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  • DEME Launches Its First SOV

    1 October 2020
    Vessels

    DEME has launched its first ever Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at the CEMRE shipyard in Yalova, Turkey. The vessel, named Groene Wind, is of the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) class and will be directly chartered to Siemens Gamesa for maintenance activities at the Rentel and SeaMade offshore wind farms in Belgium, once delivered […]

  • BNEF: USD 3.1 Trillion to Be Invested in Wind Power by 2040

    13 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Some USD 7.8 trillion will be invested in renewable energy over the next 25 years, with wind power, both onshore and offshore, attracting USD 3.1 trillion, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) New Energy Outlook 2016. USD 3.4 trillion is forecasted to be pored into utility-scale, rooftop and other small-scale solar, and USD 911 billion […]

  • 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 […]

  • Greece Opens Public Consultation on Offshore Wind Legislative Framework

    22 January 2021
    Authorities

    The Greek wind energy association ELETAEN has launched public consultation for a legislative framework for the development of offshore wind in Greece. The consultation period will run until 1 February and is part of the implementation of the project “Necessary legislative adjustments to promote offshore wind energy in Greece”, funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 […]

  • 500 MW for Statkraft and CIP in First Irish Offshore Wind Auction

    11 May 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development

    Statkraft and its partner Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have been selected in Ireland’s first auction for offshore wind under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS-1) to develop the 500 MW North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind project. NISA was one of seven offshore renewable projects issued with a Maritime Area Consent (MAC) last December. […]

  • UK: Supacat Launches Multi-Purpose Vessel 24 at Seawork

    25 June 2013

    The Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV24), which will transform support operations in today’s growing offshore wind farm and maritime engineering sectors, receives its official launch at Seawork International. The SMV24 is a new concept in offshore support vessels, designed to provide operators with `one boat to replace many`, enabling operators to conduct a wide range […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik to Install Aircraft Detection Light System on Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm

    7 February 2023
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Windtechnik has won a new tender for the installation of an Aircraft Detection Light System (ADLS) on an offshore wind farm in Germany. After equipping the Nordergründe offshore wind farm with ADLS last year, the company will now do the same on the Butendiek offshore wind farm. The contract for Butendiek was signed at […]

  • EUR 9 Billion Fund to Reduce EU Dependency on Offshore Wind Power

    20 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Total spending on the plan from 2014 and 2020 would amount to just 0.4 percent of EU annual GDP, but the European Commission said it expected the funds to attract extra public and private money by lowering the risk profile of key infrastructure projects. “Today we are making a down payment for Europe’s future growth […]

  • Seagreen to Offer Shorter-Term Corporate Power Purchase Agreements

    2 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The 1.14 GW Seagreen wind farm, soon to be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, is launching its offshore corporate purchase power agreement (cPPA) offerings. The Seagreen terms significantly shorten the typical cPPA length, providing buyers with an alternative option to standard longer-term cPPAs which are typically ten years or more in duration, Seagreen Wind Energy, […]

  • USA: OPT to Deploy Reedsport PowerBuoy in Spring 2013

    28 September 2012

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc (OPT), a leading wave energy technology company, has announced that its utility-scale PowerBuoy® off the coast of Reedsport, Oregon, is expected to be deployed in spring 2013. Final testing of the PowerBuoy has continued to be on track for completion ahead of final assembly and readiness for deployment in October 2012, […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: Most Read News of 2014

    1 January 2015

    Under-manning and fatigue threaten WFSV safety As offshore wind farm developments move further out to sea and demands on the vessels and crews that service them increase, a rising number of wind farm crew transfer vessel incidents has become a growing cause of concern. Marubeni and Technip to build Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm […]

  • UK: Renewable Energy Holdings to Sell Wave Energy Business

    2 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Renewable Energy Holdings plc, the AIM quoted investor in, and operator of, European wind power, announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2011. Subsequent to the year end, the Board of Directors has reached the decision that it would be in the best interests of shareholders to dispose of all of the […]

  • Construction Progresses at Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm

    26 August 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed 24 out of 62 jacket foundations for the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc wind farm offshore France. The installation of the jackets started on 1 July, while the first four units were placed on the seabed a few weeks later. Meanwhile, Van Oord’s vessel Aeolus continues with pre-piling work at the remaining foundation locations. To […]

