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  • German Conference to Focus on Challenges and Future Development of Offshore Cabling

    24 February 2012
    Grid Connection

    One of the key elements in the successful construction of an offshore wind park is the skilful installation of cables – a complicated task that is often subject to huge repair costs. Cable damage causes over 70% of all insurance claims on installed wind parks, which shows that there is great need for improving the […]

  • GE and LM Wind Power Join Project to Develop Recycling Solutions for Turbine Blades

    10 March 2023
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    LM Wind Power and GE Renewable Energy are joining twelve partners in the Blades2Build (B2B) project to develop new recycling solutions for manufacturing waste as well as end-of-life blades. By 2030, the European onshore and offshore wind energy market is expected to increase by approximately 40 per cent. With few commercially viable recycling options available […]

  • Gamesa Opens Technology Lab in Singapore

    7 April 2011

    Gamesa, a global leader in wind energy technology, opened a technology centre in Singapore today to focus on advanced materials research. The new laboratory begins its work with three important research projects, conducted jointly with the Nanyang Technological University, the National University of Singapore and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Gamesa expects […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Merwede Has Positive Sales Forcast for This Year

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    IHC Merwede has revealed a healthy net profit margin of 4.1% per cent in 2012 and a positive sales forecast for the year ahead. The company develops and builds innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support services for the dredging, mining and offshore industries, which have been performing well – despite the global economic situation […]

  • USA: Fishermen’s Energy Places Wind Sentinel Buoy in Federal Waters

    6 June 2013

    After more than a year of preparations and near-shore testing, the Fishermen’s Energy Wind Sentinel buoy was relocated from a test site near Atlantic City to an offshore area leased from the U. S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Located eleven miles east of Ocean City, NJ, this site is within […]

  • LS Cable & System to Build ‘Largest US Subsea Cable Factory’ in Virginia

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    South Korea-based offshore wind cable manufacturer, LS Cable & System, has decided to build a manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, which the company says will be the largest factory of this kind in the United States. The factory will be built on a brownfield site in Chesapeake that spans some […]

  • Crown Estate Regulates Seabed Archaeological Discoveries

    5 September 2014

    The Crown Estate, manager of the UK seabed, has launched a Protocol for archaeological discoveries that have been uncovered on the seabed through offshore renewables activity. The offshore renewables ‘Protocol for Archaeological Discoveries’, initially implemented in draft form by Wessex Archaeology in 2010, has already helped to protect over 400 discoveries, such as peat and […]

  • U.S. Atlantic Coast States Choose Renewables over Drilling

    29 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has recently released a draft strategy for offshore oil and gas leasing, which has shown that a significant number of officials representing eastern coastal states disapprove the plan, recommending renewable energy, especially wind power, as a better solution that would create more jobs and energy than drilling.  Atlantic region in the […]

  • Aquamarine Power: Ocean Energy on European Horizon

    8 October 2014
    Technology

    At the Ocean Energy Europe conference in Paris last week the atmosphere was quite upbeat. Of course, the major challenge in the industry remains – principally funding technology development. The good news is that Europe is taking ocean energy seriously. It will not be on the same stage as funding for the nuclear industry or […]

  • WindEurope Warns Against Negative Bidding (Again) as Germany, Netherlands Bag EUR 4 Billion Through Offshore Wind Tenders

    27 June 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    European wind energy industry organisation, WindEurope, has warned that the negative bidding approach will lead to the bid costs falling onto the supply chain and/or electricity consumers after Germany and the Netherlands closed their latest offshore wind tenders, securing nearly EUR 4 billion in total through winning bids. “The negative bidding amounts are a straight […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Pipeline Doubles in a Year

    22 June 2022
    Industry, R&D

    The global pipeline of offshore wind projects which are operational, under construction, consented, or being planned has almost doubled over the past twelve months, from 429 GW in 2021 to 846 GW today, new research published by RenewableUK shows. Europe has a pipeline of 350 GW (with 26 GW fully operational) and the pipeline in […]

  • Accommodation far at sea

    5 April 2012

    With wind farms getting bigger and bigger it means that the need for materials and personnel is also growing. The previous article described this growth in the need for support vessels sailing to and from wind farms under construction, or needing maintenance, transferring materials and personnel. But when do the support vessels stop being the only solution for transferring […]

  • New Zealand Gov’t Plans to Have Offshore Renewables Regulations In Place by 2024, Temporarily Halts Granting Oil Exploration Permits

