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  • SeaEnergy Goes Into Administration, Sells R2S Business to James Fisher

    3 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    Aberdeen-based SeaEnergy has gone into administration and sold its Return to Scene (R2S) business to James Fisher & Sons plc for GBP 1.9 million. KPMG’s Geoff Jacobs,  Blair Nimmo and Tony Friar were appointed as joint administrators of the offshore energy services provider on June 2. SeaEnergy is the holding company of the SeaEnergy group of […]

  • Denmark: ABB Shows Portfolio for Wind Industry at EWEA 2012

    11 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    As energy cost reduction has become a buzzword in the renewables industry and a hot topic during European’s major wind fair EWEA 2012 starting from April 16, ABB brings to this event its complete wind portfolio as well as latest technologies to address the issue. One of the highlights of ABB’s booth is its offering […]

  • Thanet Wind Farm – a milestone of renewable energy (UK)

    22 September 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    On Thursday Vattenfall inaugurates Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. This is a milestone in the development of renewable energy for a sustainable society. For Vattenfall, it is a springboard to the future – both to the British market and to large-scale offshore wind power. Only some two years after the […]

  • Subsea UK and OPITO Awarded GBP 2 Million Fund

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Global-leading energy industry bodies Subsea UK and OPITO have each been awarded part of a £2million fund aimed at attracting vital new entrants into the industry and helping people to diversify their skills. Scotland’s leading diver training facility, The Underwater Centre in Fort William, has also secured a share of The Energy Challenge Fund, set […]

  • UK: Proserv Unveils New Subsea Test and Assembly Facility

    8 March 2012

    Proserv has bolstered its position as a global-leading specialist in energy production services after unveiling a new subsea test and assembly facility that doubles the company’s capacity and harnesses the fast-growing market demand for its services. Energy industry leaders reinforced the significance of the facility as vital to ensuring the UK remains the vanguard of […]

  • UK: Mainstream Renewable Power Announces ‘Capturing the Value of Offshore Wind’ Report

    18 October 2012

    Mainstream Renewable Power, the global renewable energy company, today announces the publication of a report by energy expert Dr Mark Cooper, which seeks to apply modern investment portfolio theory to energy policy. It does so with the aim of helping policymakers attain an important, urgent policy objective: managing the decarbonisation of the electricity sector, while […]

  • DNV KEMA Report Reveals Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Norway

    9 January 2013
    R&D

    DNV KEMA has analysed changes in Europe and the impact on the Norwegian electricity market. The study is based on ‘Roadmap 2050’ and ‘Power Perspective 2030’ commissioned by the European Climate Foundation (ECF). DNV KEMA has conducted further analysis and simulated three scenarios. “The energy and power situation in Europe is changing. What opportunities and […]

  • REF Publishes Study on Wind Turbine Lifespan (UK)

    21 December 2012
    R&D

    The Renewable Energy Foundation has published a new study, The Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark, showing that the economic life of onshore wind turbines is between 10 and 15 years, not the 20 to 25 years projected by the wind industry itself, and used for government projections.   The work has […]

  • Committee Predicts Bright Future for UK Marine Renewables

    20 February 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK could become a leading exporter of wave and tidal power equipment and expertise if the Government adopts a more visionary approach to developing marine renewables, according to a new report by the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee. Technologies that can harness the power of the sea to generate electricity are still in […]

  • EWE, RWE: ‘Alpha Ventus Is Not a Regular Offshore Wind Farm; Project Has More than Fulfilled Its Purpose’

    27 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following news about the potential decommissioning of the 15-year-old Alpha Ventus, the consortium behind the first German offshore wind farm – comprising EWE (47.5 per cent), RWE (26.25 per cent) and Vattenfall (26.25 per cent) – pointed out that the 60 MW project should not be considered in the context of typical offshore wind farms […]

  • Poland, Lithuania & Estonia: Potentials of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea

    20 February 2013

    Poland The first efforts aiming at the development of the offshore wind farms in Poland took place in the last decade but were unsuccessful due to controversial location (within Natura2000), unfavourable legislation and the lack of relevant knowledge of public administration. Development of the technology and successful implementation of investment projects in other EU countries […]

  • One Week to Go: 400+ Exhibitors from Offshore Energy Industry to Gather in Amsterdam

    19 November 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Clean Fuels, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Environment, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, R&D, Research & Development, Storage, Supply Chain, Technology, Training & Education, Transition, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of offshoreWIND.biz and organiser of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organisations from across the offshore energy sector and beyond Conference programme: spotlight on seabed security, offshore wind […]

  • Pelamis P2 Machine Celebrates One Year of Accelerated Real-Sea Testing at EMEC, UK

