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  • Spencer Group Proves Opportunities in Humber Renewables Already Exist (UK)

    24 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    As businesses prepare for an anticipated renewables boom in the Humber, one Hull firm is proving the opportunities are already there for the taking. Spencer Group has a significant role in the £736m Humber Gateway offshore wind farm – the region’s first major offshore wind development. The specialist engineering business is installing the civil infrastructure […]

  • Vattenfall Reveals Dutch Offshore Wind Power Play

    15 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall is participating in the tender for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind zone, the Netherland’s first non-subsidized tender. Vattenfall has decided to join the tender as part of its commitment to the green transition of Northern Europe, and sees it as an important step to become fossil free within one generation, the Swedish company […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 8MW Wind Turbines to Spin Offshore Taiwan

    31 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has signed a preferred supplier agreement with wpd offshore for the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan.

  • The Netherlands: SeaZip Ordered Two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers

    29 November 2011

    Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service will sign a contract at the EWEA conference (14:30 hrs, stand 11020, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,). SeaZip has ordered two Fast Crew Suppliers of the 2610-type. The first ever FCS 2610 was delivered early 2011 and offers reduced peak accelerations of up to 75%, reduced added resistance in waves of […]

  • AWEA: VolturnUS Launch Signal of Steady Progress toward American Offshore Wind Industry

    3 June 2013

    The launch of “VolturnUS 1:8,” the first grid-connected floating offshore wind turbine to be deployed in the U.S., is “another signal of steady progress toward development of an American offshore wind industry,” according to Christopher Long, Manager of Offshore and Siting Policy for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The floating turbine’s launch in Brewer, […]

  • Innovative Marine Communication Systems Contribute to North Sea Safety (UK)

    23 May 2013
    Technology

    When Mantsbrite (stand A173 at Seawork 2013) became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was fellow Seawork exhibitor Tidal Transit (V32). Some years earlier, Tidal Transit had realised that offshore wind farm development off the east coast of England was going […]

  • Ocean Energy Europe: EU Leaders Lacking Industrial Leadership with Energy Framework

    27 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    EU Heads of State have agreed upon a climate and energy framework, which fails to provide industrial leadership for Europe. The framework’s new targets for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency will do little to capitalise on the security, employment and export potential of new sectors such ocean renewable energy, according to Ocean […]

  • Marubeni Acquires 49.9 pct Stake in Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm from Dong Energy (UK)

    2 September 2011

      Marubeni Corporation has entered into an agreement with DONG Energy whereby Marubeni acquires a 49.9% stake in the 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm. Marubeni will pay to DONG Energy a cash consideration of approx. GBP 200 million for the 49.9% stake in Gunfleet Sands. Completion of the transaction is conditional on, inter alia, […]

  • GL RC Certifies New Siemens 6MW Turbine for Gunfleet Sands Testing (Germany)

    5 March 2013
    Technology

    Siemens Wind Power has received offshore prototype certification from GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) for testing its new 6 megawatt offshore wind turbine at DONG Energy’s Gunfleet Sands III demonstration project in the UK. This will be the first offshore test of this new offshore wind turbine. Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen, Head of Research & Development […]

  • North Star Charts Course for 40 Hybrid SOVs by 2040 with GBP 425 Million Investment

    6 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    UK-headquartered North Star has secured debt investment of up to GBP 425 million (approximately EUR 500 million) to accelerate its ambition to add 40 hybrid service operation vessels (SOV) to its fleet by 2040. The committed financial package of GBP 225 million includes term facilities from existing lenders, IFM investors, and committed capex and working […]

  • Triton Knoll to Support Local Communities with Two Funds

    19 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. is setting up two funds to support the local communities living close to the onshore infrastructure of the 860MW wind farm located some 32km offshore Lincolnshire, UK.

  • Dogger Bank SOVs to Sport MO4 AI Decision Support Software

    9 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    North Star has awarded the Netherlands-based MO4 with a 10-year contract to supply the company’s four service operations vessels (SOVs) with a digital twin and artificial intelligence (AI) decision support software package. According to MO4, the technology will provide operational data analytics and forecasting support to help drive efficiencies across the fleet including low carbon […]

  • Avangrid Terminates Power Purchase Agreements for Another US Offshore Wind Project

    3 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid, a member of the Iberdrola Group, and the Connecticut Electric Distribution Companies have agreed to terminate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the Park City Wind offshore project. The developer said it plans to rebid the 804 MW Park City Wind in the upcoming auctions. ”One year ago, Avangrid was the first offshore wind developer […]

