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  • Gazelle Hybrid Floating Wind Platform Gets DNV Nod

    22 September 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Dublin-headquartered Gazelle Wind Power Limited has received a statement of feasibility from DNV for its hybrid floating offshore wind platform with a mobile mooring system. The system is said to combine the best features of tension-leg and semi-submersible platforms, enabling wind farms to be placed in deep waters as far out as 400 metres. The […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Meets Potential Suppliers for Islay Tidal Power Project

    26 October 2012

    Project managers from ScottishPower Renewables met today with more than 90 potential suppliers in Dunstaffnage near Oban as the renewable energy company progresses with its plans to develop a tidal power array in The Sound of Islay, potentially the first of its kind in the world. ScottishPower Renewables was granted permission to install up to […]

  • UK: East of England Urged to Grab Its Energy Opportunities

    5 March 2012

    More than 320 delegates attended the biggest ever conference staged by EEEGR (the East of England Energy Group) but it was the scale of the challenges and the potential of the multibillion pounds opportunities for the region which engaged them most. They were urged to make sure the East of England took its chance to […]

  • Report: Innovations Can Shave 33 Percent Off LCOE by 2030

    29 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    A report by KIC InnoEnergy and BVG Associates has identified fifty offshore wind innovations which have the potential to make a substantial reduction in the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) through changes to design, hardware, software or process. The report, ‘Future renewable energy costs: offshore wind’, found that the technologies could reduce the LCOE by a […]

  • LS Cable Wins Preferred Supplier Status for CIP’s Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    6 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed a preferred supply agreement with LS Cable for the supply of offshore and onshore cables to Feng Miao 1, the company’s third offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, Korea-based LS Cable will supply offshore export cables, inter-array cables, and onshore export cables from their Korean manufacturing facility […]

  • Top News of the Week, 1 – 7 August 2016

    7 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Breaking: First US Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall Deepwater Wind’s CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has shared images of the the jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern as it attaches the final blade and completes the installation of the first offshore wind turbine in US waters, and the first of five wind turbines to be installed on the […]

  • Alstom, ScottishPower Sign MoU for Tidal Power Devices

    16 September 2013

    Alstom and ScottishPower Renewables have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to incorporate Alstom’s tidal power devices within the Sound of Islay project. The tidal array, between the islands of Islay and Jura on the west coast of Scotland, will include up to four of Alstom’s 1 MW tidal devices, one of which is currently on […]

  • NWEI Wins DOE’s Award to Deploy WET-NZ in Hawaii, USA

    1 October 2012

    Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) has announced the receipt of a competitive funding award from the US Department of Energy to deploy the WET-NZ device at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii. The project involves conducting grid-connected testing of the wave energy converter in Kaneohe Bay. The second generation, ½ scale WET-NZ […]

  • CCCC to Build Wharf for Putian Pinghai Bay Phase II

    5 December 2016

    CCCC Third Harbour Engineering has won a tender for the construction of a wharf on Cormorant Island, located in the Xiuyu District of Putian City, which will serve the Putian Pinghai Bay Phase II offshore wind project.  The work includes marina basin dredging, excavation, caisson production, installation, installation of ancillary facilities, etc. The contract is valued at CNY […]

  • Fist Stage of Public Engagement PhD Completed

    15 July 2014
    R&D

    Bouke Wiersma, the University of Exeter PhD student undertaking research into public opinions in Guernsey on marine renewable energy, has completed the first part of his research. The PhD researches the meanings and values associated with Guernsey’s coastal and sea areas and with specific forms of offshore renewables (wind, tidal and wave) in order to […]

  • Pre-Examination Phase of Dogger Bank Teesside A&B Starts

    12 May 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Anyone wishing to register a relevant representation for Dogger Bank Teesside A&B now has one month to go until the registration is due.   Having accepted Forewind’s development consent application for the 1.2GW offshore wind proposal, the Planning Inspectorate has started its pre-examination phase in advance of the formal examination process. Organisations and individuals wishing […]

  • Boskalis Reports 6% Drop in Q3 Order Book

    13 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has reported a drop in the order book of 6.1% for the third quarter. Also, operating profit was lower than results in the first half of the year, as well as the same period last year. According to the company, the result was in line with expectations. “Market conditions remain challenging, particularly […]

  • Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Is Project-Certified

    3 May 2013

    When the Danish Energy Agency gave DONG Energy a concession to construct Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, one of the conditions were for DONG Energy to undergo a third-party certification of the entire construction project to demonstrate that the offshore wind farm is designed and constructed according to applicable standards and is expected to last for […]

