The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has had a report drawn up that maps the regulations and industry standards applicable to maritime operations in the offshore wind sector of Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands. The report, which DNV GL has made for the Danish Maritime Authorit
Polish group of companies, MARS Shipyards & Offshore, has recently signed a number of contracts for building structures for the offshore wind and oil & gas markets. Among the contracts is the one that Morska Stocznia Remontowa Gryfia (MSR Gryfia), part of MARS Group, secured for the construction of
Swedish utility Vattenfall expects its offshore wind projects to be competitive enough so as not to need any more government subsidies by 2025, the company’s head of strategic projects in wind industry Michael Simmelsgaard was reported by Reuters Africa as saying. Vattenfall also expects to have 7 G
Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IWES) expects to receive a EUR 10 million financial investment from German federal authorities to further develop a new method of rotor blade testing, as well as improve its test infrastructure in Bremerhaven. At present,
On 1st January, SeaRoc Group moved into its fourth operational year on EDF Energy Renewables’ Teesside offshore wind farm. SeaRoc was appointed as the Principal Contractor in December 2012, replacing the residing Principal Contractor, and adopting full responsibility for the site on 1st January 2013
GE could cut up to 6,500 jobs in the next two years in Europe during the restructuring process related to the integration of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, which the U.S. conglomerate purchased in November 2015. GE announced yesterday that consultations on proposals for the integration of forme
Global clean energy investments reached record-breaking USD 329.4 billion in 2015, with the largest projects financed last year being offshore wind arrays in the North Sea and off China’s coast, according to data gathered by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The offshore wind projects in the North Sea w
Great Yarmouth-based Alicat Workboats has received an order from Dalby Offshore for the purchase of a new 26-metre Wind Farm Service Vessel (WFSV). The 26m aluminium catamaran, to be named the Dalby Ouse, will be the eighth vessel Alicat Workboats will have built for Dalby Offshore, and will be Dalb
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan (CPP) will increase investment in cost-effective clean energy resources, such as renewables and energy efficiency, according to a modelling analysis of the plan carried out by energy and environmental advisers at M.J. Bradley & Associates
The State of New York will engage community members, environmental advocates, and government partners at all levels to create the New York Offshore Wind Master Plan that will serve as a blueprint for the future of offshore wind in New York, the state’s Governor Andrew Cuomo said in his State of the
To provide local communities with information about the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, Statoil will hold a public exhibition on 20 January in Peterhead. The exhibition will take place at the Palace Hotel, starting with an oral presentation at 6 p.m. Representatives from the project will be present to a
RWE Innogy, one of the world’s five largest operators of offshore wind farms, said that by combining renewables, grid and retail operations in one subsidiary with its own access to the capital market, it is laying the foundation for further growth in these fields. As part of a capital increase, RWE
WindEnergy Hamburg, a bi-annual trade fair for wind energy, and the annual conference of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) will continue to be held in parallel beyond the year 2016, that is in the even-numbered years, up to and including 2020. EWEA thus specifies a fixed venue for its annu
RWE Innogy UK has invested all-time-high GBP 2 million into British communities in 2015 through its community investment funds. 2016 is expected to be another record year as the second largest offshore wind farm in the world, Gwynt y Môr, came on line mid-2015 and so too did its GBP 19 million commu
