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  • BOEM Starting Environmental Review of 2.6 GW Wind Project Offshore Massachusetts

    25 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for Vineyard Northeast’s proposed offshore wind project, located offshore Nantucket, Massachusetts. The publication of the NOI in the Federal Register opened a 45-day public comment period […]

  • CG Announces 66pct Orders Increase in 2011 (India)

    8 February 2012

    Crompton Greaves (CG), announced 66% increase in Orders for the quarter ended December 31st, 2011 at Rs 3401crores as compared to Rs 2052crore in the same period of last fiscal. . Growth has been particularly strong in India and Europe where CG innovative solutions in Extra High Voltage , Renewables and Large Industrial Motors have […]

  • Japan’s Kitakyushu Launches Nearshore Wind Farm Project

    19 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The government of Kitakyushu city in Japan is auctioning off 2,687 hectares of water area controlled by the city’s port to companies interested in constructing and operating a nearshore wind farm at the site. The capacity of the wind farm has not been disclosed yet. The government started distributing project guideline papers on 18 August. The registration period for the project started […]

  • Wolfe Island Shoals Offshore Wind Farm to Create 1,900 Jobs (Canada)

    13 January 2011
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Windstream’s Wolfe Island Shoals Offshore Wind Power Project will create 1,900 jobs during its five-year development and construction period. A study conducted by AECOM to explore the employment and economic impacts of the project in Ontario also indicates that 175 long-term jobs will be created during its subsequent operational period. The project will generate over […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Disappears from Horizon (Video)

    6 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby built in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland in 1991.

  • Windstream Takes Canada to Arbitration over CAD 475 Million Damages Claim

    15 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A panel of international arbitrators will today start the hearing in an arbitration between the Windstream Energy LLC and the Government of Canada regarding the US-based company’s CAD 475 million claim for damages under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for lost profit due to the Ontario’s moratorium on offshore wind farms in 2011. In November 2009, Windstream submitted eleven FIT […]

  • Germany: EnBW Q1 EBITDA Reaches EUR 874.5 Million

    7 May 2013

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG generated € 5.75 billion of revenue in the first three months of its current 2013 fiscal year (+12.8 percent), and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation adjusted for non-operating effects) of € 874.5 million (+1.8 percent). At 33.5 billion kWh, EnBW’s electricity sales were down by 3.5 percent […]

  • Scotland Attracts GBP 1.7 Billion Investment in Renewables

    5 June 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    During 2011-12 period Scotland attracted the second highest level of renewable investment in the UK, worth a total of GBP 1.7 billion, creating 4,411 jobs, says the Scotsman. The DECC’s announced results, which followed the publication of the Government’s draft energy bill, say that only Yorkshire managed to secure a place ahead of Scotland having […]

  • Vattenfall’s Wind Unit Marks a Dip in Q3 2016

    27 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Vattenfall’s Wind Business Area reported SEK 1.263 billion (EUR 130 million) in net sales in the third quarter of 2016, a 9% decrease compared to SEK 1.389 billion reported for the same period in 2015, due to ”lower prices received and less favourable wind conditions”. The Swedish energy company’s wind unit also recorded an underlying […]

  • Siemens Wind Power Marks Triple-Digit Profit Growth

    1 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens Wind Power and Renewables recorded a 119% increase in profit in the first quarter of the Fiscal Year 2017 compared to the same period a year earlier. The company’s renewable energy arm ended the first quarter of the current fiscal year with a profit of EUR 111 million, compared to EUR 51 million profit in the […]

  • SeaGen Maintenance Operations Underway

    25 September 2014
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    According to a notice to mariners for Strangford Narrows area issued yesterday, 24th September, planned operations on the SeaGen tidal turbine system are currently being undertaken and may impact navigation. SeaGen is a tidal turbine comprising of a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines at the extremities. When the crossbeam is raised above […]

  • Study: Wind Farms Come Alive During Coldest Winter Days

    16 June 2017
    Environment, R&D

    A new study by climate scientists has shown that wind farms produce more energy during the coldest spells of the winter compared to milder winter periods.

