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  • SMM Direct: SCHOTTEL Strongly Present in Offshore Market

    5 September 2012

    The SCHOTTEL Group is showcasing its undiminished strong standing at this year’s SMM, Hall A4, Booth 306. With its gratifying facts and figures, the renowned German manufacturer of propulsion and steering systems for ships and offshore applications is underscoring its continuing positive development.   Counter to the general trend in the sector, the demand for SCHOTTEL […]

  • Canada: Trillium Fights Government on Offshore Wind Projects

    15 August 2012
    Authorities

    In February, 2011, the Ontario Government imposed a moratorium on four Trillium Wind Power’s proposed offshore wind power projects. While speaking at a court hearing on Tuesday, the company’s lawyer Morris Cooper said that the Government’s move involves political science, not the environmental one. A 420 MW project on Lake Ontario almost acquired $26 million […]

  • Bureau Veritas Set for Offshore Wind Projects Certification

    17 September 2014

    Bureau Veritas Certification, part of the group Bureau Veritas, a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has announced it has successfully been accredited to undertake Project Certification of offshore wind projects against the international standards IEC 61400. This most recent accreditation is part of Bureau Veritas’ on-going strategy to offer the wind industry a […]

  • Experts Look Ways to Accelerate Offshore Energy Projects

    3 February 2015

    The RiCORE (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewable Energy Projects) project has been awarded €1.4 million from the European Commission’s competitive Horizon 2020 programme. Led by Robert Gordon University (RGU), a group comprising teams from Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France and Scotland will look at ways of accelerating and streamlining the environmental requirements associated with consents for […]

  • VIDEO: Transport Solutions for Offshore Wind Power Plants

    29 January 2013

    Yesterday, SCHEUERLE issued a press release regarding the increasing use of modular transport systems due to the large dimensions and the ever-increasing weight of offshore installations. Here, we bring a video from SCHEUERLE Fahrzeuge, which demonstrates transport solutions for offshore wind power plants: [mappress] Offshore WIND Staff, January 29, 2013; Image: SCHEUERLE

  • VIDEO: MPI Adventure Performance at Offshore Wind Farm

    7 March 2013

    MPI Adventure, owned by the Stokesley-based MPI Offshore, is currently operating out of the Port of Hartlepool on the installation of wind turbines at the Teesside Offshore Wind Farm. Designed to transport, lift and install wind turbines and their foundations, she is the world’s most advanced and most efficient WTIV, in terms of jacking speed, […]

  • VIDEO: Bladt Knows Its Business in Offshore Wind

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Bladt Industries, an international steel contractor specializing in large-scale and highly complex steel structures, recently announced that it will manufacture 97 foundations for the Gode Wind project. The company is involved in multiple projects for the offshore wind industry, and has advanced along with the industry toward building larger structures necessary for the development of […]

  • Norwegian Offshore Wind Industry Shines at EWEA’s Event

    18 March 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) was well represented at the EWEA Offshore exhibition by several partner stands, three presentations and four posters – of which Yngve Heggelund’s poster was declared the best in the category “Resource assessment”. The poster “A fast reduced order method for assessment of wind farm layouts” competed against almost forty other […]

  • Norway Pondering New Regulation for Offshore Wind Development

    29 May 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    On 4 June, Norwegian Parliament (Storting) will discuss a new proposal asking the government to draft detailed regulation for opening concession areas and granting concessions rights for offshore wind projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). 

  • Ocean Ecology and Åkerblå to Work Together in Offshore Wind

    8 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian environmental and technical consultancy Åkerblå Group is buying into UK-based marine and environmental survey specialist Ocean Ecology with an aim to work in offshore wind. Åkerblå Group is acquiring 51% of the shares in Ocean Ecology, while the founders and current owners will retain the remaining 49% and continue to develop the company together […]

  • Norwegian Company Positioning for Upcoming Offshore Wind Projects

    1 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian company Caera has acquired its compatriot Energy Innovation as it plans to set up a skilled personnel base at the Egersund Energy Hub as part of the offshore wind supply chain in Norway. Caera is a supplier of skilled professionals in electrical and mechanical sciences, and Energy Innovation is an education and certification center. […]

