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  • Awel y Môr Completes First Seabed Study

    21 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The RWE-led Awel y Môr offshore wind farm has completed its first offshore geophysical exploratory works with Fugro GB Marine Ltd taking the helm. As part of the development of the Awel y Môr wind farm offshore Wales, studies of the seafloor have to be carried out. These in turn will help inform the final […]

  • Production Problems, Cost Overruns Behind BiFab Crisis

    14 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Production problems and cost overruns related to the Beatrice jacket foundations order are at the root of financial issues that the Scottish company BiFab is currently facing, resulting in its staff coming to work as usual despite the company having no money to pay their wages, just so the Beatrice order placed by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) could be kept at BiFab.

  • US Pinpoints Up to 8 GW of Offshore Wind Areas in Central Atlantic

    31 July 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three final wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which, if fully developed, could support between 4 GW and 8 GW of offshore wind capacity. The three WEAs total approximately 356,550 acres. The first WEA (A-2) is 101,767 acres and is located 26 […]

  • Scanning LiDAR Trials Start off Ireland

    12 February 2016
    R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust has today started the world’s largest trial of scanning Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology in Dublin Bay, Ireland, the latest Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) project designed to help reduce the cost of energy from offshore wind. Over the next three months, four different scanning LiDAR systems will be put through their paces, […]

  • Energy 101: Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy (VIDEO)

    1 May 2013

    In the United States, waves and tides represent a largely untapped renewable energy resource that could provide clean, affordable energy to homes and businesses across the country’s coastal regions. The Energy Department estimates that U.S. wave and tidal resources could generate approximately 1,420 terawatt hours (TWh) annually, about one-third of the United States’ total annual […]

  • UK Appeases Scotland’s Worries Over Green Investment Bank Privatisation

    20 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, Keith Brown, has received assurances from the UK government that the strategic importance of the Green Investment Bank  (GIB) to Scotland will be fully considered as part of ongoing discussions around its privatisation. “The Green Investment Bank plays a unique strategic role in funding innovative and […]

  • Dutch Nearshore Wind Farm Completed

    20 March 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Almost one year after installation started, the 24th and final nearshore turbine of Windplanblauw wind farm in the Netherlands has been installed. With both onshore and nearshore turbines now completed, the project is counting down to its official inauguration in August. Windplanblauw is a wind farm repowering project of Vattenfall and SwifterwinT, a local initiative […]

  • Delaware Grants Grid Permits for US Wind’s 2 GW Offshore Project

    11 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting

    US Wind, owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management and Renexia S.p.A., has been authorised by Delaware regulators to install the transmission infrastructure for its up to 2 GW Maryland offshore wind project. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has approved three permit applications from US Wind to connect its […]

  • Maersk Training Launches Hub Rescue Course

    13 March 2015
    Training & Education

    Newcastle-based Maersk Training has launched its latest training course to expand its portfolio of health and safety courses for the wind energy industry. The Hub Rescue course, which is recommended for WTG Technicians, Blade Inspectors, and Installation and Maintenance Subcontractors, has been designed to provide both theoretical and practical skill sets for those required to […]

  • Northland Power Agrees to Buy Canadian Offshore Wind Project

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian energy company Northland Power has agreed to buy the NaiKun offshore wind farm project from compatriot NaiKun Wind Energy Group. The NaiKun offshore wind farm is located in the Hecate Strait between Haida Gwaii and Prince Rupert on the British Columbia mainland. The project is in the early stages of development. Upon successful completion […]

  • Polish Baltic Should Feature 1.5 GW of Offshore Wind Farms by 2020

    17 April 2013

    Poland is the biggest wind energy market in the EU’s newer Member States, but wobbles in government support have made investors nervous. EWEA spoke to Ewa Kurdyła, Director of the Polish Wind Energy Association. The following is EWEA’s interview with Ewa Kurdyła: Poland’s National Renewable Energy Action Plan indicates that cumulative wind capacity should increase […]

  • Allen Archaeology Continues Triton Knoll Onshore Surveys

    6 December 2017
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Allen Archaeology is undertaking a series of geoarchaeological investigations during this and next week as part of onshore survey works on the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.

