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  • Competitive Industry

    24 February 2017

    What can be done to achieve lower costs? Which technology is required and where can companies and industries collaborate? Offshore WIND spoke to ECN’s expert in wind energy Peter Eecen on new insights that follow from ECN’s work within FLOW, the Far and Large Offshore Wind collaborative research programme.

  • 2016: When Great Things Happened

    30 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    We are leaving what has arguably been the best year for offshore wind so far with a hope that the one ahead of us will be at least as eventful and successful as 2016 was, if not better. The Eurocents This year, we saw several tenders resulting in remarkably low prices. First, there was Borssele […]

  • Time for Offshore Wind to Wake Up to Full Benefits of Digitalisation

    29 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Jonas Corné, CEO at Greenbyte, a provider of asset management solutions. The article examines digitalisation in the offshore wind sector, the necessity of it and current challenges that hinder using digitalised solutions to advance offshore wind projects. Despite the global disruption caused by the COVID pandemic, 2020 was […]

  • MHI VESTAS OFFSHORE WIND: Off to a Flying Start

    27 April 2015

    As the first anniversary of the creation of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind approaches the company looks back on a pretty good year as it lands its first commercial order for the much heralded V164-8.0 MW® and is named the preferred supplier for the Walney Extension project. The company has already seen employee numbers grow and […]

  • Shell Setting Up ‘New Energies’ Unit. Oil & Gas Companies to Cause Clash of Giants in Offshore Wind?

    17 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Shell has created a new division called New Energies, through which the oil and gas giant will invest in wind energy, along with its hydrogen, biofuels and electrical activities, according to The Guardian. Even though Shell has not yet officially confirmed this, it is expected that the new unit will be unveiled in early June. […]

  • ENEOS Taking Over Japan Renewable Energy

    12 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    ENEOS Corporation, Japan’s largest oil refiner and distributor, is acquiring Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE), with the acquisition expected to be completed by the end of January 2022. ENEOS will buy the entire issued shares of JRE, a company indirectly owned by the Infrastructure business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and an affiliate of GIC […]

  • WTIVS

    2 October 2012

    In the past 12 months we have seen orders for new Wind Turbine Installation Vessels placed, new builds started and others completed and delivered. These vessels have got bigger and stronger’wlth larger cranes, and higher jacking possibilities. The specifications of almost every dimension have increased. Offshore WIND has spoken to some of the new owners […]

  • SIEMENS WIND POWER: A Bird’s Eye View on the Scale of Offshore Wind Power

    25 May 2015

    Events such as the EWEA OFFSHORE that took place in March, are providing excellent opportunities to hear all about the latest developments and challenges to overcome in the vibrant industry that is offshore wind. But reading and hearing is one thing… Experiencing the real thing is another. To give Offshore WIND and the articles we write as […]

  • BW Ideol and ENEOS to Jointly Build Floating Wind Farm Offshore Japan

    7 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    BW Ideol and Japan’s ENEOS Corporation have signed a joint development agreement to develop a site-specific, commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm off Japan based on BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool® technology. ENEOS Corporation, Japan’s largest oil refiner and distributor, participated in an offshore wind project off the coast of Taiwan in April 2019, and in […]

  • EDF ENERGIES NOUVELLES: France can now be part of the offshore wind story

    9 March 2015

    Being awarded the concession to develop three French offshore wind farms is not only a great opportunity for EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) to further expand its renewables portfolio but also a great opportunity for the country’s industrial sector and offshore wind knowledge base. Offshore WIND interviews Béatrice Buffon, EDF EN Deputy Chief Executive Officer, […]

  • Japanese Trio to Jointly Develop Happo Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Tohoku Electric Power and ENEOS Corporation have agreed to join Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE) in the development of the Happo Noshiro offshore wind project. The project aims to construct and operate offshore wind farms with a maximum output capacity of 155 MW off Noshiro City and Happo town, Akita Prefecture. JRE is currently conducting […]

  • BW Ideol and Tohoku Plan New Floating Wind Project Offshore Japan

    12 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    BW Ideol and Tohoku Electric Power have signed an agreement to jointly develop a commercial-scale floating wind farm off the coast of Kuji city in Iwate prefecture, Japan. The companies have now initiated the feasibility studies necessary to develop the project, which will utilise BW Ideol’s Damping Pool technology. Through the Iwate floating wind project, […]

  • USA: Eight Firms Plan to Develop Wind Farms Offshore Virginia

    4 April 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    As reported by the Associated Press, the potential of the project, aimed at developing wind turbines in the U.S., situated off the Virginia cost and encompassing circa 113,000 acres in the Atlantic Ocean, has been recognized by numerous investors including European ones. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, in charge of supervising offshore wind […]

