International renewable energy organisations have come together at COP21 in Paris to demonstrate that reliable 100% renewable energy is not only possible, but that systems already exist today with significant potential for expansion. The side event, organised by the REN Alliance – a partnership of o
DONG Energy has invited tenders for temporary technical and consultancy staff working at the company’s Danish locations. The tendered contracts are framework agreements comprising the supply of temporary staff to support DONG Energy’s offshore wind farm projects, at various sites in Denmark, mainly
Huisman recently delivered the cranes for the Seajacks Scylla, the new build wind turbine installation vessel for Seajacks UK Ltd. This jack up vessel is currently nearing completion at the yard of Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The Seajacks Scylla, based on the Gusto MSC NG14000X design,
K2 Management has been awarded with a contract from Sønderborg Forsyning, a local Danish utility covering the municipality of Sønderborg, which is planning to build a 100-120MW nearshore wind farm. The wind farm is a part of “Project Zero” making the local community CO2 neutral by 2029. K2 Managemen
Met masts for two new Taiwanese offshore wind projects have been grouted by ITW WindGroup’s UHPC material Ducorit®, the company informed. After a met mast for the TGC project was grouted with Ducorit S5 in July, in early November, the grouting work was carried out at the met mast for the TaiPower pr
Blue Water Shipping has handled the transport of four gigantic wind turbine towers on their way to Osterild, where the Danish test centre for wind turbines is located. The tower sections weigh up to 190 tons each and have a diameter of nearly seven metres. The fourth transport was completed in Octob
Samso Turbine Breaks Off and Crashes into Sea Denmark’s Samso offshore wind farm, also known as Paludans Flak, is out of action after one of the turbines collapsed and crashed into the sea early Saturday morning, Søren Hermansen, Director of the Samso Energy Academy, confirmed to Offshore WIND. EU F
DONG Unveils U.S. Offshore Wind Project Details DONG Energy has released project details for its offshore wind farm proposed to be built off Massachusetts, USA. Scotland Greenlights World’s Largest Floating Wind Project The Scottish Government has granted a marine licence to Statoil for the construc
The rugby world cup tournament is about to start in England as this article is being written. Just as the rugby fans will have waited 4 years for the whistle to announce the start of the first match, England versus Fiji, so the offshore wind industry has waited eagerly for the whistle to start for [
The construction of Offshore-Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB), a EUR 180 million project that will serve the offshore wind industry, has been approved. On 27 November, bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, a company responsible for the planning of the project, received the approval from the Authority for the Environ
The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold the first meeting of the BOEM standing committee on environmental science and assessment for offshore energy and mineral resources on Tuesday, December 8, at the historic National Academies building. BOEM Director Abigail R
Wave energy technology company AW-Energy Oy and Mexican renewable energy developer ENAL have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop, design and deploy a 10MW wave farm off the Pacific coast of Mexico. This wave farm will at its inception represent the first wave farm in operation in the Ame
The Triton Knoll offshore wind project in East Lincolnshire could have impact on 200 farmers, according to land and property advisors Strutt & Parker. Alice Mesney from the company’s Stamford office said: “Underground cables will be required to carry electricity from offshore wind turbines to the Na
GEV Wind Power’s project manager, Daniel Rowcroft, has been appointed onto the executive committee of IRATA (Industrial Rope Access Trade Association). The committee is responsible for the management and guidance of the Association and, with regional advisors established worldwide, come together to
