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  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    27 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, Sumimoto Corporation, and Banque des Territoires, shareholders of the company Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), have made a final investment decision (FID) for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm represents an investment of around EUR 2.7 billion. The signing of all the financing […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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, […]

  • UK Oil & Gas Operator Eyeing SeaTwirl Floating Wind Tech to Decarbonise Offshore Production

    12 August 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind

    Swedish floating wind turbine developer SeaTwirl has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UK-based oil and gas operator Serica Energy, under which the two companies will explore decarbonising Serica Energy’s offshore assets. With the MoU, the two companies plan to work together on identifying and assessing potential opportunities to decarbonise offshore oil and gas […]

  • Ramboll Establishes Wind Energy Hub in Netherlands

    6 December 2022
    Business & Finance

    After a more than a two-year expansion of its wind business in the US, Japan, Spain, and Poland, Ramboll, a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company, has established a Wind Energy hub in the Netherlands. Ramboll said it will utilise its existing office in Delft but is also contemplating the possibility of establishing new office […]

  • Bekaert Sets Up Partnership for Floating Wind Mooring Solutions

    11 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Bridon-Bekaert has announced an equity investment in TFI Marine which has developed patent-protected load reduction devices for floating offshore wind mooring systems. The Ireland-based TFI Marine has developed SeaSpring, a polymer-based mooring component that the company says reduces the mooring loads and fatigue experienced by floating platforms as a result of wind thrust and wave […]

  • Lithuanian TSO Starts Offshore Wind Integration Feasibility Probe

    21 December 2021
    Grid Connection

    Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid has, in cooperation with Japan’s TEPCO Power Grid, started preparing a study intended to assess technical and economic alternatives for the integration of offshore wind into the power supply system. Lithuania plans to carry out the auction for the integration of the first 700 MW of offshore wind into […]

  • Yale: US Offshore Wind Could Hit a Supply Chain Bottleneck

    4 April 2019
    R&D

    The implementation of U.S. offshore wind targets will not be as simple or, potentially, as green as it may seem since certain issues can “cause a bottleneck in the supply chain”,  according to research by Yale University. Researchers from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies challenged the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) offshore wind plans, focusing specifically […]

  • Iberdrola Adds Three Irish Projects as Its Offshore Wind Pipeline Tops 30 GW

    5 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has agreed to take a majority stake in DP Energy’s 3 GW offshore wind pipeline in Ireland, marking the Spanish energy company’s entry into the Irish offshore wind market. The projects are located in three clusters on the east, west, and south coasts of Ireland, of which some will be eligible for the forthcoming […]

  • Crown Estate Welcomes GIB’s Investment

    1 April 2014

    The Crown Estate has welcomed announcement by the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) to commit £461 million into two of the country’s largest offshore wind projects. The government-backed bank announced that it is to take equity stakes in both the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire and the Gwynt y Môr […]

  • Research and Markets Publishes Wind Energy Report Ed 1 2011 (Ireland)

    12 October 2011

      Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Wind Energy Report Ed 1 2011” report to their offering.  Research and Analysis Highlights: 2010 was a weak year for the wind industry with only 37 GW installed. Once again growth was lead by the Chinese market, which accounted for around one of every two […]

  • 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 […]

  • 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    6 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Eoliennes en Mer des îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) consortium, comprising Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energie, has reached the final investment decision for the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France and thus moved the project into the construction stage. The first offshore operations will take […]

  • 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 […]

  • US State Enters Offshore Wind Cooperation Agreement with Denmark

    11 January 2022
    Authorities

    Denmark’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities has entered into a cooperation agreement on offshore wind with the US state of Virginia, after a few months of working on the agreement with the government of Virginia, together with the Danish Energy Agency and with assistance from the Danish embassy in the US. According to the […]

  • Glennmont Targets Offshore Wind with EUR 850 Million Fund

    6 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    London-based fund manager Glennmont Partners has raised EUR 850 million in its Clean Energy Fund III which will see investments in European offshore wind projects for the first time. Over 70% of Clean Energy Fund III will be invested in projects in the Eurozone with the UK also being an important market. This is the […]

  • DNV GL and Cosco Team Up to Install BorWin Gamma

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    DNV GL has been awarded a contract by Cosco Shipping Company Limited of China for the installation engineering services for the BorWin gamma high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform. The Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT is developing the offshore AC/DC converter platform BorWin gamma as part of the grid connection project BorWin3. A consortium […]