  • USA: Virginia’s Offshore Wind Potential Attracts Nine Companies

    14 February 2013

    An area designated for development of wind energy off Virginia’s coast has attracted a number of companies interested in construction of offshore wind farms there. Last year’s list of eight companies now has a new potential developer, Sea Breeze Energy LLC, which has shown its intention to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to […]

  • Japan’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm Nears Construction Phase

    26 April 2022
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the 16.8 MW Goto floating wind farm offshore Japan is scheduled to start in September and the wind farm is expected to be commissioned in January 2024, the consortium behind the project said. The Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC Consortium was selected as the winner of Japan’s first offshore wind auction since […]

  • Japan Selects Winner of First Offshore Wind Auction

    14 June 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Japan has selected the developer of the country’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) selected the consortium of six companies led by Toda Corporation to build a 16.8 MW floating wind project offshore Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture. […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Japan’s First Floating Wind Farm

    18 October 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has started on the 16.8 MW Goto floating wind farm offshore Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, the Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC consortium said. The first of the eight SPAR-type floating foundations has been loaded onto the semi-submersible spud barge, Float Raiser, at Fukue Port and transported to the wind farm site offshore […]

  • K2 Management Hired as Technical Advisor on Japan’s First Commercial Scale Floating Wind Farm

    8 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    K2 Management has been hired as technical advisor on the Goto floating wind farm in Japan, the country’s first commercial scale floating wind farm. The Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC Consortium – comprising Toda Corporation, Eneos Corporation, Osaka Gas, Inpex Corporation, Kansai Electric Power, and Chubu Electric Power – was selected last year as the […]

  • Infocast to Host North American Offshore Wind Development & Finance Summit 2012

    5 January 2012

    Infocast’s highly acclaimed 5th North American Offshore Wind Development & Finance Summit 2012 returns to the Almas Temple Club in Washington D.C. from January 23-26, 2012. This well-timed annual Summit takes place as the wind industry seeks to take advantage of the massive energy opportunity that offshore wind represents and to overcome major hurdles in […]

  • Keppel Corporation Announces Another Record Year (Singapore)

    26 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Keppel Corporation announces another record year. Their net profit grew by 14% to a new high of nearly $1.5 billion. This is the fifth year running that their net profit has surpassed the $1 billion mark. Also for the fifth consecutive year, their Return on Equity has remained above 20%. Economic Value Added has also […]

  • Total Buys Into Taiwanese Offshore Wind

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    French energy major Total has signed an agreement with wpd to acquire a 23 per cent interest in Yunlin Holding GmbH, the owner of the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The project, currently under construction, represents production capacity of 640 MW and benefits from a 20-year guaranteed-price power purchase agreement (PPA) with […]

  • Gamesa Awards Prizes to Two Patents for Improving Electricity Output/recouping Energy Losses and Blade Inserts, Which Allowed it to Develop a Segmented Blade for its G10X-4,5 MW Turbine (Spain)

    16 November 2010
    R&D

    First annual 2010 Patents and Inventors Contest The company is a driver of technological development: it will open five technology centres around the world and invest 150 million euros in R&D (2011-2013) Madrid/Bilbao, 15 November 2010. Gamesa, one of the world’s leaders in the manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines and a top wind farm […]

  • Offshore Engineering Global and China Marine Industry Report Available

    21 December 2011

    Reportlinker announced that the new market research report is available. The skyrocketing oil price during 2007-2008 sparked globally investment fever in marine engineering industry. However, from 2009 onwards, seeing globally economic recession and sluggish demand, many small and medium-sized marine engineering enterprises have taken a heavy toll on revenue in the wake of the nosedive […]

  • Offshore Wind Advances in New England, USA

    23 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    At the end of 2012, New England’s first two offshore wind projects, Cape Wind and the Block Island Wind Farm, each moved steps closer to fruition. Maine’s efforts to stimulate an offshore wind industry comprised of floating wind turbines took several key steps forward, while Statoil, developer of the first planned pilot-scale floating project, awaits […]

  • Eneco Luchterduinen

    30 May 2017

  • Netherlands Wind Energy Association

    8 June 2017

    Markets Outlook: NWEA NWEA actively promotes the utilisation of wind power in the Netherlands, on land and offshore. By initiating and supporting policy change to optimise wind energy deployment throughout the entire value chain, NWEA is actively involved in liaising with the national government. Moreover, NWEA supports companies in their endeavors to get foothold in the […]