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  • US DOE Gives $21 Million for Innovative Offshore Wind Technologies

    17 December 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded USD 21 million in funding for three projects supporting offshore wind energy technology demonstration and resource characterization. The projects will support offshore wind development by demonstrating innovative technologies not previously commercially used in the U.S. and by improving the ability to forecast energy production, DOE said. Atkins […]

  • DCNS Energies to Use Open Ocean’s Metocean Analytics Tool for RE Sites

    15 March 2017
    Technology

    DCNS Energies, a new DCNS subsidiary dedicated to floating offshore wind, tidal energy and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), has chosen Open Ocean’s software for the analysis of metocean conditions at potential project sites.

  • Icebreaker: LEEDCo Switches from Siemens to MHI Vestas Turbines

    27 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    LEEDCo, the developer of North America’s first freshwater offshore wind farm, has decided it will use six MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s (MVOW’s) 3.45MW wind turbines for its Icebreaker project. When asked by Offshore WIND about the decision to switch from Siemens 3MW turbines, Lorry Wagner, President of the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), said: “MVOW is our preferred supplier for Icebreaker, but […]

  • Jobs Lost at Naval Energies (Former DCNS Energies)

    1 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Naval Energies, formerly known as DCNS Energies, is cutting 100 out of 260 jobs with 30 employees being transferred to its parent company Naval Group (former DCNS Group) and 70 people losing their jobs completely, according to French media. 

  • DCNS to Tap Into Floating Wind Market with New Subsidiary

    7 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    French-based company DCNS plans to establish a marine energy subsidiary that would be dedicated to floating offshore wind, tidal and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technology.  “DCNS plans to create a subsidiary dedicated to marine energies and is currently focused on concluding investment from new external investors. After closing this process, DCNS will maintain a majority […]

  • Iberdrola Invests €145 Million in R&D

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    IBERDROLA invested €145 million in the field of Research and Development (R&D) in 2013, a 10% increase on the previous financial year. Most of the investment went to offshore wind power project, smart grids, clean generation and new technologies and business models. Thanks to this unwavering commitment to remaining at the forefront, the company has […]

  • Maine PUC, UMaine Urged to Make Offshore Wind Proposal Public (USA)

    18 September 2013
    Authorities

    Environment Northeast and the Conservation Law Foundation sent a letter to the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in which they are urging the authority and the University of Maine (UMaine) to make the Maine offshore wind project’s plan public now and then to decide its advantages by December 31, the Portland Press Herald reports. The […]

  • Maine Getting USD 2 Million Offshore Wind Support

    2 October 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding a USD 2.166 million grant to support the development of the offshore wind industry in Maine. The grant, awarded by the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), will be used to develop a roadmap for establishing an offshore wind industry in this U.S. state. This will be matched with USD […]

  • Maine Zooms In on Floating Wind Research Array Site

    15 July 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) has identified a preferred site for the proposed floating offshore wind research array within a narrowed area of interest in the US federal waters in the Gulf of Maine. The GEO has now invited comments on the preferred site, with the comment period open until 30 July, to inform the final siting […]

  • German Industry Calls for 10 GW, EUR 10 Billion Push for Offshore Green Hydrogen Production

    2 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    Eight associations and networks in Germany, through a joint initiative called Offshore-Wind-H2-Eight (Offshore-Wind-H2-Achter), have called for bigger and concrete steps in bringing hydrogen production at sea, powered by offshore wind, to a more significant spot in German plans for producing hydrogen from renewable sources. “Hydrogen production at sea in the German exclusive economic zone offers […]

  • Atlantic City Wind Farm Project Loses Government Funding

    5 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    U.S. offshore wind developer Fishermen’s Energy has lost government funding for its 24MW Atlantic City Wind Farm project off the coast of New Jersey after missing a deadline to secure a power offtake agreement. ”The planned Atlantic City Wind Farm sponsored by Fishermen’s Energy is one of three active advanced offshore wind demonstration projects the Department of […]

  • Naval Energies Decides to Focus on High-Priority Projects

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Following reports on Naval Energies (former DCNS Energies) cutting 100 jobs, the company issued a statement saying it is now at a decisive crossroad, with challenges in the marine renewables market leading it to focus its financial and human resources on the highest-priority projects in tidal, floating wind and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC).

