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  • Germany: GL Renewables Certification Awards Young Professionals

    24 June 2013

    How can offshore wind turbines be built more safely, quickly and cost-efficiently? What can be done to ensure that energy generated by wind farms is fed into the grid exactly when it is needed? How can transport losses be reduced? Is there any hidden potential to make wind turbines more efficient? To encourage young scientists […]

  • First Nacelles for Nordsee Ost Wind Turbines Delivered to Base Port

    24 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The first three nacelles for wind turbines to be installed at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm site were delivered to the base port in Bremerhaven on February 20. Once delivered, a specialized crane with a lifting capacity of 750 tons unloaded the nacelles in the Labrador harbor. After that, the nacelles were transported to […]

  • Wind Blade Composites Market Grows as Offshore Wind Energy Advances (Germany)

    16 January 2012

      Many nations have set challenging targets for renewable energy production and it was in this setting that AMI held the latest global conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture in December 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The UK Minister for the Environment had announced potential plans for another 29,000 wind turbines mainly offshore, and Siemens Energy […]

  • Equinor to Participate in Ørsted’s Rights Issue as 10 Pct Shareholder

    1 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Equinor plans to participate in Ørsted’s upcoming rights issue, worth around EUR 8 billion, and maintain its 10 per cent ownership stake in the Danish offshore wind developer. On 1 September, Equinor said that, subject to the final terms of the rights issue, it intends to subscribe for new shares at a consideration of up […]

  • Floating wind turbines: A promising start

    11 October 2012

    The bulk of the current plans for European offshore wind power are intended for construction in the relatively shallow North Sea. However, many European countries, including Portugal, do not border shallow seas. Their sea beds have steep descending slopes and much greater water depths not suited for current techniques. If a viable technique can be […]

  • R&D monitoring for optimised turbine designs and O&M

    7 August 2013

    Offshore wind energy continues to experience an increasing share of the electricity generation market in Europe. Both the UK and Germany have set up ambitious goals to further expand their offshore wind energy capacity. Relatively smaller countries such as Belgium for example are also stepping up their offshore capacity and are investing in research projects […]

  • Rope access: Working at heights

    24 June 2013

    When working in the rope access sector of the offshore wind industry it is not only an advantage not to be sea sick but also not to have a fear of heights and confined spaces. The rope access companies not only send their workers offshore in support vessels, but they also require that their workers carry out their […]

  • Construction and Financing Agreements for Trianel Borkum Wind Farm Signed (Germany)

    23 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Financing for the first phase of what will be the North Sea’s largest offshore wind farm has closed, with most of the funding commitment coming from the European Investment Bank. Eleven banks agreed to grant the request for 700 million euros ($918.82 million) for the first phase of the project. More than 85 percent of […]

  • Scotland’s New Floating Wind Projects – What We Know So Far

    18 January 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland made headlines yesterday (17 January) by awarding seabed lease rights to 17 offshore wind projects totalling almost 25 GW in capacity, well beyond the expected 10 GW, and by the fact that more than half of this massive capacity is coming from floating wind farms. With many details about the selected proposals yet to […]

  • Offshore wind rules ‒ Det Norske Veritas

    2 April 2012

    Being known as one of the world’s biggest classification societies within the offshore and maritime sectors, DNV has also been a major player in the wind industry for over 25 years. After the recent acquisition of KEMA, the new company, DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, is today undoubtedly one of the world’s largest wind energy […]

  • PNE: Energetic Start of 2015

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    PNE WIND Group generated sales totaling euro 15.2 million (previous year: euro 32.9 million), an operating result (EBIT) of euro -6.0 million (previous year: euro -0.8 million) in the first three months of 2015. Martin Billhardt CEO of PNE WIND AG, “With our well filled onshore and offshore project pipeline, we have made a good start […]

  • Estonia: Freenergy and Vardar Eurus Merge into NeljaEnergia OÜ

    23 March 2012

    Freenergy and Vardar Eurus, Estonia’s largest wind farm companies, have merged into NeljaEnergia OÜ. The new company will operate 17 wind farms in three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. “In the next years, we will invest 150 million euros in Baltic renewable energy, to which the cost of an offshore wind farm will be […]

  • Germany: HSH Nordbank Plans Further Expansion of Its Renewables Business in 2013

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    After last year proved to be above expectations for HSH Nordbank’s Renewables business division, the bank wants to build on this success in 2013 and further expand the business. HSH Nordbank is one of Germany’s leading financiers in this segment. “We have supported about 20 new projects in the past year. The volume of our […]

