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  • Ideol and AOL Present Market-Ready Floating Substation

    5 June 2019
    Grid Connection

    Ideol and Atlantique Offshore Energy (AOE) have unveiled the details of their market-ready universal floating offshore substation. Developed in cooperation with ABB, the floating offshore substation is designed for both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms starting at depths of 40 metres. It is based on Ideol’s patented and shallow-draft Damping Pool® concept and on AOE’s […]

  • New England Offshore Wind Receives Mass Support

    31 October 2017
    R&D

    Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) have conducted a study showing that the large majority of the participants support offshore wind off the New England coast.

  • Ex-Coal Power Plant Starts Offshore Wind Makeover

    12 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Commercial Development Company (CDC) is rebranding the retired coal-fired power plant Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts, U.S., to a support center for the offshore wind industry. 

  • Perspectives from a graduate trainee

    21 August 2013

    Newcastle, Strathclyde and Southampton are Britain’s top three universities to study naval architecture and Maria Dragoumerli has gained both a bachelor and masters degree in this discipline from Newcastle University. At university she became interested in the emerging and growing renewables sector of offshore engineering. As well as being clean and green, the sector has […]

  • Offshore Wind Brings GBP 8 Mln to Precision Sheet Metal Company

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    A precision sheet metal specialist is exploiting the growth in offshore wind after it secured £8m of new contracts for two of the world’s largest manufacturing names. Mec Com, which employs 120 people at its Hixon base, has beat off international competition to deliver assembly and testing for Siemens and a large manufacturing package for […]

  • Eneco: Hundreds of Offshore Wind Turbines Have This Chink in the Armor

    16 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the recent media attention given to Eneco’s Princess Amalia Wind Farm (Prinses Amaliawindpark) and its grout problem, the company yesterday said that hundreds of turbines comprised in first-generation offshore wind farms are facing this issue.  The foundation construction of the Princess Amalia Wind Farm was done according to the DNV GL certified standard, including the design which was common ten years ago in […]

  • Barrier Wraps Up London Array Coating Repairs and Maintenance Work

    6 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist coatings provider Barrier Ltd, and rope access company, UK Total Solutions, both part of Barrier Group, have collaborated to complete a remedial painting and maintenance contract on the 630MW London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary. The contract involved coating system repairs to two offshore substations, which transmit power from the wind […]

  • Kriegers Flak Gets First Supply Network Committee

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    More than 90 original equipment manufacturers, vendors and suppliers assembled earlier this month in Denmark to elect the first supplier business network committee which will support the future developer and operator of the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. On 7 September, the Kriegers Flak vendors and suppliers teamed with some of the […]

  • AXYS Deploys Vindicator III LiDAR at Chesapeake Bay, USA

    27 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    AXYS Technologies Inc. has deployed one of its WindSentinel Land Stations on a man-made island at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay as part of a project headed by WeatherFlow Inc. The project is funded by the Virginia Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) with the objective, “Developing an Anchored Wind Monitoring and Forecasting System for […]

  • Norfolk Celebrates Statkraft’s Becoming Operator of Sheringham Shoal OWF

    13 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    A reception was held at Wind Farm Place, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk on 9 January 2014 to celebrate Statkraft becoming the Operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, the 88 turbine (317 MW) power plant situated between 9 to 17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk. The two Norwegian companies, Statkraft and Statoil, are owners […]

  • UK Reinforces Inward Investment and Innovative Projects in Offshore Wind

    12 June 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Business and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon has announced the creation of an Offshore Wind Investment Organisation (OWIO) to boost levels of inward investment and to further stimulate jobs in the UK offshore wind industry, alongside Government support for three offshore wind innovation projects. Energy Minister, Michael Fallon said: “Offshore wind is a major success story […]

  • Denmark: Ramboll to Design Cape Wind Foundations

    28 May 2012

    A new offshore wind farm in the US marks the turning point for offshore wind energy. Ramboll will as leader of a consortium with U.S. based companies design the foundations for the Cape Wind Offshore Wind Farm. The consortium expects more US offshore wind projects to be on the way.  America’s first offshore wind farm […]

  • East Anglia Offshore Wind Appoints Royal HaskoningDHV as Lead EIA Consultant (UK)

    24 January 2013

    East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), a 50-50 joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, has appointed Royal HaskoningDHV as the lead Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultant on two major offshore wind farms – East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR. The appointment comes shortly after a planning application was submitted for the 1,200MW East Anglia […]

