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  • Edda Wind Orders More Commissioning Service Operation Vessels

    31 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Edda Wind has ordered three more Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) in addition to the six vessels the company has under construction. The vessels are specially designed for service operations during the commissioning and operation of offshore wind farms. The three CSOVs will be prepared for the installation of zero-emission technology in the same way […]

  • UK: Fist Turbine Installed at West of Duddon Sands OWF

    1 October 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of 108 Siemens 3.6MW turbines has been successfully installed at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50/50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables. Following the recent milestone of hitting the halfway mark on foundation installation, on Friday 27th September the West of Duddon Sands team completed installation of […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Production Revenues to Reach USD 104 Billion by 2017 (USA)

    11 October 2011

    Although the deployment challenges of developing offshore wind power generation facilities are significantly greater than on land, developers, manufacturers, governments, and investors are now turning their attention to offshore wind farms as a means of further expanding wind power capacity. The reasons for this interest are several: Some of the world’s best wind resources are […]

  • Feds Pause Vineyard Wind 1 Operation; Developer Says Damaged Blade at Risk of Detaching

    18 July 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has issued an order instructing Vineyard Wind to halt electricity production from all wind turbines following a blade failure incident on 13 July. The 800 MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm is planned to feature 62 GE Vernova’s Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines, each with a […]

  • Milestones on Obama’s Vision for a New Energy Future (USA)

    19 January 2011
    Authorities

    By helping stand up responsible large-scale renewable energy projects on America’s public lands and oceans, the Department of the Interior is playing a leading role in fulfilling President Obama’s vision for a new energy future. As America’s principal public lands management agency with stewardship responsibility over 20 percent of the nation’s land mass and 1.75 […]

  • EU Streamlining Path to 300 GW by 2050 Offshore Wind Target

    16 February 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have set out recommendations on how to deploy offshore wind more quickly in a report adopted on Wednesday, 16 February. As reported, the EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy sets out the goals of reaching at least 60 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 300 GW by […]

  • Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022 Opens Floorplan

    14 January 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment

    We are excited to announce that from now on it is possible to book your stand at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2022. The 15th edition  of OEEC will take place on the 29th and 30th of November 2022 at RAI Amsterdam. OEEC is the place where different sectors of the energy sector […]

  • EU-Funded Project Aims to Develop Cheaper, More Environmentally Friendly Floating Wind Farms

    25 June 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Research & Development

    A consortium gathering 17 partners from eight European countries has started working on a project, dubbed Floatfarm, with a goal to lower the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of floating wind through solutions such as shared mooring and anchoring, and to reduce the impact of floating wind farms on marine wildlife. Funded by the European […]

  • Louisiana Sets 5 GW Offshore Wind Target in Its First-Ever Climate Action Plan

    3 February 2022
    Authorities

    The US state of Louisiana has set a target of 5 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2035 in its first ever Climate Action Plan, which was unanimously approved by the state’s Climate Initiatives Task Force on 31 January. Louisiana’s Climate Action Plan contains 28 strategies and 84 specific actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) […]

  • GWEC: Installed Offshore Wind Reaches 8,759 MW in 2014

    2 April 2015
    R&D

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) launched its flagship publication the Global Wind Report: Annual Market update yesterday in Istanbul. The report details wind power’s remarkable growth in 2014, as well as updating GWEC’s rolling 5 year market projections, which show continued growth for the rest of the decade. Led by China and Brazil in the first […]

  • GWEC: Offshore Wind Preparing for New Era of Dramatic Growth

    1 July 2022
    Industry

    Offshore wind had its best year ever last year with 21.1 GW of new installations bringing global capacity to 56 GW, with China contributing 80 per cent of new offshore installations in 2021, leading offshore wind for the fourth year in a row. This is according to the latest Global Offshore Wind Report launched by the Global […]

  • Catch the Wind Announces Sales of WindSentinel™ Buoy (Canada)

    1 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    Catch the Wind Ltd. announced today that its exclusive licensing partner, AXYS Technologies, has sold a WindSentinel™ buoy, a custom marine floating platform bundled with a Vindicator® Laser Wind Sensor (LWS) unit, to each of the Fishermen’s Energy LLC and the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) of Grand Valley University. The sales mark […]

  • UK: South Boats Launches Its 54th Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel

    17 April 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 54th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Iceni Pride’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 13m Rapid Response Vessel (RRV) built to fulfil a 5 year contract Iceni Marine Services has in place with Scottish & Southern Energy on their Greater Gabbard Offshore […]

  • Global Marine Energy Opened It’s Office in Boston (USA)

