Wind

Successful installation of two offshore substations marks major milestone at the SeaMade offshore wind farm

Wednesday, 18 March 2020 Robin Whitlock The two substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm have been successfully installed in the Belgian North Sea, marking a major milestone in the construction of Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm. ...

Technology Essential for Carbon-Neutral Economy

Wednesday, 11 March 2020 Offshore wind is rapidly emerging as a key potential power source for the production of green hydrogen. What will soon be the world’s largest offshore farm, Hornsea Project Two (HP2) in the North Sea,was ...

Research shows subsea power cables becoming critical link

Wednesday, 11 March 2020 Robin Whitlock The Business Network for Offshore Wind has partnered with SubCableWorld, the data and information source for the submarine cable industry, to release a white paper, forecasting the next decade of US Offshore ...

TenneT Partners with EIB to Power New Transmission Connection for Offshore Wind Energy

Monday, 09 March 2020 REM The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €250 million loan agreement with TenneT Holding B.V. The financing will be used for the western section of TenneT’s Zuidwest 380 kV project, which will ...

Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende publish study revaluating the space requirements of offshore wind

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 Robin Whitlock When offshore wind farms are located in excessive proximity to one another, turbine productivity is impaired, therefore countries on the North Sea should coordinate their development of offshore wind energy ...

TÜV NORD to Certify One Of the World’s Biggest Wind Farm Zones

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 REM TÜV NORD is carrying out its first project certification in accordance with the innovative, internationally recognized IECRE OD-502 scheme. The installations to be certified are the Dutch offshore wind ...

Belgium

First of SeaMade’s two offshore substations sets sail to the Belgian North Sea

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Robin Whitlock

The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm left the construction yard in Hoboken for its final destination in the Belgian North Sea.

Highest Offshore Wind Load Factors Recorded Since 2015

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 REM The latest research from Cornwall Insight highlights that as a result of the elevated wind speeds experienced in January onshore wind load factors averaged 42% for the month, and older offshore sites ...

Industrial Scale Renewable Hydrogen Project Advances to Next Phase

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 REM Funding in the amount of £ 7.5 million has been awarded for the next phase of Gigastack, a new renewable hydrogen project, as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) ...

Marine Energy Wales Welcomes New Offshore Renewable Energy Program

Monday, 17 February 2020 Dan McCue Recently, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) announced an Offshore Renewable Energy Program (OREP) to support offshore renewable energy in Wales. NRW as a regulator and advisor in Wales has a vital role to ...