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  • MHI Vestas 9.5MW Turbines in the Game for Japanese Offshore Wind Farm

    6 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Hibiki Wind Energy has identified MHI Vestas as the potential supplier of turbines for the Hibiki-nada offshore wind project in Japan. Hibiki Wind Energy has revealed that MHI Vestas is a candidate to supply its V174-9.5MW turbines for the Japanese project. To remind, in February 2017, the government of Kitakyushu City selected the consortium of […]

  • Sumitomo Acquires 30% Stake in Northwester 2

    29 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    As of 24 August, Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation holds a 30% stake in the Northwester 2 offshore wind project, developed by Parkwind in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. 

  • Dutch, German Wind Minds Team Up for Offshore

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Four Dutch and German consultancies in the field of offshore renewable energy have teamed up and established a new international consultancy company Wind Minds with the objective to combine all their expertise and experience in developing and building new offshore wind farms in North West Europe, America and Asia. One of their first targets are […]

  • BW Offshore Buys Into Ideol

    17 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    The oil & gas services provider BW Offshore has signed a share purchase agreement to become a strategic owner of the floating wind technology developer Ideol. The deal will see BW Offshore obtaining a 50 per cent stake by investing EUR 60 million and the establishment of BW Ideol, a global integrated floating offshore wind […]

  • Ideol Secures EUR 3 Million to Advance Its Floating Foundation

    31 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Ideol has raised more than EUR 3 million in the latest fundraising round, including capital from Tertium investment fund. The newly secured finances will be used to speed up the development of Ideol’s floating wind foundation. Ideol’s floating foundation can be constructed in concrete or steel. It is designed to be compatible with existing commercial offshore wind turbines without […]

  • Tenth Eneco Luchterduinen Foundation Installed, Visitors Witness Piling Work

    4 September 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    On August 31, a ferry from DFDS, which commutes between IJmuiden and Newcastle, had a special day-trip to Dutch wind farms. The highlight was the visit to the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, currently under construction, where at the Aeolus was busy driving the tenth foundation pile into the seabed.This is the first time that […]

  • Hibikinada Offshore Wind Farm Developers Form Special Purpose Company

    28 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The winners of the tender to build the Hibikinada nearshore wind farm off Kitakyushu, Japan, have established a special purpose company (SPC) – Hibiki Wind Energy.

  • Gaelectric, Ideol Unveil Floating Wind Plans for Ireland

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has partnered with Ideol to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in Irish waters using Ideol’s Damping Pool technology.

  • Fraunhofer IWES: Global Offshore Wind Installed Capacity Nearing 7GW

    28 April 2014
    R&D

    In the new “Wind Energy Report Germany 2013” Fraunhofer IWES researchers confirm that offshore wind energy is increasing worldwide. While the UK is leading with 50% offshore market share, more than 2 GW are under construction in Germany. Japan enters the offshore market with prototypes of floating turbines. The offshore wind energy sector has been […]

  • Renewables Employ More than 7.7 Mln People

    26 May 2015
    Training & Education

    More than 7.7 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry, according to a new report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This is an 18 per cent increase from last year’s figure of 6.5 million. The report, Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2015, also provides a […]

  • 2.4 MW Turbine Produces First Power Off Choshi, Japan

    4 March 2013
    Technology

    A big turbine started spinning off Choshi in Chiba prefecture, writes Kyodo News. The 2.4 MW turbine produced its first power on Monday, as it was previously announced that the operation will commence this month. It has been installed within a research project with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). This 126 meter high turbine has […]

  • Japan: GL RC to Certify Kawasaki Heavy’s Tidal Energy Converter

    22 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Tidal energy is a vast resource man has yet to harness. As technology advances into this new, promising realm of renewable energy, GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) is contributing its expertise by certifying Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ (KHI) tidal energy converter prototype. The certification will be carried out according to GL RC’s “Guideline for the Certification […]

  • Synera Enters South Korean Offshore Wind Market

    22 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development

    Taiwan-based Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has joined forces with Moondo Wind Energy (MWE) to develop an offshore wind project in the South Sea of South Korea. The two companies have formed a joint venture called Moondo Offshore Wind Energy. This marks Synera’s entry into the South Korean market and its second expansion beyond Taiwan, following […]

