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  • The Netherlands: Demand Increases for Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Office

    16 February 2012

    This year Amarcon noticed an increase in orders for her hydrodynamic analysis software: OCTOPUS-Office. In the last few months major companies within the maritime industry like Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC), Mammoet and RWE Innogy placed an order for the software. Newcomer within the industry Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH and maritime consultants like […]

  • Paul Schoenmakers, Business Developer at TWD in Navingo Career Podcast

    6 May 2022
    Operations & Maintenance

    Paul Schoenmakers, Business Developer at TWD was guest in the Navingo Career Podcast to share his journey at TWD so far, his experience working in the offshore energy sector, and how TWD cultivates their open workplace culture. TWD is a creative engineering company that specializes in designing customized mission equipment and temporary works. They develop […]

  • WindEurope: Floating Offshore Wind Ripe for Industrial Scale Roll-Out

    8 June 2017
    Technology

    Floating offshore wind is no longer consigned to the laboratory: it’s a viable technology ready to be rolled out on an industrial scale, according to the latest report from WindEurope released today at the Offshore Wind Energy 2017 event in London.

  • Total Offshore Wind Capacity Expected to Reach 120 GW by 2026, IEA Says

    3 January 2022
    Business & Finance

    Cumulative offshore wind capacity is forecast to more than triple by 2026, reaching almost 120 GW, according to the Renewables 2021 – Analysis and forecasts to 2026 report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). We are going to end this year with offshore wind additions reaching 11 GW, almost double compared with last year, according […]

  • Mooreast Quadruples Production Capacity with Major Facility Acquisition

    18 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Singapore-based Mooreast has revealed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mooreast Asia, intends to acquire a 98,919 square metres facility from a subsidiary of Seatrium, quadrupling its production capacity in Singapore to serve the floating offshore renewable sector. Mooreast expects to complete the proposed acquisition and commence operations at the new facility by the end of 2024. […]

  • Parkwind and Alinta to Jointly Develop 1+ GW Offshore Wind Farm in Australia

    24 April 2024
    Business development, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Alinta Energy and Parkwind, a subsidiary of JERA Nex, have agreed to join forces to develop the 1+ GW Spinifex offshore wind farm in the Southern Ocean Region Declared Area in South West Victoria, Australia. Under the agreement, Alinta Energy and JERA Nex, the newly launched renewable energy company created by JERA, will apply their […]

  • OWC to Acquire Danish Offshore Wind Consultancy Company

    26 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Offshore Wind Consultants, an ABL Group company headquartered in London, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of Denmark-based offshore wind consultancy, Delta Wind Partners (DWP). The acquisition, expected to close in the third quarter, is said to expand OWC’s technical offering in wind turbines and in consultancy at […]

  • MHI Vestas Goes Back to Black

    4 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas recorded EUR 30 million net profit in the third quarter of 2020. The company’s revenue stood at EUR 508 million for the period, an increase of EUR 109 million compared to the same quarter last year. The revenue in the third quarter was driven by the delivery of 42 […]

  • Wind Energy Sector Employs 1.1 Million People Worldwide

    15 June 2016

    With Global Wind Day being celebrated today (15 June), it is only appropriate to bring out the statistics from IRENA’s “Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2016” report, which shows that wind energy saw an employment increase of 5% in 2015 and that there are now 1.1 million people working in the sector. Renewable energy in […]

  • Marco Polo Enters South Korean Offshore Wind Market

    11 January 2023
    Vessels

    Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine has formed partnerships with Namsung Shipping and HA Energy to jointly pursue offshore wind vessel projects in South Korea. The parties will work together to own and operate suitable support vessels like CTVs, SOVs, and CSOVs to service the growing offshore wind market in the region. Namsung Shipping is South Korea’s […]

  • Turner Iceni Starts CTV Ops at Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

    3 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Turner Iceni has been awarded a crew transfer vessel (CTV) contract for the Galloper offshore wind farm. The company started operations on 1 March. Under the initial two-year contract with Galloper Wind Farm, Turner Iceni is providing 24/7 support in the form of vessels and crew, which led to the creation of three new full-time […]

  • Dutch and Polish Companies Enter Offshore Wind Partnership

    19 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Netherlands-based SeaZip Offshore Service has signed a consortium agreement with PŻB Offshore to jointly offer services to the Polish offshore wind market. ‘We have recently been actively engaged in building a network and gaining knowledge about the developing Offshore Energy market in Poland. We aim to build international capabilities to provide a service fleet for […]

  • E.ON to Invest in Airborne Wind Tech Demo Site. Teams Up with Ampyx Power

    11 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    E.ON has announced that it will invest in the development of a demonstration site for airborne wind technology in County Mayo in Ireland, and that it entered into a collaboration agreement with Ampyx Power as the first user of the test site.

