Ørsted has officially opened its expanded East Coast Hub at the Port of Grimsby, the UK. Guest of honor, Melanie Onn MP for Great Grimsby unveiled a plaque at the site, as part of the official opening ceremony. Constructed by local firm Hobson and Porter, the site is now the world’s largest offshore
Triton Knoll has given an update on the construction of the two offshore substations destined for the 860MW offshore wind project. According to Triton Knoll, a transition piece for the offshore substation has left the construction hall at Smulders’ Wallsend facility in the UK. The company has now co
SSE Renewables has decommissioned the last remaining test turbine at the Hunterston National Offshore Turbine Test Facility in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Following six years of testing, the 6MW Siemens turbine was brought down to the ground in an operation by lead decommissioning contactors, Keltbray
Offshore wind generation in the UK rose by 25% in the second quarter of 2019, contributing to a 9.9% rise in renewable generation, according to the latest report by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). In Q2 2019, generation from offshore wind saw an increase from 1.2
A consortium of partners led by Principle Power has been awarded a USD 3.6 million grant from the U.S Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop, validate and operate DIGIFLOAT, the world’s first digital twin software tailored to floating offshore wind applic
Global offshore wind farm developer Ørsted has officially opened an office in New York, the U.S. The new office will initially house approximately 10 team members, including one of the U.S. executive team members, with room for more as the New York-based operations grow. “We are thrilled to expand o
German research institute Fraunhofer IWES is measuring the aerodynamics of wind turbines with a rated power of more than five megawatts (MW), said to be the first-ever validation of its kind in the world. The aerodynamic properties of the Adwen AD 8 wind turbine, with a rated power of 8MW and a roto
Goldwind has launched its prototype 8MW offshore wind turbine at its facility in Fujian, China. Based on the complete test and certification, the turbine will conduct a two-month drive train test at Goldwind’s Fujian test platform. The 8MW turbine will be installed at the Xinghua Bay Project Phase I
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein has started construction work on Bernhard Schulte Offshore’s third Ulstein-designed offshore wind vessel at Ulstein Verft. As reported earlier, the partially built service operations vessel (SOV) left the Crist shipyard in Poland en route to Norway ear
U.S. offshore transmission system developer Anbaric has filed testimony in support of a bill expected to help set the stage for the expansion of offshore wind in Massachusetts. H 2814, An Act relative to the transmission for offshore wind energy, would create a separate bidding process for the trans
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG by Sage Holdings S.à.r.l, ultimately indirectly controlled by Macquarie Group Limited. Ocean Breeze owns and operates the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. Macq
Crown Estate Scotland has delayed the launch of the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round until after the publication of Marine Scotland’s draft Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP). This means that instead of the planned launch in October, ScotWind will be opened as soon as is practical following the publicat
UK-based DeepOcean has, on behalf of Hengtong Group, completed export cable installation for the first floating wind farm project in the Atlantic Ocean, the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic. DeepOcean’s scope of work included project management, engineering, and execution of all marine activities associated
Eni and Mainstream Renewable Power are planning to jointly participate in the UK’s fourth Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round. The news comes as Eni and Mainstream Renewable Power announced they had signed a cooperation agreement for developing large-scale renewable projects, including o
