#OEECLive: The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowin’ in the Wind
As previously announced, readers/viewers of Offshore WIND on Wednesday had a chance to follow a live stream of the on-air talk show themed “From bust to boom,” recorded on the exhibition floor of the...
View ArticleVattenfall’s Wind Unit Marks a Dip in Q3 2016
Vattenfall’s Wind Business Area reported SEK 1.263 billion (EUR 130 million) in net sales in the third quarter of 2016, a 9% decrease compared to SEK 1.389 billion reported for the same period in 2015,...
View ArticleOffshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016: Where Renewables Met Oil & Gas
With 667 exhibitors, 25,000m² floor space and visitors representing 99 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 (OEEC) was not only a great success, the event also grew compared...
View ArticleTop News of the Week, 24 – 30 October
DONG Marks 1000th Turbine in Water DONG Energy has become the first company worldwide to have installed 1,000 offshore wind turbines, after recently installing the landmark turbine at the Gode Wind 2...
View ArticleTriton Knoll Starts Cable Route Surveys in Lincolnshire
Triton Knoll is set to start survey works on the dunes and beach at Mogg’s Eye, Anderby, Lincolnshire, as the 900MW offshore wind project moves into the design phase after consent was granted for its...
View ArticleHighlights of the Month: October 2016
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 ArticleJDR Strikes Gold with Hornsea Project One Contract
DONG Energy has awarded JDR with a contract to supply subsea power cables for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, the largest array cable award in the company’s history. The contract will...
View ArticleEIB Mulls EUR 800 Million Loan for NordLink Interconnector
Norwegian transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett and Germany’s DC Nordseekabel GmbH, a 50:50 joint venture between TenneT TSO and KfW, have applied for a EUR 800 million loan with the European...
View ArticleAre Renewables Losing Grid Priority in Europe?
The European Commission’s ”leaked” plan to end the “priority dispatch” for renewable energy in electricity grids is set to harm investments in European wind and solar power systems to the tune of...
View ArticleMurphy Starts Installing Hornsea Project One Onshore Cables
J. Murphy & Sons has begun installing underground cables in North Lincolnshire for what will be the world’s biggest wind farm, DONG Energy’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One. The cable route will run...
View ArticleVBMS Floats New Export Cable Shore Landing Method (VIDEO)
VBMS has recently executed the first export cable shore landing for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm utilising its newly invented method for lowering the cable onto the seabed by using a remotely...
View ArticleBOEM Announces Massachusetts Offshore Wind Meetings
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will host public information meetings to discuss...
View ArticlePort of Rotterdam Welcomes Hollandse Kust (Zuid) Cables
The Port of Rotterdam has welcomed the announcement that the Dutch government identified the port’s Maasvlakte North zone as the most suitable landfall location for onshore cables which will connect...
View ArticleE.ON to Invest in Offshore Wind Every Two Years
E.ON Climate & Renewables (ECR), the renewables unit of the German energy company E.ON, plans to invest in one offshore wind project every two years as the company halved its renewable energy...
View ArticleTenneT Signs Up Siemens, Royal Smit Transformers for Dutch Offshore Grid
TenneT has signed framework agreements with Royal Smit Transformers and Siemens for the delivery of components for the Dutch offshore grid in the North Sea. Under the contracts, Royal Smit Transformers...
View ArticleVBMS and NKT Nab Borssele Alpha Export Cable Contract
Dutch transmission systems operator TenneT has awarded a consortium of VBMS and NKT Cables with a contract to supply and install two export cables that will connect the Borssele I & II offshore...
View ArticleVattenfall Wins Kriegers Flak Tender with EUR 49.9 per MWh Bid
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the tender to build the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea with the lowest ever bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh, 58% below the...
View ArticleE.ON’s Offshore Wind Comes On In Leaps and Bounds
German energy company E.ON’s offshore wind division recorded adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of EUR 243 million in the first nine months of 2016, a 196.4% rise compared to EUR 82...
View ArticleNew East Anglia ONE Contracts Up for Grabs
Developers of the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm will hold an East of England supply chain event in the new year to announce new contracts, ScottishPower Renewables’ Charlie Jordan, director...
View ArticleRTE Seeks UXO Surveyors for Two French Offshore Wind Farm Projects
French transmission systems operator RTE (Réseau de transport d’électricité) has invited tenders to determine the presence of unexploded ordnance (UXO) along the proposed export cable routes for the Le...
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