Offshore Renewables

Japanese trading company Marubeni has taken control of UK based Seajacks International with its purchase of a 5% stake in the company previously jointly owned by themselves and Innovation Network Corporation of…

A number of important contracts have been awarded covering cabling and offshore platform construction associated with the BorWin3 grid link connecting offshore windfarms in Germany.

Design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins has won a contract to design another offshore substation for DONG Energy adding to the concept of standardising production to reduce costs.

Offshore wind servicing expert, CWind, has won its first contract in Germany which will provide temporary power supply for the 288MW EnBW Baltic 2 offshore windfarm under construction in the Baltic Sea.

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…

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, is to share learning on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and…

Denmark-based Hempel has been busy delivering its high performance protective coatings to the renewable energy industry, but this year plans to release new products to help reduce costs.

UK heavy lifting specialist, Mechan, is entering a new market by spearheading development of jib cranes, designed specifically for use on offshore wind turbines.

Investment in the UK’s wind industry has increased by nearly 50% on last year to £3.5bn – a hot topic for this year’s RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind exhibition taking place in Glasgow…