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• BOEM Gets Public Feedback on SC Offshore Wind

  

  7 January 2016

  Authorities, Environment

  The U.S. Bureau of Energy and Ocean Management (BOEM) held the first two of the three meetings scheduled for this week to gain insight in public opinion on the development of offshore wind energy off the coast of South Carolina.  BOEM identified four areas for offshore wind development off South Carolina, which include Grand Strand, […]

• Marine Scotland Consulting on Using Offshore Wind to Decarbosnise Oil & Gas Sector

  

  25 August 2021

  Authorities

  Marine Scotland has launched consultation on the potential opportunities for offshore wind innovation and projects to assist in decarbonising the oil and gas sector, which could be included in the future leasing process. Namely, the Scottish Government has started working on a new Sectoral Marine Plan round for Offshore Wind for Innovation and Targeted Oil and […]

• Naming Ceremony Held for Dogger Bank SOV Newbuild

  

  8 June 2023

  Infrastructure, Vessels

  North Star has held a naming ceremony for the Grampian Tyne service operation vessel (SOV) that will be deployed at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. The vessel was named at Equinor’s Port of Tyne base in the North East of England ahead of its early handover to the Dogger Bank […]

• MEPs: Offshore Wind Can Turn Northern Seas into Power House of Europe

  

  15 January 2016

  Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection

  Twenty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have signed the “Northern Seas as the Power House of North-Western Europe” Manifesto which sees offshore wind energy as a way to make the Northern Seas the “power house” of Europe.  MEPs believe that the progressive, large-scale, deployment of offshore wind farms and emerging marine renewables, along with the completion of a […]

• Belgium: Climate Chamber Tests Offshore Wind Turbine Service Hoist

  

  11 March 2013

  R&D

  Wind energy in general is becoming a substantial part of the energy mix in many countries. Most of the operational wind turbines worldwide have been placed onshore, at sites which can be accessed quite easily for maintenance tasks. In many of these area’s the environmental loads are not that extreme. As the wind turbine industry […]

• April 2017 – Ignition Month for Future OWFs in Europe

  

  4 April 2017

  Contracts & Tenders

  The UK launched the second Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction on 3 April, the same day the deadline was set for developers to place bids at Germany’s first competitive offshore wind tender. This month is significant for offshore wind in France as well, as the selection phase of the country’s new competitive dialogue tendering process will begin.

• Lincs OWF: Centrica Expresses Gratitude to Local Community (UK)

  

  4 July 2013

  Wind Farm Update

  The Centrica held a celebration event in relation with the Lincs Offshore Wind Farm for the local stakeholders, the community and members of the project team in Skegness, north-east England. The wind farm – which is located just eight kilometres from the Skegness shoreline – is one of a number of wind farms completed by […]

• SSE on Ireland’s New Scheme: Too Little Room for Large-Scale Offshore Wind

  

  25 July 2018

  SSE has welcomed the approval of the new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) in Ireland, however, the company said it had concerns that the potential size of the future individual auctions outlined in the RESS design “may be too small to allow large-scale offshore wind projects to commercially progress forward.”

• UK Gov’t Working on CfD Scheme Reforms to Accelerate Offshore Wind Buildout

  

  24 February 2025

  Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

  The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched a consultation on proposed reforms to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme for Allocation Round 7 (AR7). One of the proposed reforms is relaxing eligibility criteria for fixed-bottom offshore wind farms so projects that have yet to obtain full planning consent could participate in […]

• MSI Reaches Important Milestone in RBR Sales (Australia)

  

  20 January 2012

  MSI announcd the sale of two RBR TWR-2050P Tide and Wave Recorders that, although a small sale on its own, is a significant milestone in terms of Australia. This sale, to the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, takes MSI passed the $1 million dollar mark of RBR product sales in Australia since acquiring […]

• European Marine Energy Centre to Collaborate with China’s Ocean University

  

  8 December 2011

  Experts from Scotland’s world-leading wave and tidal testing hub the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) are to collaborate with their marine energy counterparts from the Ocean University of China (OUC) in Shandong Province under a new partnership announced by First Minister Alex Salmond. Staff from the Orkney-based facility will assist OUC to develop a wave […]

• Windward Enters Offshore Wind Service Market, Orders Two CSOVs

  

  23 October 2023

  Collaboration, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

  Windward Offshore; a joint venture consortium led by SeaRenergy Group in collaboration with Blue Star Group, Diana Shipping, and SeraVerse; has ordered two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) from VARD to establish maritime asset services focusing on bolstering the offshore wind industry. Windward Offshore aims to play a key role in the energy transition […]

• Seacat Services Adopts Carbon Management Plan to Help Decarbonise Offshore Wind Sector

  

  1 July 2021

  Business & Finance, Environment

  The offshore wind support vessel operator Seacat Services has become the first business to adopt the Carbon Management Plan, a first of its kind emissions reduction strategy introduced by new maritime sustainability consultancy, Cedar Marine. “The offshore wind sector has suffered scepticism in recent weeks around the environmental performance of its supply chain and support […]

