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  • Strainstall Wraps Up Intelligent Fender System Trial at Greater Gabbard OWF

    27 April 2015
    Technology

    Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has completed the world’s first Intelligent Fender System (IFS) trial with energy companies SSE and RWE at their Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. The Intelligent Fender System is an in-house developed technology which provides accurate and recordable data to improve safety and increase operational efficiency for vessels and offshore wind […]

  • Mines Professor to Design Foundations for Korean Wind Farm

    27 August 2014
    Technology

    Off the shores of South Korea, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology professor Sangchul Bang is making history. Designing suction pile foundations for a 2,500-megawatt (MW) wind farm, his nearly $200,000 contract with Korea Electric Power Corporation Research Institute (KEPRI) will result in foundations for 500 windmills ranging from 3 MW to 7 MW […]

  • GWEC Forms Offshore Wind Taskforce for Non-European Markets

    26 September 2018

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has created a new Offshore Wind Taskforce to accelerate the development of offshore wind technology in non-European markets such as Asia and North America.

  • Northern Ireland Wants in on GB’s Offshore Wind Contract for Difference Scheme

    20 December 2021
    Authorities

    The government of Northern Ireland is currently working with the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to explore whether the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, currently operating in Great Britain, could be extended to include Northern Ireland, which is eyeing to be included in the next CfD allocation round in 2023. Northern […]

  • UK Prime Minister: Offshore Wind to Power Every Home by 2030

    6 October 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out commitments to ensure that offshore wind will produce more than enough electricity to power every home in the country by 2030, based on current electricity usage, boosting the government’s previous 30 GW target to 40 GW. The commitments, part of the Build Back Greener initiative, also include […]

  • Esvagt Accepts Delayed SOV Delivery from Havyard

    12 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Danish offshore support specialist Esvagt has contributed to an economic rescue package for the Havyard shipyard, the builder of the company’s next three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs), and has accepted a delay in delivery. The delay in the delivery was caused by the Norwegian shipbuilder experiencing ”financial whirlwinds” , Esvagt said. Offshore WIND reached out […]

  • Noordzeker Consortium to Refine Dutch Offshore Wind Project Before July

    12 June 2024
    Authorities, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Noordzeker consortium, one of the winners of the latest offshore wind auction in the Netherlands, will look to refine the 2 GW project before filing the decision on whether to progress development to the Dutch government, which is required by July 2024. As reported earlier, Noordzeker, the consortium comprising SSE Renewables, Dutch pension fund […]

  • CIP Forms Alliance with Stiesdal, Targeting Floating Offshore Wind Growth

    23 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Stiesdal Offshore and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have entered into a partnership to drive innovation and cost efficiency in floating offshore wind. According to the companies, the partners will work to establish Stiesdal Offshore as a long-term leader in the floating wind industry. As part of the partnership, CIP’s Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V) fund […]

  • California Offshore Wind Energy Area Reaches New Milestone

    12 January 2022
    Authorities, Environment

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the potential impacts from future commercial leasing and related site characterization and assessment activities within the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore California. The Humboldt WEA is approximately 206 square miles that, if developed, could bring up to 1.6 […]

  • Busy Summer at East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects

    24 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables is planning to start a number of onshore and offshore surveys this summer as part of the 900MW East Anglia Two and the 800MW East Anglia One North offshore wind projects.

  • Dutch Government to Open 4 GW IJmuiden Ver Tender on 29 February 2024; Specifies Ecological Criteria

    3 November 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch government will open the application period for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta tender on 29 February 2024 and will accept proposals until 5 p.m. on 28 March. On 3 November, the government also informed about the additional criteria that will be part of the tender requirements. In the first quarter of 2024, […]

  • Van Oord Installs Inter-Array Cables at Hollandse Kust Noord

    21 July 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed installing and burying inter-array cables at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus and trencher Dig-It, a remotely-operated vehicle operated from Subsea Viking, have installed a web of 69 inter-array cables measuring 140 kilometres in total. The offshore wind farm is […]

  • Ingka Buys Stake in 6 GW Finnish Offshore Wind Portfolio from OX2

    12 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish developer OX2 has agreed with Ingka Investments to sell a 49 per cent stake in its three offshore wind projects in Finland with a total installed capacity of about 6,000 MW. The three projects are Halla, Laine, and Tyrsky located in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. With a combined […]

