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  • Irish-Spanish Partners Eye Floating Wind Opportunities Offshore Iberian Peninsula

    5 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Irish floating wind developer Simply Blue Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Spanish companies Proes Consultores and FF New Energy Venture to explore the floating offshore wind opportunities in Spain and Portugal. The floating wind market in Spain got a kick start recently with the publication of the draft Marine Spatial Plan and […]

  • Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Wind Turbines Connected to Taiwanese Grid

    3 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms have achieved first power and been connected to the Taiwanese national grid. Offshore construction at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 and 2a commenced in the summer of 2021 with the installation of the first wind […]

  • Standardisation Crucial for Floating Wind – K2 Management

    28 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    Standardisation in floating wind, specifically floating wind substructures, is a must if this wind energy technology is to meaningfully contribute to the renewable energy mix in the next decade, according to K2 Management. Although floating wind projects are rolling out worldwide, the technology, and with it the supply chain, must be consolidated as per conventional […]

  • USA: BOEM Reduces Offshore Wind Energy Area

    27 February 2012

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)  announced that it reduced the size of the offshore Wind Energy Area between Rhode Island and Massachusetts by excluding commercially important fishing grounds. The reduced Wind Energy Area includes approximately 164,750 acres within the original area identified by Rhode Island and Massachusetts in a 2010 memorandum of understanding. […]

  • US to Identify Additional Wind Energy Areas Offshore Maryland

    12 December 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US federal government and the Maryland state government will work jointly to identify additional areas offshore Maryland that will house future offshore wind projects. This was announced on 11 December, following the release of the proposed sale notice for two wind energy areas (WEAs) in the Central Atlantic, one off Delaware and Maryland, and […]

  • UK: Installation on Track for 15 MW Wind Turbine Test Rig

    1 February 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Installation is on track for 15 megawatt wind turbine test rig. Open-access facility should encourage investment in step-up offshore wind turbine technologies sooner. Inside a new 3000 square metre hall, operations are underway to build one of the world’s largest facilities for the accelerated life testing of offshore wind turbines. Due to its scale the […]

  • USA: GE Performs Wind Turbine Inspection Trial with Robotic Device

    14 June 2012
    R&D, Technology

    GE Global Research is advancing technology that will make the inspection of wind turbines faster and more reliable for customers. Currently, an inspector examines the massive turbine blades from the ground, about 100 meters (328’) away, by using a high-power telescope. Now, partnering with Ithaca, N.Y.-based International Climbing Machines (ICM), GE engineers have explored a […]

  • USA: House of Representatives Passes Virginia’s Offshore Energy and Jobs Act

    11 July 2013
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment

    On June 28, the House of Representatives passed the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act (H.R. 2231), which included language introduced by Representative Scott Rigell (VA-2) to pave the way for developing Virginia’s coastal energy. The House also passed an amendment by Rigell to move forward seismic testing in the Atlantic. The bill now goes to […]

  • Cape Wind Could Supply Large Amounts of Electricity During Heat Waves (USA)

    24 July 2011

    Climbing temperatures have pushed the demand for electricity yesterday and today to the highest this year just as Cape Wind would be producing large amounts of clean power according to records from Cape Wind’s data tower in Nantucket Sound. Cape Wind’s offshore wind farm planned for Nantucket Sound would have been running at its full […]

  • U.S. Secretary Jewell Sets Out Priorities for Prosperous Energy Future

    18 March 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    In remarks at the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell laid out the Department’s priorities for strengthening the nation’s economy with a balanced, prosperous energy future over the next two years. Read the highlights of the speech: Our economy has emerged from recession with a stronger, more stable […]

  • US Interior Dept Orders Halt on Empire Wind 1 Construction

    17 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI), through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), has paused the building of the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which is currently under construction in federal waters off New York. According to community and mariner updates issued by the Empire Wind project, seabed preparation work started this […]

  • Jan De Nul to Deploy Les Alizés for Inch Cape Monopile Installation

    27 February 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul will deploy its heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés for the monopile installation at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. The company was announced as one of the project suppliers at the beginning of this year as ESB and Red Rock Renewables reached financial close on the 1,080 MW Inch Cape project. […]

  • Henderson Insurance Brokers Establishes New Marine Division Focused on Offshore Wind

