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  • RenewableUK Welcomes Blueprint for Offshore Wind Job Creation

    1 August 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed the launch of the Government’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The joint Government/Industry plan to consolidate the UK’s position as the global leader in offshore wind energy was hailed by RenewableUK’s Chief Executive as “a blueprint for green-collar job creation”. Speaking at the official launch of […]

  • Vestas to Close Offshore Wind Factories in Denmark and Spain

    20 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas plans to cease production at its factories in Viveiro, Spain, and Esbjerg, Denmark, as well as the onshore wind factory in Lauchhammer, Germany. Vestas said that the move is part of the company’s integration of its onshore and offshore business started after Vestas acquired a 100 per cent stake in […]

  • USA: UMaine Erects Offshore Wind Test Turbine

    12 December 2012

    An offshore wind test turbine has been erected behind the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus to evaluate sensor systems and controls in preparation for the installation of a floating turbine in the Gulf of Maine this spring as part of the DeepCwind Consortium project. The temporary 1:8 scale wind turbine […]

  • STX France Starts Building Rentel Offshore Substation

    8 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    STX France has started fabrication works for the offshore substation that will be installed at the Rentel offshore wind farm site in Belgium. The first steel cutting for the substation took place yesterday at STX France’s yard in Saint-Nazaire. Design of both the foundation and the topside has been carried out by STX France. The substation will comprise a 1,600t monopile foundation […]

  • KCI Extends Chinese Offshore Wind Contract Scope

    15 February 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Beijing-based Huadian Heavy Industries has extended KCI the Engineers’ scope for the offshore wind contract awarded last December.

  • California Holds Great Offshore Wind Potential (USA)

    11 August 2011

      The amount of wind blowing off the California coast has high potential. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory atmospheric scientists are working with a Norwegian company to leverage that wind as a valuable energy source. LLNL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sway, a renewable energy company that has developed floating towers for placing wind […]

  • India to Asses Offshore Wind Potential Near Dhanushkodi

    12 December 2011

    On the setting up off-shore windpower facilities, Jai said they were doing the first assessment for such projects. (ibnlive) [mappress] Source: ibnlive, December 12, 2011

  • Construction work began on Sheringham Shoal offshore windfarm

    11 March 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site began Tuesday, March 9, with the arrival of the 164m “Nordnes” vessel, which will position rocks at selected foundation locations in preparation for the start of the installation of the giant monopile structures next month. Using a precision technique, the “Nordnes” will place 2-9” filter […]

  • USA: O’Malley Seeks Support for His Offshore Project

    12 March 2012
    Authorities

    Governor Martin O’Malley addressed the state’s congressional delegation on Monday seeking support for his offshore wind project, reports SoMd News. O’Malley said he wants the congressional delegation to support a federal investment tax credit extension necessary for offshore wind power generation that expires at the end of 2012. According to the O’Malley administration, if leases […]

  • Belgium: Elia Seeks Contractors for Building Offshore Infrastructures

    19 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    Elia is seeking for a contractor to erect offshore infrastructures off the Belgian coast in order to connect the wind farms in the Belgian North Sea. The contract stipulates the possibility of land reclamation and/or the possibility of contracting an offshore platform. Namely, the grid operator in Belgium is legally obligated to connect offshore wind […]

  • ORE Catapult Seeks Offshore Renewables Consultancy Service

    11 July 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    ORE Catapult has a requirement for a Consultancy Service Framework to provide technical assistance and support.   The Service will be utilised as and when required, on a call-off basis by ORE Catapult in Glasgow and Blyth relating to all required services, equipment and engineering services associated with offshore (wind, wave and tidal) power projects. Divided into lots […]

  • UK: DECC Seeks Offshore Project Supervision Services

    15 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has called for tenders for offshore project supervision services to ensure the provision of a new Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) (OESEA3) and to manage the ongoing maintenance of completed SEAs. Because of the specialist nature of the requirement the services of a contractor with extensive offshore environmental experience […]

  • Siem Offshore Reports First Quarter Results (Norway)

    10 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Siem Offshore, an international supply and subsea shipping company, today announced results for the first quarter of 2011. The operating revenue for the first quarter was USD 68.9 million compared to USD 49.8 million for the same period of 2010. The operating margin was USD 21.8 million compared to USD 12.0 million for the […]