  • Shell-Ocean Winds JV: ‘Mayflower Wind Did Not State Project Was Not Viable’. Developer Plans to Testify in Rhode Island

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind, the joint venture (JV) between Shell and Ocean Winds, said that it did not state that its offshore wind project in Massachusetts was no longer viable and intends to testify to the project’s viability before the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) in Rhode Island, where part of the offshore wind farm’s transmission corridor […]

  • German Trains to Run on Offshore Wind

    9 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Innogy and RWE Supply & Trading have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Deutsche Bahn (German Rail – DB) for the supply of electricity from the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. The supplied volume comprises 25MW, which is the equivalent of four turbines, representing 8% of the total production of the 295MW offshore wind farm. This […]

  • New York Sets Up USD 5 Billion Clean Energy Fund

    22 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a 10-year, USD 5 billion Clean Energy Fund to advance wind, solar, energy efficiency and other clean tech industries, the state’s Governor Andrew Cuomo announced. The fund is expected to attract and leverage third-party capital to support the recently launched Clean Energy Standard’s goal to meet 50 percent […]

  • US Senator Calls for South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Offshore Wind Makeover

    30 December 2020
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling for major investment to transform South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in New York into a wind turbine assembly center.  The city-owned South Brooklyn Marine Terminal is one of 11 ports around the state to be pre-qualified to be considered for up to USD 200 million in loan and grant funds […]

  • Maryland: New Bill Amendment Jeopardises US Wind, Skipjack Projects

    20 July 2017

    The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has adopted a bill amendment that obstructs installing offshore wind turbines within 24 nautical miles (approx. 44 kilometres) from the coast of the State of Maryland, endangering the US Wind and Skipjack projects which were recently awarded Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credits from the Public Service Commission.

  • EWEA: EU Commission Turns Its Back on Jobs, Leadership and Energy Security

    22 January 2014
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment

    The European Commission proposes a greenhouse gas target of 40% and a renewables target of 27% by 2030 in its Communication published today. European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published a response to the proposal, saying that the 2030 climate and energy paper sets a weak renewables target and that the Commission has capitulated to anti-renewables […]

  • Fishermen Raising Money for Cape Wind Lawsuit at Portuguese-American Club (USA)

    21 December 2010

    Well more than 100 fishermen and their supporters turned out at the Portuguese-American Club Saturday night for the first Fishermen’s Night Out, a chance to socialize and compare notes about how to protect the rights of commercial fishermen in nearby waters. Hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association, the event’s goal was to raise […]

  • USA: BOEM Receives Request for Research Lease Offshore Virginia

    21 December 2012

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it has received an unsolicited request for a research lease in the Wind Energy Area (WEA) off Virginia identified for commercial wind leasing. The research would inform future renewable energy production within and […]

  • TotalEnergies Takes Majority Ownership of Two Danish Offshore Wind Projects

    20 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies has acquired a majority stake in Jammerland Bay and Lillebælt South offshore wind farms in Denmark from European Energy and SONFOR. Under the deal, TotalEnergies acquired 85 per cent of the share capital in the 240 MW Jammerland Bay and 72.2 per cent of the share capital in the 165 MW Lillebælt South offshore […]

  • USA: Dominion Virginia Interested in Offshore Wind Leases

    20 March 2012
    Authorities

    Dominion Virginia Power told the federal government yesterday that it is interested in obtaining leases off the Virginia coast in an area that has the potential to generate approximately 1,500-2,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines. The exact capacity would be dependent on detailed site investigations. Dominion expressed its interest in the entire 113,000 […]

  • Beothuk Picks St. George’s Bay for Canadian Offshore Wind Farm

    17 February 2014
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian renewable energy company, Beothuk Energy Inc. has selected a preferred location for its demonstration offshore wind farm in St. George’s Bay, in western Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Consequently, the company has requested an investigative permit from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for the proposed wind farm location. Furthermore, Beothuk is also planning to […]

  • BW Ideol Receives DNV Certification for 15+ MW Floating Wind Platform

    21 May 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain, Technology

    DNV has awarded the basic design certificate to BW Ideol for its floating wind platform that can support wind turbines with an output of 15 MW and beyond. BW Ideol says this certification marks a key milestone in the company’s industrial roadmap and confirms the technical soundness of the platform, which is designed for large-scale […]

  • Westwood: US Offshore Wind Gaining Momentum Despite Trump’s Pro-Oil & Gas Stance

    17 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Despite President Donald Trump’s pro-oil and gas stance and his decision to leave the Paris Climate Accord, there are some positive signs that US offshore wind is gaining momentum, Westwood Global Energy Group writes.

  • BizMDOSW: State Teamwork Road for Successful US Offshore Wind

    14 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    U.S. coastal states must compete, but also cooperate, to develop an offshore wind industry that benefits everyone, according to a new report by the Business Network for Offshore Wind. The Leadership 100 report writes that the priority areas include the development of an industry road map, recommendations on advancing grid and transmission projects, and launching of a […]