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  • DECC OKs Dudgeon Offshore Wind Planning Variations

    27 December 2013
    Authorities

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved Dudgeon Offshore Wind’s application to vary the offshore planning consent. Namely, after the acquisition of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm by Statoil and Statkraft the variations were requested due to the structure of the seabed. The review also indicates that in order to avoid […]

  • ABS Establishes Offshore Energy Center in Huston, USA

    9 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, is establishing an office in Houston’s Energy Corridor near the intersection of Interstate 10 and Highway 6. The new facility will co-locate members from ABS engineering, project management, technology and business management, allowing ABS to better serve its client base in this significant […]

  • Butendiek Offshore Substation on Its Way to OWF Site

    7 May 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Avantha Group Company CG has successfully performed the marine load-out of a high-voltage offshore substation for Western Power Distribution (WPD) offshore solutions GmbH.The substation is a part of the Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany. The Butendiek offshore substation was successfully loaded onto the sea barge in Hoboken, Antwerp. The next step is the substation’s installation and […]

  • IGERT Students Discuss Offshore Wind Energy in Washington

    6 May 2014
    Training & Education

    The IGERT students participating in Prof. Elisabeth Hamin’s Regional Planning course “Wind Energy and Society” visited Washington, D.C. over spring break to discuss offshore wind energy policy with various organizations. The organizations included the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), U.S. Department of Energy, American Bird Conservancy, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). One […]

  • MacArtney Expands Its Offshore Services in Asian Markets

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    MacArtney Group is significantly growing its presence and activities in all Asian markets for underwater technology, driven by a major strategic expansion of its operations in Singapore.  Over the next few months, MacArtney Singapore is securing several new staff members, implementing a major expansion of stock and workshop facilities and opening a dedicated slip ring […]

  • Virginia Aquarium Hosts Offshore Wind Public Meeting

    4 April 2014

    The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center hosted a public meeting regarding the potential offshore wind development off the Virginia’s coast last night, reports the Associated Press. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored this meeting, which focused on environmental impact of a 12MW wind energy project located around 20 miles offshore. Namely, Dominion […]

  • WWF-UK Hails Latest Offshore Wind Investments

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment

    WWF-UK has commented on the news that the Green Investment Bank is to invest £461m in construction stage projects in the UK offshore wind sector. Nick Molho, head of climate and energy policy at WWF-UK, said: “The Green Investment Bank’s decision to invest in two offshore wind projects and support the use of the latest […]

  • Bonheur Group’s Offshore Wind Division Makes Money

    17 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Bonheur ASA, Norwegian holding company that operates in the offshore wind sector, among other activities, today released its financial results for the second quarter.   The Group of companies’ overall 2Q operating revenues were NOK 2 771 million, higher that in the same period of 2013 (NOK 2 607 million). Operating revenues in its Shipping/Offshore Wind division amounted […]

  • WINDFORCE Conference Presents Latest Offshore Wind Developments

    28 March 2014

    Registration for the WINDFORCE offshore conference has begun. In more than 70 lectures to be held from 17th to 19th June in Bremen, participants will learn everything worth knowing about the technical, economic, scientific and political developments in the international offshore wind industry. While the parallel event WINDFORCE fair opens its doors at 9:00am on […]

  • 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine Installed on Jeju Island

    5 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Hyosung Corporation installed the aeroMaster 5.0 offshore wind turbine, developed by aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH in Germany, on Jeju Island, South Korea, on February 24. The wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 139 m and 5 MW power has a high-speed drive train with a medium voltage generator. The turbine was developed incorporating the well-proven […]

  • GlobalData: UK’s Offshore Wind to Grow Significantly by 2020

    4 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Supported by aggressive renewable targets, policy backing and a shift towards a greener climate, the UK propelled itself to the head of the global offshore wind power market in 2013, boasting a cumulative installed capacity share of around 52%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report titled “Offshore Wind Turbines and […]

  • Siemens to Present Cost-Cutting Innovations at EWEA Offshore

    26 February 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The international wind energy conference EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen in early March will see Siemens focusing on innovations supporting cutting the costs of offshore wind power. In addition to further developing the technology of its wind turbines, the company is advancing the efficiency of turbine-to-grid connections and creating new offshore logistics concepts for turbine […]

  • Offshore Wind Supply Chain Seminar Organized in Copenhagen

    25 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    INTPOW has announced that its 6th Offshore Wind Supply Chain Seminar will be held in Copenhagen on the 9th of March 2015, one day ahead of EWEA Offshore Wind 2015. In addition to the Norwegian offshore wind industry, this year, given the international setting, INTPOW is going to host Danish and other international delegates and has […]

