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  • Ditlev Engel: Why Would You Tax Something You Want More Of?!

    22 October 2018

    Taxation of electricity produced by offshore wind and other renewables, as well as taxing these technologies, is something the industry needs to stand up against if it wants to see even lower costs and accelerate the energy transition, according to Ditlev Engel, CEO at DNV GL Energy. 

  • Reducing Risk of Entangling Marine Life

    19 September 2014
    Environment

    New guidance to protect large marine animals from UK marine renewable energy development has been put forward in a ground-breaking new report. The collaborative report, carried out by the University of Exeter and the Scottish Association for Marine Science, suggests moorings are likely to pose a ‘relatively modest risk’ to marine animals – particularly when […]

  • WindPort, Port of Esbjerg Enter Strategic Partnership on Norwegian Offshore Wind

    8 April 2025
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Esbjerg and the Norwegian port operator, WindPort, have entered a strategic partnership to strengthen their position in the Norwegian offshore wind industry. The partnership will focus on joint project development and knowledge sharing across quay design, logistics, sustainable energy, and new fuel technologies. According to the Port of Esbjerg, WindPort offers ideal conditions […]

  • MHI Vestas Signs Hai Long MoU in Taiwan

    27 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Northland Power and Yushan Energy to provide wind turbines for the 300MW Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

  • Esbjerg and Ulsan Forge Offshore Wind Bond

    21 May 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Denmark’s Municipality of Esbjerg has signed an agreement to establish cooperation in the field of offshore wind energy with South Korea’s Ulsan Metropolitan City. In February 2019, the Royal Danish Embassy in Korea entered a cooperation agreement on renewable energy with the Ulsan Metropolitan City. Recently, Ulsan Metropolitan City has announced its objective to transform […]

  • Swedish Scientists Study OWF Impact on Marine Wildlife

    5 May 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Lena Bergström, a researcher in marine and coastal ecology, has published a study called Effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife—a generalized impact assessment, together with her colleagues from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The abstract of the study reads: “The present study synthesizes the current state of understanding on the effects of […]

  • Norwegian Floating Wind Demo Sites Get Green Light

    13 December 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The Norwegian government plans to open one to two offshore areas for the development of floating wind power demonstration projects.

  • Peterson Supporting Installation of Hollandse Kust Zuid Transformer Stations

    12 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Energy logistics provider Peterson is supporting the offshore installation of the two 700 MW transformer platforms for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore grid connection under a logistics contract with Petrofac. HKZ Alpha, the first of the two offshore substations that will connect Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm to the Dutch grid, was installed […]

  • FairWind Joins Siemens Gamesa on Formosa 1 Phase 2

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    FairWind has signed a Letter of Intent with Siemens Gamesa to collaborate on turbine pre-assembly for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, FairWind will hire and train Taiwanese technicians to prepare them for the pre-assembly operations, which are scheduled to begin in the spring this year. The training […]

  • Kraanverhuur Transport Friesland Bags Windpark Fryslân Contract

    5 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Harlingen-based Kraanverhuur Transport Friesland (KTF) has been awarded a contract for the storage and transshipment of 89 concrete platforms for the Windpark Fryslân wind turbines. The platforms, manufactured by Per Aarsleff in Poland, will be delivered to and stored in Harlingen, from where they will then be loaded onto inland pontoons and transported to IJsselmeer. […]

  • MHI Vestas and Vattenfall Make Horns Rev 3 Order Official

    2 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Vattenfall have signed a contract for the supply V164-8.0 MW turbines to Denmark’s 400 MW Horns Rev 3 project, which is set to produce the world’s cheapest offshore wind power, the turbine maker said. The contract was signed following Vattenfall’s announcement of the final investment decision to construct the 400 MW […]

  • UK’s New Offshore Wind Farms Will See More O&M from the Sky

    14 March 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The next phase of offshore wind farms in the UK will drive increased use of helicopters offshore, according to Douglas-Westwood (DW). The research and consultancy company expects helicopters to become an integral part of the offshore wind industry’s O&M mix and forecasts steady growth in helicopter demand to 2025, primarily in Western European markets. In Germany and Denmark, […]

