North East England, is investing in the third phase of clearance and remediation of Tyne Dock Enterprise Park to prepare the site for offshore wind manufacturers. The Port of Tyne, within 100 nautical miles of the Dogger Bank, Hornsea, Seagreen and Sofia wind farms […]

  • Rampion OWF – A Noisy Neighbour

    22 July 2016

    On Tuesday, the installation of foundations at the Rampion offshore wind farm kept awake some of the people living in the area, resulting in several complaints received by E.ON, the project developer. According to BBC, loud thumping noise coming from the offshore construction site had awoken some of the residents after midnight and disturbed their sleep for […]

  • Denmark: Dong to Exhibit at EWEA 2012

    11 April 2012

      Europe’s biggest wind energy conference, EWEA 2012, is taking place in Bella Center, Copenhagen from the 16 – 19 April. DONG Energy will be exhibiting at stand no C5-B28. Each day at 4 pm there will be VIP presentations at DONG Energy’s stand, where executives in DONG Energy will give a High Level Outlook […]

  • Belgium: New Policy Can Put EU on Track for 100 Pct Renewable Energy

    14 February 2013
    R&D

    Yesterday, WWF launched a new report – Putting the EU on Track for 100% Renewable Energy – which shows where Europe needs to be by 2030 in order to reach a fully renewable energy system by 2050. It is comes just as the European Commission is beginning to consider post-2020 climate and energy plans. By […]

  • Oregon in Pursuit of Marine Renewables

    12 March 2014
    Authorities, Technology

    The U.S. State of Oregon is on a path to put a wave energy bill into legislation. Namely, Deborah Boone, a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, is working on further development of marine renewable energy in the state. Boone has sponsored a renewable energy bill (House Bill 4042), which would allow marine […]

  • Sapa: Aluminium Nacelle Covers Are a Winning Solution (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    9 January 2018
    R&D, Technology

    Aluminium nacelle covers are lightweight, they provide more space for the nacelle components, and are faster to produce at a lower overall cost, according to Sapa Extrusion, part of the Hydro Group.

  • Drones Return to Alexandra Dock (VIDEO)

    3 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has shared the latest drone footage of the enabling works being carried out at Alexandra Dock in Hull as ABP prepares the site for Siemens’ offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, installation and service facility. The enabling works undertaken by ABP and their contractors on the 54-acre site are worth GBP 150 million. […]

  • Iberdrola Cleared to Start Feasibility Activities Offshore Australia

    1 July 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The feasibility stage management plan for the Aurora Green offshore wind project, being developed by Iberdrola, has been approved by Australia’s Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR). This approval of the management plan allows Iberdrola to commence metocean studies within the feasibility licence area, including the deployment of a floating LiDAR buoy, a wave buoy, and a […]

  • ORE Catapult and Scotland Bankroll Offshore Wind Research Project

    24 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced a GBP 920,000 programme to advance offshore wind research in Scotland, based around its Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine.

  • UK’s Low Offshore Wind Subsidies Could Terminate Race Bank Project

    4 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    UK Ministers are due to confirm final levels of offshore wind subsidies in December, and the developer of Race Bank offshore wind project, Centrica, says that if the subsidies are not increased, the project will be out of the picture, the Telegraph finds out. Under the proposed levels of subsidies, offshore wind farms that become […]