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  • Floatgen Construction Progressing According to Schedule

    12 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The construction works on Ideol’s Floatgen project have started this month, as announced in June,with the wind turbine and most of the mooring system components now unloaded at the Saint-Nazaire port and the barge on which the construction is taking place already in position at Quai des Charbonniers. Le Béon Manufacturing is supplying the material needed for anchoring Floatgen, based […]

  • DHI Holds Live Demo of TetraSpar Floating Foundation Tests

    30 June 2017
    R&D

    DHI, together with DTU Wind Energy and Stiesdal Offshore Technology, recently opened doors to the offshore wave basin at its headquarters in Denmark for all those interested to witness the tests of Henrik Stiesdal’s TetraSpar floating foundation concept.

  • Stiesdal TetraSpar Floating Offshore Wind Foundation Put to the Test

    15 June 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    DTU Wind Energy, DHI and Stiesdal Offshore Technology A/S are currently testing Henrik Stiesdal’s TetraSpar floating foundation concept in the DHI offshore wave basin.

  • University of Limerick Looking for Marine ROV

    1 June 2016
    R&D, Training & Education

    The University of Limerick has invited tenders for the provision of marine ROV systems suitable for inspection and intervention on Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) infrastructure, with good thrust to drag ratio developed for subsea, offshore wind or similar applications. The marine ROV system will be housed at Limerick Docks where ROV systems experimentation, testing and demonstration will be carried out. For offshore […]

  • China: Zhanjiang to Take Advantage of Marine Resources

    13 March 2012

    Pursuing efforts to boost its oceanic economy, Zhanjiang is planning to take advantage of marine resources in the years to come, reports China Daily. This potential the sea has to offer is also recognized in terms of offshore wind power. For the purpose of utilizing the oceanic wind power, a plan has been introduced for […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 11 – 17, 2013

    17 November 2013

    Germany: Hochtief Plans to Sell Offshore Division German construction group Hochtief is very likely to sell its offshore division, according to German newspaper Wirtschaftswoche and the Handelsblatt. VIDEO: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Power Project Japan is speeding up with the development of its floating offshore wind projects, in an aim to move away from nuclear […]

  • Ramboll to Assist TU Braunschweig with Marine Life Research

    28 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D

    The Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany has awarded Ramboll with a contract to assist in developing a research device that will study marine growth on offshore wind turbines. The university’s Leichtweiß Institute for Hydraulic Engineering is planning to build a large-scale saltwater flow channel for the experimental investigation of marine growth on offshore wind […]

  • Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Project Advances

    11 June 2014
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind the Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project has completed  the construction of a three-column semi-submersible floater as part of the second phase of the project. The floater has been moored at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. One 7MW floating wind turbine and subsea cables have also been […]

  • Gamesa Seeks to Reserve Four Spots for Its Turbines at IREC’s ZÈFIR Test Station Offshore Wind Farm (Spain)

    8 February 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    * Gamesa aims to install two anchored and two floating turbines at the experimental offshore wind laboratory off the coast of Tarragona, Spain * The project marks further progress in the company’s offshore strategy, as Gamesa designs and develops two families of 5 MW and 6 MW-7 MW turbines Gamesa, a global leader in wind […]

  • US DOE Funds Simulation Software for Floating Wind Turbines

    19 December 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated USD 771,000 for the development of simulation software for floating offshore wind turbines. The grant has been allocated to the University of Central Florida professor Tuhin Das, who will develop software that will model floating wind turbines and simulate effects such as waves crashing against the platform […]

  • GRS Arranges Sea Slice Transport

    22 September 2015

    The Sea Slice is currently being shipped by the Hamburg based shipping company SAL Heavy Lift Vessel Frauke from San Diego, USA, to Rotterdam. Transportation of the specialist vessel, which is 34 metres long and weighs 137 tonnes, will take about 30 days. The Sea Slice will then be handed over to its new owner, […]

  • US Wants Cutting-Edge Offshore Wind Test Facilities

    2 August 2018
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has invited public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) regarding national-level test facilities for offshore wind-specific research and development.

