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  • Britain’s Renewables Capacity Surpasses Fossil Fuels

    6 November 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection

    Britain’s total capacity available from renewables has overtaken fossil fuels for the first time, according to the latest Drax Electric Insights report.

  • Hardware for First Mediterranean Offshore Wind Farm Starts Arriving in Italy

    20 August 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first shipment of monopiles for the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm has arrived at the Port of Taranto in Italy. The ten-turbine project will, once completed, be the first offshore wind farm built in the Mediterranean. The wind farm’s monopiles were manufactured by Spain’s Haizea Wind Group. The installation of the foundations at […]

  • Tilted Towers Floating Wind Platform Gets EPO Nod

    12 October 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The European Patent Office (EPO) has confirmed its intention to grant Hexicon a European patent for the company’s floating wind power platform with tilted towers. EPO has also examined a third-party submission, similar to the objection filed against the patent already granted in Sweden, and did not find it relevant, in accordance with Hexicon’s previous […]

  • The Netherlands: W3G Marine Ltd and IHC Merwede to Develop Design of OWTIS

    21 June 2011
    R&D

      W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS). The OWTIS concept has major advantages over existing assets, not least in its ability to improve offshore safety by necessitating fewer tasks to be performed offshore. It is environmentally […]

  • Race Bank, Hornsea 1 Community Fund Open for Consultation

    12 July 2016

    A GBP 10 million East Coast Community Fund announced in April by DONG Energy is now open to public consultation, with national grant-making charity GrantScape appointed to complete the consultation process and to administer the Fund. The Fund will ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two of the DONG Energy offshore wind farms […]

  • Keppel to Build Greater Changhua Offshore Substations

    13 May 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Singapore-based Keppel FELS Ltd has secured a contract from Ørsted to provide two offshore substations for the Greater Changhua wind sites in Taiwan. Valued at more than SGD 150 million (around EUR 98 million), the contract comprises detailed engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning for two 600MW substations. It excludes certain electrical components to be […]

  • Dong, Oxford University to Bring Down Offshore Wind Costs

    18 March 2014

    Oxford University professor, Guy Houlsby, will deliver the 54th Rankine Lecture on Interactions in Offshore Foundation Design on Wednesday 19 March. The Rankine Lecture is the most prestigious of the invited lectures in geotechnics. The topic that he has chosen is highly relevant to DONG Energy’s goal of cutting costs by 35 – 40% for […]

  • EIB Lends GBP 168 Mln for Lincs Connection

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide GBP 168 million for a new connection between the Lincs offshore wind farm and the UK national transmission network. The approximately 100km connection, between high voltage transmission connections on the mainland and the 270MW Lincolnshire wind farm, has been tendered under a dedicated regulatory regime for […]

  • Nation’s First Offshore Wind Test Lab to Open at University of Maine in October (USA)

    17 June 2011

      The effort to capture wind power more than 40 miles off the Maine coast using massive floating wind turbines continues on schedule – with lab trials at the University of Maine just completed in May, a first-in-the-nation offshore wind test lab opening at the University of Maine in Orono in October and preparations under […]

  • UK: Carbon Trust Funds Six Companies for Offshore Access Innovation Project

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance, R&D

    A boat with suspension inspired by Paris Dakar-winning rally cars that can remain stable and a ‘seahorse’ vessel consisting of a towering keel that minimises movements in the ocean swell are two of the six innovative concepts that will receive further funding from the Carbon Trust’s Offshore wind Accelerator (OWA), its flagship collaborative RD&D programme. […]

  • Virginia SCC Reluctantly Nods to Offshore Wind Demo

    5 November 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The State Corporation Commission (SCC) of Virginia has approved a prudency petition from Dominion Energy Virginia related to the 12MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind demonstrator project (CVOW).

  • RWE to Enter Cancelled New York Project Into One of Upcoming Offshore Wind Solicitations

    14 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE plans to participate in one of the upcoming offshore wind solicitations in New York with its 1,314 MW Community Offshore Wind project, one of the three cancelled earlier this year as GE Vernova dropped plans for the 18 MW Haliade-X wind turbine which was planned to be used in the projects. Community Offshore Wind […]

  • France Creates Largest European Sea Trial Center for Marine Renewables

    23 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    The largest European center for sea trials entirely dedicated to floating wind power and marine renewable energies, called the OPEN-C Foundation, has been set up in France by major industry players. The creation of OPEN-C Foundation has been announced by 10 public and private founders including Ifremer, Centrale Nantes, ITE France Énergies Marines, EDF, RTE, […]

