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  • USA: New Bedford Plans to Seize Offshore Wind Advantages

    2 August 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    New Bedford sees offshore wind industry as one that can contribute to its employment rate increase. Following the growth in number of proposals for wind farms off the New England coast, the officials plan to make the city a hub for assembling and transporting wind turbines. New Bedford has been chosen in 2010 as a […]

  • USA: IHC Merwede Participates at OTC Houston 2012

    15 March 2012

    IHC Merwede will exhibit a broad range of its innovative vessels, advanced equipment and lifecycle support activities on stand number 2625 at the forthcoming Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2012, which runs from 30 April to 3 May in Houston, USA. As a reliable supplier of custom-built vessels and equipment for the offshore market, IHC Merwede […]

  • Triton-DeepOcean Transaction Completed

    3 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Triton, a private equity investment company, is now the largest shareholder of DeepOcean, after the investment announced at the end of November 2016 was completed on 31 December 2016. “Through the substantial equity raise and the future support of Triton, DeepOcean is well positioned to weather the downturn in oil & gas markets and also to take advantage […]

  • Rick Perry Takes Back “Abolishing DoE” Statement

    20 January 2017

    At a nomination hearing held by the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yesterday, Rick Perry, who has been chosen by the newly-elected US president Donald Trump to lead the Department of Energy (DoE), reflected on his statement made several years ago that led to concerns on him being in charge of DoE.  Namely, with […]

  • Congressman Pallone: NJ Can Lead the Way in Renewables Development

    18 July 2014
    Authorities

    New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone has issued a statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s announcement of the proposed lease sale for nearly 344,000 acres off of the New Jersey coast for commercial wind energy development. Congressman Pallone stated: “I am pleased that the Department of the Interior is moving ahead to pursue energy development […]

  • Money First, Nstar-Northeast Utilities Merger Later (USA)

    23 December 2010
    Authorities

    The Patrick administration is signaling it will hold hostage the proposed Nstar-Northeast Utilities merger unless the two electric companies agree to buy Cape Wind power and prove they have “outstanding track records” on clean-energy issues. In a recent speech to utility insiders, Gov. Deval Patrick’s outgoing environmental and energy czar Ian Bowles said the regulatory […]

  • Investing in Ports Supporting Floating Wind Could Bring EUR 1.75 Billion to Scotland

    20 August 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Investing in additional 22 hectares of port capacity suitable for floating wind foundation fabrication could bring in GBP 1.5 billion (around EUR 1.75 billion) into Scotland, according to an independent report commissioned by the Scottish government and offshore wind industry and published on 20 August. This initial investment could help underpin longer-term growth in port […]

  • New Project Puts Tasmania on Offshore Wind Map

    9 December 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Sydney-based Nexsphere, formerly known as Brookvale Energy, has revealed plans to build an offshore wind farm in Bass Strait off Tasmania with a capacity of between 500 MW and 1,000 MW. The project is planned to be built in phases which would come online from 2026 onwards. The Tasmanian Liberal Government has welcomed the announcement […]

  • New York Puts USD 5 Million Up for Grabs for Metocean Data Collection

    2 May 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to collect meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data off the New York coast, in areas with the potential for future offshore wind development, and announced USD 5 million available to support the works. 

  • Singapore and Taiwan Firms Ink Offshore Wind MoU

    18 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Kim Heng Marine & Oilfield (KHMO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Taiwan-based Hung Hua Construction (HHC) to collaborate on the offshore wind sector. KHMO will provide vessels, tugboats and barges to HHC by way of a charter, sale or joint ownership and operation to be used for the transportation, delivery […]

  • GE to Build New Factory for 107-Metre Offshore Wind Turbine Blades

    11 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy plans to open a new factory in Teesside in the North East of England, where it will manufacture 107-metre-long blades for the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. The new manufacturing plant, which will be set up and operated by GE-owned LM Wind Power, is planned to be opened in 2023 and to deliver […]

  • No Competitive Interest for Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Research Project

    20 January 2023
    Authorities, R&D

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a Determination of No Competitive Interest for a proposed research lease area offshore Gulf of Maine. BOEM’s determination means it will move forward with the State of Maine’s research application, which could be used to inform any future commercial offshore wind development in the Gulf of […]

  • EMEC to Support Chinese Marine Energy

    21 October 2015

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese organisations based in Qingdao to support the development of a marine energy test site in the area. Scottish-based EMEC and the University of Edinburgh signed the MoU alongside the Ocean University of China (OUC), Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology […]

  • SGS to Attend RenewableUK Offshore Wind 2013 Conference

    1 May 2013

    SGS has confirmed that it will return to RenewableUK Offshore Wind, the annual premier renewable energy event now in its eleventh year. The world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company will be showcasing its wide range of renewable energy services at stand 199 at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester on the 12th […]

  • 2018: Adding More Space for Offshore Wind

    3 January 2019
    Authorities

    When it comes to emerging offshore wind markets, Taiwan, India and the U.S. have been in the spotlight over the last few years and especially in 2018. Nevertheless, a few new areas made the offshore wind map over the last year, beyond those already well known and ready for takeoff. Offshore wind is not only expanding as new markets emerge globally, but also as the countries with existing offshore wind farms and those under development already eye earmarking further areas where offshore wind turbines could be installed.  

