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  • Macquarie Considering Selling Corio Generation?

    2 October 2024
    Business & Finance

    Australia-based offshore wind and renewable energy investor Macquire is reportedly considering the sale of its offshore wind portfolio company Corio Generation. Reuters reported on 1 October that Macquarie had engaged advisors for a potential sale of Corio, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. OffshoreWIND.biz reached out to Corio Generation but the company declined to […]

  • Smulders Orders Konecranes’s Crane

    5 March 2015

    Smulders Projects Belgium NV has ordered one Konecranes’s SMARTON heavy-duty industrial crane. The crane, with a lifting capacity of 50 tons, will be delivered during this year and installed in a wind turbine construction facility in Hoboken, Belgium. This is the ninth Konecranes crane to be delivered to Smulders, a company that is making foundations […]

  • Delta Lloyd Insures Gemini Offshore Wind Farm

    18 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dutch-based Delta Lloyd is one of the insurance companies that will insure the construction and the first three years of operation of the Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The Gemini wind farm is one of the largest offshore wind farms to be constructed. It is expected to be […]

  • France: Reportlinker Announces Global Alternative Energy Industry Report

    11 May 2012

      Reportlinker introduces new report titled Global Alternative Energy Industry. The global outlook series on Alternative Energy provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers an aerial view of the global Alternative Energy industry, identifies major short to medium term market challenges, and growth drivers. Regional […]

  • UK: NORSEWiND Entering its Final Days

    11 April 2012
    R&D

    Nautilus is now in the last 100 days of the 4 year NORSEWInD Project for which the company is running the Knowledge Management programme. NORSEWInD is developing real-time high quality hub-height wind internet based atlases for the the offshore wind energy industry in the Baltic, Irish & North Seas. It is doing this by developing […]

  • UK: MMT to Attend Oceanology International 2012

    6 March 2012

    MMT will be exhibiting at Oceanology International, the world’s largest marine exhibition featuring over 550 exhibitors from 30 different countries, which will be held in London. Cooperation between MMT and NetSurvey has led to a powerful platform for experience and dedication in acoustic, hydrographic, geotechnical and ROV surveys for marine infrastructure projects worldwide. New equipment, […]

  • Denmark: Dong to Exhibit at EWEA 2012

    11 April 2012

      Europe’s biggest wind energy conference, EWEA 2012, is taking place in Bella Center, Copenhagen from the 16 – 19 April. DONG Energy will be exhibiting at stand no C5-B28. Each day at 4 pm there will be VIP presentations at DONG Energy’s stand, where executives in DONG Energy will give a High Level Outlook […]

  • NKT Firms Up Moray East Cable Deal

    5 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited and NKT have signed a final binding agreement for the delivery and installation of export cable systems on the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm.

  • UK: Humber Gateway and Race Bank Qualify Under ‘Enduring Regime’

    4 June 2012
    Authorities

    Humber Gateway and Race Bank transmission assets will now be able to qualify under the “enduring regime”, says reNews Europe news site. According to the regulator Ofgem, developer’s construction programme schedules the assets to be completed by August this year. Based on that, Ofgem expects to grant an Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) licence and complete […]

  • Interview with Offshore WIND Conference Speaker Pieter van Oord

    4 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Q&A with Pieter van Oord, CEO Van Oord, speaker during Offshore WIND Conference, opening session.

  • Wind Leads the Renewables Bunch

    10 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Powered by 30,500 MW of new installations in China, the global wind power industry installed 63,013 MW in 2015, representing annual market growth of 22%, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).  Germany led a stronger than expected performance in Europe with a record 6 GW of new installations, including 2.3 GW offshore. Total […]

  • Final WindFloat Atlantic Turbine En Route to Project Site

    28 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The third and final floating wind turbine for the WindFloat Atlantic project has set sail from Spain to the project site offshore Portugal. The turbine will be traveling from the Port of Ferrol towards its final destination 20km off Viana do Castelo on a journey that will take three days. At the project site, this […]

  • Apollo Makes First Move

    14 August 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    GeoSea’s Apollo has left Pula, Croatia, and is headed to Vlissingen, the Netherlands, where this multi-purpose, self-propelled jack-up vessel will undergo mobilisation ahead of its first assignments.