  • UK Wind Power Subsidies Much Lower than People Think

    2 March 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    A new survey by OnePoll, commissioned by RenewableUK, reveals that the UK public think that subsidies for wind power are over fourteen times the amount they actually are. OnePoll questioned 2,000 UK adults and found that the average estimate was £259 from a typical £1,300 annual domestic dual-fuel energy bill. In fact, subsidies for wind […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Pipeline Now at 86 GW

    22 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The UK’s total pipeline of offshore wind projects now stands at 86 GW, more than eight times the UK’s current operational capacity, according to statistics published by RenewableUK on 22 March. This represents a 60 per cent increase over the past 12 months, driven mainly by massive leasing round announcements by The Crown Estate (8 […]

  • Cadeler Orders Two X-Class Offshore Wind Installation Vessels from COSCO

    30 June 2021
    Vessels

    Cadeler has signed a contract with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two new X-class wind turbine installation vessels, with the total order amounting to USD 651 million (around EUR 548 million). According to the vessel owner, who announced the decision to build the new X-class vessels this April, the vessels will be […]

  • Atmos Consulting Joins Seagreen Roster

    4 February 2020
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Atmos Consulting is tasked with monitoring contractor compliance with environmental safeguards on the offshore wind farm.

  • EMEC and West of Orkney Partner on New Offshore Wind R&I Programme

    20 July 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has started a new research and innovation (R&I) programme in partnership with the West of Orkney wind farm offshore Scotland. The new R&I project will examine how to increase the competitiveness of the offshore wind farm and enhance the R&I capacity in the north of Scotland. Specific challenges that […]

  • Kimberley Tidal Project Back on (Australia)

    9 August 2011

    A proposal to build one of the world’s largest tidal power plants is back on the agenda for the Kimberley region of Western Australia, eight years after the project was abandoned because of cost blowouts. Tidal Energy Australia has reapplied for environmental approval for a project which it says would cost around $400 million. Managing […]

  • 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine Installed on Jeju Island

    5 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Hyosung Corporation installed the aeroMaster 5.0 offshore wind turbine, developed by aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH in Germany, on Jeju Island, South Korea, on February 24. The wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 139 m and 5 MW power has a high-speed drive train with a medium voltage generator. The turbine was developed incorporating the well-proven […]

  • NKT Secures Dogger Bank Bounty

    20 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and SSE Renewables have signed an agreement with NKT for an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable systems to be installed on the Dogger Bank Wind Farms Creyke Beck A/B. With a combined capacity of 2,400MW, the wind farms are being developed through a joint […]

  • Alicat Boat 9 Nearing Completion (UK)

    13 February 2012

    From the first Alicat appearing at Seaworks 2010, Alicat Workboats have gone from strength to strength with boat number 9 nearing completion and boat 14 going into production. The state of the art luxury crew transfer vessel produced by Alicat Workboats are now working around the UK Coast and are well received by contractors, the […]

  • Ingenium Develops Unique Catamaran Vessel for Offshore Windmill Foundations Installation (Norway)

    11 October 2011
    Technology

    The market for offshore windmills is facing a significant increase. Currently it is installed or under construction around 1 500 offshore windmills, mainly in North Europe. More than 10 000 are being planned. The developers are looking for cost efficient installation methods and equipment. Ingenium AS Oslo, Norway has taken the challenge and developed a […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Pipeline Blows Past 400 GW – RenewableUK

    29 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Industry

    The total pipeline of offshore wind projects around the world now stands at 413 GW, new research by RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team has shown. The pipeline includes projects which are fully operational, under construction, consented or being planned. The UK has a total pipeline of 63.2 GW of offshore wind capacity. China is slightly ahead […]

  • ABB Publishes Q3 Results (Switzerland)

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    ABB reported a 24-percent increase in operational EBITDA in the third quarter on double-digit revenue growth compared with the third quarter of last year. In addition to higher revenues, the increase reflects successful cost reductions that continued to more than offset price pressure. The recent Baldor acquisition also made a significant contribution to both revenues […]

  • DONG Starts Hornsea Project Three Public Consultation Process

    30 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has started the first phase of the public consultation process on the 2.4GW Hornsea Project Three wind farm proposed to be built off the North Norfolk coast, UK. The first phase of the consultation includes the first round of community consultation events, scheduled to occur in late autumn 2016, as shown in the table […]