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  • UKTI Releases Guide on UK Offshore Wind Investment

    28 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    UK Trade & Investment has released a guide which is an introduction to UK offshore wind, aimed at investors who are considering entering the sector and suppliers looking to export from the UK. It provides core information that will help build understanding and evaluate opportunities in this dynamic area of technological, manufacturing and infrastructure development. […]

  • GROW Injects GBP 7 Mln into Offshore Wind

    16 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Manufacturers looking to take advantage of the growth in the offshore wind market have received a £7m windfall of business support and capital funding. Bosses at the GROW:OffshoreWind service made the announcement at a recent supplier event to promote the £1.5bn Dudgeon Wind Farm project in Norfolk and immediately pointed to further investment in Hornsea […]

  • Esvagt’s SOV to Work on Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited has awarded a 5 year contract for the Service Operation Vessel to Esvagt AS.  The contracted Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Dudgeon wind farm is of the Havyard-832 design with a length of 83.7 meters and a width of 17.6 meters. The SOV is a DP-2 Class operated vessel, accommodating 60 persons […]

  • Offshore Wind Defines Innovation Horizon, MAKE Says

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Wind turbine technology has matured significantly, resulting in substantial reductions in LCOE and increased competitiveness of wind energy on the grid. Turbines have grown larger, more productive, cost effective and reliable due to technology investments. The next decade will bring further change, but the role of technology has shifted as the industry continues to evolve […]

  • Recycled Car Tyres Protecting Offshore Wind Turbines

    10 August 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Scour Prevention Systems Ltd has developed a scour prevention mat based on recycled car tyres, which was trialed on a wind farm off the Norfolk coast and then used in a recent major North Sea project. The scour prevention mat uses end-of-life tyres fastened together to make matrixes, used in single or multi layers to protect all offshore […]

  • EIB’s New Fund Includes Offshore Wind Farms

    21 May 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    New investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and strategic energy infrastructure, was among the more than EUR 8 billion of financing approved by the European Investment Bank board meeting on May 19. The EIB Group’s Board of Directors approved loans for a total of 21 projects, including four projects earmarked, subject to agreement by the […]

  • VIDEO: The Story of Alstom’s Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine

    9 October 2015

    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 second prototype at the Belwind site 45km offshore Ostend harbor in Belgium. In April 2012, the […]

  • Principia Releases FEA Software for Offshore Wind Turbines

    2 November 2015

    Principia, a French engineering and software development company, has launched DeepLines Wind™, a finite element analysis (FEA) software for offshore wind turbines. The software results from joined development efforts of Principia and IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), a public research, innovation and training center, active in the fields of energy, transport and the environment. Simulating the dynamic […]

  • RenewableUK: Support for Offshore Wind Remains Sky-High

    10 November 2015

    RenewableUK today highlighted new official Government statistics which show that more than three-quarters of the British public support using renewable energy. The Public Attitudes Tracking Survey published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change shows an increase in the percentage of people supporting renewables to 76%. The level of support has remained consistently high as […]

  • Advanced Power Services Joins Offshore Wind Sector

    21 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Advanced Power Services (APS) has expanded its business into renewables.  Working in the UK Rail Infrastructure for many years as specialist electrical installation contractors, APS is now expanding into diversified market sectors such as renewable energy, including solar and wind farms (both offshore and onshore), commercial networks and passenger & cargo ships. APS has recently updated and considerably expanded its website with […]

  • India Approves National Offshore Wind Energy Policy

    9 September 2015
    Authorities & Government

    India’s Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy. With this approval, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been authorized as the Nodal Ministry for use of offshore areas within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country and […]

  • Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm Officially Opened

    30 September 2015

    E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm was today officially opened by Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Andrea Leadsom MP. The 73-turbine wind farm, which is located 8km off the Holderness coast, went into full operation in May and will provide enough electricity for around 170,000 homes – equivalent to around one and […]

  • India Releases Offshore Wind Energy Policy Document

    2 October 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Indian Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), which was recently authorized as the Nodal Ministry for the use of offshore areas within the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), made the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy document available to the stakeholders and general public yesterday. Mark Leybourne, Senior Engineer at IT Power Consulting, which has been working on projects supporting the development of […]

