The first offshore transformer station at the Gemini offshore wind farm was placed on top of the jacket foundation yesterday. After installing the jackets earlier this month, the heavy-lift vessel Rambiz is also carrying out the rest of the work on the substation installation. A joint venture betwee
West of Duddon Sands, a joint venture owned by DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, has signed an agreement for the sale of transmission assets to WoDS Transmission plc. WoDS Transmission plc is owned by a consortium comprising of Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited and 3i Infrastructure p
Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been hired to provide operation and maintenance services to the Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The 600MW Gemini offshore wind park, located 85 km north of the
At one of the public hearings on the New Jersey Energy Master Plan (EMP), held by the state’s Board of Public Utilities (BPU), chairman of Senate Environment and Energy Committee, Senator Bob Smith, expressed his support to offshore wind as a valuable renewable energy source. Discussing offshore win
Energinet.dk is planning to replace two cable sections at Dong Energy’s Anholt offshore wind farm. Following a fault on a export cable in February, transmission operator in cooperation with NKT Cables identified there is a risk of error in the first 400 meters of the submarine cable from Grenå and t
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing equity-type financing of up to EUR 75 million to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to finance Copenhagen Infrastructure II, an infrastructure fund that is investing in large energy-related projects such as offshore wind, biomass and transmission
Opponents of the US first offshore wind farm are trying to overturn the power purchase agreement between the developer Deepwater Wind and utility National Grid. Benjamin Riggs, Laurence Ehrhardt and the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association filed a case in federal court naming the costs as the main
In the German part of the North Sea, Bilfinger is installing 72 foundations for the Sandbank Wind Farm. Blue Water’s stevedore department in Esbjerg is responsible for the loading operations. The foundations, consisting of a monopile and a transition piece, are transported to Esbjerg on Bilfinger’s
Atlantis Resources Limited has raised £2.5 million before expenses through the conditional placing of 5,952,380 new ordinary shares. Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis, commented: “We are very pleased with the continued support of our shareholders demonstrated through this successful placing. The funds
Aveillant has appointed Professor Chris Baker as its new Chief Technology Officer. Current CTO, Dr Gordon Oswald will become Chief Science Officer, assuring Aveillant’s radar science base. The expanding development team will be accelerating the deployment of Holographic Radar across a range of appli
The installation of offshore wind turbines has started at Dutch 144MW Westermeerwind site with the erection of turbine tower. The towers are transported from the port of Amsterdam to the construction site in Ijsselmeer in two parts, with a height of 50 and 40 metres, via ‘De Schelde’ pontoon. Equipp
Blackbird International Corporation (BBRD), a wave energy technology company, will pay a dividend to the shareholders on record dated December 31, 2015. Shmuel Ovadia, Director and inventor of BBRD’s technology stated: “We believe the common shares of BBRD are very valuable and this program will not
Taiwan has pledged to boost offshore wind industry by investing NT$ 88 billion (EUR 2.5 billion) by 2020 and NT$ 670 billion (EUR 18.7 billion) by 2030. According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, as many as 36 locations in the Taiwan Strait, with depths of up to 58.2 metres, will be covered
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded ORPC Ireland, Ltd. funding to conduct a feasibility assessment to identify tidal energy opportunities suitable for development in the coastal waters of County Donegal, Ireland. Through its Ocean Energy Prototype Development Fund, SEAI se
