At the Scottish Renewables-Scottish Enterprise Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond revealed the new target to cut carbon emissions from electricity generation by more than four-fifths by 2030, underlining the huge market for offshore wind beyond 2020. The
Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced that it has taken up one of its options and ordered a new, OTS design, 2000t modular carousel system, which will be delivered in April 2013. The new patented OTS carousel series are designed for flexibility and quick mobilisation on standard modern PSV/CSV type vesse
FOB SWATH 2 offshore wind vessel, which is primarily purposed for offshore wind farm staff transport, can accommodate up to five people and can stay on the sea for a week. The vessel was designed by Hauschildt Marine in cooperation with the owner. FOB SWATH AS has taken delivery of the vessel from D
Thornton Bank 2 offshore wind farm, located off the Belgian coast, was fully commissioned in January. The second phase of the wind farm consisting of 24 new wind turbines with a total output of 148 megawatts (MW) is now fully in operation and connected to the grid. The turbines are set to generate a
With 16 weeks before the opening of All-Energy 2013, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, key component parts are all in place. Some of the influential speakers taking part in the multi-stream conference have been announced, as has a new and invaluable feature – The Energy Hu
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has published details of the tender process and the provisional timetable for the planned 1,500 MW of offshore wind power to be set up by 2020. Since March 2012, it has been evident that Denmark should have two large offshore wind farms and several coastal offshore win
Lamprell had its naming ceremony for the Windcarrier 2 project on 19 January 2013, with various members of the senior management from the customer, Fred Olsen, present. The Windcarrier 2 vessel left the Jebel Ali facility within the last few days and has commenced its final sea trials prior to compl
The significant contribution and key needs of the renewable energy industry to the economic and environmental future of Northern Ireland will top the agenda at the annual Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) conference being held today (31 January) in Belfast. The “NI wind energy – the
Today The Crown Estate is launching plans to conduct a new research study that will explore how the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters wave and tidal projects can proceed in harmony with local fishing activities, ensuring that local communities benefit from both industries. This study will be conducte
RenewableUK, in partnership with The Crown Estate, has announced the winner of the Renewable Energy Health and Safety Award for 2013. Technip PIM was named as this year’s winner on the eve of RenewableUK’s annual Health and Safety conference in Sheffield, the UK’s premier health and safety event for
DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Westermost Rough in the North Sea on the British east coast. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 billion including the construction of the transmission assets. When the wind farm goes into operation, the tr
Strukton Hollandia JointVenture is building an offshore transformer platform for its German client, RIFFGAT GmbH offshore wind park 1. Two transformers are installed on the platform which convert the voltage delivered by the thirty 3.6 MW wind turbines from 33 kV to 155kV. Under normal operating con
German offshore wind projects – the current accomplishments, technical challenges and future opportunities, these topics and many others surrounding them will be discussed at GL Garrad Hassan’s 11th Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference (HOW) on 20-21 February 2013. The conference invites developers, man
The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) developers are gathering political support for the New Jersey part of the project, the first offshore backbone electricity transmission system proposed in the United States, which would link the offshore wind generators to the mainland via subsea cables. Although t
