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  • Germany Puts Three New Offshore Wind Sites Out to Tender

    26 February 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) opened tenders for three new offshore wind sites on 26 February. Two of the sites are located in the North Sea and one is situated in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The tenders are open until 1 September, with the maximum value of bids limited to 7.3 eurocents […]

  • Germany Launches Another Offshore Wind Tender, Qualitative Criteria Introduced

    27 February 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Technology, Training & Education

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has launched another offshore wind tender, this one for 1,800 MW of capacity to be developed across four centrally pre-examined areas in the North Sea. This is in addition to the tender for 7 GW of capacity in areas that had not been centrally pre-examined launched at the end of January. […]

  • Scottish Offshore Renewables Developers Worried over SHE’s Connection Delay

    14 January 2013
    Grid Connection

    Developers of offshore renewable energy in Scotland are worried over delay in power connection between Orkney and Shetland Islands and the mainland, which was announced by SSE’s Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission(SHE) on December 20, Bloomberg informs. Richard Yemm, founder and director of Pelamis Wave Power Ltd that has projects off both islands, is cited by […]

  • Ampair Launches ‘off the Shelf’ Range of Offshore Power Supplies (UK)

    21 October 2011
    Technology

    UK small wind turbine manufacturer Ampair has continued its push into the renewable hybrid power system market by launching the containerPod™ range of power solutions predominantly designed for providing platform power for the offshore wind measurement sector. Jeremy Davies Ampair’s sales and marketing manager says that, “Onshore heated met-masts and LIDAR installations use between 50 […]

  • Broad Coalition Welcomes O’Malley’s Offshore Wind Bill Introduction (USA)

    24 January 2012
    Authorities

    A broad coalition of civic, environmental, faith, and business groups yesterday applauded Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s introduction of legislation to incentivize the development of offshore wind power along the state’s coastline. The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 would set up a market-driven process to incentivize the construction of approximately 100 ocean-based wind turbines […]

  • TenneT Welcomes German Ministers’ Proposal to Accelerate Offshore Grid Development

    4 July 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Two German ministers presented a proposal aimed at accelerating the development of wind farms off the German coast by introducing new liability arrangements and a long-term offshore grid development plan.  “We welcome the proposal by Phillip Rösler, the German federal minister for economic affairs, and Peter Altmaier, the minister for the environment, to introduce new […]

  • ABB Wins $125 Million Offshore Wind Connection Order in Belgium

    26 November 2010
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $125 million from the Belgian company C-Power NV to link a wind farm 30 kilometers off the coast of Belgium to the mainland grid. The transmission link is part of an expansion of the Thornton Bank wind farm. In the first phase […]

  • VolkerWessels Wins Cabling Contract for German Meerwind Offshore Wind Farm

    29 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    VolkerWessels subsidiary Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC) has been awarded a contract from WindMW GmbH for the installation of cables for the Meerwind Offshore Wind Farm which is currently under construction in Germany. The award of the contract consolidates VSMC’s position as market leader in cable installation for offshore wind farms. Wind Turbines The […]

  • FoundOcean Wins RenewableUK Award for Work at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm

    3 July 2012

    FoundOcean has announced it has won the Large Project Award at the inaugural RenewableUK Energy Awards 2012. Together with Offshore Design Engineering Ltd, REpower and Vattenfall, the companies were recognised for their exceptional achievement in constructing the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm project. RenewableUK is the body representing the wind and renewables industries. “We are extremely proud to receive this award,” […]

  • UK: North Tyneside Offshore Training Centre Offers New Courses

    13 April 2012
    Training & Education

    Offshore skills centre in North Tyneside, developed by Advanced Industrial Solutions and Maersk Training, is offering new courses in hanging from 65ft on a wind turbine, or bolting a high-powered cable while off a ladder, reported ITV news. They expect more than 4,000 trainees this year. The new centre is more than double the size […]

  • USA: North Myrtle Beach Plans to Use Offshore Wind Power

    15 October 2012
    Authorities

    North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is working on a program to develop offshore wind power, with 12 wind turbines along its coastline and a plan to set more of them out in the sea. These turbines are the first step of an ambitious plan to turn the city into a demonstration site for coastal […]

  • Governor McCrory Supports Offshore Wind Development in North Carolina, USA

    29 January 2013
    Authorities

    On January 22, Governor Pat McCrory sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Office of Renewable Energy Programs, announcing the support for decision made by the Department of Interior (DOI) to designate three sites off the North Carolina coast for offshore wind development. He said that offshore wind farms would bring […]

  • NNDC Opens Public Consultation on Egmere Development for Offshore Wind (UK)

    23 January 2013
    Authorities

    Public consultation opened on Monday 21 January on North Norfolk District Council’s (NNDC) proposals to designate 28 hectares of land at Egmere, to the west of Walsingham and south of Wells-next-the-Sea, as suitable for companies supporting offshore wind energy schemes off the north Norfolk coast to locate their operations. The council is seeking to establish […]

