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  • Atlantic Shores Confirms Plan to Continue Progressing US Project as Shell Writes It Off

    31 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Shell has decided to pause its involvement in the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project in the US, which received federal approval in October 2024, the company’s CFO said during a press call after Shell posted its Q4 2024 financial results on 30 January. In its report for the fourth quarter, Shell included impairment charges of […]

  • MeyGen Tidal Project: Construction Starts on Onshore Infrastructure

    21 January 2015
    Technology

    Contractors will begin the construction of a 340-meter access road at the MeyGen tidal stream project today, majority owner of the project, Atlantis Resources, announced.  The announcement marks the start of all onshore construction at the site, a preparatory stage which will pave the way for the 398 megawatt (MW) tidal array to be built […]

  • Revolution Wind Takes Root in New Bedford

    23 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind’s 144MW Revolution Wind project will create approximately 700 direct regional construction jobs in and around the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the company announced.

  • US Establishing New Center of Excellence to Accelerate Offshore Wind Deployment

    9 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) is investing USD 4.75 million to establish a new national center of excellence to accelerate offshore wind energy deployment nationwide. The Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW), led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst with approximately 40 partners, will focus on workforce development, targeted research, […]

  • DCO Decision for Norfolk Vanguard OWF Quashed

    18 February 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The decision of the UK Secretary of State to grant the application for development consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm has been quashed following an order issued by the High Court on 18 February. Based on the ruling in the Norfolk Vanguard Judicial Review, the Secretary of State, which granted development consent for […]

  • Delaware Schedules Offshore Wind Meets

    15 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Delaware’s Offshore Wind Working Group is hosting two public workshops to gather input on the potential of offshore wind energy and the ways that it might benefit this U.S. state.

  • SGN Working on World’s First Offshore Wind-Powered Hydrogen Heating Project

    15 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The UK gas network operator SGN has launched a project that will be world-first to employ a direct supply of offshore wind power to produce green hydrogen energy for heating. The project will start with heating around 300 homes in Fife, Scotland, using clean gas produced by an electrolysis plant, powered by the offshore wind […]

  • Offshore Wind Third Most Popular for Corporate Power Purchase Agreements in Europe

    8 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind is the third most opted for energy source for corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs), according to a survey of the European CPPA market carried out by law firm Fieldfisher. Some 54 per cent of survey respondents said they would consider signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) for offshore wind energy. This ranks offshore […]

  • ACP CEO: New Vessel Crewing Rule in US ‘Gut Punch’ to Offshore Wind Projects

    15 July 2022
    Authorities

    A new amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that passed the House in the US Congress has triggered response from the renewable energy industry, with the CEO of American Clean Power (ACP) Association calling the move “a gut punch to offshore wind projects”. Namely, the amendment would prohibit offshore vessels, including those working on […]

  • VDMA, BDEW Fight for German Offshore Wind Advancement

    11 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Offshore wind can make an important contribution to the sustainable power supply in Germany, Thorsten Herdan, Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems, and Hildegard Müller, Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Association of Energy and Water (BDEW), emphasized during a meeting at the 8th German Energy Congress in Munich.  “The current energy debate […]

  • Boskalis to Take Over Bohlen Doyen’s Cable Laying Business

    21 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Boskalis and German SPIE SAG Group have entered an agreement under which Boskalis will acquire the offshore cable installation activities and assets of Bohlen Doyen. 

  • German Parliament Approves EEG Reforms, Wind Development Limited

    8 July 2016

    German parliament today approved an amended Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG 2016), which replaces feed-in tariffs with competitive auctions and limits wind energy deployment to allow for the grid development to catch up. The offshore cap, which will apply from 2021-2030, will vary from year to year to ensure that Germany reaches its 15GW wind energy target in the next […]

  • Saab’s Falcon Collects Tidal Energy Data in NI

    12 October 2015
    R&D

    Saab Seaeye Falcon spent three days gathering vital benthic data for an impact assessment of a proposed tidal array installation at Torr Head on Northern Ireland’s rugged and dramatic coast. Undertaking the assessment project was Marine Ecological Surveys Limited for their client, Tidal Ventures Ltd, who intend developing a 100 megawatt tidal array. Daniel Brutto, […]

  • Rhode Island Utility Commission Approves Block Island Wind Farm (USA)

    13 August 2010
    Authorities

    Deepwater Wind’s efforts to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island have received a boost following the approval by the Public Utilities Commission of its power purchase agreement (PPA) with National Grid. The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has approved a power purchase plan for a wind farm off the coast […]

  • Australian Govts Urged to Fast-Track Star of the South Processes

    10 April 2020
    Environment, Jobs & Recruitment

    Australian division of the environmental network Friends of the Earth said building renewable energy could be key to post-COVID recovery effort.

