The new RWE AG’s subsidiary for renewables, grids and retail is scheduled to start operating today under a temporary name of RWE International SE, and is expected to generate annual revenues of around EUR 40 billion, the German power company said in a statement. The initial public offering of the ne
UK-based Intertek has been appointed by FAB Link Ltd. to provide marine environmental and planning support for the France-Alderney-Britain (FAB) Project, a proposed electrical interconnector situated underwater between France and Great Britain via the island of Alderney. Intertek will be responsible
Dutch shipbuilder Damen on Thursday laid the keel for the Bibby WaveMaster 1 at its yard in Galati, Romania. Ordered by Bibby Marine Services in January 2016, the Bibby WaveMaster is the first Damen service operations vessel. Continuing on from the first steel cutting in February, the initial stages
Forewind has awarded a combined Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and SeaRoc team with the contract for the 2016 operations and maintenance (O&M) work on the two meteorological masts collecting data at Dogger Bank. The two masts were installed in 2013 and are located in the North Sea approximately 100 and 150
ORE Catapult delivered the second Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework (CRMF) to the UK Offshore Wind Programme Board this month. According to the report, offshore wind costs are falling fast with 12 of 13 cost indicators on or ahead of target. The industry is confident of driving costs below £100/MW
Driven predominantly by work in the offshore wind industry, Bladt Industries wrapped up 2015 with an annual profit of DKK 63.5 million (approx. EUR 9 million), after a challenging 2014 which ended with a loss of DKK 6.7 million (approx. EUR 900,000). The company’s 2015 EBITDA was DKK 139 million (ap
Wind farms offshore the UK generated 17.4 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2015, a 30% increase compared to 13.4 TWh of power generated by offshore wind in 2014, according to a report released today by the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). The 30% leap in power generated by offs
Swiss power and automation technology group ABB has won an order worth more than USD 250 million from DONG Energy to deliver a 220-kilovolt high-voltage cable system that will connect the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the North Sea to the UK mainland grid. ABB will supply alternati
Atlantic Pioneer, the first US-built offshore wind service vessel, will be delivered next week, after recently undergoing sea trials in gale force winds, according to Rhode Island Fast Ferry. The 21-meter crew transfer vessel was built by the Rhode Island-based Blount Boats to service a 20-year crew
The European Union and India have adopted a Joint Declaration on a clean energy and climate partnership, vowing to cooperate on solar and offshore wind energy development, smart grids, energy efficiency, energy research and innovation. Under the partnership, both the EU and India will share views on
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) has released a demo version of the first-ever offshore wind map to chart areas suitable for the development of wind farms in waters off Japan. According to NEDO, the goal of the offshore wind map project is to provide developers wi
MPI Offshore has won a new contract for the utilisation of MPI Adventure at the Sandbank offshore wind farm. The vessel will provide accommodation services, lifting operations and provision of supplies during the commissioning works on Sandbank’s offshore substation (OSS). Starting this summer, the
Pharos Offshore Group has designed and built a customized articulation and ballast frame for its SeaVex range of subsea controlled flow excavation (CFE) systems. The new design will allow the SeaVex CFE’s to target excavate products in the vertical plain or at an angle of up to 45° during excavation
An upgrade of DP Gezina and DP Galyna, Chevalier Floatels’ walk2work offshore support accommodation vessels, is soon to be completed and the vessels will be ready to support the offshore wind and oil and gas industries. Marcel Roelofs, CEO of the Dutch developer and operator of offshore and nearshor
