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  • Northland Power Says 2018 Off to a Flier

    10 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian power company Northland Power reported CAD 178 million net income in the first quarter of 2018, a 78% increase compared to the same quarter last year primarily due to higher operating income from the Gemini and the Nordsee One offshore wind farms.

  • Shell, GWT Team Up to Establish Offshore Wind Energy Hub in Louisiana

    13 March 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development, Technology, Training & Education

    Gulf Wind Technology (GWT) has partnered with Shell to establish a research, training, and technology demonstration programme in an effort to advance offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico. GWT, supported by a USD 10 million investment from Shell, will create 30 new direct jobs and the Louisiana Economic Development estimates that the project […]

  • Mayflower Wind Merges Massachusetts Projects, Both to Grid-Connect at Brayton Point

    1 June 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind has merged its two projects that were selected in Massachusetts’s offshore wind solicitations into one development now known as the SouthCoast Project. The first Mayflower Wind offshore wind farm has now been decided to also connect to the grid at Brayton Point in Somerset, instead in Falmouth on Cape Cod as initially planned. […]

  • Highlights of the Month – January 2019

    1 February 2019

    Record-breaking turbines, new offshore wind tenders… read the ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the first month of 2019. Siemens Gamesa Launches 10+ MW Offshore Wind Turbine Siemens Gamesa has launched the SG 10.0-193 DD, the company’s first 10+ MW offshore wind turbine. The prototype is expected to be installed this year, with commercial market […]

  • MHI Vestas Sets Up Base at BOW Terminal Vlissingen

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and BOW Terminal have signed an agreement that will provide the offshore wind turbine manufacturer with 20 hectares of land at the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.

  • EOLOS Cracks US Offshore Wind Market

    4 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions has signed an agreement for the turn-key campaign of the US Wind developer’s New Jersey concession with option for a follow-on campaign at its South Carolina application.

  • Highlights of the Month: January 2017

    1 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ex-Statkraft Engineer Develops New Foundation Installation Solution Arild Bolsø, an engineer who worked for Statkraft in Norway and Forewind in the UK, has developed a new technical concept for offshore wind foundation installation. According to Bolsø, the concept would reduce installation time by 30-50%, compared to current methods. Public Consultation for Borssele V Tender Opens […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News in 2016

    2 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Offshore WIND editorial staff wish our readers a happy and prosperous New Year! May it be at least as eventful for the offshore wind industry as 2016 was. To remind you of just how interesting 2016 was, we compiled a list of what was read the most throughout the year behind us. Oil & […]

  • Denmark: Walney Offshore Windfarms Finalises Shareholder Financing

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has successfully supported its partner, OPW, in achieving refinance of the purchase (completed in December 2010) of their 24.8% stake in the 367MW Walney Offshore Windfarms (Walney). OPW, a joint venture between Dutch pension fund PGGM and renewable energy investor Ampere Equity Fund, acquired a 24.8% stake Walney in 2010 from DONG Energy, […]

  • NaiKun Wind Energy Project Approved by Federals (Canada)

    18 March 2011

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group (“the Company”) announced today that its offshore wind energy project has been granted a federal screening decision, confirming that Canada’s first offshore wind project can be constructed with no significant environmental, social or health effects. “This is an exciting and noteworthy milestone for NaiKun Wind and for British Columbia,” said NaiKun […]

  • Taiwan: MHI Vestas Inks Turbine Tower Deal with CS Wind & Chin Fong

    30 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas has signed a conditional contract for the manufacture of towers in Taiwan with a partnership between with CS Wind and Chin Fong. The companies held a signing ceremony in Taipei City on 30 October. 

