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  • UK: Maersk Training Turns Unemployed into Offshore Wind Technicians

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Local unemployed people are benefiting from new Careers in the Offshore Wind industry following their successful completion of a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle, designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving UK offshore wind energy sector. Following the success of a pilot Diploma course earlier this […]

  • Denmark: LORC Opens Lindoe Welding Technology

    1 February 2013

    On 28 January 2013, LORC celebrated the official opening of Lindoe Welding Technology (LWT), which is the first in the planned line of advanced technology test centers for the offshore wind turbine industry. LWT is an open fabrication lab equipped with one of the most powerful commercially available welding lasers in the world. LWT will […]

  • UK: SR250 Prototype Undergoing Testing at EMEC

    1 May 2013

    The company’s SR250 prototype has now been connected continuously at the EMEC tidal test site for over a month. An independent performance assessment is currently being carried out by EMEC. The turbine is operating completely autonomously and has continued to exceed expectations – operating in strong current and significant swell conditions without any failures. The […]

  • Nexans to Wire Portuguese Floaters

    26 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans will supply pre-terminated and factory-tested turbine cables as well as the full scope of T-connectors terminating the dynamic inter-array cables for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm. WindFloat Atlantic will be the world’s first large-scale commercial floating wind project operating at 66 kilovolts (kV). Nexans has been selected to supply its WINDLINK pre-terminated factory-tested […]

  • Ventyr Awards Substation Contract for Norway’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

    19 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Ventyr, a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, has awarded Worley Rosenberg a preferred contractor agreement for the development of the offshore substation of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind farm in Norway. In addition to the preferred contractor agreement, Worley Rosenberg also signed an early works agreement for design […]

  • Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

    27 November 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm has generated first power after the first MHI Vestas 3.3MW turbine was brought online earlier this week, E.ON, the owner and developer of the wind farm, said.

  • GE Renewable Energy Plans Hiring Spree at Blade Manufacturing Plant

    16 March 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    GE Renewable Energy plans to recruit 300 employees at its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade manufacturing site in Cherbourg, France, in 2021. The expanded production workforce will allow LM Wind Power to meet the growing industry demand for offshore wind equipment, the company said. The factory currently has more than 450 employees, with 34 […]

  • Canada: FORCE, Nortek Scientific to Develop Technology for Tidal Measurement

    21 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), in partnership with Nortek Scientific, has announced the construction of the world’s first instrument to provide high-resolution, real time measurements of turbulent water flow at turbine hub height – called the Vectron. A leap forward in site characterization technology, the Vectron is able to capture highly accurate […]

  • USA: Statoil Introduces Hywind Maine Pilot Offshore Wind Project

    2 July 2012

    Statoil Representatives attended the public reception on Tuesday, June 26, in Rockland, Maine, where Hywind Maine Pilot Offshore Wind Project was introduced. According to Freepressonline.com, the project includes the deployment of four floating wind turbines 12 miles southeast of Boothbay Harbor. The Gulf of Maine has been chosen due to its favorable water depths, wind […]

  • Denmark: Illuminating Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    5 October 2012

    Before the wind turbine installation at Anholt wind farm was commenced, all activities in the wind farm were focusing on the seabed and the water surface, but with the erection of the first wind turbines, Anholt Offshore Wind Farm has suddenly started becoming a visible skyline – with a more precise height of 141.6 metres. […]

  • SEA JACK Wraps Up Gwynt y Môr Installation

    1 July 2014

    On 28 June 2014, the last turbine at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm was installed by SEA JACK. In total, 160 turbines have been installed by A2SEA’s jack-up barges SEA JACK and SEA WORKER. “I am very happy to announce that SEA JACK has installed the final turbine at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm […]

  • Germany: Upper Normandy President Visits AREVA Wind

    16 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Alain Le Vern, President of the Upper Normandy region went to Bremerhaven in northern Germany to visit AREVA Wind that designs, assembles, commissions and maintains offshore wind turbines. Accompanied by Hélène Segura, Vice-President of the Upper Normandy responsible for vocational training, Alain Le Vern came to get a first-hand experience of the industry which should […]

  • France: DCNS Reserves Port Space in Cherbourg for Tidal Energy Plans

    16 March 2012

    Laurent Beauvais, President of the Basse-Normandie Region and Chairman of the Ports of Normandy Authority, and Patrick Boissier, Chairman and CEO of DCNS, signed a memorandum of understanding at DCNS headquarters in Paris, in the presence of Jean-François Le Grand, President of the Manche Departmental Council and Bernard Cazeneuve, MP, Mayor of Cherbourg–Octeville and President […]

  • JDR Wraps Up Hornsea One East Section Cable Work

    13 May 2019
    Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems has completed the termination and testing of east section inter-array cables at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. JDR conducted the work from the service operations vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral and will now focus on completing the western cluster of the 1.2GW project, which represents the final phase. Ørsted and JDR […]

  • Denmark Designates Siemens Gamesa’s Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Site as Test Zone

    5 May 2021
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Danish government has designated Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s wind-to-hydrogen pilot project currently under development nearby the company’s Danish headquarters in Brande as an official regulatory energy test zone. The test zone permit gives Siemens Gamesa dispensation from electricity regulations in order to test its potential future application for both onshore and offshore wind. The project, […]

  • Vestas & Co’s New Wind Turbine Blade Recycling Solution: How Does It Work and Can It Make Emission-Intensive Aviation Sector Greener?

