ABB has received an order worth around $140 million from Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install an HVDC converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany. The company will provide the complete HVDC station including transformers, converter valves, co
Dutch province of North Holland said that the government is not giving its best to provide insight into the various procedures for wind farms. Currently, it is not made clear for residents and businesses when the government decides something, said Provincial Executive for Economic Affairs, Jaap Bond
The Netherlands-based transmission system operator TenneT TSO has started the first phase of a tendering procedure to select candidates who could supply High Voltage Secondary Systems (HVSSs) for Wind op Zee (Offshore Grid NL) projects. Part of the scope of this selection phase, open for application
A team of US-based researchers has teamed up with industry representatives in developing a new mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold dozens or even hundreds of turbines in place in the ocean in industrial-scale, offshore wind
Development of major offshore wind farms off Norfolk and Suffolk is rapidly becoming a reality following a key announcement by the Crown Estate, said Johnathan Reynolds, Director of Nautilus Associates, who is also in charge of business development at OrbisEnergy. “These are very exciting times, and
David Currie, CEO of the UK-based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry JDR, has joined the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC). “I am very excited to join the Offshore Wind Industry Council and bring our unique perspective as a supplier across the energy s
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO), part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, has awarded Fugro Survey B.V. with a contract to carry out geophysical soil investigations for the proposed offshore wind farm sites at Hollandse Kust Zuid (South). Fugro Su
As of March 2016, C-bed’s flotel Wind Solution is off to the German North Sea and the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm on a maintenance assignment. During the coming months, she will be offering storage and workshop facilities, as well as providing accommodation for up to 100 offshore service techni
SeaRoc Group has been awarded a contract to deliver training on effective health and safety (HSE) management in offshore wind to Taiwan-based CSBC Corporation, in partnership with ClassNK. The training, taking place on 16 and 17 March 2016, will allow CSBC to safely plan and manage activities for th
DONG Energy has placed contracts with three different UK companies for the array cables at its 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, marking the first time this Denmark-based energy company is using UK suppliers for the entire provision, installation and protection of array cables at one of its offsho
US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has accepted a lease request for a 400MW floating offshore wind farm proposed offshore Oahu, Hawaii. The lease request accepted by BOEM was submitted by Progression Hawaii Offshore Wind, Inc., part of Oregon-based Progression Energy, for the Progression So
Siemens has reported that its service centre in Leeds has a record numbers of wind turbines now being serviced at the site. In the Stourton factory, several wind turbines, weighing around 64 tonnes in total and capable of powering 2,000 households, are currently being serviced. With increasing UK de
In its 2015 financial results published today, E.ON set out a 2016 investment plan worth EUR 4.5 billion, of which EUR 1.5 billion (34%) will be dedicated to renewables, with the main focus on offshore wind in Europe and onshore wind in the US. Offshore wind projects in Europe were also in the spotl
The Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster plans to take advantage of the post-COP21 focus on renewables and pursue new projects in the growing offshore wind market, the company said in its financial report for the Fiscal Year 2015. The announcement is in line with Boskalis’ plans to acquire a
