709 results found for 'ocean wind 1'

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  • Port San Luis, CET to Assess Offshore Wind O&M Port Potential in California

    25 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The US Port San Luis Harbor District has entered into a project evaluation agreement with Clean Energy Terminals (CET), a developer of offshore wind port facilities across the US, to jointly evaluate the feasibility of an offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) port facility in California’s San Luis Obispo Bay. Project evaluation is expected to […]

  • US Greenlights First Offshore Wind Project to Connect to New York’s Grid

    14 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has been granted authorisation from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to link the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project directly into New York’s transmission system. Approved on 1 March, the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) executed between Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project, New York ISO (NYISO), and Consolidated Edison Company of New […]

  • Ocean Winds Partners with Banque des Territoires on Another Offshore Wind Project in France

    4 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    Ocean Winds has joined forces with Banque des Territoires for the French AO7 South Atlantic offshore wind tender, through which the French government will select a developer for a 1 GW wind farm off the Ile d’Oléron. Earlier this year, France prequalified developers for the competitive dialogues for the two offshore wind farm projects located […]

  • Germany: BARD Charters JB 117 Jack-Up Vessel

    10 May 2012

    The BARD Group is intensifying its construction activities in the development site of BARD Offshore 1, the first commercial offshore wind farm in the North Sea located around 100 kilometres off the island coast of Borkum. From now on, the JB 117 belonging to the Dutch company Jack-Up Barge B.V. will be used for the […]

  • BlueFloat Bolsters Taiwan Floating Offshore Wind Ties

    7 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    BlueFloat Energy has signed agreements with the Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Center (SOIC) and the CR Classification Society to advance development in Taiwan’s floating offshore wind sector. Additionally, the company formalized a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Taiwan University’s Ocean Center for a study on its Winds of September project. BlueFloat said these […]

  • Minesto’s Plant Designed for Low Velocity Currents Produces First Power

    13 November 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Minesto has achieved a “first time ever” in harnessing the potential of tidal energy resources with its project off Northern Ireland. The company’s Deep Green ‘underwater kite’ marine power plant designed for low velocity currents has produced electricity at sea for the first time. Deep Green is the only known power plant in the world […]

  • US to Soon Decide on Whether to Give Go-Ahead to Empire Wind 1 & 2 Offshore Wind Farms

    11 September 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed the environmental review of the Empire Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms, proposed to be built offshore New York by a joint venture of BP and Equinor, and plans to issue a Record of Decision (ROD) on whether to approve the project this autumn. […]

  • DeepOcean Wins Vineyard Wind 1 Contract

    2 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Norway-based DeepOcean has been awarded a contract to provide subsea services to Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind project in the US. Under the contract, DeepOcean will provide a range of subsea services including project management, engineering, ROV, tooling, and survey activities. The company will lead the project out of its office in […]

  • Scottish Energy Minister Gets Insight into FPP’s Wind-Wave Floating Tech

    24 February 2016

    Scottish Minister for Energy, Fergus Ewing, visited Floating Power Plant’s (FPP) stand at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), taking place from 23 to 25 February in Edinburgh. Minister Ewing learned more about the technology, the challenges and FPP’s plans for developments in the UK from the company’s team. FPP is developing the P80 wave and […]

  • Ocean Winds Receives Final BOEM Approval for 2.4 GW SouthCoast Wind

    18 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of the Interior (DOI) in December 2024, the federal agency said on […]

  • CWind Resolution Arrives in Taiwan

    22 July 2019
    Vessels

    The crew transfer vessel (CTV) CWind Resolution has arrived in Taiwan where she will join CWind Taiwan’s fleet. CWind Resolution was transported from Europe to Taiwan via Evergreen’s mega containership Ever Glory. The CTV is expected to start serving the Taiwanese market early next month, following the re-flagging process, CWind Taiwan said. CWind Taiwan is […]

  • Vineyard Wind Seeks Timely EIS Decision

    18 July 2019
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has warned that it would be very challenging to move forward the Vineyard Wind 1 project in its current configuration if the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not issued within the next four to six weeks. As reported earlier, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) postponed the issuance of the […]

  • ‘Chilling Signal to Investors in US Market’ | Backlash from Industry, NY State Agencies After US Gov’t Suspends Empire Wind 1 Mid-Construction

    18 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    US renewable energy industry organisations and New York state agencies, as well as the Governor, have responded with criticism to the decision of the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to halt construction on Empire Wind 1. The move has been called a “chilling signal” to investors in the US market by the CEOs of […]

