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  • UK Parliament Passes Great British Energy Bill, Paving Way for GBP 300 Million Investment in Offshore Wind Supply Chain

    16 May 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    British Parliament has passed legislation for the new publicly owned energy company, Great British Energy (GB Energy), which will invest in clean power projects across the UK as part of the government’s Plan for Change. GB Energy will make available GBP 8.3 billion (approximately EUR 9.9 billion) in funding for supply chains over the course […]

  • UK: Hatston Pier in Orkney Officially Opens

    1 May 2013

    A ceremony took place yesterday to mark the opening of a pier in Orkney that will serve as a major base for the marine renewable energy industry. At 385 meters – almost a quarter of a mile – the newly extended Hatston Pier is now Scotland’s longest commercial deep-water berth. The 160-metre extension to the […]

  • UK: Siemens Technology in Oceanflow’s Semi-Submersible Turbine Design

    31 July 2013

    Oceanflow Energy’s Evopod is a tidal turbine with a difference. A semi-submersible turbine design, it has shown excellent seakeeping performance in tests, and it incorporates Siemens gear and inverter units. As a floating, tethered device, it has lower deployment costs than seabed mounted devices, and it is claimed to impose less disturbance on sensitive seabed […]

  • Thor O&M Base Almost Completed

    13 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 1 GW Danish offshore wind farm Thor is nearing completion. On 12 June, RWE and Danish construction company Østermark Entreprenørforretning held a topping-out ceremony for the new building located at Thorsminde port. The O&M base is expected to be completed by the end of this year and […]

  • Sweden: Vattenfall Reports Underlying Operating Profit for First 9 Months

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall is reporting an underlying operating profit for the nine-month period 2012 that is nearly on par with 2011 for continuing operations – despite a challenging market. The industry is under continuous pressure from overcapacity, low prices and low margins, especially for electricity generation based on natural gas. Vattenfall has therefore recognized impairment losses of […]

  • Ørsted, PGE Add Ayesa Polska to Baltica 2 Team

    8 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Ayesa Polska has signed an agreement for investor supervision of the offshore part of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 wind project, built by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Ørsted. Under the agreement, Ayesa Polska will be responsible for ensuring investor supervision over the entire offshore part of the wind farm, including the process of installing […]

  • Vestas Urges EU Leaders for Better Wind Energy Support

    8 December 2014
    Authorities

    Tomorrow, EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the internal energy market. The first blueprint of an EU Energy Union will be presented in early 2015, with the goal of addressing one of Europe’s key challenges: energy security. Vestas believes that wind energy should be an integral part of an Energy Union on par […]

  • UK Company to Provide Refurbishment Services to Ørsted’s Wind Turbine Ops

    8 March 2023
    Operations & Maintenance

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has signed a collaborative agreement with UK-based Renewable Parts for parts refurbishment services for its offshore wind turbine operations. Initially focused on Ørsted’s UK operations, Renewable Parts will work with Ørsted to increase the volume of parts reused within offshore operations, developing technology that could increase sustainability and reduce the […]

  • Equinor and RWE Join Largest European Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Project

    7 December 2020
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Norwegian energy major Equinor and German utility RWE have joined the NortH2 green hydrogen project in the Netherlands. NortH2 aims to produce green hydrogen using electricity from about 4 GW of offshore wind off the coast of the Netherlands by 2030, and 10+ GW by 2040. The project was launched in February 2020 by Shell, […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Proposes New Home for Hull Showpiece Blade

    9 August 2017

    A new, permanent location has been proposed for a Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blade that was installed in the centre of Hull, the UK City of Culture.

  • Eastern Scheldt Tidal Plant Goes Live

    26 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The tidal power plant in the Dutch Eastern Scheldt surge barrier was put into service on Wednesday, 25 November, heavy construction equipment maker Huisman said. The festive commissioning of the largest tidal energy project in the Netherlands, as well as the world’s largest commercial tidal installation of five turbines in an array, was performed by Diederik […]

  • Australia: Oceanlinx Unveils Optimized blueWAVE, New Look for greenWAVE

    15 March 2013
    Technology

    Oceanlinx today unveiled the highly optimised blueWAVE design that is a smaller, lighter and a cheaper wave energy solution for deep water applications. Oceanlinx’s continued development and expertise in the wave energy sector has allowed the company to further improve the blueWAVE design to ensure even better performance and also a reduction in overall costs. […]

  • VIKING introduces design-your-own lifejackets (Denmark)

    25 August 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Leading global marine and fire safety equipment manufacturer VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has launched a new product line-up with broad appeal for the offshore and commercial shipping industries: design-your-own inflatable SOLAS lifejackets. Made possible by a new, modular design, VIKING customers can tailor their own solutions for specific working conditions such as those encountered in maritime […]

