The EU-funded TowerPower project is developing a system which will allow maintenance and inspection teams to continuously monitor the structural condition of offshore wind turbines on land via real-time wireless links. The project, which is entering its final year, is currently integrating this pion
The East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) will launch a new Offshore Wind Supply Chain special interest group (SIG) on Wednesday, 19 October, during a reception at Westminster. The Offshore Wind Supply Chain is expected to ensure that the region benefits from the investments in offshore wind, with it
Tideway B.V., part of DEME Group, has awarded Prysmian Group with a EUR 13 million contract to supply inter-array cables and accessories for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in Belgian North Sea. Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the 33 kV submarine cables in vario
An arbitral tribunal appointed under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has ruled that Canada is to pay around CAD 28 million in damages and legal costs to the U.S. firm Windstream Energy LLC, the developer of the 300MW offshore wind power project in eastern Lake Ontario. A three-member
UK-based renewable energy specialist Prontoport has won an additional 2-year contract from Siemens to support the commissioning and build of several new offshore wind farms. The latest contract is with Siemens Projects, the part of the business which constructs new wind farms, and the initial two ye
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has adopted a joint standard from VGB PowerTech and the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) for the protection of offshore wind farms from corrosion. With the adoption, BSH has made the VGB/BAW Standard a mandatory regul
NOF Energy, the business development organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables sectors, has forged a new partnership with UK Export Finance (UKEF) to support supply chain companies’ international trade ambitions. UK Export Finance is the UK’s export credit agency and a government de
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of California held the inaugural meeting of the California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force in Sacramento on 13 October. The inaugural meeting established a common set of themes and objectives the task force will use to gui
UK-based recruitment, talent and search consultancy Aimselect Projects Limited has been awarded a framework agreement with Siemens Wind Power to provide services for their offshore wind projects. Aimselect will provide Siemens Wind Power with EHS Advisors, Quality Inspectors and QHSE Site Inspectors
German helicopter offshore hoist operator Helicopter Travel Munich (HTM) has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for one H145 which, once delivered in December 2017, will serve offshore wind farms in the German Bight. The new aircraft will be operated from HTM’s bases at Emden, Norden, Borkum
Taiwanese state-run energy company Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) has established a department dedicated to development of offshore wind farms. The company’s Offshore Wind Power Construction Office is based in Taichung Power Plant in central Taiwan, and it will be in charge of Taipower’s first offshore
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at its Transmission and Distribution Center in Amagasaki, Japan, by 2018. The company s
GE Energy Financial Services, a GE unit, and Citi, a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation, have announced the closing of tax equity financing on Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. ”An innovative project takes tho
General Electric (GE) has agreed to buy LM Wind Power Holding A/S, a Denmark-based designer and manufacturer of wind turbine blades, for an enterprise value of EUR 1.5 billion. The deal in-sources wind turbine blade design and manufacturing for GE’s Renewable Energy business, improving its ability t
