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  • USA: Nearly 1,200 People Sign Support for DOE’s Loan Guarantee for Cape Wind

    18 March 2013

    Proponents of the Cape Wind project have submitted a petition signed by nearly 1,200 people, supporting a Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan guarantee for the project. Cape Wind Now reported about this on its blog: From California to Craigsville Beach on Cape Cod, nearly 1,200 people joined together over the past week to  voice their […]

  • CWHI Cuts First Steel for Inch Cape XXL Monopiles

    20 January 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    The first cutting and rolling of monopiles, which will be installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, have been completed by CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) in China. CWHI hosted representatives from Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture company held equally by Red Rock Power and ESB, at its Qinzhou […]

  • A2SEA Acquires Two Thirds of CT Offshore’s Shares (Denmark)

    17 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    In July 2011 A2SEA acquired a 29% share interest in the Danish cable installation company CT Offshore. A2SEA has now decided to increase their shareholding in the company to 67%. The remaining 33% of the shares are still owned by CT Offshore’s founder and CEO, Paw Cortes. The company will stay at its present address […]

  • Italy to Award Contracts for Difference for Offshore and Floating Wind Projects, EU Greenlights EUR 35.5 Billion Renewables Subsidy Scheme

    5 June 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Italy will award Contracts for Difference (CfD) for fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects through a scheme for which the Italian government just received the EU’s go-ahead. The EUR 35.5 billion scheme is comprised in a draft decree, dubbed Decree FER2, which the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) delivered to the EU […]

  • USA: Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area Take Key Steps Forward

    3 July 2012
    Authorities

    As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to developing the nation’s vast renewable energy resources, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced yesterday that two major wind energy initiatives have completed important environmental reviews, clearing the way for public comment and final review. Onshore, Salazar announced the release of final environmental impact statements for […]

  • RES Offshore to Provide Expert Support for Deep Water Wind Project (UK)

    26 November 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The Glosten Associates (Glosten) has recently appointed RES Offshore to provide expert support for its pioneering floating offshore wind turbine demonstrator project. This project will demonstrate Glosten’s PelaStar tension leg platform (TLP) floating foundation system at the deep water Wave Hub demonstrator facility in Cornwall, UK. RES Offshore are providing a wide range of services […]

  • Ofgem’s New Net-Zero Mandate to Speed Up ‘Glacial Pace’ of Realising Grid Connections

    8 June 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The UK government will amend the Energy Security Bill to include a statutory net-zero duty for Ofgem, which the British energy regulator will be required to apply and document in decision-making. According to RenewableUK, this will speed up the realisation of grid connections and help unlock at least GBP 15 billion of investment in offshore […]

  • Engie-Led Consortium Pushes Ahead with French Offshore Wind Projects

    21 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium led by French energy company Engie will submit permit applications for the development and operation of two offshore wind farms in French waters totalling close to 1GW in capacity at the beginning of 2017, Raphaël Tilot, Engie’s offshore wind power project director told Le Figaro. In May 2014, a consortium comprising Engie, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine and […]

  • Atlantic Pioneer Gets First Assignments

    22 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Atlantic Pioneer, the first US-flagged offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel (CTV), is getting ready to embark on the first phase of a 20-year charter to support the construction and operation of the 30 MW Block Island offshore wind farm, following an official christening ceremony at Quonset Point today. The Block Island site, currently under construction by developer […]

  • EDF Buys Neart na Gaoithe from Mainstream Renewables

    4 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Group has bought the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project from Mainstream Renewable Power, following a competitive bidding process, the two companies informed on 3 May. 

  • Oleg Strashnov to Install Foundations at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    5 May 2011
    Technology

      A new vessel will be visible off the North Norfolk coast over the coming weeks as further work continues on the installation of the foundations for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The ‘Oleg Strashnov’ is a state-of-the-art crane vessel designed for heavy lifting operations, and its key features include a 5000-mt fully revolving […]

  • SWAY spins off SWAY TURBINE (Norway)

    31 August 2010
    R&D

    SWAY AS, based in Bergen, Norway, has a world‐leading concept for floating foundations for offshore wind turbines. Since 2005 the company has also been developing a new wind turbine and has now decided to create a separate business entity for it called “SWAY TURBINE”. The main focus of the new company will be to prototype […]

  • HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Opens State-of-the-Art Marine Building (UK)

    2 November 2012
    R&D, Technology

    HRH The Duke of Edinburgh publicly unveiled the £19m facility, which contains the country’s most sophisticated wave tank testing facilities, and a state-of-the-art ship simulator used to train the next generation of mariner at the University of Plymouth. The Duke was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Marine Science by the University, in recognition of […]

