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  • Aquamarine Replaces Oyster Cylinder Module

    1 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has successfully replaced the cylinder module on their Oyster 800 wave machine as their comprehensive summer refit passes the half way mark. The 23 tonne module was refitted to the 800kW test machine – located at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney – in an operation which took just […]

  • US Companies Join Forces on Offshore Wind Substations

    18 November 2022
    Business & Finance

    US-based companies Burns & McDonnell and Bay Ltd. are teaming up to provide engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction of offshore substations. According to the new partnership, the aim is to help the US reach its offshore wind targets, as well as to address global supply chain challenges for the industry. Burns & McDonnell, which has […]

  • USA: Maryland Offshore Wind Bill Passes Senate

    11 March 2013
    Authorities

    March 8 marks a momentous occasion for Marylanders – Offshore Wind legislation passed in the Senate with a vote of 30-15. Three years of work has paid off in huge dividends – in health benefits, in jobs, and in truly renewable energy options. The bill is now scheduled to go back to the House of […]

  • Offshore Wind: Importance of Bird Density and Breeding Season Definitions

    24 November 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Andrew Tongue, a Senior Research Assistant with the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, has written an MSc dissertation titled “Implications for offshore wind farm ornithological Cumulative Impact Assessment: How the manipulation of density and breeding season parameters affects the outcomes of Collision Risk Modelling”.  Mr. Tongue’s current research interests include the impacts of renewable energy developments […]

  • New York State Selects Two Shovel-Ready, Re-Bid Projects in 4th Offshore Wind Solicitation

    29 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has selected Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Ørsted and Eversource’s Sunrise Wind projects in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. Both projects secured agreements with the state earlier and re-bid in this procurement round to negotiate new 25-year contracts. NYSERDA and the developers of the selected […]

  • Bundestag Passes New Offshore Wind Rules in Germany, Industry Points to Challenges

    13 July 2022
    Authorities, Industry

    On 7 July, the German Bundestag passed an amendment of the Wind Energy at Sea Act (WindSeeG) that includes several new criteria for future offshore wind tenders, including the so-called “negative bidding”, qualitative criteria focused on decarbonisation, supply chain, and workforce, as well as project buildout specifically targeted for green hydrogen production. The new Act […]

  • Crown Estate Confirms Capacity Boost at Seven Existing Offshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Crown Estate is proceeding with its Capacity Increase Programme to maximise the potential of existing offshore wind lease areas and add 4.7 GW of renewable energy. According to The Crown Estate, an additional 4.7 GW of renewable energy could be generated from the delivery of the programme by amending existing seabed rights to increase […]

  • ITPEnergised Wraps Up Pinghai Bay Offshore Wind Farm Due Diligence Review for NDB

    31 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    ITPEnergised, formerly IT Power Consulting, has completed its technical due diligence review of Phase 2 of the Putian Pinghai Bay offshore wind project in China on behalf of the New Development Bank (NDB). ITPEnergised has provided advisory and due diligence review services to NDB, focused on the provision of sovereign loans for the Chinese offshore wind […]

  • South Australian Gov’t Rejects Offshore Wind Project Application, Asks Federal Gov’t to Move Declared Development Zone Out of State Waters

    5 September 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Wind Farm Update

    The South Australian (SA) government has rejected a proposal by Skyborn Renewables and Australis Energy for an offshore wind farm to be built off the state’s coast and has also submitted a document to the federal government in which it expresses its opposition to the Southern Ocean offshore wind development zone being in the state’s […]

  • New Yorkers Urge Mayor to Push for Offshore Wind

    19 February 2016

    More than 100 people have expressed their gratitude to the New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio for his plan to power 100% of City government operations with renewable energy, and urged him to include offshore wind as a cornerstone of that plan. New Yorkers gathered on 18 February in front of the City Hall, calling for the Mayor to make the City […]

  • Rhode Island Governor Shares Offshore Wind Vision

    9 August 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education, Vessels

    Rhode Island’s Governor Gina Raimondo has announced her Vision for Rhode Island’s Clean Energy Future – a second-term plan to position this US East Coast state as the epicentre of North America’s nascent offshore wind economy.

  • ‘Chilling Signal to Investors in US Market’ | Backlash from Industry, NY State Agencies After US Gov’t Suspends Empire Wind 1 Mid-Construction

    18 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    US renewable energy industry organisations and New York state agencies, as well as the Governor, have responded with criticism to the decision of the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to halt construction on Empire Wind 1. The move has been called a “chilling signal” to investors in the US market by the CEOs of […]

  • European Leaders Gathering in Esbjerg to Speed Up Offshore Wind Buildout

    6 May 2022
    Authorities

    Energy ministers from Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as the European Commissioner for Energy, will meet at the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg on 18 May to discuss how to accelerate the buildout of renewable energy in the North Sea. During the summit, the ministers will present concrete plans for enhanced cooperation on […]

  • Rhode Island 400MW Renewables Call Impending

    12 September 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. state of Rhode Island will issue a competitive request for proposals (RFP) this week to procure up to 400MW of renewable energy resources.

