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  • Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry

    26 December 2014

    Pontoon loaded with offshore wind turbine parts sinks off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea. The 35×11 meters large transporting pontoon sprung a leak while being towed from Stralsund towards Kiel by Bösch tug, and sank almost four kilometers northwest of […]

  • Floating wind turbines: A promising start

    11 October 2012

    The bulk of the current plans for European offshore wind power are intended for construction in the relatively shallow North Sea. However, many European countries, including Portugal, do not border shallow seas. Their sea beds have steep descending slopes and much greater water depths not suited for current techniques. If a viable technique can be […]

  • WPD Joins Australis Energy on Three Wind Projects Offshore Australia

    1 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    WPD offshore Australia Holding GmbH (wpd), part of wpd group, and Australis Energy Ltd have entered into a 50:50 joint venture for three offshore wind energy projects off the coast of Australia. The development of the three projects, located in the coastal waters of the states of Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, with a […]

  • EEW Korea Signs Hai Long Pin Piles Contract

    12 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Hai Long Offshore Wind Project has signed the pin piles fabrication contract with EEW Korea Heavy Pipe Construction (EEW KHPC) after naming the company a preferred supplier back in October 2021. EEW KHPC will provide pin piles for the Hai Long 2B and 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan, for an installed capacity of 744 […]

  • NIRAS Makes Taiwan Stay Permanent

    1 May 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Denmark-headquartered consultancy Niras has opened a permanent office in Taiwan in an effort to facilitate access to this country’s developing offshore wind market.

  • VIDEO: Investment and Future Prognosis (Expertise Hub)

    22 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    It has been projected that global offshore wind expenditure will reach GBP 210 billion (approx. EUR 247 billion) by 2025. Investments in the offshore wind sector depend on the certainty within the market, and this is subject to favourable governmental policies and the industry’s ability to cut down the costs, which create a solid ground […]

  • Korea: ABB Delivers Propulsion Systems for Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    19 October 2012

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently delivered four Azipod C propulsion systems for the Blue Ocean II Wind Turbine Installation Vessel built by Samsung Shipyard in Korea. This is a repeat order from Samsung Shipyard, following a similar scope for the first Blue Ocean Wind Turbine Installation Vessel delivered in September, 2011. […]

  • Vestas: Christian Venderby Appointed New Head of Service

    15 April 2014

    Christian Venderby has been appointed new Group Senior Vice President and Head of Service at Vestas Wind Systems A/S. Christian Venderby, who comes from a position as Senior Vice President Operations at Vestas Americas, enters into his new position on 1 June 2014. Already a significant source of revenue and profit, the service business is […]

  • OPT and MES to Commercialize PowerBuoy

    24 October 2013

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or the “Company”) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (“MES”) today announced that they have signed a new agreement to cooperate in the development and commercialization of OPT’s PowerBuoy® technology. Building on the successful work previously done together by the companies, this agreement sets forth the terms of technology […]

  • Installed Capacity of Energy Storage Systems for Solar, Wind Power Integration to Total 21.8 GW by 2023 (USA)

    30 June 2013
    R&D

    More than 1,300 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power generation capacity are expected to come online in the next 10 years, creating an unprecedented amount of instability on the grid—particularly in key markets within North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific.  As grid operators adapt to increasing levels of variable generation on their systems, […]

  • GE Renewable Energy Names New Offshore Wind CEO

    29 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy has appointed Jan Kjaersgaard as the new CEO of its Offshore Wind business. Kjaersgaard will succeed John Lavelle who is retiring after a 40-year career and plans to stay on board to assist with a transition over the next several months. Kjaersgaard joins GE from FLSmidth, where he was most recently President […]

  • GWEC: 200GW of Offshore Wind by 2030 Is Possible

    26 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The global offshore wind sector has the potential to grow to 200GW of capacity by 2030, according to a new report by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The Global Offshore Wind Report includes a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario which does not incorporate further technical development or opportunities and an upside scenario which captures the additional market potential. […]

  • Frost & Sullivan: OWFs Growth Will Help Compensate Falling Demand for Marine Gensets

    3 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    With most of Europe’s shipbuilding activity migrating to the Asian countries of South Korea, China and Japan, the traditional demand for marine generator sets has dipped. This shift, coupled with the Euro zone recession and financing difficulties, has further deepened the slump in demand for new vessels and thus, marine genset suppliers have been forced […]

  • KIC InnoEnergy Issues ‘Top 10 Energy Innovators in 100 Energy Priorities’ Report

