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  • Almost EUR 17.6 Billion for Polish Economy from Offshore Wind

    29 May 2013

    In accordance with a report by Ernst&Young concerning the impact of the offshore wind energy on the Polish economy the country is facing a unique opportunity. Reaching 6 GW in offshore wind in 2025 will entail PLN 73.8 billion value added for the Polish economy. Direct revenues of the public finance sector amount to PLN […]

  • Germany: OHB Group Develops Solutions for Information Exchange in Ofshore Wind Farms

    15 February 2013

     According to the plans of the German federal government, offshore wind power is to make a crucial contribution to the national and international energy balance in the future. Work has already commenced on building up the capacity in the North and Baltic Seas for the production of regenerative energies, with new wind farms being added […]

  • Vattenfall Has It on Video: No Seabird Collided with Aberdeen Offshore Wind Turbines During Two-Year Monitoring Campaign

    28 February 2023
    Environment, R&D, Research & Development

    Updated on 1 March with a download link to the final report (full study). Vattenfall has been testing technology and conducting research at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm for several years now. On 28 February, the company reported the findings of a study into seabird behaviour, performed in collaboration with bird and nature protection organisations, […]

  • ABS Endows Chair in Ocean Engineering at UC Berkeley, USA

    3 July 2012
    Training & Education

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global maritime industry, has established the American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley). Professor Ronald W. Yeung has received the inaugural appointment to this chair for a five-year term, […]

  • Reflex Marine: Smaller Vessels with Advanced Access Systems More Cost-Efficient (Interview)

    10 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Offshore WIND spoke to James Strong, Business Development Director at Reflex Marine, a company looking for new ways of personnel and cargo transfer between wind turbines and vessels, and one of the developers of a guidance document for personnel crane transfer, released this summer.

  • Windcat Orders Hydrogen CSOVs at Damen

    29 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Windcat Offshore has announced an order for the construction of a series of hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with Damen Shipyards at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The “Elevation Series” CSOVs have been designed by Damen Shipyards in cooperation with Windcat and CMB.TECH. The result is said to […]

  • Top News of 2017 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2018

    The Offshore WIND editorial team brings you a list of what, in our opinion, were the most significant developments in the offshore wind industry in 2017. Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for […]

  • Securing Jack-Up Foundation

    17 November 2014
    Vessels

    Establishing a safe foundation is a vital part of jack-up operations. The jack-up vessel needs to be supported by an absolutely solid foundation during the entire jack-up operation at any given site. As the vessel is jacked up, the weight is carried by the legs and onto the seabed. The seabed must be able to […]

  • David Still: “Energy Is the Lifeblood of Any Country!”

    27 November 2015

    UK renewables and wind expert David Still lives in a country with huge onshore and offshore wind resource and additional major potential for exploiting waves and sea current energy. Still firmly believes in a sustainable future energy supply based upon renewables and provided as an essential public service to the people in the UK. Availability […]

  • France: Navalu Gets Order from Enviroserve to Build Two Wind Farm Catamarans

    24 February 2012
    R&D

    UK wind farm service provider Enviroserve Ltd announces that it has ordered two 24 metre wind farm catamarans, from French work boat builder Navalu. The first boat will be named Sea Fox in keeping with the theme on Enviroserve’s other vessels. The first vessel is to be launched in January 2013. Working in close collaboration […]

  • Denmark: DONG Energy to Cut Costs

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of DONG Energy has today approved the interim financial report for the first nine months of 2012 with the following outlook and financial highlights compared with the first nine months of 2011: EBITDA for the first nine months of 2012 was DKK 6.7 billion compared with DKK 11.7 billion in the […]

  • Germany: Sietas Undocks Jack-Up Vessel for Offshore Wind Farms

    2 April 2013

    The hull is complete, the steelwork concluded, the building of the deckhouse has begun – in the dock of Sietas shipyard the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms developed and constructed in Germany is currently taking shape. Construction started in April 2012; the handover of the ship to the client, the renowned Dutch marine […]

  • Cost Effective Ways of Offshore Wind O&M Examined at University of Stavanger

    15 August 2014
    R&D, Training & Education

    Statoil has accepted to support a PhD work of Ole-Erik Vestøl Endrerudat at University of Stavanger with Dr. Nenad Keseric from Statoil Wind Operations being a co-supervisor. The PhD work examines ways to the most cost effective operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms. Statoil wind operation department has recognised the potential of the agent-based model developed […]

  • Siemens Divides Renewable Energy Division into Two New Divisions,Wind Power and Solar & Hydro (Germany)

    4 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      Siemens is gearing up for further growth in renewables. Effective October 1, 2011, the company wants to realign its renewables business into two independent units. The existing Renewable Energy Division shall be divided into two new divisions Wind Power and Solar & Hydro. Dr. Felix Ferlemann, to date head of the Chassis Systems Division […]

