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  • EU Heads of State Show Support for Renewables

    24 March 2014
    Authorities

    In a last minute addition to the European Council’s conclusions, Europe’s leaders stated the need for a “supportive EU framework for advancing renewable energies.” Despite delaying on an agreement, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said in a press conference that the Council would have a deal on the climate and energy framework by “no […]

  • Antinuclear Policy Puts Renewable Energy Costs at Spotlights (Germany)

    12 June 2011

    Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2022 will transform Europe’s largest economy into a multibillion-dollar laboratory … By Peter Behr (nytimes) [mappress mapid=”3965″] Source: nytimes, June 13, 2011;

  • Shipping Industry got a Boon of Offshore Wind

    18 March 2010

    With ocean-going trade slackening amid the global recession, shipping companies and shipyard operators in Europe are finding the offshore…   [mappress] Source: greeninc, March 16, 2010;

  • Vattenfall Building Giant Wind Farm Warehouse at Port of Esbjerg

    29 June 2021
    Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall is set to begin the construction of a large warehouse for critical main components and spare parts for its wind farms in Northern Europe at the Port of Esbjerg.  The work will begin immediately and the construction is expected to be completed around ten months later.  Once completed and ready for use in 2022, the […]

  • Avanti Takes Part in EWEA 2011 (Belgium)

    1 April 2011

    Avanti Wind Systems was of course among the exhibitors at Europe’s primary event for the wind industry, EWEA 2011 in Brussels, Belgium.   (avanti-online) [mappress] Source: avanti-online, April 01, 2011

  • French and Chinese Form Floating Wind Pact

    3 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    The French DOLFINES and China’s CIMC Raffles have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost floating offshore wind in Europe and Asia. The two parties have agreed to cooperate on the commercial development of their activities in Europe and Asia to boost the floating wind sector. According to DOLFINES, the companies’ profiles are very […]

  • Wpd AG Places First Promissory Note Loan

    23 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wpd AG has placed its first promissory note loan in the amount of EUR 68.5 million for institutional investors to finance expansion plans outside Europe.

  • Suzlon Eyes European Offshore Wind Market (Germany)

    10 November 2011

    The economic headwinds currently blowing through Europe are unlikely to buffet Suzlon, India’s biggest maker of wind turbines, too…  (business-standard) [mappress] Source: business-standard, November 10, 2011; Image: repower

  • EU Commission Sets Out New Action Plan for Ocean Renewables

    20 January 2014
    Authorities

    European Commissioners Maria Damanaki and Günther Oettinger today presented a new action plan to facilitate the further development of the renewable ocean energy sector in Europe. A central element in this action plan will be to establish an Ocean Energy Forum, bringing together stakeholders to build capacity and foster cooperation. The action plan should help […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Adds Jill to Jack-Up Fleet

    2 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has signed a long term time charter with Falcon Global for their jack-up vessel Jill. Jill will be an integrated part of the Fred. Olsen Windcarrier jack-up fleet for offshore wind, where she will be under commercial management of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier. The jack-up will be working out of Europe and mainly […]

  • EU Grid Operators Publish Offshore Network Development Plans

    24 January 2024

    The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has published EU Offshore Network Development Plans (ONDPs), the first comprehensive cross-border review of existing grid capacity and future offshore grid requirements at sea basin level. The plans could help to accelerate the expansion of offshore wind and facilitate the deployment of innovative grid solutions […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Need to Be Standardised, Energy Transition Industrialised to Reach Targets, Says Siemens Energy VP for Western Europe

    20 December 2022
    Industry

    Governments need to move from talking about policies to implementation, the offshore wind industry needs to employ standardisation, and clear rules and regulations need to be set for green hydrogen in order to move faster with large-scale deployment and achieve meaningful progress in limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The recently held COP27 showed […]

  • Austria: Wind to Be Cheapest Technology after 2020

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Wind will be at the centre of Europe’s power needs, meeting 50% of electricity demand by 2050, Robert Clover from MAKE Consulting said on February 4. Moreover, “after 2020 wind is the cheapest technology, it is scalable and it has minimal water requirements,” he added. Speaking at EWEA’s 2013 Annual Event in Vienna, Clover said […]

