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  • CIP Targets Future Wind Development Offshore Vietnam with New Agreements

    7 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed three memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Vietnamese companies to accelerate the development of offshore wind projects and the supply chain in Vietnam. The agreements were signed with Xuân Cầu Holdings, PTSC M&C and Semco Maritime, and with Pacific Corporation JSC. The signing ceremony was witnessed by The Crown Prince and Crown […]

  • Statkraft Plans Multibillion Investment in Renewables

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Over the next four years, Statkraft is planning green investments both in Norway and abroad. A proposal by the Norwegian Government to bolster Statkraft SF’s equity by NOK 5 billion (around EUR 552 million) was adopted by the Norwegian Parliament on December 11, 2014. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries will also reduce its overall […]

  • Renewable Energy Costs Falling, Report Says

    31 August 2015

    The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar has been falling for several years. The report, Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2015 Edition, a joint project by the International Energy Agency and the Nuclear Energy Agency, calculates the cost of producing electricity from different types of new power plants. Compared with […]

  • Wison’s Floating Wind Foundation Gets DNV’s Stamp of Approval

    2 May 2022
    R&D, Technology

    DNV has issued a verification letter to Wison Offshore & Marine for its w.semi semi-submersible floating wind foundation technology. The verification letter demonstrates the technical feasibility and commercial readiness of the technology, and concludes the first stage of the verification process, according to DNV, which has been working with WOM to advance the w.semi technology […]

  • 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 […]

  • Two Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Farms Take Step Forward

    27 November 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Angus Council yesterday issued planning consent in principal for the onshore infrastructure required for Phase 1 of Seagreen Wind Energy’s Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Zone. This includes 19km of onshore underground cables, which will transmit power from a landfall location at South Carnoustie on the Angus Coast to the existing electricity substation at Tealing, […]

  • Anbaric Completes Second Set of Surveys for New Jersey Link

    12 May 2021
    Grid Connection

    Anbaric Development Partners has concluded the second set of oceanographic survey activities for its Boardwalk Power Link (BPL) project which will connect offshore wind energy to New Jersey’s onshore grid. Led by ESS Group in concert with Ocean Surveys, the two sets of surveys looked specifically at geological seabed conditions for the planned subsea cable […]

  • USA: DNV KEMA’s Executive Named Clean Energy Ambassador

    4 July 2012
    Environment

    Karen Conover, Vice President at DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability, has been named as one of the inaugural Ambassadors for the U.S. Clean Energy, Education & Empowerment (C3E) program. The Ambassador program, one of the new components of the C3E action plan, was announced in London at the Third Clean Energy Ministerial, a global forum of […]

  • Triton Knoll Onshore Works Start

    10 September 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Triton Knoll onshore construction officially started in Lincolnshire on Monday, 10 September, as the project commenced work on the electrical system to transport power from the 860MW offshore wind farm to UK homes.

  • A Hub in the Netherlands

    22 June 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    This year Offshore WIND Magazine will be looking at the offshore wind hub ports. These are ports that have either become newly established as offshore wind ports or existing ports already serving the industry that grown beyond most people’s expectations in the past seven years. These hubs can be either a single port or a group of neighbouring ports able to provide the complete base support for range of services from project pre-construction surveys to wind farm operation and maintenance.

  • UK: Supacat to Present SMV24 Offshore Support Vessel at All Energy

    20 May 2013

    A new concept in offshore support vessels, the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV24), is being unveiled at All Energy 2013 by the innovation house, Supacat. For the first time Supacat is displaying a 1:25 scale model of the 24metre vessel. The SMV24 has been designed as ‘one boat to replace many’ to offer a flexible, […]

  • The Netherlands: Eneco Gets Subsidy for Offshore Wind Farm Development

    6 November 2011

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation today issued a decree awarding a subsidy to Eneco from the remaining budget for the SDE [Sustainable Energy Production scheme] Round 2 to the development of a wind farm in the North Sea. This will allow Eneco to implement a new and innovative wind farm 23 […]

  • ESB and Rosslare Europort Strike Up Offshore Wind Partnership

    23 February 2023
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Ireland’s ESB and Iarnród Éireann (Port Authority for Rosslare Europort) have signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the organisations’ respective development plans to support offshore wind projects in the Celtic and Irish Seas. With ESB developing a portfolio of offshore wind farms, and Rosslare Europort progressing plans to establish the port as […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Heads Down Under

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    International engineering consultancy Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is setting up an office in Australia. The International Energy Agency’s recently launched “Offshore Wind Outlook 2019” has identified more than 7,000TWh per year of offshore wind technical potential, roughly 2,000GW of capacity, in waters below 60 metres offshore Australia. The potential adds up to 16,000TWh per year […]

