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  • WindEurope Calls For Wind Turbine Blade Landfilling Ban

    16 June 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    WindEurope has called for a Europe-wide landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades by 2025. Europe’s wind industry actively commits to re-use, recycle, or recover 100 per cent of decommissioned blades, WindEurope said. This comes after several industry-leading companies announced plans for blade recycling and recovery. A landfill ban would further accelerate the development of […]

  • EU Proposes Building Blocks of Green Deal Industrial Plan, WindEurope Says Plan ‘Falls Short’

    17 March 2023
    Authorities, Industry

    On 16 March, the European Commission issued a proposed Net Zero Industry Act and a Critical Raw Materials Act, the building blocks of the EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan. Together with a State aid framework adopted last week that also supports the Plan, the EU aims to accelerate the transition towards a net-zero economy and […]

  • Benthic Expands into Offshore Renewables, Sets Up New Unit

    5 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Houston-headquartered offshore geotechnical & geophysical survey specialist, Benthic, has announced that it decided to officially expand into the offshore renewable energy market by establishing a new business line. 

  • Denmark: CT Offshore Now Registered as Pre-Qualified Supplier in Connexio

    9 April 2013

    CT Offshore is now registered as a pre-qualified supplier in Connexio, the supplier information system for utilities in Germany, Eastern and Central Europe, for the product/service categories within Cable Handling, Storing & Laying Equipment (3.54.13) and Offshore Equipment (3.54.24). The company provides a full range of offshore services from cable installation to monitoring and maintenance. CT […]

  • OWIB Sees Growth in Following EWEA Offshore

    4 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    At the OWIB Network dinner in Esbjerg on Wednesday evening, Offhoreenergy.dk CEO, Morton Basse Jensen, announced a change in the program format for 2015. In a move to stimulate increased international participation in OWIB the event will follow the EWEA Offshore exhibition and conference. OWIB 2015 is scheduled to take place in Copenhagen on 10th […]

  • Germany: Siemens Q2 Revenue Increases in All Sectors

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Revenue grew 9% in the second quarter, including increases in all Sectors and in all three regions supported by Siemens’ strong order backlog. Orders came in 13% lower, due primarily to significantly lower volume from large orders compared to the prior-year period. On an organic basis, excluding currency translation and portfolio effects, revenue rose 7% […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Secure Scottish Green Hydrogen Potential – Report

    5 September 2023
    Green Hydrogen, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X

    New and existing offshore wind farms could help generate large amounts of green hydrogen and support the UK and EU meet their net zero targets, if the necessary infrastructure can be put in place, according to a new report commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland. The “Commercial Models for Future Hydrogen Production” report, written by Xodus […]

  • Avangrid Takes Iberdrola’s Offshore Wind Expertise and Wallet to US

    17 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    With the United States only starting to chart its wind turbine arrays installed at sea, Iberdrola has been developing these projects across Europe for a while, and has now open doors to the American offshore wind sector through its US renewable energy division Avangrid Renewables, which won the rights to build an offshore wind farm off Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 16 March.

  • Austria: Prysmian Group to Showcase at EWEA’s Event

    31 January 2013

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will present its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2013 edition of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Annual Event, that will take place in Vienna (Austria) from February 4 to 7, hall B, booth […]

  • EEW, Bladt Invest in Former TAG Site

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The German steel fabricator EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH and the Danish steel construction company Bladt Industries A/S have  invested in a new joint company based by the River Tees in the UK to manufacture offshore steel structures. The new joint company, Offshore Structures (Britain) Limited, will become a key part of the European manufacturing […]

  • Notus Heavy Lift Solutions Joins Siemens Gamesa Ops

    11 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens Gamesa has selected Notus Heavy Lift Solutions to work together on the recently announced offshore service operations campaign. Siemens Gamesa and Swire Blue Ocean signed a long-term agreement for offshore service operations earlier this month. The agreement includes wind farm installation vessel (WFIV) Pacific Orca being chartered from June 2019 to February 2021 to service offshore wind projects across North […]

  • Vattenfall Seeks Blade Repair Squad

    12 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has issued a tender seeking a company to carry out wind turbine blade repair for its wind energy projects across Europe. The awarded company will be responsible for work on both offshore and onshore wind projects in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. According to Vattenfall, the blade repair activities are expected […]

  • German Company to Build XXL Monopile Factory in Denmark

    27 November 2023
    Manufacturing, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    German-based Baltic Structures Company (BSC) has revealed that it will build an XXL monopile production factory in Esbjerg, Denmark. BSC will build “Europe’s biggest” foundation fabrication site in the Esbjerg Port where it will be able to offer various foundations structures with a more than 100,000-square-metre production area under the roof and an output of […]

  • WEC: Opportunities Abound in the North Sea

    16 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    The energy potential of the North Sea is to play a crucial role in the energy transition facing North-West Europe and can create between EUR 100 billion and EUR 200 billion in value by 2050, according to a report by the World Energy Council Netherlands (WEC).

