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  • 2012 Record Breaking Year for Scottish Renewable Energy

    31 December 2012

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has hailed 2012 as the “best year yet” for renewable energy in Scotland. Industry figures estimate that renewable energy capacity coming on line in Scotland during 2012 represents investment of more than a billion pounds for the first time, while industry surveys also suggest that the renewables sector currently employs around […]

  • UK Government to Support Major Marine Energy R&D Projects

    29 August 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    The UK Government is to support a range of major collaborative research and development projects, worth in excess of £13 million, that will help to show how wave and tidal energy can be generated at scale, and with lower energy production costs. The UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board and Scottish Enterprise – in […]

  • Liebherr-LTR 11200, Solution for Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance (Germany)

    13 December 2011
    Technology

    The Liebherr LTR 11200 crawler crane was developed pri-marily for operations involving wind farms, and it has since proved its value in that sector many times over. The most powerful telescopic crane in the world has now also mas-tered its first commitments on the high seas – and has shown itself to be a champion. […]

  • RENEWABLE ENERGY 21XX Exhibition Goes Online (Germany)

    21 July 2011

    EXPO21XX opens RENEWABLE ENERGY 21XX, first exhibition for renewable energy on the internet. The strongest wind turbine, the biggest solar power plant on a roof top and the leading renewable energy research projects! All this can be found on RENEWABLE ENERGY 21XX, the most comprehensive online trade fair for renewable energies recently launched by EXPO21XX. […]

  • AWS Ocean Energy Still Needs Public Funding (UK)

    30 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      MORE public money will be required if Inverness firm AWS Ocean Energy is to develop a successful wave power device, despite the company last week announcing a multi-million pound investment from French generator Alstom. Chief executive Simon Grey told The Inverness Courier that although Alstom’s backing, which comes in return for a 40 per […]

  • Fugro to Gather Metocean Data for Ørsted’s Australian Offshore Wind Farms

    10 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Ørsted has selected the Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro to carry out a floating LiDAR measurement campaign for its Gippsland offshore wind farms in Australia. For twelve months, Fugro’s SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy will measure wind, wave, current, and meteorological parameters to help assess the viability of Ørsted’s wind farms located off Gippsland in Australia’s state […]

  • Equinor Orders Empire Wind 1 Turbines at Vestas

    9 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received an order for 54 of its 15 MW turbines from Equinor for the 810 MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project in New York. This is Vestas’s first order for an offshore platform and its V236-15.0 MW turbine in the US, the Denmark-based company says. The firm contract with Equinor follows a […]

  • DEME Counts to 2200

    23 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The first turbines, with a capacity of 1.5MW, were installed in 2000 at the 10.5MW Utgrunden offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in Sweden.

  • VOS Start Gears Up for Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm

    14 July 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vroon’s first DP2 subsea-support walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, VOS Start, will start her first offshore wind charter at DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm following her official naming ceremony scheduled for next Thursday, 20 July.

  • PHOTO: France Celebrates Floatgen, Deployment Preps Underway

    13 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The Floatgen wind turbine is currently being prepared for deployment off Croisic at the École Centrale de Nantes SEM-REV demonstration site in France. This is both the first offshore and floating wind turbine to be installed off the French coast.

  • SeaRenergy to Secure OSS Permit for Ocean Winds’ Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    2 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds and the Polish office of SeaRenergy have signed a contract under which SeaRenergy will prepare a conceptual design, construction permit design documentation and obtain a permit for the offshore substation (OSS) for Ocean Winds’ BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. SeaRenergy, which already started working on the project, will prepare […]

  • ScotWind Partners Choose Argeo for Low-Emission Survey

    20 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian offshore service company Argeo has signed a survey contract with Stromar, a consortium made up of Ørsted, Renantis, and BlueFloat Energy for the Stromar floating wind project offshore Scotland. Argeo will conduct a geophysical survey in the project’s development area, located in the Moray Firth off the coast of Scotland. The Stromar offshore wind […]

  • TetraSpar Shareholders Launch Floating Wind Innovation Challenge

    18 May 2023
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The shareholders of the TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind project, Shell, TEPCO Renewable Power, RWE, and Stiesdal Offshore have launched a global competition to accelerate the technical advancement of floating offshore wind. The aim of the competition, called “TetraSpar Innovation Challenge”, is to identify innovative solutions that help to reduce the cost and technical challenges during […]

