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  • Siemens Gamesa Orders Vessels for Next-Generation Offshore Wind Turbine Components

    16 May 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Siemens Gamesa, Amasus Offshore, and deugro Danmark have entered into a long-term charter agreement for two newbuild vessels, Rotra Futura and Rotra Horizon, customized for transporting offshore wind turbine components, which will be delivered in 2025. The new concept builds upon the existing Rotra concept with the Rotra Mare and Rotra Vente vessels. Since 2016, […]

  • Seabed Surveys Completed for South Irish Sea Offshore Wind Project

    30 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Irish energy provider and renewable energy developer, Energia Renewables, has finished seabed surveys for the South Irish Sea offshore wind project, located off the coast of Wexford and Wicklow. The geotechnical and geophysical surveys, carried out over several months between April and October 2022, following the granting of a Foreshore Licence in 2021, measured important […]

  • REpower Offshore turbines at Thornton Bank and alpha ventus achieve first class operational results (Germany)

    16 June 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    The systems installed at the Thornton Bank wind farm achieve outstanding levels of power output and technical availability. REpower turbines at the alpha ventus test site reach positive performance levels as well Almost one year after final commissioning of the Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium, REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) is in a positive […]

  • NSERC Praises Canada’s Young Entrepreneurial Researchers

    16 October 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Some of Canada’s leading young researchers were honoured today for applying their leading-edge research to real-world situations. Their work includes the development of a new self-propelled sea vessel to serve offshore wind turbines, creating a new platform technology to produce bacterial vaccinations, and enhancing the capabilities of Atomic Force Microscopes. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister […]

  • DONG Explains the Thinking Behind Subsidy-Free Bids

    14 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has revealed the factors behind the decision to place two zero subsidy bids in the first round of offshore wind auctions in Germany. As reported earlier, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of 590MW. For two of the projects – […]

  • UK: Predicting Wave Power to Double the Output

    27 June 2012

    The energy generated from our oceans could be doubled using new methods for predicting wave power. Research led by the University of Exeter, published in the journal Renewable Energy, could pave the way for significant advancements in marine renewable energy, making it a more viable source of power. The study was carried out by a […]

  • UK: Grimsby’s Offshore Wind Potential Presented to National Audience

    20 March 2012

    GRIMSBY’S potential as a centre for the multi-billion pound offshore wind industry has been highlighted as part of national television coverage about the UK economy. Viewers of the BBC’s Breakfast programme were shown workers leaving the town’s docks on boats bound for offshore wind farm sites. During the broadcast, Sam Pick, business development director of […]

  • New Labour Laws Threaten North Sea Vessels

    7 August 2014
    Authorities

    North Sea supply vessels and support ships could be detained in port if they are found to be failing to comply with a new maritime law which today (Thur 7 Aug) comes in to effect in the UK, a legal expert has warned. The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is an international agreement which safeguards the […]

  • First Batch of Turbines on Its Way to Nordsee Ost

    20 May 2014

    At RWE’s base port in Bremerhaven the go-ahead was given yesterday for the installation of the 48 wind turbines that will comprise the Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm. Four 240-tonnes tubular steel towers, together with the associated hubs and nacelles, were loaded onto the installation vessel “Victoria Mathias” which will transport them for installation at […]

  • Carbon Trust Helping Develop Nagasaki RE Testing Centre

    23 February 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Carbon Trust is working as part of a consortium set up to progress the development of a tidal and floating wind energy test centre in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The Nagasaki Prefecture has been identified as a potential location for the offshore renewable test site, to not only take advantage of the region’s abundant […]

  • EnBW Takes Renewables Road to Boost Profit

    29 April 2015

    EnBW made good progress in the previous financial year in implementing its 2020 business strategy, while it reported that its adjusted EBITDA in 2014 was 2.6% lower than in previous year.  As a result of expectations of a continued fall in electricity prices, it was however necessary to make significant write-downs on the EnBW power plant […]

  • DECC Sets Out Plan to Keep UK’s Leading Position in Offshore Wind

    19 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Maximising the economic benefit from offshore wind is a key priority for the UK Government, reveals a new report. The Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB) annual report explains how the board is pursuing a comprehensive programme of real action to drive down costs and maximise benefits to the UK economy – tackling issues from skills […]

  • DNV GL Verifies WaveRoller’s Performance

    5 February 2014
    Technology

    WaveRoller, the breakthrough wave energy device created by the wave energy developer AW-Energy, has received independent performance verification, taking the wave power industry one step closer to commercialization. An extensive study and performance verification was conducted by the leading technical advisory to the renewable energy industry, DNV GL. The aim of the study was to […]

