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  • REpower: 295 MW Contract Signed for Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    26 November 2010

    REpower to deliver 48 turbines of the 6M type for phases 2 and 3 Biggest project financing in the offshore wind industry Installations planned for 2012 and 2013 respectively REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) and the Belgian offshore project development company C-Power have signed a contract agreeing the delivery of 48 wind energy turbines of […]

  • SGS Exhibits at the RenewableUK Offshore Wind 2010 Conference and Exhibition in Liverpool, United Kingdom

    10 May 2010
    Business & Finance

    SGS is one of more than 100 exhibitors at RenewableUK’s (formerly known as British Wind Energy Association, BWEA) annual offshore wind energy event. The RenewableUK Offshore Wind 2010 conference and exhibition will take place on June 29-30, 2010 at the Arena & Convention Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom. SGS Renewable Energy Services will be exhibiting […]

  • Fixing offshore wind turbine grout problem might cost £25 million (UK)

    12 August 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Grout injected during the erection of offshore wind farms is breaking up, leading to concerns over their structural integrity, according to… By Brian Tinham (plantengineer) [mappress] Source: plantengineer, August 12, 2010;

  • More Than 100 Delegates Attended Offshore Wind Seminar Organized by NAMTEC (UK)

    21 December 2010

    More than 100 delegates signed up for the recent offshore wind seminar, which took place at the Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield earlier in December. The event was organised by NAMTEC (the National Metals Technology Centre), in association with AEM (Advanced Engineering Materials) Yorkshire. Despite the extreme winter conditions manufacturers from across the North and […]

  • Humberside Engineering Training Association Apprentice Could Become Offshore Wind Engineer (UK)

    31 December 2010
    Human Capital

    A FIRST offshore wind apprentice has been taken on in Grimsby – in a move described as “a huge boost” to two Grimsby Telegraph campaigns.   (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, December 31, 2010

  • UK seeks US manufacturing expertise to fill holes in offshore wind supply chain

    20 June 2010
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Quietly, the U.K. has emerged as one of the world’s more promising offshore wind markets in harnessing the strong, steady power of ocean…   Peter Alpern (industryweek) [mappress] Source: industryweek, June 21, 2010;

  • Renewable UK calls on government for urgent action to secure offshore wind manufacturing industry

    4 July 2010
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Government must not delay action if it wants to ensure the UK secures a substantial homegrown offshore wind manufacturing base,…   [mappress] Source: greenwisebusiness, July 04 , 2010;

  • Global Marine Systems develops ROV to help with offshore wind turbine installation (UK)

    29 July 2010
    Technology

    The creators of a new underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) claim almost any problem with the device can be repaired in less than 20… By Stephen Harris (theengineer) [mappress] Source: theengineer, July 29, 2010;

  • Siemens Signs Chartering Deal with Esvagt for Two Offshore Wind Service Vessels (Denmark)

    16 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Energy has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Esvagt A/S for two new offshore wind service vessels that will incorporate significant advancements in logistics, efficiency and operational capabilities. The vessels are being commissioned specifically for Siemens’ service operations at the Butendiek and Baltic II offshore wind power plants in Germany, both of which […]

  • VolturnUS 1:8 Launched: Maine Brings U.S. Offshore Wind Dream to Reality

    1 June 2013
    Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine in the U.S., was officially launched by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners yesterday at 11 am (5 pm CET/CEST). The 65-foot-tall VolturnUS prototype was lifted by a crane from the dock and lowered into the Penobscot River in Brewer. […]

  • Dong, FLiDAR Kick Off Floating Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign in Irish Sea

    7 June 2013

    The first commercial offshore wind measurement campaign using floating LiDAR in European waters has kicked off in the Irish Sea. FLiDAR NV has deployed one of its innovative LiDAR buoys for DONG Energy in the southern East Irish Sea. DONG Energy, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, selected the FLiDAR equipment due to its high […]

  • U.S. Virgin Islands Could Soon See 10.5 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    1 July 2013
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    The U.S. Virgin Islands Public Services Commission approved recognition of offshore wind developer Ocean Offshore Energy, LLC as a public utility on Thursday, June 27, Virgin Islands Daily News reports. This decision has opened the way for the development of an offshore wind farm off the coast of St. Thomas, for which the company had […]

  • Gamesa’s 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine Marks Record-High Power Generation (Spain)

