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  • Offshore Wind’s Growth Drives HVDC Converter Station Market

    22 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Research and Markets has added the “Global HVDC Converter Station Market 2014-2018” report to their offering. According to the report, the global HVDC Converter Station market will grow at a CAGR of 22.2% over the period 2013-2018. A high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) converter station is a specialized type of substation, which is used as an end-to-end equipment […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Generation Increases 50 Pct in Q1

    28 June 2012
    Authorities

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 28 June 2012 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total and by fuel, and provides an analysis of the year on year changes, and now includes a section on renewables. Quarterly Energy Prices […]

  • UK: Moog to Supply Narec with Wind Turbine Test System

    24 May 2012
    Technology

    Moog Industrial Group announced that the company has been awarded a contract to supply a test system to Narec (National Renewable Energy Centre) to evaluate and test wind turbine blades at their new 100 m (328 ft) blade testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK. Opening this summer, the independent facility will be utilized by manufacturers […]

  • Fugro to Start Surveys at Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

    10 January 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to begin nearshore surveys at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, located 15-22 kilometres off the Angus coastline in Scotland. The information gathered will be used to inform detailed design work and ultimately the construction process, according to Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between the Edinburgh-based Red Rock Power Limited […]

  • TDI-Brooks Bags US Offshore Wind Survey Deal

    22 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    TDI-Brooks has been awarded a geophysical, geotechnical, and benthic sampling survey campaigns to study seabed conditions within the project lease area and potential export cable routes off the US East Coast. The data collected will help determine safe and responsible project design and engineering along with identifying potential geohazards and benthic habitats, said TDI-Brooks. The […]

  • RNLI Assists Injured Wind Farm Guard Vessel Crewman

    27 June 2019
    Vessels

    The Barrow Lifeboat Station’s volunteer crew launched their all-weather lifeboat to go to the aid of an injured crewman aboard a wind farm guard vessel on 25 June, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said. The request to launch came from the HM Coastguard base in Holyhead at 4-50pm local time. The Coastguard had received the request […]

  • ABB and TECO to Jointly Tackle Taiwanese Offshore Wind Market

    25 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Switzerland-headquartered ABB and TECO Electric & Machinery have signed a letter of intent for jointly tapping the Taiwanese market for offshore wind substations. Both parties will form a competitive team, developing complete solutions for offshore substation-related equipment and engineering, to foster the local offshore wind industry, TECO said. Since 2019, TECO has undertaken onshore substation […]

  • RIDG Signs Its First Offshore Wind Seabed Agreement

    13 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), TotalEnergies, and Corio Generation have signed an option agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for their 2 GW offshore wind project, West of Orkney Windfarm, which was selected in the ScotWind leasing round at the beginning of this year. “This is a significant milestone for RIDG as it represents our first […]

  • Vattenfall Champions UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Rejig

    15 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall is calling on the UK government and offshore wind industry to make different procurement approaches so more local businesses are able to supply new-generation projects. In its Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Supply Chain: Opportunities and Expectations Workshop Report, Vattenfall aims at bringing more businesses into the offshore wind supply chain to […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Pipeline Grows by 37 GW in a Year

    22 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    The global pipeline of offshore wind energy projects which are operational, under construction, consented, or being planned has grown by 37 GW in the last twelve months, new research published by RenewableUK shows. This is an annual increase of 30%, from 122 GW twelve months ago to 159 GW now, RenewableUK’s latest Offshore Wind Project […]

  • HOFOR Shelves 300 MW Offshore Wind Project in Denmark

    6 November 2023
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    HOFOR (Greater Copenhagen Utility) has put on hold the development of its proposed 300 MW Aflandshage offshore wind farm in Denmark since it has not been possible to obtain sufficient assurance that the project will receive a new establishment permit, the developer said. Earlier this year, the Danish Energy Board of Appeal revoked the Danish Energy […]

  • Keystone Shipping Joins US Offshore Wind Vessels Pact

    21 November 2019
    Vessels

    Green Shipping Line and Kongstein have finalized an agreement with Keystone Shipping Company to operate future shuttle vessels in the U.S. offshore wind market. The deal follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Green Shipping Line and Kongstein signed at the beginning of the year for the provision of a complete offshore wind farm supply […]

  • WindEurope: Wind Can Power Heating, Cooling and Transport Sectors

    24 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    Renewable energy accounts for 18% of primary energy consumption in the heating and cooling sector, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson told the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Joint Undertaking. Dickson addressed delegates of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Stakeholder Forum in Brussels. He highlighted that the transport and heating sectors will represent over 25% of energy demand […]