  • Australia: BioPower to Employ Locals for bioWave Project

    15 November 2012

    Australian wave and tidal energy developer, BioPower Systems, has completed the designs for its bioWAVE Pilot Demonstration Project off the coast of Victoria and will begin contracting for the project over the next few months. Local businesses and people will be contracted as much as possible, Tim Finnigan from BioPower Systems is cited by the ABC […]

  • Offshore Wind Boosts Van Oord’s Business

    16 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord has released financial information for 2014, saying that the company achieved a record turnover of EUR 2.104 billion (2013: EUR 1.641 billion). It is the first time in Van Oord’s history that its turnover has exceeded EUR 2 billion. This year, with the award of the Gemini project (EUR 1.3 billion in turnover), […]

  • BVG Associates: 2016 Is the Year of New Offshore Wind Markets

    6 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    There is every reason to believe that 2016 will see a series of developments for renewable energy, especially in new markets in offshore wind, according to Bruce Valpy, Director at BVG Associates. The year ahead of us will see the commissioning of the first offshore farm in the US, at Block Island, off Rhode Island State. 2016 will […]

  • Smulders Sends Off Its First Batch of Moray East Jackets

    25 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has loaded the first two jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm onto a barge and dispatched them from its facility in Newcastle upon Tyne. The foundations are being sent to the Port of Nigg, from where DEME Offshore will transport them to the Moray East site and install the jackets at […]

  • DONG Energy Opens Call for Offshore Wind Apprenticeships in Grimsby

    19 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    DONG Energy has partnered with the Grimsby Institute to offer new offshore wind turbine technician apprenticeships.

  • OWC to Guide US Developers Through Project Approval Hurdles

    9 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is launching an advisory service to help U.S. offshore wind developers navigate the project regulatory frameworks and permitting processes. The regulatory and permitting advisory service is expected to assist developers through processes at the federal, state and local levels to ensure the efficient approach to project approval, the company said. OWC’s team is […]

  • Hong Kong Government Proposes Offshore Ground Investigation off Lamma Island

    12 July 2013
    Authorities, R&D

    The Hong Kong Government proposes to allow the Hongkong Electric Company, Limited to carry out offshore ground investigation works involving borehole drilling and soil sampling at the sea-bed of 35 locations situated about 3.5 kilometres southwest of Lamma Island. The works are part of the feasibility study on utilising wind energy for power generation at […]

  • Dogger Bank Hearings Start This Month

    1 October 2014

    The hearings for the examination of the application for offshore wind developer Forewind’s proposed Dogger Bank Teesside A&B wind farms will start this month (Tuesday, October 14). Dogger Bank Teesside A&B comprises two 1.2 gigawatt (GW) wind farms located 165 kilometres from the UK coast at their closest point and is planned to connect to […]

  • Tidal Transit Expanding as Offshore Wind Industry Grows

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Continuing growth in the construction, maintenance and operation of offshore wind farms in the coastal waters of the UK is leading to an on-going demand for Tidal Transit’s passenger transfer vessels (PTVs). The latest manifestation of this trend is a new contract with Siemens on Westermost Rough that will start in 01 October 2014. To […]

  • First Moray East OWF Jacket Foundations Arrive at Port of Nigg

    4 May 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy load carrier OHT Osprey has arrived in the Port of Nigg with the first eight jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm. The jackets, manufactured by Lamprell in the United Arab Emirates, are the first of the total of 45 that the company will ship to the UK for the Moray […]

  • New Bedford Delegation Visits EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven, Germany

    24 April 2013
    Authorities

    The EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven got high-profile visitors from New Bedford in the US state of Massachusetts. The 26-strong delegation from this small port city on the East coast was led by mayor Jonathan Mitchell. Most of the delegates work in urban and harbour development for the city of New Bedford and in research enterprises […]

  • Friesland Province Commits to 320MW Offshore Wind Farm Project

    3 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Province of Friesland and the developers of the 320MW Friesland offshore wind farm (Windpark Fryslân) have signed a cooperation agreement which, if approved by the Provincial Council, will allow the Province to invest up to EUR 127 million in the project.

  • First Coastal Virginia Monopiles En Route to US

    27 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first eight monopiles for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have set sail from EEW SPC’s factory in Rostock, Germany, and are en route to the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in the US. On 21 September, the first eight monopiles for Dominion Energy’s CVOW project were loaded at the Rostock quayside. In […]