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  • Report: Ørsted Not Competing in Dutch Zero Subsidy Offshore Wind Tender

    27 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted did not submit a bid in the subsidy-free round of the Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II offshore wind farm tender in the Netherlands, Reuters reported the company’s chief strategy officer Martin Neubert as saying.

  • CRE Issues New Tender Regime for Offshore Wind Energy in France

    25 August 2011
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on… By:Jacques Buhart & Nicolas Lafont  (natlawreview) [mappress] Source: natlawreview, August 25, 2011

  • Swedish Offshore Wind Farm Project for Jan De Nul Group

    19 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, the construction and the installation of 16 concrete foundations for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea, by order of E.ON (Sweden). Jan De Nul Group already started the design of the foundations of the 3MW wind turbines, […]

  • North Sea Shipbrokers Takes Part in DanTysk Offshore Wind Project

    28 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    North Sea Shipbrokers has been nominated as agents for the GMS Endeavour 6102 jack-up barge for the port of Esbjerg, the largest offshore port on the Denmark’s west coast. From 18th to 23rd of March, the GMS Endeavour 6102 had undergone required maintenance and has been prepared to carry out DanTysk offshore wind farm construction […]

  • Study Looks Into Macrobenthic Recovery After Dredging in Offshore Wind Farm

    14 November 2014
    Environment, Research & Development

    A new paper on macrobenthic recovery after dredging activities in offshore wind farms has been published by Springer Link. The article was authored by Delphine A. Coates, Gert van Hoey, Liesbet Colson, Magda Vincx and Jan Vanaverbeke. The abstract says: The development of offshore wind farms (OWFs) in the North Sea has increased considerably to create alternatives for fossil fuel energy. […]

  • Industry, Academia Join to Study Long Island’s Offshore Wind Resources

    25 September 2014
    Research & Development

    Deepwater Wind has announced a collaborative study of Long Island’s offshore wind resources with Stony Brook University (SBU), New York’s top-ranked public university, and AWS Truepower (AWS), an Albany, N.Y.-based renewable energy consultant.  Already underway, this collaboration will provide SBU with tools and resources that will strengthen its research in the growing renewable energy industry […]

  • North East England Could Benefit from Offshore Wind Strategy

    1 August 2013

    Energi Coast, North East England’s offshore renewables group, believes that the region’s supply chain can be one of the biggest winners from the UK Government’s offshore wind industry strategy. The group says the strategy, which was published by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills on 1 August, will generate much needed confidence and stability […]

  • UK: ABB Selected as Preferred Supplier for Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm

    11 May 2012
    Storage

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited, has selected ABB Limited (ABB) as the preferred supplier for the delivery of the electrical works for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon) project following a competitive tendering exercise. The formal contract for these services in not expected to be signed until 2013, dependent […]

  • Norway: Offshore Wind Makes Positive Contribution to Statkraft’s Q2 Results

    15 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    In the second quarter of 2013, Statkraft achieved an underlying1 operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) of NOK 2555 million, an improvement of NOK 190 million compared with the corresponding quarter in 2012. Unrealised currency effects resulted in a net loss of NOK 908 million, compared with a net profit of NOK 2443 million in the […]

  • East Anglia Offshore Wind Signs MoU with IPH, ABP (UK)

    31 October 2011

    East Anglia Offshore Wind, a 50-50 Joint Venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, today confirmed it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both International Port Holdings (IPH) of Great Yarmouth Port Company and Associated British Ports (ABP) of Lowestoft. These MoU’s highlight that Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Ports have the opportunity to play key […]

  • Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Gets Local Port Agency (Denmark)

    8 November 2011

    Local Port Agency Oestship – 100% owned by Blue Water Shipping – is to act as port agent and 24/7 one-point-of-contact for the operators for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Grenaa. “Grenaa is to be used as the main port of operation and we are the one-point-of-entry for all marine related services locally in […]

  • Denmark: Svanen Starts Monopile Installation at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    3 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    While others were about to enjoy their New Year’s Eve dinner, the installation vessel Svanen started installation of the first monopile at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, and the construction of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm has now started. According to the original schedule, Svanen was supposed to start work on 1 January, but the mobilisation […]

  • Inter-Array Cabling Done at Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2014
    Storage

    A network of more than 60 kilometers of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months. “We divided cable installation into two campaigns. The first […]