  • USA: ORPC to Unveil Full-Scale Commercial Unit

    22 July 2012

    Portland-based tidal energy expert, Ocean Renewable Power Co., will unveil its first full-scale commercial unit of the TidGen™ Power System on Tuesday, writes Press Herald news portal. This newly developed 180 kilowatt unit will be installed on the Cobscook seafloor sometimes next month. “Maine is where it all started and where the lessons are being […]

  • Frost & Sullivan: OWFs Growth Will Help Compensate Falling Demand for Marine Gensets

    3 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    With most of Europe’s shipbuilding activity migrating to the Asian countries of South Korea, China and Japan, the traditional demand for marine generator sets has dipped. This shift, coupled with the Euro zone recession and financing difficulties, has further deepened the slump in demand for new vessels and thus, marine genset suppliers have been forced […]

  • 640 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden Receives Natura 2000 Permit

    23 April 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has been granted a Natura 2000 permit for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Sweden by the Administrative Board of Skåne County, off whose coast the developer aims to build the 640 MW project. Parts of the Kriegers Flak site in the Baltic Sea have been classified as a Natura 2000 area and, […]

  • RenewableUK Applauds Opening of Scotland’s First Marine Energy Park

    31 July 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has welcomed the opening yesterday of Scotland’s first Marine Energy Park (MEP). The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters MEP is the first in Scotland, and the second in the UK, following the announcement of an Energy Park in the South West of England […]

  • India: SEFORGE to Supply Machined Flanges for Wind Towers

    6 March 2012

    SEFORGE Limited, a Suzlon Group subsidiary, announced a key purchase agreement with a leading wind turbine manufacturer for the supply of machined tower flanges, used for wind towers, over a period of three years. The Rs. 367 crore (US$ 75 mn) contract covers supply of flanges for wind turbine towers for projects in India and […]

  • Danes Brainstorming on Environmental Assessments for New Offshore Wind Farms

    6 March 2023
    Authorities, Environment

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has opened a public consultation period to gather ideas for the environmental assessments of the plans for the country’s new offshore wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas. DEA is working on planning for the areas that were last year identified as suitable for the establishment of offshore wind […]

  • UK: Construction Starts on OREC’s HQ

    1 August 2012

    Scotland’s flagship International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) is starting to take shape following the start of construction on Scottish Enterprise’s £10 million Industry Engagement Building in Glasgow – the future headquarters of the UK’s new Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC).  The ITREZ, which already incorporates Strathclyde University’s £89 million Technology Innovation Centre, aims […]

  • Almost 70,000 People Will Be Working in UK Offshore Wind Sector by 2026

    25 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    The number of people working in the rapidly expanding offshore wind industry in the UK is projected to increase to 69,848 by 2026, with the private sector expected to invest GBP 60.8 billion (approx. EUR 70.5 billion) in developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms over the next five years. There are 26,000 people currently […]

  • Jack-Up Barge Strengthens Its Fleet with Hochtief’s Self-Elevating Platform

    28 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has acquired the Odin self-elevating platform from Hochtief. This is a new approach from Jack-Up Barge that has previously expanded with newbuilds. The company are renaming the barge JB 119, ready to take its place alongside the seven platforms currently operated. The platform, 46.1m long by 30m wide […]

  • Carnegie Wave Energy Limited Appoints New Director (Australia)

    27 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces the appointment of Mr John Leggate, CBE, FREng to its Board of Directors as a non-executive director. Scottish-born and London-based, Mr Leggate is a highly experienced oil and gas and venture capital industry executive. He worked for over twenty seven years for BP, most recently as the Group Chief Information […]

  • UK: Seaspeed Tests Models of Fast Wind Farm Support Vessel Designs

    8 March 2012

    A series of free-running models of fast wind-farm support vessel designs have recently been tested by Seaspeed Marine Consulting for South Boats in order to develop the most appropriate hull forms for their next generation of vessels. Models of different hull designs, instrumented for performance measurement, were outfitted for self propulsion and run at sea […]

  • Offshore Wind Partners Unveil Large-Scale Green Hydrogen and E-Fuel Project in Baltic Sea

    3 February 2023
    Industry, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Sweden-based company OX2 and the Bank of Åland, who are jointly developing two multi-gigawatt-scale offshore wind farms in Finland, have initiated a feasibility study on Mega Grön Hamn (Mega Green Port), a project involving large-scale production and distribution of hydrogen and e-fuel in Åland. The companies plan to establish the Mega Green Port at […]