  • Wärtsilä Kit for OHT Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    2 August 2021
    Technology, Vessels

    The technology group Wärtsilä will supply an integrated propulsion and dynamic positioning thruster solution, including the engines, a Wärtsilä NOx reducer emission abatement system, as well as steerable and tunnel thrusters for OHT’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). The ship is being built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co yard for the Norwegian […]

  • The Netherlands: Construction Starts on Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm

    10 October 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Today marks the start of the construction of Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm, five years after the completion of the last Dutch offshore wind farm, the Princess Amalia Wind Farm. The new project is a joint venture between energy company Eneco and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation. The project’s 43 windmills will be located 23 kilometres off the […]

  • Statkraft Drops Plan to Bid in Norway’s Floating Wind Tender, Stops Activities in New Offshore Wind Projects

    18 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    Statkraft will stop further activities in new offshore wind projects, including the upcoming allocation round for floating wind projects at Utsira Nord in Norway, but will continue the development of the North Irish Sea Array (NISA), the Norwegian company said on 18 June. The move comes as Statkraft seeks to reduce its annual costs by […]

  • BP to Form Global Floating Wind Team

    14 October 2022
    Business & Finance

    The original article published on 14 October has been updated following the news that BP has qualified as an eligible bidder for the first offshore wind lease sale in California. BP is advertising a new opening in its offshore wind business, this time looking for the Head of Floating Offshore Wind, who will develop and lead […]

  • UK Green Investment Bank Officially Opens for Business

    28 November 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has declared the UK Green Investment Bank plc (UK GIB) officially open for business and announced two new investments. The ground breaking institution has been funded with £3 billion of Government money and will mobilise additional private capital to make a significant contribution to the development of a green economy. Speaking […]

  • Wind Bankers III: Green Giraffe Energy Bankers

    6 February 2013

    Offshore wind deals are happening and project developers that need money are getting it, but sometimes this is overshadowed by a cloud of negativity from banks and the utilities, which complain all too often that the project finance markets are broke or the regulatory frameworks insufficient.  Jérôme Guillet, Managing Director of Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, says: […]

  • The World’s Largest and Most Efficient Aluminum Shipbuilder

    20 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Austal is the largest aluminium shipbuilder in the world. When it established a new shipyard in Alabama, USA in 1999, specifically targeting future US Defence requirements, the company knew that it would need to adopt “world’s best practice” shipbuilding methodologies in order to successfully cope with multiple vessel contracts and to meet the very stringent […]

  • CWEA and Vestas Propose Establishing China Wind Power Evaluation System

    21 October 2011

    Chinese Wind Energy Association (CWEA) and Vestas jointly presented a report which contains a proposal for a set of wind power evaluation criteria at a ceremony during the China Wind Power 2011 Conference and Exhibition in Beijing. The report named “China Wind Power Evaluation System Research” encourages wind turbines manufacturers, project developers, wind park operators […]

  • Bigger Picture: Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Backbone of EU’s 2050 Goal

    23 November 2020
    Authorities

    European Union’s Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy, published on 19 November and targeting as much as 300 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2050, also outlines the goal of supporting green hydrogen production. In anticipation of the launch of the new Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, it is ever so evident that EU’s (offshore) wind and hydrogen […]

  • India Schedules Meetings with Offshore Wind Developers

    17 July 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will meet with the companies and the consortia which expressed their interest to develop the country’s first commercial offshore wind farm later this month.

  • RWE’s Offshore Wind Plans in Japan Expand to New Area

    28 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE Renewables has emerged as a developer behind another wind project planned offshore Japan. The German company which, after its entry into the Japanese offshore wind market, first focused on feasibility studies and project development in the area of the Kyushu island and off Akita and Niigata prefectures on Honshu is looking at a new […]

  • Poland’s Offshore Wind Act Becomes Law

    22 January 2021
    Authorities

    Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has signed the Offshore Act into law. The Offshore Act regulates the development of offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The legislation allows for 10.9 GW of offshore wind capacity to be either operational or under development by 2027. 5.9 GW of capacity will be offered via Contracts for […]

  • Atlantique Offshore Energy Scores Another Substation Contract

    29 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    France’s Atlantique Offshore Energy has been selected to execute the full engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCI) of an electrical offshore substation for an unidentified offshore wind project. Selected by ”a major power company”, Atlantique Offshore Energy, Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s business unit dedicated to marine energy, will deliver the 2,000-ton topside and its foundation […]