  • UK: Modus Invests into New Advanced ROV

    16 May 2013

    Modus Seabed Intervention, the leading subsea engineering and specialist Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) service provider, has confirmed an investment into a new advanced Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to further enhance its fleet of subsea vehicles. Manufactured by SMD in North East England, the cutting edge 150hp Quasar ROV ordered by Modus will be the first […]

  • Germany: Global Tech I Construction to Start Punctually

    10 September 2012

    The company Windreich AG, the wind power pioneer and leading builder of wind farms in the German North Sea, congratulates Bremen HOCHTIEF subsidiary HGO InfraSea Solutions on the launching of the ‘INNOVATION’ construction vessel. The Global Tech I wind farm initiated by Windreich was the initial trigger for the planning and realisation of this installation […]

  • Dogger Bank B Offshore Substation Installed

    17 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Saipem, using its vessel Saipem 7000, has completed the installation of the offshore substation (OSS) at Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, which is set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once in operation. Saipem 7000 arrived this month at the Dogger Bank […]

  • French Companies to Form Floating Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    6 July 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

    France’s BW Ideol and its compatriot ADEME Investissement have entered into a final agreement for a funding injection to set up a new floating offshore wind company. Under the contract, BW Ideol will transfer its co-development project portfolio to BW Ideol Projects Company with ADEME investing an initial EUR 17.85 million at the first financial […]

  • Boskalis Q3 Results Partly Hit by COVID-19, Horizon Acquisition Paying Off

    6 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Boskalis has reported a revenue increase at its Offshore Energy business in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the previous two quarters, but also a drop in its order book to EUR 1.3 billion (EUR 1.47 billion at the end of June). The company noted a strong contribution from the seabed intervention unit, while […]

  • Norway and Portugal Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    20 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Innovation, Research & Development

    The Norwegian Marine Energy Test Center (METCentre) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Portugal-based WavEC to collaborate on offshore wind development. The MoU was signed after Norway’s offshore wind organisation, Norwegian Offshore Wind, visited the Portuguese government and industry representatives earlier this month. Norwegian Offshore Wind represents more than 360 companies and is […]

  • BOEM Initiates Permitting Process for Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Farm

    29 July 2021
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on 29 July that it would conduct an environmental review of the proposed Kitty Hawk wind energy project offshore North Carolina. BOEM published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on 29 July and will start the review of a Construction and Operations […]

  • Siemens Installs BorWin2 Offshore Platform

    29 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has installed the BorWin2 offshore platform in the North Sea northwest of the island of Borkum. This marks Siemens’ achievement of the second crucial milestone in the German grid connection projects under contract with the German-Dutch network operator TenneT. Siemens had already erected its first converter platform for the HelWin1 connection off Heligoland in the […]

  • Iberdrola Closer to Build Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    26 September 2011

    Spanish renewable energy giant Iberdrola SA (Bilbao, Spain) took a step closer to building its first offshore windfarm in Germany… by Martin Lynch (industrialinfo) [mappress] Source: industrialinfo, September 26, 2011

  • WindSentinel to Move Off Muskegon Shore Next Spring (USA)

    7 December 2010

    The first floating buoy to test offshore wind energy in Lake Michigan is planned for six miles off the Muskegon shoreline next spring.   By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, December 07, 2010

  • Bluemull Tidal Power Array Step Closer to Reality (UK)

    14 October 2011

    The world’s first community-owned tidal power turbine has taken a step closer with the granting of a lease to use part of the seabed between…   by John Robertson (shetlandtimes) [mappress] Source: shetlandtimes, October 14, 2011

  • Carnegie to Announce Wave Energy Project Location (Australia)

    4 November 2011

    Carnegie Wave Energy is gearing up to announce the location of its first commercial demonstration wave energy project within 90 days as the … (thewest) [mappress] Source: thewest, November 04, 2011; Image: carnegiecorp

  • Resolute Marine Energy Demonstrates its Technology (USA)

    19 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    A local startup company that is attempting to turn the power of waves into energy is considering launching its first pilot project this summer in Nantucket.   By Dyke Hendrickson (newburyportnews) [mappress] Offshore WIND staff, January 19, 2012

  • Niagara County Legislature’s special committee meets today (USA)

    12 August 2010
    Authorities

    The Niagara County Legislature’s special committee examining offshore wind farming’s effects on the local economy will have its first… By Joyce Miles (niagara-gazette) [mappress] Source: niagara-gazette, August 12, 2010;

  • Carnegie Activates CETO Unit off Garden Island Ahead of Schedule (Australia)

    20 April 2011

    Carnegie Wave Energy has notched up a major win in the race to commercialise new renewable energy technologies, after becoming the first…   By Rachel Donkin (thewest) [mappress] Source: thewest, April 20, 2011;