5977 results found for 'beacon wind'

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  • HiDef to Carry Out Aerial Surveys at Isle of Man OWF

    26 October 2015
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) has been selected by DONG Energy to undertake ultra high resolution digital video aerial surveys at a new offshore wind farm site in the Irish Sea, known as the Isle of Man project. The Isle of Man project, as a proposed development in the Isle of Man’s territorial seas, requires […]

  • Workboat Show: Strong Demand for Offshore Service Vessels Signals Growing Market (USA)

    10 December 2010
    Technology

    Offshore service vessels (OSV) are becoming larger, more specialized and technically sophisticated as a result of the rising demand for more complex deepwater field developments, including the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, there are some 2,500 OSV worldwide, with a steady growth projected from now through 2020. All this has led to an expanded definition of […]

  • SOWEC Unveils Stage 2 SIM Projects

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The Strategic Investment Model (SIM) Working Group of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) has selected three projects to move into Stage 2 of its programme. The Port of Cromarty Firth Expansion and the Port of Nigg Deepwater Quay Expansion projects will move into Stage 2 of the SIM programme. The Scottish Government revealed […]

  • ‘Normally We Are Competitors’ – Allied European Offshore Wind Ports Ink Declaration as Lack of Port Capacity Looms with Upcoming Projects

    19 January 2023
    Industry, Ports & Logistics

    “Normally we are competitors. But from today we are also working closely together”, Danish Port of Esbjerg posted on social media as six European wind ports move forward with the alliance established last year to mitigate overcapacitation due to upcoming increasing offshore wind activities. “Europe’s ambitious offshore wind deployment targets put great pressure on European […]

  • 3.2 GW Offshore Wind Projects Secure Feasibility Licences in Australia

    3 March 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Australian government has awarded feasibility licences for two offshore wind projects planned to provide a total of 3.2 GW of capacity off the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria. The licences were granted for a proposed offshore wind farm in the Southern Ocean region, off Victoria’s Southwest coast, and for a project in […]

  • GWEC’s Statistics Show Growth of Asia’s Wind Capacity

    1 March 2012

    Annual statistics recently released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) once again show the massive growth in cumulative wind power capacity in Asia, to 82,398 MW last year from 61,106 MW at the end of 2010. When matched with Asia’s continuing population increases, the GWEC statistics seem to indicate that the region as a […]

  • Alstom Taking Big Offshore Wind Steps (Interview)

    30 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    At the WindEnergy event held last week in Hamburg, Offshore WIND spoke to Markus Rieck, General Manager of ALSTOM Renewable Germany GmbH. The company proves its position as one of the biggest renewable energy players with its latest technology development and expansion of its offshore wind work on an intercontinental level. A week ago, Alstom’s […]

  • Research and Markets Announce Global Offshore Wind Turbine Market 2010-2014

    18 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Offshore Wind Turbine Market 2010-2014” report to their offering. The offshore wind market has been steadily growing across regions. European countries such as Denmark and UK have been leading the market with China fast catching up. In 2010, U.S. government approved the long pending installation […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Power Generation Financing

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Norton Rose recently hosted a round table discussion in Amsterdam together with Rabobank and PwC, led by energy partner Weero Koster. The reason for this event was the ‘Government Accord’, announced by the Dutch newly elected government. The round table was attended by a great number of parties involved in the Dutch […]

  • UK: Maritime Skills Programme Provides Working Opportunities for Students

    24 July 2013
    Training & Education

    An exciting career at sea beckons for the first students to complete Lowestoft College’s new Maritime Skills Programme. One student has gained employment on a trial period working on offshore platform support vessels (PSVs) in the Southern North Sea gas fields while another is continuing to work for a Great Yarmouth company who owns and […]

  • UK: OSBIT Power’s MaXccess Access System Reaches Milestone

    30 October 2012

    OSBIT Power (OP) has announced today (30 October) that the MaXccess-T12 access system for Scira Offshore Energy Limited, the Statoil and Statkraft joint-venture company, has now completed its Lloyds witnessed factory acceptance tests and will go into service shortly at Sheringham Shoal.  “The tests were completed last week and we are delighted to be able […]

  • Maryland Public Service Commission Starts Reviewing Offshore Wind Applications

    22 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) began a 180-day proceeding to evaluate two offshore wind project proposals on Monday, 21 November. PSC opened an application period for a USD 1.9 billion Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credit (OREC) in February 2016. The initial application was submitted by US Wind in the same month. PSC received the second and […]

  • New York State Selects Two Shovel-Ready, Re-Bid Projects in 4th Offshore Wind Solicitation

