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  • New York Opens 2 GW Offshore Wind Solicitation

    28 July 2022
    Authorities

    New York State has opened its third offshore wind solicitation, seeking to procure at least 2,000 MW of offshore wind energy. The procurement, administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), will be open for proposals from developers until 22 December, with solicitation award announcements expected in early 2023. The state’s third […]

  • US Expanding Offshore Wind to Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic

    21 July 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Industry

    US President Joe Biden has announced that the Department of the Interior is advancing the development of offshore wind areas in the Gulf of Mexico and the Southern Atlantic. These areas cover 700,000 acres and have the potential to power over three million homes, President Biden said in his remarks on actions to tackle the […]

  • Amprion Breaks Ground on DolWin4 and BorWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

    19 July 2022
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator Amprion has started construction work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems with a groundbreaking ceremony on Norderney Island’s North Beach. The drilling to cross below the island of Norderney marks the start of construction work for Amprion’s first offshore projects, which are scheduled to go into operation in […]

  • UK Company Launches Offshore Wind Crew Management Service

    15 July 2022
    Contribution, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    UK-based Offshore Operations Limited (OOL), a provider of operational and technical support services to the offshore renewables industry, has launched a full-service crew management offering for the offshore wind sector. OOL says it will provide turnkey crew management packages supporting the full lifecycle of talent solutions, from sourcing and management to training and development, payroll, […]

  • Offshore Wind and Battery Storage Project Takes Off in Japan

    9 September 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Pattern Energy Group and its affiliate in Japan, Green Power Investment Corporation (GPI), have completed financing and begun full construction of the 112 MW Ishikari Offshore Wind project located approximately three kilometers from the shore of the Ishikari Bay in Hokkaido, Japan. Ishikari Wind will also feature a battery storage component with 100 MW x […]

  • All Turbines Up at France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    6 September 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up Vole au vent has now installed all 80 GE Haliade 150-6 MW wind turbines at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm site offshore France. Vole au vent transported the wind turbines from the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port and installed them at the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in France, being built between 12 and 20 kilometres […]

  • UL Solutions to Certify RWE’s Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

    17 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE Offshore Wind Poland, a subsidiary of RWE Renewables, has selected UL Solutions to certify the design fundamentals of its 350 MW F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind project in Poland. UL Solutions will commence the certification in accordance with the provisions of the Maritime Safety Act and international IEC regulations and procedures. The entire process […]

  • MHI Vestas 9.5MW Wind Turbines to Spin Offshore Japan

    25 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas has confirmed that its V174-9.5 MW was selected as the preferred turbine for the 220MW Hibikinada offshore wind farm in Japan. Hibikinada is the first awarded, commercial-scale project to be announced in Japan. The wind farm is expected to enter the construction phase in FY 2022. It will be the first project to […]

  • Maersk and East Coast College to Provide Offshore Wind Training

    22 November 2019
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has established a partnership with the UK’s East Coast College to provide training courses for offshore renewable energy. The training courses will be held at East Coast College’s Energy Skills Centre in Lowestoft and Offshore Wind Skills Centre in Great Yarmouth. The GBP 11.4 million Energy Skills Centre, home to the East Coast […]

  • Keystone Shipping Joins US Offshore Wind Vessels Pact

    21 November 2019
    Vessels

    Green Shipping Line and Kongstein have finalized an agreement with Keystone Shipping Company to operate future shuttle vessels in the U.S. offshore wind market. The deal follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Green Shipping Line and Kongstein signed at the beginning of the year for the provision of a complete offshore wind farm supply […]

  • UK Prime Minister Pledges Offshore Wind Target Increase

    14 November 2019
    Authorities

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to increase the UK’s 2030 offshore wind target from the current 30GW to 40GW if his Conservative party wins the general election. UK’s current target to have 30GW of connected offshore wind capacity by 2030 was set with the launch of a new joint government-industry Offshore Wind Sector […]

  • Envision Energy and ZF Wind Form Offshore Wind Partnership

    23 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Envision Energy and ZF Wind Power have signed an agreement for the development and delivery of gearbox solutions for next-generation offshore wind turbines. With this strategic partnership, the two parties said they leverage their respective advantages in brand, technology and market, while jointly building cost-competitive offshore wind turbines. “Operating under the principles of mutual development, integrity and […]

  • Mott MacDonald Backs Japan’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    13 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Mott MacDonald is acting as the lender’s technical advisor on the Akita project, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm.

