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  • Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Projects Get USD 18 Million Boost from US 

    6 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over USD 18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind technologies. According to the US DOE, these initiatives, which will be undertaken across 17 universities, including five minority-serving institutions, aim to tackle challenges facing marine and ocean renewable energy […]

  • Vesterhav Syd EIA Process Hits Replay

    8 February 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency has initiated a new environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farm due to a cancelation of a part of its license for the project construction. According to the Danish Energy Agency, the Energy Board of Appeal canceled the part of the license after completing the processing of […]

  • Obama Focuses on Clean Energy in His State of the Union Address

    15 January 2016
    Authorities

    Investing in clean energy and thus reducing reliance on fossil fuels, especially imported, was one of the major points U.S. President Barack Obama focused on in his State of the Union address delivered on January 12. Obama said the country needs to accelerate the transition away from “dirtier” energy sources and increase its level of commitment in developing […]

  • BOEM Issues Citizen’s Guide to Offshore Renewable Energy Authorization Process

    28 December 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a guide to help the public understand BOEM’s  process for overseeing renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and to highlight opportunities for public involvement. BOEM is the US federal agency responsible for issuing leases, easements, and rights-of-way for renewable energy projects on the OCS. The […]

  • Riffgat Project Wakes German-Dutch Disagreement

    10 July 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the Riffgat offshore wind farm has started in the North Sea and so did the disagreement between Germany and the Netherlands. Namely, the two countries cannot agree on which side of the border the offshore wind farm is, which puts the energy firm EWE in a difficult position. Riffgat offshore wind farm […]

  • USA: Cape Wind Opponents Against USD 4.3 Billion State Incentive

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cape Wind opponents are blasting the nearly $4.3 billion in potential taxpayer and ratepayer levies for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind turbine project in recent comments and public testimony before Congress. During her testimony, Audra Parker, President and CEO of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, criticized the exorbitant and duplicative federal and state breaks […]

  • USA: Funding for Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research & Development

    6 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Department of Energy announced that they will fund projects to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) renewable energy technologies. Those topics receiving support from this funding announcement include: Advanced Controls Next-Gen Power Take-Off Projects Advanced Structures Projects Marine & Hydrokinetic Environmental Projects Projects Analyzing Environmental Effects of Surrogate Technologies Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) members […]

  • Bladt Industries A/S

    26 June 2013

    With a history of serving the oil & gas industry dating back over 40 years, Danish steel manufacturer Bladt Industries A/S (Bladt) held all the essential knowledge and in house skills to take this experience into the offshore wind industry over ten years ago. It all started in 2002 when the company installed their very […]

  • Trump Picks Former TX Gov. to Head Energy Department, Mixed Response from RE Sector

    15 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    US President-elect Donald J. Trump yesterday announced his intent to name former Texas Governor Rick Perry as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which resulted in mixed response from the renewable energy sector.  Some have voiced their concerns about Rick Perry heading the DOE and thus adding another member to the government to […]

  • CEIC Gets Its First Director

    6 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra to be the first Director of the Clean Energy Investment Center (CEIC), located within the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT). CEIC was established in 2015 as part of the Obama Administration’s Clean Energy Investment Initiative to advance private, mission-oriented investment in clean energy technologies that address […]

  • 50Hertz to Invest Big in German Power Grid Expansion

    10 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    50Hertz plans to invest billions of euros by 2023 to bring offshore wind power from Germany’s north, which is not quite industrialised, to the country’s south, which is very much industrialised but also powered by nuclear energy. Along with improvement and expansion of German onshore electrical network, the transmission system operator also plans to build […]

  • AWEA: VolturnUS Launch Signal of Steady Progress toward American Offshore Wind Industry

    3 June 2013

    The launch of “VolturnUS 1:8,” the first grid-connected floating offshore wind turbine to be deployed in the U.S., is “another signal of steady progress toward development of an American offshore wind industry,” according to Christopher Long, Manager of Offshore and Siting Policy for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The floating turbine’s launch in Brewer, […]

  • USD 2 Mln Wave Energy Prize Attracts 92 Teams

    13 July 2015
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Wave energy enthusiasts from industry and academia have formed 92 teams to move toward the first milestone of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wave Energy Prize. The design-build-test competition is encouraging the development of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices that will achieve the DOE’s goal of doubling energy capture, thus reducing the cost of […]

