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  • GIB Posts Strong Results with Plans to Raise £1 Bn

    24 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    The UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) today reported its performance for the financial year to 31st March 2014. GIB committed £668m to 18 green energy projects, more than doubling the number of green projects it backed in its first year. GIB is now the most active investor in the UK’s green economy. An additional […]

  • Flagship Siemens Gamesa Wind Turbines to Spin Offshore Poland

    23 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and Polenergia have selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred supplier of wind turbine generators for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III projects in the Polish Baltic Sea. With a combined capacity of 1,440 MW, MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III are two of the largest and most advanced offshore wind farms […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    13 July 2015

    Race Bank DONG Energy signed a contract with Belgian contractor Jan de Nul during the EWA OFFSHORE event in March for the installation of the export cables for the 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm. The full scope includes around 148km of cables to interconnect the 2 offshore substations and to connect each of them […]

  • Denmark – Wind Energy Hub

    20 December 2010

    Denmark is the first country in the world to pursue a climate plan for how to build an energy system that is independent of fossil fuels and wind power already accounts for more than 20% of the total power consumption. It is widely agreed that wind turbines will become the backbone of Denmark’s future electricity […]

  • IRENA Opens its Africa High-Level Consultative Forum (U.A.E)

    11 July 2011
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opened its Africa High-level Consultative Forum, one of the year’s largest summits of African energy ministers and experts and the only to concentrate exclusively on renewable energy. Building on the endorsement of IRENA’s 148 member countries for an initial focus on renewable energy deployment in Africa, the Forum […]

  • IBERDROLA RENOVABLES WINS CONTRACT FOR NINE WIND FARMS IN BRAZIL WITH INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 258 MW

    3 September 2010
    R&D

    * Wins second contract to develop renewable energy in Brazil, in a tender organised by the Agencia Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (Aneel) * The company, in a consortium with Neoenergia, with whom it signed a collaboration agreement this month, committed to supplying the electricity generated in these facilities to the Brazilian government for a 20-year […]

  • Energinet Seeks Environmental Consultancy for Hesselø Offshore Wind Project

    7 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    Energinet has launched a tender searching for environmental engineering consultancy services for the Hesselø offshore wind project in Denmark. The tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for the project that will have an installed capacity of between 800 MW and 1,200 MW. The duration of the […]

  • Voith Propellers for New Østensjø Offshore Wind Vessels

    30 June 2020
    Vessels

    Voith has received an order to deliver eight electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) to Østensjø for four new offshore wind supply vessels. According to Voith, with this new type of gearless propeller, the permanent-magnet synchronous motor is directly integrated into the VSP. The drive system combines the technology of the VSP with the Voith Inline […]

  • DEME About to Start Saint-Nazaire OSS Foundation Works

    24 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group is about to begin offshore substation foundation works at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. According to the project’s Notice to Mariners, the activities related to the jacket foundation will begin today, 24 August. In June last year, a consortium of Atlantique Offshore Energy, GE Grid Solutions and Société de Dragage International […]

  • Star of the South Shows Investigations Kick-Off (Video)

    16 December 2019
    R&D

    Star of the South Wind Farm Pty Ltd. has shared a video showing the deployment of wind and wave monitoring equipment at the project site offshore Gippsland in Australia. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Akrocean deployed two floating LiDARs and a wave buoy at the end of […]

  • Northwester 2 Substation Reaches Oostende

    30 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 962-ton Northwester 2 offshore high voltage station has completed its journey from Aalborg, Denmark to the Port of Oostende in Belgium. The Port of Oostende will be a temporary home to the substation prior to the installation at the site some 48 kilometres north-west of Oostende. The substation’s journey from the Bladt Industries’ facilities […]

  • Equinor Bolsters South Korea Floating Wind Ties

    6 May 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Norway’s Equinor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Ulsan City to cooperate on the development of floating wind projects in South Korea. Under the MoU, Equinor and Ulsan City will jointly explore the opportunities for the development of floating wind projects in South Korea. According to Ulsan City, Equinor, the operator […]

  • Van Oord, Highland Group Team Up for Deutsche Bucht OWF

    7 June 2016

    Van Oord and Highland Group Holdings Ltd. have signed a cooperation agreement for the development, financing and construction of the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht in Germany. The two companies intend to participate in the equity for the offshore wind farm. Financial close is scheduled for the first half of 2017, the offshore installation is envisaged […]

