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  • Report Urges UK to Extend Offshore Wind Pipeline, Provide Clarity

    1 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK government should announce clear targets for offshore wind and commit to an extended pipeline of bi-annual Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions of more than 2GW of capacity a year, a new report commissioned by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) suggests. “The UK Offshore Wind Industry: Supply Chain Review”, by the former McLaren Group […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea

    8 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would see that these dots are actually wind […]

  • Mabey Bridge Completes Unique Hat-Trick of Awards (UK)

    23 October 2012

    Mabey Bridge has completed a unique hat-trick of awards after being crowned Manufacturer of the Year by Insider magazine at its Made in Wales awards ceremony hosted by the BBC’s Huw Edwards. The Wales-based bridge-building and wind turbine manufacturer employs 600 people in the UK with a turnover exceeding £80m per annum. The company is […]

  • Scotland’s Energy Gold Rush will Destroy Coastal Ecosystems, Says MEP Stevenson

    13 April 2012
    Authorities, Environment

    Scotland’s natural marine carbon sinks are being put at risk by badly planned renewable energy projects. This is the core message that will be presented tomorrow (Thursday 12 April) to key EU and Scottish Government stakeholders at a meeting in the European Parliament, Brussels. The meeting, to be arranged and chaired by Scottish Conservative Euro […]

  • Scotland Warns Green Investment Bank Privatisation Is Veering Off Course

    26 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    Scotland’s Secretary for Economy Jobs and Fair Work, Keith Brown, has written to the UK Government to discuss concerns over the progress of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) privatisation. “I am extremely disappointed with the approach that the UK Government has adopted around the sale of the Green Investment Bank, which has been characterised by […]

  • UK: Forewind Spends Nearly GBP 45 Million on Offshore Surveys

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    The latest seabed survey contract award by Forewind means the consortium’s spend on offshore surveys, primarily carried out by UK contractors, is almost £45 million. Since being awarded the rights to develop Dogger Bank in January 2010, Forewind has undertaken a huge range of geotechnical, geophysical and fish ecology surveys to understand and characterise the […]

  • Fred. Olsen Seawind, EDF Slash Turbine Count for Codling Wind Park

    5 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Seawind and EDF Renewables have confirmed a 25 per cent reduction in the number of turbines required to deliver the 1,300 MW Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland. The project will now feature a maximum of 75 wind turbines, instead of the previously anticipated 100 units. The new details about the project were […]

  • Trawlercat, Tuco Marine Seek Partner for Carbon Fibre CTV

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Trawlercat Marine Designs (TMD), a Canadian designer of power catamarans for workboat industries, is seeking a Partner(s) to fund their prototype 25m x 10m carbon fibre composite Carbon-Cat Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel (OWF CTV). The vessel will be built by TMD’s build partner, Tuco Marine Group (TMG) at TMG’s facility in Faaborg, Denmark. […]

  • GE: Technology Innovation Is Key to Meeting Stringent Environmental Targets

    9 December 2015
    Technology

    Paul Floren, Global Communication Leader at GE Power Conversion, said that technology innovation plays a key role in reaching global climate change targets, which are being discussed at the ongoing COP21 summit in Paris. Read the full article: With the United Nations COP21 meeting in full swing, all eyes are on global climate change targets […]

  • Super-Sized Wind Turbine Blades to Be Tested in Germany

    20 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The Fraunhofer IWES is now starting construction work on a third rotor wind turbine blade test bench at its Großer Westring site in Bremerhaven, Germany. Once complete, the bench will be used to test state-of-the-art prototypes measuring 115 metres in length and even more. Some EUR 19 million are set to be invested in the […]

  • East Anglia Offshore Wind Signs MoU with IPH, ABP (UK)

    31 October 2011

    East Anglia Offshore Wind, a 50-50 Joint Venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, today confirmed it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both International Port Holdings (IPH) of Great Yarmouth Port Company and Associated British Ports (ABP) of Lowestoft. These MoU’s highlight that Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Ports have the opportunity to play key […]

  • Germany: Wind Blades in Global Sea

    24 January 2013

    The wind energy industry is continuing to expand worldwide with the industry ebbing and flowing as global governments decide policy on supporting renewable power and then reconsider the economics, causing delays in financing major projects. The industry is caught in the financial tide but is growing with offshore and new countries coming into the marketplace. […]

  • Germany: Wind Blades in Global Sea

    12 March 2013

    The wind energy industry is continuing to expand worldwide with the industry ebbing and flowing as global governments decide policy on supporting renewable power and then reconsider the economics, causing delays in financing major projects. The industry is caught in the financial tide but is growing with offshore and new countries coming into the marketplace. […]

