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  • UK’s Wind Power Breaks Record Once More

    4 March 2014

    Wind energy generated a new record monthly high of 11% of the UK’s electricity in February, producing 2,750,086MWh (megawatt hours) – enough to power more than six and a half million homes. Official National Grid figures show that wind is playing an increasingly important role in the UK’s electricity mix – the previous monthly record […]

  • REpower Rebrands to Senvion

    20 January 2014

    REpower Systems SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifthlargest manufacturer of wind turbines, is changing its name as announced: from today, the company will be known as Senvion SE. The Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer will now identify itself using the new Senvion branding worldwide. The company has been using the […]

  • Offshore Wind Installations Stabilise in 2014, Says EWEA

    30 January 2015

    The European offshore wind industry saw new capacity installations decline by 84 MW (5.34%) in 2014 as the sector stabilised following record figures the previous year. In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74 […]

  • Report on OW Market to 2025 Out Now

    6 July 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    A new research report, “Offshore Wind Power Market – Global Market Size, Average Price, Turbine Market Share and Key Country Analysis to 2025” is now available in the energy and power market intelligence section of RnRMarketResearch.com. Complete report on offshore wind power market is spread across 157 pages, talking about 8 major countries and supported […]

  • UK: SNP MSP Responds to Offshore Wind Sector Attack

    10 August 2012

    Scottish MEP Struan Stevenson’s recent attack on offshore wind energy sector has been categorised as an attack on jobs and investment by the SNP MSP John Wilson, who is the deputy convener of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. Namely, yesterday at a meeting organised by Communities Against Turbines Scotland (CATS) in Girvan, Ayrshire, Mr […]

  • UK Minister Visits DONG Energy in Belfast

    26 April 2012
    Authorities

    The UK energy Minister Charles Hendry was welcomed by DONG Energy’s head of UK Wind Power Christian T. Skakkebæk at Belfast Harbour this week.  The harbour is now being turned into a bespoke offshore wind construction facility. DONG Energy signed a letter of intent to lease the facility at the start of next year, for […]

  • ACCIONA and Navantia Sign Co-operation Agreement for Development of Offshore Wind Energy in Spain

    14 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

        The president of ACCIONA Energy, Carmen Becerril, and the CEO of Navantia, Luis Cacho,signed a co-operation agreement in the field of offshore wind power. Both companies are committed to developing projects and industrial and technological activities with different institutions aiming to contribute to the launching of an offshore wind industry with great growth […]

  • Denmark: No Government Support for Vestas

    29 October 2012

    The Danish government said it will not provide a financial support to the world’s largest wind turbine maker Vestas because, as Denmark’s Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard said: “It is against the government’s general state aid policy,” reports Bloomberg. Vestas has been hit by a cut in wind energy subsidies and higher than expected costs in […]

  • UK: JDR Posts Results for 2012

    19 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has published its results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2012 together with its Annual Report.  Andrew Norman, Chief Executive of JDR, said:  “I am delighted to report that JDR has delivered a record performance in 2012, which provides a platform for […]

  • Iberdrola Enters Negotiations for Merger With Renovables Subsidiary (Spain)

    9 March 2011

    The Board of IBERDROLA has today made the proposal to the subsidiary, which will analyze it over the next few days. Attractive conditions proposed for transaction structure and pricing: * 16.7% premium over average share price of past 6 months (€2.978 per share) * 2.7% premium over exchange equation at time of original share launch […]

  • Germany: Technology Prize for Innovative Wind-Energy Companies at HUSUM WindEnergy

    11 May 2012

    Innovative companies from the wind-energy sector can apply for the Windallianz Award starting immediately. This technology prize will be offered by Messe Husum and the Deutsche Messe for the first time. It is directed at national and international companies that participate in the value-creation chain of the wind-energy industry, either as manufacturers of overall systems, […]

  • IHC IQIP Equips Oleg Strashnov for Dudgeon Work

    22 April 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov has already installed 10 foundations at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK, according to IHC IQIP, a company that outfitted the vessel with piling and handling equipment for the project. SHL is in charge of the installation of 67 foundations and one substation at the project site located off the Norfolk coast, with […]

  • Centrica Down GBP 6 Mln on Race Bank Disposal

    20 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Centrica’s preliminary 2013 results have shown a loss of GBP 6 million on the disposal of the Race Bank offshore wind farm. The company decided to sell the wind farm in December after failing to receive a letter of eligibility for transitional Feed in Tariff. This was followed by Dong Energy’s acquisition of 100% interest […]

