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  • Offshore Renewables Play Significant Role in All-Energy 2014

    16 May 2014

    Offshore wind, wave and tidal all play key roles in next week’s All-Energy 2014 (Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre – AECC, 21-22 May). Nearly 11 hours of conference time at the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference is devoted to offshore wind –including 105 minutes to floating offshore wind; a further nine and a […]

  • Germany: Nordex to Spend EUR 10 Million on New Production Line

    5 November 2012

    “We are looking for up to an additional 130 employees for our planned internal production facilities in Rostock for our new and larger rotor blades,” says Jens Martin Hoika, who manages Nordex’s Rostock and international plants. The NR 58.5 rotor blade is used with the N117/2400 wind turbine, which is increasingly proving to be a […]

  • Australia: Renewable Energy Industry to Share Its Knowledge

    7 June 2013

    Information, data and lessons learnt by the renewable energy industry will be shared in a $60 million initiative launched today by Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray. The goal is to overcome barriers and increase the use of renewable energy. Mr Gray said the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) was driving a range of knowledge […]

  • Atlantis Boards Ocean Energy Europe

    29 September 2015

    Tim Cornelius, CEO of the tidal developer Atlantis Resources, has taken a seat on the Board of Directors of Ocean Energy Europe – the industry group for ocean renewable energy – by becoming a Lead Sponsor of the organisation. The move reflects Atlantis’ position as a leading developer of commercial tidal power projects and underpins its […]

  • NYSERDA Sets Aside USD 5.5 Million for Seabed Surveys

    20 December 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Through this solicitation, NYSERDA seeks to advance the development of the primary and secondary areas identified by BOEM as the Hudson North and Hudson South draft Wind Energy Areas.

  • BOEM Seeks Public Comments on Offshore Wind Energy Development (USA)

    21 October 2011
    Authorities

      The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is seeking public comments as it considers potential effects of offshore wind energy leasing activities on historic properties in the mid-Atlantic region. In accordance with the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, BOEM is consulting with interested parties and members of the public […]

  • New Jersey Uni Develops Offshore Wind Predictability Method

    24 January 2019
    R&D

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has developed a technique to assess sea breezes which could be beneficial for offshore wind projects in terms of energy predictability. The research team studied offshore and near-shore sea breezes that cross the New Jersey Wind Energy Area, a federally designated zone off Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties where […]

  • Gaelectric, Ideol Unveil Floating Wind Plans for Ireland

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has partnered with Ideol to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in Irish waters using Ideol’s Damping Pool technology.

  • US Lawmakers Submit Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act

    27 March 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Democratic Congress representatives from Massachusetts and Arizona have introduced the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, legislation to educate and train a new generation of US offshore wind workers.

  • Last Day for Residents to Have Their Say on Proposed Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    10 November 2011

    Pembrokeshire communities have until close of play today to have their say over plans for a massive offshore wind farm. The chance to comment on the RWE npower renewables Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm, which will be located 16km off the south Wales coast, closes at 5pm today (Thursday). If the development goes ahead it […]

  • Samsung Merges Its Heavy Industries and Engineering

    1 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has officially announced that it will merge with Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd, the first and largest engineering company in Korea. The merger between Samsung Heavy Industries and Samsung Engineering was decided during their board of directors meeting on September 1 to create a “world-class total solution provider for shipbuilding and onshore […]

  • UK: HiDef to Take Part in Global Offshore Wind Show

    21 May 2012

    HiDef will be exhibiting at the first Global Offshore Wind Show to be held in London’s Excel Centre on 13th and 14th June. Stand 233. HiDef Managing Director John Martin commented: “There are so many nations now contemplating offshore wind that it makes sense to have a global show. HiDef have invested in our largest […]

  • Economist Films: New Power Generation Disrupting Oil and Gas Industry

    22 September 2016

    Economist Films, part of the renowned magazine The Economist, has produced a documentary investigating how new energy technologies are disrupting the fossil fuel industry. The last part of the documentary shows how the offshore wind technology has advanced and how oil and gas companies are using their offshore expertise to tap into opportunities within the […]

