The EU wind energy sector installed 11,566 MW of capacity in 2012, bringing the total wind power capacity to 105.6 GW, according to the 2012 annual statistics launched by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Of the 11,566 MW installed in the EU, 10,399 MW was onshore and 1,166 MW offshore. I
The load-out of the topside for the Riffgat offshore substation was successfully completed. This is an important milestone in this project, which enables our customer to supply renewable energy to its customers before this summer. Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH & Co. KG, a company owned by EWE Energ
The world’s biggest construction and services partner in renewables, GES (Global Energy Services), is launching a new corporate identity. As a maturing industry, renewables are facing new challenges, competing for larger, more complex and risky projects in a global market. To meet its customers’ cha
Noreq was recently awarded the contract for the delivery of WTPCs (Wind Turbine Platform Cranes) for use on the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The customer for this project is DONG Energy, a company Noreq has worked with before on other offshore wind farm installations. Two private investors
Project managers, technical assessors and risk evaluation teams work hard in their roles at keeping costs under control and avoiding supplier contracts that could turn bad for both sides. The reasons are worth stating aloud; a bad contract decision could bankrupt the supplier, delay the project buil
The Poul La Cour prize for outstanding contribution to wind energy has been awarded this year to Professor Arthouros Zervos. The award was presented to Professor Zervos by Klaus Rave, Vice President of EWEA. Speaking at the presentation of the award at the conference dinner of the EWEA 2013 Annual E
MMT has just completed a coastal survey in connection to the planned Kårehamn wind farm. Baltic Offshore contracted MMT for a coastal survey, including multibeam survey. A marine cable will connect the new Kårehamn wind farm to the island of Öland. The new bathymetric chart will aid planning and exe
Leading Scottish engineering company, Steel Engineering has selected Tymor Marine as a supply chain partner to support the delivery of major renewable contracts for Samsung at The Energy Park at Methil in Fife and for ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall at the East Anglia offshore wind zone off
A new framework document, developed over two years in collaboration with leading consultants and developers, will lead to more transparency and advancements in the quantification of project losses and uncertainties says, DNV KEMA. Various entities in the Renewable UK Wind Resource Working Group have
Offshore wind deals are happening and project developers that need money are getting it, but sometimes this is overshadowed by a cloud of negativity from banks and the utilities, which complain all too often that the project finance markets are broke or the regulatory frameworks insufficient. Jérôme
At the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Conference in Vienna, GL Garrad Hassan marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of Bladed, the wind turbine design software trusted and used by manufacturers and certification agencies around the world. Over the last two decades, as commercial wind tur
Jack-Up Barge awarded MirTac a new contract for consultancy and Star IPS implementation at its exciting new build self elevating platform, the JB-118. The contract includes business consulting and the set-up of all required documentation, instructions, planned maintenance and administration onboard.
On February 4, EWEA 2013 kicked off in Vienna, Austria. The following are videos bringing details on the first two days of the event: Day One: At the opening of Europe’s leading wind energy event, politicians and high level industry representatives also spoke of the need to secure the further growth
At the beginning of January 2013, the installation vessel Sea Jack arrived at Grenaa Harbour, and a total of three installation vessels are now in operation to exploit the few and often short-term installation windows which the season allows. At the end of February, A2SEA’s new custom-designed insta