  • Siemens SOV Fleet Growing

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Over the summer, several hands contributed to put Siemens’ service operation vessels (SOVs) into shape. The first SOV hull has been built at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey. It arrived at the Havyard shipyard in Norway in August – its final building site. Soon, the first SOV will be ready for docking out and first sea trials. […]

  • USA: IHS Studies Global Wind Turbine Supply Chain Strategies

    25 October 2012
    R&D

    The wind turbine market is becoming increasingly global.  Asia accounted for nearly half of the orders announced globally in the first half of 2012. Latin America continues to generate interest, while the offshore market in Europe shows significant potential. Wind turbine OEMs and component manufacturers along the supply chain face overcapacity and challenging market conditions. In […]

  • Siemens Energy Gear for Largest US Offshore Wind Farm

    23 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy will supply the main electrical equipment for the grid connection of Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in US federal waters. The wind farm will include up to 180 Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 Direct Drive turbines standing slightly more than 800 feet tall and is the largest offshore wind […]

  • Delaware to Hold Two Offshore Wind Workshops

    23 May 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Delaware’s Offshore Wind Working Group is hosting two public workshops in May to gather input for Governor John Carney on its draft recommendations regarding the development of offshore wind in the state.

  • Vineyard Wind Says Federal Permitting Can Proceed

    25 January 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind is rescinding its recent request to withdraw the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 wind farm, allowing the federal permitting process to resume. Back in December, Vineyard Wind temporarily withdrew the COP from further review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to allow […]

  • Dutch Plan Offshore Wind Mission to China

    17 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) and Consulate General of the Netherlands in Guangzhou are organising an offshore wind mission to Guangdong and Fujian, China in May.

  • ROVOP Signs Contracts Worth GBP 3.5 Million in January (UK)

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rapidly growing and award winning subsea specialist ROVOP has made a strong start to 2013 after expanding its management team and signing £3.5 million of contracts in January alone. The company, which provides subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Moray Melhuish as commercial director, and strengthened […]

  • First Turbine Up at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    28 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the total 165 wind turbines has been installed on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK, where the wind turbine installation phase began this week, as reported in our Premium news on 27 May. DEME’s installation vessel Sea Challenger, loaded with the first set of turbine components, arrived at the […]

  • Vattenfall Gets Electricity Production Permit for Kriegers Flak OWF

    22 January 2021
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    On 21 January, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) granted an electricity production permit and issued an electricity production license to Vattenfall for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark. The permit is valid for 25 years from the time when the first electricity is delivered from the offshore wind farm to the grid. The […]

  • SMAST Invites Fisheries to Assess Offshore Wind Impacts

    7 November 2018
    R&D

    The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) is hosting four workshops with the fishing industry to identify priorities for the assessment of impacts offshore wind has on fisheries and ecological conditions.

  • Siemens Picks REBO Terminal for Rentel Turbine Pre-Assembly

    5 January 2017

    REBO NV and Siemens Wind Power have signed a concession agreement for a one-year use of the Port of the Ostend facilities for the pre-assembly of 42 wind turbines that will be installed at Belgian Rentel offshore wind farm. Different parts of the wind turbines, including blades, nacelles and tower elements, will be pre-assembled and prepared […]

  • France’s First Offshore Substation Preps For Final Journey

    13 August 2021

    The jacket foundation and the topside of the Saint-Nazaire offshore substation are scheduled to depart from the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port to the installation site in the coming several days. The jacket foundation will leave the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port on Saturday, 14 August. The topside will follow soon and set off in the evening hours of […]

  • LOC Wins Contract for Hornsea Two Marine Warranty Services

    6 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has contracted LOC Group to carry out Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the 18-month agreement, LOC London and LOC Singapore will execute all MWS work on the project’s substations. “Hornsea Two is a game-changing renewable energy project in terms of both scale […]

  • Ofgem Selects West of Duddon Sands Cable Assets Preferred Bidder

    9 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem appointed Blue Transmission as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission links to the West of Duddon Sands windfarm. Blue Transmission, a consortium comprising Macquarie Capital Group Limited, 3i BIFL Investments Limited and Frontier Power Limited, was selected by Ofgem through a competitive process in which bidders compete to become offshore […]