    16 December 2022
    Authorities

    “Ensuring we have the right settings in place to encourage development of offshore renewable infrastructure will enable us to deliver net zero emissions by 2050”. – Megan Woods, New Zealand Energy and Resources Minister New Zealand’s Government has put proposals for the development of offshore renewable energy up for public consultation as part of a […]

  • A look back at the development of OWC

    17 October 2016

    As we are gearing up for the Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) we want to take you back a couple of months to how we developed the program together with our OWC advisor and partner Chris Westra. Looking back we asked Westra to reminisce on the initial idea of the program. “Our starting point was to […]

  • Global Wind Power Potential (Switzerland)

    24 June 2011
    R&D

    A growing number of global wind resource assessments have demonstrated that the world’s technical potential for wind power exceeds current global electricity production. The theoretical potential for wind, as estimated by the global annual flux, has been estimated at 6,000 EJ/yr (Rogner et al., 2000). The global technical potential for wind energy, meanwhile, is not […]

  • Technology Partnership With Siemens (Norway)

    9 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Statoil and Siemens have signed a technology development cooperation agreement. The partnership will initially embrace wind power, subsea technology, electrical engineering technology and energy efficiency measures. Cooperation between the companies facilitates the development of future path-breaking technology. Based on complementary user needs and technological opportunities we aim at developing technological solutions that contribute to more […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Supply 12 Per Cent of Vietnam’s Power by 2035 – World Bank Group

    10 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Training & Education

    Offshore wind has the potential to supply 12 per cent of Vietnam’s electricity by 2035, according to the Offshore Wind Roadmap for Vietnam launched by the World Bank Group. The roadmap provides strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in Vietnam It was prepared, under contract to the World Bank, by BVG Associates in […]

  • Regen SW: Who Actually Owns UK Offshore Wind?

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Regen SW published an article titled “UK Offshore wind: Who actually owns it?” today. You can read the article below. Recent weeks have seen mixed news for the offshore wind sector in the UK, including the positive announcement of the final investment decision for 588 MW Beatrice and the more disappointing news that the Neart na Gaoithe […]

  • Pelamis Wave Power​ Gets Green Light for Western Isles’ First Wave Farm (UK)

    12 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Pelamis Wave Power, the world’s most advanced wave energy company, has secured an agreement for lease from The Crown Estate to develop a wave farm, large enough to power some 7,000 homes on average – more than meeting the average electricity requirements of Stornoway. The 10MW lease is for a site located off the […]

  • Woman at work: building connections

    25 July 2014

    The number of women working in the offshore wind industry might not be growing in proportion to the growth of the industry itself, but there is a significant minority of women who are to be found in the engineering related jobs and actually going offshore. Offshore WIND met Annelie Doedens who is one of this […]

  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • Edward Davey: Independent Scotland Would See Large Electricity Bills

    13 December 2012
    Authorities

    Scottish homes would see significantly increased electricity bills if it becomes independent, because the country would bear the cost of renewable energy subsidies and infrastructure, which are now distributed across the United Kingdom, Energy Secretary Edward Davey said in his speech held at an energy conference organised by the Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh. Following is […]

  • GCube Insurance: Offshore Wind Needs to Mitigate Supply Chain Risks to Ensure Longevity of Sector

    15 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    While offshore wind has performed strongly during the pandemic, continuing with next to no business interruption, the sector still faces some significant supply chain risks. This is according to an insurance company specialising in renewable energy, one of few businesses with the capability to comprehensively assess the offshore wind industry through this lens. Over the […]

  • Taiwan, The New Fulcrum of Offshore Wind Investments

    4 March 2019

    By Mr. Giordano Toninelli – Area Sales Manager – Faccin SPA Introduction Wind energy business has an historical background in Europe due to the high number of wind farms installed in the Old Continent, but in recent times the focus of offshore wind investments is starting to shift from Europe to Asia. Wind energy business […]

  • Robotic Offshore Wind Maintenance Team Earns Its Wings – Video

    14 July 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    A project in the UK has proven the concept for robotic teams repairing offshore wind farms, paving the way for human-robot teams at wind farms within ten years, and wind farms designed for robotic maintenance by 2050, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult said. The GBP 4 million MIMRee project, which was funded by Innovate […]

  • Fishermen Urge Dong Energy to Protect Fishing Grounds (UK)

    2 December 2011
    Environment

    DEVELOPERS are being urged to protect fishing grounds after the Government approved a wind farm off the East Yorkshire coast, reports the Hull Daily Mail. The wind farm, to the north of the Humber estuary, would be developed at Westermost Rough, five miles off Tunstall, near Withernsea. Developer Dong Energy will now press ahead with […]