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  • UK: OSBIT Power’s MaXccess Access System Reaches Milestone

    30 October 2012

    OSBIT Power (OP) has announced today (30 October) that the MaXccess-T12 access system for Scira Offshore Energy Limited, the Statoil and Statkraft joint-venture company, has now completed its Lloyds witnessed factory acceptance tests and will go into service shortly at Sheringham Shoal.  “The tests were completed last week and we are delighted to be able […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND Announces Q1 Figures

    7 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Developments progressed as expected for the wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, during the first quarter of the financial year 2012. Consequently, the company was already able to conclude a successful transaction in the sale and handover of the “Kemberg II” onshore wind farm during the first three months of the year. Due to […]

  • USA: Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for Fiscal Q1

    14 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended July 31, 2012.  “OPT got off to a strong start in fiscal 2013, with progress on a number of ongoing initiatives in the U.S. and abroad,” said Charles F. Dunleavy, Chief Executive Officer of OPT. “As recently announced, we […]

  • 2016: When Great Things Happened

    30 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    We are leaving what has arguably been the best year for offshore wind so far with a hope that the one ahead of us will be at least as eventful and successful as 2016 was, if not better. The Eurocents This year, we saw several tenders resulting in remarkably low prices. First, there was Borssele […]

  • UK: Finance Secretary John Swinney Looks into Port of Ardersier Potential

    29 April 2013
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney visited the Port of Ardersier last week to find out how the large deep-water port in the Highlands of Scotland could become a major centre for the UK’s offshore wind industry. The fact-finding mission, hosted [on Monday April 22] by Port of Ardersier Chief Executive Stephen Gobbi, enabled Mr Swinney […]

  • DP Energy JV Partners with Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs for Floating Offshore Wind Project

    11 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    Nova East Wind, a joint venture between DP Energy and SBM Offshore, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs (Assembly) relating to the development, installation, and operation of its floating offshore wind project in Nova Scotia. According to Nova East Wind, the joint venture and the Assembly […]

  • Les Alizés Getting Ready for Ørsted’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    2 June 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Jan De Nul’s next-generation floating offshore installation vessel, Les Alizés, is getting ready for its first assignment which is to transport and install monopile foundations and an offshore substation topside at Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in Germany. The vessel’s delivery took place some two years after the construction started at the CMHI Haimen shipyard and […]

  • Component Failure Rates Sink Siemens Gamesa Deeper into Red

    20 January 2023
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has recorded EUR 760 million net loss in the first quarter of the financial year 2023, driven largely by charges due to a negative development of failure rates in specific components detected during the evaluation of the installed fleet. This has led to charges of EUR 472 million at EBIT […]

  • Final Batch of Pin Piles Loaded and Ready for Greater Changhua Site

    18 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has completed the final pin pile load-out for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. In July 2021, all of the 333 pin-piles that will support the wind farm’s three-legged jacket foundations were manufactured, according to Ørsted. The first units were made by Taiwanese suppliers Century Wind […]

  • Vattenfall Adds J. Murphy & Sons to Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone Roster

    16 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has awarded J. Murphy & Sons with a GBP 2.5 million contract to deliver early works for the onshore cable installation scope of the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone project. The UK engineering and construction company is also the preferred bidder for the future construction works contract. J. Murphy & Sons early works will include […]

  • Manor to Power Dogger Bank During Construction

    27 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has won a contract to provide the complete temporary power solution for the construction of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Under the contract, MRE will use its generator recycling strategy, with the aim to streamline the number of sets required offshore, while maintaining and refuelling […]

  • SSE Renewables Unveils Plans for Wind Farm Offshore Ireland’s Atlantic Coast

    6 April 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is seeking an investigative foreshore licence to facilitate survey work for a possible new offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Tarbert, Co. Kerry, Ireland. SSE Renewables has recently submitted an application for an investigative foreshore licence to Ireland’s Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and is seeking […]

  • Damen Lays Keel for Second WaveMaster SOV

    8 May 2018
    Vessels

    Damen Shipyards has held a keel-laying ceremony for Bibby Marine Services’ second WaveMaster Service Operations Vessel (SOV) at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania.

