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  • Samsø Havvind Cleared to Replace Damaged Offshore Wind Turbine

    1 September 2017
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Samsø Havvind A / S has received permission from the Danish Energy Agency to replace the wind turbine at the Samsø offshore wind farm which was damaged in an accident in November 2015.

  • US Governors Urge Trump to Adopt Long-Term Offshore Wind Policy

    15 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A bi-partisan group of twenty US state governors has urged president Donald Trump to adopt a comprehensive offshore wind development legislation with a particular focus on a long-term extension of a thirty percent investment tax credit (ITC).  In a letter to president Trump, the Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition cited the Department of Energy’s 2015 Wind Vision […]

  • Seagreen Offshore Substation Jacket Leaves United Arab Emirates

    21 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation and the accompanying pin piles for the Seagreen offshore substation have left the United Arab Emirates and are en route to Scotland, Petrofac said. Petrofac is in charge of designing, supplying, and installing the High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) onshore and offshore substations for the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm. The […]

  • Lamprell Hires Dockwise to Transport East Anglia ONE Jackets

    6 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Lamprell Energy Ltd. has awarded Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., with a contract to transport jacket foundations for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands. 

  • BOEM Orders Study on Block Island Wind Farm’s Impact on Tourism

    6 February 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has contracted the University of Rhode Island (URI) to document the effects of the Block Island Wind Farm, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, on recreation and tourism in Rhode Island.

  • Top Industry Journal Recognizes Natural Power Complex Flow Paper (USA)

    2 March 2011

    Independent renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has published a paper on time-dependant computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis which has been accepted by the peer-reviewed Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. The journal reports on all aspects of wind engineering and the activities of the International Association for Wind Engineering. The paper was written by […]

  • Vestas, Edda Wind Pen SOV Charter Agreement

    22 September 2023
    Vessels

    Norwegian owner and operator of vessels serving the offshore wind industry, Edda Wind, has secured a charter agreement with Vestas for its service operation vessel (SOV) Edda Passat. The SOV has operated for Ørsted at Race Bank offshore wind farm since it was built in 2018 and its charter is expiring next month. The new agreement with Vestas will […]

  • Deepwater Wind Pleased that BOEM Proceeds with Leasing Process (USA)

    5 June 2013

    Deepwater Wind has issued the following statement on U.S. Department of The Interior’s final sale notice for offshore wind energy off Rhode Island and Massachusetts shores: “We are pleased that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proceeding with the leasing process and that BOEM took into account the concerns raised by the State […]

  • Cape Wind Project Is No More

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Energy Management Inc. has abandoned the development of the 468MW Cape Wind offshore wind farm and notified the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that it terminated the development lease, Bloomberg reports.

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: SOVs to Stay In Demand (Esvagt)

    11 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Esvagt’s Service Operations Vessels (SOVs) currently working, and those set to work, in the offshore wind sector have a bright future after their initial offshore wind contracts expire as they will still be in demand, according to Ole Ditlev Nielsen, the company’s Business Development Manager, who joined Offshore WIND Expertise Hub at the beginning of June.

  • UK Pushes Offshore Wind Immigration Rules Concession to April 2019

    4 May 2018
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance

    The UK has once again extended the Offshore Wind Immigration Rules concession until April 2019.

  • Masdar Reveals 10 GW Offshore Wind Plans, Tie-Up with RWE as UAE and Germany Sign Energy Deal

    28 September 2022
    Business & Finance

    Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has plans for the development of 10 GW of offshore wind capacity in the German parts of the North and Baltic Seas, and has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with German developer RWE to explore collaboration on offshore wind projects both in and outside Germany. The company announced its 10 […]

  • Mech-Tool Engineering Secures More Work on Hollandse Kust Zuid

    31 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) has won a contract from DryDocks World to provide fire and blast solutions for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation. The contract award follows MTE completing a similar contract for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore platform. Under the contract, MTE designed, engineered, fabricated, and supplied its A0 fire-rated and Non-Rated […]

  • Abu Dhabi Companies Order Barge for North Sea OWF Construction

    19 June 2017
    Vessels

    Abu Dhabi-based Quality Marine Services (QMS) and Zakher Marine International (ZMI) have taken delivery of the first of three offshore barges being built in a shipyard in China, with the second one slated to be deployed on North Sea offshore wind projects.