  • Nexans to Supply Seagreen Phase 1 Export Cables

    4 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    SSE has chosen Nexans as the preferred supplier of export cables for the first phase of the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland, which comprises the Seagreen Alpha and Bravo offshore wind farms. Nexans will design, manufacture and install three 65km offshore export cables and three 20km onshore export cables for Seagreen Phase 1. “We […]

  • Three MPI Vessels to Take Care of Sheringham Shoal

    6 November 2014

    Scira Offshore Energy Ltd has chosen 3 MPI Workboats Ltd vessels to work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm on long term charters starting in 2015. The 22m South East Asia Shipyard built vessel, MPI Snowball, will start a 2 year charter in March next year. The following month, April, she will be joined by […]

  • Photo of the Day: Taking Care of Lincs Offshore Wind Farm

    3 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: a crew in charge of the wind turbine maintenance at Lincs Wind Farm. On Friday (October 31), wind turbine technicians carried out their job at the offshore wind farm site. The photo shows a moment during the maintenance of blades on the LS28 turbine, from Turbine Transfers’ vessel Cymyran Bay. Lincs Wind Farm, comprising 75 […]

  • Scotland and England Strive to Create Hub for Offshore Wind Industry

    23 February 2012
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Scotland and England are competing to create hub for $52 billion offshore wind industry. Leith, the port area of the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, and the northeast English coastal town of Hartlepool are striving for an investment worth 150 million-pound ($237 million) from a Spanish wind-turbine maker Gamesa Corp Tecnologica SA. It is estimated that the […]

  • UK: Government Gives Consent for Two Offshore Wind Farms

    6 July 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Consent was given today by the Government for the construction of two wind farms off the Norfolk Coast with a combined capacity of over 1GW. This means that 6.6GW of offshore wind power is now either operational, under construction or consented in the UK. The two wind farms at Race Bank (580MW) and Dudgeon (560MW) […]

  • Seagreen Tees Off Onshore Cable Route Development

    27 May 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables has reached a voluntary land agreement for the development of the underground cable route for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. The deal was reached with Angus Council, Carnoustie Golf Links Management Committee (CGLMC), and other key landowners to allow the development of the underground cable route to the Tealing substation. “We’re […]

  • UK: Crown Estate to Lease Further Wave and Tidal Sites

    22 May 2013
    Authorities, Technology

    The Crown Estate has announced plans to lease further wave and tidal sites in a bid to encourage and accelerate technology development. In line with responses to its recent industry engagement exercise, the leasing will focus on test and demonstration projects to be installed in waters around the UK. The further leasing adds to the […]

  • RenewableUK: New CfD Auctions to Double UK OW Capacity

    23 July 2018

    RenewableUK has welcomed the announcement by the UK government on new Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions for offshore wind, emphasizing that it means the UK’s offshore wind capacity is set to nearly double over the next decade.

  • Guernsey Looking Into Developing 30MW Offshore Wind Project

    18 May 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    A preliminary feasibility study, carried out by Xodus Group and funded jointly by the States of Guernsey and Guernsey Electricity, has found that offshore wind technology could be viable in several locations off Guernsey and that there are a range of technically feasible options to develop a 30MW offshore wind project.

  • Buoyant Vestas Plans EUR 50 Million Blade Factory in India

    5 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Denmark’s Vestas is planning to build a new blade manufacturing facility in India and is expecting up to EUR 1 billion more in revenue in 2015 after posting encouraging operating results for the quarter ended September 30. The construction of the new factory will start in 2016, and the project is expected to cost around EUR 50 million, Bloomberg […]

  • Bauer Receives Bauma Innovation Prize for Tidal Turbine Monopile Foundation (Germany)

    16 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    At Sunday’s official opening of Bauma in Munich, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH was presented with the Bauma Innovation Prize in the Construction Process category. Engineer Paul Scheller accepted the award on behalf of the successful team. The Bauma Innovation Prize is awarded at the start of the triennial event – the largest construction machinery trade fair […]

  • Stadtwerke München Bullish on Offshore Wind

    26 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    German utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) plans further investments in the expanding offshore wind sector to substitute its loss-making gas and power plants, Reuters reports.  SWM has already invested around EUR 3 billion in renewables and the company intends to add further investments to the tally, preferably through offshore wind-related joint ventures, the company’s CEO Florian Bieberbach said […]

  • GMS: “Do You Really Know How OEMs Are Running Your Wind Farm?”

    16 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Do you really know how OEMs are running your wind farm? The fast-approaching expiry dates of many five-year equipment service warranties could spell uncertainties, opportunities and strategic decision-making for many offshore asset operators. Fortunately, there are attractive alternatives.  Article by Green Marine Solutions Time flies  The shape of O&M services could soon change quite radically […]