  • Plymouth Uni Gets Over GBP 1 Million for Floating Wind Test Facility

    14 December 2020
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The University of Plymouth has secured more than GBP 1 million to create a facility for testing new innovations in floating offshore wind technology. This first-of-its-kind facility in the UK will enable physical modeling experiments with wind, wave and currents simultaneously. Data generated in the experiments will enable researchers to improve their understanding of how […]

  • Axess to Deliver Cable Pull-In System for US Offshore Wind Project

    9 April 2024
    Equipment, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Axess Technologies has signed a contract for the supply of an export cable pull-in system that will be mounted on the offshore substation at the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The offshore substation will be delivered by the Singapore-based company Seatrium. Under the contract with Seatrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine […]

  • Piriou Delivers Two Wind Farm Support Vessels

    12 May 2016
    Vessels

    France-headquartered shipbuilder Piriou has delivered two 26W wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) built at the company’s shipyard in Vietnam to their European owners. The 27.4-metre Rix Leopard was delivered to Rix Sea Shuttle. From August 2016 to around September 2017, the vessel will carry the crews of up to 24 to and from Statoil’s 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm […]

  • US Government Kicks Off Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Sale Process, Four Developers Already Pre-Qualified

    11 December 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today published a proposed sale notice (PSN) for an offshore wind lease sale in the Central Atlantic for one area offshore Delaware and Maryland, and one area offshore Virginia.  BOEM says that the two lease areas have the potential to […]

  • Vattenfall Lists Hollandse Kust A Team

    15 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has revealed the main component suppliers and contractors for the 760MW Hollandse Kust (zuid) 3 and 4 wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Similarly to Hollandse Kust (zuid) 1 and 2, also being developed by Vattenfall, the Hollandse Kust (zuid) 3 and 4 will feature Siemens Gamesa 10MW wind turbines, […]

  • China Plans Three Marine Energy Parks

    9 June 2014
    Authorities

    Chinese government plans to install three test energy parks offshore its coast by 2016, according to China Daily. The government plans to develop a 300-kilowatt wave farm in Zhuhai, Guangdong province and a tidal farm with the capacity of 1 megawatt or more in  Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. The third project will be in Weihai, Shandong […]

  • Pike Research Expects Marine and Hydrokinetic Market to Grow 7 Times by 2017 (USA)

    8 February 2012

    The marine and hydrokinetic industry, which aims to harness various marine and hydrokinetic resources including ocean waves, tidal streams, river flows, ocean currents, and ocean thermal differences for power generation, stands at a critical point. The technologies are improving, major energy companies and utilities are making investments, industry associations are gaining lobbying power, and governments […]

  • Buchan Wraps Up Offshore Site Investigations for 1 GW Scottish Floater

    15 November 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has completed offshore site investigations for the 1 GW floating wind farm in Scotland. Ocean Infinity, who commenced the surveying process for Buchan Offshore Wind in April this year, used the Normand Superior vessel to conclude the survey with cone penetration tests on […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 5 – 11, 2015

    11 October 2015

    Fire Breaks Out at Vestas’ Turbine Blade Facility A chemical store that is part of Vestas’ facility for the development of large wind turbine blades on Isle of Wight caught fire. Two Companies Sentenced for 2010 Fatal Accident UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that Fluor Ltd and Siemens Winpower A/S were sentenced today […]

  • Ocean Infinity to Survey Buchan Wind Site

    13 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Floating Energy Allyance (FEA) has selected Ocean Infinity to carry out an initial geophysical and geotechnical site investigation at its Buchan floating offshore wind project in Scotland. This represents an important step in the design and assessment process of the project, with the survey campaign taking place later this year, according to FEA. “We are […]

  • LS Power Grid Details New Jersey Offshore Wind Power Transmission Bid

    23 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Electric transmission company LS Power Grid, a subsidiary of LS Power, has unveiled plans to bring power generated from New Jersey offshore wind farms into the state’s onshore electric grid. The company said the costs of its plan are between 20 and 50 per cent lower than the costs of competing proposals, which would amount […]

  • Edda Wind CSOV Nears Sea Trials

    15 March 2022
    Vessels

    A naming ceremony has been held at Astilleros Gondán Shipyard for Edda Breeze, a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) built for the Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind. This is the first of five CSOVs Astilleros Gondán S.A is building for Edda Wind. Designed by Salt Ship Design, the 88.3 metre-long vessel has an accommodation capacity for […]

  • UK: OPT Appoints New Managing Director

    27 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leading wave energy technology company, today announced the appointment of Timothy Stiven as Managing Director of Ocean Power Technologies Limited, the Company’s UK-based wholly-owned subsidiary, effective March 1, 2012. He succeeds Angus Norman, who is stepping down from his role as Chief Executive of OPT Ltd for personal reasons. Mr. […]