  • IDEOL to Design Japanese Floaters

    17 June 2015
    Technology

    Following the signature of a technology partnership agreement in March, the French start-up IDEOL and the Japanese offshore wind leader Hitachi Zosen (HITZ) have signed an engineering agreement on June 3rd for the design of both a concrete and a steel version of IDEOL’s patented floating foundation adapted to Japanese sea conditions. The companies are […]

  • Offshore Wind Investments to Swell in 2021 with New Markets

    9 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    Investments in offshore wind projects in new and emerging markets next year will result in offshore wind gaining a greater share of the total wind power market globally, according to the latest report from Fitch Solutions. There are currently over 66 GW of offshore wind in pre-construction or construction out of almost 162 GW of […]

  • BNEF: Q3 Clean Energy Investments Plunge as Offshore Wind Investors Take the Summer Off

    10 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Global clean energy investment had its weakest quarter since 2013 between July and September this year, under the impact of a summer lull in offshore wind financings in Europe and a further stage in the slowdown seen this year in project funding in China and Japan, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Investment in renewable […]

  • Goldwind to Roll Out Its 6.7MW Offshore Wind Turbine in Early 2018

    16 November 2017
    Technology

    Goldwind will install a prototype of its GW154/6.7MW offshore wind turbine in early 2018 and plans the turbine’s commercial deployment to take place during the first quarter of 2018, after it launched the GW6S platform in October.

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Sets Up Polish Office

    16 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has set up an office in Warsaw, Poland, to support offshore wind development in the Baltic Sea. To head up its new office in Warsaw, OWC appointed offshore wind consultant Lukasz Sikorski. Sikorski previously held offshore engineering roles at DNV GL, as well as site and project manager roles with Iberdrola. […]

  • Renewable Energy Investments Up 17 Pct

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Global investments in renewable energy rebounded strongly last year, registering a solid 17% increase to $270 Billion in 2014 after two years of declines and brushing aside the challenge from sharply lower crude oil prices. According to UNEP’s 9th annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015, prepared by the Frankfurt School – UNEP collaborating Centre for Climate and […]

  • Highlights of the Month – November 2019

    2 December 2019

    We are bringing you a list of ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of November 2019. Japanese Trio Orders Big Wind Turbine Installer Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capable of installing foundations and turbines with a capacity of between […]

  • Keel Laid for Japan-Bound Hybrid Cable Lay & Construction Vessel

    26 September 2024
    Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has held the keel laying ceremony for what is said to be a highly customized hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel that will serve the Japanese offshore wind market. VARD is building the vessel for Toyo Construction, a Japanese general construction company that operates civil and architecture construction businesses, […]

  • TIPC Unites with Japanese for Offshore Wind Safety

    2 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japanese Nissui Marine Kogyo (NMK) to cooperate on offshore wind safety training. Under the deal, the two parties said they will work together to cultivate international talent for the sector by mutual exchanges, as well as focus on improving the global competitiveness of […]

  • Seaweed Plans for Swansea Tidal Lagoon

    3 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Swansea’s proposed new tidal lagoon could have greater potential than just electricity generation. Selwyn’s Penclawdd Seafoods, who specialises in cockle and laverbread production, is looking to develop a seaweed farm within the lagoons sea walls. “I was looking at ways of revamping the laverbread market and went out to Japan,” Ashley Jones, owner of Selwyn’s, said […]

  • EMO Sells Windea CTV Pair

    28 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has sold its crew transfer vessels (CTVs) Windea One and Windea Two to undisclosed clients. Windea One was handed over to its new owner at the end of September and will in the future be used as a supply vessel in Russian waters off Murmansk. Its sister vessel Windea Two was […]

  • Newly Established Japanese-Korean Joint Venture Sets Sights on Offshore Wind

    10 May 2023
    Business & Finance

    Japan-based Shizen International, a Shizen Energy Group company, has entered into an agreement with South Korea’s INMARK Asset Management and DOHWA Engineering to form a joint venture that will develop energy storage, onshore renewables and offshore wind projects in South Korea.  The joint venture, which will be called Inmark Jayeon Energy, has already identified 2,000 […]

  • Delegations Visit German Offshore Wind Sites

    19 December 2012

    Two international delegations, Representatives from the Iwaki City from the Fukushima prefecture in Japan and Business Representatives of the Norwegian offshore industry, are currently visiting the sites of the German offshore industry. “So many international delegations that we received again show that they take our offshore industry as an example to find solutions for the […]