    22 May 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) owned Pelamis P2 wave energy converter has this week completed its first year of a robust testing programme at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.  The combined P2 test programme has now accumulated 7500 grid connected operating hours, and exported 160MWh of electricity to the national grid. These are […]

  • Germany: RWE’s EBITDA Up 10 Pct

    6 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Despite difficult market conditions, RWE AG had a good financial year in 2012. The energy company achieved an EBITDA of EUR 9.3 billion and an operating result of EUR 6.4 billion – both up 10% on the previous year and therefore higher than the outlook published in March 2012. Revenue increased to EUR 53.2 billion. […]

  • Germany: E.ON Continues Its Positive Performance

    13 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    With a strong first half of 2012, E.ON continues its positive performance and confirms its full-year forecast. E.ON’s first-half EBITDA rose by €2.4 billion year on year to roughly €6.7 billion, its underlying net income by €2.4 billion to roughly €3.3 billion.  “Our solid first-half results demonstrate that we’re meeting our existing challenges decisively. We […]

  • EnBW Implements Measures for Further Investments in New Energy Concept

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    “The past fiscal year was not an easy year for the energy industry and therefore also not for EnBW. It is all the more pleasing that we were able to create the main conditions for further forward-looking investments, despite the difficult general environment. The measures we have taken to safeguard EnBW’s financial stability and its […]

  • The Road to Renewables

    5 March 2017

    Times are changing in the offshore energy market. Investments in the oil & gas industry are low, while development and investments in offshore renewable energy are high and very much increasing. The shallow waters of the North Sea area, in particular, show an increasing level of investments in renewable energy and more specifically, in wind energy.

  • Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Creates Activity in Djursland (Denmark)

    4 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DJURS Wind Power’s member companies have secured orders for DKK 450 million and directly related employment for 330 employees in connection with the construction of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Djurs Wind Power  Apro Wind is one of the specific examples Very important locally Network produces results This is the result of the latest count made […]

  • EMEC’s Managing Director Wins ‘Outstanding Contribution’ Award

    23 December 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The managing director of the world’s leading marine energy test facility has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the renewable energy industry at the Scottish Green Energy Awards, held on December 6. Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, was presented with the ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award at the […]

  • Offshore wind jobs: Skills shortage is a potential bottleneck for growth

    14 August 2013
    Jobs & Recruitment

    With 40GW installed power still expected to come on stream by 2020 and even 150GW by 2030, the offshore wind sector is well aware that something needs to be done to prevent a severe skills shortage in the industry. In the first real analysis of the scale of the problem the European Union’s Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind) produced a revealing report about possible […]

  • RenewableUK Reveals Major Employment Increase in Wind Sector

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The number of people working in the medium and large-scale sectors of the British onshore wind industry, and offshore wind, has risen by 8% in just over twelve months to more than 15,400 direct, full-time jobs, according to the trade association RenewableUK. This means the number of people directly employed in these key parts of […]

  • Subsidies for Renewables, Good or Bad?

    22 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Generous subsidies for renewables are unsustainable and have contributed to electricity prices for residential consumers more than doubling in Germany, placing a strain on consumers and the economy there. In addition, renewable subsidies have clearly generated disequilibrium in the power markets, as well as value destruction for most stakeholders: consumers, renewable companies, electric utilities, financial institutions, and investors, according to […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Merwede’s Revenue Increases to EUR 1.5 Billion

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    In the past year, IHC Merwede’s revenue has increased by four per cent to reach € 1.05 billion. The company’s net profit has also increased to € 103 million with a solvency ratio of 40%, demonstrating that IHC Merwede is in strong financial health and able to implement its growth strategy. With sales amounting to € 1.057 billion, […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF Expects Brighter Future After Setbacks in 2011

    4 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    HOCHTIEF went through many challenges in 2011: The Group’s strong operating business with a new record order backlog of almost EUR 49 billion was countered by severe setbacks in two projects and its Habtoor Leighton joint venture (Dubai). The Group was unable to offset them in full and incurred an overall consolidated net loss of […]

  • Offshore Engineering Global and China Marine Industry Report Available

    21 December 2011

    Reportlinker announced that the new market research report is available. The skyrocketing oil price during 2007-2008 sparked globally investment fever in marine engineering industry. However, from 2009 onwards, seeing globally economic recession and sluggish demand, many small and medium-sized marine engineering enterprises have taken a heavy toll on revenue in the wake of the nosedive […]

  • Cape Wind Wins in Court Again

    17 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    United States District Judge Reggie B. Walton last week issued rulings against Cape Wind’s opponents in their four lawsuits that had challenged the project’s permitting approval by the U.S. Department of Interior. In his rulings, Judge Walton upheld the Department of the Interior’s review and approval of Cape Wind, a thorough and comprehensive permitting process […]