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  • USA: Cape Wind to Lower Regional Electricity Prices by USD 7.2 Billion

    2 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cape Wind will reduce wholesale electric prices for the New England region by $7.2 billion over 25 years, according to a new report published by Charles River Associates, a leading economic consulting firm. The report shows that ISO New England, the electric grid operator, first dispatches electric generating units with the lowest cost fuel. Since […]

  • Belgium: EWEA Elects New President

    8 March 2013

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has elected Andrew Garrad as its new President. Garrad joined the wind energy industry in 1979 and was President and later Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest independent renewable energy consultancy, with 1,000 employees in 27 countries devoted to renewable energy. Garrad built his first wind turbine […]

  • UK: FoundOcean Completes Grouting for Narec’s NOAH Met Mast

    6 February 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    FoundOcean has completed the grouting contract for Narec’s Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH), under contract to SeaRoc. The NOAH contract was a notable project in another very successful year for FoundOcean which included offshore operations in the United Arab Emirates, South East Asia, Australia, India, the Gulf of Mexico, and Europe, reconfirming their position as the […]

  • Importance of Setting ‘Binding Targets’ for Renewables (Belgium)

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The EU Commissioner for Climate Change emphasised the role of targets in boosting investments in renewable energy at an EWEA event last night.  “It makes good business sense to invest in renewables yet people aren’t doing it”, said Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, pointing out that “this is one lesson we’ve learned in Europe in the last […]

  • New Technology Reduces Noise During Installation of Offshore Wind Turbines (Denmark)

    10 January 2012
    R&D, Technology

    With a new and innovative technology, it is now possible to comply with exciting legislation on noise reduction during installation of offshore wind turbines. According to legislation from the EU the sound emissions from the installation of windmills at sea must be reduced so the threat to the marine mammals are minimised. Traditionally, the water […]

  • Carnegie Welcomes Deputy Prime Minister to its Wave Energy Research Facility (Australia)

    15 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited , Australia’s most advanced wave energy company, welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer the Hon Wayne Swan MP, Senator the Hon Chris Evans and Melissa Parke MP to its Fremantle wave energy research facility . Carnegie’s Managing Director and CEO Dr Michael Ottaviano and its […]

  • Linklaters Helps Offshore Transmission Projects in UK Market to Reach Financial Close

    29 September 2011
    Grid Connection

      Linklaters has advised on each of the first three offshore transmission projects in the UK market to reach financial close, reinforcing the firm’s market-leading reputation in the renewables and wider energy sector. Linklaters advised a consortium of Transmission Capital Limited, Amber Infrastructure and International Public Partnerships (together, Transmission Capital Partners) in relation to the […]

  • UK: ROVOP Announces GBP 7 Million Contract Wins and Senior Appointments

    11 October 2012

    Award-winning energy services company ROVOP has secured a series of contracts worth a total of £7million for work on major offshore windfarms across Europe. The increasing demand for the services of rapidly-evolving subsea business has also led the company to announce the strengthening of its management team with two senior appointments. ROVOP, which supplies high-performance […]

  • UK: RWE Hires CMACS to Manage Marine-Life Protection Measures at Gwynt y Môr

    17 May 2012
    Environment

    A WIRRAL based environmental consultancy is to manage marine-life protection measures at one of the biggest wind farms currently in construction in Europe, after securing a £multi-million contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited. CMACS Ltd will deliver a robust monitoring programme throughout the wind farm’s construction, ensuring the safety of marine mammals, […]

  • TÜV SÜD, PMSS to Showcase Their Offshore/Onshore Wind Power Portfolio at Hannover Messe 2013 (Germany)

    19 March 2013

    At the leading trade fair Wind, TÜV SÜD will showcase its entire service portfolio for offshore and onshore wind power. By acquiring UK-based PMSS in 2012, the international provider of technical services complemented and further expanded its premium services and its global network of expertise. In Hanover, TÜV SÜD’s experts can be found at the […]

  • Ocean Power Technologies PB150 Device Performs Better than Expected (UK)

    28 June 2011

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or the “Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, announced that the first of its new generation utility-scale PowerBuoy(R) device, the PB150, has delivered better-than-expected initial results from tests being conducted off the northeast coast of Scotland. Rated at 150 kilowatts, this device was designed and developed by OPT to […]

  • FoundOcean Expands its Subsea and Offshore Services with Introduction of Marine Growth Prevention and Control Products (UK)

    10 November 2011
    Environment

    FoundOcean has been appointed as an exclusive agent by IEV International Limited (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of IEV Holdings Limited, a company listed on Catalist of the Singapore Exchange) to market their revolutionary Marine Growth Prevention and Control products in European waters. Until now, controlling marine growth has been an expensive and time-consuming process. This […]

  • Vestas Receives 100 MW Order in Germany

    30 December 2010

    With reference to Vestas Wind Systems A/S’ company announcement No. 50/2010 of 30 December 2010, a German customer has placed a large order with Vestas for turbines for various projects in Hessen, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Brandenburg in Germany. At the customer’s request, additional details about the customer and the projects cannot be disclosed. The order […]

