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  • ABB Releases Statement on EC’s Decision

    3 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB confirmed yesterday that it has been named in a European Commission ruling on anti-competitive practices in the power cable industry. ABB’s fine was waived because the company received full immunity for voluntarily disclosing these practices to the European Commission. The information provided by the company enabled the Commission to conduct an investigation resulting in […]

  • APNS and Town of Barnstable Appeal FAA Ruling on Cape Wind (USA)

    15 September 2011
    Authorities

      The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound and the Town of Barnstable, which owns the Barnstable Municipal Airport located on Cape Cod, will appear today before the United States Court of Appeals to appeal a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decision that ignores the significant hazards to air travel in Nantucket Sound created by Cape Wind’s […]

  • EnBW Baltic 2 Brings Home the Bacon

    13 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German utility EnBW AG’s Grids and Renewable Energies division recorded a 159% increase in its operating result in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, largely attributed to the 288 EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm which was fully commissioned in September 2015. The division’s adjusted EBITDA was EUR 92.1 million in the […]

  • RenewableUK Celebrates Record Breaking Day for Wind

    25 March 2013

    RenewableUK is celebrating the fact that for the first time, wind energy in the UK generated over 5 gigawatts of electricity consistently over a 24 hour period, with the period starting on Thursday 21st at 2130nd March 2013 and continuing for the rest of Friday 22nd March 2013. This means that for this 24 hour […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes DECC’s Energy Report

    26 September 2013
    Authorities

    RenewableUK has welcomed new official Government statistics published today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) showing that the amount of electricity generated from renewable energy sources reached a new record high of 15.5% of total electricity generation in the second quarter of this year. This is a jump of 5.8% compared with […]

  • London Array Produces 1.5 TWh of Clean Energy

    9 April 2014

    London Array’s first full winter of generation saw the offshore wind farm making a valuable contribution to Kent and the UK’s renewable electricity needs. In the six months from October 2013 to the end of March 2014, the wind farm’s 175 turbines produced 1.5 TWh of clean power – equivalent to the annual consumption of […]

  • BORSSELE TENDER REVEALED

    28 October 2016
    Contracts & Tenders

    The announcement of the Borssele auction results was greeted by the offshore wind industry with a mixture of astonishment, delight and (from competitors) a little concern. DONG had beaten not just the 37 other bidders but also smashed the €100/MWh levelized cost of energy (LCOE) barrier well ahead of schedule! The offshore wind community was astonished that this […]

  • HST Marine Returns to Strategic Marine for More CTV Newbuilds

    21 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Purus Wind’s High Speed Transfers (HST) Marine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based Strategic Marine to build three new Chartwell Marine-designed hybrid crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The 27-metre-long catamarans, which have a capacity of up to 32 personnel, are scheduled for delivery by the first quarter of 2024. The Brevity-class designs, launched in […]

  • Connecticut House Nods to 2GW of Offshore Wind

    15 May 2019
    Authorities

    The Connecticut House of Representatives has voted 134-10 in favour of legislation authorizing the development of 2,000MW of wind capacity offshore Connecticut. The legislation, House Bill 7156, An Act Concerning the Procurement of Energy Derived From Offshore Wind, will next be referred to the State Senate. It ensures that the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) must […]

  • 73% of New Jerseyans Support Offshore Wind

    21 September 2017
    Ports & Logistics

    A new poll, carried out by Fairleigh Dickinson University for ReThink Energy NJ, has shown there is a major public support for offshore wind in New Jersey. 

  • CrewVessel.com Nets Long-Term Contract with Windcat Workboats

    11 October 2017
    Technology, Vessels

    Windcat Workboats have signed a long-term contract with CrewVessel.com, who will supply a business process and information management system to the crew transfer vessel operator.

  • The Steel and Iron Foundry

    2 October 2017

    Allard-Europe, who is part of the DIHAG Holding, is a niche specialist present in a lot of branches. Thanks to our expert staff and high-tech equipment we advise our customers on personalized solutions for their benefit. Moreover, we advise you on casting design, alloy choice and through the entire production process.

  • Tekmar Scores Doppelpack

    26 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has won multiple contracts by Van Oord to supply its Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm and the BorWin3 grid connection system in the German North Sea.

