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  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Horns Rev 3 Delivers First Power

    24 December 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s 406.7MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm has started delivering power to the Danish grid.

  • Waves Group Joins World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    14 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Waves Group has secured a contract to provide marine warranty surveyor services for the Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Waves Group is providing the services for Dogger Bank A, which involves the installation of foundations, infield cables, turbines, export cables and one offshore substation and the foundation for Dogger Bank B.  Operations […]

  • EEW SPC Sends Off Final Hornsea Two Monopiles

    9 August 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has loaded out the last five monopiles for Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. The final five monopiles were loaded out at EEW SPC’s quay on 30 July. In the past eleven months, a total of 165 monopiles was loaded for the project by two self-geared vessels. The […]

  • Half of Hornsea One Foundations Up

    3 October 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has installed half of the monopile foundations at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • 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 […]

  • Danes Track Offshore Wind Cost Slide

    13 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Danish Energy Agency has launched an updated levelized cost of energy (LCoE) calculator which shows that costs to build and operate an offshore wind farm in Denmark have declined by more than 30 per cent compared to previous projections.

  • First Turbine Up at Hornsea Project One

    11 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed the first turbine at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Bold Tern arrived at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm site last week carrying the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines. The vessel is in charge of transporting and installing half of the […]

  • Danish Companies Team Up for U.S. Offshore Wind

    24 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bladt Industries, ISC Consulting Engineers, Semco Maritime and LICengineering are joining forces with The Trade Council of Denmark’s Wind Energy Advisory to provide an integrated platform for partnerships with American companies and offshore wind developers.

  • Danish Heavyweights Sign Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement

    16 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Danfoss and Ørsted have signed a corporate power purchase agreement for 27 MW of the capacity of the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm. Danfoss, a global industrial manufacturer of energy-efficient solutions, signed a ten-year fixed price CPPA with Ørsted to offtake the portion of the renewable electricity output of the 209 MW offshore […]

  • Sweden: Vattenfall to Invest EUR 4.2 Billion in Offshore Wind Projects

    21 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall will invest a quarter of its planned EUR 16.6 billion into European offshore wind projects through the 2012-2016 period. Probably, the most of the EUR 4.2 billion amount will be invested in offshore wind sector in Germany and the UK, the Windpower Monthly news site informs. While waiting for the DanTysk offshore wind station’s completion, […]

  • ProCon Wind Energy Sets Up US Office

    1 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    ProCon Wind Energy has established an office in the U.S. dedicated to the local offshore wind sector. The office will be located at Groundworks in the Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts. “In addition to this, we are pleased to be supported by Xodus Group in the establishment of our US presence,” ProCon said. “Thus, we already have boots […]

  • Ørsted Sets October Date for Borssele 1 and 2 Launch

    28 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted plans to officially commission the 752 MW Borssele 1 and 2 wind farm in the Dutch North Sea on 5 October, barring any negative effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. The wind farm comprises 94 Siemens Gamesa’s wind turbines, over two-thirds of which have now been installed at the site located 22 kilometres off the […]

  • Ørsted Schedules German Offshore Wind Tours

    8 May 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and the shipping companies Cassen-Tours and Adler-Schiffe are organising offshore wind tours in the German North Sea this month. The catamaran MS Adler Cat will set off from the Nordeney Island to the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm on 12 and 26 May. The guests from the mainland will be transported […]

  • Chinese Offshore Wind Stagnates

    1 June 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Delays in the first offshore concession projectsin China are most likely to cause postponing of the second bidding round, which was supposed to begin in the first half of this year. The China Daily news portal writes that the second group of concession projects involves building of up to 2 GW of offshore wind energy […]

  • Austria: STRABAG Postpones Investment Plans in Offshore Wind

    15 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    The publicly listed European construction group STRABAG SE postpones its planned investments in the field of gravity-based foundations technology for offshore wind until further notice. The company had planned to spend several hundred million euros over the next few years on the construction of a factory and of special ships to transport self-developed concrete gravity […]

  • UK: Contractor Selection and Management Defines European Offshore Wind Leaders

    7 February 2013

    Project managers, technical assessors and risk evaluation teams work hard in their roles at keeping costs under control and avoiding supplier contracts that could turn bad for both sides. The reasons are worth stating aloud; a bad contract decision could bankrupt the supplier, delay the project build and cause ripple effects through insurance claims, loss […]

  • Energinet.dk Gets Approval to Build Kriegers Flak Grid Connection System

    18 December 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    On December 16, the Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building issued an investment approval for units to be erected by Energinet.dk in order to connect the forthcoming offshore wind turbines at Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea to the onshore electricity grid. The approval allows Energinet.dk to enter into contracts for a total of […]

  • France: WW2 Veterans Oppose Normandy Offshore Wind Project

    28 May 2012

    The French government plans for construction of a wind farm off the Normandy coast are being objected because of the historical significance of the area in question, writes the Toronto Sun portal. Though the government said that the turbines will hardly be visible from the beaches, the World War II veterans consider the project as […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Secures Conditional Turbine Order for Skyborn’s German Offshore Wind Farm

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Skyborn Renewables has confirmed the execution of the Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA) and the Offshore Long-Term Programme Service Agreement (LTPSA) with Siemens Gamesa for the supply of SG 14-236 turbines for the Gennaker offshore wind project in Germany. Both agreements are based on the Master Supply Agreement signed by Skyborn and Siemens Gamesa in June […]

  • Photo of the Day: Block Island Turbine Towers Lined Up in Providence

    8 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has shared a photo showing offshore wind towers for the 30MW Block Island wind farm being arranged in a line in Providence after completing their journey from Europe to Rhode Island, US. The five-turbine offshore wind farm is being developed by Deepwater Wind some three miles off the coast of Block Island. Once commissioned in […]

  • Van Oord Adds Niels Winther Maritime to Deutsche Bucht Team

    21 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Van Oord has appointed the Esbjerg-based Niels Winther Maritime to serve as an agent for the wind farm installation vessel Aeolus over the summer. Aeolus will be working out of the Port of Esbjerg over the summer, loading turbine components for the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind project and then transporting and installing them in the German […]