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  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Power Generation Financing

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Norton Rose recently hosted a round table discussion in Amsterdam together with Rabobank and PwC, led by energy partner Weero Koster. The reason for this event was the ‘Government Accord’, announced by the Dutch newly elected government. The round table was attended by a great number of parties involved in the Dutch […]

  • Global & China Wind Turbine Market by Offshore/Onshore Type, Geography, Installed Capacity, Price Trends & Forecasts (2010 – 2015)

    14 February 2011

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global & China Wind Turbine Market By Offshore/Onshore Type, Geography, Installed Capacity, Price Trends & Forecasts (2010 2015)” report to their offering. Global & China Wind Turbine Market The energy demand from renewable source has been rising in this decade. Global Wind turbine cumulative installed capacity […]

  • Web Portal Launched for Scottish Offshore Wind Power at All Energy

    18 May 2011

      A new Scottish offshore wind web portal has been launched to provide up-to-the-minute signposting for all information relating to this rapidly-emerging industry. Offshore wind is arguably Scotland’s biggest economic opportunity for a generation. Recognising this, Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise have developed the web portal to help businesses and individuals […]

  • Scotland Increases Offshore Wind Collaboration with Germany

    27 June 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Scotland and Germany should work together to achieve their renewable energy targets, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will tell a conference today. Mr Ewing will give the keynote address at the Windforce 2012 offshore wind conference in Bremen, Germany, and will tell the audience of the opportunities that come from working together. At the conference, Mr […]

  • North America to Double its Installed Wind Power Capacity by 2017

    19 October 2011

    While the financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the recession had a strong impact on the wind energy industry in terms of new installations, the sector has continued to mature. Wind power now accounts for the majority of the world’s installed capacity of non-hydropower renewable energy generation, and most people in the energy industry have come […]

  • Global Wind Power Capacity to Triple by 2017, According to New Report from Pike Research (USA)

    12 July 2011
    R&D

        After years of strong growth, the wind energy industry experienced a significant slowdown in 2010 as a result of the global economic recession. Given the 18-month project cycle for a wind farm from feasibility study to electricity production, the global downturn had a delayed impact on the pace of new wind power installations. […]

  • SunPower Appoints New Board Members (USA)

    5 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      SunPower Corp. announced the appointment of six new board members following completion of Total’s  all cash tender offer on SunPower, expanding its board of directors to 11. Today’s announcement follows antitrust clearance without conditions by the European Commission regarding Total’s all cash tender offer. Following are the six Total executives who have joined SunPower’s […]

  • Partrac Group Marks Most Successful Year (UK)

    20 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Marine data acquisition and consulting experts the Partrac Group have experienced the busiest and most successful year since operations began in 2003. The Group, which is headquartered in Glasgow, has attributed the resulting growth to the award of many new contracts and contract extensions, continuous innovation and the streamlining of survey and project management processes, […]

  • Danotek Presents 7MW PM Generator (USA)

    28 September 2011
    Technology

    Danotek, a leader in the development and manufacture of highly efficient and reliable permanent magnet (PM) generators and power converter systems for the global wind energy market, today announced they will be expanding their portfolio with the addition of large PM generators for low- to medium-speed applications primarily intended to meet the growing market for […]

  • UK: Ferguson Modular Boasts Renewables Success at All Energy Exhibition

    23 May 2012

    Ferguson Group, a leading supplier of high quality DNV 2.7-1 / EN 12079 certified offshore containers, refrigerated containers, accommodation/workspace modules and the accommodation service vessel ASV Pioneer to the offshore energy sector, is exhibiting this week at All Energy. Ferguson Group will be exhibiting at All Energy on 23-24 May 2012 at stand J119. Ferguson […]

  • Germany: Windreich Expands Management Team

    12 April 2012

    Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz, Chairman of the Executive Board of Windreich AG, is gearing his company towards further growth. With several new additions to the management, the company’s market leadership in the area of offshore energy is to be extended, and the energy revolution is to be promoted. “We are the market leaders – therefore […]

  • India: SEFORGE to Supply Machined Flanges for Wind Towers

    6 March 2012

    SEFORGE Limited, a Suzlon Group subsidiary, announced a key purchase agreement with a leading wind turbine manufacturer for the supply of machined tower flanges, used for wind towers, over a period of three years. The Rs. 367 crore (US$ 75 mn) contract covers supply of flanges for wind turbine towers for projects in India and […]

  • DEME in 2010 – Nearshore and Offshore Marine Works (Belgium)

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    DEME is one of the largest marine engineering companies in the world. From its core activities, dredging and civil marine engineering, the group has developed complementary activities such as environmental engineering (treatment of soil and sludge), services for the oil and gas sector and extraction of construction aggregates from the sea. Financial overview 2010 For DEME, 2010 can rightly be called […]

  • Wind Firms Cannot Afford to Ignore Increasing Cyber Security Threats – DNV

    8 December 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Alexander Hansen Bakken, Cyber Security Consultant, DNV. DNV’s 2022 Energy Transition Outlook, an independent model of the world’s energy systems, forecasts that wind energy will grow 10-fold by 2050, boosted by cheaper turbines and improvements in operation and maintenance. This transformation is deeply dependent on energy infrastructure […]

  • How to Commercialise Floating Offshore Wind?

