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  • Statoil Eyes Floating Wind Opportunities off U.S. and Japan

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has identified Japan the U.S. states of California and Hawaii as prime markets for the development of floating wind farms, Irene Rummelhoff, the Norwegian energy company’s head of New Energy Solutions told Reuters.

  • Ideol Raises EUR 8 Million, Attracts Familiar Names

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    French floating offshore wind developer Ideol has raised an additional EUR 8 million in financing to boost growth and accelerate international development.

  • Shoreline Offshore Wind Design Simulation Solution Comes to Japan

    11 March 2020
    Technology

    The Japanese Pacifico Energy has selected Shoreline’s construction and O&M design simulation solution for early phase modeling of offshore wind farms. According to Shoreline, Pacifico Energy can now fast and accurately model, assess and optimize bottom fixed and floating offshore wind farms business case scenarios. The solution is said to take into regard strategy development, […]

  • Japan’s ENEOS Joins Floating Offshore Wind Project in Norway

    18 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    ENEOS Renewable Energy (ERE), the renewable arm of the Japanese energy giant ENEOS Holdings, has become a partner in the GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project in Norway by acquiring a 20 per cent shareholding in the project from Odfjell Oceanwind. This is ERE’s first overseas offshore wind project and the second floating offshore wind farm […]

  • Japan’s INPEX Buys Stakes in Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    7 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    INPEX Corporation has agreed to enter a stock transfer agreement with Diamond Generating Europe B.V. (DGE-NL), a Dutch-registered, wholly-owned second generation subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, and acquire a 50 per cent stake in the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm and a 15 per cent stake in the Borssele III/IV offshore wind farm operating off the coast […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • PaxOcean Clinches Deal for New Cable Laying Vessel to Bolster Japan’s Offshore Wind

    8 January 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Singapore-based shipbuilding player PaxOcean has landed a contract with Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction to construct a 14,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) cable laying vessel (CLV), seen as a “key project” in Japan’s offshore wind industry. According to PaxOcean, the vessel is expected to be delivered in February 2028. The deal was formalised on 3 December 2024, with the signing […]

  • Enefit Green, Sumitomo Part Ways on Estonian Offshore Wind Project

    14 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Enefit Green has agreed with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to terminate their partnership in the development of the Liivi Bay offshore wind farm in Estonia. The decision follows thorough joint discussions on the offshore wind outlook in Estonia and assessment of the current market and regulatory conditions. In recent months, both parties started to work on […]

  • Offshore Wind in Asia: Following in Europe’s Footsteps?

    23 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    The following article is a guest post by Peter Thompson, East Asia Energy Leader at Arup, a global engineering and consultancy company. The article discusses the growing offshore wind sector in Asia, applying and refining lessons learned from Europe, as well as the region’s potential in floating wind. Asia’s offshore wind market is expected to […]

  • JERA Buys Majority Stake in Formosa 2

    9 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    JERA is set to acquire a 49% equity interest in the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, the Japanese utility revealed shortly after it had secured joint control over the project with Macquarie and Swancor. Macquarie will hold a 26% stake and Swancor will hold 25% of the 376MW wind project located offshore Miaoli County in the Taiwan Strait. The […]

  • 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. 

  • 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 […]

  • Seatrium to Build Heavy Lift Vessel for Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction

    11 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Seatrium has revealed that its subsidiary has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) to build a heavy lift vessel to serve the Japanese offshore wind market. Seatrium’s subsidiary signed a LoI with the Japanese company to carry out early engineering work for a 5,000-tonne fully-revolving heavy lift vessel. Subject to the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wpd Awards Bird Survey Contract for Yunlin Offshore Wind Project

    9 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    Wpd Taiwan and WeatherRisk Explore Inc. have signed a turnkey bird survey contract for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This March, wpd appointed WeatherRisk Explore to be responsible for the long-term and continuous bird surveys to understand the relationship between the wind farm’s operations and the surrounding bird ecology. According to the companies, […]

  • 42 Nobelwind Turbines Installed, 8 to Go

    15 March 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    42 out of 50 MHI Vestas V112-3.3MW turbines have been installed at the 165MW Nobelwind offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea, Parkwind, the developer and part owner of the wind farm, reports.

  • EDF Renewables, MOL Ink Offshore Wind and Green Hydrogen MoU

    4 October 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Japan-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and EDF Renewables have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on offshore wind and green hydrogen business development. With this MoU, both partners agree to collaborate and bring together their respective and complementary knowledge and experience in offshore wind energy as well as in green hydrogen solutions. “As […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Highlights of the Month – June 2020

    1 July 2020

    We bring you the ten most-read articles on OffshoreWIND.biz for the month of June 2020. Aegir Suffers Dropfall Incident Offshore Taiwan Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir experienced a dropfall incident off the coast of Taiwan on 15 June at 16:42 local time. Siemens Gamesa 14 MW Turbine to Make European Debut Offshore […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]