  • OWI-Lab to Share Its Knowledge at EWEA Offshore

    24 February 2015

    OWI-Lab, the Belgian research, development and innovation platform for offshore wind energy, will be present with new insights during the next EWEA offshore conference in Copenhagen. The team will present its latest insights with regard to the structural health monitoring of offshore structures and condition monitoring of wind turbine rotating components. One of the main […]

  • UPDATE ON FRANCE: The great potential of offshore wind in France

    16 March 2015

    France is ranked 2nd in Europe regarding the offshore wind potential, just behind the United Kingdom. And while no wind farms are installed to date this will change in the next few years to come. Offshore WIND asked France Energie Eolienne (FEE), the French wind energy association, to provide an update on the current status and […]

  • Video: 50Hertz on Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Connection

    9 February 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    50Hertz is in charge of connecting EnBW Baltic 2 to the grid.  The German offshore wind farm, being constructed 32 kilometers north of the Baltic island of Rügen, is four times as large as EnBW Baltic 1. With 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 turbines, it can produce six times as much power. The construction of EnBW Baltic 2 began in […]

  • CT Offshore Installs Borkum Riffgrund 1 Cables

    11 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Last week, CT Offshore completed the installation and burial of 44 inter-array cables at the DONG Energy wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. “The valuable experience gained from the West of Duddon Sands and Gwynt y Môr projects earlier this year has played an important role to secure a smooth running project,” Hans Peter Johannsen, Director of […]

  • Goldwind, CTG Plan Two Offshore Wind Projects

    19 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    According to Chinese media, Goldwind, China Three Gorges (CTG) and Fuzhou municipal government have entered into an agreement to cooperate on the development of offshore wind projects.  The agreement includes building of an offshore wind power equipment industrial park and an R&D center in Fuzhou city. The industrial park is expected to have an output value of 13 […]

  • Ecofys Assesses Borssele Offshore Wind Farm Zone

    28 August 2015

    Ecofys has assessed the offshore wind climate for the Borssele offshore wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. Combining offshore wind measurements with mesoscale model data, Ecofys found all of the analysed trends reasonable for an offshore site and consistent across modelled heights from 10 to 150 m. The calculated mean wind speed at […]

  • New Jersey BPU to Hire Offshore Wind Expert

    14 August 2015
    Authorities

    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is planning to hire an outside consultant to advise on offshore wind development. The expert would consult on state regulation, four year in delay from being adopted, needed for offshore wind development, writes New Jersey Spotlight. The regulation would define financing mechanism through which utility customers would fund […]

  • UK Offshore Wind on Way to Become Subsidy Free

    20 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Statkraft has welcomed the latest report by BVG Associates, which outlines how advances in technology, the supply chain and policy have combined to put the industry on track to become sustainable without financial support from consumers. BVG’s report highlights the costs of offshore wind are starting to fall sharply as a result of the introduction […]

  • CT Offshore Awards Cable Pull-In Job to CWind

    20 May 2015

    CWind has won a contract to supply rigging and cable pull-in services to CT Offshore to support their cable laying project at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. Under the contract, CWind will support the pull-in of the cables at all 97 turbines as well as those connecting the array to […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Upgrades; Offshore Wind Monitoring Enabled

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    After months of intensive preparations, conversion work and test runs, Deutsche Windtechnik’s 24/7 remote data monitoring will now be housed in new spacious premises with technically well equipped workstations. The specific aim of the conversion was to create the necessary technical and safety conditions for projects in the pipeline. For example, the new control room enables […]

  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Lease Sale Coming Up

    23 January 2015
    Authorities

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a competitive lease sale auction for four wind energy areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Massachusetts on Thursday, January 29.  A mock auction for the eligible bidders will be held on Monday, January 26, when BOEM will contact each eligible bidder and provide instructions for participation. The monetary auction will begin at 8:30 a.m. […]

  • UK: Bill of Restriction for Offshore Wind Proposed to Parliament

    16 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Mr Christopher Chope, Conservative MP for Christchurch, who recently referred to offshore wind players as “subsidy junkies“, has taken another step in an effort to restrict large-scale offshore wind development off the coasts of the UK by proposing a bill called “Control of Offshore Wind Turbines”.  Mr Chope yesterday proposed a private member’s bill at the House of Commons, […]

  • Virginia’s 12MW Offshore Wind Project Green-Lighted

    25 March 2015
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has granted its first wind energy research lease for a 12MW offshore wind test facility off Virginia. The lease has been given to Virginia’s Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME), which partnered with Dominion Resources, Inc. to develop the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project (VOWTAP). The […]