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  • Initiative ‘Renewable Energy Revolution Now!’ Starts in Berlin, Germany

    19 March 2013

    German Renewable Energy Association and its member associations yesterday launched a series of posters across Berlin displaying the slogan “No Hidden Costs: Renewable Energy” within their joint initiative “Renewable Energy Revolution Now!”. The first motives on the posters present the “true” and unembellished cost drivers of Germany’s energy supply: fossil and nuclear energy sources, stressing […]

  • A2SEA Celebrates Sea Challenger

    24 June 2014
    Technology

    Tomorrow, A2SEA celebrates the new offshore installation vessel SEA CHALLENGER in Esbjerg. Mid May, SEA CHALLENGER arrived in Esbjerg. At the moment she is mobilising for the first project – installation of 35 Siemens 6MW turbines on DONG Energy’s project Westermost Rough. On Wednesday 25 June, members for the board of A2SEA and a wide range […]

  • India Relaxes Offshore Wind EOI Rules

    25 May 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    India’s National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has extended the deadline for submission of expressions of interest (EOI) to develop a 1,000MW commercial offshore wind farm and has also relaxed the eligibility criteria. 

  • ABB to Bring Its Power Systems Business into Line

    29 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB has launched a “step change” program in its Power Systems division to thoroughly transform the business that faced a loss in the first quarter of 2014, the company said today as it released Q1 results. ABB’s operational EBITDA in Q1 is 13% down, compared to the same period of last year, mainly due to […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Delivers Tahkoluoto Blade Handling Kit

    3 May 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Blue Water Shipping has delivered machinery and special equipment to the Mäntyluoto port in Pori designed to handle and transport the wind turbine blades for the 40MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm.

  • Samsung Might Increase Its Presence in Scotland

    1 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Korean engineering giant, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) after deciding to base its first offshore wind project at Methil in Fife, might increase its presence in Europe if it decides to open a research and development centre in Glasgow, The Herald Scotland informed. Namely, SHI confirmed to Nick Clegg that it was “actively considering” this step, […]

  • UK: SLR Consulting to Work on Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

    17 October 2013

    Leading environmental firm SLR Consulting, which has an office in Clifton, Bristol, has been appointed to provide strategic planning advice for the world’s first tidal lagoon power station in Swansea Bay ahead of an application to the Planning Inspectorate later this year. The project, by developer Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay PLC (TLSB) will be capable […]

  • UK: MeyGen Enters £10 Million Competition

    28 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    MeyGen is today announcing its entry into the Saltire Prize and welcomes the opportunity to challenge for this significant accolade. Meygen’s entry coincides with the launch of the Saltire Prize Grand Challenge Period, which is being formally announced today in Orkney by Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond. The MeyGen project is the largest tidal energy […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2016

    3 July 2016

    Vattenfall’s Offshore Hotel Finds Its Sea Legs (VIDEO) Vattenfall has shared a video of its offshore wind farm accommodation platform, the future home for the service teams working at the 288MW DanTysk and the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm, being installed some 90 kilometres off the German North Sea coast. Siemens Freezing New UK Investments […]

  • Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 September 2016

    25 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Horns Rev 3 Mine Goes Out With a Bang (Videos) Vattenfall has shared two videos of a WW2 mine with a 700kg explosive charge being unearthed from the seabed where Denmark’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm will be constructed, and subsequently detonated. DONG Energy to Set Up UK’s Largest O&M Hub DONG Energy […]

  • Top News of the Week, 29 January – 04 February 2018

    4 February 2018

    Taiwan to Sign 5.5GW of Contracts with Offshore Wind Developers by July Nine developers looking to build offshore wind farms in Taiwan have qualified for offshore environmental permits. These developers, offering 10.5GW of offshore wind capacity in total, will now compete for 5.5GW of offshore wind contracts, 3.5GW to be selected for the feed-in-tariff (FIT) […]

  • Renewables Deliver for E.ON as RWE Deal Stays On Track

    13 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Essen-based energy company E.ON reported EUR 211 million adjusted EBIT for its Renewables segment in the first quarter of 2019, a 23% increase compared to EUR 171 million adjusted EBIT recorded in the first quarter of 2018. The increase resulted primarily from an increase in output due to the commissioning of offshore wind farms in Germany and […]

