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  • Global Wind Power Potential (Switzerland)

    24 June 2011
    R&D

    A growing number of global wind resource assessments have demonstrated that the world’s technical potential for wind power exceeds current global electricity production. The theoretical potential for wind, as estimated by the global annual flux, has been estimated at 6,000 EJ/yr (Rogner et al., 2000). The global technical potential for wind energy, meanwhile, is not […]

  • Ulstein Designs 8,000-Tonne Foundation Installation Vessel

    28 September 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein has introduced the ULSTEIN HX122 vessel design with the aim to tackle the shortage of specialised vessels needed to install the next-generation foundations. The Ulstein HX122 design features ULSTEIN X-BOW and an ultra-high-capacity crane, enabling operators and contractors to transport and install monopiles or jacket foundations up to 5,000 tonnes. […]

  • Deep C to Keep Beatrice Piles Soil Free

    7 June 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian seabed intervention specialist Deep C has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) to perform soil plug removal inside subsea piles, as part of the development of the 588MW Beatrice wind farm off Scotland.

  • Innovatum Adds Saab’s ROV to Its Fleet

    7 July 2014
    Technology

    Demand from the offshore wind industry has led Innovatum to add a second Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact to its ROV fleet. This comes as Innovatum’s reputation grows in the offshore wind industry for cutting the cost of inshore survey work. They have achieved this by creating the world’s smallest system of compact and rapidly […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 11 MW Direct Drive Turbines to Hit Chinese Offshore Wind Market

    5 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Energy United Power Technology Co. to license its 11 MW Direct Drive offshore technology for the Chinese market. The SG 11.0-200 DD is the most recent generation of Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind turbine portfolio to enter serial manufacturing. More than 3 GW of orders […]

  • Former A2SEA Executive Takes Helm of ALL NRG

    10 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Hans Schneider, former Chief Operating Officer at A2SEA A/S, is to take up the position of the new Chief Executive Officer at ALL NRG A/S as of 1 March. Schneider comes to ALL NRG from a position of a Senior Advisor in Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and has management experience in the offshore sector, among them eight years […]

  • OWIC Pinpoints Prime Supply Chain Growth Areas in UK

    4 February 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Turbine blades, towers, monopile foundations, and power cables are the prime areas in which the UK can secure new investment to boost its domestic manufacturing capabilities, the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) said. These are the priority areas in which OWIC is working with the UK government to support the development of the rapidly growing […]

  • UK End of UK-Netherlands Interconnector Planned to Land in Walberswick

    20 February 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The LionLink interconnector, a subsea cable that will connect the future Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to the UK grid and interconnect the two national power networks, is planned to make landfall in Walberswick on its UK side. On 19 February, National Grid Ventures (NGV) said it selected Walberswick as the preferred […]

  • Crown Estate Releases BGS Geological Assessment of Irish Sea

    15 December 2015
    R&D

    The Crown Estate has published a study by the British Geological Survey (BGS) summarising the geological conditions of the Irish Sea, thus providing a valuable resource for the development of offshore infrastructure in the region. The study follows the Crown Estate’s publication of a wide range of data collected for the discontinued Celtic Array offshore wind […]

  • UK: New Generation Jack-Up Vessel Arrives for Gwynt y Môr

    4 September 2012

    A new offshore wind farm installation vessel, the first of its kind in the UK, arrives into Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead today (Sat, 1 September) in preparation for its first operational activity at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The new generation jack-up vessel, named Friedrich Ernestine, has been built and designed by RWE […]

  • Denmark: Seaway Heavy Installs 1710mt Transformer Platform at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    16 April 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) state-of-the art crane vessel with 2500-mt fully revolving crane, Stanislav Yudin, completed the work on installation of 1710mt transformer platform at Dong Energy’s Anholt offshore wind farm, ReNews informs. The work was carried out on behalf of Energinet.dk In 2010 Danish Energy Agency awarded Dong Energy the concession to build the […]

  • Boat, Anchor, and Tidal Generator (USA)

    4 October 2011

      When summer comes and the fishing crews return, electricity demand rises by 40% or more. For Nushgak Cooperative, that creates a dilemma: The utility needs a plant big enough to generate that electricity, but the extra capacity goes unused in the winter, and customers have to pay for a plant that is partly idle. […]

  • Scottish Minister to Sign Green Energy Deal With Masdar in Abu Dhabi

    9 January 2012
    Authorities

    The First Minister Alex Salmond will travel to the Middle East next week to sign a ground-breaking deal on renewables.Mr Salmond will sign Scotland up to a landmark agreement to develop tangible green energy products with the world’s leading innovator, Masdar, based in Abu Dhabi. The deal to be signed next Tuesday (January 17) comes […]