    17 October 2018

    By Jon Harman, Head of Renewable Energy and Portfolio Director, New Energy Update Floating offshore wind may still be in the demonstration phase, but the success of early pilot schemes and the plunging prices of fixed foundation machines mean investors are already eyeing the vast new markets the technology will open. According to the latest […]

  • Learning from each other: The UK and Germany need to work together

    10 August 2012

    As the UK prepares for the future development of the Round Three leases for larger wind farms in deeper waters, the techniques and experience that have been perfected will now need to be adapted to cope with the harsher conditions of working further offshore. The German renewables market has vast experience of this type of working […]

  • UK: Marine Renewables Play Key Role in All-Energy 2012

    14 May 2012

    All-Energy, the UK’s largest exhibition and conference dedicated to renewable energy being held in Aberdeen on Wednesday 23- Thursday 24 May, is just over a week away. Not surprisingly in a city – The Energy City – where offshore interests (oil, gas and fishing) are so important, marine renewables in the form of offshore wind, […]

  • Cuomo Backs Statoil’s NY Project, Proposes 2.4GW of Offshore Wind by 2030

    11 January 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    In his State of the State address delivered yesterday, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo expressed support for the development of offshore wind power in the lease area for which Statoil won the rights at the government’s lease sale in December, and proposed a commitment to develop up to 2.4GW of offshore wind by 2030. To ensure the […]

  • Van Oord Wraps Up Inter-Array Cable Installation at UK’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    9 September 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed the installation of 109 inter-array cables, which marks the conclusion of its full scope of work on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Approximately 360 kilometres of inter-array cables have been installed and tested, connecting the wind farms’ 100 14 MW turbines to the project’s offshore converter […]

  • Ørsted Teaming Up with Polish Coal Power Producer to Bid in Offshore Wind Auctions

    15 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted and ZE PAK (Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin), Poland’s second largest producer of energy from coal-fired plants with a strategy for phase-out until 2030, have signed a letter of intent to jointly participate in the upcoming auction for seabed leases in Poland and the country’s Contract for Difference (CfD) tenders in 2025 and 2027. The companies plan […]

  • BREAKING: Denmark Greenlights North Sea Energy Island Hub

    4 February 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea. The energy hub will be an artificially constructed island 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula Jutland. Around 200 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 3 GW are expected to be installed in the first phase […]

  • Europe’s Leading Offshore Port Confirms It Will Return as Exhibitor at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023

    28 June 2023
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Rotterdam, together with Rotterdam Port Promotion Council (RPPC), has signed an agreement with Navingo BV on taking part in Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) this November in Amsterdam. With OEEC’s aim being connecting the entire offshore energy sector through the work its different industries are doing in energy transition, Port […]

  • WES Launches £7 Mln Technology Innovation Competition

    19 March 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a new research and development body funded by the Scottish Government, is open for business with the launch of its first international technology innovation competition. Part of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, WES is issuing a competitive project call for innovative power take-off (PTO) systems. Applications are invited from innovative technology developers […]

  • Canada: Trillium Power Files Amended Statement of Claim for $500 Million

    16 December 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    On December 12, Trillium Power Wind Corporation filed a “Fresh as Amended Statement of Claim” as ordered by the Court of Appeal. Read the document here: Fresh as Amended St. of Claim Dec. 12 13 Ontario Superior Court of Justice filing responds to an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling last month that allowed Trillium Power […]

  • UK: Coastline Completes Submarine Asset Survey for Wave Hub

    20 November 2013
    R&D

    Coastline Surveys was awarded a contract to carry out the submarine asset survey including Multi beam bathymetry and Side Scan sonar, ROV Visual inspection and Cable Burial surveys for Wave Hub. Additional Geotechnical investigations were undertaken in test berth 4 to assess the seabed nature for future anchoring of proposed test devices. The surveys for […]

  • Mechanical Engineering Professor Wins Award to Test Tetherd Subsea Kites

    11 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    A mechanical engineering professor Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received an award from National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore the use of tethered undersea kites to generate electricity from tides and currents. A new research program directed by David Olinger, PhD, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a three-year, $300,000 […]