Artificial island 80 km off Jutland will be developed on a public-private partnership model. Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea, which will further integrate European grids and accommodate more offshore wind planned in nearby waters. The energy hub will [...]

Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem SpA (BIT:SPM) has won a roughly EUR-460-million (USD 553m) foundations job on the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind project in Normandy, France. Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados SAS (EODC), a joint venture between EDF Renewables and units of Canada’s Enbridge Inc (TSE:ENB) and Germany’s wpd AG, has [...]

Bureau, a leading provider of Technical Services to the global energy sector is delighted to announce their certification by Lloyd’s Register to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018. Lloyd's Register (LR) is a leading independent provider of accredited certification services across a wide range of standards and schemes as [...]

13,000-member group forming new organisation to harness political power of the clean energy workforce beyond the 2020 election. Clean Energy for Biden (CE4B) announced today that it will launch a new nonprofit organisation called Clean Energy for America (CE4A) that will mobilise the millions in today’s green workforce to advance [...]

Agreement with the European Space Agency will develop support services for the sector. Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a memorandum of intent (MoI) to analyse, develop and implement space-enabled technology and services to support the renewable energy sector.  Under the MoI, the organisations will work together to foster the development of [...]

The 950MW offshore wind farm will comprise 100 MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW machines MHI Vestas and Fred Olsen Windcarrier have installed the first of 100 turbines at the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland. Pre-assembly work is being undertaken at Global Energy’s facility at Nigg, [...]

Jack-up will commence contract on 1 March once completing Class Approval at Fayard shipyard in Denmark Siemens Gamesa has chosen Ziton’s vessel Wind Enterprise as its main service jack-up for offshore wind farms using its turbines. The vessel is undergoing 10 years Class Approval at Fayard shipyard in Denmark prior [...]

Deal comprises two diving support vessels including Polaris Offshore wind contractor Boskalis has acquired total ownership of Rever Offshore’s subsea services business. Rever (formerly known as Bibby Offshore), offers a broad range of services in the area of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance. Boskalis will obtain two diving support [...]

Ørsted has ticked off a “major milestone” in the development of what will become the “world’s largest” offshore wind farm. A total of 350,000 metres of onshore cable have been successfully installed across around 24 miles of land for the Hornsea Two project, which is currently under construction 55 miles [...]

Developers behind a 100 turbine wind farm under construction in the Moray Firth are celebrating a major project milestone. Partners said the 103rd and final jacket foundation had been installed at sea, paving the way for the arrival of the turbine generators next year. The project is expected to be [...]

New framework contains conditions for future expansion. The German Government has confirmed new renewables laws will come into force on 1 January. The law amending the Renewable Energy Sources Act and other energy regulations contains the new framework conditions for the future expansion of renewable energies in Germany. Federal Minister of [...]

Spain produced 43.6% of its electricity with renewable energy technologies in the year to December 11, Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE) said in the summary of its 2020 forecast report. The figure represents the highest proportion of renewables in Spain’s power mix since the records began in 2007, [...]