  • Second Irish Offshore Wind Auction Coming Up in Early 2025, Government Approves T&Cs

    1 November 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Irish government has approved the terms and conditions of Ireland’s second offshore wind auction under the Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS). The qualification phase for the auction is expected to open in the first quarter of 2025, with the bidding phase planned for the second quarter of next year. The site the government […]

  • OIL’S CONTAGIOUS EFFECT ON ELECTRICITY PRICES: What Effect Will Low Oil Prices Have on Offshore Wind Projects?

    15 June 2015

    In recent years, the shale gas revolution has contributed to the United States surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia in oil production. The surge in oil production worldwide and Saudi Arabia’s strategic decision not to reduce its oil production led to declining oil prices. These lower prices have a contagious effect on the electricity prices, which […]

  • Geotechnical Surveys to Start at Hornsea Four Site in February

    17 January 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Geotechnical survey works are scheduled to commence at the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm site in the UK in February 2025. The geotechnical seabed investigations, which include boreholes and cone penetration tests (CPTs), will be conducted using survey vessels Connector, Geoquip Saentis, and Geoquip Seehorn, as well as the support vessel GV Independent, starting from […]

  • Leading Energy Players at EEEGR’s Conference

    20 January 2014

    More top names have been lined up for the UK’s most significant conference and exhibition focused on the Southern North Sea energy business to be held in Norwich this year. Shell, EDF Energy Schlumberger, East Anglia Offshore Wind and Aker Solutions are among companies which will feature at the two-day SNS2014: Sea of Opportunity event […]

  • UK’s Grant Boosts OGN’s Move into Offshore Wind

    15 April 2012

    OGN, already a major player in the oil and gas offshore construction sector, has received a vote of confidence from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for its move into offshore wind technology. And the North East economy shares in the benefit with the creation of up to 1000 long term jobs. OGN subsidiary, […]

  • Denmark: DHI Offers Solutions for Offshore Wind Turbine Scour Protection

    2 March 2012
    R&D

    Scour – the movement of sediment that can erode the seabed around a fixed structure – is one of the major concerns when designing offshore wind turbine foundations. Indeed, turbine foundations are more susceptible to scour than predicted, as shown by Anders Wedel Nielsen, who recently joined DHI’s team in Denmark. The most common strategy […]

  • Chris Huhne Opens GBP 20m Offshore Wind Turbine Production Facility (UK)

    30 September 2011

      TAG Energy Solutions welcomed the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who officially opened its new £20million offshore wind turbine tubular production facility. Chris Huhne MP took a tour of the 6,920 metre square facility before launching a roll of steel onto TAG Energy Solutions’ automated production process for the creation of […]

  • DONG Energy: Offshore Wind Power Will Match Fossil Fuels on Cost

    9 December 2015

    DONG Energy said it believes that there will be a major breakthrough within the next decade where green energy becomes cheaper than black energy, if political leaders, the industry, regulators and investors provide a final push with the global climate agreement at COP21. “If green energy is to become cheaper than fossil energy, CO2 emissions must […]

  • Ireland Unveils Renewables Auction Scheme

    2 December 2019
    Authorities

    Ireland has revealed details of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction which has received government approval as the country looks to move to 70% renewable electricity by 2030. RESS is an auction-based scheme which invites renewable electricity projects, including offshore wind, to bid for capacity and receive a guaranteed price for the electricity they […]

  • Shell Halts Investments in New Offshore Wind Projects, Partners with Equinor to Create ‘UK’s Largest Independent Oil & Gas Company’

    5 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    Shell has decided to cease investments in new offshore wind developments as part of a review of the Shell Energy business. The oil and gas major, which has built a significant portfolio of renewable energy and clean fuel projects, will not abandon its existing offshore wind projects, but investing in new offshore wind farms is […]

  • China’s Supreme People’s Court Accepts AMSC Appeal

    30 May 2012
    Authorities

    AMSC, a global solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, announced that its appeal to China’s Supreme People’s Court has now been accepted. AMSC’s appeal relates to the Hainan Higher Court’s decision on April 5, 2012 to uphold the Hainan Province No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court’s dismissal of AMSC’s civil case against Sinovel Wind Group Co., […]