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  • Offshore Wind Majors Book Danish Turbine Test Sites

    8 October 2018
    R&D, Technology

    The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the operator of the national test centres for large wind turbines at Østerild and Høvsøre, has just completed the tender process for the rental of the new test stands.

  • Investors Showing Great Interest in Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    5 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Funding for wpd’s Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan is close to completion and negotiations with a group of investors and banks will be finalised in a few weeks, the German developer said.

  • New Jersey Seeks Offshore Wind Logistics Know-How

    2 October 2018
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is seeking ideas from qualified entities with perspectives on offshore wind port infrastructure and supply chain development in New Jersey.

  • Buss and IDEA Set Sights on French Offshore Wind Market

    25 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Hamburg-based Buss Offshore Solutions and the St. Nazaire-based logistics services provider IDEA Groupe have established a joint venture, Buss IDEA Offshore, to offer a wide range of logistics services for the French offshore market.

  • Esvagt and Wind Power LAB Launch Offshore Inspection Partnership

    24 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Esvagt and Wind Power LAB, an Artificial Intelligence and blade specialist, have teamed up to offer a series of services that are said to support the control of offshore assets and expand their lifetime without any weather risk for the owners.

  • Crown Estate Officially Opens Offshore Wind Round 4

    14 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Crown Estate has officially opened the Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, which will offer seabed rights for at least 7GW of new projects in the waters around England and Wales. The first stage is the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), designed to assess bidders’ capability to deliver an offshore wind project based on a set of financial, legal and technical […]

  • RenewableUK: Offshore Wind Now the Cheapest Electricity Source in UK

    20 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The results of the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round have shown that offshore wind has now become the cheapest source of electricity in the UK, RenewableUK said. RenewableUK estimates that the 5.5GW of offshore wind projects selected in the CfD Allocation Round 3 will support over 7,000 jobs on the six projects and […]

  • Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Project Nears Construction Start

    19 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge have held a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a consortium of EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge, is developing the Saint-Nazaire project some 12km off the coast of Loire-Atlantique. The 480MW wind farm will feature 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines manufactured in […]

  • New Energy Funding Bill Backs Maine Offshore Wind

    13 September 2019
    Authorities, R&D

    The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations has advanced the fiscal year 2020 energy and water funding bill, which includes support for the Aqua Ventus demonstration offshore wind project. The legislation, advanced by a vote of 31-0, includes provisions led by Senator Susan Collins to support several R&D projects at the University of Maine (UMaine), including the Aqua Ventus […]

  • PGE and Orlen Group Sign Deal for Polish Offshore Wind

    11 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    PGE Group and Orlen Group have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to cooperate on the development of offshore wind in Poland. Under the deal, the parties intend to exchange offshore wind know-how, prepare for investments in maritime infrastructure and supply logistics and assess the key parameters of the accessibility of Polish ports. Additionally, the […]

  • New York to Hear About Offshore Wind Bid Winners

    5 September 2019
    Authorities

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will host a series of open house events in September to discuss New York’s recent awards for 1,696MW of offshore wind energy. NYSERDA staff will present details of the two announced projects: Empire Wind, owned and developed by Equinor US Holdings, Inc., and Sunrise Wind, […]

  • Z-bridge Completes Steelwork for New Offshore Access System

    5 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Dutch Z-bridge B.V. has completed the fabrication and assembly of the steelwork for its Bring-to-Work (B2W) offshore access system. This first phase of the B2W development, which is set to be used for maintenance work, was finalized at SEW Oil & Gas under the supervision of Bureau Veritas, Z-bridge said. According to the company, the outfitting […]

  • China’s First 10MW Offshore Wind Generator Market Ready

    22 August 2019
    Technology

    Dongfang Electric Machinery has developed China’s first 10MW direct drive permanent magnet generator for offshore wind turbines. The new generator has recently passed its acceptance tests and has secured a design certificate. It is by far the largest generator produced in China in terms of the capacity and the rotor diameter, the developer said. The generator […]

  • Energy Powerhouses Call For Offshore Wind-Hydrogen Combo in Germany

    12 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Siemens, Shell, and TenneT have proposed a new tendering model for offshore wind power in Germany which would be used to produce hydrogen.

