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  • Seacat Services Scores String of Charters off UK and German Coasts

    30 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Seacat Services, a leading offshore wind farm vessel transfer operator, has won several significant charter contracts for work taking place off the UK and German coasts. The contracts incorporate five separate offshore wind farm projects. During 2013 this will include; the 288MW Meerwind project, located 50 kilometres off the German coast, the 389MW West of […]

  • Willis Joins Forces with Narec to Make New Opportunities in Renewable Energy Market (UK)

    13 January 2012
    R&D

      A new strategic alliance between Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, and clean energy financier Narec Capital will unlock fresh opportunities for firms in the renewable energy market to develop and scale up technologies that generate low carbon power from the air, sea and sun. By combining dedicated finance and insurance capacity, Narec […]

  • Tom Harries, BNEF: Comparing Apples with Apples

    18 October 2016

    Tom Harries, a wind analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and one of the panellists at the upcoming Offshore WIND Conference, has provided an insight into matters which are at the centre stage of the offshore wind sector: “Auctions, prices and frontier markets are the hot topics in the sector right now. We have […]

  • The Man Who Fought Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Becomes US President

    9 November 2016
    Authorities

    Renewable energy as a vital part of the future US energy mix has been put under a question mark after the announcement that Donald Trump won the presidential elections, given that his energy policy is most likely to revolve around fossil fuels. If this will affect the country’s offshore wind industry in any way is […]

  • Assembly of ‘Largest Floating Wind Turbine on French Atlantic Coast’ to Start This Spring

    23 February 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    Construction work on Eolink’s 5 MW floating wind turbine that will be installed at the French SEM-REV test site off the coast of Le Croisic is set to begin this Spring following the arrival of the first components at the Port of Brest on 20 February. The floater, which will be installed offshore as part of […]

  • Debate on UK Government Energy Bill’s Impact on Humber

    18 March 2013

    POLITICIANS, business leaders and environmental groups in the Humber are to debate how the Government’s Energy Bill could affect the area’s renewables ambition. An influential panel of speakers is to use an event in Hull to explain how the legislation may shape the potential of a new, green, economy in the region. The Energising England: […]

  • Scottish First Minister Urges Young People to Take Advantage of Renewables Sector

    19 February 2013
    Authorities

    First Minister Alex Salmond has urged Scotland’s young people to join the country’s renewables revolution and take advantage of the “unparalleled opportunities” for employment being opened up in the sector. Speaking before a Strathclyde University event to mark the award of honorary degrees to six prominent energy figures, the First Minister said Scotland’s future industrialists […]

  • APQP4Wind Completes First Training Courses

    27 February 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Four weeks after the official go-live of the APQP4Wind project, the first participants have now completed APQP4wind training courses within Management Awareness Training and Specialist Training. The participants were representatives from various organization levels at Vestas Wind Systems, Siemens Wind Power, LM Wind Power and KK Wind Solutions, who have helped develop the new quality […]

  • MingYang Launches 16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    20 August 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has launched the MySE 16.0-242, said to be the world’s largest Hybrid Drive wind turbine with a nameplate capacity of 16 MW. The MySE 16.0-242, which was recently certified by DNV and China General Certification Center(CGC) for design, is scheduled for full prototype rollout in 2022, to be […]

  • USD 1 Trillion Investment into Renewables by 2030, Report Says

    2 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The next decade and a half will see renewable energy raise its share of European electricity generation capacity from 40% in 2012, to 60% in 2030, while the share of fossil-fuel sources such as coal and gas falls from 48% to 27%, according to a major report from research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The […]

  • Lex de Groot: “We have a Speaking Up Culture”

    17 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    Lex de Groot, Managing Director of Neptune Energy in the Netherlands, is a guest in the new episode of the Navingo Career Podcast. For a fossil energy company, Lex de Groot is by no means a ‘fossil’ leader. Its business operations are modern and sustainable. De Groot talks about the ‘Speaking Up Culture’ within Neptune […]

  • Germany: 2012 Successful Year for PNE WIND

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    With a successful financial year 2012, the wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has laid the foundation for continued positive developments. This is clearly illustrated in the 2012 annual report published today and also reconfirms the figures published on 12th March 2013. PNE WIND AG realised an operational result (EBIT) amounting to EUR 20.4 […]

  • ISO New England Selects GL Garrad Hassan as Wind Power Forecaster (USA)

    22 December 2011

     In order to manage wind generation in its real-time and day-ahead markets, the system operator for the New England area of the U.S., ISO New England Inc., has awarded GL Garrad Hassan a two-year contract to provide wind power forecasting services to all wind in the ISO’s footprint, including generation within the states of Connecticut, […]

