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  • Concrete-Plastic Floating Offshore Wind Platform Moves Step Closer to Reality

    4 April 2022
    R&D

    Innosea has announced that its engineering and consulting scope of work on the FLOTANT project has been completed. The project, funded by the European Horizon 2020 Research programme, aims to develop optimised mooring, anchoring, and subsea interconnection arrangement for floating offshore wind turbines. Innosea has completed engineering deliveries within three areas including hydrodynamic assessment and […]

  • Council Leaders Welcome Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Approval

    22 July 2014

    The decision to give the go ahead to the first wind farm off the south coast of England has been welcomed by council leaders. East Sussex County Council and Lewes District Council believe the Rampion offshore wind farm development, given the green light this week, will aid the regeneration of Newhaven and create new jobs. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fugro Scores Offshore America

    19 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Fugro has secured contracts to carry out geophysical surveys at the Atlantic Shores and Mayflower Wind offshore wind projects in the U.S., according to the company’s latest financial results.

  • ARCH to Set Up Training Facility at Shannon Airport

    27 March 2014
    Training & Education

    ARCH, a specialist technical training provider focusing on the wind energy and other ‘work at height’ sectors, is establishing a new training facility at Shannon Airport to deliver safety training for technicians working on tall structures. The new training centre will see ARCH convert the former Boiler House building on the approach road to the […]

  • French Floating Wind Project Seeks State Permits

    5 December 2017
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The project company Ferme Eolienne Flottante de Groix & Belle-Île (FEFGBI) and Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) have jointly filed applications for the construction and operation of the pilot floating wind farm in the French part of the Atlantic ocean and its electrical connection.

  • The Netherlands: REpower Delivers Two 6MW Turbines to Wind Farm Near Eemshaven

    28 November 2011

    At the beginning of the EWEA Offshore exhibition in Amsterdam, REpower Systems SE and RWE Innogy have concluded a contract for the delivery of two REpower 6M wind turbines. The turbines, each with a rated power of 6.15 MW and a hub height of 114 metres, will be installed in the Westereems wind farm near […]

  • Seabed Surveys Completed for North Celtic Sea Offshore Wind Project in Ireland

    17 November 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Irish energy provider Energia Renewables has finished seabed surveys for the North Celtic Sea offshore wind project, located off the coast of Waterford, Ireland. Following the award of a Foreshore Licence in September 2021, the geophysical and geotechnical surveys started in April 2022 and were completed in October. Green Rebel carried out the geophysical surveys at the […]

  • US Wind Starts Export Cable Route Survey off Maryland

    29 August 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    US Wind, Inc., has announced the start of an export cable route survey to prepare the final layout design for an 80,000 acre wind power project off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. US Wind contracted with Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, Inc. and their vessel R/V Shearwater to conduct data collection along the 35-mile cable […]

  • Interview with Woman Running a Fleet of WFSVs (UK)

    21 June 2013

    A woman from South Africa has come to eastern coast of England to build and run a major fleet of offshore wind farm support vessels. Leslie Robertson’s story is, in fact, remarkable in many ways. Almost single-handedly she has created a service that leading UK energy suppliers have come to depend upon.  “It was my […]

  • France’s EUR 2.08 Billion Aid for Floating Offshore Wind Project Gets EU Nod

    14 February 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    The European Commission (EC) has approved, under EU State aid rules, a EUR 2.08 billion measure to support the construction and operation of a floating offshore wind farm in France. The floating offshore wind project will be located off the coast of South Brittany and is expected to have a capacity of 230 MW to […]

  • Long Islander to Run 108 Miles to Support NY Offshore Wind Development

    23 May 2014

    The Sierra Club, along with more than 20 partners, has announced the Wind 100 – a 100 mile run across Long Island for offshore wind power on June 14th. The event will highlight the historic opportunity for New York to build one of the nation’s first-ever offshore wind farms 30 miles off the coast of […]

  • Consultation to Start on Dogger Bank Teesside A&B (UK)

    31 October 2013

    The final phase of pre-application consultation for Forewind’s second stage of offshore wind energy development, Dogger Bank Teesside A & B begins on Monday (November 4). The consultation, which starts with the publication of documents, plans and maps about the proposed development, will run for seven weeks until Friday 20 December. It will include a […]

  • DP Energy Plans 300 MW Floating Wind Farm in Celtic Sea

    12 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    DP Energy has unveiled plans for a 300 MW floating offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea, at a site located in the waters between the West Wales and South West of England. The project, named Gwynt Glas (Welsh for blue wind), could generate enough renewable energy to supply up to 300,000 homes. Site research […]

