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  • BlueTEC Floating Tidal Platform Officially Launched

    9 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The first BlueTEC Tidal Energy platform was formally named by the Mayor of Texel, the Netherlands. The floating platform, which holds tidal turbines below the sea surface, will soon be positioned near the island of Texel supplying clean electricity to theDutch grid. This first BlueTEC will serve as a demonstration platform targeted at remote locations […]

  • NTU Surveys Two Underwater Sites for Energy Needs, Singapore

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are about to start surveying two of the selected sites that could power some homes in Singapore through generating power from tidal turbines. As reported by Eco-business.com, the site near St John’s Island and the other one near Pulau Sebarok are believed to have strong current speeds. The scientists […]

  • First French floating wind connection starts taking shape

    8 March 2023
    Infrastructure

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has started work to connect the country’s first floating offshore wind farm to the national grid. The laying of the export cable has started to connect the Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea to the French national grid. ”Initiated […]

  • Top five offshore wind Premium articles in 2021

    3 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Throughout the last year, our Premium articles have seen significant interest from our readers. Here, we are bringing the top five offshore wind articles from our Premium section in 2021.

  • German Lower Saxony Funds Research Project on Lobster Settlement at Riffgat OWF

    19 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    With just under EUR 700,000, Lower Saxony is supporting a pilot project for the settlement of the European lobsters at the offshore wind farm “Riffgat”. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, have started to rear 3,000 lobsters, which they will release back into the water in 2014. They […]

  • UK: Dong Welcomes Government’s Renewable Obligation Banding Review

    25 July 2012

    DONG Energy has today welcomed the publication of the government’s Renewable Obligation banding review. A spokesperson for the company said:  “The results of the review show that the Government has considered the solid evidence provided by the industry and made the right decision for offshore wind support.  “Having a reliable regime for offshore wind is […]

  • UK: Aberdeen Bay Wind Farm Plans Altered

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The planed project in the Aberdeen Bay could give a blow to Trump’s anti-wind intentions due to the fact that the development companies have announced great interest of manufacturers in the project, reports Business Green news portal. Namely, Vattenfall, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and Technip confirmed they have signed Memoranda of Understanding with six […]

  • UK: Trident to Take Part in All-Energy

    16 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Trident Energy will be exhibiting on Stand B62 at All-Energy, the UK’s largest Renewable Energy event taking place in Aberdeen on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th May, 2012. The company is an independent developer of enabling technology for the offshore renewable energy industry. Its stand will feature the patented generator which converts linear motion directly […]

  • ABB, Prysmian to Supply Horns Rev 3 with Cables

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Energinet.dk has signed contracts with ABB and Prysmian for the supply of 220kV high-voltage cables to transport power from the Horns Rev3 offshore wind farm in the North Sea into the Danish electricity grid. ABB will supply the33 km long submarine cable for the connection of the wind turbines to the coast at Blåbjerg, while […]

  • OpenHydro scoops innovation awards

    7 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Ireland-based tidal energy developer OpenHydro has won three awards at this year’s Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards, and SEAI Sustainable Energy Awards. OpenHydro, a DCNS company, won the Tech Innovation Award for its Turbine Control Centre, while employee Andrew Carlisle secured the International Engineer of the Year award at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards. At the […]

  • Jan de Nul obtains jack-up heavy lift vessel

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels

    Jan De Nul Group signed the taking-over of the offshore jack-up crane vessel Vidar, formerly operating for the German company Hochtief. Although specifically built with the offshore wind industry in mind, the Vidar is also suitable to install other offshore facilities such as tidal current turbines, wave energy generators, met masts and oil and gas […]

  • Atlantis cashes in £2.5 million

    20 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Atlantis Resources, the developer behind the MeyGen tidal energy project, has raised funds in the amount of £2.5 million. The funds were raised through the conditional placing of shares at a price of 42 pence per share. Atlantis stated that the proceeds will be used to fund project development activities across the Atlantis portfolio and […]

  • DONG Energy Looking for Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm Constructor (UK)