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Turns Yellow

    24 July 2012

    Yellow transition pieces are being fitted on the Teesside Offshore Wind Farm foundations, Hartlepool mail news site reports. Installation of the foundations was completed at the end of the June. The fitting of the transition pieces presents the first phase of activities which will be followed by installation of turbines and associated subsea cabling. The […]

  • Croatia Seeks Investors to Build Offshore Wind Farm

    22 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Croatia will probably build a 500MW offshore wind farm within the next wave of investments, reports Poslovni, citing Nenad Končar, head of Jadranska Ulaganja. Due to the crisis in the shipbuilding industry, shipyards have turned to the offshore wind energy. The Zagreb-based company is currently doing a research and analysis of the three shipyards for […]

  • PNE Showcases Its Offshore Portfolio at Windforce 2014

    20 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer PNE WIND AG presented its expertise and perspective in the development of offshore wind farms at the “Windforce 2014”, an international tradeshow held in Bremen. Of special interest to the visitors were the future projects of PNE WIND AG. Having already received permits for four North Sea offshore wind farms […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Teams Busy Offshore and on Land

    11 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Works on bringing the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind turbines to spin off the Scottish coast are moving forward with export cable route boulder clearance now completed. The same operations that were being carried out at the inter-array routes are paused for the winter, while activities on getting the project’s O&M base up are now […]

  • South Carolina Senator Proposes Offshore Wind Advancement

    17 December 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    South Carolina Senator Greg Hembree prefiled an offshore wind bill on December 3, pushing the state’s offshore wind research and development activities to a point where they would ensure a safe path to utilizing the state’s vast offshore wind resources. Senator Hembree proposes that South Carolina Public Service Commission adopts regulations under which power utilities would invest […]

  • The Netherlands: nkt cables Attends EWEA Offshore 2011

    25 November 2011

    From the 29th of November to the 1st of December nkt cables will show its capabilities within the area of Intelligent Energy Transmission Solution for On and Offshore at the biggest and worldwide most important wind energy fair, the “Offshore 2011 Amsterdam” On the stand in Hall 11 nkt cables presents turnkey transmission solutions with […]

  • UK: No Value Accorded to SeaEnergy Offshore Wind Services

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Research house Edison says that SeaEnergy should see the gap between its market price and the value of its assets close, the ProactiveInvestors reports. Edison analyst Graeme Moyse said that there is a significant gap between the market price of SeaEnergy and the value of its cash balance, and also in its stake in Lansdowne. […]

  • Michigan Offshore Wind Project Faces Opposition (USA)

    14 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    For five generations, Darryl Fowler’s family has worked 800 acres of Bethany Township land, coaxing corn and soybeans out of the ground.   By Jim Lynch (detnews) [mappress] Source: detnews, November 14, 2011

  • TenneT Presents Borssele Offshore Platform Design (VIDEO)

    23 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    Along with the news that TenneT had been confirmed as the operator of the Dutch offshore grid, the TSO reported that it had finalized the design for the offshore platforms which will be part of the connection of the planned wind farms to the onshore grid.  In the coming years, TenneT will build five identical platforms with […]

  • Van Oord Calls In DHSS for Offshore Air Support

    26 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Van Oord has selected DHSS as its contractor for helicopter services during the construction phase of the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm is located near the southern border of the Dutch Exclusive Economic zone (EEZ) and approximately 25 kilometres […]

  • Rotech Completes North Sea Offshore Wind Job

    10 June 2020
    Grid Connection

    Rotech Subsea has completed a three-phase work scope at the Borssele and Triton Knoll offshore wind farms for a dredging specialist. Rotech provided its TRS1 and TRS1LD Jet Trenching tools to carry out pit clearing and cable lowering at the Borssele project in the Dutch North Sea, as well as grout bag and cable de-burial […]

  • Vineyard Wind Makes Offshore Wind Play in Connecticut

    5 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind LLC has responded to Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) request for proposals for offshore wind energy.

  • Mayflower Wind Joins Connecticut Offshore Wind Race

    1 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The joint venture of Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America has submitted bids for the development of its Mayflower Wind offshore wind project in response to Connecticut’s Request for Proposals (RfP). The Mayflower Wind joint venture submitted an 804MW proposal and a 408MW proposal in what is Connecticut’s first solicitation dedicated specifically to offshore […]