  • Ørsted Sells Half of Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    20 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Glennmont Partners has signed an agreement with Ørsted to acquire a 50 per cent ownership share in the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. The divestment is subject to the final investment decision on the project and to obtaining project permit and merger and foreign investment clearances, with completion of the transaction expected […]

  • Keeping Turbines Turning for Longer: How Offshore Wind Can Address Ageing Assets Smartly to Extract Hidden Value

    7 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The following article is a guest post by John Coultate, Head of Product Development, and Evgenia Golysheva, Head of Engineering, ONYX InSight. The article discusses asset life extension in offshore wind and the benefits of a data driven approach. Offshore wind is set for a golden age. For continued growth, the sector must plan ahead. […]

  • UPDATED: Trump Preparing Executive Order to Stop Offshore Wind Buildout on US East Coast, US Congressman Claims

    15 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    NOTE: This article was updated on 15 January at 21:50 CET following information offshoreWIND.biz received, attributing the drafting of the executive order halting offshore wind activities on the US East Coast to Congressman Jefferson Van Drew instead of the US President-elect Donald Trump himself. The article was further amended to state that lease, rather than […]

  • Romania Preparing Framework for 3 GW of Offshore Wind and Contract for Difference Auction

    20 July 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Romanian Ministry of Energy has published a draft law on the requirements for the development and procurement of offshore wind energy projects. If enacted in its current form, the proposed framework would enable auctioning off 3 GW of offshore wind capacity in the country’s sector of the Black Sea and supporting the projects through […]

  • 5 GW Offshore Wind Zone Declared off Hunter Coast

    12 July 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development

    The Australian Government has officially declared its second offshore wind zone in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the New South Wales (NSW) Hunter region which has the potential to accommodate up to 5 GW of offshore wind capacity. The declared area stretches over 1,800 square kilometres between Swansea and Port Stephens and could […]

  • RWE Partners with Masdar for 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Projects

    4 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has signed an agreement with UAE’s Masdar as a partner for its 3 GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects in the UK. The partners acknowledged the signing of the new partnership during a ceremony at COP28 in Dubai. Masdar will acquire a 49 per cent stake in the landmark renewables projects while […]

  • Scottish Energy Minister Welcomes UK Energy Bill

    22 May 2012
    Authorities

      Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has welcomed the publication of the draft UK Energy Bill, which outlines plans for Energy Market Reform. Mr Ewing said that the Scottish Government supported the strengthening of market support for renewable electricity as well as carbon capture and storage, but warned that any reform must reflect Scotland’s devolved powers, […]

  • Policies to Spark Greater Financing for Wind Projects (Luxembourg)

    10 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    More confidence-building policy measures are needed to inspire greater amounts of financing for wind power projects, the European Investment Bank says. The EIB said attendees at a wind energy conference it organized in Hamburg, Germany, last week heard that financiers are acknowledging wind power projects as a “low-risk, sustainable” investment and are following through with […]

  • USA: Massachusetts Governor Awarded “Green Governor of the Year Award”

    22 February 2013
    Authorities

    Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick (D) accepted the “Green Governor of the Year Award” for his innovative environmental leadership in 2012. Patrick earned the honor by driving bipartisan environmental initiatives, public-private partnerships, and visionary legislation that raise the bar for energy efficiency; expand renewable energy infrastructure and usage; grow the clean tech industry and create […]

  • SgurrEnergy Opens Offices in Norway, Brazil

    1 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    This week, SgurrEnergy announced the opening of two new international offices, bringing its total number of global offices to nine. With headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, these recent developments see the company’s reach extend to Norway and Brazil with plans for further growth in Germany in 2013. This comes just weeks after a double win for […]

  • Switzerland: ABB Names Ulrich Spiesshofer as CEO

    17 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as Senior Advisor to the Board. Spiesshofer joined […]

  • California Governor Calls For 20 GW of Offshore Wind by 2045

    26 July 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has called for the increase of the state’s offshore wind target to at least 20 GW by 2045 as part of an action plan that aims to accelerate the energy transition. In a letter to the Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Governor Newsom called for the state to […]

  • Ørsted and TotalEnergies to Jointly Bid in Dutch Offshore Wind Tenders

    13 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and TotalEnergies have joined forces to jointly submit bids for the two Dutch offshore wind tenders, Hollandse Kust West VI and VII, with the aim to achieve net positive impact on biodiversity and the Dutch energy system. The Hollandse Kust West (Holland Coast West) wind farms are located approximately 53 kilometres off the Dutch […]