  • Vestas to Launch Act on Facts Campaign in UK and Ireland

    5 November 2013

    At tomorrow’s RenewableUK annual conference in Birmingham, Vestas will bring its innovative global campaign to the UK and Ireland, with an aim to separate rhetoric from reality and to channel public support towards actions that help wind energy. “The public debate about wind energy and green levies in the UK is too often being distorted […]

  • Rhyl Flats Community Fund Invests £600,000

    26 August 2015

    Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm Community Fund has so far invested £600,000 in local projects and charities in North Wales. RWE Innogy UK’s wind farm located off the coast of North Wales between Abergele and Rhos-on-Sea, has been investing in community causes since the project became operational in 2009. The annual fund is worth over […]

  • Crown Estate Releases Irish Sea Data Collection

    21 May 2015

    A manager of the UK seabed, the Crown Estate, has published a vast collection of new offshore data and information on its online Marine Data Exchange (MDE). This data, totalling over 11.5 terabytes (TB), has been gathered from a wide range of surveys and technical studies from the former Celtic Array offshore wind project off the coast […]

  • USA: DNV Launches New Jack-Up Rule Book

    1 May 2012

    A new dedicated rule book for self-elevating units will guide designers and yards to class their designs and newbuilding projects. The rule book clearly explains the DNV and international regulations and standards.  Adaptations from the traditional Offshore Standards include additional class notations and alignment of material and jacking systems requirements based on feedback from industry […]

  • UK: Planet Ocean Delivers First ic-Listen-HF

    16 March 2012

    Planet Ocean ltd and its Canadian principal, the newly launched Ocean Sonics Ltd are proud to make delivery of the very first ic-Listen-HF, High Frequency Smart Hydrophone to Dr Merin Broudic of Swansea University at a small ceremony on their stand at Oceanology International in London this week. The hand over was made by Mr […]

  • Cats Bigger Threat to Birds Than Wind Turbines (Belgium)

    23 March 2011
    Environment

    Lost in the excitement of last week’s EWEA 2011 Annual Event in Brussels was a press release from the American Bird Conservancy noting that at least 500 million birds are killed in the US each year by cats. A comparison of that figure to the 440,000 birds reportedly killed annually in the US by collisions […]

  • Germany’s Offshore Wind Production on the Rise in 2019

    25 October 2019
    R&D

    Offshore wind produced nearly 17 billion kWh of renewable energy in Germany in the first three quarters of 2019, representing a 31% increase compared to the previous year. The figures were released by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research BadenWürttemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) based on an initial assessment. […]

  • TSG Marine Expanding, Picks Port of Blyth as Its Base

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    TSG Marine and Port of Blyth have announced a partnership that will see the provider of engineering solutions to the oil & gas, marine and renewables industries creating a base for its services at the Port.  The engineering company has been looking for a waterside base to support its expansion plans in the North East and […]

  • Carbon Brief: UK Cuts Renewable Capacity Forecasts, Remainder Could All Go to Offshore Wind

    26 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    If the UK government keeps its promise to support up to 10 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind in the next decade, it would leave no room for other renewables after the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) slashed its forecasts for new renewable power capacity by more than a third for the period, Carbon Brief analysis […]

  • Researches Re-Evaluate Tidal Energy Gains (UK)

    13 January 2014
    R&D

    The UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Liverpool recently published a study, according to which potential energy gains from tidal power by the use of pumping process are “too optimistic”. Tidal energy is still in its emerging phase, so tidal range structures (barrages, lagoons, and offshore tidal impoundments) require large financial resources. Investment into the […]

  • Dolwin Beta Entering Final Phase of Construction

    25 April 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    The Dolwin Beta project is now entering its final phase of construction at the Drydocks World yard in Dubai, with 2.5 million man hours without lost time incidents. This outstanding HSE result has been celebrated at Aibel’s subcontractor Drydocks World. “Behind the result is a lot of hard work. But even though we’re excited about […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Wind Energy Statistics

    28 June 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind, wave & tidal industries, has welcomed the publication of new Government statistics showing that the UK’s wind fleet produced over 50% more electricity in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year. This corresponds to an output of 5,044 gigawatt-hours – equivalent […]

  • REpower Systems AG announces preliminary interim results for Q1 2010/11 (April 1, 2010 – June 30, 2010) (Germany)

    27 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    Sales EUR 213.1 million, EBIT EUR 1.5 million, order backlog EUR 2.42 billion Hamburg, 27 July 2010. According to initial calculations, REpower Systems Group (Prime Standard, WKN 617 703) generated a total performance of EUR 204.0 million in the first three months of fiscal year 2010/11, compared with a total performance of EUR 287.1 million […]