Alstom Dives in French Offshore Wind Opportunities Alstom has announced the signature of an exclusive partnership agreement with STX France, during a meeting of the Region Pays de la Loire strategic committee on marine energies that was held in Nantes on December 6. Dutch Companies Developing Innova
No Tiree Array, a campaigning group that opposes the development of the Argyll Array offshore wind farm, has issued the following press release regarding the latest news about the project: Scottish Power has announced dropping development of their proposed TIREE (Argyll) Array. The proposed TIREE (A
Commenting on ScottishPower Renewables’ announcement that it has decided not to take forward its lease option to develop the Argyll Array offshore wind farm project, RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive, Maf Smith said: “The fact that not all wind farm projects go ahead is a natural part of the deve
A quarter of the participants attending OWIB 2013 represented foreign companies. Many new contacts were made and some of them led to new orders. A new alliance or simply a new contact? The results differed, but the participants did have one thing in common after having attended a great number of mee
In a joint statement released on December 10, over 100 businesses, investors, faith groups and NGOs, including WWF, urged the government to ensure business stability by sticking to plans to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions. The broad alliance, made up of major businesses such as Unilever, Kingfisher
With the final assembly of 60 foundations at WeserWind in Bremerhaven, all of the 80 Global Tech I Tripods have been successfully completed. The welded connections were a big challenge as the conically shaped head and foot braces of the tripods needed to be welded to the cylindrical shaped central t
A2SEA’s second newbuild offshore installation vessel was christened yesterday at the COSCO shipyard in China. Her name will be SEA CHALLENGER and she is almost identical to SEA INSTALLER. The new vessel features a larger crane that can lift up to 900 tonnes, which is 100 tonnes more than her sister
DolWin Beta’s topside was placed onto the substructure yesterday. The jacking up of DolWin Beta’s topsides started on December 5. Drydocks World lifted the 10,000-tonne topside of the platform structure to a height of 52.8 metres from the dock bottom. On Saturday, the substructure was moved in posit
Windpower Intelligence has published 2 new technology forecast reports which analyse the technological trends that will shape the global offshore wind cables and foundations markets to 2023. Based on extensive primary research these new studies offer an essential planning and strategy guide to devel
During the visit of the French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in China, AREVA participated in the celebration of the 30 years of cooperation between France and China in civil nuclear energy. This visit included, notably, a stop by Mr. Ayrault to the construction site for two EPR reactors at Taisha
Storm ‘Christian’ Shakes DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany) DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. Competition in Offshore Wind Industry to In
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, and DONG Energy, one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe, have entered an agreement to cooperate on a technological and commercial partnership. The ambition is to enable electric network operators of remote or isolated islan
The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, sees further prospects for an expansion of offshore wind energy on Germany’s coastline. In PNE WINDs opinion, the prolongation of the acceleration model for electricity generated by offshore wind farms as agreed in the coalition agreement concluded by th
The head of Scotland’s European Marine Energy Centre and a groundbreaking local authority were among those honoured at the 2013 Scottish Green Energy Awards last night. Fife Council – which has encouraged the construction of the world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine in the coastal