  • Ingeteam Takes Part in Spain’s First Offshore Wind Turbine

    15 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Ingeteam has provided supervision and electrical work analysis services on Spain’s first offshore wind turbine, the 5MW Elisa prototype. At the request of project leader Esteyco, Ingeteam worked on the connection of the medium voltage submarine cable for the transmission to land, as well as on the production of an exclusive part to secure the power […]

  • Offshore Wind Plays Key Role in UK’s Renewable Energy

    2 June 2011

      Offshore wind energy could play a key role in renewable energy in the UK – that’s according to a panel of top energy sector experts. Currently only 3% of energy consumed comes from renewables, but the government has a target of 15% by 2020. Although the UK does not currently have an energy crisis, […]

  • Australian Company Enters European Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Market

    31 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Australia-based Global Energy Ventures (GEV) and German company ILF Beratend Ingenieure (ILF Consulting Engineers) have joined forces to develop green hydrogen projects in Europe and Australia – including those involving offshore wind – which will use a compressed hydrogen (C-H2) shipping solution. GEV and ILF have agreed to immediately commence the review of identified green […]

  • Scotland Set to Open World’s First Floating Wind Farm

    18 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will inaugurate the world’s first floating wind farm, Statoil’s Hywind Scotland Pilot Project, today (18 October).

  • Germany: Modular Vibrating of Monopiles for Offshore Wind Farm Riffgat

    26 June 2012

    After Seaway Heavy Lifting chose to use a vibratory hammer to install monopile foundations at the Riffsgat offshore wind farm, APE Holland informed that vibrating 30 steel monopiles started mid-June. The piles will be driven with the Super Quad Kong (SQK), a modular vibratory driver/extractor consisting of four APE vibros, which are connected to four […]

  • GE Begins Turbine Production for French Offshore Wind Project

    10 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has begun the production of turbines for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. GE, in charge of providing 80 Haliade 150-6MW turbines for the project, said that the routing of components and materials is currently underway at its Saint-Nazaire production site. The Haliade unit destined for the 480MW French wind farm was tested onshore […]

  • First Monopile Stands at Largest US Offshore Wind Farm

    23 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s heavy lift vessel, Orion, has installed the first monopile foundation for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the US. The first six monopiles were loaded onto DEME Group’s Orion this month, and the vessel headed to the offshore construction site approximately 43 […]

  • Sif Receives Order for Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Project

    17 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Sif Holding has received an order from Eiffage Métal to deliver 80 monopiles and the primary steel for 80 transition pieces for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Sif will manufacture the monopiles and store them at its MV2 facility, as well as deliver the primary steel for the transition pieces to Smulders Hoboken. […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Starts Rising

    25 October 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has started installing the towers for the SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine prototype at the test center for large wind turbines in Oesterild, Denmark. Earlier this month, Siemens Gamesa started the assembly process for the SG 14-236 DD prototype with the nacelle heading to the installation site. The SG 14-236 DD features […]

  • Maersk and East Coast College to Provide Offshore Wind Training

    22 November 2019
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has established a partnership with the UK’s East Coast College to provide training courses for offshore renewable energy. The training courses will be held at East Coast College’s Energy Skills Centre in Lowestoft and Offshore Wind Skills Centre in Great Yarmouth. The GBP 11.4 million Energy Skills Centre, home to the East Coast […]

  • RTE Seeks Cable Storage for French Offshore Wind Triplets

    15 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has opened a tender seeking cable storage services for the Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp offshore wind projects in France. RTE is looking for a provider of storage services for the 225kV submarine power cables, and optionally junctions and accessories for the three projects. The contractor will be in charge of […]

  • Shell to Power Malaysian Offshore Wellhead Platform with Wind and Solar

    30 August 2021
    Environment, Technology

    Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Timi gas development project offshore Malaysia which will feature a wellhead platform powered by a solar and wind hybrid renewable power system. SSB is developing the Timi project jointly with its partners PETRONAS Carigali Sdn […]

  • DEME Inks Chinese Offshore Wind Deal with COSCO Shipping

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Belgian DEME Group and Chinese COSCO Shipping have officially embarked on a joint journey to develop offshore wind energy in China, under an umbrella agreement signed on 31 October, following the two companies’ joint venture announcement in May.  With the Chinese government aiming to significantly increase the installed capacity of offshore wind energy by 2020 […]