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  • Offshore Wind Turns Europe into Top Green Energy Investor

    19 April 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Two multi-billion dollar offshore wind projects have turned Europe into the strongest performing region in terms of clean energy investments in the first quarter of 2016, according to the data compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The two projects, the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One and the 714MW East Anglia One, which both received final investment […]

  • Cape Wind Fights Back

    29 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Cape Wind Associates has filed a court appeal against the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board’s decision not to extend the company’s permit for two subsea cables that would connect a 468MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound to the mainland. The board decided not to extend the permit by May 2017 based on the developer’s inability to demonstrate that the project will enter construction phase by mid-2017, […]

  • UK: Vestas, GE Lead among Wind Turbine Manufacturers in 2012

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Press release: General Electric of the US and Vestas of Denmark were tied for pole position among turbine manufacturers in the world wind market in 2012 – a record year that saw 48.4GW of new capacity installed. Research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published for clients today, finds that a surge of development activity in […]

  • Cape Wind Project Hits Another Roadblock

    30 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Cape Wind Associates might suffer another setback in their efforts to build a 468MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, after the state’s energy agency recommended that the company’s permit for two underwater power lines should not be extended for two additional years, according to The Boston Globe. The developer said that the decision reached by the […]

  • Vattenfall’s Danish Nearshore Pair Clears Legal Hurdles as UXO Survey Starts

    14 July 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Energy Board of Appeal has completed the processing of a number of complaints filed against the Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) authorisation of Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms. The Board confirmed the DEA’s decisions from 14 December 2020, when the authority granted Vattenfall the permission to build the two wind farms, after an assessment of […]

  • US Offshore WIND Act Gets Another Go

    26 June 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Senator of Massachusetts Edward J. Markey, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin have reintroduced legislation said to spur the growth of offshore wind in the U.S. by extending tax credits for the renewable energy industry. The Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development (WIND) Act would extend the 30% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for offshore wind through 2025. Offshore wind […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Urges Governor Christie to Sign S988

    24 March 2016

    Fishermen’s Energy has asked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to sign the bill S988, and thus open the way for job creation in the offshore wind industry.  Ten days ago, the bill, which requires New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to provide new application periods for qualified wind energy projects, passed the state’s Senate. However, the biggest […]

  • WFO Says China Connected 12.7 GW of Offshore Wind in 2021

    17 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A report just released by World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) states that China connected 12.7 GW of new offshore wind capacity to its grid last year. This is 4.2 GW less than reported last month based on data from China’s National Energy Administration. China grew with 12,689 MW of newly installed capacity during 2021, increasing […]

  • Germany: REpower to Streamline Organization and Cut up to 750 Jobs

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    REpower Systems SE, a leading manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines and part of the Suzlon Group, announced today that it was streamlining the organization to be a leaner, more efficient and competitive company. Andreas Nauen, CEO – REpower Systems SE, said: “The plans I am announcing will allow REpower to better meet today’s […]

  • USA: Congress Urged to Support Wind Power

    12 December 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    35 Minnesota business leaders, elected officials, sportsmen, and environmental groups delivered a letter to Congress asking them to extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the Offshore Wind Investment Tax Credit (ITC) before they expire at the end of the year.  “Clean energy, including wind power, is an important part of our state […]

  • Lamprell Plans Facility Upgrade to Meet Offshore Wind Surge

    19 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Lamprell is set to make incremental investments in equipment and operational set-up at its Hamriyah facility in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to a growing number of planned offshore wind projects. According to Lamprell, the decision comes as a number of significant offshore wind projects are expected to be sanctioned over the coming 5-10 years. […]

  • 8,000 Tonnes of HKZ Alpha Cables Arrive in Rotterdam

    28 July 2020
    Grid Connection

    More than 8,000 tonnes of high voltage cables for the connection of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Alpha offshore platform to the onshore grid arrived at the Port Rotterdam on 19 July. The cables, which Hellenic Cables sent from Greece at the beginning of July, were transported by Acta Marine’s CC Atlantique barge, chartered by […]

  • UK OW Content Target Challenge Due to Cost-Cutting Pressure

    11 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Having 60% of UK offshore wind content provided by local firms is challenging due to constant pressure to cut costs, according to Seacat Services’ Managing Director, Ian Baylis. Baylis gives the example of Scottish manufacturer BiFab which has reportedly lost a major offshore wind contract to yards in Belgium, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. “The […]