  • MIT Enterprise Forum Hosts ‘Offshore Wind in New England: Lessons Learned, the Way Forward’ (USA)

    24 May 2011

    On June 1, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge will present an Innovation Series event: “Offshore Wind in New England: Lessons Learned, the Way Forward,” which will feature an illustrious panel moderated by Ian Bowles, the former Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The Northeast coast of the United States is one of the […]

  • ‘Cable Enterprise’ Good to Go

    20 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Croatian Viktor Lenac Shipyard, specialised in ship repair and conversions, successfully completed the conversion of the cable laying barge Cable Enterprise and delivered it to Prysmian on March 13, 2015.  Viktor Lenac Shipyard won the project worth more than EUR 22 million in February 2014. The conversion has transformed the Cable Enterprise from a moored cable laying barge into a DP2 cable laying […]

  • New Hampshire Governor Signs Offshore Wind Executive Order

    12 December 2019
    Authorities

    New Hampshire’s Governor Chris Sununu has signed an executive order preparing the US State for future offshore wind development and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force. The Executive Order 2019-06 establishes four advisory boards focused on informing New Hampshire’s next steps, while calling on state agencies to report on […]

  • DOE Awards USD 1.1 Mln for Wildlife-Wind Power Study

    11 September 2014
    R&D

    Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) and collaborators HiDef Aerial Surveying, University of Maine at Orono, and First Wind have received $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to further develop technology to understand how birds and bats avoid wind turbines. The collaboration will refine a stereo-optic, high-definition camera system already under development by HiDef Aerial […]

  • New York Aims for 50% Renewables by 2030

    29 June 2015

    Under a new state energy plan, New York is set to get half of its electricity from renewables by 2030. By this time, the state also plans to reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels. According to Capital New York, if executed correctly, the plan could lead to large-scale solar and offshore wind […]

  • USA: Wind Power Provides New Opportunities in Michigan

    29 February 2012

    Michigan and manufacturing go together. But it’s no secret the state has been hit hard by a generally shrinking U.S.-based manufacturing segment over the last several decades. Thanks in part to wind power, that’s changing in America, and in Michigan too. The story of recent wind power supply-chain entrant Energetx Composites of Hollland, Mich., and […]

  • Windfarm Update: Burbo Bank Extension

    8 December 2014

    At the end of September developer DONG Energy  received development consent from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm for which the company had already been granted the lease agreement by The Crown Estate on 11 May 2010. Burbo Bank Extension will be located west […]

  • UMaine, USOWC to Continue Developing Online Offshore Wind Database (USA)

    16 October 2012
    R&D

    The University of Maine (UMaine) and the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative (USOWC) have announced a partnership to co-develop WindHUB, USOWC’s new online resource for stakeholders interested in the emerging U.S. offshore wind industry. The first phase of the Offshore WindHub brought together resources related to Atlantic coast states and federal activities in policy, technology, economics […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Recommended among Resources to Replace Nuclear Power Plant

    16 October 2012
    Environment, R&D

    In just the last year, New York State began developing at least 25 percent of the alternative electricity sources necessary to replace the Indian Point nuclear power plant, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Riverkeeper. The report also provides a detailed roadmap for fully and cost-effectively replacing […]

  • USA: Lake Michigan Wind Surveying to Resume this Week

    5 April 2012

    Based on the information provided by the Michigan Radio, the surveying of the Lake Michigan will be resumed with the sending of the floating buoy about 35 miles west of Muskegon, near the Michigan-Wisconsin border which is to take place later this week. The state regulators and researchers already headed to the location to inspect […]

  • NJ Governor Vetoes Latest Offshore Wind Bill

    3 May 2016
    Authorities

    New Jersey’s governor Chris Christie yesterday returned the bill S988, which would allow Fishermen’s Energy to build its offshore wind farm off Atlantic City, to the state’s Senate without his approval. The Senate passed the bill in March, after its predecessor (S2711), also approved by the Senate, had been dismissed by the governor. Sponsored by senators Bob Smith and Jim Whelan, the bill required New Jersey Board of […]

  • California Renewable Energy Task Force Gets to Work

    14 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of California held the inaugural meeting of the California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force in Sacramento on 13 October. The inaugural meeting established a common set of themes and objectives the task force will use to guide future collaboration and consultation among its members. The […]