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  • How to Develop the US Supply Chain

    9 March 2020

    The US is expecting to create a whole manufacturing industry which will grow on the back of investments, contracts, manufacturing, jobs and services, for the OW sector. Written by Julian Jackson for New Energy Update by Reuters Events How Likely Is This? In the longer term it is obvious that having significant manufacturing capacity in coastal US […]

  • RDM Presents New Generation of 35m Utility Workboat for Offshore Unlimited (Australia)

    16 August 2011

    Richardson Devine Marine announces that RDM Hull 055 is a new generation 35 metre utility workboat for the Offshore Unlimited Group. RDM’s relationship with the offshore Unlimited Group started in 2008 with Unlimited – a versatile 24m catamaran workboat that was immediately accepted as a practical and economical workhorse, filling a niche in the offshore […]

  • UK: “Salt and Science” Enhances Guard Vessel Capabilities

    9 September 2013

    Maritime consultants Marico Marine and vessel operators Jubilee Fishing have joined forces to deliver a unique package to Offshore Renewable Energy developers looking to enhance their guard vessel provision with the additional capability of data collection. Utilising Marico Marine’s unique Salt and Science approach, guard vessels are fitted with shipping data collection equipment and advanced […]

  • Danish-British Partnership Crucial to Offshore Wind Sector

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The British ambassador in Denmark, Vivien Life, opened the international B2B event OWIB 2014 in Esbjerg on september 4. Over the years, offshore wind has evolved into a strong market, and this does not apply only in Denmark, but also in the UK, where a long-term strategy and unequivocal political backing have helped to make […]

  • COSS – Compact Offshore SubStation

    16 January 2012

    Grid integration is being discussed in this edition as one of the possible key elements to achieving the sorely needed cost reduction to make offshore wind development in Europe viable. It therefore seemed to us a right time and place to highlight a current development of a substation design that is claiming to do just […]

  • UAE: Lamprell Issues Interim Management Statement

    17 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, issues its latest Interim Management Statement in accordance with the EU Transparency Directive. This statement covers the period from 1 January 2013 to date, except as stated below. The performance in the year […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee: Bigger Is Better in Wind Farm Support Vessel Market (Interview)

    10 May 2016
    R&D, Vessels

    Wind Farm Support Vessels (WFSVs) have increased in size in the last twelve months following the changes to the UK and German codes and regulations which allowed the vessels to be longer than 24-metre load line and to carry more than 12 technicians, and the trend is set to continue, according to Ed Dudson, Technical Director at […]

  • Trawlercat Marine Developing Two Improved W2W Vessel Models

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Trawlercat Marine Designs (TMD), a specialised power catamaran design company, officially entered the 2010 UK Carbon Trust OWA competition with a very innovative 20m “North Sea-Cat” vessel design. However, the company has revised its 2010 competition entry design with two new models.  The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) competition was initiated by the UK Carbon Trust to encourage and […]

  • Big, Bigger, Giantic – XL vibratory technology

    7 October 2013

    Minimising the impacts of underwater noise from piling activities is an important environmental issue. Foundations for offshore wind farms require piling, either heavy piling for monopiles or piling to a lighter degree for jackets. Up to now the offshore wind industry has used hammers to carry out this work. Dutch engineering company Dieseko Group is […]

  • The Jones Act in US Offshore Wind: Challenge or Opportunity?

    15 April 2019

    The Jones Act in US offshore wind: challenge or opportunity? The Jones Act, long seen as a challenge for the US offshore wind industry, could potentially be an opportunity for the sector, experts have said. “I like to look at the Jones Act as an incentive for shipyards, not an impediment,” said Joan Bondareff, chair […]

  • Crown Estate Announces Record Profit of USD 369.1 Million (UK)

    7 July 2011
    Business & Finance

      The Crown Estate earned a net profit (income surplus) of £230.9 million in the year ending 31 March 2011, up 9.6 per cent on the previous year. This marks a record return for the business, which pays its profit to the Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. For the first time The […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Quits Argyll Array OWF

    13 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables has confirmed that they will not be taking forward their lease option to develop the Argyll Array Offshore Windfarm in the near future. The company has stated that the project may be viable to reconsider as offshore wind technology develops in the longer term, but estimates that will not be within the next […]

  • Rob van der Hage, TenneT: Having Significant Responsibilities Requires a Vision

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Rob van der Hage, Business Manager Offshore at TenneT Netherlands, will be one of the panellists in the closing discussion on short and long term potential at the Offshore WIND Conference and has provided an insight into the sector from an interesting point of view – that of an electricity transmission system operator. Regarding his […]

  • US$20bn of spend is needed to build 200 new vessels

    30 March 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    Written by David Matthews, Head of Strategy Clarksons Renewables Clarksons sets out today’s reality if the Wind sector is to achieve its ambitious targets for tomorrow Countries around the world have set ambitious targets around Wind energy production for 2030. But with Wind booming and Oil & Gas back in a big way – does […]

