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  • Denmark Breaks Wind Energy Record

    7 January 2015

    Denmark has set another world record by producing 39% of its electricity needs from wind in 2014. Last year saw the completion of Anholt offshore wind farm as well as record number of onshore wind turbines connected to the grid. “I am particularly pleased that the energy industry has again shown that wind turbines have […]

  • Germany: AMBAU, DOTI Sign Offshore Wind O&M Contract

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    AMBAU Windservice GmbH, a subsidiary of AMBAU, one of the leading manufacturers of tower and steel foundation structures for offshore and onshore wind turbines, has signed a contract with DOTI to provide repair and maintenance work for its twelve 5 MW offshore wind turbines. The Nordic Market news site informs that the contract’s duration is […]

  • Norway: Summers School for Offshore Wind Students and Industry Participants

    4 June 2013
    Training & Education

    NORCOWE, the Norwegian research and technology development organisation based at CMR is inviting students and industry to learn more about challenges related to offshore wind parks and offshore wind data analysis. The summers school will take place at the beautiful Preikestolen Fjellstue, August 26-30, and comes at a cost of NOK 11.500. Topics: Challenges related […]

  • London Array Wind Farm Picks O&M Services Provider

    21 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    German energy company RWE has won an operations and maintenance (O&M) services contract for the London Array offshore wind farm, in which RWE holds a 30 per cent stake. Under the ten-year O&M contract, the company will start delivering services for the offshore wind farm in early 2023. According to RWE, over the past year, […]

  • Wison’s Floating Wind Foundation Gets DNV’s Stamp of Approval

    2 May 2022
    R&D, Technology

    DNV has issued a verification letter to Wison Offshore & Marine for its w.semi semi-submersible floating wind foundation technology. The verification letter demonstrates the technical feasibility and commercial readiness of the technology, and concludes the first stage of the verification process, according to DNV, which has been working with WOM to advance the w.semi technology […]

  • Research Project on Sustainable Installation of XXL Monopiles Launched

    2 February 2021
    R&D

    A research project on sustainable installation and decommissioning of XXL monopiles for large next-generation offshore wind turbines has been launched in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) will give EUR 4 million to support the project, called Sustainable Installation of XXL Monopiles (SIMOX), with the participating companies investing EUR 2 million. The three-year project […]

  • UK Sets New DCO Decision Deadline for Three Offshore Wind Farms

    7 February 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has set a new deadline of 1 June 2020 to decide on the development consent order applications for the Hornsea Project Three, the Norfolk Vanguard, and the Thanet Extension offshore wind farms. The DCO applications were made by Ørsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) […]

  • 30 MW French Floating Offshore Wind Project Enters Construction Stage

    26 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies, BW Ideol, and Qair, the developers behind the EolMed project, have started the construction of three floating wind turbines for the 30 MW wind farm offshore France. The arrival of the first steel blocks that will make up the three floating substructures marked the beginning of the construction of the wind turbines in the […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe O&M Base Open for Business

    26 January 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland has officially been opened. The NnG O&M base, located in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, includes a 1,040-square-metre, three-story operations and maintenance building, alongside a 538-square-metre storage warehouse. The base houses a high-tech control room with staff from NnG and […]

  • Huisman Launches Travelling Crane

    22 July 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Huisman has launched a 700mt Travelling Quayside Crane for the load-out of offshore wind turbine components. The development of the new crane comes as a result of rising demand for large, 2,600mt and 4,000mt Skyhook Cranes for the load-out of foundation pieces and installation of floating turbines, according to Huisman. The Travelling Quayside Crane is […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Firms Up Yunlin Order

    3 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order by wpd offshore to supply turbines to the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Located approximately six kilometers from shore in the Taiwan Strait, the Yunlin wind farm will feature 80 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines. This first firm order in Asia Pacific (APAC) for the […]

  • EU Goes from 12.6GW to 15.8GW of Offshore Wind in One Year

    6 February 2018

    Europe added close to 3.2GW of offshore wind capacity last year, taking the total installed and grid-connected capacity from 12.6GW in 2016 to 15.8GW at the end of 2017 and thus marking a 25% increase in just one year. Including sites with partial grid connection, there are now 92 offshore wind farms in eleven European countries and 4,149 grid-connected wind turbines, WindEurope reports in its annual offshore wind statistics. 

