National Grid has started installing the cofferdams for the subsea cables which will connect the Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in US waters, developed by Deepwater Wind, with Block Island. The next step involves a process called horizontal directional drilling (HDD), which cre
The Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, has signed new contracts to provide forecast services during the construction of the 322MW Nordsee One and the 402MW Veja Mate, the two offshore wind farms to be built in the south west of the German Bight area of the North Sea. The Nordsee One OWF
In its preliminary results for 2015 published today, Centrica confirmed the implementation of its strategy is on track, including exiting wind power generation, following the recent disposal of the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms, and the Glens of Foudland wind farm on land. The company r
Members of the Galloper Wind Farm Ltd (GWFL) project team will be in the Leiston area on Thursday the 25th of February to host two drop-in sessions about the 336 MW Galloper offshore wind farm project. The drop-in sessions will be held on from 12pm to 3pm and 4pm to 7pm local time at the café [&hell
A regional transmission organization ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) had ran a capacity auction to procure the resources that will be needed to meet New England’s projected demand in 2019-2020, and purchased 6.8MW of capacity from Deepwater Wind’s Block Island offshore wind farm, among others. New Eng
Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology (ZTT) has won a contract to supply subsea cables for the 300MW Huaneng Rudong offshore wind farm. Huaneng Tendering awarded ZTT with the contract to supply 35kV and 110kV subsea cables for the wind farm situated in the East China Sea, off Jiangsu Province. The wind farm
DNV GL has published a fully revised set of service specifications for project certification of wind power plants, the DNVGL-SE-0190, designed to ensure the safe and reliable operation of wind power plants, their assets and components throughout the project life cycle. DNV Gl says that this fully re
IHC has secured an order for a cutting edge power cable plough system, destined for the recently launched cable installation vessel, Maersk Connector, chartered to DeepOcean. The equipment to be provided by IHC comprises a 3.3m trench depth power cable plough, a sea state 5 LARS and tow winch. The p
Forth Ports Limited plans to invest more than GBP 10 million to build a new quayside at the Port of Dundee and turn this port on Scotland’s east coast into a center for the North Sea offshore wind industry. This privately funded investment will result in the development of the quayside at the east e
Statoil has awarded an additional scope to the contract with Aibel. This week, an amendment giving Aibel responsibility for procurement of material and equipment to the project was signed. In the summer of 2014 Aibel was awarded a contract for a FEED study, Engineering, and Management Assistance for
Floating offshore wind is one of six key innovation areas that should get a portion of the UK government’s GBP 500 million energy innovation programme funds, according to a report published by Scottish Renewables. Floating offshore wind has the potential to open huge areas of the world’s deepest oce
RWE’s Renewables Division more than doubled its earnings in 2015 compared to a year earlier, but EUR 3 billion in write-downs and impairments have resulted in the German utility posting EUR 200 million net loss for the year. Based on unaudited pro-forma figures, RWE posted an operating result of EUR
Fred. Olsen Ocean, the owner of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS and Universal Foundation Norway AS and part of Bonheur ASA, ended 2015 with NOK 105 million (EUR 10.9 million) net loss, as compared to NOK 10 million net loss recorded a year earlier, due largely to delays in construction of several offshor
Semcon has signed a framework agreement with DONG Energy which covers consultancy services for DONG’s German offshore wind power business activities. The agreement between DONG and Semcon focuses on supporting construction, commissioning and operations of offshore wind farms in Germany. “Our experti