  • Fortum and Seabased AB to Construct World’s Largest Wave Power Park in Sweden

    9 December 2011

    Fortum and Seabased AB have today signed an agreement on the construction of a joint wave power park in Sotenäs, Sweden. After completion, the wave power park will be the world’s largest, full-scale demonstration project of its kind. The total budget for the project is about 25 million euros, of which Fortum’s share is about […]

  • USA: North Carolina Senator and Representatives Advocate for Offshore Wind

    13 March 2013
    Authorities

    Sen. Kay Hagan and Representatives David Price and Mike McIntyre have joined the call for offshore wind development in North Carolina.  The members issued a letter to the U.S. Department of Interior on February 28, urging it to move forward quickly in developing the state’s offshore wind resources.  “Offshore wind energy development enjoys broad public […]

  • USA: Delaware Congressional Delegation Urges Support for Offshore Wind Project

    24 August 2012
    Authorities

    U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney (all D-Del.) wrote to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu Tuesday evening urging him to review and support a joint proposal by the University of Delaware (UD) and National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to establish an offshore wind test site off of the Delaware coast. […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind to Grow Sixfold by 2017

    17 August 2012
    R&D

    Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, […]

  • BNEF: 237MW of Floating Offshore Wind by 2020

    20 March 2017
    Floating Wind

    The world could see as much as 237MW of floating offshore wind capacity installed by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • German Researchers Start Testing Offshore Wind Energy Storage System

    14 November 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    German researchers have started trialing a 1:10 scale model of the StEnSea (Stored Energy in the Sea) undersea compressed air energy storage system designed to temporarily store electricity generated by offshore wind turbines. After several years’ research work, the StEnSea project, funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, has now entered the test phase. In the framework […]

  • Denmark: Keeping Offshore Wind Workers Safe

    14 August 2012

    It’s tough to do onshore, tougher on wind farms built close to shore, but what of these farshore wind power plants? Can the industry cope with those challenges? In June 2011 Claus Rose, in his role as Chairman of Global Wind Organisation told an audience at a conference organised by leading think tank Wind Energy […]

  • France: Prysmian Group to Showcase Its Expertise at CIGRE 2012

    3 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase its comprehensive range of products and technologies, specifically dedicated to High Voltage underground and submarine power transmission, at the 2012 Biannual Session of CIGRE (the International Council on Large Electrical Systems, one of the key worldwide bodies operating in the […]

  • WindFloat Atlantic Launch: A New Era for Offshore Wind and the Blue Economy

    22 October 2019

    By João Metelo, CEO of Principle Power The first WindFloat Atlantic unit, with the turbine fully installed, has just sailed from Ferrol, Spain, towards its destination, 20 km off the coast of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. It will soon be joined by two more units, which by the end of the year will produce […]

  • EC Grants EUR 17 Mln to Atlantis’ MeyGen Project

    16 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission’s Climate Change Committee has approved the transfer of €17 million of funding from the Kyle Rhea project to Atlantis’s MeyGen Phase 1B (Project Stroma) and will accelerate the development of the MeyGen project, with this second phase targeted to reach financial close and commence construction during 2016. The €17 million funding was […]

  • DEME, Oostende Port, and PMV Launch Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Project

    27 January 2020
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    The goal of the project, HYPORT® Oostende, is to build the green hydrogen facility in the Plassendale 1 port area and have it up and running in 2025.

  • Siemens Picks SMC as Marine Coordinator for Gemini OWF

    19 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has chosen the UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) to provide offshore Marine Coordination for the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off The Nethelands. SMC started Marine Coordination for the 150 turbine site situated in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, the first of which was installed on 16 February. The company will be using […]

  • New Jersey Senators Welcome DOE’s Move on FACW

    30 May 2016
    Authorities

    United States Senators from the State of New Jersey, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, have responded to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement on Fishermen’s Energy Atlantic City Wind Farm (FACW). The project has been granted a no-cost extension until the end of the year to secure a power offtake agreement and continue to receive funding as one […]