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  • Vattenfall Issues USD 400 Million in Hybrid Bonds

    13 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Swedish utility Vattenfall has today priced a hybrid bond issue of USD 400 million (approximately SEK 3.5 billion), the proceeds of which will be used for general corporate purposes. This is Vattenfall’s first ever hybrid bond denominated in USD, placed under Regulation S outside the U.S. As with the company’s existing hybrid bonds, the new bonds will […]

  • Wind and Renewables Bring Siemens EUR 72 Million Quarterly Profit

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Berlin-headquartered conglomerate Siemens AG saw its bottom line for the fourth quarter of 2015 boosted by EUR 72 million net profit recorded in the company’s wind power and renewables arm. Siemens added EUR 2.716 billion of new orders through the wind power and renewables department in the quarter ended September 30, a 50% increase compared to EUR 1.81 […]

  • Wirral Gets New Offshore Wind Complex

    12 November 2015

    A £2.5 million complex of offices and warehouses aiming to house offshore wind businesses has opened in Birkenhead, Wirral.  Called the Lightbox, the site has been developed by Capital and Centric Plc, and funded with £895,000 from Wirral Council after they secured £5 million from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund for resources to support the local development of […]

  • RenewableUK: Support for Offshore Wind Remains Sky-High

    10 November 2015

    RenewableUK today highlighted new official Government statistics which show that more than three-quarters of the British public support using renewable energy. The Public Attitudes Tracking Survey published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change shows an increase in the percentage of people supporting renewables to 76%. The level of support has remained consistently high as […]

  • Den Rooijen Takes On New Crown Estate Post

    10 November 2015
    Authorities

    The Crown Estate has appointed Huub den Rooijen as Director of Energy, Minerals and Infrastructure with immediate effect. Huub den Rooijen joined the Crown Estate in March 2012 as Head of Offshore Wind and has over 25 years of experience in the energy sector. As Head of Offshore Wind, den Rooijen has overseen the offshore wind energy […]

  • OWC: Building an Industry without Borders

    10 November 2015
    Grid Connection

    The central theme of the sixth annual Offshore WIND Conference held last month in Amsterdam was “Building an industry without borders.” According to a study published by the European Commission titled “Study of the benefits of a meshed offshore grid in Northern Seas region,” a meshed offshore grid would cut costs by between EUR 30 […]

  • Maersk Training Opens New Course for Young Wind Technicians

    9 November 2015
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training in Newcastle has launched a new Fundamental Skills for Offshore Wind Technicians course that is specifically designed for 16 to 18-year-olds looking for an insight into the wind turbine industry. Maersk Training will be hosting this six week course at its facilities in North Shields. Along with learning about the industry essentials, mandatory […]

  • CWind Demonstrates Cable-Handling Capabilities

    9 November 2015
    Grid Connection, Training & Education

    CWind has completed a week of cable team demonstrations at its training facility in Barrow-in-Furness. CWind utilised the Barrow-in-Furness training tower of NWFTC, its training centre, to demonstrate the pull-in in a realistic scenario. The tower, which is also used for pre-project scenario testing, is the UK’s only onshore training tower with a real transition […]

  • Three Companies Set Up Dutch Offshore Base

    5 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    A new joint venture that will provide 24/7 services to the maritime and offshore industry has been launched in the Netherlands. The launch of Dutch Offshore Base BV, comprising Ter Haak Group, Dutch Offshore Group and Rotterdam Offshore Group, was announced at the Europort exhibition in Rotterdam this week. The newly created company said the shareholders’ activities and expertise are complementary, […]

  • Kentish Flats Extension: A Billion Cups of Tea Anyone?

    11 November 2015
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish power company Vattenfall reported that the Kentish Flats Extension has generated enough electricity for the annual consumption of 7,072 homes (based on the DECC’s figure provided for the average annual UK household consumption) since the first of fifteen MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW wind turbines installed off Whitstable and Herne Bay started generating power on August […]

  • Port of Ardersier’s Offshore Wind Dream Falls Apart

    4 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Ardersier Ltd, the company behind the plan to develop an offshore wind manufacturing hub at the former McDermott Fabrication Yard in Ardersier, has gone into administration. In 2013, the company submitted applications to Highland Council, Marine Scotland and Transport Scotland for the consents needed to redevelop the site with an aim to turn it into […]

  • Statoil Sets Aside EUR 214 Million for Hywind Scotland Pilot Park

    3 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy company Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the world’s first floating wind farm, offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, after Scotland gave the project the go-ahead yesterday. The decision triggers investments of around NOK 2 billion (EUR 214 million), realizing a 60-70 percent cost reduction per MW from the Hywind demo project […]

  • RUK Launches Health and Safety Accord

    3 November 2015
    Training & Education

    RenewableUK is launching a new accord today which allows its member companies to demonstrate their commitment to supporting the highest health and safety standards in wind, wave and tidal energy. Signing up to the accord means that companies are committing themselves publicly to supporting a common set of shared values and principles in health and […]