  • Equinor Shelves Floating Wind Project Offshore Norway

    22 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor will postpone a further development of the Trollvind offshore wind initiative off Norway indefinitely. The company said the decision was based on several challenges facing the project, including technology availability, rising costs, and a strained timetable to deliver on the original concept. The authorities have been informed about the decision. Equinor has previously announced […]

  • Germany Ups 2017 Offshore Wind Tender Volume

    18 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has proposed an amendment to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which would enable two offshore wind tenders with a total capacity of 2.92GW to be held in 2017. The two tenders with 1.46GW capacity each are part of the new draft bill for the development and promotion of offshore wind energy […]

  • France Starts Competitive Dialogue on Dunkirk Offshore Wind

    12 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D

    French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea has started the so-called ”competitive dialogue” procedure to select potential developers and define an area best suited for development of offshore wind farms off Dunkirk. Dunkirk is part of France’s third round of tenders for the development of offshore wind selected for its favourable conditions and supported […]

  • James Fisher Bolsters Taiwan Offshore Wind Ties

    26 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables) has entered into a strategic partnership with Dong Fang (DFO) and Ho Lung Power Engineering (HLPE) with the goal to localise the company’s activities in Taiwan. JF Renewables said that through these partnerships the company aims to transfer technical knowledge to selected local teams and provide operations and maintenance (O&M), […]

  • Three Dalby Offshore’s Vessels to Work on Greater Gabbard

    9 April 2015
    Vessels

    Dalby Offshore’s vessels Wharfe, Aire & Humber have won a contract to work on the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm for SSE, modifying the davits on 117 turbines. The contract is set to last until the end of 2015. The vessels have been mobilising for the job for the past few weeks and are now ready to start […]

  • MMS Launches Its First Offshore Wind Catamaran

    8 August 2016
    Vessels

    Hull-based MMS Ship Repair has launched MMS Crusader, its first workboat specially built to serve the offshore wind industry, according to Hull Daily Mail. The vessel, a 26m aluminium catamaran, has been built at the company’ shipyard at Alexandra Dock for MMS Offshore Renewable Services, MMS’ subsidiary operating offshore renewables vessels. MMS Crusader has been developed to service a […]

  • 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 […]

  • SPT Offshore Designs Jackets for Scottish Wind Farm

    23 March 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands-based SPT Offshore has completed the preliminary design of a three-legged jacket, including the suction pile foundation, for an offshore wind farm project at the east coast of Scotland.

  • UK Offshore Wind Farms End 2017 In Overdrive

    29 March 2018
    Authorities

    Offshore wind farms generated a record 7.8TWh of electricity in the fourth quarter of 2017, spurred on by increased capacity and higher wind speeds compared to the same period a year before, according to a report by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

  • Taiwanese Delegation Visits Danish Offshore Wind Sites

    22 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    A Taiwanese offshore delegation interested in enhancing cooperation between the Danish offshore hub and Taiwan recently visited Denmark. Invited and hosted by Offshoreenergy.dk, the delegation visited the MHI Vestas and Siemens pre-assembly sites at the Port of Esbjerg, as well as the wind turbines at Maade (near Esbjerg) and LORC on Funen, Denmark. Offshoreenergy.dk initiated cooperation between […]

  • Taiwan Pinpoints Taichung Port as Offshore Wind Hub

    12 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    The Port of Taichung has been identified as the optimal port to support offshore wind farm construction works in Taiwan, according to a review carried out by the Executive Yuan and the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in coordination with relevant industry representatives.

  • Offshore Wind Drives MAKE’s Global Outlook Upgrade

    21 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    MAKE has upgraded its ten-year global wind outlook citing innovation and advancements in cost-out measures in offshore wind as main drivers behind the upgrade.

  • ABS Consulting Joins Taiwanese Offshore Wind Consortium

    13 June 2018
    R&D

    ABS Consulting, a subsidiary of ABS Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with a consortium of research, testing and certification bodies in Taiwan and advance technical knowledge and offshore wind capabilities in Asia’s second-largest offshore wind market.

  • Denmark and Taiwan Join Forces for Offshore Wind Education

    14 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), National Taiwan University (NTU) and DTU Wind Energy have partnered up to work on local offshore wind education in Taiwan.

  • Taiwan Proposes Offshore Wind Feed-in-Tariff Cut

    30 November 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has proposed a 12.71% reduction in Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) for offshore wind projects that sign their Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in 2019 as compared to the current rate.