The Port of Tyne has launched a new green energy park which will be used as a strategic base for UK North East’s renewable energy sector. The Tyne Clean Energy Park will provide infrastructure catering for all renewable energy production needs, with a total of 200ha of land soon to become available
The University of Southampton and Flightform Insights have teamed up to develop a novel wake and wind generation model to minimize energy losses from offshore wind farms. The aim is to help offshore wind developers optimize the turbine layout of their wind farms by minimizing the losses caused by th
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has initiated a market consultation process for the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) offshore wind farm zone. The purpose is to determine potential contractors to carry out a seabed morphological and scour study at the 700 MW wind farm zone also know
Boskalis has reported a revenue increase at its Offshore Energy business in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the previous two quarters, but also a drop in its order book to € 1.3 billion (€ 1.47 billion at the end of June). The company noted a strong contribution from the seabed intervention u
Rambøll has secured another contract with Energinet to carry out an export cable route survey for the Hesselø offshore wind farm in Denmark. The contract concerns the proposed export cable route with landfall in Gilleleje. Two export cable routes were initially explored, thus two tender processes we
Norwegian shipbuilder New Havyard Ship Technology has decided to restructure its operations into a repair and service yard and reduce the number of staff by around 100.
Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif is fine-tuning its production lines for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project. The production of the TP-less monopile foundations for Vattenfall’s 140-turbine project is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2020, as planned, Sif Group
The fiscal year 2020 has ended at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), which reported a decline in revenues, but also a record order intake. In its outlook, the wind turbine supplier sees boosts in several markets, such as the green hydrogen plans in the EU, Democrats’ push for net-zero 2050 in t
The BladeBUG inspect-and-repair robot for offshore wind turbine blades has carried out its first open door walk on an operating turbine. Over two days in mid-October, the six-legged robot repeatedly scaled blades on ORE Catapult’s 7 MW Levenmouth Demonstration turbine located off the coast of Fife.
Fugro Netherlands Marine BV has won a contract to develop an Integrated Ground Model and a Geotechnical Interpretative Report for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. The IGM and the report should be of sufficient accuracy to allow (preliminary) foundation design, the Netherl
SSE Renewables has commissioned the combined design team of Ramboll and Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) to deliver the concept design for the wind turbine substructures for Phase 2 of the Arklow Bank wind farm offshore Ireland. Arklow Bank is a 520 MW offshore development located circa 12 kilomet
The Netherlands-based cable logistics company WIND has officially established a branch office in Taiwan. WIND’s cable crew mobilized all the handling equipment and is ready to start the first renewable storage project next week, the company said. “We are proud that our clients requested us to extend
Inter-array cable testing and termination will start at the Moray East offshore wind farm around 11 November, with the first of the two campaigns for this work scheduled to commence then. The testing and termination works will be carried out from the wind turbines and offshore substation platforms a
Cabling specialist Nexans has generated third-quarter 2020 revenues of €1.4 billion, down 9.8 per cent versus prior-year comparable period. In the first nine months, Nexans sales came to €4.3 billion, also down 9.8 per cent year-on-year. Nevertheless, revenues were up close to 6 per cent quarter-on-
