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  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Auction Day 2 Starts

    14 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The US Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) has resumed the auction for commercial wind energy leasing offshore Massachusetts.

  • BOEM Holding New York Offshore Wind Auction

    16 December 2016

    [The auction has ended after the 33rd round.] Rounds (reverse chronological order): 16 December: 32nd round (closed at 16:00 CET): asking price – USD 39,469,725; 2 bidders. 31st round (closed at 15:40 CET): asking price – USD 36,469,725; 2 bidders. 30th round (closed at 15:20 CET): asking price – USD 33,469,725; 2 bidders. 29th round (closed at 15:00 […]

  • Port of Wilhelmshaven: Fit for the future

    16 August 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Germany’s ambition is to have 2.500 turbines installed in its territorial waters in the North and Baltic Seas by 2030. This means that on an average of 250 turbines will have to be produced and installed each year. This cannot be handled by one port alone and therefore several German ports are now trying to […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Up Italian Portfolio to 4.6 GW

    22 February 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Nora Ventu, a company set up by Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy, has launched a consultation to provide local communities with more information on two floating wind projects to be developed in the Gulf of Cagliari offshore Italy. Nora Ventu, set up to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Sardinian coast, has begun a […]

  • Fugro’s Camera Tech Helps Heerema Install Arcadis Ost 1 Wind Turbines

    2 February 2023
    Technology

    Fugro has unveiled that its QuickVision camera technology is supporting Heerema Marine Contractors as they install 27 wind turbines for Parkwind’s Arcadist Ost 1 wind farm offshore Germany. Using a novel floating Rotor-Nacelle Assembly (RNA) installation method, the Dutch company is installing wind turbines with the blades already pre-assembled on deck, onto the tower fixed […]

  • Aquaterra, Seawind Working on 1 GW Offshore Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    26 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Aquaterra Energy and Seawind Ocean Technology have signed an agreement for the development of what the companies say will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind and green hydrogen production project in Italy. The project, named HyMed, is currently in its first phase of permitting, with the grid connection and the environmental impact assessments well […]

  • Arkona OWF to Create Jobs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

    18 July 2016

    At an event held today, E.ON, with the support of WindEnergy Network and Invest in MV, has put together a supplier agreement that will enable companies from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to participate in the construction and operation of the Arkona offshore wind farm.  More than 170 representatives of companies in the area are using the platform to network […]

  • New US Offshore Wind Leasing to Trigger USD 120 Billion in Investments – Report

    13 December 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The recently announced seven offshore wind lease auctions in the United States by 2025 could generate up to USD 4.5 billion in new federal revenue, create up to 128,000 jobs during construction of the projects, and spark USD 120 billion in clean energy investments, a report released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) has […]

  • EPA to Limit CO2 Pollution, U.S. Wind Energy Already Helps States to Comply

    28 May 2014
    Authorities, Environment

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release its first-ever proposed rule limiting carbon dioxide pollution from existing power plants on June 2. The good news is wind energy is already helping nearly every state make progress toward whatever reductions the EPA will require and is an affordable and reliable compliance option for […]

  • Penglai Offshore Wind Pilot Project to Power Chinese Oilfield

    7 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    ConocoPhillips China (COPC) and CNOOC have announced the commencement of the Penglai offshore wind farm pilot project in China. The project’s clean energy will supply power to the Penglai oilfield, China’s largest offshore oil and gas production base under the production sharing contract, located in Bohai Bay, northeast China. Featuring four wind turbines with a […]

  • First-Ever Jones Act Service Operations Vessel to Feature Ulmatec’s Gangway

    17 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway-based Ulmatec has secured a contract for the supply of a motion compensated gangway and logistics support systems for ECO Edison, the first-ever US-flagged Jones Act-compliant service operations vessel (SOV). The 32-metre motion compensated gangway has a 12-metre telescope compensation range, infinitely adjustable access height to the offshore wind turbines, an integrated elevator in the […]

  • Two Wind Projects Offshore Finland Power Forward

    4 January 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted Ilmatar Offshore a research permit for two offshore wind areas in Finland’s exclusive economic zone. The granted permit applies to two areas, one of which is located approximately 30 kilometers from Jakobstad and the other approximately 70 kilometres southwest of Vaasa. Ilmatar Offshore previously announced that […]

  • Highlights of the Month – February 2019

    4 March 2019

    We are bringing you a list of ten of our most read articles for the month of February. 15 Injured After CTV Collides with Cargo Ship Off Rügen All 15 people aboard the crew transfer vessel (CTV) World Bora were injured after the CTV collided with a cargo ship several nautical miles northeast of the […]

