Recently, it was announced that oil and gas giant Shell would unveil their ‘New Energies’ division, initiating their first move into the renewables market. With their latest bid already on the table with Eneco and Van Oord, if successful, the oil and gas corporation is set to build its first two off
Tom Harries, a wind analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and one of the panellists at the upcoming Offshore WIND Conference, has provided an insight into matters which are at the centre stage of the offshore wind sector: “Auctions, prices and frontier markets are the hot topics in the sect
As we are gearing up for the Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) we want to take you back a couple of months to how we developed the program together with our OWC advisor and partner Chris Westra. Looking back we asked Westra to reminisce on the initial idea of the program. “Our starting point was to [&h
In the transition to a clean energy future and healthy environment, it is essential to develop and mobilize all forms of renewable energy in a competitive and sustainable manner. An advancement also to be found during OEEC with the Marine Energy Event, OTEC symposium and now also the DMEC Marine Ene
Vattenfall Bids for Borssele III & IV Vattenfall, a Swedish wind energy developer which could build the cheapest nearshore project off the coast of Denmark, has disclosed that it is taking part in the Borssele III and IV tender. Photo of the Day: Extra Muscle Needed for Nordsee One Monopiles Schmidb
Research and development play a vital role In renewable energy as well as a steady stream of young engineers geared up to meet the current challenges In the Industry. Enter: the European Wind Energy Master Programme (EWEM) which prepares the world’s future engineers. The programme is a joint effort
Swan Hunter has issued Motive Offshore Group a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the design and build of a basket carousel loading tower. Package Manager John Young said: “We are pleased to announce our agreement with Motive to provide the design and build of our Carousel Loading Tower. This key deliverabl
European Commission Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic met with 11 chief technical officers (CTOs) from the wind industry at the beginning of this month at the WindEurope Summit 2016 in Hamburg. CTOs from ABB, Iberdrola, Vestas, DONG Energy and Siemens presented Sefcovic with a new study
Head Energy Denmark has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Wind Power to provide services for Siemens’ offshore wind projects. “We are very honored that one of the world’s leading Wind Turbine Manufacturers has chosen Head Energy as service provider across a wide range of functional disciplin
Atlas Professionals Offshore Wind team will host a recruitment day on 21 October at the OrbisEnergy Centre in Lowestoft. A variety of positions on global offshore wind projects are currently available, from Site Technicians to Geophysical Engineers. “The recruitment day will focus on Atlas’ global w
A paper on the evaluation of the feed-in tariff scheme for offshore wind farms in Greece using a Monte Carlo approach has been published in Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. The paper investigates the profitability range of offshore wind energy investments in Greece, taking in
Brandt’s passion for the renewables business was evident before he started his career. In 1999, he decided to do his masters in wind farm development focusing on large-scale wind farms. Then after managing several wind technology servicing units he joined Deutsche Windtechnik in 2004 becoming direct
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John Verdonk Business Unit Manager Offshore Temporary Living Quarters at Seafox As wind farms go further and further offshore into more challenging waters and harsher environments, the industry is developing a number of solutions to cope with the demands of the wind farm’s initial construction perio
