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  • Expertise Hub on Offshore WIND

    6 July 2017

    Offshore WIND marked the beginning of this month by posting the first videos from its latest Expertise Hub series on Monday, 3 July, and our team decided to add a new batch of interviews each week with the final Expertise Hub interviews scheduled to go online by the end of August.

  • Investigations Kick Off at Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project

    21 November 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Site investigations have commenced on the Star of the South offshore wind project in Australia. Two floating LiDARs and a wave buoy were deployed this week to collect data on the wind profile and conditions in the Bass Strait for what is to be Australia’s first offshore wind farm. The wind and wave monitoring equipment […]

  • Floating Island Project Kicks Off Under Horizon 2020 Umbrella

    3 November 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The floating island concept, revealed earlier this year, will now be further studied and developed through a Horizon 2020-funded project Space@Sea that started on 1 November and will run for three years.

  • LM, Goldwind Present Longest Blade in China

    18 October 2017

    LM Wind Power has announced the launch of its longest blade in China, the LM 75.1 P, tailor-made blade for Goldwind’s new 6.7MW offshore wind turbine.

  • DNV GL Opens First CHIL Test Facility for Renewable Energy Systems

    8 September 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    DNV GL has opened the first control hardware in loop (CHIL) test facility for renewable energy generation plants.

  • Statoil: Dudgeon Comes In On Time and Under Budget, All Turbines Now Producing

    7 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    All 67 Siemens 6MW turbines on the 402MW Dudgeon wind farm off Norfolk are now producing electricity, according to Statoil, the operator and part owner of the offshore wind farm.

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Coordinating Logistics Is the Main Trick (Seaway Heavy Lifting)

    16 August 2017

    Getting the supply chain to work in such way that there are no delays in offshore works is the main trick of the business for an EPCI contractor, according to Richard den Hollander, Business Development Director at Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), the company currently working on the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. 

  • Global Offshore Wind Portfolio Tops 100GW

    19 June 2018

    The portfolio of global offshore wind projects in operation, under construction or in development grew by over 10% in the last year, according to new data from RenewableUK’s Offshore Wind Project Intelligence.

  • USA: AWEA Releases Recommended Practices for Offshore Wind Compliance

    10 October 2012

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its long-awaited consensus document, AWEA Offshore Compliance Recommended Practices 2012 (OCRP 2012), today at its Offshore WINDPOWER Conference in Virginia Beach. Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), AWEA’s OCRP 2012 recommends good practices in the use of existing standards for […]

  • Carbon Trust to Run Scottish GBP 18 Million Marine Energy Scheme

    24 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Carbon Trust will help run a new multi-million pound fund to help develop Scotland’s first commercial wave and tidal power arrays. Addressing the AllEnergy conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond launched Scotland’s Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF). The First Minister said: “Europe’s greatest wind, wave and tidal resources are heavily concentrated in the waters around […]

  • Flag Raised on Hochtief’s New Heavy Lift Jack-Up Vessel (Poland)

    6 December 2013
    Technology

    The ceremonial raising of the flag on Vidar, the powerful jack-up vessel, took place in CRIST Shipyard (Gdynia, Poland) today (December 6). CRIST delivered Vidar, its second heavy lift jack-up barge for Hochtief Solutions. The vessel was developed for the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms. Her spacious deck cargo (3400 sqm) and the […]

  • Wind Industry Urges Ministers to Set a Binding 2030 Target (Germany)

    20 November 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Offshore wind energy is a “no-regrets” option for green growth, job creation and decarbonisation, ministers and delegates heard yesterday at the opening session of EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 in Frankfurt. But the energy projects coming online today will run for 30 years, so to ensure the right choices are made, a binding renewables target for 2030 […]

  • Germany: A2SEA to Install 97 Turbines on Gode Wind

    9 January 2014

    A2SEA has signed a contract with DONG Energy to install 97 turbines on Gode Wind 1 + 2 in the German part of the North Sea. In the first half of 2015, A2SEA will start installation of a total of 97 turbines from Siemens, each of 6MW/154m rotor, with a total capacity of 582 MW. […]

  • EU Installs 9,616 MW Wind Energy Capacity in 2011

    6 February 2012

    In 2011, 9,616 MW of wind energy capacity was installed in the EU, making a total of 93,957 MW – enough to supply 6.3% of the EU’s electricity, according to figures published today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Representing 21.4% of new power capacity, wind energy installations in 2011 were very similar to […]

