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  • European RE Industry Calls For Clarity on Post-2020 Energy Policy

    1 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    European renewable energy industry and investors need clarity on volumes and regulatory frameworks in the years after 2020 to be able to continue investing, according to WindEurope. Without the clearly set targets and regulations for the period after 2020, financing and deployment of new projects in Europe is likely to stall, WindEurope said in its […]

  • Offshore Wind Drives MAKE’s Global Outlook Upgrade

    21 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    MAKE has upgraded its ten-year global wind outlook citing innovation and advancements in cost-out measures in offshore wind as main drivers behind the upgrade.

  • LICengineering and Principia Form Offshore Wind Foundation Alliance

    27 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Denmark-based LICengineering and France’s Principia have launched a joint initiative to combine their fixed and floating offshore wind technologies and geographical locations.

  • PSA Marine Teams Up with Njord Offshore

    8 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    PSA Marine has entered into partnership with Njord Offshore to provide crew transfer services to the offshore wind market in Europe. The partnership will see PSA Marine providing a fleet of modern 21-metre and 26-metre crew transfer vessels (CTVs) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ventus Marine. The CTVs are operated under the ISM code and certified […]

  • Germany, UK, Spain and France Top Wind Power Investors Till 2020

    16 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Germany, the UK, Spain and France will install the most wind power capacity between 2011 and 2020 in Europe, new statistics show. Up until 2011, 15% of new capacity will be installed in Germany, 14% in the UK, 13% in Spain and 12% in France. These statistics, contained in the European Wind Energy Association’s Pure […]

  • All Islands Approach Opens Renewable Opportunities (UK)

    21 June 2011
    Authorities

    Ministers from the British Isles, Ireland, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man today signed up to a historic deal to cooperate on exploiting the major wind and marine resource in and around the islands. The states involved agreed to co-operate in the All Islands Approach to energy at this afternoon’s British Irish Council […]

  • WindEurope: Offshore Wind FIDs Reached EUR 30 Billion in 2023; Wind Energy Sector to Employ More than Half-Million People in 2030

    20 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment

    Last year was a record year for offshore wind projects reaching a final investment decision (FID) with nearly 9 GW of capacity hitting this milestone in 2023, according to WindEurope’s annual report, issued on 28 February. Ahead of its annual event, opening today in Bilbao, the European wind energy industry organisation also released a new […]

  • EWEA 2012 Kicks Off Today in Copenhagen, Denmark

    16 April 2012

    “This is the place to be for renewable energy and green growth”, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark, said in Copenhagen this morning at the opening of the European Wind Energy Association’s Annual Event. And with 25,000 jobs in the Danish wind sector, which provides 60 billion in Danish Kroner in exports per year, she’s […]

  • NextFloat 6 MW Pre-Commercial Floating Wind Platform Gets DNV Nod

    4 August 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, R&D, Research & Development

    X90 6 MW pre-commercial floating wind platform, which is part of the NextFloat project, has been granted the Statement of Feasibility from the classification society DNV. NextFloat project is aimed at accelerating the rollout of the next generation of floating wind technology for a competitive, more scalable, and industrial deployment. Launched in November last year […]

  • CPP Investments Sells Stake in Two German Offshore Wind Farms to Enbridge

    6 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), through its wholly-owned subsidiary CPPIB Renewables Europe S.à r.l, has agreed to sell its 24.5 per cent stake in two German offshore wind farms to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge. Under the transaction, CPP Investments will sell its stake in Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms, which […]

  • Ocean Energy Sets Goal of Meeting EU’s Energy Needs

    30 June 2015
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    The Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted today, June 30, a report confirming that the ocean energy sector will make an “important contribution…to meeting the future energy needs of the European Union”. “The ocean energy industry welcomes this report from the Committee of the Regions, […]

  • Tekmar Enters Asian Offshore Wind Market through Formosa 1

    9 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based Tekmar Energy has supplied its TEKLINK Cable Protection System (CPS) to protect the underwater power cables as they enter the wind turbine foundations on the Formosa 1 Phase 1 project, the first offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

  • WindEurope: Sweden Should Rethink Its Offshore Wind Policy

    28 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Sweden’s cross-party Energy Commission has recently agreed that Sweden should increase its renewables output by 18TWh a year toward 2030, though it stopped short of recommending any major reform of the current certificate scheme, according to WindEurope. The country’s joint certificate scheme with Norway, which is used to finance renewables, is over-supplied leading to very low […]