  • The Netherlands: Cooperation Crucial for Offshore Wind Energy Industry

    29 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has set its targets for installing 40 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2020. Offshore wind is still too expensive, concludes Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Offshore wind costs are much higher than for other renewable energy sources, twice as high as onshore wind. The costs can only be reduced […]

  • OpenHydro Gets Award for Outstanding Performance in 2011 (France)

    25 November 2011

    Irish tidal energy technology company, OpenHydro, has been honoured at the 2011 Ireland France Business Awards for their outstanding company performance in 2011 and promotion of bilateral trade and investment between Ireland and France. At an awards ceremony held in Paris, OpenHydro was selected as The Best Irish Company in France owing to its major […]

  • TAG Hires John MacAskill as New Business Development Director (UK)

    4 November 2011

    TAG Energy Solutions has appointed experienced industry professional John MacAskill as its new Business Development Director. John joins the business from leading renewables consultancy GL Garrad Hassan, having successfully helped establish new business and transitioned an ailing enterprise in the renewables sector. As UK Renewables Business Manager, John launched Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) first renewables consultancy […]

  • DNV Introduces New Special Level Wind Turbine Type Certification System (Denmark)

    25 May 2011

      In order to enhance flexibility and speed with regards to type certification, DNV is introducing a new ‘Special Level’ Type Certificate for wind turbines. It differs with respect to the Type Certificate according to IEC 61400-22 in that blade fatigue testing will not be required. The Special Level Type Certification will provide DNV’s clients […]

  • Mitsui Buys Stake in Mainstream, Company Valued at EUR 2.1 Billion

    24 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    Mitsui & Co., Ltd., part of Japan’s Mitsui Group, has agreed to invest EUR 575 million in Mainstream Renewable Power in the form of new common shares, corresponding to a 27.5 percent equity stake in the global renewable energy company. Mitsui will take a long-term active role in the growth of Mainstream, alongside Aker Horizons, […]

  • SCHOTTEL, Lyon Shipyard Team Up to Support US Offshore Wind

    25 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    SCHOTTEL has reached an agreement with Virginia-based Lyon Shipyard to support the servicing of vessels in the emerging US offshore wind industry. SCHOTTEL, headquartered in Germany, is a manufacturing company that produces propulsion and steering systems for ships and offshore applications, while Lyon Shipyard acts as a full-service ship repair facility. According to SCHOTTEL, operating […]

  • Iberdrola and Holcim Sign Baltic Eagle Power Deal

    24 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Switzerland-headquartered Holcim for electricity generated at the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm currently under construction in the German Baltic Sea. The newly agreed PPA will see Iberdrola provide Holcim with 250 GWh of renewable energy per year from its Baltic Eagle project which should […]

  • Ørsted Raises 2025 Offshore Wind Bar

    28 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has raised its 2025 offshore wind target from 11-12GW to 15GW as part of the group’s development plan to invest DKK 200 billion (approximately EUR 26.8 billion) in renewable energy in the next seven years.

  • Limerick Uni Backs Irish Offshore Renewables Sector with EUR 2 Million ROV

    9 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    On 23 April, University of Limerick (UL) launched a EUR 2 million Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), delivered by Forum Energy Technologies and fine-tuned by researches from UL’s Centre for Robotics and Intelligence Systems. The ROV will be used for inspection, repair and maintenance of underwater parts of offshore renewable energy structures. 

  • Statoil In the Empire State of Mind

    24 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy company Statoil has chosen the name of Empire Wind for the offshore wind project located off the southern coast of Long Island, New York.

  • Equinor, SSE Order 13 MW Turbines for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a 50:50 joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, has signed a contract with GE Renewable Energy for 190 wind turbines for the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind project. Dogger Bank A & B will be the world’s first offshore wind farm to use GE’s Haliade-X 13 MW turbines, […]

  • UK: Tekmar Turns to Oil and Gas Market

    26 July 2013
    Grid Connection

    The world’s leading cable protection company for the offshore wind industry, Tekmar Energy, has announced ambitious plans to return to the oil and gas market, whilst maintaining its leading position in offshore renewables. As part of the firm’s blueprint for growth it aims to generate £15million in turnover from its oil and gas operations by […]

  • Northern UK Businesses Tap Into US Offshore Wind

    24 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Northern Powerhouse offshore wind trade mission, led by Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) in partnership with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), will visit the US this week. Northern businesses, which will land in the eastern US on 27 February, will meet US wind farm developers and supply chain companies, and attend an offshore wind networking event […]