  • Maine Governor Places Wind Energy Moratorium, Plans Introducing New Permitting Bill

    26 January 2018
    Authorities

    On 24 January, Maine Governor Paul LePage issued an executive order setting up the Maine Wind Energy Advisory Commission and placing a moratorium on new permits to wind energy projects until the newly-established commission releases its report after studying the economic impact wind turbines have on tourism. 

  • Maine Governor Proposes Actions for Floating Wind Research Array

    26 January 2021
    Authorities, R&D

    Maine Governor Janet Mills is proposing a series of actions to advance the planned floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine. In a letter to Maine’s licensed commercial fishermen, Mills announced she will propose for the legislature’s approval a ten-year moratorium on new offshore wind projects in waters managed by the state. Mills […]

  • US State Floats 10-Year Ban on Offshore Wind

    29 April 2021
    Authorities

    The U.S. State of Maine has introduced legislation to establish a 10-year moratorium on new offshore wind projects located in State waters. Proposed moratorium would preserve State waters for fishing and recreation and prioritize offshore wind in Federal waters farther off the Maine coast, the Governor Janet Mills Administration said. The Federal waters of the […]

  • DCNS Energies Enters MRE Market

    6 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    French energy specialist DCNS and a fund managed by Bpifrance have formed DCNS Energies, a turnkey constructor of marine renewable energy (MRE) plants for the French and export markets. DCNS Energies, majority owned by DCNS and 36% by the SPI fund (“Société de Projets Industriels” / Industrial Projects Company) of Bpifrance, will devote its activity to […]

  • Maine Governor Unveils New Floating Wind Project

    24 November 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Maine Governor Janet Mills has announced a plan for the state to set up U.S. first floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine to advance new technology in collaboration with the state’s fishing industry. The state intends to file an application with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the […]

  • Scotland Labeled Hotspot for Production of Concrete Floating Wind Foundations

    7 December 2021
    R&D

    Scotland could become a world leader in producing low carbon concrete foundations for floating offshore wind farms, according to a study funded by RWE, which is now increasingly involved in floating wind. Based on the findings, RWE said that Scotland was well placed to manufacture low carbon concrete foundations, attracting significant investment into the Scottish […]

  • Germany Should Take Strategic Approach to Tendering First Offshore Green Hydrogen Production Area, Industry Says

    3 February 2023
    Industry

    German offshore wind and hydrogen industry associations have called on the German government to strategically plan the first offshore green hydrogen production tender so it could be a stepping stone to the fast roll-out of further such projects, bringing large quantities of green hydrogen. In January, Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) released the […]

  • Heavyweights Join US Floating Wind Project

    6 August 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The University of Maine will collaborate with the Mitsubishi Corporation and RWE Renewables to develop UMaine’s floating offshore wind technology demonstration project off the coast of Maine. New England Aqua Ventus, LLC (NEAV), a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, and RWE Renewables, will as the developer own and […]

  • USA: UMaine Wins 1st Phase of Deepwater Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Project

    31 January 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded the first phase of a potential $93.2 million deepwater offshore wind demonstration project by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The UMaine Composites Center-led team of industry leaders and national laboratories is one of five awardees selected from over 70 competing proposals. In […]

  • Maine State Waters Now Legally Off Limits to Offshore Wind

    8 July 2021
    Authorities

    Janet Mills, the Governor of the US State of Maine, has signed into law LD 1619 which prohibits new offshore wind projects in State waters. The prohibition is said to preserve Maine’s State waters for recreation and fishing, where up to 75 per cent of Maine’s commercial lobster harvesting occurs, and cement into law Maine’s […]

  • BNEF: 237MW of Floating Offshore Wind by 2020

    20 March 2017
    Floating Wind

    The world could see as much as 237MW of floating offshore wind capacity installed by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • OWAP: Job Creation in U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Already Starting

    10 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    In the latest issue of the Offshore Wind Accelerator Project’s (OWAP) newsletter, its Project Director Valerie Stori writes about economic benefits and job creation within the U.S. offshore wind industry. Read the article below: The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ (BPU) decision last week to reject the Fishermen’s Energy offshore wind project is another setback […]