Denmark’s Bladt Industries has welded together the first pieces of what are to be jacket foundations which will support 30 wind turbines at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm off Scotland. The first x-braces and upper A-frames for the four-legged jacket foundations have been welded at Bladt’s Lin
Ramboll Danmark A/S has won a contract to provide a detailed design of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid project being developed by Belgian transmission system operator Elia. The OSY platform will be situated up to 45 kilometres off Belgian North Sea coast, in wate
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) added a supplement on floating wind to its Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind report. In the document, IRENA details on the technology itself, current status, developers of floating wind technology, barriers and ways to overcome them to tap into the futur
Nasdaq has announced that the trading in SeaTwirl AB’s shares (STW) commenced today, 22 December, on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm. Founded in 2012, SeaTwirl is a company developing a floating offshore wind turbine customized for the ocean. By using a vertical axis wind turbine, SeaTwirl’s technol
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded the Peterborough-based Royal HaskoningDHV with an GBP 8 million contract to carry out environmental assessments for East Anglia ONE North and East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm projects. The contract is said to be one of the largest of its kind in the offshore wi
Combination of higher wind speeds, compared to last year, and increased onshore wind capacity led to a rise in wind energy-generated power in the UK in Q3 2016, where offshore wind generation rose from 3.4TWh in 2015 Q3 to 3.5TWh and onshore wind generated 4.6TWh in 2016 Q3, up from 3.8TWh for the s
The first crew transfer vessel (CTV), the Severn Provider, departed from the Galloper Offshore Construction Base in Lowestoft on 19 December. The Damen Twin Axe CTV’s departure was part of the preparation ahead of offshore foundation work starting at the 336MW wind farm being built off the coast of
The Government of Sweden has decided not to issue a permit to Blekinge Offshore AB for the construction of an offshore wind farm in Hanöbukten. The government ruled that the wind farm is proposed to be built in a strategically important practice area for the country’s Armed Forces. Blekinge Offshore
Facilities put in place by Dutch pension fund PGGM and Ampere Equity Fund for the Walney offshore wind farm in 2012, which enabled the two investors to own 24.8% stake in the project through their investment vehicle OWP, have been refinanced with the transaction closing on 15 December. In 2012, when
Denmark’s DONG Energy has increased its group operating profit (EBITDA) guidance for 2016 to DKK 24-25 billion from a previous range of DKK 20-23 billion. The company’s Wind Power division is now expected to report EBITDA towards the high end of the DKK 10-12 billion range. DONG has also specified i
The Region of Southern Denmark has granted a subsidy of DKK 23 million (approx. EUR 3.1 million) to Offshoreenergy.dk for the period 2017-2019 to further drive development in the offshore industry and activities in the offshore sector. The grant will cover the following new cluster activities in the
DONG Energy has entered into an agreement to sell 50% of Race Bank, a 573 megawatt (MW) UK offshore wind farm project, to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 and Macquarie Capital, the principal investment arm of Macquarie Group – with equal interests. As part of the transaction, DONG and Macqu
MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) MPI Enterprise has completed the installation of 18 6.2M126 Senvion turbines at the Nordergründe offshore wind farm in the North Sea. After installing all of the 18 foundations at the site, the MPI Enterprise erected the first wind turbine at th
Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) and Changhua County Government yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of a series of renewable energy projects in the county, including offshore wind. The state-owned utility plans to invest around USD 6.25 billion in the construction of