  • Eneco Seeking Contractors for Norther Offshore Wind Farm

    23 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dutch energy company, Eneco, is inviting bids for two contracts regarding its Norther offshore wind farm located 22 kilometers from the shore near the port of Zeebrugge. The first contract is related to design, supply, installation and commissioning of wind turbine foundations, including cabling and offshore high voltage station. The supply and installation of wind turbine […]

  • Offshore Wind Holds Dong Financially Stable in 2014

    5 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dong Energy issued its financial results for 2014 today, which show the company’s strong growth in EBITDA (+9%) and cash flows (+54%). However, decline in oil and gas prices resulted in post-tax impairments of DKK 6.6 billion.  CEO and President Henrik Poulsen said: EBITDA was up 9% at DKK 16.4 billion despite a significant negative […]

  • Video: 50Hertz on Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Connection

    9 February 2015
    Storage

    50Hertz is in charge of connecting EnBW Baltic 2 to the grid.  The German offshore wind farm, being constructed 32 kilometers north of the Baltic island of Rügen, is four times as large as EnBW Baltic 1. With 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 turbines, it can produce six times as much power. The construction of EnBW Baltic 2 began in […]

  • More Companies Get on Board Offshore Wind Connections

    3 June 2015

    Offshore Wind Connections 2015, billed as the ‘must attend’ event for everyone interested in this fast growing market, takes place at The Spa Bridlington on June 4, the day before the Yorkshire International Business Convention. The Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) organisers have already announced three lead sponsors: Able UK (diamond) and East Riding of […]

  • Goldwind, CTG Plan Two Offshore Wind Projects

    19 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    According to Chinese media, Goldwind, China Three Gorges (CTG) and Fuzhou municipal government have entered into an agreement to cooperate on the development of offshore wind projects.  The agreement includes building of an offshore wind power equipment industrial park and an R&D center in Fuzhou city. The industrial park is expected to have an output value of 13 […]

  • AXYS to Exhibit at Offshore Wind China 2012 in Shanghai

    23 May 2012

    The AXYS Ocean Renewables team announced that they will be exhibiting at Offshore Wind China 2012 in Shanghai, China between 30th May and June 1st, 2012, at stand E7-A057. As one of many world class exhibitors, the services offered by AXYS Ocean Renewables will be presented throughout the exhibition. Offshore Wind China 2012 is Asia’s […]

  • Polish Businessman Applies for Offshore Wind Farm Construction

    7 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Polish businessman Jan Kulczyk has applied for the permission to construct an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, writes thenews.pl news portal. Kulczyk’s energy company, Polenergia, is keeping silent about the four offshore wind projects it has. However, chairman of Polenergia, Dariusz Mioduski, stated that the company has filed an application to the state-owned […]

  • UK: Walney Offshore Wind Farm Fully Operational

    14 June 2012

    Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd has today confirmed that its commissioning of the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm is now complete. All of the wind farm’s 102 turbines are fully operational and all have exported electricity. The £1 billion wind farm, which was officially opened on 9 February 2012 by Ed Davey, Secretary of […]

  • Maritime Authorities Block Offshore Wind Development in China

    20 June 2012

    Objections by the maritime authorities have blocked the development of the China’s first government-backed offshore wind projects, reports Recharge. Due to the mentioned objections, the offshore wind project developers may need to change their plans. Even though the National Energy Administration (NEA) awarded leases for these projects in 2010, none of them started the construction. […]

  • UK, French Mathematicians to Cut Offshore Wind Cost

    11 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Mathematicians in the UK and France have won €1.8 million funding to find ways of more efficiently transporting off-shore wind farms, which would make green energy more affordable. Experts in logistics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Le Havre and Plymouth are looking at reducing the cost of setting up and maintaining off-shore wind farms as […]

  • UK: J+S Targets Offshore Wind Market

    16 July 2012

    Barnstaple and Aberdeen based engineering firm J+S recently returned from exhibiting at the Global Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition at the Excel Centre in London. This is the first time that J+S have demonstrated their capabilities to the offshore wind market. J+S’ focus for the offshore wind market is an extension of their market leading […]

  • China: Dongfang to Present 5.5MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    19 July 2012

    Chinese manufacturer, Dongfang Electric, has announced its plans to launch a 5.5MW offshore wind turbine, Energy Live News reports. Besides co-developing the wind turbine, AMSC, a U.S. Based engineering company, has provided wind turbine electrical control system for the turbine. The new wind turbine will be installed in Nantong, in east China’s Jiangsu province for […]