  • Governor McDonnell Signs Offshore Wind Energy Bills Into Law

    3 April 2010
    Authorities

    Norfolk, VA – Yesterday Governor McDonnell signed into law several bills that promote the development of an offshore wind industry in Virginia. These bills were part of the legislative package of the Virginia Offshore Wind Coalition (VOW), a stakeholder organization formed in 2009 by localities, manufacturers, utilities, developers and supply chain members to promote the […]

  • Troubled Waters? – Managing Risk in Floating Offshore Wind

    18 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution, Industry, Operations & Maintenance

    The following article is a guest post by Jonathan Morton, Associate at the international commercial law firm Haynes and Boone. The embrace of floating offshore wind has come surprisingly fast. There is already talk of floating wind sites with more than 100 turbines being built by 2032, and the interest and investment in the industry […]

  • Accommodation far at sea

    5 April 2012

    With wind farms getting bigger and bigger it means that the need for materials and personnel is also growing. The previous article described this growth in the need for support vessels sailing to and from wind farms under construction, or needing maintenance, transferring materials and personnel. But when do the support vessels stop being the only solution for transferring […]

  • Fail-safe design approval for future turbine growth

    20 February 2017

    By Britta Rollert, Director Marketing and Communication, Fraunhofer IWES Before the market launch of newly developed or modified prototypes for offshore applications, the need for extensive tests and feedback from experience gathered in the field is essential. Testing is an opportunity to improve the turbines and technologies in use further and faster in the future. […]

  • OWIM 2013 Main Focus: Bringing Offshore Wind Costs Down

    25 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The main focus of the OWIM Conference this year was cost reduction in offshore wind installation and maintenance, which would eventually lead toward cheaper electricity generated from offshore wind resources. Two sessions were held under the title Bringing Down LCOE (Levelised Cost of Energy), discussing lessons learned in foundation, turbine and cable installation, as well […]

  • USA: LIPA Trustees Approve Actions to Meet Long Island’s Long-Term Energy Needs

    26 October 2012
    Authorities

    The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustees voted yesterday to authorize staff to begin negotiating potential power purchase agreements (PPA) for new generating resources consistent with LIPA’s Electric Resource Energy Plan. The Trustees also authorized actions related to diversifying LIPA’s resource portfolio, including efforts and investments to improve energy efficiency through the Efficiency […]

  • Cape Wind to Base Operations HQ at Falmouth Harbor, USA

    24 August 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Cape Wind has announced that it will base its operations headquarters on Falmouth Harbor on Cape Cod, creating 50 new permanent jobs. Cape Wind President Jim Gordon said: “Cape and Islanders once lit the lamps of the world by harvesting whale oil. Pretty soon, every morning, workers will leave from Falmouth Harbor to harness the […]

  • Shell-Ocean Winds JV: ‘Mayflower Wind Did Not State Project Was Not Viable’. Developer Plans to Testify in Rhode Island

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind, the joint venture (JV) between Shell and Ocean Winds, said that it did not state that its offshore wind project in Massachusetts was no longer viable and intends to testify to the project’s viability before the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) in Rhode Island, where part of the offshore wind farm’s transmission corridor […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Announces Job Cuts, Records First Profitable Quarter Since 2020

    10 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa plans to terminate around 2,900 positions by Fiscal Year 2025, out of which 1,900 will be in Europe. The company said it is working with employee representatives to mitigate the impact of this adjustment as much as possible through natural attrition, internal transfers, and early retirements. The move comes as […]

  • Canada: Ontario’s Government Changes, Offshore Wind Cancellation Still in Effect

    21 May 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    It has been two years since the Government of Ontario announced that it is imposing a cancellation/moratorium on offshore wind, saying that it needed time to perform more scientific studies on the effects of offshore wind turbines on health and environment. This decision affected Trillium Power the most, as the company had plans for four […]

  • A2SEA Story: Coastal Challenges Borkum Riffgrund 1

    22 September 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    For CT Offshore, planning Borkum Riffgrund 1 from a cabling installation point of view has required more than a little creativity. For A2SEA, getting to and from DONG Energy’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm development, located 45 km off the German coast, is pretty much a straight-lined round trip from the port of Esbjerg in Denmark, […]

  • UPDATE ON FRANCE: The great potential of offshore wind in France

    16 March 2015

    France is ranked 2nd in Europe regarding the offshore wind potential, just behind the United Kingdom. And while no wind farms are installed to date this will change in the next few years to come. Offshore WIND asked France Energie Eolienne (FEE), the French wind energy association, to provide an update on the current status and […]