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  • Spin Out Company Licensed to Capitalise on Blue Economy

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    A new financial modelling and analytics software tool for the renewable energy sector was licensed this week by University College Cork to spin out company, Exceedence Ltd. The company, founded and led by Dr. Ray Alcorn, will now bring to market the Exceedence FINANCE solution developed by software engineers, financial analysts, industry specialists and researchers […]

  • DP Energy Acquires SSE’s Tidal Energy Project

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Cork based DP Energy is set to become Europe’s largest independent developer of tidal stream projects following SSE Renewables’ transfer of an Agreement for Lease (AfL) with The Crown Estate. The transfer will see DP Energy take on the development of the Westray South project in Orkney, Scotland, with the potential to install up to […]

  • Highlights of the Month: September 2016

    3 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Areva Sells Its Stake in Adwen to Gamesa for EUR 60 Million Areva has decided to sell its 50% stake in the offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen for EUR 60 million to Gamesa, with which Areva had a 50-50 ownership in the joint venture and which is now in a merger process with Siemens. Borssele […]

  • UK: Natural Power Releases Two Guides

    16 September 2013

    Leading renewable energy consultancy Natural Power is helping Scottish coastal communities with two new guidance documents published this week. The reports will be announced by the Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing at today’s Scottish Renewables Marine Energy Conference. They highlight the socio-economic benefits that wave and tidal projects can bring by involving local businesses in […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Plans to Power its Offshore Wind Farm by Labor Day 2013 (USA)

    13 January 2012

    A company that plans to build what could be the nation’s first offshore windmills said it was all but ready to break ground and begin construction on its multimillion-dollar project, with a goal of being up and running and turning out power by Labor Day 2013. Fishermen’s Energy of Cape May hopes to obtain a […]

  • SHI Establishes UK Offshore Wind Project Base at Fife Renewables Innovation Centre

    15 January 2013
    R&D

    Korean industrial giant, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), has announced that it is to base its UK offshore wind project at Fife Renewables Innovation Centre (FRIC) at Energy Park Fife, Methil. Announcing the news, Chan Hee Son, UK Project Manager of Samsung Heavy Industries said: “Samsung is very pleased to be part of the Fife Renewables […]

  • POSCO’s Factory of Eco-Friendly Tower Steel Plates Gets DNV Seal of Approval

    8 November 2022
    Business & Finance

    POSCO has received approval from DNV for its Gwangyang Works plant, which produces eco-friendly ‘Greenable’ steel plates and has certified the company’s standard plate product EN-S355 as steel for renewable energy. The certification process in March, after POSCO and DNV signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the certification of steel products applied in the […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Launches Offshore Renewables Education Project

    30 May 2013
    Training & Education

    Secondary school pupils in Orkney will be first in the UK to benefit from a new offshore renewables education project launched by The Crown Estate. ‘Clean Energy from the Sea’ enables pupils to acquire the understanding and the technical skills they will need to benefit from the development of renewable energy around their coastline. An industry […]

  • Alstom to Build Swansea Bay Tidal Turbines (UK)

    31 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Alstom, a world leading developer and manufacturer of the full range of hydro products and services, including turbines, generators, control systems, hydro-mechanical equipment and balance-of-plant, has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Tidal Lagoon Power Limited to design and build the generating units required to power the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, […]

  • UK: OSBIT’s Offshore Access System to Get Deployed at Walney OWF

    25 June 2013
    Technology

    UK based, OSBIT Power (OP) announced that its latest MaXccess‐T18 offshore access system is to be deployed at DONG Energy and SSE’s Walney Offshore Wind Farm to provide safe high sea state access at the exposed west coast site. Exactly one year on from exhibiting its original MaXccess‐T12 system, at Seawork 2012, on board the […]

  • Danish Test Centre for Mega Wind Turbines to Open

    5 October 2012
    R&D

    Danish test centre Oesterild is the first site in the world where wind turbines as high as sky scrapers can be tested and further developed under ideal wind conditions.  An answer to the world’s need for more renewable energy is to develop larger wind turbines that produce significantly more energy. To achieve exactly this, Denmark […]

  • Empire Wind 1 Cleared to Start Construction

    23 February 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York, the US. With this approval secured, the developer is planning to start the construction of Empire Wind 1 later this year. The approved plan includes the construction and operation […]

  • Centrica Signs Long-Term Lease for Operations and Maintenance Base in Grimsby (UK)

    5 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      CENTRICA, the energy group whose businesses include British Gas, has signed a long-term lease that will enable it to build an operation and maintenance base at Grimsby docks to serve its wind farms in the Greater Wash. The facility will be completed by the end of this year. Centrica operates the 194MW Lynn and […]