  • Van Oord and Kajima Win Big Offshore Japan

    28 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Kajima Corporation and Van Oord have been selected as the preferred Balance of Plant contractors for three offshore wind projects in Japan. In December 2021 the Government of Japan selected three consortia, all led by Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Solutions, as the operators for three offshore wind power projects in Akita, northern Japan, and Chiba, near […]

  • BOEM Gives Thumbs Up to Principle Power’s Project

    6 February 2014
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the go ahead to Principle Power for the wind energy project offshore Coos Bay, Oregon, having determined that there was no other competitive interest in the area. Principle Power is required to submit a formal plan for their 30 MW pilot project, which would use […]

  • TenneT Presents Borssele Offshore Platform Design (VIDEO)

    23 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    Along with the news that TenneT had been confirmed as the operator of the Dutch offshore grid, the TSO reported that it had finalized the design for the offshore platforms which will be part of the connection of the planned wind farms to the onshore grid.  In the coming years, TenneT will build five identical platforms with […]

  • Rotech Completes North Sea Offshore Wind Job

    10 June 2020
    Grid Connection

    Rotech Subsea has completed a three-phase work scope at the Borssele and Triton Knoll offshore wind farms for a dredging specialist. Rotech provided its TRS1 and TRS1LD Jet Trenching tools to carry out pit clearing and cable lowering at the Borssele project in the Dutch North Sea, as well as grout bag and cable de-burial […]

  • SHL Piles 9 WTG and 2 OTM Locations at Beatrice

    15 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    On 11 May, Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) installed the 11th set of jacket foundation piles at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Outer Moray Firth.

  • Hexicon Raises EUR 1.2 Mln

    12 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Swedish offshore wind energy developer Hexicon has attracted SEK 11.4 million (EUR 1.24 million) in the form of a rights issue to existing owners. Hexicon develops floating platforms for offshore wind energy. Swedish offshore wind energy company Hexicon, which recently announced an agreement with steel maker giant SSAB to develop offshore wind power platforms at […]

  • Orient Cable Bags Putian Pinghai III Deal

    11 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Orient Cable has been awarded a cable supply contract for the third phase of the Putian Pinghai Bay Offshore Wind Farm.

  • EIB Approves EUR 57 Million for Burbo Bank Extension Link

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    On 31 January, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved more than EUR 7.8 billion of new financing which, inter alia, includes EUR 57 million (GBP 50 million) for the offshore transmission network of the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • DEME Wins Export Cable EPCI Contract for French Floater

    20 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s French subsidiary SDI has secured an EPCI contract in a consortium with JDR Cables for the export cable that will connect the Leucate floating offshore wind project to the power grid. The contract awarded by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) represents DEME’s first floating offshore wind EPCI contract. The export cable will include a […]

  • Navigare Capital Invests in Offshore Wind Fleet

    25 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Danish maritime assets investor Navigare Capital has made its first investment in the offshore wind support vessel segment through a majority investment in its partnership with Norway’s Norwind Offshore. Five purpose-built vessels, equipped with battery-hybrid propulsion and power management systems, will join the fleet during 2022-2025, Navigare Capital said. Back in October, Norwind Offshore ordered […]

  • VIDEO: Installation of Borkum Riffgrund Foundations

    7 August 2014

    Last week, all 77 monopile foundations were installed at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German North Sea. Installation was carried out using a noise mitigation system to lower the impact on adjacent marine life. It is the first time ever that this system has been used this way. Check out the […]

  • AMSC Reports Net Loss of USD 186.3 Million (USA)

    25 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

      American Superconductor Corporation, a global power technologies company, reported financial results for fiscal year 2010 ended March 31, 2011, and the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 ended June 30, 2011. The company’s fiscal 2010 results include previously announced restatements of results for the second and third quarters of fiscal 2010. The company has […]

  • Spanish Renewable Energy Giant Could Bid in Australia’s Upcoming Offshore Wind Auction

    28 July 2022
    Business & Finance

    A Spain-based offshore wind player could be one of the bidders in an auction that will be held in Australia at the end of this year, or in the first half of 2023. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by […]

  • Highlights of the Month – January 2020

    3 February 2020

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most-read news on the site in the first month of 2020.