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  • German Offshore Wind Farms Over 6 Times Busier in 2015

    21 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s offshore wind farms have generated 1.3% of the overall energy produced country-wide in 2015, a 550% increase compared to a 0.2% contribution by offshore wind turbines in 2014, according to the data released by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Overall, energy generated from renewable sources has been the biggest contributor to Germany’s energy […]

  • EWEA Livestream: Wind Energy Turning Blue Chip Companies Green

    18 November 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today plays host to panelists who are discussing business models to provide wind energy directly to corporate clients. The session, titled Wind Energy Turning Blue Chip Companies Green, is organized as part of EWEA’a annual conference held in Paris this year, and will be moderated by Dominique Pialot of […]

  • DOE WindSentinel Buoy in Full Swing off New Jersey

    13 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Ocean Tech Services (OTS) has deployed an AXYS WindSentinel buoy based LIDAR system near offshore wind development areas along the coast of New Jersey as part of a contract to install, operate and maintain the buoy for a 1-year data collection mission signed with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). OTS relocated the buoy from Port Angeles, Washington, to their […]

  • Guangdong Jingyin and Ming Yang Ink Offshore Wind Cooperation Agreement

    4 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Guangdong Jingyin Machinery Co. Ltd. and China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of offshore wind services through a joint-stock company – Zhejiang Huayun Hai Yang Engineering and Technology Services. The two companies agreed to collaborate on designing, engineering, developing and operating offshore wind farms. Back in September 2015, […]

  • Aquila Capital Targets Offshore Wind with EUR 750 Million Fund

    26 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment

    German investment company Aquila Capital has launched a EUR 750 million fund primarily seeking investments in onshore and offshore wind power, photovoltaics, hydropower, electricity grids and heat networks, as well as energy storage with an emphasis on greenfield projects.

  • GMI: Offshore Wind Turbine Market to Top $16b by 2024

    23 August 2018
    R&D

    The offshore wind turbine market is expected to value more than USD 16 billion by 2024, according to the latest report by Global Market Insights, Inc.

  • Crown Estate Scotland Blueprints New Offshore Wind Leasing Scheme

    21 May 2018
    Authorities

    Crown Estate Scotland today (21 May) unveiled its proposals for leasing seabed for new offshore wind projects that would be built in Scotland’s waters from late 2020s onwards.

  • Parkwind-Valeco Consortium Calls for Dunkirk Offshore Wind Farm Ideas

    16 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Parkwind-Valeco consortium, pre-selected for developing an offshore wind farm in the Dunkirk area in France, is calling for contributions which could help in the future realization of the project.

  • VIDEO: Marine Life Thrives on America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    15 February 2018
    Environment

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), based at the University of Delaware, released a new video that features never-before-seen underwater footage of fish feeding at America’s first offshore wind farm, as well as testimonials from local recreational fishermen and charter captains.

  • Guangdong Province to Kick-Start 10+ Offshore Wind Projects in 2018

    25 January 2018
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Southern China’s Guangdong Province is planning to begin construction of more than ten offshore wind farms this year, Xinhua News Agency reported the province’s governor Ma Xingrui as saying.

  • Taiwan Awards Further 1,664MW of Offshore Wind Capacity

    22 June 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded further 1,664MW of offshore wind capacity to four wind farms which are part of two larger projects.

  • Port of Brest Getting Ready for Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Project

    27 December 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The marine renewable energy (MRE) hub being built in France’s Port of Brest has reached an important milestone after a 900-metre dike was connected to a wharf.

  • Cathie Associates and Blue Wind Sign South Korea OW Deal

    22 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Cathie Associates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Blue Wind Engineering (BWE) to cooperate on expanding within the offshore wind industry in South Korea. According to Robin Comrie, Co-Managing Director of Cathie Associates, the company hopes to play a role in the growth of offshore wind in the region as South Korea aims to […]

  • FairWind Joins Siemens Gamesa on Formosa 1 Phase 2

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    FairWind has signed a Letter of Intent with Siemens Gamesa to collaborate on turbine pre-assembly for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, FairWind will hire and train Taiwanese technicians to prepare them for the pre-assembly operations, which are scheduled to begin in the spring this year. The training […]

  • UK Supply Chain Companies Explore Offshore Wind Links with Taiwan

    16 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The UK Department for International Trade and NOF Energy will take 38 delegates from 24 companies from UK’s offshore wind supply chain to Taiwan, aiming to build relationships between UK and Taiwanese companies and organisations.

  • Bent Christensen: Offshore Wind Technology Ready for COP21 Targets

    9 October 2017
    Technology

    It has been said more than once so far that offshore wind is a resource that can largely contribute to meeting the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. According to Bent Christensen, Vice President at Siemens Gamesa, offshore wind technology is already at a point to help meet COP21 goals.

  • German Offshore Wind Law Excludes Kaikas, Wpd Takes It to Court

    29 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Wpd today filed a complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe against the provisions of the German offshore wind energy law (WindSeeG), which exclude wpd’s offshore wind project Kaikas from future tenders without indemnification.  

  • Vattenfall Issues Array Cable Tenders for Danish Offshore Wind Farms

    26 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has issued two tenders searching for inter-array cable manufacturing and installation on three Danish offshore wind projects: Kriegers Flak, Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd.

  • UK Offshore Wind Blows Past 2020 Cost Reduction Target

    24 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The cost of energy from offshore wind has fallen by 32% since 2012 and is now below the joint UK government and industry target of GBP 100 per megawatt hour (MWh) four years ahead of schedule, according to a report delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult on behalf of the Offshore Wind Programme […]

  • First 2017 Edition of Offshore WIND Magazine Set to Reach Japan

    17 January 2017

    Offshore WIND is starting the new year energetically with an aim to cover new topics, bring more relevant news to our readers, further improve all of its products, and thus move forward together with the ever-growing industry.

  • Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Orders Wind Turbine Installation Vessel at ZPMC

    26 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Marine Engineering has ordered a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) at Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC). The wind turbine installation vessel will be 101 metres long, 43 metres wide, with a draft of 8.4 metres. The vessel will have a lifting capacity of 2,000 tons and will be delivered in 2018, ZPMC said. This is the […]

  • New York Rallies Behind Deepwater ONE Offshore Wind Farm

    21 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    New York labor unions, civic and environmental organizations and elected officials hosted a rally outside of Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to show their support for what is to be the nation’s largest offshore wind farm ahead of LIPA’s expected vote to approve the project. Located off the east end of Long Island, Deepwater Wind’s 90-megawatt, 15-turbine […]

  • Imenco Enters Offshore Wind Market, Launches New Business Unit

    21 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Imenco AS has launched a new division – Imenco Corrosion Technology – which will provide anode systems to the offshore renewable energy sector and to late life assets in the oil and gas industry. After more than a decade of working in Norwegian oil and gas sector, where Imenco’s corrosion protection solutions have been used, the company […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Awards Offshore Wind Contracts to Seajacks and Gardline

    3 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables has awarded major contracts to two Great Yarmouth based companies, Seajacks and Gardline, for work on their global pipeline of offshore wind farms.

  • U.S. Senators Introduce Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

    2 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R- Maine, and Tom Carper, D-Delaware, have introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act aimed at providing financial incentives to encourage investment in offshore wind energy.

  • 8.2 Consulting Inks Another Offshore Wind Deal with Vattenfall

    25 July 2017

    8.2 Consulting AG, with its Dutch partner OrangeWind, was awarded a four-year framework contract by Vattenfall with reference to wind turbine project engineering and interface management tasks for offshore wind farms in Europe.