    23 February 2023
    Business development, Environment, Innovation

    On 8 February, Vestas and its CETEC partners made headlines as they completed a project that brought a novel chemical disassembly process for wind turbine blades a step away from commercialisation. It is time we look more closely at what exactly in the two-step process is new, where else it can be applied, and if […]

  • Marketsandmarkets: Global Wind Turbine Market Will Reach $73.5 Billion With Installed Capacity Of 434.5 GW Globally Including 99.3 GW In China By 2015

    26 January 2011

    According to a new market research report, ‘Global & China Wind Turbine Market (2010 – 2015), published by MarketsandMarkets, new wind turbines capacity of 236.6 GW would be installed between 2010 and 2015, representing a CAGR of 17% in global installed capacity for the same period. In 2015, the market will generate $73.5 billion revenue […]

  • Reducing Offshore Wind Cost through Forecasting (TU Delft)

    17 June 2016
    R&D

    Advanced meteorology helps reduce the costs of offshore wind turbines and improves the power production forecast, thus making the operation more profitable, according to research by Maarten Holtslag from TU Delft. Holtslag, who has a master’s degree in meteorology, conducted a PhD research in wind energy at the FLOW research program on Far and Large Offshore Wind energy, which aims […]

  • RWE, TotalEnergies to Build OranjeWind Offshore Wind Farm from Eemshaven

    10 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The OranjeWind joint venture between RWE and TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Buss Terminal Eemshaven to use the Port of Eemshaven as the base for wind turbine assembly and construction work for the 795 MW offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea. Buss Terminal Eemshaven will facilitate the offloading, storage, handling and pre-assembly […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Launches Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory

    21 October 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Fraunhofer IWES’ Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory (DyNaLab) has started operating.  After an 18-month construction period, a 100-tonne generator of a 3 MW wind turbine was set in motion on the new test stand. Fraunhofer IWES said the EUR 35 million infrastructure will boost the competitiveness of quality-conscious manufacturers on the international market and also significantly increase turbine availability and further reduction of the […]

  • Crowd Energy to Launch Kickstarter Campaign

    6 February 2014

    Crowd Energy, having completed construction and successful testing of its first generation prototype of the Ocean Energy Turbine, will launch a major Kickstarter campaign in March 2014 to construct a second generation turbine and move the project to (SNMREC) Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Florida Atlantic University for verification and open water testing. […]

  • French Company Develops Offshore Wind Power Software (VIDEO)

    17 April 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Drawing on its considerable experience in the field of offshore oil production, which resulted in bringing to market numerous innovations, in 2011, IFP Energies nouvelles turned its attention to research aimed at coming up with technologies enabling the development of offshore wind power, along with the conversion of wave energy, tidal energy and ocean thermal […]

  • Germany: Siemens Presents Solutions for Maximum Efficiency

    20 September 2012
    Technology

    Manufacturers of wind turbines (OEM) have to cope with a market stressed by serious overcapacity and ongoing price erosion. To ensure sustainability, wind turbine manufacturers can count on standardization and platform solutions from Siemens offering them a vast potential for rationalization. “We make it possible for manufacturers to develop wind turbines as modular platforms and […]

  • Minister Hendry in Green Visit to Edinburgh (UK)

    22 February 2012
    Authorities

    Minister of State Charles Hendry saw the positive effects of Government support for Scottish renewable energy projects during an official visit to Edinburgh today. He began his trip with a visit to Artemis Intelligent Power, an innovative green technology company based in the City. Artemis was one of the first recipients of a DECC grant […]

  • Hohe See Delivers First Power

    16 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    A wind turbine installed on the 497MW Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea has produced the first power and delivered it to the grid, EnBW said. So far, EnBW has installed 49 of the 87 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines at Hohe See and the neighbouring 112MW Albatros wind farm. Weather permitting, two […]

  • 3sun Gets Two-Year Extension on Siemens’ UK Offshore Wind Sites

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group has secured a contract extension with Siemens to provide offshore wind turbine installation services in the UK until 2016. 3sun Group has been working with Siemens since 2009, on work totalling around £15 million in the UK. This two year contract extension further underpins the relationship, and involves the company providing technicians for […]