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  • Google Investment Boosts Offshore Wind Indursty (USA)

    28 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Offshore renewable energy could kick off the next billion-dollar “gold rush” in the continent’s coastal waters, and that could be good news… (cnbc) [mappress] Source: cnbc, October 28, 2010;

  • China Begins World Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    25 October 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    China, which shot to world leadership in turbine production after passing renewable energy legislation (together with local construction… By Susan Kraemer (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, October 25, 2010;

  • Installation of Offshore Substation About to Start at Dogger Bank C Site

    7 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the offshore substation jacket foundation and topside for the third phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction, will commence soon. Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir will install the offshore substation jacket and topside at the Dogger Bank C site in the […]

  • First ScotWind Floating Project Submits Both Onshore and Offshore Consent Applications

    10 December 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm, a joint venture between Vattenfall and Fred. Olsen Seawind, has submitted applications for both offshore and onshore consents to the Scottish authorities for review. The project is the first fully floating offshore wind farm from the 2022 ScotWind leasing process to reach the point of submitting both offshore and […]

  • 2 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project Advances with Onshore Planning Application

    7 November 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind the West of Orkney Windfarm, comprising Corio Generation, TotalEnergies, and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has submitted an onshore planning application to the Highland Council for onshore works for the 2 GW offshore wind farm. The onshore application provides detailed information on the proposed cable landfills on the North Caithness coast, the […]

  • ERSG Wins Onshore and Offshore Supply Agreement for DONG Energy’s German Projects

    4 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following a rigorous tender process, ERSG has been awarded both the onshore and offshore staffing Lots for DONG Energy’s upcoming German projects. This latest award builds on the successful partnership that has seen ERSG provide key staff to DONG Energy’s first offshore wind farm to be constructed in Germany, the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project and […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Capital Costs 30-50% Higher Than Onshore

    3 February 2011
    R&D

    The global move to offshore wind farm development is enabling nations to accelerate wind energy adoption while reducing reliance on land-… (sbwire) [mappress] Source: sbwire, February 03, 2011

  • Wind Energy Ireland Warns Offshore Targets at Risk Without Urgent Government Action

    27 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry

    Ireland’s offshore wind energy ambitions are in jeopardy unless the government takes immediate and decisive action, Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) has warned. The industry organisation issued the warning at the launch of its new Offshore Wind Action Plan on 27 May, at the start of its annual Offshore Wind Conference in Dublin. While acknowledging policy […]

  • Navantia Seanergies, Semco Maritime Enter Offshore Substation Partnership

    10 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Foundations, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Navantia Seanergies and Semco Maritime have signed an agreement to partner on building offshore substations and offering lifecycle support. Under the agreement, the two companies will combine their experience and capabilities – that of an industrial-scale manufacturer in offshore wind and an HVAC offshore substation supplier – to deliver EPC solutions that are lean and […]

  • Polish Companies Ink Survey Contracts for Baltica 9 Offshore Wind Farm

    16 May 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    PGE Baltica has signed a contract with a consortium of Polish companies to carry out a specialist geophysical survey of the Baltic Sea seabed for the Baltica 9 offshore wind farm. The two companies that will perform the survey of the Baltic Sea seabed for the presence of unexploded ordnance and shallow gas are Geo […]

  • RWE Mulls Stake Sale in 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE plans to sell a stake in its 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm next year, which is currently under construction in the UK. In a press conference call speech published on 15 May, Michael Müller, CFO of RWE AG, said that the company intends to sell stakes in the Sofia offshore wind project next […]

  • 50Hertz Awards LanWin3 Converter Contract

    19 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    The transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded the consortium comprising Dragados Offshore, a subsidiary of Cobra IS, and Siemens Energy a EUR 2.9 billion contract to design, build, and install two electrical conversion stations. The consortium’s scope of work consists of supplying an offshore converter for the LanWin3 grid connection project in the North […]

  • Belgian Meshed Grid to the Rescue as Rentel Export Cable Gets Damaged

    29 January 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The export cable of the Rentel offshore wind farm is reported to have been damaged. However, the offshore wind farm keeps feeding electricity into the Belgian grid as the offshore power hub, Modular Offshore Grid (MOG), has taken over. Elia, the operator of Belgium’s MOG, says that the cable from the Rentel platform to the […]

  • Venterra Wraps Up Metocean Study for Wind Areas Offshore Ireland

    5 May 2025
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development

    Venterra Group has completed a regional metocean characterisation study for the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP), commissioned by Ireland’s Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC). The study utilised numerical modelling techniques and provided a 40-year hindcast dataset of metocean conditions across the SC-DMAP and its four maritime areas planned for offshore […]