  • HydePoint, Subsea7 and EnBW Launch Offshore Hydrogen-Wind Study in Dutch North Sea

    11 September 2025
    Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, R&D, Technology

    HydePoint, Subsea7, and EnBW have launched a joint initiative to investigate the potential integration of offshore hydrogen production systems with offshore wind infrastructure in the Dutch North Sea. “This collaboration brings together complementary expertise to tackle one of the key challenges in offshore hydrogen production — driving down the levelized cost of hydrogen. By working […]

  • Offshore Wind Hub in Sight as Oldest Irish Port Files Planning Application

    11 September 2025
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Waterford, the oldest port in Ireland, has lodged a direct planning application with An Coimisiún Pleanála for its Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Capable Terminal at Belview, County Kilkenny. The application follows the recent granting of Maritime Area Consent (MAC) by the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, which provides the basis for the port […]

  • Highlights of the Month – October 2019

    5 November 2019

    We are bringing you a list of ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of October 2019. Swedish Armed Forces Shoots Down Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farm Project Swedish energy company Vattenfall and its partner Wallenstam have canceled the Taggen offshore wind project in Sweden after the Swedish Armed Forces said no to the […]

  • Five Big OW Companies Test Vibratory Driving of Monopiles

    7 April 2014
    R&D, Technology

    RWE Innogy, DONG Energy, EnBW, E.ON and Vattenfall are running a one year onshore demonstration project near Cuxhaven on the German North Sea coast to validate the vibratory driving of wind turbine monopile foundations, in comparison and as evolution to current impact driving of these piles. The potential benefit is faster and more environmentally benign […]

  • Tidal Energy Projects Very Welcome in West Normandy

    4 December 2014

    West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME; ONEM), a local-public company supporting the development of Renewable Marine Energy industrial sector in West Normandy, has announced that it endorses ADEME’s decision in the call-for-tender, which has chosen the consortia of Alstom/GDF Suez and DCNS/EDF Energies Nouvelles and has welcomed the announcement made by the French Prime Minister.  Initiated in September 2013 by […]

  • IEA: Offshore Wind a Trillion Dollar Industry by 2040

    25 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Global offshore wind capacity may increase 15-fold and attract around USD 1 trillion of cumulative investment by 2040, according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency. This is driven by falling costs, supportive government policies and some remarkable technological progress, such as larger turbines and floating foundations, IEA said. That’s just the start […]

  • OWAP: Job Creation in U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Already Starting

    10 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    In the latest issue of the Offshore Wind Accelerator Project’s (OWAP) newsletter, its Project Director Valerie Stori writes about economic benefits and job creation within the U.S. offshore wind industry. Read the article below: The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ (BPU) decision last week to reject the Fishermen’s Energy offshore wind project is another setback […]

  • Marketsandmarkets: Global Wind Turbine Market Will Reach $73.5 Billion With Installed Capacity Of 434.5 GW Globally Including 99.3 GW In China By 2015

    26 January 2011

    According to a new market research report, ‘Global & China Wind Turbine Market (2010 – 2015), published by MarketsandMarkets, new wind turbines capacity of 236.6 GW would be installed between 2010 and 2015, representing a CAGR of 17% in global installed capacity for the same period. In 2015, the market will generate $73.5 billion revenue […]

  • 3sun Gets GBP 10 Mln to Advance Its Offshore Energy Business

    3 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    BGF (Business Growth Fund), the independent company established to help Britain’s growing businesses, has announced that it has made a £10m investment in energy-focused firm – 3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry.   Founded in 2007 by Graham Hacon, 3sun Group operates in the oil and gas onshore […]

  • MAKE Consulting: 10 Surprises for Global Wind Power Industry in 2013 (Denmark)

    5 February 2013
    R&D

    Moving through these final stages of what has been a challenging period for the global economy, the wind power industry is looking forward to better times and renewed demand. The path back to profitability and growth, however, is not without its challenges and the industry is expected to undergo some significant changes in the process. […]

  • Germany: E.ON Announces 2011 Results

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    E.ON AG continued its consolidation course in a difficult business environment in 2011 and is past the worst. At the presentation of the company’s annual results, CEO Johannes Teyssen was cautiously optimistic about where E.ON stands. “We made good progress implementing our strategy. E.ON 2.0, our efficiency-enhancement program, is on course. We’re pleased by the […]

  • Global Clean-Energy Investment Down 15%

    13 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Global investment in clean energy was $50.5bn in the first quarter of 2015, down 15% from Q1 2014. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the Q1 figures show that investment in Europe slipped 30% compared to first quarter 2014, to $9.7bn, while that in China fell 24% to $11bn. Investment in the US edged up […]

  • Vestas Taps NHV for North Sea Offshore Wind Ops

    16 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    NHV Group has been awarded a multi-year contract by Vestas to provide offshore wind operations in the North Sea with the super medium helicopter, the Airbus H175. Under the contract, Belgium’s NHV will provide dedicated crew changes and hoisting operations for the offshore wind industry, starting in April 2025. According to the company, this contract […]