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  • Virginia Primed For Offshore Wind Top Spot (Report)

    20 September 2018
    Environment, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Virginia’s unique infrastructure and geographical advantages are key to developing 2GW of offshore wind by 2028 and turning the Commonwealth into a national leader in the growing US offshore wind industry during the next decade, according to a new report released by BVG Associates.

  • East Anglia ONE Offshore Substation Now In Place

    31 August 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy-lift vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the offshore substation for the East Anglia ONE wind farm in the southern North Sea, some 59 km from the coast of Lowestoft.

  • NWA Sets Up Offshore Wind Workboat Apprenticeship

    8 August 2018
    Training & Education

    The UK National Workboat Association (NWA) has launched the Workboat Crewmember Apprenticeship, dedicated to training future offshore wind crew across England and Wales.

  • Virginia Hires BVG Associates as Offshore Wind Strategist

    26 July 2018
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) has selected BVG Associates to help develop strategies to strengthen Virginia’s position in attracting the offshore wind supply chain and service industry to the Commonwealth.

  • Busy Summer at East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects

    24 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables is planning to start a number of onshore and offshore surveys this summer as part of the 900MW East Anglia Two and the 800MW East Anglia One North offshore wind projects.

  • EIB Nods to Two French Offshore Wind Farms

    12 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved the financing for the Saint-Nazaire and Fécamp offshore wind projects in France. EIB did not disclose the amount of the approved financing. The two projects are being developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint venture of EDF EN and Enbridge. The 498MW Fécamp offshore wind farm will comprise […]

  • Maryland Nods to 1.2 GW Offshore Wind Boost

    10 April 2019
    Authorities

    The Maryland General Assembly has passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) which will incentivize the development of 1.2 GW of additional offshore wind capacity off this US East Coast state by 2030. The assembly has subsequently sent the bill to the Governor’s desk for signature. The bill aims to accelerate Maryland’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard […]

  • Haizea and Nautilus Land Italian Offshore Wind Work

    2 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Italy’s Renexia SpA has awarded Spain’s Haizea Wind Group with a contract to manufacture ten monopiles for what will be the first offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Renexia has also awarded Italy-based Nautilus Srl with a contract ”to install and deploy the 30kV medium tension network as well as the scour protection for monopiles […]

  • EDF Buys Into Two Chinese Offshore Wind Projects

    26 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    French energy company EDF has signed an agreement with the Chinese utility China Energy Investment Corporation (CEI) to jointly deliver two offshore wind power projects in China. The Dongtai IV and V offshore wind farms account for a total installed capacity of 500MW and will be the EDF Group’s first offshore projects in China. Through […]

  • Van Oord Records Best Year in Offshore Wind

    26 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord’s offshore wind business unit posted record revenue of EUR 706 million in 2018, a 75.2% increase compared to the revenue of EUR 403 million reported in 2017. The increase was attributed to a simultaneous start of four major offshore wind projects: Deutsche Bucht in Germany, Norther in Belgium, East Anglia ONE in the UK, […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal Out Thursday

    6 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK’s new Offshore Wind Sector Deal will be issued on Thursday, 7 March, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy said. As reported earlier, the new Sector Deal has established a target of reaching the connected offshore wind capacity of 30GW and delivering one-third of the UK’s electricity by 2030. Through a new skills […]

  • Schatz Energy Probes California’s Offshore Wind Feasibility

    31 July 2019
    R&D

    The Schatz Energy Research Center is carrying out a study on the wind resource and transmission constraints related to offshore wind in California. The research is part of three complementary studies that the U.S. center is conducting to assess offshore wind feasibility for the northern California coast. It is being funded by a USD 150,000 grant […]

  • Floating Met Mast Starts Operating Offshore Greece

    26 July 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Greek companies Streamlined Naval Architects LTD, ETME, ERGOMARE S.A., and Enalios Diving Center have completed the deployment of a FloatMast platform in the Aegean Sea. The first Floating MetMast was installed off the coast of the island of Makronissos, at a sea depth of 65 metres and at a distance of 250 metres from the […]