    8 November 2013
    Technology

    Gamesa’s offshore wind turbine prototype in Arinaga Quay, in Canary Islands, marked record-high power generation for wind turbines in Spain on November 2.  The wind turbine produced 118.05 MWh of electricity, surpassing the previous record of 107.82 MWh, similarly achieved by other company’s product, the G128-4.5 MW turbine. This milestone demonstrates the turbine’s tremendous reliability […]

  • Europe Straying Off Course to Meet Offshore Wind Targets, New Report Says

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A report into the state of Europe’s offshore wind sector by international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed how uncertainty around subsidies and the need to unlock new capital are holding back investment in the development of European offshore wind farms. The report ’European Offshore Wind 2013: Realising The Opportunity’, published on June 26, […]

  • UK: IHC Engineering Business Works on R&D Project for Offshore Wind Sector

    3 July 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    A demonstration vehicle design that meets the challenges of cable laying for the development of offshore wind farms is being developed by IHC Engineering Business. The Hi-Traq vehicle is backed by a history of innovation. It is the result of investment in focused research and development by the company which is based in North East […]

  • Ex Formula One Man to Lead UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Review

    13 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The UK Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a full review of the UK supply chain as part of its 30GW by 2030 offshore wind vision.

  • Why the US Offshore Wind Market Is Going to Be Even Bigger than You Think

    8 May 2018

    By Jason Deign, for New Energy Update There is one subject that all commentators on the US offshore wind industry agree on: the sector is going to undergo rapid expansion over the next decade. What does provoke argument is the likely scale of this growth, and the relative importance of the factors that are going to […]

  • Northland Power, KEPCO E&C Sign Offshore Wind MoU in South Korea

    22 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Canada-based Northland Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korean KEPCO E&C to jointly work on supporting the development of the offshore wind industry in Korea.

  • Ireland: ESB Eyes Two Sites for New 500MW Offshore Wind Farm(s)

    5 February 2018

    ESB-owned Hibernian Wind Power has applied for two investigative foreshore licences, aiming to examine the feasibility of building a 500MW offshore wind farm (or wind farms) off Ireland’s East Coast.

  • Statoil Secures New York Offshore Wind Lease at Price of USD 42.5 Million

    16 December 2016

    Statoil Wind US came out as the winner of the New York offshore wind lease sale, agreeing to pay USD 42.5 million for rights to build an offshore wind farm at the 79,350-acre area. The lease comprises an area that could potentially accommodate more than 1GW of offshore wind, with a phased development expected to start with […]

  • Vattenfall Favours Peel Ports Great Yarmouth as Base for Norfolk Offshore Wind Farms

    5 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall, the developer of two of the world’s largest offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast, is in talks with Peel Ports to invest in the port at Great Yarmouth.

  • Jan De Nul Does Its Magic on Alstom’s Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine

    30 October 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    In the North Sea, off the Belgian coast, Alstom has installed its first Haliade turbine within the Belwind facility. Jan De Nul Group earlier installed the rock scour protection around the jacket foundation of the turbine with its Fallpipe Vessel ‘Simon Stevin’. This time, the ‘Simon Stevin’ returned to the wind farm to install a 33kV […]

  • Equinor CEO: Last Few Months a Game-Changer for Our Offshore Wind Business

    24 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The last few months have been a game-changer for Equinor’s offshore wind business, the Norwegian energy company’s President and CEO Eldar Sætre said while commenting on the company’s results for the third quarter of 2019. ”Together with SSE, we were the winning bidder with three projects at Dogger Bank in the UK, making it the largest […]

  • OWI-Lab: 3D Printing Brings Offshore Wind R&D Costs Down

    18 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    3D printing of a mold for the wind turbine blades can lead to cost-savings within the product development cycle, and the technology also makes it easier, and cheaper, to add more functionality into components, the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab) reports. Wind turbine blades produced for research purposes can easily be more than 12 meters […]

  • JDR’s Rabone to Join EEEGR Offshore Wind Supply Chain SIG Steering Group

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Brad Rabone, JDR’s Head of Sales, Renewables – Europe, has been selected to join the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) Offshore Wind Supply Chain special interest group (SIG) steering group. The aim of the recently launched group is to share information and best practice, and to promote offshore wind business opportunities in the Southern […]