  • RTE France Invites Tenders for Offshore Wind Connection O&M

    14 December 2015
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    French transmission system operator RTE has invited tenders for maintenance of the electric structures at sea for offshore wind farms’ connection to the national grid.  The tender is divided in three lots. Lot 1 includes a storage facility for the offshore repair equipment, a boat that will carry out a troubleshooting or preventive survey, maritime equipment to […]

  • Germany: Riffgat Still Not Connected to Network

    12 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    After the official opening of Riffgat offshore wind farm, the wind turbines are still not feeding green power to German households, since the grid operator TenneT has not connected the wind farm to the network. “We could start feeding energy but the firm responsible for connecting the wind farm to the energy network hasn’t done […]

  • Nordergründe OWF to Feature Senvion 6MW Turbines

    23 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German wind farm developer and operator wpd has signed a contract with Senvion for Nordergründe offshore wind farm, under which Senvion will provide 18 of its 6 megawatt turbines. The companies signed the contract for delivery, installation and commissioning of the 18 Senvion 6.2M126 on 20 February in Bremen. With the Senvion 6.2M126, wind turbines of […]

  • Photo Gallery: ‘Cable Enterprise’ Revamped

    26 March 2015
    Vessels

    As recently reported, Prysmian’s cable laying barge Cable Enterprise has been upgraded into a DP2 cable layer at the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Croatia.  The upgraded vessel will operate autonomously without the need of tugs during cable laying and will have a total of 9.2 MW of power supplying 6 thrusters. The vessel will keep its ability to ground […]

  • French Tidal Energy Company Gets EUR 500K in Funds

    15 June 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Eel Energy, French tidal energy technology company, has announced that it received EUR 500,000 from Bpifrance and the Nord-Pas de Calais region. In the meantime, historical shareholders of the company subscribed to a convertible bond of € 500k. This financing will allow the company to finalize its 1/6 scale prototype designed for sea trials, and initiate […]

  • Germany: Worker Injured on HelWin1 Offshore Grid Connection Project

    18 April 2013

    Tuesday evening, an employee of a contractor working for transmission grid operator TenneT suffered a severe injury during work at sea on the HelWin1 offshore grid connection project. The employee’s life is not in danger. The responsible authorities have been informed about the accident. TenneT is in close contact with the authorities and project stakeholders […]

  • MENCK’s Largest Hammer Set for Burbo Bank 2 Monopiles

    27 May 2016

    MENCK will deploy its largest hammer for the installation of 32 monopiles at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The MHU3500S has a 6.5m pile sleeve, powered by 3 MHP 1600 hydraulic power packs in parallel setup. The hammer will be operated from Van Oord’s offshore construction vessel Svanen. Offshore construction of the 258MW wind farm is […]

  • UK: Scilly Airport WEP Getting Closer to Reality

    10 September 2013

    The company behind a wave energy project in Scilly waters has announced progress in development of the project. The London-based 40 South Energy is gathering all the data about the project in a scoping report, which will be submitted and discussed with the relevant authorities – the Islands’ Council and Marine Management Organisation for approval, […]

  • A2SEA Prepping for Formosa 1 Gig

    6 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA is currently planning the installation of two foundations and two Siemens 4MW turbines on the Taiwanese project Formosa 1, scheduled to start in June 2016. The foundations and turbines will be installed by M/V Torben, formerly known as Friedrich Ernestine. A2SEA is operating the vessel under a bareboat charter with a team of A2SEA crew. […]

  • The Netherlands: Parts for DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Shipped from Vlissingen

    23 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first four of eight piles for offshore wind turbines were loaded on January 20 in Vlissingen for shipment to offshore wind farm DanTysk located in the North Sea, 70 kilometers west of the island of Sylt on the border between the Germany and Denmark. The 65 meter long piles will be carried with 151 meter long offshore […]

  • Denmark: Crane Upgrade for Sea Power Completed

    5 April 2012
    Technology

    The upgrade of A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Power is complete. The most substantial upgrade was the installation of a more powerful crane to handle the heavy wind turbine components for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The work was carried out in the period from November 2011 to March 2012 and was concluded with the […]

  • ‘Innovation’ Arrives at Aalborg Harbour

    12 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The jack-up vessel Innovation, which is going to pick up foundations for Westermost Rough Offshore Windfarm in the British part of the North Sea, called yesterday at Aalborg Harbour. With a loading capacity of 8000 tonnes and a high performance 1500-tonne crane, Innovation is one of the largest specialized vessels to ever arrive at Aalborg […]

  • Energinet Seeks Heli Services Provider

    10 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a tender searching for a provider of offshore helicopter services.