  • First Taiwanese Offshore Wind Barge Gets to Work

    16 July 2019
    Vessels

    Taiwan’s CSBC Corp has launched the CSBC No. 15, the first locally-built barge for offshore wind. On its maiden voyage, the barge carried 15 large construction sections from Keelung to Kaohsiung. The barge, which meets international sailing requirements, was fully brought forward by CSBC, from the vessel design and investment to construction itself. CBSC says […]

  • GE Sets Up Offshore Wind Shop in China

    12 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    GE Renewable Energy will open a new offshore wind factory at Jieyang’s offshore wind cluster in the Chinese province of Guangdong and will establish a new Operation and Development Center in the city of Guangzhou. The new GE offshore wind factory in Jieyang will help to meet Chinese growing demand for offshore wind energy and […]

  • Norway Mulls Opening Three Offshore Wind Areas

    2 July 2019
    Authorities

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is today submitting proposals to potentially open two areas for offshore wind development, and is seeking input on whether to open a third area. The two areas that the ministry plans to open for offshore wind development are Utsira Nord and Sandskallen-Sørøya Nord. Utsira Nord lies west of Utsira […]

  • Virginia Offshore Wind Demo Enters Construction Phase

    2 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project has entered the construction phase as onshore works kick off. The groundbreaking took place on 1 July, marking the first onshore construction work on the two-turbine 12MW offshore wind project. “The Virginia offshore wind demonstration project is another powerful example of the Commonwealth’s position as a leader […]

  • ZTT Wins Sheyang H1 Offshore Wind Contract

    27 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Nantong-based Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology (ZTT) has won an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a section of the 300MW Sheyang H1 offshore wind farm. The wind farm is being developed by Huaneng Renewables Corporation Limited, a subsidiary of China Huaneng Group, off China’s Jiangsu Province. The contract is valued at CNY 526 million (EUR 67.3 […]

  • Offshore Wind Developers Back UK Seabirds Count

    24 June 2019
    Environment

    EDF Renewables, Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited, Red Rock Power Limited, and SSE Renewables have provided a financial boost to ‘Seabirds Count’, the fourth national census of the UK’s breeding seabird populations. Thanks to equal funding contributions from the offshore wind developers, alongside support from government and conservation charities, the count is now set for […]

  • Dutch to Bring Out Sunny Side of Offshore Wind

    8 February 2018
    R&D, Technology

    Six companies and research institutes from the Netherlands have started developing the world’s first sea-based floating solar farm under a project called Solar-at-Sea which, in the long run, eyes using the space available between wind turbines for photovoltaic panels to increase the energy output of offshore wind farms per square kilometre. 

  • Offshore Wind Accelerator Opens Black Start Competition

    8 February 2018
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has issued a call for expressions of interest in its new innovation competition, aiming to develop and enhance black start capabilities for offshore wind turbines.

  • Scotland’s Offshore Wind Sees 300% Employment Increase

    1 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    The UK Government statistics for 2016 have shown that the number of people employed in Scotland’s offshore wind sector increased by 300% and equaled 2,000 employees.

  • New York Reveals Offshore Wind Power Play

    3 January 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education

    New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has called for a procurement of at least 800MW of offshore wind power between two solicitations to be issued in 2018 and 2019.

  • Eneco Seeks Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance Team

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Eneco Offshore Wind B.V. has issued a call for tenders for offshore exchange and commissioning services for main component replacements on the wind turbines at the Prinses Amaliawindpark (Princess Amalia Wind Farm ).

  • Guernsey Looking Into Developing 30MW Offshore Wind Project

    18 May 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    A preliminary feasibility study, carried out by Xodus Group and funded jointly by the States of Guernsey and Guernsey Electricity, has found that offshore wind technology could be viable in several locations off Guernsey and that there are a range of technically feasible options to develop a 30MW offshore wind project.

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Shine in Q1 2017

    27 April 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    German offshore wind farms generated 4.8 billion kWh of electricity in the first quarter of 2017, a 36.7 percent jump compared to 3.5 billion kWh of electricity generated offshore Germany in the first quarter of 2016.