  • Vattenfall Selects Export Cable Team for 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas

    20 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has signed a contract with DEME Group and LS Cable & System to deliver export cables that will connect its 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm to the UK national grid. The contract includes the design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and testing of around 360 kilometres of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) export cables and […]

  • Siemens Energy, Aker Solutions to Deliver Substations for 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm

    3 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has signed a contract with Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions to deliver grid connection infrastructure for the 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions will be responsible for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) onshore and offshore substations and […]

  • Prysmian Lands Offshore Wind Contracts Worth Over EUR 800 Million

    15 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Prysmian has been awarded two contracts including options by Amprion Offshore GmbH, a subsidiary of German transmission system operator Amprion, for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of land and submarine cables for the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore wind farm grid connection systems in the German North Sea. The DolWin4 and BorWin4 projects will transmit […]

  • Port of Esbjerg Orders Another Liebherr Crane to Handle Next-Gen Turbines

    18 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Danish Port of Esbjerg has ordered a second Liebherr LHM 800 crane capable of lifting next-generation offshore wind turbines. The Port of Esbjerg received the first LHM 800 crane in 2019, while the second one is expected to be delivered in 2023. The LHM 800 crane, which has a lifting capacity of 308 tonnes, is […]

  • Seawind Partners with SeaTech on Semi-Submersible Floating Platform Design

    19 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Seawind Ocean Technology has announced a collaboration with Singapore-based SeaTech Solutions International on the design of semi-submersible floating platforms. Under the agreement, SeaTech will provide Seawind with the basic design of the semi-submersible floating platform according to international standards and specifications. Upon finalising the basic draft, SeaTech will then provide a full design package of […]

  • North Star Orders Additional Daughter Craft to Dogger Bank Vessel Fleet

    24 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based offshore vessel operator North Star has awarded a GBP 2 million contract to Alicat Workboats for the construction of two new Chartwell-designed daughter craft that will be used on the Dogger Bank wind farm offshore the UK from next year. The vessels will be added to North Star’s new renewables fleet which is bound […]

  • California Coastal Commission Approves Upcoming Offshore Wind Activities

    13 June 2022
    Authorities

    The California Coastal Commission has approved offshore wind activities in Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay that will result from the upcoming lease sale for five areas located in the waters offshore central and northern California. Under its federal consistency review authority, the Coastal Commission evaluated whether the leasing process proposed by the US Bureau of […]

  • EnBW Seeking He Dreiht Insurer

    7 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW has opened an application period for insurance companies who wish to bid to provide an Insurance Package Policy for the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. The developer is looking for Construction & Operation All Risks (CAR/OAR) insurance for the 64-turbine offshore wind farm, including, but not limited to, foundations and […]

  • BREAKING: France Preparing 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Auction

    31 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France is opening a period of public consultation on a second wind farm project located within the ‘Centre Manche’ zone offshore Normandy. The Centre Manche covers an area of 500 square kilometres in the Channel off the Cotentin Peninsula which was identified in 2020. The competitive tendering procedure for the first wind farm within the […]

  • Mediterranean Wind Pioneer Nears Offshore Construction Phase

    28 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord plans to start the offshore construction at what will be the first offshore wind farm in Italy, and in the Mediterranean Sea, in the third quarter of 2021. The installation of 10 monopile foundations at the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm, also known as Beleolico, will be carried out using Van Oord’s […]

  • Anbaric Preparing Bid for New Jersey Offshore Wind Transmission System

    18 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The US electric transmission project developer Anbaric Development Partners will participate in an upcoming competitive solicitation process for an offshore wind transmission solution in New Jersey. The company has teamed up with DNV GL to prepare a bid for the solicitation announced in November 2020 by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and […]

  • Fugro Secures More Work on 3 GW Dogger Bank South

    25 April 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    RWE and Abu Dhabi-based Masdar have appointed Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, to carry out geotechnical seabed surveys at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind project sites in the UK. Located over 100 kilometres off the northeastern coast of England, the DBS offshore wind farm will be split across two sites, DBS East and DBS West, […]

  • Ignitis Submits Bid to Build Second Wind Farm Offshore Lithuania

    15 April 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    Ignitis Renewables, part of Ignitis Group, has submitted a bid for the rights to develop around 700 MW of offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea as part of the second offshore wind tender in Lithuania. Under the tender regulations, the potential developer can submit either the development fee or request support in the form […]