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  • GE Swoops on Blade Dynamics

    2 December 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    General Electric (GE) has acquired Blade Dynamics, the developer of what are to be the world’s longest wind turbine blades. Blade Dynamics says that GE’s interest in the company is ”based on its innovative technology which has the potential to radically transform the blade manufacturing process.” The new technology is estimated to reduce the cost of electricity generation of […]

  • Princess Amalia Exceeds Expectations

    9 January 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Eneco’s Princess Amalia Wind Farm, located 23 kilometers off the coast of IJmuiden, the Netherlands, had another excellent year. January, February and December of 2014 ended with a production of more than 30 percent above expectations. These three months are even in the top five best months of the wind farm that has been operational […]

  • Germany: Siemens Works to Reduce Offshore Wind Costs

    10 October 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens will reduce the cost of offshore wind turbines by 30 percent by 2020. The head of the offshore wind business from Siemens, Michael Hannibal told this to the Handelsblatt news site. As a result, the price of electricity per kilowatt-hour will drop to about ten euro cents. Today, the kilowatt hour costs from 12.8 […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 8 – 14, 2013

    14 July 2013

    Germany: AMBAU to Construct Largest Offshore Wind Tower July will see construction begin at the AMBAU site in Cuxhaven, Germany of the largest offshore tower ever built for a wind turbine, measuring 7.33 metres at the base flange. USA: Statoil Freezes Hywind Maine Project Statoil has decided to suspend the Hywind Maine project, which includes […]

  • AREVA, Windreich Sign Cooperation Contract for Three Offshore Wind Projects (Germany)

    22 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    At the annual press conference on August 21 in Bremerhaven, Windreich, together with the relevant project partners, presented nearly smooth course of the current offshore projects. After the conference, Jean Huby, CEO of AREVA Wind GmbH and Willi Balz, CEO of Windreich GmbH, signed an extensive cooperation contract for future offshore wind projects in the […]

  • Secretary Huhne to Inaugurate Wold’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    23 January 2012

    On the February 9th, 2012, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, located in the East Irish Sea, will be inaugurated by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Rt. Hon. Chris Huhne, MP. Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall will be the gravitation point for this grand celebration marking a milestone to the Cumbria County and […]

  • Hyundai Heavy Complets Site Trial of Prototype 500 kW Tidal Power System (South Korea)

    9 June 2011

    Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and Korea’s largest green energy provider, today completed the site trial of a prototype 500 kW tidal current power system at Uldolmok Passage in Jeollanam-do, southwest Korea. Tidal current power is a form of hydropower that converts the kinetic energy of the tidal currents into electricity using turbines. […]

  • Dong to Build German Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    7 March 2011

    Denmark-based energy group Dong Energy is to build the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German part of the North Sea. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately €1.25 billion. Construction work is expected to start in 2013 with first power production in 2014. The wind farm will be situated in […]

  • USA: South Carolina Has Great Offshore Wind Potential

    16 September 2012
    Authorities

    South Carolina’s officials, researchers and environmentalists held a discussion with reporters on Thursday focusing on conclusions of NWF’s report, according to the Associated Press. Steve Moore from the South Carolina Wildlife Federation explained that the state has the ability to make great economic gains from its offshore wind resources, though it seems that the other […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Automates Blade Inspections with SkySpecs Drones

    26 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and SkySpecs have signed an agreement for autonomous drone inspections of Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blades both onshore and offshore.

  • Wiking Helikopter Nets Contract for German Duo

    9 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Wiking Helikopter Service has secured a contract by Siemens Gamesa for the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in Germany. The Germany-headquartered offshore flight specialist will provide helicopter crew change services to the project construction sites from its base in Emden. The 497MW Hohe See will comprise a total of 71 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines, which […]

  • MCT to Take Part in British Energy Challenge Events

    19 September 2013

    Marine Current Turbines (MCT) will participate in the forthcoming British Energy Challenge events in Newcastle and Bristol. “We all take energy for granted – but how we make and use it today is one of the most urgent issues facing the UK today.” Marine Current Turbines, a Siemens Business will be exhibiting at ‘The British Energy […]

  • VIDEO: Gangway in Action Onboard VOS Sweet

    24 June 2014

    Today, the wind turbine crew transfer is done by jamming the vessel bow against the windmill tower. The UPTIME gangway allows the crew via a motion compensated gangway to transfer safely from the transport vessel to the turbine. The vessel is free to move with the sea, but the gangway is stationary against the tower. […]

