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  • EU Proposes Building Blocks of Green Deal Industrial Plan, WindEurope Says Plan ‘Falls Short’

    17 March 2023
    Authorities, Industry

    On 16 March, the European Commission issued a proposed Net Zero Industry Act and a Critical Raw Materials Act, the building blocks of the EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan. Together with a State aid framework adopted last week that also supports the Plan, the EU aims to accelerate the transition towards a net-zero economy and […]

  • Philippines’ President Sets Country’s Offshore Wind Development In Motion

    27 April 2023
    Authorities

    The Philippines’ President, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., issued Executive Order No. 21 on 19 April, directing the country’s Department of Energy to put together a policy and administrative framework for offshore wind development and to commence work related to grid development. Also in this article: The Department of Energy (DOE) says the Executive Order is […]

  • ‘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 […]

  • USA: Modular Wind Energy Appoints Gregor Gnädig as New CEO

    1 June 2012

    Modular Wind Energy, a manufacturer of innovative rotor blades for large-size wind turbines, announced Gregor Gnädig as their new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gnädig joins the company from his previous post as Chief Operating Officer of REpower Systems SE, a Suzlon Group Company, recognized as one of the leading international manufacturers of onshore and offshore […]

  • Highlights of the Month: September 2015

    2 October 2015

    Jan De Nul Takes Over Hochtief’s WTIV On Tuesday 15 September, Jan De Nul Group signed the taking-over of the offshore jack-up crane vessel Vidar, formerly operating for the German company Hochtief. Navitus Bay Unlikely to Go Ahead UK Secretary of State is to issue a decision about up to 121-turbine wind farm in the […]

  • Van Oord Bags EUR 1.3 Bln Gemini Contract

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Gemini offshore wind project shareholders, headed by Canada’s Northland Power Inc., reached an agreement with the banks on the project’s financing. The financial close will contribute EUR 2.3 billion to the overall construction costs of EUR 2.8 billion. Van Oord has a 10% equity stake in this project. The other shareholders are Northland Power Inc. (60%), Siemens Project Ventures […]

  • BREAKING: Parkwind Consortium Wins Norway’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    20 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Norwegian government has unveiled Ventyr Energi, a consortium of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, as the winner of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind auction round in Norway. The winning bid in the auction was NOK 1.15 (EUR 0.099) per kilowatt hour. “This is a milestone in the government’s offshore wind […]

  • BOEM Authorizes Transmission Link for Block Island Wind Farm

    18 November 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced that BOEM has offered a right-of-way (ROW) grant to Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission System, LLC (Deepwater Wind) for the Block Island Transmission System (BITS). “This is a major milestone for offshore renewable energy in […]

  • Adwen Takes First Step on French Factories. Building Them Depends on Other Factors

    23 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Adwen has filed applications for construction permits for two wind turbine manufacturing factories in Le Havre, France, the company confirmed to Offshore WIND following reports in French media.

  • US Starts Working on Offshore Wind Leasing in Oregon, Central Atlantic Coast

    28 April 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published two Calls for Information and Nominations to solicit information from the public and determine industry interest in potential commercial wind energy development offshore Oregon and in the Central Atlantic. This was announced by BOEM Director Amanda Lefton at the International Offshore Wind Partnering (IPF) Forum […]

  • USA: UMaine Erects Offshore Wind Test Turbine

    12 December 2012

    An offshore wind test turbine has been erected behind the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus to evaluate sensor systems and controls in preparation for the installation of a floating turbine in the Gulf of Maine this spring as part of the DeepCwind Consortium project. The temporary 1:8 scale wind turbine […]

  • Vineyard Wind 1 One Step Away from Entering Construction

    9 March 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vineyard Wind 1 project in Massachusetts and has thus put the offshore wind farm one step away from completing the federal permitting process. The only thing now left before construction on the project could begin is a […]

  • Grids ‒ Paving the way forward

    3 January 2012

    Delegates of the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 conference in Amsterdam were left in little doubt that an offshore super grid has to be the way forward if European ambitions are to be realised. But while a super grid may be coveted by the industry, there are still a number of major hurdles to overcome. And if […]

  • USA: Maryland’s Offshore Wind Still Far Away

    20 March 2013
    Authorities

    Governor Martin O’Malley’s Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act is headed for his desk for a signature, after its full passage on Monday. However, there is a lot more work to be done regarding offshore wind development in the state. The bill will establish a mechanism to incentivize the development of a 200 megawatt offshore wind […]

