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  • Construction Starts on First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm

    19 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has broken ground for its 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project in Barnstable, Massachusetts, setting the US on a road to its first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which is also the first such project in the Americas region. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 18 November at Covell’s Beach, where the offshore wind […]

  • BP, Equinor Request to Delay Putting One of New York’s First Offshore Wind Farms in Operation

    21 October 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    BP and Equinor, through their joint company Empire Offshore Wind, have filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to postpone the deadline for putting their 816 MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm into commercial operation by a year and a half. In the request, filed on 13 October, Empire Wind is […]

  • Avangrid and CIP Divvy Up 5.3 GW Wind Portfolio Offshore USA

    21 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are restructuring their 50/50 offshore wind joint venture partnership in the United States which owns several offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 5.3 GW. The 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project, America’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, will remain a 50/50 joint venture between the companies. […]

  • Edda Wind Boosts Offshore Wind Fleet with Another CSOV Order

    14 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Edda Wind has ordered another Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) from Gondan Shipbuilders in Spain. This will be vessel number six in the series built at Astilleros Gondán shipyard in addition to the existing vessels Edda Passat and Edda Mistral delivered by the same yard in 2018. The vessel will be prepared for the installment […]

  • TotalEnergies to Bid in Another US Offshore Wind Auction This Year

    3 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies, together with its Castle Wind LLC joint venture partner, Trident Winds, will participate in the US offshore wind lease sale in California in late 2022, the company said in a press release on 2 March, after taking over the stakes EnBW had in US offshore wind projects. The Castle Wind joint venture was established […]

  • EU Awards EUR 1.2 Billion for Renewable Energy Projects

    19 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission awarded over €1.2 billion to 23 highly innovative renewable energy demonstration projects under the first call for proposals for the so-called NER300 funding programme. The projects will be co-financed with revenues obtained from the sale of 200 million emission allowances from the new entrants’ reserve (NER) of the EU Emissions Trading System. […]

  • TotalEnergies, Duke Energy Win Carolina Long Bay Offshore Wind Leases

    11 May 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    TotalEnergies and Duke Energy are the provisional winners of the Carolina Long Bay offshore wind lease sale in the US, with their competitive winning bids totaling USD 315 million. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) offered two lease sites (OCS-A 0545 and OCS-A 0546) in the Wilmington East Lease Area offshore North Carolina and […]

  • Offshore Wind Majors Complete Phase 1 on Bottom-Impact Studies of Wind Turbine Jack-Up Vessels

    24 October 2022
    Contribution, R&D, Technology

    Norway-headquartered DNV and its partners have completed Phase 1 of a joint industry project (JIP) on Bottom Impact and Partially Submerged Conditions for optimising the installation process of offshore wind turbines. According to DNV, offshore wind turbine installation is currently done in benign weather conditions to limit the bottom impact of wind turbine installation vessels’ […]

  • Poland to Boost Offshore Wind Development, Local Content with New Sector Deal

    16 September 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Polish government and key representatives from the offshore wind energy sector have signed a Sector Agreement for the Development of Offshore Wind Energy in Poland, with an aim to support the development of the offshore wind sector in Poland and to maximise the share of local content in Polish projects. The agreement, also known […]

  • ScotWind Developers to Support Scottish Supply Chain Growth

    11 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced 24 new signatories of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) Collaborative Framework Charter with the goal to help build a pipeline of supply chain work in the country. The 24 new signatories include BayWa r.e., BlueFloat Energy, BP, BW Ideol, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIG), EDF Renewables, Fred. […]

  • HR Wallingford and Rostock University Collaborate on Scour Research

    8 February 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    HR Wallingford and the University of Rostock are conducting a research on the development of scour on offshore substation jacket foundations located in the German part of the North Sea.

  • NSERC Praises Canada’s Young Entrepreneurial Researchers

    16 October 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Some of Canada’s leading young researchers were honoured today for applying their leading-edge research to real-world situations. Their work includes the development of a new self-propelled sea vessel to serve offshore wind turbines, creating a new platform technology to produce bacterial vaccinations, and enhancing the capabilities of Atomic Force Microscopes. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Capacity Tops 27GW as 2019 Sets New Record

    20 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    5,194MW of offshore wind capacity went into operation during the last year, making 2019 a new record year in terms of new global offshore wind installations with a 24% growth as compared to 2018, WFO said.

