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  • Tidal Lagoon Cardiff Takes Step Forward

    2 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Lagoon Power today submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping report for a full-scale tidal lagoon between Cardiff and Newport.  The project will have an installed capacity, dependent on final design, of between 1,800MW and 2,800MW, giving a reliable annual output of 4 TWh to 6 TWh, comfortably enough low carbon electricity to power […]

  • Top News of the Week, 1 – 7 August 2016

    7 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Breaking: First US Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall Deepwater Wind’s CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has shared images of the the jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern as it attaches the final blade and completes the installation of the first offshore wind turbine in US waters, and the first of five wind turbines to be installed on the […]

  • Germany: Preparation of Operation for Global Tech I Entering Crucial Phase

    21 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The project company Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH continues to expand its management team. With the progressive establishment of the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I, detailed structure and the organization of its future operation plays an important role. For this reason, Dr. Claus Burkhardt has been appointed as technical director of the […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 8 – 14, 2013

    14 April 2013

    VIDEO: Installation of Foundations and Wind Turbines at London Array The commissioning of the London Array’s 175th and final turbine happened at 16.09 on Saturday, 6 April. Thus, full capacity has now been reached at the 630MW first phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The following is a video of foundation and turbine […]

  • UK: RWE Launches Wind Apprenticeship Programme in Wales

    7 May 2012
    Training & Education

    RWE npower renewables has launched an apprenticeship scheme, the company announced at the Renewables UK Cymru Conference in Cardiff. The First Minister of Wales welcomed the announcement that offers skilled, long-term jobs in the renewables industry for the first time in Wales.  “In March I announced the Welsh government’s commitment to work with business to […]

  • Liverpool’s terminal hosts MPI Resolution jack-up vessel (UK)

    13 October 2010
    R&D

    Liverpool’s cruise liner terminal is more used to hosting the latest in luxury shipping,but yesterday hosted  the world’s first purpose-…   (liverpooldailypost) [mappress] Source: liverpooldailypost,October 13, 2010;

  • OFFSHORE Wind China 2010

    2 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    OFFSHORE Wind China 2010, Asia’s first exhibition featuring offshore wind power, will be held from Monday to Wednesday at Shanghai…   [mappress] Source: shanghaidaily, June 02, 2010;

  • Research about migrating birds starts in Maine (USA)

    31 May 2010
    R&D

    Researchers have begun the first electronic tracking studies ever done in Maine to determine whether migrating birds might be disturbed by…   [mappress] Source: pressherald, May 31, 2010;

  • Swedish offshore wind farm gets inaugurated

    24 May 2010

    The first offshore wind power plant in the lake Vänern was inaugurated near Gässlingegrund in Sweden. The wind farm of ten three megawatt…   [mappress] Source: evwind, May 22, 2010;

  • Fugro’s LiDAR Buoy Deployed Offshore Lithuania for 700 MW Wind Project

    5 March 2024
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has deployed one of its floating LiDAR buoys in the maritime area of Lithuania’s future offshore wind farm to gather wind and meteorological measurements in the Baltic Sea, which are necessary for the development of the 700 MW project. The measuring station, which was put on a special buoy, will provide environmental monitoring data […]

  • 30MW of Wind Energy to Float Offshore Peterhead, Scotland

    25 November 2013
    Authorities, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has granted an agreement for lease to Statoil for the next phase of its Hywind project, which will be located at a site in Buchan Deep, approximately 20-30 km off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. This 30MW scheme is set to be the largest floating wind project announced to date in Europe […]

  • Germany to Open Tender for Avifauna and Marine Mammal Surveys in Two Offshore Wind Areas

    28 January 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a prior information notice for a tendering procedure the agency plans to organise to procure ecological studies of avifauna and marine mammals in the N-9.5 and N-12.5 offshore wind areas in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. BSH plans to issue an […]

  • Germany: Good Start for Siemens in 2013

    23 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Siemens is starting fiscal 2013 with solid figures. Compared to the same period last year, revenue increased slightly in the first quarter due to the good order backlog. Although new orders declined moderately year-over-year, the book-to-bill ratio was again above 1, having been below 1 for the previous three quarters in a row. Total Sectors […]

  • Navantia-Windar Loads Out Two Hywind Floating Foundations (Photos)

    9 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The Navantia-Windar consortium has loaded out the first two of the five SPAR-type floating foundations built for Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm.

  • ProCon Wraps Up Yunlin Job

    1 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    ProCon Wind Energy has completed its scope of work at the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. ProCon was in charge of the electrical outfitting of 80 E-modules and pre-assembly work on 40 transition pieces on the project for Smulders. Although work for Yunlin is completed, the company revealed it is staying in Hoboken, Belgium, […]

  • BOEM Schedules Public Scoping Meetings on South Carolina OW Development

    30 December 2015
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The U.S. Bureau of Energy and Ocean Management (BOEM) will hold three public scoping meetings in the first week of January to inform stakeholders of its environmental review process for the proposed wind energy development in federal waters offshore South Carolina. The first meeting is scheduled to take place on 5 January in Charleston, the second meeting will be held […]

  • Gravity Based Foundations for Blyth Demo Taking Shape

    13 January 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Gravity based foundations for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project are well under construction at the Neptune dry dock on the Tyne in Newcastle, UK. Lower shafts have been placed, with roof panels set to be mounted this month, according to BAM Infra’s social media pages.

  • All Turbines at Kentish Flats Extension Up & Running

    14 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    All 15 turbines at Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm are now generating power to the National Grid. The final turbine was put to operation on September 12. The turbines will now go through a series of tests and then be handed over to the Operations and Maintenance team. Matthew Green, Vattenfall’s Project Manager for the Kentish […]

  • Dong Hails Approval of Hornsea One

    11 December 2014
    Authorities

    Dong Energy welcomed the decision of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to grant development consent for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Benj Sykes, Dong Energy Vice President of UK Wind Power, said: “Development consent for Hornsea Project One is very welcome. This is an exciting project that will be […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Estonian Shipyard to Build Damen CTVs

    12 June 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Baltic Workboats (BWB) and Damen Shipyards have signed a partnership agreement for a programme of building Damen’s popular crew transfer vessel (CTV), the Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710, at BWB’s facility on Saaremaa Island in Estonia. The FCS 2710 is a versatile vessel and those built by BWB will undertake a range of duties in […]

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Sponsors Irish Quest for Arctic Passage

    3 May 2013
    Environment

    Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power today announced its sponsorship of a rowing expedition attempting a world first through the infamous Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic this summer. Three experienced Irish adventurers and one Canadian are attempting to become the first ever people to cross the 3,000 km passage by human power […]

  • Offshore WIND in 2018 – Beyond News

    1 January 2019

    Wind turbines, zero-subsidy projects and emerging markets remained to be the industry’s hottest topics in 2018. And while these were also the most covered matters on Offshore WIND, we also pressed the ‘Learn More’ button under topics that might deserve to be more widely discussed – and we hope to do so more in 2019 and the years to come.