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  • Photos of the Year: 2016 in Pictures

    2 January 2017

    Port of Esbjerg Displays Offshore Wind Bounty Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg has shared a photograph showing components for more than 100 offshore wind turbines ready for installation in the North Sea stored in the port area. Wikinger Jackets Enjoying Sunrise at Lindø A photo of Bladt Industries’ Lindø facilities, showing Wikinger jacket foundations. First Burbo […]

  • VIDEO: Steel in Water Boat Tour Event

    10 August 2015

    Last month saw the first steel in the water for the 30 MW wind energy project offshore Block Island. The project developer, Deepwater Wind, organised a boat tour event to mark this milestone for USA’s first offshore wind farm. Among others, the event was attended by Sally Jewell, US Interior Secretary, Bryan Martin, Managing Director […]

  • Rhode Island to Review Revolution Wind Power Contract

    8 February 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    National Grid has filed for regulatory approval of a 20-year contract for energy from Ørsted’s 400MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm with the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The contract price for energy and environmental attributes is a fixed, nominal price of US 9.8 cents per kilowatt-hour (US 7.4 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2017 […]

  • U.S. National Grid to Build Block Island OWF Subsea Transmission Link

    21 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    U.S. National Grid has submitted a proposal to the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) for construction of a transmission system to connect Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Offshore Wind Farm to the mainland via a subsea cable. In 2012, National Grid and Deepwater Wind were negotiating an option for Deepwater to build […]

  • Deepwater to Develop Floating Wind Farm

    8 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind revealed plans to develop the West Coast’s first-ever offshore wind farm – a project poised to become the world’s first commercial project to use cutting-edge floating foundation technology. Deepwater Wind entered into an agreement several months ago with Principle Power to complete the development of the 30-megawatt (MW) WindFloat Pacific project, using Principle Power’s groundbreaking WindFloat […]

  • Deepwater Wind gets critics for Block island offshore wind contract (USA)

    5 August 2010
    Business & Finance, R&D

    A national energy expert testified Tuesday that the proposed contract governing how National Grid would buy electricity from a wind farm… (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, August 05, 2010;

  • Cathie Associates to Support US Offshore Wind from Boston, MA

    30 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK-based offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy, Cathie Associates, has established a US entity – Cathie Associates Inc – in Boston, Massachusetts, to serve offshore wind development in the United States.

  • 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.

  • Deepwater Wind Seeking Summer Interns

    7 April 2015
    Training & Education

    US offshore wind developer, Deepwater Wind, is currently accepting applications for paid 2015 summer internships. The internships will take place from June 15 to mid-August and will be based in Providence, Rhode Island. Deepwater Wind is interested in students who have completed their junior year or recently graduated with an engineering or environmental studies/science degree. […]

  • USA: Deepwater Wind Wins Bid for Two Offshore Wind Energy Sites

    1 August 2013

    Deepwater Wind announced its selection as the provisional winner of two offshore wind energy sites located in the federal waters off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. A competitive lease auction – the first-ever auction held in the United States for commercial offshore wind development – was held today by the U.S. Department of […]

  • USA: CRMC Receives Very Few Public Comments on Block Island Wind Farm

    21 January 2013
    Authorities

    The application materials submitted by Deepwater Wind LLC for the proposed Block Island Wind Farm are currently out for public comment. The public comment period is scheduled to end on January 15, 2013. The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) comment period coincides with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ public comment period. To date, very few […]

  • Alstom Hiring at Saint-Nazaire Facility

    22 September 2015
    Training & Education

    Alstom continues spurring the job market in the Pays de la Loire Region, especially in the Saint Nazaire area. The Group is currently hiring people in the area, mostly operators, to work in the offshore wind turbine plant which was inaugurated in December 2014. Launched in the summer, the campaign will stretch until December 2015. […]

  • Deepwater Wind Calls It a Day at Block Island OWF, Construction Starts Again Next Year

    8 December 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    With all five steel jacket foundations fully installed at the Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF) site, Deepwater Wind officially completed the first offshore construction season for America’s first offshore wind farm. The last deck platform was placed on top of a foundation on 21 November and all of the construction and crew vessels associated with the operation […]

  • BOEM Studies Offshore Wind Construction

    29 September 2015
    Authorities, R&D

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has begun a new study to conduct real-time, independent observations and data collection during construction of offshore wind turbines. Field work took place in August and September of this year through the Real-time Opportunity for Development Environmental Observations study, or RODEO, which is taking direct measurements of […]