  • ISC and WSP Join Mayflower Wind Offshore Substation Roster

    11 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    As a sub-contractor to Bladt Industries, ISC will perform the engineering design works together with Semco Maritime and the US partner WSP.

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Fully Up and Running

    30 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has commissioned the 1,218MW Hornsea One wind farm off Yorkshire, UK, the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

  • German Operating Offshore Wind Capacity Tops 7.5GW Mark

    23 January 2020
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The representatives have once again urged the federal government to increase the 2030 offshore wind expansion target to at least 20GW, and to establish an expansion strategy beyond that.

  • France Ups 2028 Offshore Wind Tendering Target to 8.75GW

    21 January 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    France has increased its offshore wind tendering target from up to 6GW to up to 8.75GW by 2028, the latest version of the Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)) shows. The revised PPE, which is now open for public consultation, also increases the intended operating offshore wind capacity from between 4.7GW and 5.2GW […]

  • Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act Goes to House Floor

    20 January 2020
    Authorities

    The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources has passed the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, legislation to educate and train a new generation of U.S. offshore wind workers. The H.R. 3068 legislation would provide financial support for educational institutions to develop and implement curriculum and training programs that support the creation of a workforce […]

  • IHC IQIP Clamps Down On Offshore Wind Order in Taiwan

    17 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    IHC IQIP has won a contract to provide 84 jacket pile grippers for an offshore wind project in Taiwan. The company did not disclose the name of the project; however, it did say that the jacket pile grippers will be used to install the wind farm’s 21 jacket foundations in 2020. Based on the information […]

  • Sif Receives Order for Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Project

    17 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Sif Holding has received an order from Eiffage Métal to deliver 80 monopiles and the primary steel for 80 transition pieces for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Sif will manufacture the monopiles and store them at its MV2 facility, as well as deliver the primary steel for the transition pieces to Smulders Hoboken. […]

  • DEME Lays Keel for First Offshore Wind Maintenance SOV

    16 December 2019
    Vessels

    DEME Group has held a keel-laying ceremony for its first dedicated service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farm maintenance. The keel-laying ceremony took place on 13 December at the CEMRE shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, for what is said to be the world’s first DP2 twin-hulled SOV. Due to be delivered in 2021, the SOV […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea

    8 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would see that these dots are actually wind […]

  • DEME Inks Chinese Offshore Wind Deal with COSCO Shipping

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Belgian DEME Group and Chinese COSCO Shipping have officially embarked on a joint journey to develop offshore wind energy in China, under an umbrella agreement signed on 31 October, following the two companies’ joint venture announcement in May.  With the Chinese government aiming to significantly increase the installed capacity of offshore wind energy by 2020 […]

  • Tern Sisters Lift Fred. Olsen’s Offshore Wind Unit

    28 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Ocean’s offshore wind segment reported NOK 428 million operating revenue in the third quarter of 2016, compared with NOK 254 million in the same period in 2015, mainly due to higher utilisation and rates from the jack-up installation vessels Brave Tern and Bold Tern. The segment includes Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS and Universal Foundation […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference 2016 Gathers Industry Leaders in Amsterdam

    24 October 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The 7th annual Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) started on Monday, 24 October, in Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The theme of the two-day event, part of the annual Offshore Energy & Exhibition Conference (OEEC), is ‘Reaching Potential’, and the conference speakers and experts will focus on business opportunities and successes within the offshore wind industry and […]

  • Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project Secures Exploration Licence

    29 March 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Australian Government has approved a deed of licence to allow Offshore Energy Pty Ltd (OEPL) to undertake resource exploration for the Star of the South, the country’s first offshore wind farm. The licence will allow the developer to undertake exploration in Commonwealth waters about eight to 13 kilometres off the Gippsland coast in Victoria, […]