  • Seajacks Signs Two New Contracts in Europe, Secures Three Extensions

    25 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Eneti’s subsidiary Seajacks UK Limited has signed two new contracts in Northwestern Europe for between 75 and 102 days of employment for one of its NG2500-class vessels, the parent company said on 24 January. The new contracts, for which the company secured higher rates, will generate between USD 5.7 million (approximately EUR 5.2 million) and […]

  • IHCantabria Testing East Anglia ONE Scour Protection Options

    26 March 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Environmental Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria (IHCantabria) is carrying out an experiment campaign to evaluate the performance of different scour protection solutions on jacket foundations at the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

  • USA: Patrick Administration Celebrates Fifth Anniversary in Clean Energy

    25 July 2013
    Authorities

    Governor Deval Patrick joined Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rick Sullivan and others to celebrate the five year anniversary of four key energy and environment initiatives in the Commonwealth.  “I am proud of the work we have done together to make Massachusetts a leader in the clean energy revolution,” said Governor Patrick. “But we understand […]

  • Fugro Wraps Up Surveys for RWE’s Dogger Bank South

    19 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has finished fieldwork on a geophysical, geotechnical, and environmental site investigation contract for RWE Renewables’ Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farm and export cable routes. The array area covers approximately 1,000 square kilometres with over 100 kilometres of proposed export cable routes, resulting in a total survey scope exceeding 20,000 kilometres of survey […]

  • Lithuania Starts Working on Offshore Wind Development Specifics

    18 March 2021
    Authorities

    Lithuanian Ministry of Energy has commissioned UAB Ardynas to prepare a special plan and strategic environmental assessment to determine specific sites for offshore wind farm construction within an area that has already been designated for offshore wind development. The plan will specify the areas in which the development and operation of offshore wind farms will […]

  • MGS Completes CETO 6 Offshore Survey

    10 September 2015
    R&D

    Marine GeoSolutions Pty Ltd (MGS), a Perth-based marine geophysical and hydrographic survey company, has completed a substantial offshore marine survey in support of Carnegie Wave Energy’s CETO 6 Yirra Wave Energy project.  The project involved the acquisition of high resolution hydrographic and geophysical survey data at the proposed installation sites of the wave energy array […]

  • UK: Biagi MSP Applauses Offshore Manufacturing Base Plans for Edinburgh

    26 March 2012
    Authorities

    Edinburgh Central MSP Marco Biagi, has welcomed the announcement by the global renewables firm Gamesa to pursue an agreement with the Port of Leith to establish its offshore manufacturing base in the UK, in a straight competition with Hartlepool. The agreement will create an initial 800 new jobs as well as bringing in €150 million […]

  • London Array Foundation Design Gets Thumbs Up (UK)

    17 January 2012

    The new type of wind turbine foundation design used by London Array has been given the seal of approval by industry certification experts DNV. London Array is among the first in the world to use a conical joint at the top of its monopiles to prevent transition piece slippage. The design was undertaken in parallel […]

  • Lithuania Launches First Offshore Wind Tender

    30 March 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Grid Connection

    After the government approved the resolution on the second location in the Baltic Sea, where an offshore wind farm could be developed, as well as the requirements for the bidders, the National Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) will open the tender for the country’s first offshore wind farm today 30 March. The 137.5-square-kilometre site in the […]

  • The 2017 Offshore Wind Market in the USA

    16 February 2017

    By Charles Hill, Renewables Consultant at Pangea Resourcing An important milestone in the development of renewable energy in the United States was reached in December 2016 as the $300m Block Island Wind Farm, the country’s first operational offshore wind farm, began feeding energy into the New England grid. Barack Obama insists that the clean energy […]

  • Phase 1 of Floating Offshore Wind Substation Standard JIP Completed

    7 November 2023
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    DNV has concluded Phase 1 of its joint industry project (JIP) focused on establishing offshore substation standards for the growing floating wind sector. According to DNV’s 2023 Energy Transition Outlook (ETO), floating offshore wind capacity is projected to exceed 260 GW by 2050. Offshore substations play a crucial role in the scaling of floating offshore […]

  • ENGIE and EDPR Hear the Call of Ocean Winds

    21 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    ENGIE and EDP Renováveis have announced the creation of Ocean Winds (OW), a joint venture equally controlled by both companies in the floating and fixed offshore wind energy sector. Headquartered in Madrid, Spain, the new company will act as the exclusive investment vehicle in offshore wind for both parent companies and is expected to become […]

  • Final TP-Less Monopile In Place at Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm

    9 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed the final monopile for CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm at the construction site some 18.5 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. Van Oord, as a Balance of Plant contractor for CrossWind, installed all 70 monopiles at the construction site with the first unit […]