  • Two Large Manufacturers Get Approval to Change Wind Farm off Block Island (USA)

    25 April 2011
    Authorities

    The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled that two large manufacturers have legal standing to challenge a key approval for a wind farm… By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, April 25, 2011;

  • US Offshore Wind Farm Entering Construction Phase

    18 January 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Construction work on the 132 MW South Fork wind farm offshore New York is scheduled to start on or about 28 January, South Fork Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource Energy, said. According to the developer, the project has now received necessary permits to install the export cable system onshore and in the […]

  • Blue Water Discusses Logistics at AWEA Event

    27 October 2015

    Blue Water has recently participated in a panel discussion at a pre-event to the AWEA conference and exhibition (American Wind Energy Association) and also participated at AWEA. The company was invited due to its experience in offshore wind, especially in Europe. “This was a good chance for us to talk to other players within the industry and discuss optimization […]

  • Imtra Kits Out Atlantic Pioneer with Lights and Wipers

    22 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels

    Massachusetts-based Imtra has recently delivered a searchlight, wipers and LED lights to the first US-flagged offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel (CTV) – the Atlantic Pioneer. Imtra has supplied the Colorlight CL20 high-output searchlight, Decca Straight Line wiper system, and LED deck, interior and engine room lights for the Blount Boats-built, 69-foot CTV. The vessel was locally […]

  • Deepwater Wind moves headquarters to Providence (USA)

    15 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind, the developer planning two offshore wind farms in Rhode Island, has moved its corporate headquarters here from New Jersey. The company announced Monday that it is now based out of what was a satellite office at 56 Exchange Terrace in Providence. The office, which opened in April 2009 with only one employee based […]

  • New York Gives Its Blessing to South Fork OWF Export Cable

    19 March 2021
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to the South Fork offshore wind farm’s export cable, which will make landfall at Beach Lane in Wainscott and then run to the Cove Hollow Road substation in East Hampton, where the project will be connected to […]

  • US State Setting Stage for Offshore Wind Auction

    24 March 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Dan McKee, the Governor of the US State of Rhode Island, has introduced legislation that would require a market-competitive procurement for approximately 600 MW of newly-developed offshore wind capacity. If enacted, Rhode Island’s primary utility company would be required to issue the procurement no later than 15 August 2022. Rhode Island is home to North […]

  • Deepwater Wind Moors in Massachusetts

    12 August 2016

    Following the new Massachusetts energy legislation, which calls for 1,600MW of offshore wind capacity by 2027, entering into law, Deepwater Wind has appointed Matthew Morrissey, the managing director of Offshore Wind: Massachusetts, to head its operations in the state.  According to South Coast Today, the Marine Commerce Terminal in New Bedford, Massachusetts, could host the development of Deepwater Wind’s Deepwater ONE project, which would be […]

  • USA: Deepwater Wind Eyes State Beach for Cable Connection

    25 September 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Rhode Island’s State Properties Committee is to examine Deepwater Wind’s request for connecting an offshore wind farm to the grid through Scarborough State Beach, the Providence Journal reports. The company decided to go with burying the cable at the state beach after a strong opposition emerged over its plans to run the transmission link at […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset in Time of Offshore Wind

    4 January 2018

    Not all heroes wear capes, and not all sunsets look (and feel) the same. Especially when we realise we live in an era of wind turbines spinning at sea, allowing us to turn on our lights while knowing our homes are powered by clean energy, and on top of that we now have one more image of a sunset that was not the luxury previous generations had. 

  • Developers Want 45 Square Miles of Ocean for Wind Turbines (USA)

    6 May 2011

      Two developers want the same approximately 45 square miles of ocean as a place for wind farms, a federal agency said Tuesday. In December, Providence-based Deepwater Wind and Massachusetts-based Neptune Wind told the U.S. Department of Interior they were interested in leasing an area roughly between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard. But Neptune never […]

  • Ørsted’s First US-Made CTV Starts Sea Trials

    17 July 2020
    Vessels

    WindServe Marine has floated out crew transfer vessel (CTV) Windserve Odyssey destined for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Windserve Odyssey is about to start sea trials at Ørsted’s Block Island wind farm, after which it will travel from Rhode Island to Virginia to join the closeout of construction and commissioning of CVOW. “We’re […]