  • NMa and Ofgem Clear the Way for Duch-British Trade in Electricity

    25 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) and British energy regulator (Ofgem) today approved the rules for auctioning capacity on the BritNed electricity interconnector linking Britain with the Netherlands. The link marks a significant step toward creating a single European energy market and the approval of the access rules has cleared the way for putting the cable […]

  • UK: ROVOP Named Promising New Business

    22 June 2012

    Fast-growing energy company ROVOP has won a top industry accolade after being named Promising New Business at last night’s (Thursday, June 21) 2012 Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise awards ceremony. Within just a year of its inception, ROVOP has successfully carved out a niche for itself as an independent company providing specialist, rapid response ROV […]

  • DONG Energy to Test Two Siemens 6 MW Turbines in UK

    17 April 2012
    Technology

    DONG Energy has received full consent to test two next generation offshore wind turbines at their Gunfleet Sands site in South East England. It is the first time that the Siemens 6 MW turbine will be tested offshore and DONG Energy’s first demonstration project in the UK. The two Siemens 6 MW machines will be […]

  • Wind Turbines at Sea Reach 5 Per Cent of Total Wind Energy Capacity

    27 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Global installed offshore wind capacity increased in 2020 and reached around 5 per cent of total wind capacity, according to the latest statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Overall, wind energy expansion almost doubled last year with 111 GW, compared to 58 GW in 2019. Of the 111 GW, around 34.4 GW of […]

  • Principle Power Joins World Ocean Council

    27 May 2016
    Environment

    Floating wind technology developer Principle Power has joined the World Ocean Council (WOC), the global, multi-industry alliance on “corporate ocean responsibility.” Principle Power CEO, Joao Metelo, said: “Principle Power believes that WOC provides a unique, international multi-sectoral ocean industry forum that is important to the growth of our company and the offshore wind energy sector overall. For […]

  • LEP to Lead Humber Marketing Delegation to RenewableUK Conference

    12 September 2012

    The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership is to lead a Humber-wide presence at one of the UK’s largest renewable energy events. The LEP, together with businesses and local authorities, will be there under the Humber Renewables banner, promoting the area for trade and investment. Over 5,000 participants are expected at Renewable UK’s 34th Annual Conference and […]

  • RenewableUK Hails Historic Wind Energy Agreement

    24 January 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    RenewableUK has welcomed today’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on wind energy by the Energy Secretary Edward Davey and his Irish counterpart Pat Rabbitte. The MoU is the first step towards reaching a full inter-Governmental agreement on exporting clean electricity from onshore wind farms in Ireland to the UK via undersea cables by 2020. […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Fully Remote Ecology Survey Done at 759 MW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    18 June 2025
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The BeWild project, led by the Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro, has completed what they claim to be the world’s first fully remote ecology survey at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Nord offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Together, the BeWild partners integrated computer vision and environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling into Fugro’s Blue Volta electric remotely operated […]

  • Maersk Supply Service Narrows Down Focus to Offshore Wind and OSVs

    28 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Maersk Supply Service will shift its focus to fewer business areas and regions in an effort to increase its presence in core markets, increase synergies in its operations, and improve profitability. Going forward, the company’s two core business areas will be offshore wind and offshore support vessels (OSVs). The offshore vessel markets continue to improve, […]

  • WindEnergy Hamburg Wraps Up

    29 September 2014

    It was an ideal start for the new event, WindEnergy Hamburg, which came to a close on Friday after four exhibition days at the Hamburg Fair site. “It was simply fantastic,” says Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO Hamburg Messe und Congress. “The companies clearly met the right customers and did good business. And the visitors […]

  • UK: GSK Invests in Renewables to Lessen Manufacturing Costs

    30 August 2012
    Authorities

    The wind turbines planned by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as a part of a Montrose project faced refusal by the Angus Council, but the company does not give up on its other projects, specifically the tidal power generation. Namely, the Montrose project is part of an investment by GSK in the UK. The company plans to build a […]

  • China Connects Deepwater Floating Wind Platform to Wenchang Oilfield

    22 May 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has grid-connected its Haiyou Guanlan deepwater floating wind turbine and integrated it into the power grid of the Wenchang oilfield. Earlier this month, CNOOC announced the 5-kilometre dynamic subsea cable was installed, which set up the transmission link between the offshore oil and gas platforms of the Wenchang oilfield […]

  • Alstom UK’s Sales Hit GBP1 Bn for Fourth Year

    10 May 2013

    International engineering firm Alstom, which employs around 6,500 people in the UK, has released its final year figures and given details of the number of open vacancies it has. The UK arm of the company, which has operations in power, grid and transport, had sales of just over £1bn in the financial year 2012/13. This […]