DONG Energy Divests 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2
Aug 8, 2017
DONG Energy has entered into an agreement to sell 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2, a 450-megawatt (MW) German offshore wind farm project, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).

Wood Group Supports Fosen Vind Project with Power Performance Testing
Aug 8, 2017
Wood Group’s clean energy business, previously known as SgurrEnergy, has been chosen to carry out power performance testing [PPT] on Europe’s largest onshore wind project.

HFG Awarded Albatros Offshore Transformer Module Contract
Jul 28, 2017
Heerema Fabrication Group has been awarded the Procurement & Construction contract of the Albatros Offshore Transformer Module (OTM®) by Siemens AG. The ultimate client is EnBW Energy.

BOURBON Completes Mooring Installation of First Floating Wind Turbine in France
Jul 27, 2017
Earlier this month, BOURBON completed the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France for Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN) as part of the European project FLOATGEN...

GeoSea Chooses Seatools for Anode Cage Installation Tool
Jul 27, 2017
Earlier this year, GeoSea awarded subsea technology company Seatools the contract for the design and delivery of an anode cage installation tool.

Nacelle-Mounted ZephIR Lidar Successfully Passes DNV-GL Verification at new Janneby Test Site
Jul 26, 2017
An independent performance verification of a nacelle-mounted ZephIR Lidar has been undertaken by DNV GL on the test site in Janneby, Germany which demonstrates the product is compliant with...

SunPower to Supply 29.9-Megawatts of High Efficiency Solar Panels
Jul 26, 2017
SunPower, a majority-owned subsidiary of Total SA, and Tenergie, an independent renewable power producer, has announced that SunPower is supplying 29.9 megawatts (MW) of...

Clariant Participates in German Kopernikus Initiative for Advancing Renewable Energy
Jul 25, 2017
Clariant, a global provider of specialty chemicals, has announced that its Catalysts business is participating in the Kopernikus technology initiative of the German...

Siemens Gamesa Receives 20-Turbine Order for Equis Energy’s Tolo 1 Wind Power Plant
Jul 24, 2017
With the Tolo 1 onshore wind project, Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in Indonesia for the gearless SWT-3.6-130 wind turbines.

Acta Orion Working for Siemens Turbine Installation and Commissioning at Race Bank
Jul 21, 2017
Acta Marine’s walk to work construction support vessel Acta Orion is carrying out accommodation and walk to work duties for Siemens on Dong’s offshore wind farm Race Bank.

Growing Demand for Pellets is Causing Strain on Equipment
Jul 19, 2017
The global market for pellets is thriving, thanks to a growing demand for pellets used as biofuel for heating in residential use and furnaces and boilers in industrial applications.

Aquila Capital Expands Capacity of Norwegian Wind Farm by 40 MW
Jul 19, 2017
Aquila Capital is increasing the installed capacity of its Midtfjellet wind farm in Norway by 40 MW to a total of 150 MW. Eleven Nordex N117 turbines are to be installed...

LiDAR Becoming the Clear Choice for Bankable Offshore Wind Measurements
Jul 19, 2017
Wind measurement experts gathered in London claimed that LiDARs have been replacing met masts to become the sole wind measurement tool used for offshore resource assessment and power curve verification purposes.

ExxonMobil and UW to Advance Research into Conversion of Biomass into Transportation Fuel
Jul 18, 2017
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil have announced a 2-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels.

MaRINET2 Awards to Develop the Next-Generation of Offshore Renewables
Jul 10, 2017
The MaRINET2 project has awarded EUR 1.3 million to 34 technology development teams through a competitive call for proposals. This support will accelerate the next generation of offshore renewable energy technologies...

Biral’s VPF-730 Present Weather Sensor Installed on an Off-Shore Wind Turbine Substation
Jul 10, 2017
Meteorological specialist Biral has had its VPF-730 Visibility and Present Weather sensor installed onto the substation for windfarm Borkum Riffgrund 2 in the German North Sea.

MoU to Study Conversion of Natural Gas to Hydrogen
Jul 10, 2017
Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the possibilities of converting Vattenfall’s gas power plant Magnum in the Netherlands into a hydrogen-powered plant.

Wärtsilä to Enhance the Reliability of World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Jul 5, 2017
The technology group Wärtsilä signed in January a contract with Babcock International Group plc to design and build a number of switchboards and distribution boards for the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station...

DeepOcean Awarded Export Cable Installation Contract by NSW
Jun 29, 2017
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) for export cable transportation, installation and trenching services...

Zeolite Catalysts Pave the Road to Decentral Chemical Processes
Jun 29, 2017
Fuel from waste? It is possible. But hitherto, converting organic waste to fuel has not been economically viable. Excessively high temperatures and too much energy are required.

A European Power Market Designed to Deliver a Clean Future for European Citizens
Jun 27, 2017
Thirteen industry leaders and associations have launched “Make Power Clean,” a joint initiative to promote a European electricity market designed to deliver cleaner energy for all.

ROV Replaces Divers in Monopile Installation Work
Jun 26, 2017
In April this year, Den Helder-based offshore service provider Bluestream finished the offshore works for the Nordsee One successfully.

Canyon Offshore Limited Selected to Trench the Inner-Array Grid Cables on Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One
Jun 22, 2017
Canyon Offshore Limited, a trenching solutions provider based in Aberdeen, has been awarded a contract by Siem Offshore Contractors for the provision of trenching services on DONG Energy’s Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One.

ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Report Breakthrough in Algae Biofuel Research
Jun 20, 2017
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. have announced a breakthrough in joint research into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain that more than doubled its oil content without significantly inhibiting the strain’s growth.