• Port of Grenaa: Offshore wind sector’s short route to wind farms

  

  13 April 2012

  Ports & Logistics

  The port of Grenaa can play its trump card in the offshore wind energy game, simply by pointing out that its location is 10-18 nautical miles from the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. This DOZG Energy project, costing €1.5bn, is attracting companies working in and from Grenaa, including A2SEA, MTH, Energinet.dk, Ballast Zedam, Seaway Heavy Lifting, […]

• Australia Kicks Off Bass Strait Offshore Wind Zone Public Consultation Process

  

  24 October 2023

  Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

  The Australian Government has opened a public consultation process on an offshore wind zone in the Bass Strait region off Northern Tasmania. The proposal refers to an area between Birdport and Burnie, totalling 10,136 square kilometres and located at least 20 kilometres off the north coast of Tasmania. Submissions to the consultation can be made […]

• UK: Lincs Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated

  

  1 August 2013

  Wind Farm Update

  Centrica Energy’s Lincs offshore wind farm has today (Thursday) been officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The last of the wind farm’s 75 wind turbines was connected to the National Grid on Wednesday 24th July, bringing the 270MW project up to full strength for the first time. Lincs is now capable of […]

• East of England’s Energy Message Hits the Road

  

  24 February 2014

  The campaign to attract inward investment to the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ) is stepping up a notch this year as it targets potential investors at major offshore energy events in Europe. The zone, a joint enterprise by business and councils in Norfolk and Suffolk, will promote the region’s energy resources and assets nationally […]

• UK: RWE Updates on Triton Knoll Electrical System

  

  10 October 2012

  Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

  To connect an offshore wind farm to the electricity network, electrical infrastructure will be needed both onshore and offshore. For Triton Knoll, this is likely to include: – offshore cables running from the offshore wind farm to land on the Lincolnshire coast and underground cables running from the landfall to the connection location at Bicker […]

• Breaking: Polish Parliament Passes Offshore Wind Act

  

  13 January 2021

  Authorities

  Poland’s Senate has unanimously passed the Offshore Act regulating the development of offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The bill has now cleared both chambers of the Polish Parliament, the Sejm and the Senate, marking the end of the legislative process in this institution. The bill is expected to be signed into law […]

• NaiKun Updates Information on Wind Project, Relocates Office (Canada)

  

  23 November 2011

  NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (the “Company” or “NaiKun Wind”) has just posted, on the Company’s website, a briefing paper authored by Michael O’Connor, President and CEO. This paper focuses on the company’s current resource development, some of our work with possible suppliers, our review of the energy picture, and explains our efforts to move […]

• Ten Most Read News on OffshoreWIND.biz in 2023

  

  1 January 2024

  Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

  Updates on wind turbine technology and new offshore wind projects, including those facing major challenges, marked 2023 on offshoreWIND.biz. In the article below, we have compiled our ten most-read news last year, together with some of their related updates and stories. In February 2023, Vestas revealed plans to scale up a new chemical process that […]

• Keppel breaches new depths in the offshore wind energy sector (Singapore)

  29 July 2010

  Offshore arm Keppel FELS commercialises its new wind turbine installation vessel design for deeper waters in partnership with leading fleet owner and operator Seafox Group. Keppel FELS Limited’s (Keppel FELS) multi-purpose self-elevating platform (MPSEP) design has been chosen by the Seafox Group (Seafox) as the basis for a new-generation, wind turbine installation vessel that can […]

• Odfjell Oceanwind, Source Galileo Confirm Joint Bid for Utsira Nord, Propose ‘Less Strict’ Qualifying Criteria

  

  11 January 2023

  Industry

  Odfjell Oceanwind and renewable energy developer Source Galileo’s Norwegian branch, Source Galileo Norge, have confirmed they will bid in the upcoming tender in Norway for the Utsira Nord area, deemed most suitable for floating wind technology, where they plan to build their UtsiraVIND project. The two companies partnered last year, after signing a memorandum of understanding […]

• Siemens Gamesa, Doosan Make Their Joint Offshore Wind Plans in Korea Official

  

  7 February 2023

  Business & Finance, Business development

  Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Enerbility have signed a binding framework agreement for a strategic partnership for the South Korean offshore wind market. The agreement follows a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the two companies signed in June, under which they were first investigating potential collaboration in several areas, including large-scale offshore wind turbines, sharing of […]

• Anglesey Councillor Disappointed About Axed Wind Farm

  

  31 July 2014

  Authorities

  Councillor Ieuan Williams has expressed disappointment that plans to develop a large scale wind farm – off the Anglesey coast – will no longer go ahead. The proposed 2.2GW Rhiannon Wind Farm, developed by Celtic Array Ltd. (a joint venture ownership of DONG Energy and Centrica), would have been located some 12 miles off the […]

• Deutsche Bucht Accepts Mono Bucket Challenge

  

  19 July 2018

  Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

  The Deutsche Bucht Mono Bucket pilot demonstrator project has reached financial close, Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH said.