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  • Offshore wind energy market grows fast

    19 April 2010
    Business & Finance

    Over the next five years, the offshore wind energy market will grow at an annual rate of 92%, surpassing in 2015 annual onshore installed…   [mappress] Source: evwind, April 18, 2010;

  • USA: Offshore wind turbines a windy topic in NJ

    30 April 2010
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Tapping renewable offshore wind energy is a hot topic this week, following federal approval of a controversial wind farm proposal for…   [mappress] Source: , April 29, 2010;

  • BizMDOSW Wraps Up Meeting with European Offshore Wind Experts

    19 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Representatives of over 250 of the world’s most experienced offshore wind companies attended the Business Network for Maryland Offshore Wind’s (BizMDOSW) International Offshore Partnering Forum in Baltimore from November 12-14, 2014. This 3-day gathering of European and American business executives, government officials, technical experts and academics consisted of over 18 separate workshops and 88 speakers. […]

  • Siemens Boosts Blade Production Capacity at Green Port Hull

    14 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    After consulting with its partners Associated British Ports, Siemens has announced plans to incorporate a leaner, more efficient wind turbine blade manufacturing facility at Green Port Hull, by developing on a single site at Alexandra Dock in Hull. The commitment to create 1,000 direct jobs through the £310 million investment on the Humber is unchanged.  The […]

  • Peru to Use Its Vast Renewables Resources to Cut Reliance on Fossil Fuels

    14 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    With United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) high-level climate talks scheduled to be held next month in Lima, Peru, the country hosting the meeting has already set its goal to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy as much as possible.  Last year, Peru was powered half by oil […]

  • Review of Opportunities and Barriers of UK’s Offshore Wind Supply Chain Launched

    13 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    In yesterday’s speech by the Secretary of State Ed Davey MP at the Renewable UK event, there was an announcement regarding the findings of the “Chinn Review” led by the Siemens energy businesses in the UK.  In July, Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP announced a review of the UK’s offshore wind supply chain, saying “overall UK content in our […]

  • Long Island Hosts Danish Offshore Wind Delegation

    13 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Long Island Association was playing host yesterday to a trade delegation of 19 leading Danish offshore wind companies, visiting the United States this month to explore the potential of investing in the growing American offshore wind market. The day-long visit to Long Island – organized by the Trade Council at the Consulate General of Denmark […]

  • Dong Energy Preferred Bidder for 700MW Wind Project Off Isle of Man

    12 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has been selected as the preferred partner of the Isle of Man government to develop a new offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The proposed site of the wind farm is off the east coast of the Isle of Man within the 12-mile limit of the island’s territorial sea. The agreement for […]

  • DNV GL, Grontmij Set TenneT as Regular Supplier for Dutch HV Grid

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    On 31 October 2014, a consortium of DNV GL and Grontmij signed a framework agreement with TenneT TSO for the provision of engineering services. Based on the framework agreement, the consortium and its partners Roos+Bijl and Joulz will support TenneT in the further development of the Dutch high-voltage grid as preferred supplier for Connections and […]

  • ORPC’s Tidal Energy System Successfully Proves Its Performance

    30 October 2014
    R&D, Technology

    ORPC has concluded its successful OCGen® Module Mooring Project at its federally licensed Cobscook Bay, Maine project site. This first-of-its-kind project, funded partially by the U.S. Dept. of Energy and Maine Technology Institute, proved the stability of the prototype OCGen® device in reversing tidal currents and confirmed the loading and performance of its tensioned mooring […]

  • ORE Catapult Hosting Marine Farm Accelerator Device Advisory Group

    23 October 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is hosting the Marine Farm Accelerator (MFA) Device Advisory Group today, the organization announced via social media and welcomed its participants.  The aim of the Marine Farm Accelerator programme is to develop technologies that are essential for commercial-scale wave and tidal energy arrays by accelerating their development and enabling future cost savings. ORE Catapult […]

  • Brittany Backs DCNS Floating Offshore Wind Development

    17 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    At Sea Tech Week in Brest yesterday, an agreement between the Brittany Region and DCNS was signed by the Brittany Regional Council President Pierrick Massiot and DCNS Director for Marine Energy Frédéric Le Lidec. The purpose of this agreement is to speed up development of the floating offshore wind turbine plant in Brittany and to […]

  • U.S. Wind Power Market Outlook to 2025 Now Available

    14 October 2014
    R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Wind Power in United States, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 – Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles” report to their offering.  The report provides in depth analysis on global renewable power market and global wind power market with […]

  • ORE Catapult: Urgent Action Is Needed to Bolster the UK’s Wave and Tidal Industries

    17 December 2014
    R&D

    Urgent action is needed to bolster the UK’s wave and tidal industries and get investors back in play, according to a report published today by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK body supporting innovation and rapid commercialisation in offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies. The report highlights that this strategically important market could […]