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Moves to New Premises

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, together with related company Global Wind Service, has moved its Danish operation to new office in Fredericia, Denmark. The new facility provides more space as the companies continue to grow. It has an excellent access to the main road connections to mainland Europe and across the Danish archipelago and is less than […]

  • MMT Appoints New Commercial Director

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ellen Svestad has been appointed as Commercial Director (CCO) of MMT Group. Svestad will continue the work to strengthen and further develop MMT’s position in the market in order to become a long-term and trusted supplier by new and existing clients. She will start April 15 and will be located at the company’s Gothenburg office. Ellen Svestad is leaving […]

  • Germany: Worker Injured on HelWin1 Offshore Grid Connection Project

    18 April 2013

    Tuesday evening, an employee of a contractor working for transmission grid operator TenneT suffered a severe injury during work at sea on the HelWin1 offshore grid connection project. The employee’s life is not in danger. The responsible authorities have been informed about the accident. TenneT is in close contact with the authorities and project stakeholders […]

  • JECS Offshore Access Expands into Germany

    5 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    UK based JECS Access Limited`s Offshore Division has now opened a depot in Germany following the company’s success & growth within the Offshore Wind Industry. The company which has only been trading for 1 year provides Scaffolding Access, Encapsulation & Encapsulated Enclosures to Offshore Installations & Vessels during construction, cable installations & termination works. Word […]

  • Scotland: TROPOS Organises Second Ordinary Meeting

    22 June 2012

    TROPOS Second Ordinary Meeting took place in Edinburgh (Scotland) at the school of engineering at the King’s Building campus. More than thirty scientists and engineers from eight European countries and Taiwan met from June 11th – 13th for the second time no more than 4 months after TROPOS started. This exciting and innovative European project […]

  • Shannon Estuary Could Support Build-Out of 30 GW of Floating Wind, House 2 GW of Electrolysis Capacity

    4 November 2022
    Ports & Logistics

    The Shannon Estuary in Ireland can support the build-out of up to 1.8 GW of floating wind per year and up to 30 GW by 2050. In addition, it could accommodate a 2 GW electrolyser for hydrogen and downstream e-fuels production, according to the US-headquartered company Bechtel, which reviewed the Shannon Foynes Port Company’s Vision […]

  • TotalEnergies and Air Liquide Shake Hands on Offshore Wind-Powered Hydrogen Production

    18 February 2025
    Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X

    French energy major TotalEnergies and compatriot industrial gas supplier Air Liquide have signed agreements to develop projects for offshore wind-powered production and delivery of green hydrogen. The agreements cover two projects for the production of some 45,000 tonnes a year of green hydrogen using renewable power, generated mostly by the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, a […]

  • UK: Wind Power Increases Copper Demand

    2 August 2012

    Analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s metal markets and power research teams reveals that a 12% growth in wind power capacity across Western Europe is increasing copper demand, required for component parts of wind turbines and related infrastructure. Growing pressure from European Union (EU) environmental targets in recent years has resulted in the rapid expansion of wind […]

  • EIB Reinforces Support for Renewable Energy Investment

    24 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank has adopted new guidelines to reinforce support for investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy grids. Over the last 10 months the EU Bank has undertaken a comprehensive review to ensure that its energy lending criteria reflect EU energy and climate policy, as well as current investment trends. The new […]

  • MAKE: European Offshore Wind Heading toward 2016 Cliff

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    As the offshore wind industry is making important progress to reduce cost of energy in support of an outlook for global average annual growth of 22% to 2023, the European near term outlook shows a sharp decline of more than 60% in grid connected offshore wind capacity in 2016 compared to 2015, as the UK […]

  • 3E, Alstom Grid, CG Power Systems, CMI, DEME Blue Energy, Eurogrid International and SAG, Sign a Preliminary Cooperation Agreement to Foster the Development of Future Offshore Grids in Europe

    13 December 2010
    Grid Connection

    Seven European companies active in the electricity transmission industry, including system operations development, financing, installation, operation and maintenance of such systems, and/or of renewable energy generation signed on December 9 a preliminary cooperation agreement aiming at bundling competences and strengths to actively contribute to the development of future offshore grid infrastructure, more specifically in the […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF Releases H1 Results

    14 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    HOCHTIEF generated profit before taxes of EUR 166.1 million in the second quarter of 2012 after incurring a loss in the first three months of the year. The HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific division returned to the black. The troubled Airport Link project, a toll road in Brisbane, was opened to traffic and handed over. The desalination […]

  • So Many Floating Wind Designs, So Few Test Sites – Norwegian METCentre Sold Out

    7 February 2023
    Research & Development, Technology

    There are currently more than 80 floating wind technology concepts and designs worldwide, and testing even a certain number of these could prove to be an endeavour since, at least in Europe, there are not many test sites dedicated to floating wind technology. This is according to a discussion during the Focus on Floating Wind […]