  • French Coastal Regions Balk At New Offshore Wind Targets

    29 November 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Representatives from six French coastal regions and the industry have severely criticised France’s offshore wind targets set out in the new multiannual energy programme, describing them as a ”disaster” and ”the worst-case scenario”.

  • France Sets 2030 Offshore Wind Target, Industry Not Impressed

    28 November 2018
    Authorities

    The French government presented a multiannual energy programme on 27 November, revealing plans to increase onshore wind capacity from the current 14.3GW to some 35GW by 2030 and to add further 2.2GW of offshore wind, on top of the 3GW already tendered and waiting to be built.

  • Dutch Zero Subsidy Offshore Wind Tender Open for Applications

    4 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has opened a tender to build and operate offshore wind farms without subsidies at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) III and IV zones in the Dutch North Sea. The application period opened on 1 March and will run until 5 pm local time on Thursday, 14 March 2019. After the closure of […]

  • DEME Offshore and SABCA Form Drone O&M Pact

    1 March 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    DEME Offshore has partnered with the aerospace industry supplier SABCA to develop and deploy unmanned vehicles to perform surveillance and inspection works in the offshore industry. The companies are convinced that these technologies have a game-changing potential to increase health and safety of their employees, lower the impact on the environment in the O&M phase of […]

  • Fraunhofer Commissions Bearing Test Rig for Offshore Wind Turbines

    28 February 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Fraunhofer’s test bench for rotor blade bearings of up to 6.5 meters in diameter has been commissioned at the institute’s Hamburg facility, paving the way for automated continuous operation. The accelerated tests – simulating 20 years of service in six months of testing – will enable manufacturers and operators to increase the reliability of large […]

  • Italy’s First Offshore Wind Project Reaches Financial Close

    26 February 2019

    Beleolico Srl, part of the Toto Group, has reached a final investment decision on the 30MW Beleolico wind farm in the Italian Mediterranean. EY assisted Natixis in financing the construction of the first offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean. The transaction is the first of its kind in Italy. Natixis SA Paris acted as the financing […]

  • Ramboll Exec Joins Business Network for Offshore Wind Board

    18 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Ramboll’s Vice Director of the Global Wind Divison has joined the Board of Directors for the U.S. Business Network for Offshore Wind. According to the Danish company, Dr. Tim Fischer is responsible for the offshore wind service line that operates from several of the company’s global offices. Ramboll stated that one of Fischer’s current focus areas is to […]

  • US Offshore Wind R&D Consortium Expands Membership

    25 January 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has expanded its membership with three new state partners and three companies. The states of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia have joined New York as state partner, and Vineyard Wind, EnBW North America and Anbaric Development Partners have joined the consortium’s the Board of Directors. Together with the New […]

  • CWind and ORE Catapult Ink UK Offshore Renewables Deal

    24 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    CWind and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have signed a collaboration agreement to focus on offshore renewables in the UK. The two companies will focus on delivering applied research projects and accelerating technology development, aimed at improving health and safety, the operational performance of offshore renewable assets, as well as reducing risk and cost. “ORE Catapult uses […]

  • OWA Competition Looks to Make Offshore Wind Vessels Greener

    22 January 2019
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) plans to start a new industry competition next month with the aim of reducing emissions and fuel consumption in offshore wind vessels. OWA is now calling on the industry to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the scope of the competition. The RFI is the first […]

  • US Legislators Pitch Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act

    12 June 2019
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    A bipartisan group of US Senators has introduced legislation to create a grant program for offshore wind educational and career training. The legislation, the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, would direct the Energy Department to work with stakeholders to identify the offshore wind industry’s educational and career training needs before setting up a grant program to […]

  • Business Network for Offshore Wind Adds 90+ New Members

    24 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Business Network for Offshore Wind has expanded its membership with the addition of more than 90 new members. The new members range from large international companies to small businesses and include both offshore wind veterans and new entrants into the industry, the Network said. Some of the new members are Atlas Professionals, Dominion Energy, […]