  • AREVA Wind to Reveal Single Blade Installation Method in Husum, Germany

    14 September 2012
    Technology

    AREVA Wind will reveal single blade installation method for the first time at Husum trade fair at booth 2A07 . The production of climate friendly energy offshore will be increasingly important in the next years. This will create new challenges for the technology and logistics. The conditions offshore are significantly different to sites onshore. New […]

  • EnBW Baltic 2 Delivers Again

    28 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    German energy company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG reported an adjusted EBIDTA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) of EUR 153.1 million in its Renewable Energies segment, a 75% jump compared to the first half of 2015. Accordingly, the share of the EBITDA for the company accounted for by Renewable Energies increased from 6.9 percent to 15.8 percent. […]

  • UK Attracts Majority of Offshore Wind Investments in 2016

    27 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK offshore wind projects attracted around three quarters of all investments in Europe’s offshore wind capacity in the first six months of 2016, data released by WindEurope shows. UK-based projects which reached Final Investment Decision (FID) in the first half of 2016 carry a price tag of EUR 10.37 billion (GBP 8.7 billion) and have […]

  • University of Melbourne Joins Forces with Flotation Energy

    1 March 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Training & Education

    Flotation Energy has partnered up with the University of Melbourne to develop students’ and researchers’ skills in the growing renewable energy sector and support Australia’s transition to renewable energy. The University’s Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Flotation Energy, which has offshore wind projects in Australia, Japan, Taiwan, […]

  • Equinor, Polenergia Tap RockWave for Polish Offshore Wind Project

    7 March 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Equinor and Polenergia have awarded RockWave a contract for subsurface data reprocessing for the 1,560 MW Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract scope involves the reprocessing of sparker ultra-high resolution seismic (UHRS) data to create an optimised subsurface image. The new data will play a “crucial role” in upgrading the engineering ground […]

  • New UK Program Targets Offshore Wind Supply Chain Boost

    22 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) and the Sharing in Growth program have joined forces to develop a new program that aims to improve the competitiveness of the UK offshore wind supply chain. The GBP 1.5 million Sharing in Growth – Offshore Wind program is expected to support the industry in meeting the targets laid […]

  • Winner of Postcode Lottery Green Challenge to Get EUR 500,000

    13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Five green start-ups from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France and Vietnam will compete in the finale of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, an annual worldwide competition for green start-ups. One of these entrepreneurs will win €500,000 to realise his or her sustainable business plan. Another €200,000 will go to one or two runners-up. On […]

  • RWE’s Rhyl Flats Gives Back to the Community

    30 March 2016

    RWE Innogy UK has announced that 10 local groups and charities have benefited from the latest round of awards from its Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Community Fund by securing grants totalling over £67,000. This recent round of funding has seen a number of schools and charities benefit, including Aberconwy Mind, a mental health charity awarded £9,699 […]

  • Narec to Host Breakfast Briefing on Supply Chain Opportunities in North East England

    11 November 2012
    Training & Education

    Narec in collaboration with the Sector Skills Council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies (Semta) and the Manufacturers Advisory Service (MAS) is hosting a breakfast briefing at Caterpillar Ltd on Thursday 29th November. This event will address opportunities for up-skilling and training requirements for the offshore renewables sector as well as other business support opportunities […]

  • India, Australia to Invest Significantly in Renewables, but China Will Still Lead Asia-Pacific Market

    20 August 2013
    R&D

    Powered by policy support from the government, India and Australia will increase their share of renewable energy projects in the  near future, while China will remain the largest market in the Asia-Pacific region, says research and consultancy firm GlobalData. According to the company’s latest report, Australia’s cumulative installed capacity for renewable power surged from 849 […]

  • Britain Overwhelmingly Supports Wind Power

    5 September 2013
    R&D

    RenewableUK has today welcomed an opinion poll carried out by ComRes which once again highlights overwhelming support for wind power among the British public. The opinion poll shows that a massive 67% of people support building wind farms in the area in which they live, making wind one of the most popular forms of energy […]

  • Basque Companies Showcase at Global Offshore Wind 2014

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    The leaders of energy and shipbuilding sectors from Basque presented at Global Offshore Wind 2014 under the name “Offshore Wind Energy – Basque Country”. Large players in above mentioned sectors from Basque are presenting their offer and services to companies, investors and media in a number of international specialised events. In an event organized during […]

  • GMS Story: Stich in Time Saves 50 Offshore Minutes Every Day

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Time is money offshore. While developing a unique marine management review standard for the renewables sector, Green Marine Solutions (GMS) has been saving valuable minutes for its clients. The results are often a victory for both systems and common sense. Practical rather than purely academic  Since spring 2014, GMS has been working closely with Belgium-based […]