  • MHI Vestas and DNV GL Enter Vietnamese Offshore Wind Alliance

    24 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and DNV GL have formed an alliance with Singapore- and Vietnam-based partners to develop multi-phased, utility-scale wind projects offshore Southern Vietnam.

  • GE Unveils Operation Haliade-X 12 MW

    1 March 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    GE Renewable Energy GE will invest more than USD 400 million over the next three to five years to develop and deploy the largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine – the Haliade-X 12 MW.

  • Naval Energies Decides to Focus on High-Priority Projects

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Following reports on Naval Energies (former DCNS Energies) cutting 100 jobs, the company issued a statement saying it is now at a decisive crossroad, with challenges in the marine renewables market leading it to focus its financial and human resources on the highest-priority projects in tidal, floating wind and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC).

  • BCC Research: Offshore Wind to Take Off in Near Future

    17 March 2015
    R&D

    According to a new report from BCC Research, the global wind energy market was worth $130 billion in 2013 and $165.5 billion in 2014. The market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2% between 2015 and 2020 resulting in $176.2 billion in 2015 and $250 billion in 2020. Globally, total […]

  • Denmark: Ramboll Member of EU Funded InnWind.EU Project

    15 October 2012
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Ramboll is part of the winning consortium for a new R&D initiative from the European Commission in the field of wind energy named innWind.EU. With a total project budget of €20M and a duration of 5 years it is one of the largest projects in that area in the decade. The consortium comprises 27 leading […]

  • India: Gamesa Signs Contract with Indo Rama Renewables

    18 September 2012

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy -through its subsidiary in India-, has signed a new order of 30 MW from Indo Rama Renewables, a subsidiary of Indo Rama Synthetics (I) Limited, thereby expanding its Independent Power Producer (IPP) customer base in Northern India. This contract comes weeks after the announcement of the single […]

  • Edward Davey Announces GBP 2.5 Million for Offshore Wind

    6 November 2013
    Authorities

    Energy Secretary Edward Davey  reaffirmed the government’s commitment to the renewable energy sector, as further investment of £2.5m in offshore wind innovation projects was announced at Renewable UK conference in Birmingham. Edward Davey said:  “The renewable energy sector supports 35,000 green jobs and the sector is crucial to green growth and energy security.  “A mix of […]

  • RWE Innogy Looks for Substation Developer (Germany)

    16 September 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    Essen based renewable energy developer, RWE Innogy, is looking for contractor do design, engineering, construct, supply and install the Innogy Nordsee 1(“IN1”) 155/33 kv substation including platform, substructure and foundation. Innogy Nordsee 1 is the largest single project RWE has undertaken so far in the area of renewables. With an anticipated 996 megawatts capacity this […]

  • Canada-Made GE Vernova Blades to Be Removed from Vineyard Wind 1 Site

    21 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have completed the review and approved the revised Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. Last week, the federal government lifted the suspension on Vineyard Wind’s installation of the remaining GE Vernova […]

  • Major Finnish Offshore Wind Project Moves Ahead

    22 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus is launching wind measurements for the proposed Korsnäs offshore wind farm. The wind measurements will be carried out in Maalahti and are part of the plans to build the offshore wind farm with a capacity of between 1.3 GW and 2 GW 15 kilometres off the west coast in Korsnäs. The […]

  • Ørsted Books Wind Innovation for Hornsea Two

    5 February 2021
    Vessels

    C-bed has signed a contract with Ørsted for the deployment of its Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Wind Innovation on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The vessel, which has also been hired for Ørsted’s Hornsea One offshore wind farm and is currently in full operation there, will start working at the Hornsea […]

  • USA: AXYS Welcomes Fishermen’s Energy WindSentinel Buoy Deployment

    11 June 2013

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) congratulated Fishermen’s Energy on the recent deployment of their WindSentinel buoy. With a year of preparations and near-shore testing, the buoy was relocated from a test site near Atlantic City to an offshore area leased from the U. S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Located eleven miles […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fraunhofer Unleashes New Bearing Test Bench

    8 May 2019
    R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES has presented the now fully operational rotor blade bearings test bench during the inauguration of a new test site in Hamburg. The goal of the BEAT 6.1 test bench (Bearing Endurance and Acceptance Test rig) is to lower development costs and reduce yield loss in order to make it more economical […]