Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands & Island Enterprise (HIE) and BVG Associates (BVGA) are continuing their collaboration within the Offshore Wind Expert Support framework, and are launching a new phase of this programme designed to support Scottish companies in making the most of renewable energy
The construction of floating offshore wind farms in California over the near- to long-term could contribute to economic development in the US West Coast state, especially if significant portions of equipment and services were procured locally, according to a report by the US National Renewable Energ
The offshore wind market is set to experience a significant improvement in Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) over the next five years, as technology and supply chain gains improve, according to the renewables market analyst MAKE. The improvements in LCOE within the offshore market will be mainly
The DNV GL-led WIN WIN (WINd-powered Water INjection) project, which gathered industry players from oil & gas and offshore wind sectors, including ExxonMobil, ENI Norge, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd., Statoil, VNG Norge, PG Flow Solutions and ORE Catapult, is on the right track to make the best use of bot
One in three Danes wants Denmark’s electricity to come exclusively from renewable energy sources within the next five years, with only 10% of the country’s population willing to wait 15 years or more for this to happen, according to a survey commissioned by DONG Energy. Almost 77% of respondents pre
HeavyLift@Sea, a German designer of offshore and multipurpose vessels, has presented a design for a purpose-built Offshore Accommodation Vessel (OAV) for operations at offshore wind farms. The OAV serves as a base for up to 60 technicians and crew members. It features 60 single cabins, acoustically
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has introduced a new design for a cable laying vessel featuring an in-house developed Cable Arch system. The LX109 vessel combines the Ulstein Cable Arch system with open top vessel design, resulting in a total of 12,500 tonnes of power cable that can
BladeMaker, a manufacturing centre set up to advance rotor blade production, was inaugurated yesterday in Bremerhaven. The Fraunhofer IWES, together with 15 partners, has coordinated the development of the new blade manufacturing centre. Scientists, rotor blade and component manufacturers, providers
DONG Energy is setting up an office in Taiwan to explore offshore wind opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. The company is turning its attention to Asia-Pacific as the area has large potential for the development of offshore wind, Martin Neubert, the Chief Strategy Officer at DONG Energy Wind P
Associated British Ports (ABP) has shared the latest drone footage of the enabling works on Alexandra Dock in Hull where Siemens is to build the UK’s first offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, service and installation facility. The 54-acre site, which ABP and its main contractor GRAHAM Lag
Norwegian Wind Energy Association (NORWEA) has held the first meeting within the Offshore 2025 project which gathers offshore wind industry representatives in creating a strategy for development of full scale offshore wind demonstration sites in Norway. The project was initiated as a response to a r
Aqualis Offshore and China Ship Design & Research Center (CSDC) have signed an agreement to cooperate on offshore engineering projects both in China and internationally which could potentially include wind farm installation vessels. Under the agreement, Aqualis Offshore and CSDC will cooperate in th
The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Spain’s Tecnalia have signed a Collaboration Agreement with the aim of developing research and development (R&D) projects to tackle some of the key technology challenges facing the offshore renewable energy sector. The two research centres will c
DONG Energy and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have jointly installed a V164-8.0 MW wind turbine test tower and foundation onshore to test several installation and commissioning procedures, and to act as a critical training tool before the commencement of Burbo Bank Extension offshore installation. In ord