  • 99 Pct of Birds Avoid Offshore Wind Turbines, Study Says

    16 December 2014
    Environment

    Collisions between birds and turbines are seen as one of the key impacts of offshore wind farms. A new review by the British Trust for Ornithology and the University of Highlands and Islands’ Environmental Research Institute has provided better estimates of the proportions of seabirds that alter their flight paths to avoid colliding with turbines. […]

  • Statoil, GROW Host Dudgeon Wind Farm Supplier Event

    11 December 2014

    Attended by close to 150 companies, the supplier day organised by Statoil with GROW: Offshore Wind, highlighted supply chain opportunities emerging from the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The event held at Great Yarmouth Town Hall, aimed to encourage Tier 2 offshore wind supply chain companies to tender for the products and services required by the […]

  • Crown Estate: Hornsea 1 Pins UK as Global Offshore Wind Leader

    11 December 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has welcomed the news that the consortium SMart Wind has been granted development consent for Hornsea Project One by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The project is scheduled to commence operation by 2020 when it will become the world’s first gigawatt scale far from shore wind farm. Huub […]

  • Vestas Urges EU Leaders for Better Wind Energy Support

    8 December 2014
    Authorities

    Tomorrow, EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the internal energy market. The first blueprint of an EU Energy Union will be presented in early 2015, with the goal of addressing one of Europe’s key challenges: energy security. Vestas believes that wind energy should be an integral part of an Energy Union on par […]

  • VIDEO: UK Government Needs to Commit to Offshore Wind, Panel Says

    5 December 2014

    A debate titled “Stick or twist? The next government’s choices on offshore wind”, held on 13 November 2014, explored the trade-offs the UK government will need to make between deployment, policy certainty and cost reduction. Panellists included: Matthew Knight, (Siemens Energy), Ian Temperton (Climate Change Capital), Colin Morgan (DNV-GL Renewables), and Aram Wood (Statkraft). The […]

  • Tees Valley Gets Financial Boost for Offshore Wind Sector

    23 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A £190 million funding package that will provide a major boost to the Tees Valley economy by creating up to 1,000 jobs, building up to 1,500 homes and strengthening transport links for local businesses was officially signed by UK Local Growth Minister Penny Mordaunt on November 20. The Tees Valley Growth Deal is part of […]

  • Scottish Enterprise to Boost Ocean Renewables with GBP 450,000 Fund

    2 October 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Scottish ocean energy companies will be able to bid for a share of a new €7 million funding pot, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will say today. At the Ocean Energy Conference in Paris, Mr Ewing will announce Scottish Enterprise will contribute £450,000 towards the first joint call of the Ocean Energy European Research Area Network […]

  • ZephIR Measures Inch Cape Winds from Bell Rock Lighthouse

    30 September 2014
    Technology

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited has successfully deployed a ZephIR 300 lidar on the historic Bell Rock lighthouse, 17km off the Angus coast. ZephIR 300 has been mounted on a platform on the north east of the lighthouse using a specially designed support frame measuring wind direction and wind velocity and will augment wind measurements from […]

  • Swire to Provide Installation Vessel for Sandbank OWF Foundation Works

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean A/S has signed a key contract with engineering and services group Bilfinger for the provision of an installation vessel to support the installation of 72 foundations on the Sandbank Offshore Windpark.  Seventy-two foundations will be installed in the seabed with Swire Blue Ocean’s installation vessel in waters that are up to 34 […]

  • Dalby Preferred for Whitby Offshore Renewables O&M Base

    25 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Whitby Harbour Board and Scarborough Borough Council have given their backing to making local company, Dalby Offshore Services Ltd, the preferred tenderer to develop proposals for a new offshore business to be located at Endeavour Wharf, Whitby. Following an open market tender process held during the summer for a lease of a proportion of the […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Launches 3D Subsea Monitoring of Wind Turbines

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Kongsberg Maritime has launched a unique solution for the detection of Scouring, Corrosion, Deformation and Marine Growth, which can destabilise wind turbines and underwater structures causing expensive, and potentially environmentally hazardous damage.  On show at WindEnergy Hamburg 2014, the new K-Observer system, which is part of Kongsberg Maritime’s Modular Subsea Monitoring Network (MSM), provides accurate, […]

  • Horizon Geosciences: Marine Community Working Together to Ensure Better Safety at Sea

    12 September 2014

    Horizon Geosciences are currently undertaking a site investigation of the seabed just off the UK South Coast, as Navitus Bay Development Limited has contracted the geotechnical survey specialists to take samples of seabed material that will help determine the most suitable type of foundation for the turbines at the proposed wind park. While carrying out geotechnical surveys, […]