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  • Market overview

    8 November 2019

    The Wind Energy sector has been experiencing a solid growth in the recent years, with a total installed capacity increasing over threefold in the 2010-2018 period, passing from 185 GW to 600 GW. While the on-shore wind Industry reached its maturity and it is expected to keep delivering a steady 45-50 GW of additional capacity […]

  • Wind farm support vessels: The Operators

    4 April 2012

    With the unenviable task of selecting the right boat goes the privilege of leading the designers and yards to build the boats they want. While the hulls are built in different materials and with beam and lengths in various dimensions, the engines, propulsion systems and the fittings remain the choice of the buyer. Even then […]

  • AMSC ACQUIRES 25 PERCENT STAKE IN BLADE DYNAMICS LTD (USA)

    18 August 2010
    Business & Finance

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  • Three Players Pursuing Floating Offshore Wind Opportunities at Barents Sea Oil Field

    26 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Transition

    Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has entered into a collaboration with a consortium consisting of Odfjell Oceanwind and Source Galileo to explore opportunities for floating offshore wind through a pilot project at a field located in the Barents Sea off Norway.  Vår Energi disclosed the deal on Wednesday, 26 April 2023, explaining that […]

  • Spain: International Growth Helps Iberdrola Maintain Stable Profits During Crisis

    25 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    IBERDROLA is one of the Spanish industrial groups that has best managed the effects of the current economic crisis. This reflects a strategy initiated just over a decade ago focused on international growth, with 54% of Ebitda originating outside Spain in the first quarter of this year, and also on core businesses of generation, networks […]

  • NKT Installs Power Cables at TenneT’s BorWin5 Offshore Grid Connection

    28 August 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Denmark’s NKT has finalised the installation of a 320 kV high-voltage DC (HVDC) power cable system at the 900 MW BorWin5 offshore grid connection in Germany. The pull-in work to the offshore platform was carried out by the company’s NKT Victoria vessel. NKT was responsible for the delivery and installation of 230 kilometres of 320 […]

  • Belgium: Millions of Euros Available for Innovative Wind Energy Projects

    3 April 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A call for renewable energy project funding, which potentially totals tens of millions of Euros under NER300, was launched by the European Commission (EC) today. NER300 is the EU’s funding programme for innovative demonstration projects for renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS). However while no CCS projects qualified for funding as part of […]

  • Ocean Power Technologies Announce Financial Results (USA)

    14 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended April 30, 2011. Highlights *Contract backlog increased to a record $8.9 million as of April 30, 2011. This reflects $10.3 million of new orders brought in during fiscal year 2011, including recent US Department of Energy (“DOE”) awards for the […]

  • Cadeler Completes Wind Ally Testing, Begins Building Second A-Class Vessel

    5 September 2025
    Vessels

    Cadeler has concluded all testing procedures for its upcoming A-class vessel, Wind Ally. Additionally, the keel has been laid for its second A-class vessel, Wind Ace. Wind Ally returned after a sea trial and the completion of its crane load test and jacking trial. After 25 days of testing, Cadeler returned to the quayside, having […]

  • Insights into Wind Turbine Blades in North America: A Conversation with Ken Lee, Fleet Engineering Manager at EDF Renewables

    18 September 2023
    Business development, Industry, Market Outlooks, Research & Development, Wind Turbines

    The rapid growth of wind power in North America is driving requirements for longer blades, particularly with the rise of offshore installations. Developing a local supply chain to meet these demands is critical to support the booming industry. Ken Lee, is a Fleet Engineering Manager at EDF Renewables, with years of expertise in Europe and […]

  • New Bedford Delegation Visits EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven, Germany

    24 April 2013
    Authorities

    The EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven got high-profile visitors from New Bedford in the US state of Massachusetts. The 26-strong delegation from this small port city on the East coast was led by mayor Jonathan Mitchell. Most of the delegates work in urban and harbour development for the city of New Bedford and in research enterprises […]

  • Time for Offshore Wind to Wake Up to Full Benefits of Digitalisation

    29 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Jonas Corné, CEO at Greenbyte, a provider of asset management solutions. The article examines digitalisation in the offshore wind sector, the necessity of it and current challenges that hinder using digitalised solutions to advance offshore wind projects. Despite the global disruption caused by the COVID pandemic, 2020 was […]

  • Interview: US Offshore Wind Industry – Seeing is Believing

    1 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Training & Education

    The most compelling action to encourage offshore wind development in the United States is to have real live examples of successful offshore wind projects, Charles Nordstrom, a Senior Associate and Head of the US team at BVG Associates, told Offshore WIND in an interview. The first offshore wind farm in US waters, currently under construction off […]

  • PNE WIND AG Achieved EBIT of 7.9 Million Euros (Germany)