  • Ex-Coal Power Plant Site Starts Showing Offshore Wind Contours

    3 April 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Demolition works at the site of the former Brayton Point coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts, U.S., are nearing completion, with grading activities scheduled to start soon.

  • Shell Not Bidding for North Carolina OWF Site

    8 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    After Northland Power withdrew from the upcoming US offshore wind auction for a site off Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Outer Banks Ocean Energy and Shell, which are also among the nine eligible bidders for the area, will not participate in the commercial lease sale to be held on 16 March, the Triangle Business Journal writes.

  • US offshore wind opportunities in 2018

    12 April 2018

    By: Jason Deign, for New Energy Update The US offshore wind sector ended 2017 on a slightly ironic note. Plans for Cape Wind, which was supposed to have been the country’s first offshore wind farm, were finally shuttered after a long period of uncertainty.[1] But prospects for the rest of the market looked better than […]

  • Germany: WINDFORCE Features Boat Show

    25 March 2013

    More than 800 experts in the offshore wind energy sector will meet for the ninth time in Bremerhaven from 4 to 6 June 2013. In the framework of the WINDFORCE 2013 conference, international participants will discuss a range of themes including cost reduction, financing, logistics, grid connection, maritime technology and research. This year, for the […]

  • UK: Pinsent Masons Advises Alstom on TGL Acquisition

    2 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Alstom on the acquisition of Tidal Generation Limited (TGL), from Rolls-Royce Plc. TGL designs, develops and manufactures tidal stream turbines for the capture and conversion of tidal energy to electrical power and is currently operating a 500kWe concept demonstrator unit at The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Tidal […]

  • Ireland Pushes Ahead with First Offshore Wind Auction

    11 October 2021
    Authorities

    Ireland’s Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has opened a consultation on the country’s first auction to supply electricity from offshore wind under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1). The aim of this targeted consultation is to engage stakeholders and gather feedback on aspects of the Terms and Conditions to ensure the efficient […]

  • Blast Protection against Catastrophic Transformer Failure on Offshore Wind Turbines (Germany)

    7 December 2012
    Technology

    Scottish Southern Energy (SSE), the U.K.’s second largest energy company are very stringent in ensuring all potential risks are identified and conduct detailed HAZOP studies ahead of making Health and Safety decisions. One such study in this application identified a potential risk of catastrophic transformer failure. The transformer room is located at the base of […]

  • USA: BOEM to Determine Interest in West Coast Offshore Wind Development

    30 September 2013
    Authorities

    As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, cut carbon pollution, and develop domestic energy sources, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a request to determine whether there is competitive interest in leasing an area offshore Oregon that Principle Power, Inc. has proposed for a pilot-scale floating wind energy […]

  • Mayflower Wind to Hook Up to Brayton Point

    28 May 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind and Anbaric Development Partners have signed an agreement for Mayflower Wind to use transmission assets developed by Anbaric to bring offshore wind to Brayton Point, Massachusetts, USA. When fully built out, and with continuing advancements in wind technology, Mayflower Wind’s lease area will supply over 2,000 MW of offshore wind, enough to power […]

  • Aker Solutions Wins EUR 309 Million Offshore Wind Contract in US

    27 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Aker Solutions has won a contract for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project in the US, valued at more than NOK 3 billion (approx. EUR 309 million / USD 358 million). Under the contract secured with Ørsted and Eversource, the company will provide the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system for their offshore wind farm […]

  • UK Mission Heads to Taiwan to Share Offshore Wind Know-How

    30 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    A trade and technology mission from the UK is visiting Taiwan from 30 May to 1 June to share the UK’s experience on renewable energy, especially on the offshore wind energy industry. With the largest ever number of UK renewable energy delegates to Taiwan, this mission is the first major event of the British Office’s 6-month […]

  • Shared Grid Offshore New England Saves Over USD 1 Billion Onshore – Report

    15 May 2020
    Grid Connection

    A multi-user, planned transmission system to harness wind power off New England’s coast could result in onshore electric grid cost savings of over USD 1 billion and significantly reduce environmental impacts, a report prepared for transmission developer Anbaric shows. The report, Offshore Transmission in New England: The Benefits of a Better-Planned Grid, describes the limitations […]

  • California Steps Closer to First Offshore Wind Lease Auction

    19 October 2018
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Call for Information and Nominations to identify companies interested in commercial wind energy leases within three proposed areas off central and northern California on Friday.