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  • HIGH WIND: Bringing stability to the industry

    2 February 2016

    In 2000, the offshore wind industry was pioneering ways of installing 2MW turbines in water depths of just 15 meters, only a few miles off the coast. Today, 15 years later, a single turbine can produce a higher output than all the turbines combined in earlier wind farms, the blades are at least 4 times […]

  • NNDC Rejects Dudgeon Wind Farm Onshore Cable Plans (UK)

    17 January 2012

    North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) rejected plans to place offshore wind farm power cables throughout the countryside, reports BBC. The 45km onshore cable running between the landfall point at Weybourne Hope (North Norfolk District) and Little Dunham (Breckland District) would connect the Dudgeon offshore wind farm to the grid. Even though Development Committee stated in […]

  • Wind Energy Investments in North America to Reach USD 145 Billion by 2017

    5 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Although the North American wind energy industry lags in key areas compared to Europe and Asia, falling costs and larger, more efficient turbines are helping give rise to a sense of cautious optimism. Home to the second largest wind market in the world – the United States – the region saw a total of 5,784 […]

  • Video: Servicing Wind Turbines

    10 February 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    This year, as part of its new offshore logistics concept, Siemens is scheduled to begin utilizing its first two Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) commissioned specifically for the Butendiek and Baltic II offshore wind projects in Germany. SOVs are a standalone unit featuring enough space for accommodation and storage of spare parts. Gangway systems allow for […]

  • USA: DOI’s Action Propels Offshore Wind Transmission Project Forward

    15 May 2012

    Continuing its significant momentum supporting offshore wind energy and transmission, the Department of Interior declared there to be no competitive interest for the use of certain areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to construct an offshore transmission system being proposed by the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC). After a year of intensive internal and […]

  • US DOE Issues USD 20 Million Offshore Wind Call

    2 April 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has called for applications for funding that will support offshore wind technology demonstration and wind resource characterisation projects. For this call, DOE has designated a total of USD 20 million.

  • Sure Wind Marine Orders Four 19,5m Catamarans from Lately BLRT Marketex (Estonia)

    29 November 2011

    Lately BLRT Marketex and Sure Wind Marine Ltd entered into contract to build four 19,5 m wind farm catamarans. The catamarans are available for projects throughout Europe and built to DNV class and dual UK MCA and German Stability rules to ensure full flexibility. “This is first major contract for BLRT Marketex in wind farm […]

  • India: Tamil Nadu Plans 200MW of Offshore Wind Energy

    6 February 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    At a recently held Renewable Energy to Tamil Nadu (RE2TN) seminar, Sudeep Jain, chairman and managing director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), has confirmed this Indian state’s efforts to develop offshore wind energy.  Since Tamil Nadu is planning to install 200 MW of offshore wind power by 2023, Jain said that Indian Government’s timely completion of a […]

  • Troubled Waters? – Managing Risk in Floating Offshore Wind

    18 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution, Industry, Operations & Maintenance

    The following article is a guest post by Jonathan Morton, Associate at the international commercial law firm Haynes and Boone. The embrace of floating offshore wind has come surprisingly fast. There is already talk of floating wind sites with more than 100 turbines being built by 2032, and the interest and investment in the industry […]

  • Equinor Secures USD 3 Billion for New York City’s First Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Equinor has secured a project financing package of over USD 3 billion (approximately EUR 2.9 billion) and reached financial close on Empire Wind 1, the first offshore wind farm to connect to New York City’s grid, which is already under construction after Equinor made a final investment decision (FID) on the project earlier this year. […]

  • US Company Gets “World’s Largest” Electrolyser Order for Danish Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    18 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    US-headquartered Plug Power Inc. has received an electrolyser order from H2 Energy Europe for the 1 GW offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark. According to Plug Power, this is the world’s largest electrolyser order to date. Plug’s 1 GW electrolyser technology will enable the production of up to 100,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year, supplying the fuel needed […]

  • New York Plans to Launch Fifth Offshore Wind Solicitation This Summer

    24 April 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled plans to launch the fifth offshore wind solicitation (NY5) this summer. In addition, Governor Hochul announced on 23 April that a USD 200 million Supportive Manufacturing and Logistics Request for Proposals (RFP) is open to support infrastructure investments in the state’s domestic offshore wind supply chain. The news […]

  • Denmark: Fyns Kran Udstyr Makes Handling of Wind Turbine Nacelles Easy

    18 September 2012
    Technology

    Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has developed a hydraulic yoke that makes lifting, maneuvring and mounting wind turbine nacelles quicker and safer. Wind turbines present a viable source of energy, but lifting and handling the large wind turbine nacelles requires finesse. Assembling the wind turbines can be a difficult venture without the proper equipment which […]

  • NJBPU Launches Second Offshore Wind Transmission Solicitation

    27 April 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has requested PJM Interconnection (PJM), New Jersey’s regional grid operator, to include New Jersey’s current public policy of 11 GW of offshore wind by 2040 into PJM’s Regional Transmission Expansion Planning (RTEP) using their State Agreement Approach (SAA). This will be the State’s second use of the SAA […]

  • Port of Brest Getting Ready for Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Project

    27 December 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The marine renewable energy (MRE) hub being built in France’s Port of Brest has reached an important milestone after a 900-metre dike was connected to a wharf.