    14 January 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    KIC InnoEnergy has published, together with Questel Consulting, a unique report on innovation to provide an in-depth understanding of the global competitive energy landscape. The Top 10 Energy Innovators in 100 Energy Priorities report is the first to identify and rank the top industry and academic players worldwide at the same time according to their […]

  • USA: GL RC Examines Tropical Cyclones’ Influence on Wind Turbine Design

    7 June 2012
    R&D

    As wind energy production expands around the world, an increasing number of onshore and offshore wind farms are proposed which would lie in tropical cyclone-affected areas, mainly in the U.S., China, Korea and Japan. A properly designed wind farm should be able to withstand the severe storms that are likely to affect it within its […]

  • Iberdrola Seeks to Develop Environmentally Friendly Offshore Wind Farms

    19 August 2022
    Contribution, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Iberdrola has launched a call to the market for start-ups to submit innovative proposals that seek to develop, test, or monitor solutions that take nature into account and that can be applied in an offshore wind farm environment. Iberdrola said that it plans to develop offshore wind farms that will respect nature entirely and enhance […]

  • Offshore Wind Investments Drop in Q1 2017

    12 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The first quarter of this year saw a 60% year-on-year decrease in offshore wind financings, from USD 11.5 billion in Q1 2016 to USD 4.6 billion in Q1 2017, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) report on global clean energy investment.

  • New Market Report on HVDC Stations Available

    4 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Research and Markets has added the “HVDC Converter Station Market by Type, by Technology, by Application and by Geography – Global Trends & Forecasts to 2019” report to their offering. The rapid increase in offshore wind farms and increasing demand for efficient power transmission are some of the drivers of the HVDC converter station market. With […]

  • N-O-S Adds Four Wilson Offshore’s Vessels to Its Fleet

    3 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) will take over the management of four Wilson Offshore’s offshore supply vessels (OSVs) designed for accommodation, cargo transfers, walk-to-work (W2W), survey, and ROV operations. Under a cooperation agreement with the ship owner Wilson Offshore, N-O-S will take over full technical and commercial management over the vessels starting in the third quarter […]

  • Highlights of the Month – April 2020

    1 May 2020

    Three Injured after CTV Hits Turbine at German Offshore Wind Farm Three persons were injured, one seriously, after a crew transfer vessel (CTV) allided with a wind turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Vestas to Lay Off 400 People, Close Temporary Offshore Wind Facility Vestas will stop […]

  • Highlights of the Month – July 2019

    2 August 2019

    Here are the ten most read articles on Offshore WIND for the month of July 2019. Vattenfall Wins Second Dutch Zero Subsidy Offshore Wind Tender The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has selected Vattenfall as the winner of the zero-subsidy Hollandse Kust (Zuid) III & IV offshore wind tender. GE Rolls Out […]

  • Highlights of the Month – March 2019

    2 April 2019

    We are bringing you a list of ten of most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of March. First UK Offshore Wind Project Retires E.ON is set to decommission the two-turbine Blyth offshore wind project, the first wind farm built in UK waters. The work is expected to begin this month and take place for […]

  • BIS Research Publishes Asia-Pacific Wind Energy Market Outlook

    7 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    Business Intelligence and Strategy Research (BIS Research) has recently published a report titled “Asia-Pacific Wind Energy Market Outlook, Focus on Equipment, Deployment and Geography: Estimation and Forecast 2015-2020”. Owing to the increasing energy demands and a dire need for safeguarding measures for the environment, the wind energy market has gained significant traction in the recent past […]

  • Sea Asia 2011 Day Two Continues to See Surge of Visitors; Ship Finance Session a Major Draw (Singapore)

    13 April 2011

    The Sea Asia conference and exhibition, Asia’s iconic show for the maritime sector taking place in Singapore this week, continued at a pace this morning with sessions on finance, the global LNG fleet, and a high-powered array of technical sessions. While visitors to the exhibition at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre continued to click […]

  • 100th Company Signs Wind Energy Charter, Says RenewableUK

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional association for the wind, wave and tidal industries, has announced that 100 companies have now signed up to the first-ever Wind Energy Charter. The Charter sets out the intentions of the industry to invest in the prosperity and energy security of the UK, to provide financial security for families by […]

  • Japanese Vessel Owners Team Up on Offshore Wind Vessel Management

    25 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    “K” Line Wind Service and Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) have entered into an agreement on future collaboration on vessel management in the offshore wind sector. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the companies plan to draw on their expertise in each respective area and management resources to collaborate on the management (operation, maintenance and crewing) of […]