Renewable sources already cover almost half of the country’s consumption needs – so far this year, they have contributed almost 47% of the total compared to less than 30% a decade ago. Even if the wind stops blowing in the next three weeks, wind power will end the year as the leading [...]

A leading renewable energy expert has heralded 2020 as having been a “massive year” for the development of floating offshore wind. John MacAskill, business development and operations director for London-headquartered wind engineering advisers Offshore Wind Consultants, said it’s now a “given” that large projects will be deployed globally in the [...]

Connection of three substation platforms can deliver 950MW capacity The third and final Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) will leave the fabrication yard this weekend to sail to the Moray East offshore windfarm project off the Aberdeenshire coast in Scotland. Siemens said the connection of the three substation platforms out [...]

Global Wind Energy Council report says the main driver for growth was market-based mechanisms.  Global wind energy capacity increased by over 60GW in 2019, making it the second highest year for new installations, according to a new report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). GWEC's 15th edition of the [...]

Activist groups Platform, Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth Scotland have published a report, stating that UK oil and gas drilling plans are incompatible with responding to climate change. The report, Sea Change, examines the climate impact of offshore operations in the North Sea and suggests policies and initiatives [...]

Dutch marine outfit Boskalis has been awarded a contract to replace and repair part of the array cabling at an unnamed offshore wind farm. The work will see Boskalis deploy three anchored barge spreads, including Bokabarge 82 and BoDo Constructor, as well as a variety of support vessels. Boskalis said [...]

BP has announced first gas production from the second stage of its West Nile Delta development offshore Egypt. The project, which produces gas from the Giza and Fayoum fields, was developed as a deepwater, long-distance tie-back to an existing onshore plant. The successful start-up is the second in a string [...]

Wednesday 6th February 2019 Siemens Gamesa has been awarded provisional type certification by DNV GL for the 8.0-167 DD wind turbine. “This is an endorsement of the reliability, stability and low-risk of the DD platform,” the manufacturer said. The company added that a provisional type certificate is an important milestone [...]

Friday 1st February 2019 Equinor has completed the EUR 400 million acquisition of Danske Commodities (DC) announced in July 2018, after having received all required regulatory approvals. This acquisition – of one of Europe’s largest short-term electricity traders – supports Equinor’s development as a broad energy company. DC is also [...]

Wednesday 30th January 2019 The French wind energy association (FEE) says the country’s 2028 targets for the offshore sector outlined in a draft energy plan released at the end of last week are not ambitious enough. The offshore goals of 2.4GW by 2023 and between 4.7GW and 5.2GW by 2028 [...]

Monday, Jan 21, 2019 Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. is very pleased to announce that Origin Energy B2 Pty Ltd. (“Origin”), our joint venture (“JV”) partner and Operator of the Beetaloo project, in the Northern Territory, Australia, has signed a rig contract with Ensign Australia Pty Ltd. for Rig 963 [...]