  • Imtra Kits Out Atlantic Pioneer with Lights and Wipers

    22 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels

    Massachusetts-based Imtra has recently delivered a searchlight, wipers and LED lights to the first US-flagged offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel (CTV) – the Atlantic Pioneer. Imtra has supplied the Colorlight CL20 high-output searchlight, Decca Straight Line wiper system, and LED deck, interior and engine room lights for the Blount Boats-built, 69-foot CTV. The vessel was locally […]

  • BW Ideol to Bid in French Floating Wind Tender

    21 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    BW Ideol has entered into an agreement with an unnamed partner with whom it will bid to build a floating wind farm in France. According to the company, BW Ideol formalised a partnership with “an undisclosed leading utility” during the first quarter of this year. The partners will submit a joint bid in France’s ongoing […]

  • CS Wind Takes Full Ownership of ASM Industries

    24 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    South Korea’s CS Wind has acquired the remaining 40 per cent stake in the Portuguese wind turbine tower manufacturer, ASM Industries, from WAM Investments. This transaction follows the sale of the 60 per cent stake in ASM by WAM to CS Wind in July 2021. WAM said the two partners concluded that the most advantageous […]

  • EnBW Officially Opens Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    2 May 2011

      EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has officially taken the first commercial windfarm in Germany into operation today. In the presence of the Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel, Minister President, Erwin Sellering, and numerous representatives from business and politics, the start signal was given on the Baltic Sea coast for the commercial use of offshore wind power […]

  • Seacat Upgrades Its UK Offshore Wind Training Programmes

    14 June 2016
    Training & Education

    Seacat Services has invested in training opportunities that will provide an entry point for young UK seafarers into the offshore wind sector. The company has announced a considerable investment in its Maritime Apprenticeship scheme, and has committed to creating further training opportunities with the launch of dedicated Traineeship and Cadetship programmes. The inaugural Seacat Services Maritime Apprenticeship scheme […]

  • Mayflower Wind Withdraws Motion to Suspend PPA Review After Mass. DPU Rejects Request First Filed for Commonwealth Wind

    8 November 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Shell-Ocean Winds joint venture has withdrawn its motion to suspend the proceedings to approve the long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its 405 MW Mayflower Wind project, filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) after Avangrid requested a one-month suspension of the DPU’s review of the PPAs for its Commonwealth Wind development. Avangrid, […]

  • King Charles Renounces UK Royal Family’s Share of Round 4 Offshore Wind Earnings for Public Good

    20 January 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    King Charles III has asked that the Royal Family’s share of The Crown Estate’s earnings from the Round 4 offshore wind seabed leasing “be directed for wider public good”, UK media reports. As reported on 19 January, all six winners of the latest UK seabed auction have now signed Agreements for Lease with The Crown […]

  • Siemens Electrical Kit for US Offshore Wind Farm

    9 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has secured an order from Semco Maritime to provide the main electrical equipment for the electrical service platform (ESP) of the Mayflower Wind offshore wind farm. The project is located in a federal lease area approximately 25 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts in the United States, and will have a capacity to generate up […]

  • NIRAS Makes Taiwan Stay Permanent

    1 May 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Denmark-headquartered consultancy Niras has opened a permanent office in Taiwan in an effort to facilitate access to this country’s developing offshore wind market.

  • WPD Joins Australis Energy on Three Wind Projects Offshore Australia

    1 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    WPD offshore Australia Holding GmbH (wpd), part of wpd group, and Australis Energy Ltd have entered into a 50:50 joint venture for three offshore wind energy projects off the coast of Australia. The development of the three projects, located in the coastal waters of the states of Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, with a […]

  • Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and POSCO Team Up on Wind, Solar and Bio-energy

    20 December 2011

    The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and the South Korean POSCO Power have officially joined forces. By signing a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 December, both parties have agreed on future collaboration in wind, solar and bio-energy. The joint POSCO-ECN collaboration will focus mainly on the application of ECN’s extensive know-how and experience […]

  • Ørsted and PetroVietnam Form Offshore Wind Partnership

    8 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Industry

    Ørsted and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch collaboration on offshore wind projects in Vietnam and globally. This collaboration aims to deliver offshore substations for Ørsted and T&T’s proposed multi-gigawatt pipeline of offshore wind projects in Vietnam, supporting national net-zero targets. In addition […]