  • Subsea 7 and OHT Combine to Create Pure Play Offshore Wind Company

    8 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Subsea 7 S.A. has agreed to combine its Renewables business unit with Norway’s OHT ASA. Subject to the customary approvals, conditions and relevant employee consultations, the combined company will be renamed Seaway 7 ASA and will initially retain OHT’s listing on Oslo’s Euronext Growth market, with a view to a future listing on Oslo Børs. […]

  • New US Offshore Wind Guidance Document Approved, Said to Speed Up Development

    14 October 2022
    Industry

    The US offshore wind sector has gotten its new official guidance that can be used in the regulatory approval process. The document contains best practices and is said to help accelerate development of the offshore wind industry, shorten regulatory timelines, and increase worker safety. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Board of Standards Review approved […]

  • NRG Energy Must Exit Contract Soon to Avoid USD 2.75m Payment (USA)

    12 September 2011

    The three months Bluewater Wind bought to try to salvage its offshore wind-power contract with Delmarva Power has not brought the change in federal law the developer had hoped for, industry observers say. But it’s anyone’s guess what will happen when Bluewater and Delmarva reach a key deadline in their power-purchase contract in less than […]

  • Ulstein Design, Huisman Crane for Penta-Ocean’s New Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    27 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Penta-Ocean Construction has awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of a 5,000-tonne tub-mounted crane and a monopile handling system for its new heavy lift vessel (HLV), designed by Ulstein. The HLV is tailored for the Japanese offshore wind market and is said to be “the world’s first fully integrated heavy lift vessel.” Penta-Ocean decided […]

  • Belgium: Wind Energy Can Create Economic Activity and Jobs, Says EWEA CEO

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Wind energy can create economic activity and jobs, while saving money – that’s one of the conclusions Christian Kjaer, CEO of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), reaches in an opinion article published today in advance of the beginning of the European Council informal growth summit. Kjaer also said in the Windpower Monthly article that […]

  • Royal Academy of Engineering Reports on Further Wind Power Development in GB

    16 April 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D

    The Great Britain’s electricity grid can accommodate up to a 20% contribution from wind power without the need for significant upgrades to the system and using existing balancing mechanisms, according to a report published by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE). Beyond 20%, however, managing the system will become increasingly difficult and key long-term planning […]

  • Lord Heseltine to Cut Ribbon at HR Wallingford’s Marine Modelling Facilities

    30 October 2014
    R&D

    The Rt. Hon. the Lord Heseltine CH will be amongst the first to see some of the world’s most sophisticated marine modelling facilities in operation today (30 October) when he officially opens HR Wallingford’s UK Ship Simulation Centre and the Fast Flow Facility at Howbery Business Park in Oxfordshire. Developments in the ocean can be […]

  • New York’s Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Selects Six New Companies

    7 June 2024
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Boxkite Software, Claviate, Indeximate, Pliant Energy Systems, Sensatek, and Triton Anchor have been selected by the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub in New York to receive support to further develop their solutions that could help advance offshore wind in the state and the US.  The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, officially launched in January 2023, is led […]

  • UK: Final Survey at Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    14 October 2013
    Environment

    The final survey needed for offshore wind energy developer Forewind to complete its planned applications for the development of the Dogger Bank Zone begins this week. The survey concludes the most extensive study of an offshore area by a wind energy developer ever undertaken. A total of £60 million has been spent on surveys with […]

  • US Offshore Wind Supply Chain Spans 40 States, Report Says

    20 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    According to a report released earlier this month, the US offshore wind supply chain spans 40 states as of December 2024, with 1,932 supplier contracts signed for offshore wind and offshore wind-related projects. The report, Offshore Energy at Work, issued by the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation, Oceantic Network on 15 January, shows that […]

  • MERIKA Finds New Partners Overseas

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The recent International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Halifax, Canada provided members of the EU-funded MERIKA project with the opportunity to form new partnerships with researchers and institutions on the other side of the Atlantic. MERIKA, run by the University of the Highlands and the Islands (UHI) in the north of Scotland, aims to […]

  • USA: Secretary of Interior to Step Down

    17 January 2013

    Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that he will return to his home state of Colorado, having fulfilled his promise to President Obama to serve four years as Secretary. Secretary Salazar has informed President Obama that he intends to leave the Department by the end of March.  “Colorado is and will always be my […]

  • Scottish Government Releases Blueprint on Planning Offshore Renewables Development

    8 February 2012
    Authorities

    A blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore renewables developments was published today. The report, prepared by a task force comprising Marine Scotland, environmental regulators, renewable developers and The Crown Estate, was welcomed by Alex Salmond as he co-chaired the first 2012 meeting of the Scottish Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). The task […]