The cable connecting Anholt offshore wind farm and the Danish power grid, which was out of operation from September 30th, is now repaired. Energinet.dk announced the news on its official website and added that the Anholt wind turbines can again send power to land. The failure occurred on Tuesday, Se
A delegation of buyers from the wind farm sector will be attending Asia’s leading commercial maritime event, Seawork Asia in November. For the first time, exhibitors at Seawork Asia will be able to benefit from direct contact with dedicated industry professionals who purchase specifically for their
US-based Renewable NRG Systems and Belgium’s FLiDAR entered an exclusive partnership for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas. Under this agreement, Renewable NRG Systems will provide the WindCube Lidar systems to FLiDAR to equip the floating wind measurement
Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) has announced it will no longer pursue its pilot tidal energy research project in Admiralty Inlet, west of Whidbey Island. “The PUD and its funding partners have worked for years to get regulatory clarity regarding the requirements and associated costs
On 22 September, EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH opened the new Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) in Berne, Germany. The VTMS was launched by Thomas van der Laan (Head of Marine and Offshore Coordination), Ina Winkler (Team Leader of the control center) and Caspar Spreter (Managing Director of Wind
Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH has awarded Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services and TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH a contract for the certification of the Sandbank offshore wind farm. In the first construction phase it is planned to build 72 wind turbines with a total output of 288 MW, inter array ca
Pronomar has received an order from A2SEA, a Danish specialist in providing offshore wind transport, installation and service solutions. A2SEA runs a fleet of specially designed vessels and equipment for their many offshore installations. One of them is the jack-up vessel Sea Challenger and it was f
Eolien Maritime France, a subsidiary of EDF EN France and Dong Energy Power Holding, is looking for a contractor who will carry out seabed surveys at a number of locations off the French coast. The company plans to perform seabed clearance on around 80 wind turbine locations and some additional loca
Marcus A. Wassenberg, CFO of Senvion SE in Hamburg since 1 June 2012, is leaving the company at his own request by the end of September. He will take up a leading position in an international company outside of the wind energy industry. Until a successor has been identified CEO Andreas Nauen will ov
Components of Inch Cape Offshore Limited’s met mast are nearing completion at East Lothian based steel fabrication company Had-Fab. The specialist fabrication company is responsible for the manufacturing of the innovative lattice mast to be used for measuring wind speeds at the Inch Cape Offshore Wi
AdBm Technologies, an underwater noise abatement technology company raised $1.3 Million, led by the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN). Other investors include Green Park & Golf Ventures as well as the Houston Angel Network (HAN) and the North Texas Angel Network (NTAN). AdBm, a portfolio company of
Ricardo has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to administer a unique ocean Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prize challenge, aimed at helping to bring this important potential source of clean energy to commercial scale. Wave energy conve
Japan’s offshore wind industry needs to accelerate Research, Development and Deployment (RD&D) efforts to reduce the country’s exposure to the highly volatile costs of imported energy and secure its future energy supply, according to a series of reports released today by the Carbon Trust. Japan’s of
Today, DNV GL celebrates its 150th anniversary of DNV and the one year of the DNV GL merger in The Hermitage and The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. DNV GL wishes to celebrate this milestone primarily by looking ahead and has therefore developed six strategic themes for a safe and sustainable
