Offshore Wind
ENSM Starts Engineering Course on Offshore Structures
France’s National Maritime School (the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Maritime or ENSM) has just welcomed the first class of a new course focused on offshore systems, including systems used for offshore renewable energy projects. The course, titled ”Deployment and maintenance of offshore systems”, is be
SCORE Programme to Announce First Grant Awards
OrbisEnergy will soon announce the first awardees of the GBP 6 million SCORE fund, launched by OrbisEnergy in July, dedicated to companies developing innovations for offshore renewables. Johnathan Reynolds, of Nautilus Associates, said: “We have had far more early applications in this programme than
Innogy Hits the Market with Largest IPO in Germany in Last 16 Years
RWE’s recently set up daughter company innogy today entered the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as the largest IPO in Germany in the last 16 years with the placement price set at EUR 36 per innogy SE share at the top end of the price range. A total of approximately 555.6 million shares were put to the trad
Innogy Hits the Market with Largest IPO in Germany in Last 16 Years
RWE’s recently set up daughter company innogy today entered the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as the largest IPO in Germany in the last 16 years with the placement price set at EUR 36 per innogy SE share at the top end of the price range. A total of approximately 555.6 million shares were put to the trad
TenneT and Siemens Top Out BorWin3 Converter Station
Transmission systems operator TenneT and Siemens have held a topping-out ceremony for the Emden/Ost converter station, part of the 900MW BorWin3 grid connection project. The land station Emden/Ost is an essential element for the grid connection of offshore wind farms, TenneT said. With the BorWin3 p
Photo of the Day: Windea La Cour in Action
The new service operation vessel (SOV) Windea La Cour, chartered out to Siemens Wind Power, started its service campaign at the 600MW Gemini wind farm in the Netherlands last month. The vessel, featuring the X-STERN hull, is the first of two SOVs built at Ulstein Verft in Norway which Bernhard Schul
EOLINK Tests +10MW Floating Wind Concept, Expects 25% LCOE Reduction
EOLINK is performing tank testing of a 1:50 scale model of its floating wind turbine, which would allow for the utilization of +10MW wind turbines and reduction of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of 25%. So far, the tests validated that the floating wind turbine is able to withstand very harsh seast
EOLINK Tests +10MW Floating Wind Concept, Expects 25% LCOE Reduction
EOLINK is performing tank testing of a 1:50 scale model of its floating wind turbine, which would allow for the utilization of +10MW wind turbines and reduction of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of 25%. So far, the tests validated that the floating wind turbine is able to withstand very harsh seast
Jan De Nul Acquires Eight OSIL Data Buoys
Data buoy manufacturers Ocean Scientific International (OSIL) have recently supplied eight 1.2m buoys to Jan De Nul Group, which will use them on different dredging and renewables projects as platforms for environmental monitoring. Each buoy incorporates a variety of sensors from different manufactu
Business Focus: IBG Companies in the News
With Offshore WIND heading towards the launch of its International Business Guide 2017, the new Business Focus articles will update you on the companies that appeared in the news over the past two weeks. Deutsche Windtechnik Starting in January 2017, Deutsche Windtechnik will be servicing six Senvio
Business Focus: IBG Companies in the News
With Offshore WIND heading towards the launch of its International Business Guide 2017, the new Business Focus articles will update you on the companies that appeared in the news over the past two weeks. Deutsche Windtechnik Starting in January 2017, Deutsche Windtechnik will be servicing six Senvio
Eleven EU Companies Call for Renewables Investment Protection
Eleven companies doing business in the renewable energy sector have called for investment protection for renewable energy projects in Europe. Acciona, Allianz, Commerzbank, EDPR, Enel Green Power Gamesa, ERG, E.ON, HgCapital, Rabobank and RES Group said that, while the industry acknowledges the need
W3G Developing Drone-Based Erosion Inspection Solution
W3G Marine is working on a drone-based erosion inspection technology concept for offshore wind farms, with an aim to contribute to operations and maintenance cost reduction. As one of the companies predominantly working in offshore oil and gas and moving into offshore renewables, W3G Marine met with
ORE Catapult, NSRI Launch Renewables Innovation Challenges for Oil and Gas Companies
As announced last month, Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) have launched innovation challenges in an effort to help companies working in the oil and gas industry diversify into offshore renewables sector as the growing offshore renewables market