  • BORSSELE TENDER REVEALED

    28 October 2016
    Contracts & Tenders

    The announcement of the Borssele auction results was greeted by the offshore wind industry with a mixture of astonishment, delight and (from competitors) a little concern. DONG had beaten not just the 37 other bidders but also smashed the €100/MWh levelized cost of energy (LCOE) barrier well ahead of schedule! The offshore wind community was astonished that this […]

  • Milestone Year for UK Offshore Wind

    10 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Huub den Rooijen, Head of Offshore Wind at The Crown Estate which manages the UK seabed, assesses the case for offshore wind in turbulent times and calls for greater transparency in debating energy future. UK has seen significant milestones hit, such as 4 GW of capacity now in operation – enough to meet the electricity demands […]

  • Downwind Floating Prototype Ready to Deploy

    13 October 2021
    R&D, Technology

    X1 Wind has completed the rotor assembly on its floating wind platform and the X30 prototype is now fully assembled in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ready for installation. Fitted with a specially adapted V29 Vestas turbine, the unique ‘downwind’ system is able to ‘weathervane’ and orientate passively with the wind to maximise energy yields, the […]

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Attacks Patrick Administration (USA)

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accusing the Patrick administration of holding up Nstar’s proposed $4.6 billion merger with Northeast Utilities until the firms sign a deal to purchase electricity from the planned Cape Wind project. “In effect, the state administration is trying to hold hostage the proposed Nstar-Northeast Utilities merger unless the two electric companies […]

  • USA: Massachusetts Governor Awarded “Green Governor of the Year Award”

    22 February 2013
    Authorities

    Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick (D) accepted the “Green Governor of the Year Award” for his innovative environmental leadership in 2012. Patrick earned the honor by driving bipartisan environmental initiatives, public-private partnerships, and visionary legislation that raise the bar for energy efficiency; expand renewable energy infrastructure and usage; grow the clean tech industry and create […]

  • Romanian-Bulgarian Energy Island Would Unlock Large-Scale Offshore Wind Deployment in Black Sea, Report Says

    12 January 2023
    Grid Connection

    An energy island in the Black Sea developed jointly by Romania and Bulgaria would facilitate deployment of multi-gigawatt offshore wind capacity while avoiding grid challenges that both countries face in this regard, according to a new report from the Energy Policy Group (EPG), a Bucharest-based independent think-tank focused on energy and climate policies. Titled Offshore wind […]

  • Industry Shows Interest in Dutch Zero-Subsidy Offshore Wind (Interview)

    5 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch government did not just single-handedly decide to go forward with zero-subsidy tenders, serious developers tell and show it is possible, and as long as this is the case the government will not provide unnecessary subsidies or other forms of market protection, Ruud de Bruijne from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) said in an interview with Offshore WIND.

  • Norwegians Identify 20 New Offshore Wind Areas

    26 April 2023
    Authorities

    A group of Norwegian directorates led by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has identified 20 new areas for offshore wind development. The areas, which the directorates recommended should be investigated further, are deemed technically suitable for offshore wind, with relatively low conflicts of interest.  This is part of the Norwegian authorities’ work towards having 30 GW of […]

  • UK Delays Development Consent Decision on 2.6 GW Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm

    10 February 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK’s Planning Inspectorate has delayed a final decision on granting approval for Ørsted’s 2.6 GW Hornsea Four offshore wind farm by nearly five months. Ørsted submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application for Hornsea Four to the UK Planning Inspectorate in September 2021. The Examining Authority issued a Recommendation Report related to the project […]

  • USA: Patrick Administration Celebrates Fifth Anniversary in Clean Energy

    25 July 2013
    Authorities

    Governor Deval Patrick joined Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rick Sullivan and others to celebrate the five year anniversary of four key energy and environment initiatives in the Commonwealth.  “I am proud of the work we have done together to make Massachusetts a leader in the clean energy revolution,” said Governor Patrick. “But we understand […]

  • Nordex Reduces Revenue Target for 2010 (Germany)

    11 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    * Market development holds back new business * Revenue target for 2010 reduced to around one billion Euros * EBIT margin target of 4% for the full year confirmed * Gross margin increased to 26,7 (22,3) percent * Order book increased to EUR 2.4 billion Hamburg, November 11, 2010. In the third quarter of 2010, […]

  • CARGO TRANSFER SYSTEM: Paving the way for the transfer of larger cargos

    15 December 2014

    In the very first edition of Offshore WIND we reported on access systems as the means for safe transfers of personnel to offshore wind turbines. At that time it was still a relatively new topic in this industry. We discussed the systems by Dutch company Ampelmann Operations B.V. and by Offshore Solutions. Now, five years […]