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  • Belgian Offshore Wind Farms Generate 6.7 TWh in 2020

    4 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Belgian offshore wind farms generated 6.7 TWh of electricity in 2020, which represented 8.4 per cent of total electricity consumption in Belgium, or the electricity consumption of around 1.9 million families. Eight offshore wind farms are currently operational in the Belgian North Sea, with a total installed capacity of almost 2.3 GW. This includes Northwester […]

  • InterOPERA Project Aims to Improve Offshore Wind Interconnection

    23 January 2023
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    A project, funded by the European Union and the industry, that will help define the future interoperability standards of the multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grids in offshore electricity has been launched in Lyon, France. The project “Enabling interoperability of multi-vendor HVDC grids” (InterOPERA), funded by the EU programme for research and innovation, unites more […]

  • Belgian Offshore Wind Farms Underperform as Lower Wind Speeds Hit

    6 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The 399 wind turbines spread over nine zones in the Belgian North Sea produced approximately 6.77 TWh of electricity in 2021, a 0.6 per cent increase compared to 6.73 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. This corresponds to the annual electricity demand of almost two million households, or eight per cent of the total electricity […]

  • UK: Mantsbrite Wins New Tidal Transit Wind Farm Vessel Contract

    22 March 2013

    Mantsbrite Limited, one of the UK’s leading distributors of electronic marine navigation and communication products, has won the contract to fit out the next Tidal Transit offshore wind farm personnel transfer vessel ‘Tia Elizabeth’. All the navigation and communication equipment for the first two vessels in the Tidal Transit fleet – ‘Ginny Louise’ and ‘Eden […]

  • Tidal Transit Celebrates 20,000 Safe Passenger Transfers

    16 December 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    On 10th December 2013, Tidal Transit celebrated the completion of 20,000 safe passenger transfers from its three personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. Announcing this achievement, Tidal Transit Commercial Director Leo Hambro said: “I suspect that very few people realise the scale of offshore wind farm operations that now […]

  • Offshore Wind Work Discussed at NORCOWE’s Work Package Meetings (Norway)

    4 June 2013
    Training & Education

    Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy’s (NORCOWE) Work Package Meetings 2013 were hosted by the University of Stavanger and gathered almost 70 participants. Apart from presenting the newest results from the various work packages, speakers from the industry were also invited to give related talks. Statoil, one of NORCOWE’s industrial partners, was well represented with three talks. Elizabeth Baumann […]

  • Brazil: DNV COO Calls for More Research & Innovation

    21 June 2012
    R&D, Technology

    DNV COO Elisabeth Tørstad calls for more research and innovation to better serve the transition to a low-carbon economy.  “We must invest more in research and innovation in order to continuously improve the key renewable technologies. This will drive down life cycle costs and make renewable energy more competitive,” said Elisabeth Tørstad, Chief Operating Officer […]

  • SECWC to Lead DOE’s Southeast Regional Resource Center

    14 March 2014

    The Southeastern Coastal Wind Coalition (SECWC) will lead the efforts for a U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Regional Resource Center (RRC) focusing on the Southeastern states. As one of six new Wind Energy Regional Resource Centers recently announced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Southeastern RRC will work to advance the wind industry […]

  • US Senator Calls for Timely Vineyard Wind EIS Decision

    15 August 2019
    Authorities

    Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is urging the U.S. administration to allow the Vineyard Wind project to move forward without delay after it had faced a set back regarding the approval of its Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Senator Warren has called on the U.S. administration to work towards a solution that will protect the environment, address the […]

  • US Senators Seek Better Fishermen Involvement

    17 December 2018
    Authorities

    U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, and Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, of Rhode Island, have called on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to consider fishermen’s interest earlier in the siting process for offshore wind.

  • UK: Tidal Transit Achieves Its First 10,000 Safe Transfers

    17 June 2013

    Tidal Transit has just celebrated the completion of 10,000 safe passenger transfers from its two personnel transfer vessels to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. The Ginny Louise and Eden Rose sail to the wind farms on most days from either Wells-next-the Sea or Great Yarmouth to transfer wind farm maintenance technicians and their […]

  • US Lawmakers Call For Prompt Vineyard Wind Decision

    20 August 2019
    Authorities

    A group of U.S. senators and representatives are calling on federal agencies to move ahead with the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, after the delay of its Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, Senators of Louisiana Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, as well as Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise and Massachusetts […]

  • France Starts Consultation on 1GW Wind Farm Offshore Normandy

    19 November 2019
    Authorities

    France has launched a public consultation process on a 1GW wind farm project offshore Normandy and potential future projects in the area. The National Commission of Public Debate has organized the consultation on the 1GW wind farm and the future offshore wind projects in Normandy which will run from 15 November 2019 to 15 May […]

  • USA: National Science Foundation Awards USD 1.97 Million to Massachusetts Research Institutions

    15 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representative and Senator-Elect Edward Markey, and U.S. Representatives James McGovern and William Keating announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.97 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Tufts University for research projects in science and engineering. “These awards from the National Science Foundation are […]

  • Vattenfall focuses on core markets Sweden, Germany, Netherlands

    22 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall strives to increase profit and value creation, reduce debt and CO2 exposure and be among the leaders in developing environmentally sustainable energy production. This is part of the new strategic direction of the company. Vattenfall will remain an integrated European company with a diversified production portfolio. The geographic focus is Sweden, Germany and the […]

  • US Proposes First Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Lease Sale

    22 February 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The US Department of the Interior has proposed the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) includes a 102,480-acre area offshore Lake Charles, Louisiana, and two areas offshore Galveston, Texas, one comprising 102,480 acres and the other comprising 96,786 acres. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) […]

  • Offshore Wind Farm Placement Conditioned by Bird Migration Study (USA)

    22 December 2010
    R&D

    Scientists from the BioDiversity Research Institute in Gorham have documented what they say is a significant migratory pathway for several species of falcons and northern saw-whet owls. The new study could have a bearing on where and how off-shore wind projects are sited in the future. Every spring and fall, thousands of eagles, falcons, hawks […]

  • Marshfield Lawmaker Pushes for Offshore Hydrokinetic Energy (USA)

    20 July 2011
    Authorities

    A Marshfield lawmaker is pushing to make one of the state’s oldest energy sources new again. State Rep. James Cantwell, D-Marshfield, wants the state to encourage research and investment in hydrokinetics – the harnessing of energy from moving water – by allowing private companies and municipalities to sell back any energy they create through this […]

  • USA: Delaware Congressional Delegation Introduces Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

    3 March 2013
    Authorities

    Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act to provide critical financial incentives for investment in offshore wind energy. This legislation would provide the offshore wind industry with enhanced stability by extending investment tax credits for the first 3,000 Megawatts of offshore wind facilities […]

  • Grand Strand Could get Wind Farm (USA)

    26 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The impact of wind energy was the topic of a public forum Monday night held by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The Alliance presented findings about how much energy wind turbines could generate along the Grand Strand. “If you were to take the wind generated annually off the coast, you could generate something like […]

  • Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Farm Proposal Continues to Divide City (USA)

    22 July 2011

    The latest phase in the debate over an off-shore wind farm in Lake Michigan was played out in a City Council meeting on Monday, when the council reviewed a report from the Mayor’s Wind Farm Committee. City Council voted 5-2 to keep pursuing the wind farm, attempt to place someone on the state wind farm […]