  • Borssele 1&2 Fully Commissioned

    27 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, Borssele 1&2, has been fully commissioned. Located 22 kilometres off the coast of the province of Zeeland, the 752 MW project has now become the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and the second-largest operating offshore wind farm in the world, providing enough green electricity to […]

  • Green Jade to Put Waste Heat from Its Engines to Good Use

    19 November 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    The Green Jade floating heavy lift installation vessel, owned by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) and currently under construction at CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, will be equipped with a system for recovery of green electricity from the waste heat of its engines. German company Orcan Energy, specialising in technology for conversion of waste heat into electricity, will […]

  • Next Phase of Seagreen Onshore Cabling Work Set to Start

    5 October 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The next phase of the onshore cable works for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland is set to start at Carnoustie Golf Links in the coming days, according to Angus Council. In August, the Seagreen team begun preparatory works for the onshore cabling project with early compound set up works at Carnoustie. The following […]

  • EIB to Ditch Fossil Fuels, Focus on Clean Energy Investments

    15 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to support EUR 1 trillion of investments in climate action and environmental sustainability from 2021 to 2030 as part of a new energy lending policy. Following the approval of the revised energy lending policy, the EIB stated it will no longer consider new financing for unabated, fossil fuel […]

  • US Interior Department Reorganizes Interbureau Offshore Wind Tasks

    18 January 2023
    Authorities

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has shifted responsibility for offshore renewable energy-related safety and environmental protections from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Some key authorities that are transferred to BSEE include, but are not limited to: evaluating and overseeing facility design, fabrication, […]

  • Iberdrola Connects First Turbine at WoDS

    25 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Via its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola is making progress on its first major offshore wind power project, the West of Duddon Sands wind farm (WoDS), in the United Kingdom. The company is carrying out this initiative in a joint venture with Danish firm Dong Energy. The first turbines at this offshore wind farm have […]

  • Denmark: Energinet.dk Seeks Subsea Cabling Services

    13 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Energinet.dk is calling for expression of interest for the supply and installation of the Kriegers Flak subsea cabling. Suppliers of electrical substations, especially direct current systems, and high voltage cables have long delivery times. That is why Energinet.dk is out early to ensure deliveries of technical installations, which will form the grid connection for 600 […]

  • Denmark: Vestas Appoints Anders Runevad as Group President & CEO

    23 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Vestas Wind Systems A/S appoints Anders Runevad as new Group President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He succeeds Ditlev Engel who will leave the company. Ditlev Engel has been with the company since 2005 and has during the past 1½ years focused his efforts on leading Vestas’ extensive restructuring programme. “Following the recent measures taken, […]

  • UK: Strainstall’s OVMS Completes Sea Trials

    24 June 2013

    Strainstall’s new Offshore wind farm Vessel Management System (OVMS) provides the potential for significant improvements in the numerous transfer vessel movements that support operation and maintenance activities in the offshore wind energy industry. The system builds on the very successful Integrated Mooring Monitoring Solution (IMMS) that is used extensively in the tightly regulated environment of […]

  • Jersey Met’s Offshore Wind Project Gets Thumbs Up

    29 April 2013

    The Planning Applications Panel has given the go ahead to Jersey Met’s three-year offshore wind project. The Met Department wants to find out more about the wind around Jersey’s territorial waters to inform future planning for renewable energy. It applied for permission to put a mast and weather monitoring equipment on outlying rocks three kilometres […]

  • Norway: Statnett Reports NOK 187 Million Profit in Q2

    24 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Statnett Group reports profit after tax of NOK 187 million in the second quarter of 2012. The corresponding figure for the same period in 2011 was NOK 126 million. Profit after tax for the first half of 2012 was NOK 452 million, compared to NOK 520 million for the first half of 2011. Profit […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Energy Act Passes House Economic Matters Committee

    27 March 2012
    Authorities

    Following two years of intense debate, the powerful House Economic Matters committee favorably reported, with a vote of 13 to 8, the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 (HB 441) to the floor of the House of Delegates, where it is expected to pass. The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 would set […]

  • Norstec Academy Student: WindEnergy Hamburg Rewarding Experience for Young Professionals

    18 November 2014
    Training & Education

    Norstec Academy student Olga Rocío Herrera has written the following article about her experience of a large European wind energy fair.  Thousands of people were moved by the wind in the last week of September. From different continents, after crossing seas and frontiers they gathered in Germany for WindEnergy Hamburg 2014. Engineers, scientists, students, companies and organizations […]