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  • Austria: OWI-Lab Makes Report on EWEA 2013

    26 February 2013

    The OWI-Lab team attended the EWEA 2013 event in Vienna this month, the largest wind energy conference in Europe. More than 8000 participants and nearly 400 companies attended the conference and exhibition this year. Although 11.000 MW of wind energy capacity was installed last year, the wind industry is in fact facing tough times just […]

  • Euro-Rigging Kits Seajacks Scylla Out with Pile Gripper Frame

    18 March 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch heavy mechanical engineering specialist Euro-Rigging has today delivered a pile gripper frame to be installed on Seajacks Scylla at the port of IJmuiden. Seajacks Scylla, the world’s largest wind turbine installation vessel, arrived at the port of IJmuiden on 14 March in preparation of its first assignment, the installation of 67 monopiles, each one weighing more than […]

  • Port Development Key to Multibillion Euro Renewable Energy Opportunities in Ireland

    1 September 2011

      IRELAND NEEDS to develop its port and shipping services or risk losing out on substantial elements of a multibillion euro renewable energy…   By Tim O’Brien (irishtimes) [mappress] Source: irishtimes, September 01, 2011

  • Interview with Rovco CEO: New Technologies Can Close Huge Offshore Wind Skills Gap

    31 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    New technologies have the ability to massively close the huge skills gap and shortage of workers that is looming over the offshore wind industry, allowing 10 to 17 times more work to be done by one person, according to Brian Allen, CEO of Rovco, a UK company focused on automating offshore wind services by creating […]

  • Academia and industry – an essential combination

    23 August 2013

    It has become clear in the previous interviews with industry players that in certain areas of the offshore wind industry companies are ‘fighting’ over experienced and qualified people to fill their, mainly engineering related, job positions. They are not the only ones though. On an academic level, research departments of universities are also struggling to […]

  • Onshore Plans for TWP’s Ayre Floating Wind Farm Submitted

    26 August 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted an onshore planning application to the Highland Council for the 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. Highland Council’s consultation on the application opens on 29 August, and representations can be made up until 28 September. The project milestone follows the completion of a comprehensive optioneering exercise […]

  • Danish Company to Supply TP Covers for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    29 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    The Danish company, Dansk Polyglas, has been awarded a contract by CS Wind Offshore to supply transition piece (TP) covers for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under the contract, Dansk Polyglas will deliver TP covers for all 68 transition pieces, manufactured by CS Wind Offshore for Nordlicht 1. This […]

  • CWHI Sends Off First Inch Cape Monopiles

    3 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has sent off the first 8 XXL monopiles for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland. Manufactured at CWHI’s Qinzhou yard, the monopiles were shipped on 31 August aboard the COSCO vessel XIAN TAI KOU. The shipment is en route to Forth Ports […]

  • ‘Largest Drone Cargo Delivery Programme Ever Done Outside Military’ Underway at UK Offshore Wind Farms

    29 August 2025
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Ørsted and the UK-based drone operator Skylift have launched what Ørsted says is the largest drone delivery programme ever attempted to offshore wind sites, with over 550 flights to more than 400 turbines at four UK offshore wind farms: Hornsea One and Hornsea Two on the east coast, and Walney 1 & 2 on the west coast. According to the offshore wind developer, this is […]

  • Wind Industry Inaugurates OWI Lab’s Unique Facilities in Belgium

    4 October 2012

    On 27 September, in the presence of 250 industrial players in the wind energy sector and a sizeable press delegation, the OWI Lab was inaugurated with the official opening of the climatic test chamber at Churchill Dock in the Port of Antwerp by Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters. Naturally, the focal point of the inauguration was […]

  • Odfjell Oceanwind Acquires Ørsted’s Majority Stake in Scottish Floating Wind Project

    26 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Odfjell Oceanwind (OOW) has acquired Ørsted`s 80 per cent share in the Salamander floating wind project in Scotland. The 100 MW demonstration floating wind farm, which recently received consent from the Scottish government, will now be owned by Odfjell Oceanwind, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7. Salamander has adopted Odfjell Oceanwind’s Deepsea Star semi-submersible steel foundation […]

  • CONNECTING OFFSHORE WIND FARMS: TSO TenneT uses German experience for Dutch offshore challenge

    12 January 2015

    In the Netherlands, the government aspires to build new offshore wind farms with a combined output of 3,450MW by 2023. The Minister of Economic Affairs recently decided that Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT will have the responsibility of building the offshore grid to accommodate these wind farms. Offshore WIND asked Mel Kroon, the CEO of […]

