The European Commission launches a call for renewabke energy project funding under NER300.The wind categories have remained the same as for the first call, and include offshore wind farms with very large turbines, floating offshore turbines…
Seaway Heavy Lifting contracted by Siemens AG for the transportation & installation of the German North Sea jacket & transmission station. The contractors say that the 5,800 tonnes jacket will be installed by Heavy Lift Vessel “Oleg Strashnov”…
The hull is complete, the steelwork concluded, the building of the deckhouse has begun – in the dock of Sietas shipyard the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms developed and constructed in Germany is currently taking shape. Construction started in April 2012…
Almost 200 senior figures from across the U.K.’s offshore wind industry recently debated the future of managing operational wind farm projects.Delegates assembled to hear what lessons can be learnt from pioneering wind farm operators off the East of England coast…
The GL Garrad Hassan PhD Award has been presented to Iñigo Martínez de Alegría of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, for his thesis “Study on Full Direct Current Offshore Wind Farm.”Dr Andrew Garrad, Non-Executive Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan…
HVDC is a key enabler for the efficient and reliable integration of offshore wind energy, explains HVDC busness manager.Offshore wind power generation is one of the world’s most promising renewable energy sources, and is set to play an increasingly significant role in our economic growth…
The SAL head office moves to new premises in Hamburg’s HafenCity, to accommodate growing staff numbers.In particular the move will give adequate space for the company's new Project and Offshore department.SAL say that the new location…
Renewable energy technology developer, Principle Power, was awarded a Department of Energy grant worth $4M and up to $47M in total funding, to support its WindFloat Pacific Demonstration Project.Principle Power has announced the list of official project partners…
GL Garrad Hassan marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of 'Bladed' software at the recent EWEA Conference in Vienna.GL Garrad Hassan pioneered the development of design tools for wind, wave and tidal energy devices and Bladed is now…
Universtiy of Maine's Advanced Structures & Composites Center granted up to $4 million to fund offshore windmill project.Habib Dagher, the director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is busy planning the first phase of a “potential $93…
The Commission has awarded over €1.2 billion to 23 innovative renewable energy technology (RES) projects. The projects cover a wide range of renewable energy technologies from bioenergy (including advanced biofuels), concentrated solar power and geothermal power to wind power…
Bentley’s latest SACS release provides advanced visualization of motions prediction & expanded offshore wind turbine analysis.SACS version 5.5 is software that expands installation capabilities, integrates new wind turbine platform design functionality…
Chevalier Floatels contracts Holland Shipyards to convert its first ship to a DP2 offshore support & accommodation vessel.In response to the growing European market for wind energy, Chevalier Floatels has initiated the development of a new…
The first CO2-free power is now being fed into the Danish power grid from Anholt offshore wind farm. On its completion next year, the farm, with its total capacity of 400 MW, will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm and will deliver power equivalent to the consumption of 400…
Japan’s first offshore floating wind farm begins trial operation off the coast of Goto Islands, Nagasake Prefecture.A Japan Government energy ministry spokesperson said that diversifying energy sources in Japan has become a significant national…