  • Offshore Wind to Meet 10 Pct of UK Electricity Demand by 2020

    11 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Crown Estate has published two reports at this year’s Global Offshore Wind conference, painting a picture of an industry maturing and on course to double its capacity by 2020 to 10 GW or more – around 10 per cent of the UK’s electricity demand. ‘Offshore wind operational report 2014‘ highlights the sectors continuing growth […]

  • Report: Hitachi and China Steel Form Offshore Wind Partnership in Taiwan

    25 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. is expanding its offshore wind business abroad through a partnership with Taiwanese steel maker China Steel Corporation, Nikkei Asian Review reports. The two companies are expected to start collaborating on offshore wind-related projects this autumn. Hitachi will be in charge of providing wind turbines with a capacity of up to 5MW which will possibly be […]

  • Review of Opportunities and Barriers of UK’s Offshore Wind Supply Chain Launched

    13 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    In yesterday’s speech by the Secretary of State Ed Davey MP at the Renewable UK event, there was an announcement regarding the findings of the “Chinn Review” led by the Siemens energy businesses in the UK.  In July, Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP announced a review of the UK’s offshore wind supply chain, saying “overall UK content in our […]

  • Stockton North MP Highlights Offshore Wind Opportunities for Local Companies

    20 October 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Alex Cunningham, British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Stockton North, is keen to highlight funding opportunities worth hundreds of thousands of pounds that are available to help more local companies to benefit from involvement in the offshore wind energy sector. Firms across the Tees Valley, including TAG Energy in Stockton and JDR Cables in Hartlepool, […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Opportunities Leave RNLI Struggling for Crew Members

    2 July 2012

    Ramsgate lifeboat station is experiencing troubles with the number of crew members responding to calls for help during the daytime. The main cause of this problem is supposedly local employment opportunities at wind farms off the Kent coast, BBC News reports. “We have lost a few people to that industry,” Coxwain Ian Cannon stated. He […]

  • STRABAG Invests in Development of Own Offshore Wind Power Plants (Austria)

    23 May 2011

    The construction group STRABAG SE signed an agreement on acquiring a 51 % stake in two holding companies to develop, build and operate offshore wind power plants. With the transaction, the company extends its existing competence as a builder of wind power facilities. STRABAG and project developer Northern Energy Projekt GmbH, represented by its managing […]

  • Denmark’s Rodsand II offshore wind power plant begins operations

    13 October 2010

    One of the world’s largest offshore wind power plants has begun operations in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. E.ON opened the Rødsand II project, with 90 Siemens offshore wind turbines with a ceremonial act. Siemens erected the 90 wind turbines, each with 2.3 megawatt (MW) capacity and a rotor diameter of 93 […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Sector Seeks New Overseas Trade (France)

    7 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The UK’s successful offshore wind sector was promoting its expertise in Paris yesterday, as 40 British firms seek new overseas trade. UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) hosted the forum in Paris, which brought together representatives from British and French companies as well as trade associations and representatives from the British and French Governments. The Centres […]

  • Three UK Companies Secure Funding to Support Offshore Wind Development

    12 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Three innovative UK businesses are the latest companies to secure funding from a major Government scheme to support the development of next generation offshore wind technology. NGenTec Ltd, OSBIT Power Ltd and OGN North Sea Ltd will each receive grants under DECC and the Technology Strategy Board’s Offshore Wind Component Technologies Innovation scheme. Launched […]

  • Tideland to Showcase Illuminating Solutions for Offshore Wind Industry at RenewableUK 2012

    18 October 2012

    Tideland Signal, Dabbrook Services and Tranberg Systems of Denmark have joined forces to present a comprehensive service for specifying, supply and installation of navigation warning systems and all other low-voltage equipment on offshore wind farms on stand 140 at RenewableUK 2012 in Glasgow from 30 October to 1 November. Tideland Signal is a leading global […]

  • Finland: Southern Town of Raseborg Rejects Offshore Wind Farm Plans

    9 March 2012

      The southern town of Raseborg, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, has rejected the planned wind park in the sea area in front of it, reported Helsingin Sanomat. Town Board member, Mikael Borgman, proposed dropping the zoning for the offshore wind park planned to commence in cooperation with the neighboring municipality of […]

  • USA: RI to Take Critical Step Toward Offshore Wind Power

    24 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

    After securing an important go-ahead from federal officials, Rhode Island is set to take a critical step toward developing commercial offshore wind programs through the U.S. Department of the Interior’s “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative. Today, Friday, February 24th at 2:30 p.m. , Governor Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Chairman […]