  • Denmark: SGS Takes Part in EWEA 2012

    21 March 2012

    SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, is one of over 400 exhibitors taking part in EWEA 2012 at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. The services offered by SGS Renewable Energy will be presented throughout the exhibition at stand E-C79. EWEA 2012 is Europe’s premier wind energy event, combining a comprehensive, […]

  • Narec Awards Geophysical Survey Contract to EGS (UK)

    15 August 2011
    R&D

      National Renewable Energy Centre Limited (“Narec”) Awarded Geophysical Survey Contract to EGS International Limited. EGS is to undertake a geophysical survey for the Blyth Offshore wind demonstrator project. EGS will: Provide vessels and equipment suitable for undertaking geophysical survey at site, in the anticipated water depths and metocean conditions: Provide vessels that meet appropriate […]

  • 100 pct Renewable Energy Achievable by 2050 says Commissioner at EWEA 2011 (Belgium)

    17 March 2011

    “When we talk about the electricity sector, not the total energy consumption, but electricity, than I think by 2050 we’ll have 100% renewables in Europe. I think that is perfectly doable,” said EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard today at the EWEA 2011 Annual Event. She was speaking at a press conference held straight after […]

  • Belgium: Wind Energy Can Create Economic Activity and Jobs, Says EWEA CEO

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Wind energy can create economic activity and jobs, while saving money – that’s one of the conclusions Christian Kjaer, CEO of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), reaches in an opinion article published today in advance of the beginning of the European Council informal growth summit. Kjaer also said in the Windpower Monthly article that […]

  • Nordex Group Begins Year with 22 pct Sales Growth (Germany)

    11 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      The Nordex Group has begun the year 2011 with double-digit sales growth. The increase to EUR 183.1 million (Q1/2010: EUR 150.5 million) was materially underpinned by the strong performance of Nordex USA, which was able to expand its sales substantially to EUR 28.9 million (Q1/2010: EUR 3.4 million). At EUR 144.4 million, business in […]

  • Offshore Wind Energy Facts in 2011 (UK)

    8 December 2011

      The renewable energy sector is quickly turning into a profitable business: in 2010 investment in the renewable energy projects exceeded the ones in fossil fuel demonstrating a new trend in investors’ strategy. Offshore wind, with its incomparably high energy production per hour witnessed important developments during 2011:  RWET the fifth largest utility company in […]

  • France: IDEOL Raises EUR 7 Million for Floating Wind Turbine Foundation Solution

    12 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    IDEOL, a company specialized in the design and installation of innovative foundations for the offshore wind industry, has secured a new funding round for the industrialisation of its floating platform solution based on the Damping Pool® patented system. The company is strengthened by the participation of two investment funds:, FCPR Demeter 3 Seed Fund managed […]

  • India to Establish National Offshore Wind Energy Authority

    15 August 2013
    Authorities

    A National Offshore Wind Energy Authority (NOWA) under the aegis of Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will be constituted and will act as the nodal agency for Offshore Wind Projects in the country. NOWA will carry out resource assessment and surveys in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of the country and simultaneously enter […]

  • Clarity in Germany Until 2020

    25 November 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    German environment minister Peter Altmaier announced yesterday that the German incoming government has agreed explicitly to extend the current Stauchungsmodell  for 2 more years, until 2020. Following the extension, projects that are grid-connected by the end of 2019 will still be entitled to opt for the compression model. Previously, the deadline for the model was […]

  • Voith Wins Award for World’s First Commercial Wave Power Plant (UK)

    22 December 2011

    Inverness, Scotland: Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Scottish Voith subsidiary for wave energy, has won an award for Outstanding International Achievement in Green Energy. With the award the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) recognized the delivery of the world’s first full life commercial wave power plant in Mutriku in Northern Spain. Mutriku’s breakwater now […]

  • Woodward Signs Multi-Year Agreement With REpower to Supply Wind Power Converters

    12 November 2010

    Woodward Governor Company (NASDAQ: WGOV) today announced that it signed a multi-year agreement with REpower Systems AG, Germany that will substantially increase deliveries of Woodward wind power converters to REpower. As a result of this agreement, Woodward will extend its key supplier relationship to cover REpower’s full wind turbine portfolio, including onshore and offshore turbines. […]

  • Offshore Wind and Meshed Offshore Grid(s) to Benefit Energy Security in EU

    19 October 2018
    Grid Connection

    Offshore wind farms in combination with meshed offshore grids and cross-border interconnectors, powered by appropriate regulatory frameworks, can largely contribute to energy security in the European Union.