  • Nenuphar Cashes in €15 Mln

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Nenuphar SA, a Lille-based company, has secured €15 million of funding in an equity round. The transaction has attracted participation of new investors, Areva S.A. and FCPR Ecotechnologies and an existing investor, IDInvest Partners. Each partner will individually invest €5 million in the transaction. Nenuphar was founded in 2006 with the objective to design a […]

  • UK: Navitus Bay to Create 100 Permanent Jobs

    19 October 2012
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Construction of the Navitus Bay wind farm offshore the Isle of Wight could create around 1,000 temporary jobs, writes BBC. When completed, the project would create 100 permanent jobs. The developers have not yet decided between Yarmouth, Poole, Swanage or Portland for the maintenance port. The wind farm will have between 100 and 333 turbines, […]

  • Academia and industry – an essential combination

    23 August 2013

    It has become clear in the previous interviews with industry players that in certain areas of the offshore wind industry companies are ‘fighting’ over experienced and qualified people to fill their, mainly engineering related, job positions. They are not the only ones though. On an academic level, research departments of universities are also struggling to […]

  • Wind Energy Priority for Basque Govt’s Industrial Policies

    21 April 2016
    Authorities

    Arantxa Tapia, the minister for Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Basque regional government, highlighted the role of the wind industry for the future of the Basque Country’s economy at an event held on 14 April in Bilbao. During the opening session at the 3rd edition of the Analysis of Operating Wind Farms workshop, hosted […]

  • Cadeler F-Class Jack-Up to Feature Huisman Crane

    9 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore has awarded Huisman with a contract to design and construct a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) for Cadeler’s newbuild F-class jack-up vessel. The contract award follows last year’s contracts for two identical 2,600mt Leg Encircling Cranes for Cadeler’s X-class vessels. With this crane, Cadeler will be capable of installing foundations and wind […]

  • Renexia Awards FEED Contract for 2.8 GW Floating Wind Project in Italy

    15 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Renexia has selected Technip Energies to perform the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Med Wind floating offshore wind project in the Italian Mediterranean. The scope of work covers the FEED for the 190 floating foundations and moorings for the wind turbines and the conceptual design for the floating offshore substations. The design of the […]

  • TotalEnergies Joins Two Floating Offshore Wind Consortia

    11 May 2023

    TotalEnergies has announced that it is joining two consortia led by Ocergy and Esteyco which recently were awarded Phase One of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize by the US Department of Energy (DOE). OCG-Wind Full Cycle is a project by Ocergy that is being developed in Oakland, California. The company, one of whose […]

  • GustoMSC and Barge Master Working Around US Jones Act

    18 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    GustoMSC and Barge Master have joined forces to develop a motion-compensated feeder solution for the first wave of US offshore wind projects.

  • LOC Nods to Steady Top Feeder Solution

    25 December 2018
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    London Offshore Consultants (LOC) has provided Barge Master and GustoMSC with an approval in principle for the work method of the Steady Top Feeder solution.

  • TÜV SÜD Certifies Elisa Floating Foundation

    24 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    TÜV SÜD has allocated a certificate to Esteyco for the floating foundation used for the 5MW Elisa self-installing telescopic offshore wind turbine in Spain. Within the scope of the EU-funded Elican project, TÜV SÜD said it developed a new certification procedure to ensure the safe and reliable use of the foundation. The project’s goal was to […]

  • Lamprell to Kick Off Moray East Work in Q2

    26 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Lamprell is on track to cut the first steel for the jacket foundations destined for the Moray East offshore wind farm in the second quarter of the year, according to the company’s latest financial report. Lamprell won the contract to fabricate 45 wind turbine and three substation jacket foundations at the end of last year, with […]

  • DHSS Secures More Work for Deutsche Bucht

    18 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    DHSS has won a contract by Van Oord for call-off helicopter services for the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany. Helicopter flights will take off from Den Helder Airport in the Netherlands, while the Eemshaven heliport is also an option if required since DHSS has a vessel and helicopter support base in the vicinity. […]

  • Portuguese Floating Wind Consortium Gets All Clear from European Commission

    8 December 2017
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over the Portuguese WindPlus consortium by Chiyoda Generating Europe (CGE), Diamond Generating Europe Limited (DGE), EDP Renewables, Trustwind and Repsol NE.