EOWDC Enters Onshore Construction Stage
The 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as Aberdeen offshore wind farm, started onshore substation works at Blackdog, Aberdeenshire, on Monday, 17 October. The programme...
View ArticleBaltic Sea UXO Hunter Wanted
Transmission system operators Energinet.dk and 50Hz Transmission are inviting tenders for an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey and services along the planned cable routes of the 400MW Kriegers Flak...
View ArticleDeepOcean Clears Ground for Walney Extension Export Cable (Video)
DeepOcean has completed 2016 cable route clearance works at Middleton Sands, Haysham, UK, prior to 2017 export cable landfall pull-in operations for DONG Energy’s 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind...
View ArticleJDR to Set Up One-Stop-Shop in Newcastle
Subsea power cables specialist JDR plans to open a new European service support centre, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, to meet a ”high demand for JDR’s service work, including offshore...
View ArticleWestern Link Team Finds Legendary WWI U-Boat?
A GBP 1 billion project to lay one of the world’s largest subsea power cables, connecting Scotland and England, has led to a ”historic wartime discovery” which could finally help solve one of WWI’s...
View ArticleGE Bolsters Offshore Wind Links in China
GE’s Power Conversion business, a sub-business of GE Energy Connections, is set to provide its 5-megawatt (MW) medium-voltage (MV) converter based on the MV7000 product platform to China’s offshore...
View ArticleJDR’s Rabone to Join EEEGR Offshore Wind Supply Chain SIG Steering Group
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...
View ArticleRob van der Hage, TenneT: Having Significant Responsibilities Requires a Vision
Rob van der Hage, Business Manager Offshore at TenneT Netherlands, will be one of the panellists in the closing discussion on short and long term potential at the Offshore WIND Conference and has...
View ArticleEngie-Led Consortium Pushes Ahead with French Offshore Wind Projects
A consortium led by French energy company Engie will submit permit applications for the development and operation of two offshore wind farms in French waters totalling close to 1GW in capacity at the...
View ArticleHollandse Kust (Zuid) Cables to Make Landfall at Maasvlakte North
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp has announced that the Maasvlakte North zone was identified as the most suitable landfall location for onshore cables which will connect four 350MW offshore...
View ArticleOhio Power Siting Board and LEEDCo to Hold Icebreaker Public Information Meeting
Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a public information meeting on the proposed 21MW Project Icebreaker offshore wind farm on 3 November, Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), the...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 17 – 23 October
Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and...
View ArticleBOEM: Fish and Invertebrates Unfazed by Energized Subsea Cables
Burial of submerged power cables would not appear necessary strictly for biological reasons, according to a study funded by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), as the electromagnetic...
View ArticleOffshore Energy 2016 Ready for Kick-Off (Video)
The ninth Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is starting on Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam. OEEC is an annual event where companies from the oil & gas and...
View ArticleOEEC: We’ll Always Have Paris!
Almost a year ago, in December 2015, Paris hosted a historic event when world leaders gathered at COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, and commited to tackling the climate change. An...
View Article#OEECLive: ON AIR Talk-Show from Community Square at 15:00 CET
As previously announced, Offshore WIND will today be live streaming a talk-show from the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The talk-show, taking place at Community Square of the...
View ArticleOffshore Energy 16 Open for Business
The annual Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) opened its doors to visitors for the ninth time on Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam. This two-day event is focused on...
View ArticleIberdrola’s Renewables Unit Posts Weaker Results
Spanish energy company Iberdrola’s renewables division recorded a gross operating profit (EBITDA) of EUR 1.14 billion in the first nine months of 2016, down 3.3% compared to the first nine months of...
View ArticleOffshore WIND Conference 2016: Review of the Day Two
The second day of the Offshore WIND Conference held in Amsterdam on 25 October kicked off with a presentation by Jasper Visser, Country Manager Netherlands at Dong Energy. Visser discussed the result...
View ArticleOEECLive: Watch Two Live Streams on Wednesday!
Offshore WIND crew are at the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. On the second and final day of the event, we will be live streaming two talk shows from Community...
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