  • NLMK DanSteel Delivers Thick Plates for OW Foundations

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    NLMK DanSteel A/S, part of NLMK Europe Plate and Denmark’s only manufacturer of steel plates, has supplied 200 tonnes of plates with special dimensions made from high-strength steel for the construction of experimental foundations for offshore wind turbines as part of The PISA Project, the European research and development programme. The aim of the project […]

  • Denmark: DHI Tests Floating Wind Turbines in Its Wave Basins

    12 November 2012
    R&D, Technology

    As a member of the HYDRALAB-IV consortium, DHI offers access to research groups to conduct experimental studies in its wave basins. One of the projects selected by HYDRALAB’s user selection panel for Transnational Access to the facilities concerns ‘Dynamic Response of Floating offshore Structures under Random Waves and Wind Action’. The project was formulated by […]

  • New Marine Noise Research to Inform Offshore Wind Farm Rollout (UK)

    29 November 2011

    A new study of the impact of noise on the behaviour of fish and crustaceans is to inform the development of offshore wind farms around the UK. The innovative new University of Hull research project uses underwater television, high frequency sonar and playback system to replicate and monitor the effect of any artificial noise in […]

  • USA: MAREC Offshore Wind Event Canceled

    16 March 2012

    The international lecture planned at Grand Valley’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center on Friday, March 16, has been canceled. Organizers said Iñigo J. Losada from the University of Cantabria in Spain will not be able to attend due to weather-related travel difficulties and they hope to reschedule the event in the future. Losada, professor […]

  • USA: MAREC Event Focuses on Life Cycle of Offshore Wind Farms

    9 March 2012

    From the planning and design phase to the re-use or demolition phase, the life cycle of a wind energy farm includes several stages. Iñigo J. Losada from the University of Cantabria in Spain will discuss the life cycle of offshore wind farms during a presentation at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy […]

  • USA: GE Works on Solving Wind Turbine Ice Accumulation

    23 August 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Rick Arthur from GE wrote an article on the company’s website about a research that GE is conducting to solve the issue of ice accumulation on wind turbines and other offshore infrastructure operating in extremely cold environments: I’m excited to highlight some progress GE Research has made in modeling the formation of ice from water […]

  • Italy to Start Tracking Adriatic Wind Speeds

    19 November 2014

    “Restinco” plant nursery in Brindisi, Italy, a regional state property under the management of Agency for Regional Irrigation and Forestry activities (Arif), will become a home to a meteorogical tower which will track wind speeds. It is one of six towers the Polytechnic University of Marche is planning to install on the Italian part of the Adriatic coast. […]

  • First Paimpol-Bréhat Tidal Turbine Ready for Deployment

    30 November 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The first of the two tidal turbines to be deployed on the Paimpol-Bréhat experimental site off France has completed its sea trials and is ready for deployment at the site off Ploubazlanec, France, according to DCNS. The turbine underwent a series of tests in the harbor of Brest to verify its mechanical and electrical performance. Positioned […]

  • Furukawa Hired on Japan’s Offshore Grid Development

    23 July 2015
    Grid Connection

    Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has been selected as an intended outsource company for the “Next-Generation Offshore DC Power Transmission System Development Project” run by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The development of the project will start this year and run for five years, with the goal of establishing fundamental technologies toward […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 22-28, 2015

    28 June 2015

    Fukushima’s 7MW Floating Turbine almost There Assembly works of the 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine on the three-column semi-sub floater at Onahama port has been completed and delivery of the floater to testing area is going to start shortly as part of the second phase of the Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project. […]

  • Top News of the Week October 14– October 20, 2013

    20 October 2013

    UK: Siemens Installs 6 MW Wind Turbine Siemens has now installed a market-ready version of its new 6 megawatt (MW) gearless wind turbine on the test site of the power utility SSE, the UK’s largest generator of renewable energy. UK: Wind Turbine Component Collapses at Belfast Harbour Last week a wind turbine tower section fell […]

  • UK Invites EoI for Offshore Wind R&D Competition

    6 November 2019
    R&D

    Innovate UK is inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) from companies to apply for a share of up to GBP 1.5 million from a bilateral offshore wind R&D program with the U.S. Innovate UK will invest in UK companies partnering with U.S. consortia to work on projects as part of the USD 40 million U.S. National […]

  • Japan: Trelleborg Wins Cable Protection Contract for World’s Largest Floating Windfarm

    16 October 2013
    Grid Connection

    Trelleborg Group’s offshore operations, leading global manufacturer of polymer and syntactic foam-based solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has been awarded a contract to supply the Furukawa Electric Company with cable buoyancy and protection, for an experimental floating wind turbine project off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. The project, which is being headed […]

  • The Netherlands: NREL and ECN to Collaborate in Wind Power Research

    23 April 2012
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ECN signed a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) to strengthen their collaboration in the field of wind energy research. This CRADA strengthens the partnership between the two R&D centers and is based on a long standing cooperation in wind energy research that dates […]