  • Kishorn Port Launches 2nd Phase of Offshore Renewables Masterplan (UK)

    20 February 2013

    One of Scotland’s leading sites looking to service the offshore renewables market is launching the second phase of its masterplanning process with a public consultation event. Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL), a joint venture between Leiths (Scotland) Ltd and Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) Ltd, is holding a public open day on Wednesday 20 February at Lochcarron […]

  • Osiris to Exhibit at Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind and Supply Chain Conference

    3 January 2012

      Osiris Projects are to exhibit at the Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference at the end of the month. With some 500 delegates from across the sector, its supply chain and supporting agencies, this is Scotland’s biggest, best and most important offshore wind event, taking place from the 31st January -1st February […]

  • UK: Energi Coast Expands Expertise in Offshore Renewables Supply Chain

    12 July 2012

    Energi Coast, North East England’s Renewables Group, has welcomed five new industry specialists to its steering group. The individuals bring a wealth of experience and expertise from the global energy industry supply chain to the group. They will support Energi Coast’s activities to raise awareness of the region’s innovative and integrated offshore renewables supply chain. […]

  • L-3 SAM Electronics to Equip Two Offshore Supply Vessels

    12 November 2014
    Technology

    L-3 SAM Electronics has been awarded a significant contract to provide the complete electrical package, including cable engineering and installation, energy distribution, propulsion, lighting and infotainment systems, as well as internal and external communications systems, for two offshore supply vessels for the Norwegian shipowner, Siem Offshore. Built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), located in northern Germany, […]

  • AXYS Technologies Buoys Measure Wave Energy Potential Offshore Chile

    1 July 2011

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has recently delivered two TRIAXYS™ Next Wave Directional Wave Buoys to Instituto Nacional de Hidráulica…   (axystechnologies) [mappress] Source: axystechnologies, July 01, 2011

  • UK: TCP Gets Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Transmission Link

    10 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    TC Ormonde OFTO Limited, an entity incorporated by the consortium Transmission Capital Partners (TCP), has been granted a licence by Ofgem E-Serve to own and operate the transmission link to the Ormonde wind farm. The TCP consortium are comprised of Transmission Capital, Amber Infrastructure Group and International Public Partnerships (INPP).  TCP was appointed by Ofgem […]

  • Savannah River National Laboratory to test S.C. offshore wind (USA)

    9 August 2010
    R&D

    Gauging the potential of new, renewable energy sources is often a problem when establishing them. Scientists from the Savannah River… By Mike Gellatly (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst, August 09, 2010;

  • Kawasaki Heavy to Test New Tidal Energy System Offshore Scotland

    25 October 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Kawasaki Heavy Industries​, Ltd. announced that it has launched the development of a power generation system utilizing ocean tides, a promis… (ecoseed) [mappress] Source: ecoseed, October 25, 2011

  • IberBlue Reveals Second Floating Wind Farm Project Offshore Andalusia

    16 May 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    IberBlue Wind, a joint venture between Simply Blue Group, Proes Consultores, and FF New Energy Ventures, has announced a second floating offshore wind project on the Spanish Southern coast of Andalusia. The project is called La Pinta in tribute to one of the three caravels used by Christopher Columbus on his first trip to America. […]

  • South Korea’s Investment into Offshore Wind Could Help Domestic Shipbuilders

    14 September 2011

    South Korea’s investment in a 9.2 trillion won ($8.4 billion) offshore wind farm may help domestic shipbuilders challenge Siemens AG (SIE)… By Kyunghee Park and Natalie Obiko Pearson (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, September 14, 2011

  • Taewoong Goes up After Offshore Wind Announcement (South Korea)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

      Taewoong Co., a maker of parts for wind-power plants, rose as much as 15 percent in Seoul trading after South Korea’s energy ministry said… By Saeromi Shin (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 11, 2011

  • South Korea: Jeju Plans 2GW of Offshore Wind Power by 2030

    26 July 2012
    Authorities

    Jeju has made the first step in achieving its “Carbon Free Island Jeju by 2030” plan by launching Jeju Energy Corporation (JEC) earlier this month at the Jeju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, reports the Jeju Weekly. The main purpose of the JEC is to increase the island’s use of renewable energy sources from 7% […]

  • Repsol and Ørsted to Jointly Develop Floating Wind Projects Offshore Spain

    5 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Madrid-based multi-energy company Repsol and Ørsted have signed an agreement to identify and, where appropriate, jointly develop floating offshore wind projects in Spain. According to Repsol, both companies have the ambition to together become a leading developer in Spanish floating offshore wind by combining their strengths. The alliance will combine Repsol’s experience as a global […]