  • US to Pour USD 30 Million Into Lowering Costs of Large Wind Turbines

    13 February 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a USD 30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that could allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently. Lightweight composite materials reduce emissions in a variety of ways, including by enabling more efficient wind power generation and lightening […]

  • VIDEO: Creating Symbiosis Between Offshore Wind and Marine Life

    5 February 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    What does ocean biology have to do with offshore wind energy? Quite a lot, according to this video by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which explains how scientists carefully study underwater areas to map out the best locations for potential future wind energy projects. The outer continental shelf of North Carolina supports some of the […]

  • Alstom to Lower Capital Cost of Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)

    20 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Alstom and several prominent US-based research institutions have been awarded a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to research and develop advanced control systems and integrated innovative sensors that increase energy production and lower the capital cost of offshore wind turbines—especially those based on advanced floating substructures. The award was […]

  • East Anglia: Great OW Opportunities, but in Need of Skilled Workforce

    6 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    In the week that EEEGR’s SNS 2014 – The Sea of Opportunity event – takes place at the Norfolk Showground, Jane Lovell, Joint Managing Director of Cooper Lomaz Recruitment, is highlighting the difficulties in recruiting specialist engineers and technicians for the region’s rapidly expanding offshore wind industry. “It is great news for East Anglia’s economy […]

  • Denmark: A2SEA Sea Installer Nominated for Annual Support Journal Awards

    23 January 2013

    A2SEA “Sea Installer” (GustoMSC NG-9000C design) has been nominated for the Annual Support Journal Awards. Renewable energy and windfarm installation costs need to be reduced by 40% in order to be competitive with carbon fuelled energy. Referring to that aim, the NG-9000C contributes significantly with its innovative, well balanced design providing high end performance at […]

  • Finance Minister Rejects Non-profit Dong Energy Proposal (Denmark)

    1 November 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Danish Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon rejects the proposal put forward last week to let state-owned energy group Dong Energy build wind farms on a non-profit basis. Corydon admits that everything should be done to reduce the costs for offshore wind turbine development but points out that offshore wind farms will not get cheaper only because […]

  • Japan Changes Port and Harbour Law to Promote Offshore Wind

    17 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MILT) has amended the country’s existing Port and Harbour Law to promote development of offshore wind projects, the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) reports. The amendments allow developers to lease designated water zones in port areas for a period of up to 20 years. The newly changed law also sets up a bidding system […]

  • Keystone to Provide Its ‘Twisted Jacket’ Design to Two U.S. Projects

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Louisiana-based Keystone Engineering Inc. will supply the engineering and design works for its patented Inward Battered Guide Structure, or “twisted jacket”, a wind turbine support structure for two of the three projects selected by the US Department of Energy to receive up to $47 million in US government funding grants over the next four years. Keystone’s innovative […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Still Moves Forward

    11 April 2014
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Fishermen’s Energy of New Jersey is eyeing the Clemson University’s SCE&G Energy Innovation Center as a place where the company could test the drivetrain of its wind turbine, which is planned to be used in the Fishermen’s Energy Atlantic City Windfarm (FACW) project. The proposed project was rejected a few days ago by the New […]

  • Cape Wind President Statement on agreement with Attorney General, DoE Resources and National Grid (USA)

    1 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    The following is a statement from Jim Gordon, President of Cape Wind, on the agreement in principle reached today with the Attorney General,…   (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, August 02, 2010;

  • UK: Donald Trump Takes Another Step Against EOWDC

    28 December 2012

    Trump Organisation executive vice president George Sorial has revealed that he had instructed UK lawyers Dundas & Wilson to officially request a public inquiry from Marine Scotland regarding the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project, according to Herald Scotland. After calling for an inquiry for a year, Donald Trump has made this last move […]

  • USA: DMME Applies for Research Lease Offshore Virginia

    30 July 2013

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it has received a second unsolicited request from Virginia’s Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) for a research lease offshore Virginia. DMME proposes to design, develop, and […]

  • U.S. Energy Department Invests USD 16 Million to Harness Wave and Tidal Energy

    30 August 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced $16 million for seventeen projects help sustainably and efficiently capture energy from waves, tides and currents. Together, these projects will increase the power production and reliability of wave and tidal devices and help gather […]