Over 70 organisations, including SMEs and research institutions, gathered in Glasgow earlier this week for the ‘Cross Catapult’ networking meeting. They learned about how they could benefit from Innovate UK’s drive to support innovation in high-growth industries, including offshore renewable energy,
Blackbird International Corporation (BBRD) has reported that its fully owned subsidiary, Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO) was invited to meet the Indian Government in Gujarat, a state in western India. Israel Enden from WERPO traveled to its capital, Ahmadabad and met the Cabinet Minis
With the final investment decision for the Walney Extension project in place, Siemens has received its first order for the new 7MW offshore wind turbine. The company will supply, install and commission 47 direct drive wind turbines in the Walney Extension East project in the Irish Sea. The order is
DONG Energy today decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. The final investment decision has been made after securing all necessary consents from authorities, completing site assessments and havin
Block Island Offshore construction work at the first US offshore wind farm began on 26 July, when the first foundation was installed at the site 4.8 km off the Block Island coast. By mid-September, Deepwater Wind, the company behind the project, had four out of five steel jacket foundations in water
After the Nobelwind team announced that they have reached financial close for the Nobelwind (Bligh Bank II) offshore wind farm project, Bladt started the construction of the offshore high voltage substation (OHVS). As the main contractor of the OHVS, Bladt is responsible for the steel construction w
Oldbaum Services has deployed two 3D WINDCUBE 400S Scanning LiDARs as part of the wind resource assessment campaigns the company is currently conducting at two French offshore wind sites. It is the first time that such long range scanning systems are deployed for operational campaigns, after having
N-Sea has completed an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, ID and disposal campaign for the TenneT project, BorWin3. Taking place between January – August this year, the work scope involved surveying the seabed to identify and remove undiscovered explosive devices along the cable route of BorWin3. Tra
Adwen has appointed the consortium made up of Egis, Auxitec and Enia Architectes for designing and preparing a detailed implantation scheme of the two factories it plans to build in Le Havre (France). These facilities will produce the nacelles and blades for the 8 MW turbines to be installed in Baie
AXYS Technologies Inc and 3E NV have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding future collaborations and cooperation activities. Collaboration activities planned under the MOU include commercially driven research, development and demonstration as well as sharing market trend information a
Based in Antwerp, Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors has just celebrated its 20th anniversary as an offshore marine contractor, specialising in transportation and installation works, civil constructions and salvage jobs. Since entering the offshore renewable market in 2007, there has been no looki
Blue Water has recently participated in a panel discussion at a pre-event to the AWEA conference and exhibition (American Wind Energy Association) and also participated at AWEA. The company was invited due to its experience in offshore wind, especially in Europe. “This was a good chance for us to ta
During the Offshore Energy 2015 Exhibition and Conference, Offshore WIND met with Theo de Lange, Commercial Manager of Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects. De Lange gave us an overview of company’s activities in the offshore wind, as well as an insight into current market conditions. Hereby, we bring yo
GoBe Consultants has appointed Angie de Burgh to take the lead role working on GoBe’s recently awarded Rampion contract with E.On. De Burgh has project management and technical environmental experience gained working across the marine aggregates and renewables industries. Tim Golding, Director at Go