  • Offshore Wind Training Facility Opens in Massachusetts

    28 October 2019
    Training & Education

    The Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) has launched the nation’s first offshore wind training facility. The facility includes a crew transfer training vessel (CTV), which supports safety training for workers moving from relatively small CTVs to the fixed support structures of offshore wind turbines. Initially, MMA will focus on Basic Safety Training for the industry with a […]

  • RWE Signs Lease Agreements for Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms

    19 January 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has signed Agreements for Lease with the UK’s The Crown Estate to develop the two offshore wind farm sites known collectively as Dogger Bank South (DBS). DBS East and DBS West are located over 100 kilometres offshore in the shallow area of the North Sea known as Dogger Bank. Each project could have an […]

  • UMaine Floating Wind Turbine to Rock Space Gear

    23 September 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The University of Maine has been awarded nearly USD 1.4 million from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to design an ultra-lightweight, corrosion-resistant, concrete floating offshore wind turbine. The floating turbine will be equipped with NASA motion mitigation technology originally developed to reduce vibrations in rockets. “With this funding, we plan […]

  • Dutch Company Working on Two Floating Wind Projects Offshore Northern Ireland

    23 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch marine engineering and offshore energy company, SBM Offshore, has taken the first step towards applying for a marine licence to build two floating wind farms offshore Northern Ireland. SBM Offshore, which has set up a company named North Channel Wind to develop and build the projects, has completed site characterisation and commenced a scoping […]

  • OHT to Transport UAE-Made Moray East Jackets

    23 September 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has awarded Norway’s OHT with a contract to transport 48 jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm from the United Arab Emirates to Scotland. OHT will transport the 45 wind turbine jackets and three offshore transformer module (OTM) jackets from Lamprell’s fabrication yard in the UAE to the Port of Nigg in […]

  • Anbaric Pitches New York-New Jersey Ocean Grid Plan

    18 June 2019
    Grid Connection

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is publishing a Request for Competitive Interest for the development of the New York and New Jersey Wind Energy Transmission Line. Anbaric Development Partners, LLC (ADP) has requested a right-of-way grant to develop the NY/NJ Ocean Grid, but prior to reviewing the right-of-way application, BOEM must determine […]

  • James Fisher Marine Services Upgrades Dart Fisher OSV

    28 June 2017
    Vessels

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced the completed refurbishment and upgrade of its offshore support vessel, the Dart Fisher.

  • Semco Maritime Wins Work on Taiwan’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Project

    17 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Semco Maritime has received an order for a conceptual design study for a 500 MW offshore substation, including a jacket foundation, for Swancor Renewable Energy’s Formosa 4 offshore wind project in Miaoli County, Taiwan. The Danish company will carry out the scope of work with assistance from partners PTSC M&C in Vietnam, ISC Consulting Engineers […]

  • OWIB gathers the offshore wind industry (Denmark)

    20 September 2010

    The world’s largest networking event for the international offshore wind industry takes place on November 17 in Denmark. This November international businesses in design, production, setting-up and operation of offshore wind turbines gather at the OWIB – the Offshore Wind International Business2Business Event – to discuss opportunities for collaboration on future offshore wind projects. OWIB […]

  • Nordex Expects Profitable Growth in 2012 (Germany)

    14 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Nordex Group achieved an increase of roughly 9 percent in sales to EUR 668.2 million in the first nine months of 2011 (previous year: EUR 614.2 million). At EUR 264.9 million, sales in the third quarter were on a par with the previous year. Growth in the first nine months was driven by the […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Posts Profit of GBP 252.6 Million

    27 June 2013

    The Crown Estate announced another record financial result, posting a profit of £252.6 million which they pay entirely to the UK Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. Profit for the year was up by 5.2 per cent on last year and capital value rose by over 7 per cent to more than £8.6 […]

  • Uncertain Political Support for Renewables Weakens U.S., European Investment

    5 September 2012
    R&D

    Having quadrupled its solar capacity target to 50GW by 2020 and begun an accelerated domestic installations program to tackle the oversupply of solar panels, China looks set to continue its domination of the global renewable energy market, according to Ernst & Young’s latest quarterly global Renewable energy Country Attractiveness Indices report (CAI) released today.   The […]

  • Prep Works for Export Cable Installation to Start at Neart na Gaoithe OWF

    8 March 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Preparation works for the export cable installation for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project are expected to commence in mid-March. The area where the activities will take place is the nearshore extent of the wind farm’s export cable corridor. Two jack-up vessels, Capall Mara and C57 Red Squirrel, will carry out a small amount […]