  • USA: MAKE Predicts Wind Energy Uncertainty after 2016

    13 April 2015

    MAKE expects more than 55GW of wind power capacity to be commissioned in North America from 2015 to 2024. Policy-driven growth in the near term will subside and LCOE and economic drivers will become increasingly important. In the US, the expired federal PTC underpins 13.4GW of growth in 2015 and 2016, preceding policy uncertainty and […]

  • OHT to Transport UAE-Made Moray East Jackets

    23 September 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has awarded Norway’s OHT with a contract to transport 48 jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm from the United Arab Emirates to Scotland. OHT will transport the 45 wind turbine jackets and three offshore transformer module (OTM) jackets from Lamprell’s fabrication yard in the UAE to the Port of Nigg in […]

  • Maersk Training Launches New GWO Refresher Courses

    14 April 2014
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has initiated five new Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Basic Safety Training Refresher (BSTR) courses. The new courses cover Manual Handling, First Aid, Fire Awareness, Work at Height and Sea Survival and are obligatory for all GWO trained personnel who wish to continue working in the Wind industry after their initial certification has expired. […]

  • New York Kicks Off Its First Offshore Wind Competition, Seeks 800MW

    9 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has issued a solicitation seeking 800MW or more of new offshore wind projects, which will lead to the state having its first large-scale offshore wind development contracts in place in the spring of 2019.

  • Germany Should Take Strategic Approach to Tendering First Offshore Green Hydrogen Production Area, Industry Says

    3 February 2023
    Industry

    German offshore wind and hydrogen industry associations have called on the German government to strategically plan the first offshore green hydrogen production tender so it could be a stepping stone to the fast roll-out of further such projects, bringing large quantities of green hydrogen. In January, Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) released the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa’s Gearboxes for MHI Vestas-Powered Princess Amalia OWF

    4 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has won a tender for the supply of gearboxes for Eneco’s ten-year-old Princess Amalia offshore wind farm (Prinses Amaliawindpark) that features 60 V80-2.0MW wind turbines delivered by Vestas and maintained by MHI Vestas, which will continue to carry out the regular preventive maintenance for the next five years.

  • Maersk Launches New Company Dedicated to Offshore Wind

    3 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Maersk Supply Service has launched Maersk Offshore Wind, a new company that will provide installation services to the offshore wind market based on a new offshore wind installation vessel (Maersk WIV) concept. The design and concept are estimated to reduce the installation time of offshore wind turbines substantially compared to conventional methods, thereby lowering the […]

  • Allocation: Belgian offshore wind zone blessing in disguise

    9 January 2012

    When the Belgian government allocated the zones for offshore wind farms, it heralded an unexpected boost for the sector. Yet success can turn into decline when the concession expires after twenty years of operation. The Brussels government not only made this stipulation but also that the offshore wind farm in question will have to be […]

  • Jan De Nul’s Mega Jack-Up Sets Sail from UAE to Europe

    29 March 2023
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul’s new jack-up vessel, Voltaire, has left Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where it underwent further commissioning and project-specific adjustments ahead of its first assignment, and is now on its way to Europe. The vessel’s first deployment will be on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project offshore the UK, the world’s […]

  • BNEF: Offshore Wind Financing Skyrockets in 2020

    13 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind financings in the first six months of 2020 totaled USD 35 billion, up by a record 319% year-on-year, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF). The BNEF data shows that offshore wind had by far its busiest half-year ever for final investment decisions, well above 2019’s record full-year figure, a revised USD 31.9 billion. The first […]

  • April 2017 – Ignition Month for Future OWFs in Europe

    4 April 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    The UK launched the second Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction on 3 April, the same day the deadline was set for developers to place bids at Germany’s first competitive offshore wind tender. This month is significant for offshore wind in France as well, as the selection phase of the country’s new competitive dialogue tendering process will begin.

  • First Moray East OWF Jacket Foundations Arrive at Port of Nigg

    4 May 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy load carrier OHT Osprey has arrived in the Port of Nigg with the first eight jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm. The jackets, manufactured by Lamprell in the United Arab Emirates, are the first of the total of 45 that the company will ship to the UK for the Moray […]

  • Vattenfall Wins Kriegers Flak Tender with EUR 49.9 per MWh Bid

    9 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the tender to build the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea with the lowest ever bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh, 58% below the original cap of EUR 120 per MWh. “The announcement is an essential milestone for our ambition to increase our production […]