  • The Netherlands: ODENH Invests 3 Million Euros in New Offshore Wind Turbine

    1 December 2010

    The Development fund for Sustainable Energy North Holland (Ontwikkelingsfonds Duurzame Energie Noord-Holland (ODENH) has announced that it… (windtech-international) [mappress] Source: windtech-international, December 01, 2010

  • WTIVs: Wind Turbine Installation Vessels: New optimism

    2 December 2015

    The rugby world cup tournament is about to start in England as this article is being written. Just as the rugby fans will have waited 4 years for the whistle to announce the start of the first match, England versus Fiji, so the offshore wind industry has waited eagerly for the whistle to start for […]

  • Spain: ACCIONA Installed Energy Capacity Up by 8.8 pct

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    ACCIONA Group ended 1Q 2012 with EBITDA of 328 million euro, 6.5% up on same period of last year’s figure. Net attributable profit was down 49%, to 29 million euro, mainly as a result of ACCIONA Energy. Revenues saw a 9.5% rise, coming to 1,591 million euro. The rise in Group’s EBITDA stemmed mainly from […]

  • G-Tec Wins ELWIND Geophysical Survey Contract

    28 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Belgium-headquartered G-Tec has won a contract to conduct a geophysical survey for ELWIND, the Estonian-Latvian cross-border offshore wind project. The company, under a contract worth a little over EUR 3.6 million, will perform a geophysical survey and ground model development for the ELWIND offshore wind farm areas. The objective of the survey is to enhance […]

  • Eesti Energia plans to invest 1.5 billion euros into offshore wind farm (Estonia)

    29 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    Estonia’s state owned electricity producer Eesti Energia has plans to build an offshore wind farm that could cost around 23 billion kroons…   By Toomas Hõbemägi (balticbusinessnews) [mappress] Source: balticbusinessnews, July 29, 2010;

  • Luxcara Reserves Siemens Gamesa Turbines for 1.5 GW Waterekke, Eyes Switch from Mingyang’s for Neighbouring Project

    25 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Luxcara has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the delivery of 97 15 MW turbines for its Waterekke offshore wind project in Germany. The Hamburg-based company is also examining the use of the same Siemens Gamesa turbines for the 300 MW Waterkant offshore wind farm. The approval documents for the 1.5 GW […]

  • Siemens: Germany Can Save More than EUR 150 Billion with Its Energy Transition

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The costs of restructuring Germany’s energy system are too high. With the present energy transition concept, it will not be possible to achieve security of supply while also ensuring sustainability and affordability. The current approach also establishes false incentives for investment and innovation. According to Siemens’ calculations, Germany could save more than €150 billion by […]

  • Gamesa Fulfills Guidance For 2010 and Attains a Net Cash Position of 210 Million Euro (Spain)

    25 February 2011

    Aligning manufacturing with deliveries and collections in Q4, plus control of costs and capital expenditure, enabled the company to generate 472 million euro in net free cash flow in 2010 The backlog for delivery in 2011 amounts to 1,414 MW (+25%) and covers 48% of the wind turbine sales guidance for the year Main consolidated […]

  • European Commission Approves Joint Venture

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control… (neurope) [mappress] Source: neurope, November 28, 2011

  • Baltic 2 Slow Progress Bites EnBW

    1 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    In the first half of 2014, the EnBW Group achieved an operating result (adjusted EBITDA) of 1,271.5 million euros with 19,926 employees and almost unchanged revenue of around 10.4 billion euros. Earnings were 9.9 per cent below the figure for the first half of 2013. The operating result is thus developing in line with our […]

  • JDR’s Chief Strategy Officer: ‘Look at Floating Wind’

    19 August 2024
    Business development, Cables, Floating Wind, Industry

    JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with offshoreWIND.biz. In this article: The UK-based offshore wind cable supplier has already delivered […]

  • ELA Container and THE BLUE BEACH Come to Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference

    25 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Industry

    The Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is once again returning to RAI in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 26 and 27 October. ELA Container Offshore has been a prominent part of OEEC for years and this offshore accommodation specialist is returning once again in person as one of the exhibitors. We used this occasion to […]

  • French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

    22 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi Energy and Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the onshore converter stations and the offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1, Centre Manche 2, and Oléron offshore wind projects. The work scope consists of the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and […]

  • STW Awards EUR 6.2 Mln for TU Delft Research

    27 November 2014
    R&D

    The STW Technology Foundation and the business community will make a total of 6.2 million euros available to the UPON (Understanding Processes Using Operando Nanoscopy) and EUROS (Excellence in Uncertainty Reduction of Offshore wind Systems) research programmes. The first programme focuses on using electron microscopy to study material properties more accurately at the atomic level, […]