  • China Now Has 31+ GW of Offshore Wind Installed, Country on Track to Hit Wind and Solar Targets Five Years Early, Report Says

    30 June 2023
    Industry

    Operating offshore wind capacity in China has reached 31.4 GW and accounts for approximately 10 per cent of the country’s total wind capacity which has doubled from 2017 and now exceeds 310 GW, according to a report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a US-based non-profit organisation that tracks fossil and renewable energy projects worldwide. The […]

  • Scotland Renewable Energy Output on Track for Best Year Ever

    22 December 2011

    New figures published today for the first three quarters of 2011 show Scotland’s renewable energy output was on track for the best year ever. The figures, which were released this morning by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, point to 2011 being a record year for renewable generation in Scotland, with the first three […]

  • Banking Syndicate Complete Financing for Offshore Wind Farm EnBW Baltic 1 (Germany)

    5 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Already since May 2011 the wind farm EnBW Baltic 1 has been delivering green power from the Baltic Sea – since Friday its long-term financing is also in place: a banking syndicate comprised of the European Investment Bank (EIB), KfW IPEX-Bank, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) and NIBC Bank N.V. will extend a loan amounting to EUR […]

  • RWE Wins Danish ‘Luck of the Draw’ Offshore Wind Tender

    1 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities and the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) have announced that Thor Wind Farm I/S (owned by RWE AG, RWE Renewables GmbH, and RWE Renewables Management UK Limited) has won the tender for the 1,000 MW Thor project, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date. Earlier this year, the Danish […]

  • Saint-Brieuc Case: Nass & Wind Disputes Award Decision

    12 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Nass & Wind is not giving up on challenging the French government regarding the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind site. Even though the company’s complaint on the authorisation of project modification was recently dismissed at the Administrative Court in Rennes, Nass & Wind is still proceeding with its main legal action against the government’s decision to award the site to another consortium. This case is currently being processed at the Court of Appeals in Nantes.

  • Italian Oil & Gas Major Buys Into World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    4 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Eni has entered into agreements with Equinor and SSE Renewables to acquire 10 per cent stake in Dogger Bank A and B from each, which will lead to a shareholding setup of SSE and Equinor each owning 40 per cent and Eni holding 20 per cent in the first two phases of what will become […]

  • EnBW Implements Measures for Further Investments in New Energy Concept

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    “The past fiscal year was not an easy year for the energy industry and therefore also not for EnBW. It is all the more pleasing that we were able to create the main conditions for further forward-looking investments, despite the difficult general environment. The measures we have taken to safeguard EnBW’s financial stability and its […]

  • Bureau Veritas Secures Multi-Million East Anglia Three Contract

    26 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Bureau Veritas has been awarded a major contract to provide integrated site services for ScottishPower Renewables’ 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the multi-million-pound contract, Bureau Veritas will provide quality, fabrication management, and inspection services, representing ScottishPower Renewables within a significant portion of the project supply chain. In addition, […]

  • Vineyard Wind Commences Debris Recovery Following Turbine Blade Incident

    17 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Following a blade damage incident that took place on 13 July at its 800 MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts, Vineyard Wind has revealed that it is mobilising debris recovery teams on Nantucket. Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Iberdrola’s US subsidiary Avangrid and Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), announced on 16 July that it […]

  • UK and Chinese Researchers Form Floating Offshore Wind Partnership

    15 September 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Researchers from the University of Exeter will collaborate with counterparts in China on a new project to develop the next generation of floating offshore wind technology.

  • Danish Maritime Authority Develops Light Buoy Capable of Measuring Sea Currents

    20 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Danish Maritime Authority has developed a model where current measuring equipment is fitted on an ordinary light buoy. The multi-functional light buoy is more inexpensive and dependable than original current measuring buoys. The solution has been used to supply the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) with data on sea current for quite some time, but […]

  • Energi Coast and NOF Energy to Host Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event in Newcastle, UK

    2 May 2012

    Energi Coast and NOF Energy, the business development organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables sectors, and North East England’s renewables group, are working with The Crown Estate to deliver a major UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event in Newcastle. Taking place on 17 May at Newcastle United Football Club, the event sponsored by […]

  • UK: E.ON Announces Newhaven Port as Rampion Offshore Wind Farm O&M Base

    2 October 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    E.ON has today announced that Newhaven port would be the operations and maintenance base for its proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm if the development is granted approval.  The decision has been made following a rigorous technical assessment of both Newhaven and Shoreham Ports. The move could create up to 85 full time permanent jobs with […]