    24 February 2011

    Global Marine Energy, Inc. today announced the opening of its office in Boston Massachusetts. Global Marine Energy is an American owned licensee of Global Marine Systems Ltd, the market leading offshore cable installation and marine engineering company. For over 160 years, Global Marine has been successfully installing cable throughout the world’s oceans and for the […]

  • Final Construction Permit Granted to 2.8 GW Atlantic Shores South Offshore Wind Projects

    2 October 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the 2.8 GW Atlantic Shores South Offshore Wind projects in federal waters off New Jersey. The original lease was divided into two separate leases, both approximately 8.7 miles (about 14 kilometres) offshore New Jersey at their closest points. The […]

  • France: DCNS Presents Software Expertise and Renewable Energy Strategy

    12 June 2013

    DCNS has developed considerable expertise in maritime safety & security (MSS) software to improve the efficiency of maritime rescue missions, shipping traffic management and pollution prevention and control. DCNS also positions itself as a world leader in marine renewable energies On Thursday 6 June 2013, Frédéric Cuvillier, France’s Minister for Transport, Sea and Fisheries, paid […]

  • New York Governor Confirms USD 500 Million in Offshore Wind Supply Chain and Port Investments

    20 January 2022
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul, together with Division of the Budget Director Robert F. Mujica Jr., outlined the State’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Executive Budget on 18 January, confirming the USD 500 million investment in offshore wind infrastructure, announced in her 2022 State of the State address at the beginning of this month. The USD 500 […]

  • Denmark and California Extend (Floating) Offshore Wind Cooperation, Add Power-to-X

    14 February 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) have extended their cooperation on offshore wind and energy efficiency which was established back in 2017. The renewed cooperation now involves DEA assisting the Californian authorities with optimising the legislative framework for offshore wind and also covers Power-to-X. The main goal of the partnership’s work […]

  • South Korea Holds 243 TWh of Offshore Wind Energy Potential, Says Report

    9 September 2012
    R&D

    With the countries all over the world developing their wind energy potential, South Korea has also joined the trend by initiating a massive wind energy program that is expected to relieve the country of its huge fossil fuel imports that currently energize the country. South Korea has recently realized the vast wind reserves which has […]

  • Marine Power Systems Boosts Its Team with Three New Members

    5 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based company that is developing revolutionary technology designed to capture the energy from ocean waves, has boosted its team with three new members of staff. Andrew Grabham is the new Design/Development Engineer. Andrew brings with him 14 years’ experience in mechanical design and project management roles having previously worked for […]

  • Allianz Global: Offshore wind project risks (USA)

    10 May 2010
    Business & Finance

    Allianz Global’s insurance expert, Robert Maurer, gave some interesting insight into offshore wind energy project risks. Usually, offshore projects are watched and assessed from the technical or economical point of view, but we thought it would be interesting to cite this article as a different way of looking at offshore wind. First off, the difference […]

  • New York State Selects Two Shovel-Ready, Re-Bid Projects in 4th Offshore Wind Solicitation

    29 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has selected Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Ørsted and Eversource’s Sunrise Wind projects in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. Both projects secured agreements with the state earlier and re-bid in this procurement round to negotiate new 25-year contracts. NYSERDA and the developers of the selected […]

  • Ørsted and Eversource Charter First-Ever Jones Act SOV

    1 October 2020
    Vessels

    Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Ørsted, and Eversource have signed a long-term charter agreement for the provision of the first-ever US-flagged, Jones Act-compliant Service Operations Vessel (SOV). The SOV will be engineered, constructed, and operated by ECO as an integral part of the operation and maintenance of the Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind, and Sunrise Wind […]

  • Orange Blue Terminal Eemshaven Scores Hohe See and Albatros Contract

    18 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Buss Orange Blue Terminal Eemshaven has signed a contract with GeoSea for port logistics services of 87 monopiles and transition pieces for the 497MW Hohe See and the 112MW Albatros offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.

  • EMF Inaugurates Eco-Friendly O&M Base for Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

    22 October 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm was inaugurated today (22 October) in La Turballe. The facility, which has 1,250 square metres, including 751 square metres of warehouse, was designed to be functional, innovative, and to have a lower carbon footprint, according to EDR Renewables, which owns the Saint-Nazaire offshore […]

  • Fugro and PTSC G&S on Floating LiDAR Duty Offshore Vietnam

    27 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Enterprize Energy (EE) has signed a contract with PTSC G&S and Fugro to supply, install and operate a floating LiDAR at the site of the Thang Long Wind project offshore Vietnam. Fugro and PTSE will deploy Fugro’s SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy to collect detailed wind resource, meteorological, and oceanographic data across the 2000 km2 project […]