    29 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has selected Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Ørsted and Eversource’s Sunrise Wind projects in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. Both projects secured agreements with the state earlier and re-bid in this procurement round to negotiate new 25-year contracts. NYSERDA and the developers of the selected […]

  • Dominion Energy Plans to Add 3.4 GW of New Offshore Wind

    17 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    In its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) and the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), Dominion Energy Virginia laid out multiple portfolio options to meet rising power demand through investments in new power generation, including offshore wind. The IRP is based on a forecast developed by PJM, which […]

  • Global Wind Power Market to Add 51GW by 2017

    7 March 2014
    R&D

    MAKE expects the global wind power market to add 51GW on average from 2014 to 2017 as many traditional markets fulfil expiring policy mechanisms. The global market will grow 5% on average per year from 2018 to 2023 as the industry transitions into new support mechanisms; wind power becomes the cheapest power source through technology […]

  • Ørsted, PSEG File Multiple Proposals for New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Transmission Solution

    28 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Ørsted and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) have submitted several joint proposals for offshore wind power transmission in New Jersey in response to the solicitation the regional electricity grid operator PJM Interconnection is conducting on behalf of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). The joint proposals, collectively named Coastal Wind Link, are designed to deliver […]

  • Clarkson University Research Team Gets Ready for DOE Wind Study (USA)

    2 February 2012

    A Clarkson University research team, led by Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Professors Pier Marzocca, Suresh Dhaniyala and Lin Tian, is readying its unmanned aerial vehicle, the Clarkson RAVEN (Research Aerial Vehicle for Experimental Needs), to acquire wind turbulence data. The three Clarkson faculty, along with colleagues from six institutions and companies in the United States […]

  • Offshore Energy: Offshore wind industry needs standardization

    1 October 2014

    Cost reductions are a huge industry focus. I am confident that we can lower the levelized costs of energy by 30 to 40  percent for those projects that will achieve FID in 2020. Of all the possible reductions in CapEx and OpEx, one of the innovations that needs to come forward is standardization of offshore […]

  • Ørsted, ATP Want to Make Danish Energy Island Cross-Border Digital Hub

    7 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and ATP have signed an agreement with GlobalConnect to make the Nordsøens Energiø (North Sea Energy Island) a backbone in the future digitisation of Northern Europe and attract large-scale digital investments to Denmark, according to the Ørsted-ATP consortium. The partners will work together to make the North Sea Energy Island a “cross-border digital hub”. […]

  • CIP Closes EUR 7 Billion Renewable Energy Investment Fund

    19 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) held a final close on its global greenfield renewables energy fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), one year after the start of fundraising. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at the hard cap of EUR 7 billion having reached the target fund size of EUR 5.5 billion back in December 2020. […]

  • Renewable Energy Investments Up 17 Pct

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Global investments in renewable energy rebounded strongly last year, registering a solid 17% increase to $270 Billion in 2014 after two years of declines and brushing aside the challenge from sharply lower crude oil prices. According to UNEP’s 9th annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015, prepared by the Frankfurt School – UNEP collaborating Centre for Climate and […]

  • Germany Leading Renewable Energy Deployment, Says IRENA

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The global energy elite gathered last week in Berlin to discuss progress and chart new direction in the ongoing global transition to renewable energy. The two-day Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue – towards a global Energiewende brings together energy policy experts and representatives of politics, industry and civil society to shape new energy policy and drive future […]

  • BOEMRE Analyzes Proposed Wind Energy Areas Offshore NJ, DE, MD, and VA (USA)

    12 July 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

      As part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s “Smart from the Start” initiative for Atlantic offshore wind development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced it is seeking public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that considers potential environmental and socioeconomic effects of issuing renewable energy leases in […]

  • Equinor, EWP Raise Floating Wind Stakes in South Korea to 3 GW

    17 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and its partner Korea East-West Power (EWP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on 3 GW of offshore wind projects in South Korea. Equinor said it would use its new floating wind technology, Wind Semi, for its projects in South Korea as it had been developed specifically for Korean waters and […]

  • Ming Yang Wind Power Acquires RENergy

    18 May 2015

    Ming Yang has entered into share purchase agreements (“SPAs”) pursuant to which it has acquired a 99% stake in China Smart Electric Group Limited (“China Smart”), a Cayman Islands company. China Smart owns all of the equity interest in Wise Renergy Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong company, which in turn owns all of the equity […]

  • UK: 3sun Group Shortlisted in National Energy Awards

    17 September 2013

    3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry, has been shortlisted in the Innovation category at the Energy Institute Awards 2013. The Group received recognition in the Innovation category for its ground-breaking, electronic 3D visually-based, handheld inspection system for managing legislative compliance, safety critical plant and equipment on wind turbines. […]