  • ORE Catapult Picks Seven Scottish Companies for Supply Chain Growth Programme

    19 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Seven companies from the north of Scotland and Orkney have been selected by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult for the first Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme in the region. The chosen firms come from a wide range of sectors including engineering, marine renewables, offshore operations and maintenance, and subsea monitoring. The seven selected […]

  • Construction Starts on EnBW Baltic 2 OWF (Germany)

    20 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the second offshore wind farm of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has entered its late stage: the “Goliath” installation platform left Rostock port on August 16 for its destination – EnBW’s Baltic 2 construction area, which is located 32 kilometres north of the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. Installation has started there on […]

  • Shetland Tidal Array Gets GBP 3.7 Mln

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Following the successful deployment of the world’s first community owned tidal turbine in Shetland, Nova Innovation (Scotland) and ELSA (Belgium) have secured funding to build the Shetland Tidal Array – potentially the world’s first in-sea tidal array.  The £3.75M investment package supported by Scottish Enterprise will deliver this pioneering project and accelerate the growth of […]

  • UK, Scottish Politicians Champion Renewable Energy

    31 October 2012
    Authorities

    The new UK Energy Minister John Hayes and the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond have highlighted the enormous economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy, in speeches at RenewableUK’s annual conference in Glasgow. Mr Salmond announced a new target of generating the equivalent of 50% of Scotland’s electricity from renewable sources by 2015, on […]

  • UK: SMart Wind Wins Crown Estate Marine Business Award

    22 June 2012

    SMart Wind was today named winner of the prestigious Marine Business Award at The Crown Estate’s 2012 Business Awards held at the Institute of Directors in London. This is the first time this award has been given to an offshore wind developer. It recognises “excellence in sustainability, innovation and business performance” as well as the […]

  • Prescott Calls for Hull to Harness Full Potential of Renewables Revolution

    2 May 2012

    LABOUR peer Lord Prescott has called for Hull to harness the full potential of the renewables revolution. The former Hull East MP urged the city to establish itself at the forefront of the “green revolution” after Siemens announced plans to build an £80 million wind turbine factory in Hull. The former deputy prime minister made […]

  • Germany: Two Ministers Visit Alpha Ventus

    6 August 2012
    Authorities

    Together with top representatives of the energy companies EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, Germany’s economics minister Dr. Philipp Rösler and Lower Saxony’s minister for the environment, Dr. Stefan Birkner, visited alpha ventus this Monday. The flight to Germany’s first offshore farm located 45 km north of the island of Borkum allowed the ministers to gain their […]

  • TÜV SÜD to Certify Two Offshore Wind Projects for Bard (Germany)

    25 October 2011

    TÜV SÜD was commissioned by the BARD Group to carry out project certification of the two offshore projects ‘Bernstein’ and ‘Citrin’. The projects are located in the North Sea within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Certification is a prerequisite for approval of the projects by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency.  “Certification of the two […]

  • Monopile Installation on Dogger Bank B Delayed by Six Months

    18 January 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    NOTE: The article was amended on 23 January to include the parts of Dogger Bank Wind Farm’s Supporting Statement filed to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) that concern the reasons for the delay of the monopile installation on Dogger Bank B. The installation of foundations on two UK offshore wind projects, the 1.4 GW Sofia […]

  • EU Funds Two Spanish Floating Offshore Wind Projects with EUR 67.4 Mln

    9 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The European Commission yesterday awarded €1 billion funding to 19 projects to fight climate change under the second call of the so-called NER 300 funding programme. The funding for the projects comes from revenues resulting from the sale of emission allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System. This makes the polluters the driving force behind developing new low-carbon […]

  • AWC Selects Bechtel, Alstom to Build NJ Energy Link (USA)

    17 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC), developer of the New Jersey Energy Link, the first offshore backbone electricity transmission system proposed in the United States, has selected major construction and design firm Bechtel as its Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor and international power equipment supplier Alstom as its HVDC technical advisor for this first phase […]

  • NSW to Supply and Install the Infield Cabling of the Borkum West II Wind Farm in the North Sea (Germany)

    4 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    On 20 December 2010, Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co KG (“TWB”) activated an order with Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (“NSW”) to deliver and install 65 km of medium-voltage submarine cables for the first construction phase of the Trianel Borkum West II offshore wind farm. The order is worth an amount in excess of € 22 […]

  • California ISO Unveils USD 6.1 Billion Transmission Plan, Spotlights Offshore Wind

    4 April 2024
    Business development, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Research & Development

    The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has unveiled its draft 2023-2024 Transmission Plan, which includes 26 proposed projects worth USD 6.1 billion (approximately EUR 5.6 billion), with a majority of the investment related to offshore wind. According to the California ISO, the plan is based on the state projections that California needs to add more […]