  • Norway: Five Zones for Offshore Wind Development

    25 February 2013

     The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy now makes the results from a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of 15 offshore wind zones in Norway available for public consultation. The SEA gives an interesting update on how offshore wind could develop in Norway and it gives an excellent update on how technology for deep water may […]

  • NNDC Could Face GBP 100,000 Fine (UK)

    21 February 2012

    North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) rejected the plans to place offshore wind farm power cables throughout the countryside and now a fine of £100,000 might be imposed on the Council in case it opposes the appeal filed by Warwick Energy. The council’s members stated that they do not have the financial assets necessary for proceeding […]

  • Lhyfe Buys Into Finnish Power-to-X Developer, Eyes Large Offshore Projects in Northern Europe

    21 March 2023
    Business & Finance

    France-based green hydrogen specialist Lhyfe has acquired a 49 per cent stake in Flexens, a Finnish renewable hydrogen and Power-to-X project developer. According to Lhyfe, the two companies will combine their expertise and commercial pipelines to accelerate current projects and identify new opportunities in Northern Europe, in particular large offshore projects. Lhyfe says that the […]

  • Germany: Global Investment in Offshore Wind Power to Rise to EUR 130 Billion by 2020

    7 May 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    In their new study entitled “Offshore Wind Toward 2020 – On the Pathway to Cost Competitiveness“, the experts at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants state that they expect Europe to have installed offshore wind capacity of 40 GW by 2020. In the same year, global investment to ramp up offshore wind power will have reached around […]

  • Delaware to Hold Two Offshore Wind Workshops

    23 May 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Delaware’s Offshore Wind Working Group is hosting two public workshops in May to gather input for Governor John Carney on its draft recommendations regarding the development of offshore wind in the state.

  • US Gets Busy with Floating Wind and West Coast Transmission Infrastructure

    24 February 2023
    Authorities

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has kicked off several projects and collaborations with other government departments and partners to advance floating wind development in the country, including transmission planning, research, and technology.  Over the past two days, 22 and 23 February, DOE and the Departments of the Interior, Commerce, and Transportation held an inaugural […]

  • EMEC, FloWave Bring Scotland’s seas in Lab

    14 September 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Two of the world’s leading ocean energy test centres have joined forces for a ground-breaking project to recreate scaled versions of Scotland’s oceans in the laboratory.  EMEC, the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, and FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility at The University of Edinburgh first began working together in 2012 to share their expertise […]

  • VIDEO: Students Review Block Island Marine Spatial Planning

    22 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    An interdisciplinary group of doctoral students that study wind energy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst held a discussion on the Block Island Marine spatial planning.   The group conducted a case study about the project, tackling various stages the company went through in order to facilitate the development of offshore wind along with the […]

  • RI Fast Ferry Signs Block Island Crew Transfer Contract

    18 May 2015
    Vessels

    Rhode Island Fast Ferry has signed a 20-year crew transfer contract with Deepwater Wind for Block Island offshore wind farm. As part of the charter agreement Atlantic Wind Transfers, Rhode Island Fast Ferry’s subsidiary, will invest over $4 million to build the vessel and provide training to meet the needs of the Block Island Wind Farm. […]

  • 50 Monopiles In at Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Site

    13 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 50th monopile foundation has been installed at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project site off Virginia Beach in the US, according to Dominion Energy. The developer said on 12 August the 176-turbine project was on schedule to reach the goal of having 70-100 monopiles installed during the first installation season that runs through […]

  • EU-funded Initiative Set to Boost Marine Renewables with EUR 9 Million (Ireland)

    12 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    A new EU-funded initiative is set to give the marine renewable energy sector a boost worth EUR 9 million. The MARINET (‘Marine renewables infrastructure network’) initiative will give companies access to test facilities in specialist marine renewable energy centres across Europe. Led by researchers at the Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC) at University College […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind, Aker Horizons to Complete Merger This Month

    15 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    The merger between Aker Offshore Wind (AOW) and Aker Horizons is expected to be completed after close of trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 17 June, which accordingly will be the last day of trading in the AOW shares on Euronext Growth Oslo, the company said in its latest trading update. As announced on […]