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Henderson Insurance Brokers has set up a new marine division as the UK’s offshore wind, maritime and ports sectors continue to grow. Building on the company’s existing marine client base, the new division is already proving successful, winning new insurance work for offshore wind workboats, ports, the movement of goods, and storage of high valued […]

  • Jan De Nul Takes Delivery of Voltaire, ‘World’s-Tallest’ Jack-Up

    20 December 2022
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has taken delivery of its jack-up vessel, Voltaire, from the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in China. The vessel had been delivered by the shipyard on 15 December, and departed for Dubai on the morning of Tuesday, 20 December. Designed in-house, Voltaire will be used to transport, lift and install offshore wind turbines, transition pieces, and […]

  • OES Issues New Report: Global Status and Critical Developments in Ocean Energy

    24 September 2013
    R&D

    Every year since its inception in 2001 the Ocean Energy Systems Implementing Agreement (OES) Executive Committee (ExCo) has published an Annual Report, which details its activities over the previous year and includes on ocean energy activities supplied by each ExCo member country. The 2008 Annual Report started a tradition of including a series of invited […]

  • France: Progress towards Clean Energy Stalled, IEA Says

    18 April 2013

    The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) yesterday. “The drive to clean up the world’s energy system has stalled,” IEA Executive Director […]

  • Germany’s first offshore wind park experiencing turbine failure

    23 June 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    Germany’s first offshore wind park was dealt a blow with the failure of two turbines due to inferior materials.   [mappress] Source: spiegel, June 23, 2010;

  • Sif’s Q3 2018 Production Numbers Take a Hit

    8 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has reported a lower production level in the third quarter of 2018 in part due to delays in the supply of steel and extremely low water levels.

  • Ørsted Stays on Upward Path

    9 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted reported DKK 1.8 billion (EUR 241.5 million) profit from offshore wind farms in the second quarter of 2018, an 8% jump compared to the same period last year.

  • Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm Secures Extended Financing, Amended Installation Schedule on Track

    31 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Skyborn Renewables and its partners in the Yunneng Wind Power consortium that owns the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan have signed an extended financing agreement to complete the construction of the 640 MW offshore wind farm. The project is now on track for completion according to an amended installation schedule. The news comes after […]

  • Avangrid Terminates Long-Fought PPAs in Massachusetts at Cost of Almost USD 50 Million

    19 July 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Massachusetts’s electric distribution companies Eversource Energy, National Grid and Unitil have agreed to terminate their power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the Commonwealth Wind offshore wind farm at the request of the project developer, Iberdrola-owned Avangrid, which will pay USD 48 million in penalties for the termination that is yet to be approved by the state’s […]

  • UK: Maritime Craft Services Takes Delivery of New WFSP

    25 June 2012

    A LEADING Scottish maritime services company has taken delivery of a new offshore wind farm support vessel, further demonstrating its intent to be a major player in the burgeoning worldwide renewables sector. And today (Monday June 25) Maritime Craft Services’ MSC Sirocco  goes straight into service, working on the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Project in […]

  • UK: DECC Releases Report on Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices

    28 March 2013

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 28 March 2013 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The publications cover new data for the fourth quarter of 2012 and thus provisional annual data for 2012. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total and by fuel, and provides […]

  • WindEurope Issues Initial Assessment of Brexit Implications

    7 July 2016

    WindEurope, formerly known as EWEA, today published an initial assessment of possible Brexit implications. The full article by WindEurope can be read below. The full impact and implications of the UK referendum, and what it means for the wind industry short and long term, are impossible to assess properly at this stage. But there are some points we […]

  • Jan De Nul Orders Twin to XL Cable-Layer Fleeming Jenkin

    17 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Environment, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has ordered a new XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), identical to the Fleeming Jenkin ordered at a Chinese shipyard last year. With a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the vessels are said to be the largest capacity CLVs in the world. Like Fleeming Jenkin, the new vessel will be 215 metres long and […]

  • Jan De Nul to Kick Off Northwester 2 Works in June 2019

    10 July 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul will commence works on the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium in June 2019, the EPCI contractor informed as it announced the signing of a contract with Parkwind, the developer of the Belgian 219MW offshore wind farm.