    22 December 2011

    DONG Energy is pursuing efforts to find the Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm constructor. This offshore wind farm engineering contract consists of adjustment of J-tubes and tightening of immersed seals on offshore wind farm(s). Contractor is responsible for: – Development, production and test of tool to raise and adjust the J-tubes at hang-off; – Adjusting J-tubes […]

  • Ecofys Assesses Risk of Dutch Offshore Wind

    27 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Netherlands plan to increase their installed offshore wind capacity to 4,500 megawatts by 2023. With the related roll-out reaching round 3, one of the first tenders issued will be the 700 MW tender for the Borssele coast area. The Dutch grid operator TenneT has been designated to become the operator of the offshore grid. […]

  • Top UK Energy Awards: GEV Wind Power Shortlisted in Two Categories

    13 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    GEV Wind Power has been named as a finalist for two categories in the prestigious UK Energy Innovation Awards, which recognise the projects, technologies and talent at the forefront of innovation within the energy sector. The company has been shortlisted for the Best Offshore Renewable Energy Innovation Award, for the innovation of its turbine blade habitat […]

  • Nordsee One Keeping Underwater Noise Under Check

    1 June 2015
    Environment

    The developer of the 332 MW Nordsee One project has invited tenders for environmental monitoring and reporting during the construction phase of the offshore wind farm. The contract covers underwater sound monitoring, marine mammal monitoring and acoustic deterrence in accordance with BSH Standard ‘Investigation of the Impact of Offshore Wind Turbines on the Marine Environment (StUK4)’ […]

  • Wison, Shanghai Electric partner up on LNG power barge

    17 November 2017
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Wison Offshore & Marine signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation with Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group on medium to large-scale floating LNG power generation barge.

  • Blumara on the lookout for tidal support

    13 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Blumara Corp is looking to appoint a Junior Naval Architecture Technologist who will provide support for ship design and tidal energy industry activities.

  • James Fisher teams up with OMS for offshore renewables

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with Oil Management and Services (OMS) to provide combined oil management services to the European offshore renewables industry.

  • Robust Logistics Needed to Secure Intense Installation Process (UK)

    19 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    The foundation installation has had a good start, and the installation vessels Svanen and Goliath have already managed to place 20 monopiles and 11 transition pieces in Walney 2.   However, for the last almost two weeks, the installation has been influenced by unfavourable weather conditions, but despite the wind, there have been minor weather […]

  • USA: Principle Power Hosts Town Hall Meetings

    23 May 2013

    Renewable energy technology developer Principle Power hosted two Town Hall meetings yesterday to introduce the community to the proposed WindFloat Pacific Demonstration Project. Principle Power has received a $4 million financial assistance award from the U.S. Department of Energy to begin project outreach, front-end engineering design and initial project permitting for installation of five semi-submersible […]

  • Germany: First Submarine Cable Section Laid for Baltic 2

    23 April 2013
    Storage

    The work for the network connection of the second German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the EnBW Baltic 2, is in progress. The vessel Aura rinsed the first submarine cable section into the Baltic ground, on Saturday, 20 April 2013, for the connection of Baltic 2. A total of sixty kilometers of submarine […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2015

    1 November 2015

    DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy today decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. Van Oord: Dredging Companies Venturing into Offshore Wind (Interview) During the Offshore Energy 2015 Exhibition and Conference, Offshore WIND met […]

  • DONG Picks Steelwind to Build 36 Borkum Riffgrund 2 Foundations

    31 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has awarded Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham with a contract to manufacture 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. This is not the first time Steelwind Nordenham was contracted by DONG to build foundations for an offshore wind project, but it is the first time the company will produce transition pieces […]

  • KOWL Asks For License to Build Kincardine

    12 April 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Storage

    Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited (KOWL) has submitted an application to the Scottish government for a marine license for the proposed Kincardine floating wind farm. KOWL, a joint venture company between Atkins Limited and Pilot Offshore Renewables, applied for the license ”for the deposit of substances and objects and the construction, alteration or improvements of works within the Scottish Marine Area and […]