The offshore wind sector has an enormous potential to accelerate economic growth on the east coast of Britain, according to a strategic review of the UK’s east coast port facilities carried out by BVG Associates for the Offshore Wind Industry Council. The report, Strategic review of UK east coast st
Breaking: First US Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall Deepwater Wind’s CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has shared images of the the jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern as it attaches the final blade and completes the installation of the first offshore wind turbine in US waters, and the first of five wind tu
Sedgefield-based energy industry software specialist Quorum Development has been appointed by Statoil to provide software to enable the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm and the 30MW Hywind Scotland Hywind Scotland Pilot Park to interface with National Grid and participate in the GB energy market. Th
Independent inspection services provider TÜV Rheinland and offshore installation project certification specialist Hanseatic Power Cert (HPC) have been awarded a contract for the role of the appointed inspectors at Ocean Breeze Energy’s 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. TÜV Rheinland and HPC will carr
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded SeaRoc Group with a 5-year framework contract to provide Health, Safety and Quality management support to their 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Scope of work includes provision of specialist personnel to provide advice and support to the project during
Siemens reported triple-digit jumps in orders and profit at its Wind Power and Renewables division in the third quarter of the Fiscal Year 2016, mostly due to two large orders received for offshore wind farm projects in the UK and Germany. Orders at the Wind Power and Renewables division soared by 2
AG EMS and its subsidiary EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) had three reasons to celebrate last Saturday as they inaugurated their upgraded Landemole Knock in Emden, the SWATH Windea FIVE received a new name, and the new offshore catamaran, Windea FOUR, was christened. “We have not only renovated the
Karlsruhe-headquartered energy company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has reached an agreement to acquire the Denmark-based wind turbine service and maintenance provider, Connected Wind Services A/S (CWS). EnBW expects to reach new customers in the Nordics and Germany through the acquisition of C
Associated British Ports (ABP) has shared the latest drone footage of the enabling works being carried out at Alexandra Dock in Hull as ABP prepares the site for Siemens’ offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, installation and service facility. The enabling works undertaken by ABP and their
UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem plans to launch Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round Five (TR5) in October 2016 which will enable bidders to compete to own the transmission assets of five offshore wind farm projects. The five offshore wind projects have a combined capacity of 2.3GW. Th
Rhenus Offshore Logistics, a Germany-headquartered offshore logistics company and part of Rhenus Group has set up its first UK office at Lowestoft to be closer to the UK’s thriving offshore wind industry. The company is among the latest tenants of the OrbisEnergy innovation and incubation centre. Th
Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC) has been employed by Transmission Capital Services Limited (TCS) to provide technical consultancy services on contingency planning and other services relating to the OFTO assets managed by TCS. TCS manages six OFTOs, namely TC Barrow OFTO Limited, TC Gunfleet
SeaRoc Group’s marine management and monitoring system, SeaPlanner, has managed a record quantity of project data as the construction phase of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea draws to a close. Gemini has been supported by SeaPlanner since the beginning of 2015
DONG Energy Winner of Dutch Borssele I & II Tender DONG Energy will build Dutch offshore wind farms Borssele I and II. Borssele 1&2 World’s Cheapest Offshore Wind Farm The cost of building and operating the 700MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm is expected to be EUR 2.7 billion cheaper than prev
