Offshore Renewables

The worlds first dedicated offshore wind turbine installation vessel has been given a set of new feet for its tenth birthday in an operation involving Damens ARNO Dunkerque yard and a UK…

Vessel operator Rix Sea Shuttle, based in Hull UK has won a contract with Reef Subsea to supply two crew transfer vessels for the Gwynt y Môr site, one of Europe’s largest…

Bilbao based multinational utility company Iberdrola SA has reported that it allocated €159m to research and development in 2013, a 10% increase on the previous year.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced the launch of a programme which will commit €750m to finance the implementation of renewable energy projects throughout France between 2014 and 2016.

A study on the potential economic value of offshore wind to the UK economy has produced an up-to-date understanding of what is viewed as a worthwhile area of investment for sustainable development…

Amid the celebrations resulting from Siemens decision to build a wind turbine factory at Hull, a dispute is being played out between two developers over plans for a £450m marine energy park…

For residents of the UK and large parts of Europe, the winter of 2013/14 will be remembered for long periods of exceptionally high winds. Bad news for some, music to the ears…

ABB Group has won an order worth around $40mn from Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk, to build an AC power cable system that will help integrate and transmit power from the Horns…

WindMW GmbH has recently celebrated installation of the final turbine and offshore converter station at their 288MW Meerwind Süd offshore windfarm in the German North Sea.

The Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB) has published its annual report for 2013, presented in the form of a series of questions for its membership on reducing the levelised cost off offshore…