  • Navigant Releases Report on U.S. Offshore Wind Manufacturing and Supply Chain Development

    13 December 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    The Navigant Consortium released the “U.S. Offshore Wind Manufacturing and Supply Chain Development” report, prepared under an award by DOE in order to provide objective economic analysis and reporting of market activities and progress related to offshore wind energy in the United States. The “U.S. Offshore Wind Manufacturing and Supply Chain Development” report provides an […]

  • Ramboll to Design Atlantic Shores 1 Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations

    31 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 joint venture between EDF Renewables and Shell New Energies US, has selected Ramboll for the design of the wind turbine foundations for Atlantic Shores Project 1, the 1.5 GW offshore wind farm planned to be built offshore New Jersey. Ramboll will provide a comprehensive design service to be led […]

  • North America: Steel in the water

    11 July 2016

    Last September in Baltimore at the AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER conference the buzz words heard over and over again were “we have steel in the water.” This is, of course, a reference to the jacket foundations for the five French built GE Haliade 6MW wind turbines which will be installed on the first North American Offshore Wind Farm site almost 5km […]

  • Denmark: Sirris Wins Best Scientific Poster Award at EWEA 2012

    18 April 2012

    The Sirris initiative won the „Best scientific poster“award at the EWEA 2012 event yesterday. The prize has been awarded for the company’s state-of the –art testing at the Belwind offshore windfarm under the flag of OWI-Lab. Namely, in October, after a couple of offshore training days, people from Sirris and VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel – […]

  • Deputy Prime Minister Outlines Plans for Green Investment Bank (UK)

    1 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Government has outlined its plans for a green investment bank which will start lending money to areas like offshore wind in 2012. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the institution would be the world’s first public bank dedicated to the green economy. The announcement at Climate Change Capital in London comes after reports in […]

  • First Mediterranean Sea Offshore Wind Project Switches Turbine Supplier

    25 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    MingYang Smart Energy has received an order from Renexia to supply turbines for the first offshore wind project in the Mediterranean Sea. MingYang will deliver 10 MySE3.0-135 turbines with a 25-year full O&M service contract for the Beleolico project located in the Apulia Region off Taranto harbor of Italy. Deliveries are expected to begin in the […]

  • NKT Cables Inks Cable Deal for Gemini OWF

    4 February 2014
    Grid Connection

    NKT Cables has signed a deal to supply export cable for Gemini offshore wind farm. The production will start this month, as a result of the Preparatory Works Agreement between Typhoon Offshore B.V., offshore wind farm developer, and NKT Cables. Under the agreement, NKT Cables will produce around 200 kilometres of 220 kV high voltage […]

  • USA: First Data Comes on Great Lakes Wind

    25 May 2012
    Technology

    The first direct measurement of wind over the Great Lakes at the height of commercial turbines comes from a six-ton buoy loaded with scientific equipment. The buoy was deployed at three locations in the lake: two points near the Muskegon shoreline and about 35 miles off shore.  The project was led by Grand Valley State University’s Michigan […]

  • The 2017 Offshore Wind Market in the USA

    16 February 2017

    By Charles Hill, Renewables Consultant at Pangea Resourcing An important milestone in the development of renewable energy in the United States was reached in December 2016 as the $300m Block Island Wind Farm, the country’s first operational offshore wind farm, began feeding energy into the New England grid. Barack Obama insists that the clean energy […]

  • USA: BlueGreen Alliance to Highlight Atlantic Coast Renewable Energy Potential

    16 November 2012

    The BlueGreen Alliance, in partnership with Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America, launched a multi-state tour to highlight the potential of offshore wind along the Atlantic Coast, specifically in Maryland and New York. The domestic offshore wind industry has obstacles to overcome, but has shown significant potential to power millions of American homes and businesses. Germany’s […]

  • Statkraft to Complete Offshore Wind Exit in Q1 2018

    15 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Statkraft is expecting to close the divestment in the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the first quarter of 2018, after which the company will have terminated its offshore wind engagement.