  • SMST Springs Into Action for Hornsea One PSV

    22 May 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    SMST has equipped the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) Eurus Express with a motion compensated gangway ahead of the vessel’s deployment on Orsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • UK Renewables Hit Record High

    26 June 2015

    Renewables’ share of electricity generation increased from 19.6 per cent in 2014 Q1 to a record level of 22.3 per cent in the same period this year. Offshore wind increased generation by 6.3 per cent to 4.7 TWh while onshore wind was up by 4.7 per cent in totalling at 7.0 TWh, according to the […]

  • Planning Inspectorate Contemplating Triton Knoll Wire

    7 March 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The examination period for the proposed electrical infrastructure for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm closed on 3 March, the UK Planning Inspectorate (PINS) reported, and the proposal is now in a decision stage.  There will now be a period of 3 months for the Examining Authority to consider and make a recommendation to the Secretary […]

  • Vattenfall Announces Inspection and Recertification Tender

    13 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall Vindkraft AB has issued a contract notice for the provision of statutory inspections and recertification of the company’s onshore and offshore wind assets across Europe.

  • Offshore Wind Could Create 17,000+ Jobs in Spain by 2050

    28 October 2022
    Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    Offshore wind could create over 7,000 new jobs in Spain until 2030, with more than 17,000 people working in the sector by 2050, according to estimates in a white paper released by the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE). The white paper states that, if Spain reached its 2050 targets for installed offshore wind capacity, the […]

  • Maryland Invites Applications for Offshore Wind Projects

    25 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    With the receipt of the initial application for a proposed offshore wind project, the Maryland Public Service Commission has now opened a 180-day application period for any other developers of offshore wind projects off the Maryland coast. This application period begins on 25 February, 2016 and, unless extended, ends at the close of business on […]

  • Oliveira and EYEWIND Join Forces

    14 March 2014

    Oliveira and EYEWIND signed a cooperation agreement. Oliveira adds its condition based maintenance expertise to the periodic inspections and maintenance advice of EYEWIND. With this, wind farm owners get a good insight into the performance and condition of their wind turbines through smart, continuous monitoring and periodic visual internal inspections plus external inspections with mini-helicopters. […]

  • TÜV Rheinland and HPC Win Bard Offshore 1 Inspection Contract

    4 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Independent inspection services provider TÜV Rheinland and offshore installation project certification specialist Hanseatic Power Cert (HPC) have been awarded a contract for the role of the appointed inspectors at Ocean Breeze Energy’s 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. TÜV Rheinland and HPC will carry out periodic inspections to make sure that the wind farm’s infrastructure is in accordance with the standards set […]

  • Iberdrola Confirms Commitment to UK

    11 October 2012

    The IBERDROLA Chairman, Ignacio Galán, has confirmed the Group’s firm commitment to the United Kingdom, where it plans to invest around 12,000 million pounds throughout this decade. During his speech last night at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference, a meeting that will end today in Edinburgh, he said that electric power transmission and onshore […]

  • Germany: TÜV Rheinland Certifies Winergy’s HybridDrive System

    30 April 2013
    Technology

    TÜV Rheinland has certified the HybridDrive system from wind turbines component manufacturer, Winergy, according to the GL2010 Guideline. The system consists of a gearbox and generator. “We are very glad that the certification could be accomplished so quickly,” said Matthias Deicke, Winergy Project Manager. “The fact that the HybridDrive has been inspected prior to the […]

  • BOEM Issues EA for Offshore Wind Development off Georgia

    2 April 2014
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday announced the publication of its environmental assessment (EA) of an application for a wind energy resource assessment lease offshore Tybee Island, Georgia. Southern Company would like to […]

  • Danes Plan Kriegers Flak Final OK in Early 2020

    22 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) is planning to grant the final approval for Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in January 2020. DEA has initiated a public consultation period regarding the project’s supplement environmental impact assessment (EIA) report. Relevant authorities and the public are invited to submit comments on the report by 17 December. After […]

  • FORCE’s Offshore Ops to Last by Mid-October

    22 September 2015
    R&D

    FORCE reported that it expects to continue with its offshore operations until mid-October, including barge anchoring, cable recovery, and test mooring trials, at locations including the Parrsboro wharf, West Bay, and the FORCE site in the Minas Passage. This exercise is related to the FAST underwater monitoring platforms, supporting the ongoing work to better understand the […]

  • CETO 5 Reaches 10,000 Operational Hours Milestone

    24 June 2015
    Technology

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has reached a significant milestone in its Perth Project, with the CETO 5 units reaching 10,000 hours of cumulative, continuous operation. The milestone was achieved last week as a result of continuous operation of the Project to date. During this period the units have seen a wide range of sea states, including […]