The heaviest monopile ever produced for an offshore wind project left the production site of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock on 2 March, and will be ready to be installed at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm within the next few months. This monopile weighs a total of 1,302.5 tons
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a draft plan to enable future leasing for offshore wind, as well as wave and tidal devices. The authority published the UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 3 (OESEA3) r
DONG Energy has started the regular publication of data regarding the capacity, use and availability of its wind park Gode Wind I on the EEX Transparency Platform. The market participants now have the access to data regarding the installed capacity, the planned and actual production, as well as the
DNV GL has appointed Ditlev Engel as the new CEO of its Energy business area, effective as of 4 April, when Engel will succeed acting CEO Elisabeth Harstad and report to the Group President & CEO Remi Eriksen. The company’s Energy business unit provides testing, certification and technical advisory
OrbisEnergy launched a GBP 6 million worth SCORE fund today at the SNS2016, the Southern North Sea offshore energy conference at the Royal Norfolk Showground. The funding, made available from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is set to help eligible SMEs develop new ideas, technologies a
RWE’s local shareholders have raised their voices after the company suspended payment of its dividends in February. According to Reuters, the shareholders have asked for a seat on the supervisory board at the company’s new subsidiary for renewables, grids and retail operations, 10% of which is plann
Scotland-based renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has appointed Neil Douglas to the newly created role of Director of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE), a move which the company has described as further proof of its commitment to supporting the renewable energy industry achieve cost parity. Th
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden have successfully tested in-house developed sensor rings designed to monitor the condition of wind turbine foundations at offshore wind farms. Working together with staff from Baltic Taucher in Rostock, the
Genting Hong Kong and Nordic Yards signed a contract on Tuesday, under which the global leisure company will take over three Nordic Yards’ shipyards for EUR 230.6 million. Nordic Yards has built and delivered three offshore converter platforms to Siemens, and is currently working on the fourth one,
The UK government has today launched the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) sale process to move the bank into the private sector. The transaction will involve both the sale of existing shares owned by the government and also the commitment of additional capital for GIB by new investors. The GIB sal
Offshore wind industry needs to be refreshed with new business models, innovative technologies, as well as new alliances throughout the supply chain in order to drive down costs and have a secure and sustainable future, the industry’s players heard during an event in Rotterdam. “Governments are stru
130MW of offshore wind capacity added to the Dutch grid in 2015 helped the country grow its generation of electricity from wind turbines by nearly 20 percent last year, according to the data gathered by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). In 2015, 13 billion KW of electricity was generated from renewable
Denmark’s Energinet.dk has re-issued a tender for the detailed engineering, procurement, construction and offshore installation of 2 gravity based substructures for the Kriegers Flak wind farm project in the Danish waters of the Baltic Sea. The first tender invitation, issued in January 2016, was ca
GeoSea has awarded a contract to Granada Material Handling Ltd for the design, manufacturing, delivery and commissioning of 56 davit crane units for the Galloper offshore wind farm. Each of Granada’s Python crane units has been specifically designed for the Galloper offshore wind farm and the challe
