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  • Fraunhofer IWES: Global Offshore Wind Installed Capacity Nearing 7GW

    28 April 2014
    R&D

    In the new “Wind Energy Report Germany 2013” Fraunhofer IWES researchers confirm that offshore wind energy is increasing worldwide. While the UK is leading with 50% offshore market share, more than 2 GW are under construction in Germany. Japan enters the offshore market with prototypes of floating turbines. The offshore wind energy sector has been […]

  • UK: GME Lands First Export Cable at Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm

    22 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Global Marine Systems Energy Ltd., (GME) the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide has landed the first export cable at the Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm. The cable was landed by GME’s recently launched vessel, Cable Enterprise, and is the first of four export cables to […]

  • Windcomm to Hold Offshore Business Meetings & Conference at Husum, Germany

    16 August 2012

    The expansion of German offshore wind energy is becoming increasingly subject to delays. One of the reasons for this is that the grid operators are unable to give a definitive date when the planned wind farms will be connected up to the grid. It is unclear who will be responsible for any damages incurred if […]

  • UK: Specialist Subsea Services Completes Work on Gwynt Y Mor Offshore Wind Farm

    14 January 2013

    Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S3), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, recently completed 100 days’ of work on Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of North Wales. S3 mobilised a team of 15 people to visit all 160 locations for turbines at a value in […]

  • Vattenfall Gives Green Light to Investment in Kentish Flats Extension (UK)

    4 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has given the green light to a 15 turbine offshore wind farm off the Kent coast. Vattenfall’s 49.5 megawatt (MW) Kentish Flats Extension (KFE), consented by the UK Government’s Energy Secretary earlier this year, has gained a final investment decision from the Vattenfall Board of Directors to deliver the sustainable energy scheme. When operational […]

  • Tideland Signal at RenewableUK 2013

    17 October 2013

    Tideland Signal and Tideland Power Systems (formerly Dabbrook Services) will be presenting their comprehensive service for specifying, supply, commissioning and maintenance of navigation warning systems on stand 197 at RenewableUK 2013 at the NEC Birmingham from 5 to 7 November. Tideland Signal is a leading global supplier of temporary and permanent navigational aids and solar […]

  • UK: PSP Secures Deal for Wind Farm Boat Transportation

    26 June 2013

    Worldwide logistics company PSP has secured a contract to transport windfarm boats across the globe as a direct result of its appearance at Seawork. The details of the project were revealed (June 25) as Seawork International 2013 opened its doors to the public. Seawork International is the largest and fastest growing commercial marine and workboat […]

  • Caterpillar, Vestas to Remanufacture Wind Turbine Components (Denmark)

    8 November 2011

    Caterpillar Inc. and Vestas Wind Systems have reached a 10-year, global agreement to remanufacture wind turbine components. Vestas, of Aarhus, Denmark, is the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, with an installed base of 44,500 turbines. Vestas has chosen to enter this agreement to ensure remanufacturing services of high quality and at a competitive price for […]

  • RWE Publishes First Newsletter to Keep People in North Wales Informed About Offshore Wind Development (UK)

    12 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    RWE npower renewables’ first issue of a newsletter designed to keep people in North Wales informed about the development of offshore wind power has been published. “Wind Power News: North Wales Offshore Wind Farm Update” is available from libraries, leisure centres, tourist information centres, council offices and community centres along the north Wales coast. It […]

  • EnviroBusiness Successfully Co-hosted Twickenham Offshore Wind Event (UK)

    21 February 2011

    On the 15th February, EnviroBusiness co-hosted one of the largest in a series of offshore wind supply chain events taking place across the UK throughout February and March – the Southern Region, hosting 623 MW of installed wind capacity and 10.2 GW planned for Round 3. The south east offshore supply chain was very well […]

  • States Respond to Trump’s New Oil & Gas Plan. Shell, Statoil Interested in New Areas

    5 January 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    As the Trump Administration issued the draft proposal for the 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program on 4 January, the move to make more than 90% of OCS available for oil and gas exploration and production saw opposition from several U.S. coastal states, including those that want more renewable energy in their future.

  • Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm Fully Energised

    10 July 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany has reached full energisation, the joint venture between Iberdrola and Masdar said on 10 July, as they announced a joint investment in the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. Baltic Eagle comprises 50 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations. […]

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Construction Kicks Off

    29 March 2012

    MAJOR components have begun arriving at new port facilities on the River Mersey in Birkenhead for the construction of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. The €2billion (EURO) project, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms, 18km off the Wirral coast, is enabling significant new investment into Merseyside, the North West and […]

  • Wpd Group Prepares Implementation of The Butendiek Project (Germany)

    10 March 2011

    The wpd group in Bremen is currently preparing the implementation of the offshore wind farm project Butendiek, which will consist of 80 wind turbine generators and will be built 32 km to the west of Sylt in the German North Sea. The project company, Butendiek Offshore Windpark GmbH & Co. KG, has now commissioned KfW […]

  • Denmark Publishes Paper on Utilising Wind in Energy Sector

    20 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    State of Green has launched the White Paper on wind in collaboration with the Danish Wind Industry Association and leading Danish actors across the wind power value chain. Integrating 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50% wind energy in the electricity system, agreeing on the political framework for large investments and getting the citizens on board for […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Sees Way Out with Siemens Energy Integration, US and EU Clean Energy Commitments

    2 February 2023
    Business & Finance

    As reported last month, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy posted a significant net loss for its Q1 2023 (October–December 2022), mainly due to specific components’ failure rates, and its net financial debt totalled EUR 1.9 billion as of 31 December 2022. However, looking long-term, the company sees a light at the end of the tunnel driven […]

  • Weather data: Forecasting for cost reductions

    9 August 2013

    Offshore wind farms are built in areas where it has been determined, by monitoring with met masts and floating met buoys, that there is enough of the turbine ‘fuel’ under normal circumstances. It is not just the remote location and water depth that determines that you will not find any offshore wind farms in the […]

  • Lithuania Grants Offshore Wind Bidders More Time, Tender to Resume in October

    9 September 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has temporarily suspended the ongoing offshore wind tender, with plans to resume it on October 6. According to the Lithuanian government, the tendering procedures will be resumed on 6 October 2025, and the submission of tenders will continue until 7 October. The decision was made because the tender took […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Announces Job Cuts, Records First Profitable Quarter Since 2020

    10 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa plans to terminate around 2,900 positions by Fiscal Year 2025, out of which 1,900 will be in Europe. The company said it is working with employee representatives to mitigate the impact of this adjustment as much as possible through natural attrition, internal transfers, and early retirements. The move comes as […]

  • Austria: GL Garrad Hassan Participates in EWEA 2013

    5 February 2013

    GL Garrad Hassan is at the EWEA 2013 conference in Vienna this week, with experts giving presentations, chairing sessions, while also being on hand to meet attendees at their exhibition stands. The topics GL Garrad Hassan experts are presenting include forecasting, yaw control and condition monitoring. GL Garrad Hassan Presentations at EWEA 2013: “Use of […]

  • RWE Plans to Expand Renewable Energies in NRW (Germany)

    6 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      RWE is planning to strongly expand its generating capacities in NRW in the area of renewable energies by 2020. The geographical focus will be on the Rhenish lignite mining region. As far as technology is concerned, the company intends to concentrate on growth in the wind energy and biogas segments.  Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, Chairman […]

  • UK Gov’t Pushes Back Ruling on RWE’s Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm

    12 September 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has extended the deadline by three months for a decision on the development consent order for RWE’s 1.1 GW Five Estuaries offshore wind farm. The statutory deadline for the decision on the Five Estuaries offshore wind farm was 17 September 2025. However, the UK Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, decided to allow an […]

  • UK: New Generation Jack-Up Vessel Arrives for Gwynt y Môr

    4 September 2012

    A new offshore wind farm installation vessel, the first of its kind in the UK, arrives into Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead today (Sat, 1 September) in preparation for its first operational activity at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The new generation jack-up vessel, named Friedrich Ernestine, has been built and designed by RWE […]

  • CorPower ‘Pumps’ Electricity from Sea Waves

    17 June 2014

    CorPower Ocean AB was founded in 2009 by Dr. Stig Lundbäck, after he had spent about 30 years of his life imagining and designing various kinds of high efficiency pumping systems. Contrary to what might be expected, Dr. Lundbäck is not an engineer, but a medical doctor with a deep passion for the pumping principles […]

  • Shell and RWE Pinpoint North-East of England for Gigawatt-Scale Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Projects

    12 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Shell New Energies and RWE Generation will explore the possibilities of establishing integrated projects for the production of green hydrogen using offshore wind power on a gigawatt scale in the industrial regions in the north-east of England such as Teesside and/or Humberside. The plan is one of the steps set out in a recently signed […]

  • Ørsted’s Profit Down 52 Per Cent in Q1 2021

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has reported a net profit of DKK 1.6 billion (EUR 215 million) for the first quarter of 2021, a 52 per cent decrease from DKK 3.3 billion from the same period last year. The Danish company saw an operating profit (EBITDA) of DKK 4.9 billion (EUR 659 million) for Q1 2021, a DKK 1.9 […]