  • Brave Tern Upgraded and Ready for First US OWF (Gallery)

    24 February 2016
    Vessels

    For multi MW turbines, such as the new turbines from GE, Siemens and MHI Vestas, the offshore wind industry needs larger installation vessels. Rotor diameters of more than 150m, towers over 70m with a hub height over 100m require vessels with the dimensions to match the difference between the previously installed 3 to 4 MW […]

  • UK Energy Minister to Deliver Keynote Speech at Tidal Energy Summit

    13 November 2014

    The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, has just announced he will deliver a keynote session on tidal marine energy strategy and high-level support for industry developments at the upcoming 8th International Tidal Energy Summit (ITES) in London on 25th November. Tidal represents a key part of the UK’s energy strategy […]

  • New Jersey Gathers Offshore Wind Strategy Team

    17 August 2018
    Authorities, R&D

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU) has selected the Copenhagen-headquartered engineering, design and consulting firm Ramboll to coordinate and facilitate the development of the state’s Offshore Wind (OSW) Strategic Plan. 

  • Belgium: Wind Energy to Face Shortage of Skilled Workers

    25 January 2013
    Training & Education

    Wind energy is expanding across Europe – currently the continent has over 100 GW of wind energy capacity with levels set to rise as the EU continues on its path to a 20% share of renewable energy by 2020, but the expansion in the number of skilled workers the sector requires is not keeping up. […]

  • Gamesa Creates Executive Committee within Board of Directors (Spain)

    11 January 2012

      Gamesa’s Board of Directors agreed at a meeting today, following a previous report from the Appointment and Remuneration Committee, to create an Executive Committee to which it will delegate all Board of Directors faculties, with the exception of faculties that are non-delegable by law or the company’s by-laws. The Executive Committee will provide support […]

  • IRENA: Offshore Wind Power Costs on Downward Path

    29 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The average cost of electricity produced by offshore wind could decrease by 15%, to USD 0.108/kWh, by 2022, or 4% per year, according to a new report by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018 report states that offshore wind projects in 2022 would mainly span the range USD 0.06 to USD 0.14/kWh, […]

  • Ørsted Orders Changhua Cables at LS Cable & System

    12 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    South Korea’s LS Cable & System has won a contract to deliver submarine cables for Ørsted’s Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The cables are to be delivered by 2021, the company said. The Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farm will feature 112 Siemens Gamesa 8MW wind turbines installed on jacket foundations 35-50 kilometers off the […]

  • New European Project to Boost Offshore RE Development

    16 March 2017
    R&D

    A new European project – H2020 marinerg-i – aimed at developing an integrated infrastructure to facilitate future growth and development in the offshore renewable energy sector, was launched in Brussels on 15 March.

  • Global Offshore Wind Capacity Reaches 14.4GW in 2016

    10 February 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D

    2,219MW of installed offshore wind capacity was added worldwide in 2016, bringing the total to 14,384MW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). 2016 brought a significant slowdown in momentum when compared to the record-breaking 2015 when 3,443MW of installed capacity was added, almost two thirds of which was commissioned in Germany. However, 2017 is […]

  • Research and Markets Adds Report on German Energy Shift Influence on RWE

    24 October 2012
    R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the ‘RWE AG Goes Green? The Energiewende and the End of RWE’s Nuclear Ambitions’ report to their offering. RWE is one of Europe’s leading energy utility companies, supplying 17 million customers with electricity and 8 million with gas. The German government’s energy policy reversal forced RWE to withdraw […]

  • Hellenic Cables Wins Offshore Wind Grid Connection Contract

    27 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has won a tender for the supply and installation of a cable system that will run between the offshore and onshore substations at one of Europe’s new offshore wind grid connections. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the […]

  • The Netherlands: Entry Technology Support to Consult Provincie Zeeland on Tidal Energy

    10 May 2013

    Entry Technology Support will be in charge of technical coordination of Executive Zeeland, part of the Pro-Tide project for picking out an ultimately suitable technique for a tidal power station in the Brouwers. In particular: Theoretically figuring out the best available technique that is applicable for a tidal power station in the Brouwers; Supervision and […]

  • Danish Marine Survey Specialist Exits US Offshore Wind Market

    14 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    Denmark-headquartered marine survey provider, Survey Association, has decided to exit the US offshore wind market. Survey Association has been involved in the offshore wind markets in Europe and Japan for more than two decades. In 2020, the company formed a strategic alliance with Charles Taylor Marine Technical (CTMTS) Services to provide Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) […]