  • USA: Modular Wind Energy Appoints Gregor Gnädig as New CEO

    1 June 2012

    Modular Wind Energy, a manufacturer of innovative rotor blades for large-size wind turbines, announced Gregor Gnädig as their new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gnädig joins the company from his previous post as Chief Operating Officer of REpower Systems SE, a Suzlon Group Company, recognized as one of the leading international manufacturers of onshore and offshore […]

  • UK: IT Power Appoints New CEO

    16 January 2013

    IT Power announced the appointment of David Nickols as Group CEO of the IT Power Group. He will also serve as European Managing Director. Mr. Nickols will spearhead the international growth of this leading renewable and sustainable energy consulting and engineering firm. Based in the London and Bristol UK offices, Mr. Nickols will be responsible […]

  • Crown Estate: New Strategy Key to Continuing Growth in UK OW Sector

    1 August 2013

    The Crown Estate welcomes the publication of the Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy and its long-term vision for the UK offshore wind industry. In 2012, offshore wind contributed 2.3 per cent to national electricity needs and this number is set to quadruple according to the latest scenarios presented in the strategy. The strategy is key to […]

  • GRS Now Pre-Qualified Service Provider at Achilles (Germany)

    9 September 2013

    GRS German Renewables Shipbrokers GmbH from Hamburg is one of the leading shipbrokers in renewable energy throughout Europe. It is now one of the pre-qualified service providers at the Achilles Group. Recently, standards and processes, familiar from the oil and gas market, have increasingly become common practice in the offshore wind industry. A case in […]

  • IEA: 2030 Renewable Target Non-Binding, Framework Unclear

    28 August 2014
    Authorities

    The International Energy Agency has raised the alarm over the non-binding nature of a 27% renewable energy target for 2030 while also calling for a clear and stable framework. According to the IEA’s Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report, the absence of a binding target raises questions about how effective the overall target can be as […]

  • 3sun Group Announces Opening of New Denmark Base

    10 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has announced the opening of its first office in Denmark, as part of the Group’s international growth plans. The new office in Esbjerg, Denmark will support 3sun Group’s increased presence in region, allowing the Group to offer its range of products […]

  • DP Energy Acquires SSE’s Tidal Energy Project

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Cork based DP Energy is set to become Europe’s largest independent developer of tidal stream projects following SSE Renewables’ transfer of an Agreement for Lease (AfL) with The Crown Estate. The transfer will see DP Energy take on the development of the Westray South project in Orkney, Scotland, with the potential to install up to […]

  • RWE Innogy and SSE Inaugurate Greater Gabbard OWF (UK)

    7 August 2013

    With 140 wind turbines in water depths between 24 and 34 metres and with an installed capacity of 500 megawatts (MW): Greater Gabbard is one of the largest wind farms in the UK. At today’s opening ceremony, the joint venture partners RWE Innogy and SSE inaugurate the power plant together with Michael Fallon, Minister of […]

  • Italy: DERri Offers Free Access to Laboratories

    12 April 2012
    R&D

    The Distributed Energy Resources Research Infrastructure (DERri) is calling scientists from industry and research organisations to apply for the free access to the laboratories. The selected user teams will have the chance to access and use the research facilities, including all laboratory installations within the DERri Network, for experiments free of charge. All expenses, including […]

  • Spain: Gamesa’s EBIT Up 10 pct

    23 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Gamesa fulfilled 2011 guidance in terms of volume, profitability and financial soundness. It also maintained profitable growth, supported by its globalisation strategy (which enables it to leverage growth in emerging markets and diversify market risks) and a rigorous efficiency programme, which led to double-digit growth in its key operating figures. The company also maintained margins […]

  • Three Is Not a Crowd off Block Island

    11 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessel Brave Tern has installed three of the five GE Renewable Energy Haliade 150-6MW turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm. This is the first offshore wind farm to be installed in US waters and the first project Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has worked on outside of Europe. “The first turbine on this landmark […]

  • VIDEO: Van Oord, ABN AMRO Talk about Gemini OWF

    29 October 2014

    The short video below reveals how the Gemini offshore wind farm contributes to the Dutch sustainability targets.  Van Oord, Dutch-based contractor operating around the world in dredging, marine engineering and offshore energy projects (oil, gas and wind), is working on Gemini, one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. In the video, Van Oord’s CEO Arjan van […]