China plans to invest CNY 2.5 trillion (USD 361 billion) in renewable energy projects by 2020, according to the country’s National Energy Administration (NEA). The announced investment is part of the country’s 13th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development which is expected to ensure that rene
Ailes Marines, a joint venture between Iberdrola, RES and Caisse des Dépôts, is currently deploying an EOLOS FL200 floating LiDAR that will measure wind conditions in the south part of the site of its future offshore wind farm in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. In December, AXYS Technologies’ WindSentinel
Japanese insurance company Dai-ichi Life informed this morning that it will participate in an offshore wind project financing in Germany with EUR 30 million (approx. JPY 3.5 billion). The company said the wind farm is expected to be built and operational “in the years ahead” and did not disclose the
U.S. offshore wind developer Fishermen’s Energy has lost government funding for its 24MW Atlantic City Wind Farm project off the coast of New Jersey after missing a deadline to secure a power offtake agreement. ”The planned Atlantic City Wind Farm sponsored by Fishermen’s Energy is one of three acti
The Scottish Government today launched a 12-week consultation on the long term framework for the devolved management of the Crown Estate in Scotland. The Scottish Government is taking a phased approach on devolution of the management of the Crown Estate and this consultation, which will run until 29
Global Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) today informed it had completed its first assignment in Taiwan by providing brokerage services on turnkey solution basis for a geotechnical soil investigation campaign in Taiwanese waters. GRS said it supported a European wind farm developer during the entire purc
The Veja Mate offshore wind farm project has entered the turbine installation phase with two of the wind farm installation vessels (WFIVs) contracted for the task currently loading the first batch of turbine components at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark, according to Siemens. The two WFIVs tasked wit
Guangzhou Salvage Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Transport and Rich Offshore (Rich Tech) signed an agreement on 30 December 2016, under which the two parties will set up an offshore wind joint venture. According to Guangzhou Salvage Bureau, the joint venture will be a player in the offshore wind
Public consultation for the tender regulations related to the fifth site at the Borssele Zone in the Netherlands opened today and will close on 1 February. The purpose of the consultation is to get feedback from the stakeholders on the draft regulation, which will shape the tender, and to receive im
Dutch shipbuilder VEKA Group has started constructing what the company describes as the first hybrid trimarans in the world, intended specifically for transporting personnel and freight to offshore wind farms. The trimarans are being built for the Danish shipping company World Marine Offshore. The c
Van Oord has awarded Sif with a contract for the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium, under which Sif will produce all 44 monopiles and a pile for the Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS), as well as all the transition pieces (TPs) in cooperation with Smulders. For the TPs, Sif will produce the pr
On 2 January, the first four monopiles were loaded from Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 site onto GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation, which has now put the first section of the new deepwater quay in Port of Rotterdam into operation as it is ready to install the second batch of foundations at the Galloper of
TenneT and Energinet.dk have driven the first pile into the ground to kick off the construction of the Dutch converter station of the COBRAcable, a subsea electricity connection that will link the Dutch and Danish grids. The COBRAcable will have a capacity of 700MW, will be approximately 325 kilomet
Spanish companies Navantia and Windar have signed a definitive agreement with compatriot Iberdrola for the construction of 42 jacket foundations and piles for the 714MW East Anglia One wind farm off Suffolk, UK. The scope of the contract, in addition to the 42 jackets, includes the construction of 1