  • EU Commission Starts Working on Energy Union

    10 February 2015
    Authorities

    European Commission has launched work on the Energy Union; a fundamental step towards the completion of single energy market and reforming how Europe produces, transports and consumes energy. The Energy Union with a Forward-looking Climate Change Policy is one of the key political priorities of the Juncker Commission. After more than 60 years from the founding of […]

  • UK: 3sun Group Shortlisted in National Energy Awards

    17 September 2013

    3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry, has been shortlisted in the Innovation category at the Energy Institute Awards 2013. The Group received recognition in the Innovation category for its ground-breaking, electronic 3D visually-based, handheld inspection system for managing legislative compliance, safety critical plant and equipment on wind turbines. […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Market Expected to Reach USD 57.2 Billion in 2022

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    According to a report at Zion Market Research, global offshore wind energy market size was valued at USD 20.3 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach USD 57.2 billion in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 16.2% between 2017 and 2022. 

  • Scottish Enterprise to Boost Ocean Renewables with GBP 450,000 Fund

    2 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Scottish ocean energy companies will be able to bid for a share of a new €7 million funding pot, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will say today. At the Ocean Energy Conference in Paris, Mr Ewing will announce Scottish Enterprise will contribute £450,000 towards the first joint call of the Ocean Energy European Research Area Network […]

  • Densit Grouts West of Duddon Sands Substation, UK

    4 December 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Densit, a company specialized in offshore grouting, has completed substation grouting at one of the biggest European offshore wind farms – West of Duddon Sands in the UK. During the planning stage of the installation, it was estimated that a 100 tons of Ducorit® S5 UHPC material will be necessary to conduct the grouting. This […]

  • FOSG: Market Design for Renewables and Development of Supergrid Is Possible Now (Belgium)

    2 July 2013
    Grid Connection

    “We need an EU internal market that enables the generation and transmission of renewable electricity to consumers across the continent”, say the Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG).Without a functioning internal electricity market, and new market structures, the objective of decarbonising the European energy sector and its economy while at the same time reaching clean energy […]

  • Renewable Energy and Nature in Harmony (UK)

    23 November 2011
    Environment

     The study, ‘Meeting Europe’s Renewable Energy Targets in Harmony with Nature’, said that expanding renewable energy… (platts) [mappress] Source: platts, November 23, 2011

  • Japanese Shipping Major Adds First Crew Transfer Vessel to Fleet

    6 May 2021
    Vessels

    Japanese shipping company NYK and Sweden’s Northern Offshore Service AS (N-O-S) have concluded a bareboat charter contract for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service offshore wind farms. The CTV, named Energizer, is owned by NYK and will be chartered to N-O-S through a 10-year bareboat charter contract to transfer crews to offshore wind farms, […]

  • Vestas announces to fire 3000 workers as plan to cut excess capacities (Denmark)

    27 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Vestas has announced plans to cut around 3,000 jobs as part of its plan to cut excess capacity in Europe. The move was revealed as part of… James Quilter (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, October 27, 2010;

  • Havfram Hired for ‘Major’ European Offshore Wind Project

    27 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Norway-based Havfram has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for the construction of an offshore wind project in Europe. Havfram said that the “major” project will be executed in 2029, utilising one of the company’s GustoMSC NG-20000X installation vessels, planned to be delivered in the second half of 2025. The installation work is anticipated […]

  • Ørsted Picks WIND for Inter-Array Cable Storage

    6 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    WIND has secured a contract by Ørsted for the storage and onshore handling of inter-array cables and accessories at its site in Velsen, the Netherlands. The 20-year framework agreement includes all of Ørsted’s current and future offshore wind farms in Europe. The inter-array cables and accessories will be centralized from their current various storage locations in Europe to […]

  • Gulf Marine Services Finds Offshore Wind Work for Two Jackups

    10 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs), has been awarded two new long-term contracts in Europe to support wind farm projects for an undisclosed international energy company. The new contracts, scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2018, are for two Large Class SESVs, the category reserved for vessels that […]

  • WindFlip Present Solution for Offshore Wind Turbine Deployment (Norway)

    19 December 2011
    Technology

    To tow the new gigantic off-shore wind turbines now being developed in Europe far out to sea, a Norwegian company has devised… By Susan Kraemer (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, December 19, 2011; Image: Windflip