  • Seacat Ranger Heads to Westermost Rough after Naming Ceremony

    10 June 2014

    Following completion of inaugural sea trials in May, Seacat Ranger will embark on a string of European offshore wind farm charter contracts that will keep her under continuous, active charter until May 2015. Seacat Ranger is the latest 24-metre catamaran to join Seacat Services, a class leading offshore energy support vessel operator that now operates […]

  • Alstom, ScottishPower Sign MoU for Tidal Power Devices

    16 September 2013

    Alstom and ScottishPower Renewables have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to incorporate Alstom’s tidal power devices within the Sound of Islay project. The tidal array, between the islands of Islay and Jura on the west coast of Scotland, will include up to four of Alstom’s 1 MW tidal devices, one of which is currently on […]

  • RWE Innogy and SSE Inaugurate Greater Gabbard OWF (UK)

    7 August 2013

    With 140 wind turbines in water depths between 24 and 34 metres and with an installed capacity of 500 megawatts (MW): Greater Gabbard is one of the largest wind farms in the UK. At today’s opening ceremony, the joint venture partners RWE Innogy and SSE inaugurate the power plant together with Michael Fallon, Minister of […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Farm Attracts Japanese Power Houses

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company Innogy has agreed to sell a 41% stake in its 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK to Japan’s J-Power (25%) and Kansai Electric Power (16%).

  • SSE: Ireland Needs 1 GW of Offshore Wind by 2025 to Meet 5 GW by 2030 Target

    1 July 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ireland needs to install 1 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2025 if it is to meet the new Irish government’s target of 5GW of installed offshore wind by 2030, SSE Renewables said. Paul Cooley, Director of Capital Projects at SSE Renewables, told the Energy Ireland ‘Offshore Energy Conference’ that the new Coalition Government’s […]

  • Volvo Penta Propulsion Systems for New Hybrid-Ready US Crew Transfer Vessels

    3 December 2021
    Vessels

    Volvo Penta has signed a contract to provide its quad IPS propulsion systems for the four new offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that Rhode Island-based Blount Boats will build to ABS Class for American Offshore Services (A-O-S), a newly established company between Sweden’s Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and the US SEA.O.G Offshore. The […]

  • France: GDF SUEZ, VINCI, CDC Infrastructure and AREVA Set for Offshore Wind

    26 March 2012

    In Normandy today, GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gérard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaïd and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan connected with the call for bids to site 3,000 MW of wind power off France’s coasts starting in 2015. They were greeted during the […]

  • UK: Falck Nutec Gets Positive Feedback at All-Energy

    29 May 2012
    Training & Education

    The offshore wind industry is continuing to gather knowledge and awareness of health & safety training, according to renewable energy safety training specialists Falck Nutec. The news follows the firm exhibiting and consulting with delegates at last week’s All-Energy conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The firm have recently become the first company […]

  • Vattenfall Has It on Video: No Seabird Collided with Aberdeen Offshore Wind Turbines During Two-Year Monitoring Campaign

    28 February 2023
    Environment, R&D, Research & Development

    Updated on 1 March with a download link to the final report (full study). Vattenfall has been testing technology and conducting research at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm for several years now. On 28 February, the company reported the findings of a study into seabird behaviour, performed in collaboration with bird and nature protection organisations, […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    3 August 2015

    Formosa 1 In June Siemens signed a Turbine Supply Agreement with Formosa Wind Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Swancor Enterprise and the developer of what could be Taiwan’s first offshore wind farm, the 128MW Formosa 1 offshore wind demonstration project. Formosa 1 is located 3 to 6km off Miaoli county, in north-west Taiwan, in water […]

  • France: Offshore Wind to Grow Quickly from Low Base, Says IEA

    12 July 2012
    R&D

    Renewable power generation is expected to continue its rapid growth over the next five years, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that acknowledges the coming-of-age of the renewable energy sector. The report says that despite economic uncertainties in many countries, global power generation from hydropower, solar, wind and other renewable sources […]

  • Shell-Ocean Winds JV: ‘Mayflower Wind Did Not State Project Was Not Viable’. Developer Plans to Testify in Rhode Island

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind, the joint venture (JV) between Shell and Ocean Winds, said that it did not state that its offshore wind project in Massachusetts was no longer viable and intends to testify to the project’s viability before the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) in Rhode Island, where part of the offshore wind farm’s transmission corridor […]

  • ZPMC Found Responsible for Greater Gabbard Monopile Cracks

    28 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Technology and Construction Court in London has ruled that cracking discovered on some of the 140 monopiles built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Ltd (ZPMC) for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm ”was largely a result of various failures by ZPMC to maintain correct preheat temperature of the welds to the monopiles.”  The Facts Fluor […]