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  • Ocean Planning Is the Key to Unlock America’s New Blue Economy

    12 May 2016

    Written by Shiva Polefka, Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress’ Ocean Policy program.  The thin coastal fringe of the United States comprises a tiny proportion of the nation’s total land area but supports a huge share of its business. Coastal and Great Lakes counties alone—just 10 percent of U.S. land area, excluding Alaska—generated more […]

  • Construction Starts on New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    14 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    South Fork Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource, has approved the final investment decision (FID) for the project that will be New York’s first offshore wind farm. This final investment solidifies the companies’ commitment to the 132 MW offshore wind farm. The FID also marked the start of the construction phase of […]

  • Norside Wind Turns Again to SMST for Gangway Solution

    2 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Norwegian company Norside Wind AS has given SMST a contract for the delivery of a motion compensated gangway joined with an Access & Cargo Tower to be installed on a platform supply vessel which will be converted to a walk-to-work vessel for the offshore wind industry. Back in January, Norside acquired Farland, a vessel of […]

  • Ørsted and Eversource Expand US Offshore Wind Teamwork

    8 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has divested 50% of the Revolution Wind and South Fork offshore wind projects and two lease areas off the coast of New England, U.S., to Eversource. According to Ørsted, the divestment of 50% of the offshore wind assets took place at a purchase price of approximately USD 225 million. Revolution Wind is set to deliver […]

  • Victorian Wave Partners Cashes in AUD 5 Million

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Victorian Wave Partners Pty. Ltd. (“VWP”), received approximately A$5.0 million in initial grant funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (“ARENA”). VWP is a project-specific entity wholly-owned by Ocean Power Technologies (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. (OPTA), which is 88% owned by OPT.  The funding received represents the first payment under the A$66.5 million grant that was […]

  • USA: Cape Wind to Lower Regional Electricity Prices by USD 7.2 Billion

    2 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cape Wind will reduce wholesale electric prices for the New England region by $7.2 billion over 25 years, according to a new report published by Charles River Associates, a leading economic consulting firm. The report shows that ISO New England, the electric grid operator, first dispatches electric generating units with the lowest cost fuel. Since […]

  • Importance of Setting ‘Binding Targets’ for Renewables (Belgium)

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The EU Commissioner for Climate Change emphasised the role of targets in boosting investments in renewable energy at an EWEA event last night.  “It makes good business sense to invest in renewables yet people aren’t doing it”, said Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, pointing out that “this is one lesson we’ve learned in Europe in the last […]

  • Vestas to Back 15 MW Turbine Development with New EIB Loan

    6 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed a EUR 475 million (approximately USD 483 million) green loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support its research, development, and innovation (RDI) activities through 2025. “As the need to accelerate the green energy transition has never been more urgent, our ability to invest in innovation and […]

  • IBERDROLA RENOVABLES Net Earnings Rose to €179.4 Million in First Nine Months, Despite Decline in Gas Business (Spain)

    19 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    – Ebitda rose 25.3% and net earnings by 25.2% due to diversification and solid assets   – Ebitda rose 19.4% driven by an increased contribution from wind, higher production and capacity, as well as greater efficiency, offsetting the negative impact of gas   – Installed capacity exceeded 12,000 MW while operating capacity stood at 11,434 […]

  • Next Phase of Floating Wind Substations Standardization Project Kicks Off

    15 October 2024
    Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Offshore Platforms, R&D, Technology

    DNV has launched Phase 2 of its floating substation joint industry project (JIP), which aims to establish standards for offshore substations in the growing floating wind sector. The new phase is said to play a key role in refining guidelines and closing technology gaps, with participation now expanding to 19 industry players. Phase 1 of […]

  • Seaway7, Dong Fang Offshore Partner in Taiwan

    7 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Grid Connection

    Seaway7 and Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on collaboration in the Taiwanese offshore wind market that will focus on cable installation. According to Seaway7, the MOU outlines the intention of the two companies “to collaborate in an exclusive manner and further strengthen their offering to the offshore wind market […]

  • Multi-Turbine Floating Wind Catcher Attracts Strategic Partner

    10 June 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Wind Catching Systems AS (WCS), the Norwegian developer of a floating wind system using multiple turbines, has completed a Series A investment round of up to USD 10 million led by the venture capital arm of an undisclosed global industrial company. The proceeds from the Series A financing will be used to fund the development […]

  • Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta Jacket Foundation Stands

    28 June 2021
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Sleipnir has installed the second offshore substation jacket foundation at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands. Located 22 kilometres off the Netherlands coast, the 2,852-tonne jacket will support TenneT’s 700 MW Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta transformer platform which will be ready for use in 2022. Marco […]

  • Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 to Develop Floating Wind Project in Scotland