  • Beatrice Granted Planning Permission for Onshore Works

    3 November 2015
    Grid Connection

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has been granted permission to develop the onshore transmission works associated with connecting the development to the electricity network. The detailed planning application was submitted to The Moray Council in April 2015 on behalf of the BOWL partnership formed between SSE Renewables (50%), Repsol Nuevas Energias UK (25%) and Copenhagen […]

  • EUR 6.5M Secured for Human Heart-Inspired Wave Tech

    3 November 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    CorPower, a developer of a wave energy converter inspired by the pumping principles of the human heart, has completed a €6.5M funding round, thus securing a critical investment for the next stage of the company’s development and allowing for the third round of testing of its wave energy technology, called the HiWave. Results from the second stage of HiWave […]

  • Windpower Lifts Acciona

    3 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Spain’s Acciona posted an attributable net profit of EUR 166 million in the first nine months of 2015, an 11.6% increase compared with the same period in 2014, mainly due to the growth in renewable power generation and the sales of wind turbines manufactured by Acciona Windpower in international markets. Ordinary earnings before tax (EBT) grew 69.5% […]

  • ALL NRG Group Acquires WTG Partners

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    ALL NRG Group has acquired WTG Partners, a Danish wind turbine advisory and inspection company.  WTG Partners is the fourth company acquired by ALL NRG Group, which says it aims to set up a one-stop-shop for wind turbine manufacturers and wind farm owners by bringing together suppliers in both offshore and onshore wind industry. “For ALL NRG Group, the acquisition of WTG Partners is […]

  • Renewables Surpass Coal in Great Britain’s 3Q Electricity Generation

    30 October 2015
    Grid Connection

    Renewables generation in Great Britain saw a 31% surge in the third quarter of 2015 compared to the same period a year earlier, driven in part by a 23% increase in the combined output from both offshore and onshore wind generation, the energy and power markets analyst EnAppSys said in its ”GB Electricity Market Summary.”  The percentage of electricity […]

  • DEME Checking Out UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain

    30 October 2015

    DEME Group will organize a series of offshore wind supply chain events in the UK between November and December 2015. The company said it is aiming to facilitate collaboration with local companies, and will hold the events at 13 nationwide locations. With new projects and contracts in the pipeline for the UK offshore wind market, DEME Group said it […]

  • NCfWE Seeking Feedback from Skills Providers

    30 October 2015
    Training & Education

    The proposed National College for Wind Energy (NCfWE) Shadow Board is calling for expressions of interest from skills providers who can offer specialist facilities and qualifications as part of developing the required national partnership. Board member, the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is acting as facilitator in this process. Seven National Colleges offering specialist training […]

  • Complete Site Safety Opens New Training Centre

    28 October 2015
    Training & Education

    Complete Site Safety, which has been delivering training courses from Liverpool City Centre for three years, has opened a new training centre. The new facility will allow the company to increase the variety and complexity of courses it can offer. The facility features real world training environments, each designed to equip delegates with the skills required when working […]

  • Aquamarine Power Goes into Administration

    28 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Aquamarine Power today called in administrators to manage the business and to seek a sale or investment via the administration process. BDO LLP business restructuring partners James Stephen and Graham Newton have been appointed Joint Administrators and will now take over the running of the Edinburgh firm. This follows a decision by the Aquamarine Power […]

  • Adwen to Build Facilities for 8MW Turbine Components

    28 October 2015

    Adwen has appointed the consortium made up of Egis, Auxitec and Enia Architectes for designing and preparing a detailed implantation scheme of the two factories it plans to build in Le Havre (France). These facilities will produce the nacelles and blades for the 8 MW turbines to be installed in Baie de Saint-Brieuc (2020), Dieppe […]

  • Joulz Scores Eneco Luchterduinen O&M Deal

    27 October 2015
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Joulz has won a contract for the management and maintenance of Eneco Luchterduinen OHVS (offshore high-voltage station). Joulz will also take on the responsibility for keeping the wind farm operational, by taking over responsibility for the installation and maintaining a 24/7 emergency service, among other things. Anja Vijselaar, Managing Director of Joulz: “Joulz came out […]

  • Modus to Carry Out Burbo Bank 2 UXO Works

    27 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Modus Seabed Intervention has been contracted by DONG Energy to conduct pre-installation works on the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The workscope has been divided into two packages – an initial investigation survey of known ferromagnetic unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets to identify any explosive ordnance within the site, followed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) […]

  • Tri-Nation Accord Copes with Wave, Tidal Risks

    26 October 2015
    R&D

    A tri-nation accord between firms based in Ireland, France and the UK is to result in shared research technology designed to dramatically reduce risks faced by developers of renewable tidal and wave power schemes around north western European coast lines. Known as MOREDATAS (Methods to Obtain Refined Environmental DATA from the Seas) the project addresses […]