  • Top News of the Week Apr 20-26, 2015

    26 April 2015

    Germany Halts Farshore Wind Energy Projects Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency BSH has halted licensing procedures for offshore wind projects until further notice. Offshore Wind in Spotlight of Van Oord’s Success Van Oord has published its annual report for 2014, which was an exceptional year for the company, according to CEO Pieter Van Oord. […]

  • Australian Gov’t Urged to Set Up Offshore Wind Policy to Tap Into 2,233 GW of ‘Technically Accessible Resource’

    22 July 2021
    R&D

    Australia has 2,233 GW of ‘technically accessible resource’ in offshore wind and ‘a major barrier to investment and development’ with not having a regulatory framework that would facilitate it, according to a report from the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre. The report identifies the 2.23 TW of the ‘technically accessible resource’ as the offshore wind […]

  • US Approves First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project

    11 May 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo have announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project — the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. The Record of Decision (ROD) grants Vineyard Wind final federal approval to install 84 or fewer turbines […]

  • UK: Michael Fallon Appointed as Energy Minister

    28 March 2013
    Authorities

    Michael Fallon MP is to join DECC as Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, as John Hayes leaves the department to take up the role of Minister of State without portfolio. Michael Fallon is to carry out the post in addition to his current role as a Minister of State at the Department […]

  • KfW to Finance German Offshore Wind Projects

    9 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    KfW, German state development bank, published yesterday its results for the first half of 2012 and revealed its future plans.  Under the KfW Action Plan to support the energy turnaround, the bank plans to extend loans to EUR 100 billion for renewable energies and energy efficiency in the next five years. In its further financial […]

  • Virginia Affirms Offshore Wind Ambitions

    3 October 2018
    Authorities

    Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has released the 2018 Virginia Energy Plan which calls for the development of 2,000MW of offshore wind capacity by 2028.

  • Supreme Court to Decide Tomorrow on Trump vs EOWDC Case

    15 December 2015
    Authorities

    The UK’s Supreme Court is scheduled to publish a ruling on Donald Trump’s legal fight against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) on Wednesday, 16 December. After losing a couple of times in the Scottish courts, the Trump Organization decided to file a lawsuit against the 11-turbine project to the UK’s Supreme Court, saying that it was “impossible to have a […]

  • UK: Houlder to Demonstrate Its Turbine Access System at Seawork 2012

    21 May 2012

    Houlder, UK employee- owned business will showcase its Turbine Access System (TAS) at Seawork 2012, taking place from May 22-24. The system is a hydraulically controlled motion-compensated gangway that provides safe personnel transfer between workboats and offshore wind turbine platforms. It provides an improved operation and maintenance capability in higher sea states in comparison to […]

  • Van Oord Acquires Ballast Nedam Offshore Activities

    28 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord has reached agreement on the acquisition of the activities of Ballast Nedam Offshore. The acquisition consists of the assets of Ballast Nedam Offshore, the dedicated EPCI staff (Engineering, Procurement, Contracting and Installation), heavy lift installation vessel Svanen and the Westermeerwind project (144 MW). The activities will be integrated into Van Oord’s Offshore Wind Projects business unit. The acquisition will […]

  • ABLI Supports Deepwater Wind’s 200 MW Project

    16 May 2014

     The Association for a Better Long Island (ABLI) has endorsed a proposal by Deepwater Wind to build a 200 megawatt wind farm some 30 miles off the east end of Long Island, calling it “a strategic response to the challenge of providing clean, affordable energy to Long Island.” “Faced with the burden of utility bills that threatens […]

  • Future US Offshore Wind Market Attracts Another European Company

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Atlas Professionals, the Netherlands-based specialist recruiter, will set up a new office in Houston, Texas, with an aim to tap into the country’s offshore energy market, including offshore wind.