More than 200 people involved in the offshore wind industry gathered yesterday at the Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) 2015 to help build an industry without borders. With this year’s theme, Building an industry without borders, the aim of the OWC 2015 was not only to exceed international borders, but
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult today released a comment on the intermediate close of the Green Investment Bank’s Offshore Wind Fund. Andrew Jamieson, CEO of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, said: “This is excellent news that reinforces the UK’s primary role in the development of an
On Friday morning, Bladt Industries carried out the upending of the jacket foundation for the topside of the Sandbank offshore wind farm’s substation. At Bladt’s quay in Aalborg, the 96 metres tall crane easily upended the two sides for the jacket each weighing 525 tonnes. Once both sides were in up
Last week saw the inaugural opening ceremony of Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, for which Baker Consultants provided noise and marine mammal monitoring services. “This is a fantastic achievement for all involved and we are proud of Baker Consultants’ role in this,” Baker Consultants said. In
A conference dedicated to the offshore wind industry kicked off today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Those attending the Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) 2015, held by Dutch company Navingo BV, will get to hear some of the most prominent industry professionals discussing the most important topics in t
Fire Breaks Out at Vestas’ Turbine Blade Facility A chemical store that is part of Vestas’ facility for the development of large wind turbine blades on Isle of Wight caught fire. Two Companies Sentenced for 2010 Fatal Accident UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that Fluor Ltd and Siemens
The Dutch National Museum of Dredging has opened an exhibition titled Offshore wind – Challenge at sea, which will run from October 8, 2015 to March 14, 2016. The exhibition is made possible through the contribution of photographs, films, models and information from Eneco, Van Oord, Boskalis, ECN, R
Last week, Bladt Industries assembled the first jacket foundation for Wikinger offshore wind farm. At Bladt’s Lindø Facility in Denmark, the first upper A-frame was installed and thereby, the first 3-D offshore jacket foundation structure was completed. The Wikinger offshore wind farm is being devel
Alstom has published a video about its Haliade™ 150-6MW offshore wind turbine, its onshore and offshore installations and projects that will feature the turbine. The first prototype of this turbine was tested at an onshore site at Carnet, near St Nazaire. In November 2013, Alstom installed the secon
Following a 7.7% market growth in 2014 compared to 2013, the European market is expected to expand by another 8.7% in 2015 in a policy-induced rush to build, which will lead to record numbers. MAKE expects more than 144GW of wind power capacity to be commissioned in Europe from 2015 to 2024. Norther
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: One of the two offshore high voltage substations (OHVS) at the Gemini offshore wind farm. Gemini offshore wind farm has two substations for each of the two wind farm parts, Buitengaats (300MW) and ZeeEnergie (300MW). The first offshore substation at the offshore win
RES and GES have signed a strategic alliance agreement, bringing together complementary skills and common values to provide asset management and O&M services to the offshore wind industry. Jim Sandon, COO of RES Offshore said: “GES stands out as a leading company in the installation and maintenance
The Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change, Professor Sir David King, has highlighted the importance of renewable energy, saying it is “key to tackling the huge risk posed by climate change”. He described the renewables sector as “a leading industry” and “a big part of the Bri
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) aims to assist countries in their transition to renewable energy-based power systems. The Age of Renewable Power, released today on the sidelines of the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum in Tokyo, identifies 20 measures that can be ta