  • Highlights of the Month: June 2016

    1 July 2016

    TenneT Presents ‘Hub and Spoke’ Offshore Wind Concept (VIDEO) TenneT has presented a ‘hub and spoke’ concept to set up a large European offshore electricity system that incorporates building of an island in the middle of the North Sea. Where Does Brexit Leave Offshore Wind? With the UK referendum result to leave the European Union, […]

  • Maritime Industry Also Relies on Offshore Wind Energy (Germany)

    23 December 2011

    Shipyards, suppliers, shipping companies and ports do not have a really good year behind them. The expansion of offshore wind energy will bring a turnaround. But this can take time. According to the official announcement, by the year 2025 wind energy at sea is to cover about 15 percent of German electricity demand today. Goals […]

  • Composites in Wind Energy (USA)

    27 February 2011

    The wind energy market is experiencing rapid growth worldwide and has doubled in size every 3 years for the past 30 years. It is expected to have generated 331 TWh in 2010 alone, amounting to 1.6% of global energy consumption. This expansion requires new manufacturing plant including facilities for large composite blades. Applied Market Information […]

  • (Autonomous) Robotics, AI and Cloud Systems Shaping New Offshore Survey and Inspection Industry

    25 June 2024
    Business development, Industry, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Technology

    Amid the global energy transition, offshore survey and inspection companies are working on decarbonising – but the industry is also going through a transition of its own. Bureau Veritas,  Terradepth and Sulmara are among a number of offshore survey companies that are increasingly using autonomous or remotely operated robotics, cloud systems and artificial intelligence (AI) […]

  • wpd: A developer prepared to take risks

    2 August 2012

    Now recognised as one of the world’s leading wind developers and Independent Renewable Power Producers (IRPP), wpd group has a staff of about 700 people around the world. Founded in 1996, wpd has been one of the key players in the wind sector right from its very inception, wpd has constructed and financed more than […]

  • Nexuns H1 Net Earning Takes Dive

    30 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The French cable specialist, Nexans, has reported a net loss of EUR 58 million (profit of EUR 25 million) after taking into account 38 million euros in net cost of debt and a 10 million euro income tax expense. On the other hand, EBITDA came to EUR 167 million, up from EUR 147 million in the first six months of […]

  • Germany: Siemens Works to Reduce Offshore Wind Costs

    10 October 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens will reduce the cost of offshore wind turbines by 30 percent by 2020. The head of the offshore wind business from Siemens, Michael Hannibal told this to the Handelsblatt news site. As a result, the price of electricity per kilowatt-hour will drop to about ten euro cents. Today, the kilowatt hour costs from 12.8 […]

  • US$20bn of spend is needed to build 200 new vessels

    30 March 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    Written by David Matthews, Head of Strategy Clarksons Renewables Clarksons sets out today’s reality if the Wind sector is to achieve its ambitious targets for tomorrow Countries around the world have set ambitious targets around Wind energy production for 2030. But with Wind booming and Oil & Gas back in a big way – does […]

  • Scottish Renewables Welcomes EU Funding

    19 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Renewables has responded to announcement that the European Commission has awarded support from the NER 300 fund. Kyle Rhea Tidal Turbine Array will be offered €18.4m euros and the Sound of Islay €20.7m euros. Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager for Scottish Renewables, said: “This is great news for the tidal industry in Scotland with […]

  • Germany: Bard Holding Expects Takeover Within 12 Weeks

    19 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The German company Bard Holding GmbH hopes the negotiations on its takeover will end within about 12 weeks, Bloomberg reports. Axel Bahr, the company’s spokesman, has stated that Bard expects “indicative offers” at end-March and completion in 6 to 12 weeks, however it remains unknown which companies are involved in the current talks. Cost and […]

  • PNE WIND’s Working on 13 Offshore Projects

    14 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG has published the results for the second quarter and first half year of 2014.   The rate of growth achieved represents an increase over the first three months of the year and was driven with the completion and sale of various wind farm projects. With new permits […]

  • Hollandse Kust West Beta Cable Tests Completed

    21 August 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) for the Hollandse Kust West Beta cables have been completed in the Dutch North Sea. The substation will connect the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, developed by RWE and TotalEnergies, to the onshore electricity grid. The testing of two 220 kV export cable systems for power transmission to shore, as well […]

  • Windreich AG Issues New Corporate Bond (Germany)

    5 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Windreich AG from Wolfschlugen is issuing a new corporate bond, the Windreich Bond 2011, with a volume of up to 75 million euros. With a term of five years, a fixed interest rate of 6.5 per cent annually as well as a minimum investment and denomination of 1,000 euros, the Windreich Bond 2011  is […]