Bilfinger Mars Offshore has won an order for the production of 91 steel foundations for Dong Energy’s Race Bank North Sea wind farm. The wind park, located 28 kilometers from the United Kingdom’s east coast, will have an output of about 580 MW and will provide 400,000 households with electricity. “W
ABB has won a contract worth around $25 million from the electrical transmission system operator RTE France to supply transformer products and services for grid connections for ongoing French offshore wind power projects. ABB will supply nine 400-megavolt ampere (MVA) booster transformers to help re
Oriel Windfarm Ltd. and Gaelectric Holdings plc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop an offshore wind farm in the north Irish Sea. The North Irish Sea Array (NISA) has the potential to produce up to 870 MW of wind energy from the Irish Sea and will commence with the development of
An Italian offshore wind story that started 5 years ago got its closure at the beginning of this month, when a project proposed to be built off the coast of Taranto got wind at its back after a years-long legal battle. A decision by the Italian Council of State has now opened doors to a company call
3i Infrastructure and AMP Capital have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire 100% of Danish company ESVAGT from Maersk Group. 3i Infrastructure will be investing approximately £109 million to acquire a 50% interest in ESVAGT and will have an equal shareholding with AMP Capital. Headquartered
Van Oord’s cable laying vessel, Nexus, arrived to Velsen-Noord to load export cables for Gemini offshore wind farm. The loading operation was conducted by the Dutch company WIND AG at MEO terminal. Delivered by Damen in December last year, the 126-metre vessel is the youngest in service. The export
Mabey Bridge has proposed closure of its Renewables division in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, after failing to sell it since December 2014. “Following contact with over 50 companies from the UK and abroad, receiving expressions of interest from a number of them, we have been in exclusive discussions with
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has announced that its PLAT-O, the first tidal energy system to generate power off the south coast of England, demonstrated that the cost of tidal energy is rapidly coming down with such systems coming on stream. Jason Hayman, Managing Director of SME, said: “It’s a h
STX France has inaugurated its ANEMOS facility, dedicated for marine energy, in the presence of Véronique Schaaf, state representative of Chateaubriand, Christophe Clergeau, vice-president of the Pays-de-la-Loire Region and David Samzun, President of CARENE. During the ceremony, STX France announced
ScottishPower Renewables and East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) will deliver a Supply Chain Event specifically focusing on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project. The event will be held on Thursday, 16th July, at Norwich City Football Club. It will provide local companies with more information
Almost a month after it was deployed by Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) at the United States Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) near Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawai’i, Azura, the wave energy device, has started generating power. This pilot testing is now giving U.S. researchers the opportunity to moni
Siemens today stepped up its activity to support the recruitment of a 1,000-strong workforce in Hull. For the first time, the company revealed details of a wide range of jobs that will be available as a result of its investment in the wind turbine blade manufacturing and associated facilities in the
The first international Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Conference will be held at the RNLI Lifeboat College, Poole UK from 6 to 8 October 2015. Shock Mitigation is bringing together an international group of experts, armed with the latest knowledge that will identify the potential of utilising hyb
A2SEA is to provide their specialist purpose-built offshore installation vessel SEA CHALLENGER to install the 91 Siemens Wind Power 6MW turbines at Dong Energy’s the 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm from early 2017. ”Signing the contract for Race Bank OWF is a very important milestone for us. A2SE