  • US Jumpstarts Offshore Wind, Targets 30 GW by 2030

    30 March 2021
    Authorities

    The US has set a national target of 30 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030 as a centerpiece of a newly introduced plan by the Biden Administration to jumpstart offshore wind energy and create tens of thousands of jobs in the sector over the next decade. The ambitious offshore wind target will support […]

  • GWEC’s Floating Wind Report Spotlights Five Countries

    11 March 2022
    Industry

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published a report, Floating Offshore wind – a Global Opportunity, that outlines how five countries could accelerate the growth of floating offshore wind. The GWEC report identifies Ireland, Italy, Morocco, the Philippines, and the US as the “chasing pack”. According to GWEC, these five countries, together with the […]

  • US Plans to Auction 3 GW Offshore Oregon, Pinpoints Three Areas

    25 February 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified three Call Areas in the Pacific Ocean offshore Oregon for wind energy development, which have a total installed capacity potential of 17 GW. The agency is now embarking on narrowing down these pieces of federal waters into Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) which could support 3 […]

  • TenneT Floats EUR 22 Billion Budget for Future Projects

    8 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    TenneT, an electricity transmission system operator with activities in the Netherlands and Germany, invested EUR 1,46 billion in grid connections for offshore wind farms in 2015, and announced further EUR 22 billion of investments in onshore and offshore electricity infrastructure in the next ten years. A part of the investment budget will go towards the realization of an offshore AC […]

  • Gazelle Modular Hybrid Floater to Be Built in Dubai

    3 August 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Floating offshore wind platform developer Gazelle Wind Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ferrofab FZE, a UAE-based engineering and manufacturing firm, to establish a Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the Ferrofab Jebel Ali facility in Dubai. This Center is being established to manufacture a Gazelle hybrid modular offshore wind platform, based on Gazelle’s […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Project Powers Ahead

    14 January 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    KEPCO KPS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TÜV SÜD Korea and Shinan-gun, a county on the southwest coast of South Korea, to cooperate in the establishment of an industrial Operation & Maintenance ecosystem for the 8.2 GW Shinan offshore wind farm. The Shinan wind farm will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, […]

  • Mainstream and Maple Power to Team Up Ahead of Celtic Sea Floating Wind Tender

    29 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Mainstream Renewable Power and Maple Power are jointly exploring the upcoming Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Tender in the UK, which will be launched in 2023. The Crown Estate is advancing the Celtic Sea seabed leasing tender for floating wind, which is anticipated to deliver a total of 4 GW of renewable energy by 2035. […]

  • Dogger Bank O&M Base Opens

    15 March 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, has officially been opened at the Port of Tyne, the UK. The O&M base also houses the control room that will monitor and manage five per cent of the UK’s electricity generating capacity, […]

  • SIOW: Massachusetts Can Make Offshore Wind Competitive by Thinking Big

    15 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Commitment by Massachusetts to develop offshore wind energy at a scale of 2,000 MW, combined with ongoing technology and industry advances, will lower previously projected costs for the clean energy source by as much as 55 percent in the next decade, according to a new study by the University of Delaware’s Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW). […]

  • 50Hertz Stays On Track with Ostwind 2 Grid Connection

    9 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The final section of the second of the three 220 kV export cable systems for the Ostwind 2 project is being laid in the German Baltic Sea, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH said. Around 170 kilometres of export cables have been laid at sea and on land over the past months to connect two offshore wind farms […]

  • Construction Starts on America’s Largest Offshore Wind Manufacturing Hub

    20 April 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Ocean Wind and EEW have broken ground for the EEW monopile manufacturing facility at the Port of Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County, New Jersey, U.S. The start of construction marks a significant milestone in delivering the largest industrial offshore wind manufacturing facility in the U.S. to date, Ocean Wind said. Construction of the facility […]

  • NWA Develops Nordergründe Insurance Package

    18 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nordwest Assekuranzmakler GmbH & Co. KG (NWA) has developed the insurance concept for the offshore project Nordergründe. The insurance specialist is thus providing a key building block for financing the project, which will cost 410 million euros. The Nordergründe wind farm, which is located 15 kilometres north-east of the island Wangerooge, is owned by wpd […]

  • Constitution Wind Submits Connecticut Offshore Wind Bid

    1 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Joint venture partners Eversource and Ørsted have submitted their Constitution Wind project bid in response to Connecticut’s Request for Proposals (RFP) for offshore wind energy generation. Constitution Wind included several project proposals that offer Connecticut flexibility in selecting its next offshore wind project, the developers said. The project, located 65 miles off the coast of […]