    29 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 have entered into a joint venture to develop the Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland. The joint venture, in which Subsea 7 has a minority interest, will focus on developing the pre-commercial project of up to 200 MW off the North East Coast of Scotland. As the concept […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Wraps Up Survey in Baltic Sea

    13 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Fraunhofer IWES has conducted a boulder detection and geohazard survey of 50 turbine locations and the associated OSS at the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project for Iberdrola. The three-week measurement campaign took place in October and November 2020 using the novel proprietary Manta Ray G1 system developed by Fraunhofer IWES for data recording. The acquired data is […]

  • Fugro Wins IJmuiden Ver Integrated Ground Model Tender

    5 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro Netherlands Marine BV has won a contract to develop an Integrated Ground Model and a Geotechnical Interpretative Report for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. The IGM and the report should be of sufficient accuracy to allow (preliminary) foundation design, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the issuer […]

  • ABPmer to Carry Out Physical Process Assessment for Welsh Floater

    7 August 2020
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    ABPmer has been commissioned to complete the physical process impact assessment in support of the Development Consent Order Application for the Erebus floating wind farm offshore Wales. Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between Simply Blue Energy and Total, is developing floating offshore wind sites in Welsh waters of the Celtic Sea. The first demonstration […]

  • Wärtsilä Gear for Bokalift 2

    24 February 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received an order for a thruster solution for Boskalis’ Bokalift 2 crane vessel. According to Wärtsilä, the thruster solution will enable Boskalis to convert an existing hull into the crane vessel Bokalift 2. The order was placed in December 2019. Wärtsilä will supply four retractable steerable thrusters and thruster […]

  • High Speed Transfers Takes Delivery of HST Euan

    27 January 2020
    Vessels

    High Speed Transfers (HST) has taken delivery of HST Euan, its fourth FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel, from Damen Shipyards. HST Euan was loaded onto a heavy-lift vessel at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey in mid-January bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Damen floated out the vessel at the beginning of November 2019 and a […]

  • Dutch Launch Initiative to Fill Anticipated Offshore Wind Personnel Gap

    14 January 2020
    Training & Education

    The Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA), Atlas Professionals and DOB-Academy have launched an initiative to increase the pool of qualified personnel in the offshore wind sector. The Renewables Roadshow has an aim to promote working in the wind industry among adolescents and create the foundation for a strong future workforce and specialists in the sector. […]

  • Ørsted Unveils UK East Coast O&M Hub

    27 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has officially opened its expanded East Coast Hub at the Port of Grimsby, the UK. Guest of honor, Melanie Onn MP for Great Grimsby unveiled a plaque at the site, as part of the official opening ceremony. Constructed by local firm Hobson and Porter, the site is now the world’s largest offshore wind operations and maintenance […]

  • PSG Completes Moray East Marshaling Work

    13 September 2019

    PSG Marine & Logistics has completed its pin pile marshaling scope for the Moray East offshore wind farm in the UK. PSG was in charge of handling 159 pin piles and providing heavy lift crawler cranes, SPMTs and all associated heavy lift and transport personnel under a contract with DEME Offshore. The Invergordon-based company started loading in […]

  • MHI Vestas Hires HST Newbuilds

    11 June 2019
    Vessels

    High Speed Transfers (HST) has signed a contract with MHI Vestas to provide its HST Harri and HST Euan fast crew supply vessels (FCSs) for the Northwester 2 offshore wind project. The five-year charter is set to begin this year at the Belgian wind farm after the newbuild vessels are delivered. HST Harri is the third FCS […]

  • Fugro’s Floating LiDAR Gets ECN’s Blessing

    12 January 2016
    R&D, Technology

    ECN has confirmed that the Fugro Oceanor Seawatch floating LiDAR is in the pre-commercial stage according to the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) roadmap for the commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR technology. In collaboration with RWE, Eneco and Fugro Oceanor, ECN has performed a Fugro Oceanor Seawatch floating LiDAR validation trial near the offshore meteorological mast IJmuiden, […]

  • NORCOWE Mapping Offshore Winds at FINO1

    12 July 2016
    R&D

    NORCOWE has reported that it gathered an extensive data set of both point and remote measurements of the wind field in and around the Alpha Ventus wind farm as part of the Offshore Boundary-Layer Experiment (OBLEX-F1) at the German wind energy research platform FINO1, which is running since May 2015. “To our knowledge, a measurement […]

  • Scaldis Trying Out Gulliver’s Mooring Capabilities

    4 April 2018
    Vessels

    The new self-propelled DP2 crane vessel Gulliver, owned and operated by Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors, is undergoing mooring trials in Alexiahaven in the Netherlands, according to Royal IHC’s social media pages.