  • EU Offers EUR 10 Million for New Offshore Wind O&M Solutions

    17 May 2016
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The European Commission has issued a call for project proposals for new solutions in the operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines/farms, and has set aside EUR 10 million to fund the winner(s).  The call was launched on 11 May, as part of the Horizon 2020 programme, with the period for submission of proposals set to expire on […]

  • Edda Wind’s SOV Prolongs Stay at Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm at Favourable Day Rates

    14 November 2022
    Vessels

    Edda Wind and Ørsted have extended the charter agreement for the service operation vessel (SOV) Edda Passat, prolonging its deployment on the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK for seven months after the firm contract expires in March 2023. The contract has been extended at day rates in excess of 25 per cent […]

  • UK Extends Offshore Wind Immigration Rules Concession to April 2020

    25 April 2019
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment

    The UK has again extended the Offshore Wind Immigration Rules concession to workers essential to the construction and maintenance of wind farms within UK territorial waters which will now run until April 2020. The concession, introduced in June 2017, and extended by a year in October 2017, and in May 2018, allows the employment of non-European Economic Area nationals who are […]

  • Japanese Company Takes Stake in 1.2 GW Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm

    14 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure, a strategic investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group, has acquired a minority stake in the 1.2 GW Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK. Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure announced the transaction on 10 March, saying that it is constructed on the company’s partnership with Equitix, which has been cultivated […]

  • ‘Fiscal cliff’ Deal Preserves America’s Leading Source of New Electric Generation

    2 January 2013
    Authorities

    Congress has included the long-sought extension of wind energy tax credits in final passage of a bill to avert the “fiscal cliff” that now moves to President Obama for his expected signature. America’s 75,000 workers in wind energy are celebrating tonight over the continuation of policies expected to save up to 37,000 jobs and create […]

  • NaiKun Wind Energy Group Announces Grant of Options and Warrants (Canada)

    8 July 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

      NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. announces that on July 5, 2011 a total of 830,000 incentive stock options and 1,660,000 warrants have been granted to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Company’s Stock Option Plan and the Company’s Amended and Restated 2008 Warrant Plan. The options are exercisable […]

  • Sleipnir Installs HKZ Alpha Jacket

    7 September 2020
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has installed the six-legged jacket foundation for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore substation. Sleipnir transported the jacket to the installation site in the Dutch North Sea and lowered it into position over the weekend. Built by Eversendai Offshore, the jacket foundation will support the 700 MW topside […]

  • Smulders Sends Off Its First Batch of Moray East Jackets

    25 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has loaded the first two jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm onto a barge and dispatched them from its facility in Newcastle upon Tyne. The foundations are being sent to the Port of Nigg, from where DEME Offshore will transport them to the Moray East site and install the jackets at […]

  • Marine Scotland Working on Planning and Licencing Framework

    12 July 2018
    Authorities

    Marine Scotland has invited tenders related to the re-let of the Scottish Government’s 2014 “Framework Agreement for the Provision of Strategic Environmental Assessment, Appropriate Assessment and Marine Planning Services and Advice to Support Sustainable Economic Development in Scottish Marine Waters” which expires on 30 September 2018. 

  • Major Developers Join New York Offshore Wind Alliance

    27 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    EnBW North America, EDF Renewables, and Vineyard Wind have joined the New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA). NYOWA gathers environmental, business, labor, wind industry and community organizations supporting the responsible development of offshore wind power for New York. The New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a target of 9GW of operational offshore wind capacity […]

  • US Government Shutdown Halts Vineyard Wind Meetings

    7 January 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be postponing public meetings on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind project, originally scheduled for 8 and 9 January, due to the government shutdown. If the government shutdown continues into the morning of 14 January, the meetings scheduled for 15-17 January will be rescheduled as […]

  • U.S. Offshore WIND Act Back on the Table

    12 May 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    U.S. Democratic Senators Edward Markey, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressman Jim Langevin have reintroduced legislation that would extend tax credits for the offshore wind industry beyond 2019.