  • Signing of Massachusetts Offshore Wind Power Contracts Delayed Again

    2 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The signing of contracts with the selected winners in Massachusetts’ fourth offshore wind solicitation has been delayed once more, now expected to take place on or before 30 June. In September 2024, Massachusetts selected 1,087 MW of the multi-state 1,287 MW SouthCoast Wind project, with Rhode Island Energy awarding the remaining 200 MW. Massachusetts also selected Avangrid’s 791 MW […]

  • North Star’s CSOVs First Offshore Wind Vessels with Cyber Resilience Classification

    14 May 2025
    Vessels

    North Star’s new commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), Grampian Kestrel and Grampian Eagle, have secured Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Cyber Resilience classification. This makes the UK-based offshore wind vessel operator the first organisation in the world to have ships achieve this classification, according to LR. This certification, which is in line with mandatory International Association of […]

  • Management Plan Approved for Ørsted’s Australian Offshore Wind Farms

    27 March 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The feasibility stage management plan for Ørsted’s Gippsland offshore wind farms 1 and 2 has been approved by Australia’s Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR). The management plan details how activities will be safely carried out in compliance with the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act (OEI Act). The plan allows the developer to begin feasibility activities, including a […]

  • TenneT Selects HVDC Engineering Support Contractors for 2 GW Grid Connections

    22 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    TenneT has closed the tender and awarded contracts to companies that will provide HVDC engineering support to the already-selected EPCI contractors for the 2 GW bipolar HVDC converter stations that will make the new offshore grid connections in the Netherlands.  Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) signed the contracts, valued at a total of EUR 7 […]

  • Deepwater Wind Statement on U.S. Department of the Interior and Department of Energy’s “A National Offshore Wind Strategy: Creating an Offshore Wind Industry in the United States”

    8 February 2011
    Authorities

    “We applaud Secretaries Chu and Salazar for their efforts to accelerate the nation’s offshore wind industry. Deepwater Wind has long advocated for consistent federal policies on offshore wind development, so we’re particularly gratified by the steps the Obama administration is taking to establish a coordinated strategy. “But it’s also critical to the nation’s clean-energy future […]

  • Skyborn, TotalEnergies and Partners Inaugurate Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Yunneng Wind Power, the joint venture that built and owns the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, has inaugurated the 640 MW project at a ceremony held at the Santiaolun Beach & Water Park in Sihu Township. After the first turbine was connected to the Taiwanese grid in 2021, the wind farm reached its full operational […]

  • Two Applications Submitted for Saare 7 Offshore Wind Area

    20 March 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Two applications have been submitted to build an offshore wind farm on the Saare 7 site in Estonia, with the auction for the area scheduled for June 2025. OÜ Utilitas Wind and Sunly Wind OÜ each filed their own competing application for the Saare 7 area, which covers approximately 158.9 square kilometres. The starting price […]

  • SSE First Offshore Wind Developer to Receive Consent for Onshore Grid Infrastructure in Ireland

    30 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables has announced that the planning permission for the onshore grid infrastructure for the 800 MW Phase 2 of Arklow Bank Wind Park has been approved by Ireland’s planning board, An Bord Pleanála. This is the first time an offshore wind developer secured planning permission to develop onshore transmission grid infrastructure for an Irish […]

  • Scotland’s 4.1 GW Offshore Wind Project Receives Onshore Grid Connection Approval

    7 December 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    East Lothian Council has granted planning permission in principle for SSE Renewables’ proposed Berwick Bank offshore wind farm onshore transmission infrastructure and grid connection at Branxton, south of Dunbar, Scotland. Securing planning consent in principle for the onshore grid network will enable renewable energy generated by the proposed offshore wind farm to be transmitted to […]

  • Onshore Cabling Works Progressing at 99 MW South Korean Offshore Wind Farm

    7 May 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The landfall of the first submarine cable circuit has been completed by LS Cable & System and LS Marine Solution in the construction of the Jeonnam 1 offshore wind farm in South Korea. Jeonnam Offshore Wind Power was founded in 2020 as a 51-49 joint venture between SK E&S and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The […]

  • Onshore Market Conditions Hit Siemens Gamesa, Offshore Wind Yields Good Results

    7 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    From April to September 2017, Siemens Gamesa marked strong performance in its offshore business with an increase of 16% in revenues. This contrasts the company’s overall results for the period, as Siemens Gamesa reports a 12.3% fall in revenues.

  • CIP Orders Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Turbines at Vestas

    28 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has signed a firm order with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. For the 495 MW offshore wind farm off the coast of Taichung, Vestas will supply 33 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines and has also signed a long-term service agreement. This is Vestas’ first firm order for […]