    8 November 2010

    The wind farm developer, PNE WIND AG, continued on its successful course during the first nine months of the 2010 financial year. The company was able to increase the operating result (EBIT), the definitive key value for the wind farm project developer, to 7.9 million euros after having posted an EBIT of 5.1 million euros […]

  • Valmont Exits Offshore Wind Market, Euro Steel Steps In

    15 November 2022
    Business & Finance

    US-headquartered Valmont Industries has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its offshore wind business to Euro Steel, a Denmark-based supplier of steel products to the European wind market. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. The offshore wind business, known as Valmont SM, was acquired by Valmont Industries in 2014. Based in […]

  • Germany: One Billion Euros in Compensation for Delays in Offshore Connections

    12 March 2013
    Grid Connection

    The German federal government expects that the transmission companies would have to pay a compensation of around one billion euros, if offshore wind farms fail to be connected to the grid on time. Germany is facing massive grid connection delays. Last year, TenneT announced a 12- month delay in connecting the Nordsee Ost wind farm. […]

  • Vestas and Danish Ministries Launch Drone Partnership to Automate Offshore Wind Ops

    28 August 2025
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Denmark’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities, the Ministry of Transport, and wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have partnered to reduce operational emissions and costs by enabling the use of autonomous drones for inspection and maintenance at offshore wind farms. The new partnership seeks to pave the way for Denmark’s first automated offshore wind farm. According […]

  • “Offshore substations should have a standard size of 900MW”

    13 August 2012

    This is key to a responsible realisation of the Energiewende” says Lex Hartman, Director Corporate Development of TSO TenneT. “After all, the German ambition implies building one turbine every day.” The recent Atomausstieg and the subsequent Energiewende brought about a revolution in the German offshore wind sector. Over the next ten years, 13GW of offshore […]

  • First Inch Cape Export Cable En Route for Installation in Scottish Waters

    27 August 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The initial section of the first export cable for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm has left the Port of Blyth and is currently en route for installation off the coast of Scotland. The cable-lay vessel, CMOS Installer, has left the port with the 28-kilometre section of the 220 kV, three-phase export cable. Each of […]

  • Palfinger to Deliver Cranes for Poland’s Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm

    27 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Palfinger Marine has been selected to supply more than 100 fully electric fixed boom service cranes for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, developed by  PGE and Ørsted. A total of 107 fully electric fixed boom service cranes will be installed on the service platforms of each turbine, ensuring the safe […]

  • Global Leader in Wind Tower production chooses Faccin Group

    18 May 2020

    Written by:Javier Lanfranchi                            Eng. Diego MorbiniArea Sales Manager                      Senior Technical Sales Manager Spanish wind tower manufacturer has recently installed two automated plate rolling lines and it is already in full production. A global leader in the wind power industry with headquarters in Spain offering a wide range of solutions for manufacturing wind towers for wind turbines and […]

  • EUROS Wraps Up Testing of Its 81.6 Offshore Turbine Blade

    20 June 2014
    R&D, Technology

    EUROS Company has completed a full scale test campaign of its 81.6m offshore wind turbine blade. The final step of the test campaign, the so-called post fatigue static test, was successfully completed according to IEC and GL standards. Last week, IWES performed all Flapwise and Edgewise tests under supervision of the Germanischer Lloyd. All tests were carried […]

  • Poland to Invest Billions of Euros in Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen, and Port Development

    19 May 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Polish government has allocated more than EUR 4 billion for offshore wind, port development, and hydrogen production and distribution in its National Reconstruction Plan (KPO). The KPO has been adopted by the Council of Ministers and submitted to the European Commission through which Poland will tap into the EU Reconstruction Fund. More than third […]

  • Norwegian Ports Investment in Offshore Wind to Bring Millions of Euros by 2030 – Report

    17 October 2023
    Jobs & Recruitment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Norwegian ports investing in offshore wind can generate NOK 8.4 billion (about EUR 727 million) in annual value and employ approximately 6,400 people by 2030, according to a new report from Menon Economics. The study has identified 14 installation and assembly ports with plans to facilitate projects for offshore wind farms by 2030, indicating significant […]

  • A new standard for offshore wind. Creating a climate of investor confidence.

    18 April 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    Milad Sheikhi, Head of Sales and Business Development – Offshore Wind at Jumbo Offshore discusses the way forward for standardisation in offshore wind. Is regulatory restriction the way forward for offshore wind – or will a free market approach yield more rapid returns? With increasingly ambitious targets in the coming years, the pressure is on […]

  • Austria: OWI-Lab Makes Report on EWEA 2013

    26 February 2013

    The OWI-Lab team attended the EWEA 2013 event in Vienna this month, the largest wind energy conference in Europe. More than 8000 participants and nearly 400 companies attended the conference and exhibition this year. Although 11.000 MW of wind energy capacity was installed last year, the wind industry is in fact facing tough times just […]