  • UK: MHI Testing Digital Hydraulic Drive Train for OW Turbines

    5 February 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) yesterday begun onshore verification testing of a large-scale (MWT167H/7.0) digital hydraulically driven offshore wind turbine at the Hunterston Test Centre in the United Kingdom. The wind turbine was developed with support from Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), the UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) and […]

  • Top News of 2017 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2018

    The Offshore WIND editorial team brings you a list of what, in our opinion, were the most significant developments in the offshore wind industry in 2017. Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for […]

  • Acteon’s MENCK Unveils New Hammer for Offshore Wind Monopiles

    3 October 2024
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    MENCK, a brand in marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon, has unveiled the MHU 6000W Wind Hammer, a tool designed to handle larger, longer, and heavier piles for offshore wind farms. The Wind Hammer is engineered to drive larger piles in tougher environments and install longer piles in deeper waters, to enable the deployment […]

  • UK: Tocardo to Present Tidal Power at ‘All-Energy’ Conference

    22 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Tocardo International, the leading producer of hydro-power turbines, will make the case for tidal power at the international All-Energy conference in Aberdeen on 23 & 24 May. The Dutch hydro-power specialist is one of the first companies in the world to deliver a complete tidal technology and sell its water turbines commercially. Earlier this year, […]

  • MHI Vestas 9MW Platform to Be Typhoon Ready in 2020

    15 May 2018
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has confirmed that its 9MW turbine platform will be typhoon ready in 2020, in time for all offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Siemens Gamesa Tweaks 8MW Turbine for Asia-Pacific Markets

    18 September 2018
    Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has modified its new SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbine to address conditions across the Asia-Pacific region.

  • US Establishing New Center of Excellence to Accelerate Offshore Wind Deployment

    9 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) is investing USD 4.75 million to establish a new national center of excellence to accelerate offshore wind energy deployment nationwide. The Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW), led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst with approximately 40 partners, will focus on workforce development, targeted research, […]

  • Project to Develop Offshore Lifting Equipment Gets Financial Push

    14 December 2023
    R&D, Technology

    A project consortium led by Nekkar has conditionally been awarded a NOK 75.2 million (EUR 6.5 million) grant to develop remote-controlled, self-hoisting lifting equipment for the offshore wind industry. The Nekkar-led consortium also includes Kongsberg Maritime, DOF, an undisclosed global wind farm developer, GCE Node, NORCE, Sustainable Energy Catapult Center, Sintef Ocean, and the University […]

  • BW Ideol In Talks to Raise EUR 40 Million for Floating Wind Development

    22 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    Norway-headquartered BW Ideol and French state-owned investment company ADEME Investissement have agreed to enter into exclusive negotiations for EUR 40 million in funding by ADEME Investissement for BW Ideol’s project development activities. Under the agreed terms, BW Ideol will transfer its co-development project portfolio to a newly created subsidiary DevCo, subject to the approval of […]

  • EU to Meet 31 pct of Climate Target by 2020 (Belgium)

    9 November 2011

    European wind power production will meet a massive 31% of the emissions reduction required by the current EU climate target. Today the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published a new report revealing that by 2020, the EU wind industry would avoid 342 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 31% of the EU’s target of reducing […]

  • Minesto’s Plant Designed for Low Velocity Currents Produces First Power

    13 November 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Minesto has achieved a “first time ever” in harnessing the potential of tidal energy resources with its project off Northern Ireland. The company’s Deep Green ‘underwater kite’ marine power plant designed for low velocity currents has produced electricity at sea for the first time. Deep Green is the only known power plant in the world […]

  • Taiwan Further Jeopardising Offshore Wind Plans?

    11 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Taiwanese government watchdog, Control Yuan, has issued a report which is said to point to a number of shortcomings in the country’s offshore wind development plan, according to local media.

  • Masdar and KEPCO Form Offshore Wind, Clean Energy Partnership

    8 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Environment, Industry

    The UAE-based Masdar and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities in offshore wind energy and other clean energy sectors. The MoU was signed by Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar, and Seung-il Cheong, President and CEO of KEPCO, at a ceremony in Korea, Masdar said […]