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  • Wind potential in France is big but offshore wind development is slow

    28 April 2010
    Authorities, Environment

    France enjoys Europe’s second largest wind potential, and the wind resource is well distributed. With nearly 4,500 MW of wind energy…   [mappress] Source: evwind, April 28, 2010;

  • Study Outlines Offshore Wind Potential for Tweed Dock (UK)

    26 May 2011

    A NEW study has outlined the potential for Tweed Dock to become an important base for the burgeoning offshore wind and renewables sector.   By Ian Smith (berwick-advertiser) [mappress] Source: berwick-advertiser, May 26, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Potential Attracts Wind Turbine Makers (China)

    20 June 2011

    The country’s leading wind turbine makers are vying with each other to push forward big-capacity wind turbines in a bid to win a slice of… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, June 20, 2011;

  • UK: Grimsby’s Offshore Wind Potential Presented to National Audience

    20 March 2012

    GRIMSBY’S potential as a centre for the multi-billion pound offshore wind industry has been highlighted as part of national television coverage about the UK economy. Viewers of the BBC’s Breakfast programme were shown workers leaving the town’s docks on boats bound for offshore wind farm sites. During the broadcast, Sam Pick, business development director of […]

  • RenewableUK: Dudgeon Proves UK Offshore Wind Is Attractive to Investors

    13 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RenewableUK says the announcement by Statkraft, Statoil and Masdar that a GBP 1.3 billion agreement has been reached to achieve financial close on the Dudgeon offshore wind farm project shows that investor confidence in the UK’s offshore wind market remains high. RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said: “This announcement proves that the UK is the go-to destination […]

  • France Officially Publishes Second Call for Offshore Wind Tenders

    25 March 2013
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) officially issued a second call for tenders for construction of offshore wind farms, which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on March 16. The launch of this tender was announced in January by the French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho. It […]

  • The Netherlands: Experts Discus European Supergrid at EWEA Offshore Wind

    30 November 2011

    A European offshore supergrid – with interconnections between European countries and to offshore wind farms in Europe’s seas – is the vision, but there are big and significant barriers to achieving that vision. ‘We don’t have an interconnected European network today, and we don’t have an offshore grid,’ Ana Aguado from Friends of the Super […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Turns Unemployed into Offshore Wind Technicians

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Local unemployed people are benefiting from new Careers in the Offshore Wind industry following their successful completion of a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle, designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving UK offshore wind energy sector. Following the success of a pilot Diploma course earlier this […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Offshore O&M Base Getting Ready

    4 June 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    DHSS is mobilizing its base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, which MHI Vestas will use for Deutsche Bucht O&M work. According to the Dutch company, walk-to-work vessel Acta Centaurus will begin its deployment at the 269MW offshore wind project this week. DHSS signed an agreement with MHI Vestas in March under which the turbine supplier will […]

  • Fugro Wins Further Work on Borssele Offshore Wind Zone

    21 May 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl), part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, has signed two contracts with Fugro that cover further mapping the Borssele offshore wind energy zone. The company will take measurements of wind and sea conditions, and to research the seabed. Fugro will start shortly with the measurements of wind and sea conditions at future wind farm locations. The […]

  • Deltares, HSM Offshore Update Borssele OHVS Scour Design

    10 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Deltares and HSM Offshore have updated the scour protection design for the Borssele Alpha and Beta offshore high-voltage substation (OHVS) platforms that connect offshore wind farms in the Borssele Wind Farm Zone, the Netherlands, to the grid.

  • UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Confirms Residence at ITREZ

    27 June 2013

    The International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) has confirmed that it’s first tenant will be the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. The ITREZ hub aims to bring business and academia together to work collaboratively on the development of the offshore renewables sector. The first phase of the project is nearing completion and inovo, the […]

  • New England Offshore Wind Auction Attracts Four Bidders

    28 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Four developers have submitted their bids in response to the combined Connecticut-Massachusetts-Rhode Island offshore wind solicitation with the tenders totalling 6.8 GW. The proposals were made by Avangrid Renewables, Ørsted, SouthCoast Wind Energy, and Vineyard Offshore. In October 2023, the three states signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind procurement, although […]

  • MHI Vestas Starts Building US Offshore Wind Team

    28 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has appointed Jason Folsom to its team, marking the company’s first official hire in the U.S. market.

  • Maryland University to Study Offshore Wind Impact on Marine Life

    6 November 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Offshore wind farms will allow renewable energy to be generated with little or no carbon dioxide emissions, but little is known about how they impact the marine species living and migrating along the coast. A new study led by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science will help State and Federal decision-makers better understand […]

  • Palfinger to Deliver Hundreds of Cranes for UK Offshore Wind Projects

    8 October 2015

    Palfinger Marine has secured orders for the delivery of more than 200 platform cranes and five substation cranes for UK offshore wind projects. This includes 116 electric platform cranes with a fixed boom (PF 6000 with an outreach of 2.4m) for the Rampion offshore wind farm, which is being built by E.ON alongside the Green Investment […]

  • Two Massachusetts Offshore Wind Projects Postponed by One Year

    26 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables, the US-based company owned by Spain’s Iberdrola, is postponing the expected start of commercial operation of the Park City Wind and Commonwealth Wind offshore wind projects in Massachusetts to 2027 and 2028, respectively. In its Q3 results, Iberdrola cites mitigating potential supply chain bottlenecks and high commodity prices as the reason behind the […]

  • Seaway7 to Transport and Install Baltica 2 Offshore Substations in Poland

    29 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transportation and installation of the substations for the Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The deal is worth between USD 50 million and […]

  • Parkwind Taps Bladt for Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Substation

    27 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind and Bladt Industries have signed an agreement for the design, fabrication, and installation of the Arcadis Ost 1 substation in the German Baltic Sea. Bladt Industries is to deliver the complete substation for Parkwind, with Semco Maritime and ISC Engineering as key partners. Semco Maritime will be responsible for the design and implementation of […]

  • STX France Moves Arkona Offshore Substation to Dry Dock

    12 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France AS has completed the steel works on the offshore distribution station for the 385MW Arkona wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

  • Germany Confirms Two Additional Offshore Wind Farm Links

    27 December 2017
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The German Federal Network Agency has added two more offshore wind farm connection systems to the revised Offshore Grid Development Plan (O-NEP) 2030.

  • Iberdrola Building Offshore Wind Powerhouse in German Baltic Sea

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has been awarded the rights to construct two offshore wind farms totalling 486MW in German waters in the Baltic Sea.

  • Eight Baltic Sea Countries Ink Offshore Wind Pact

    1 October 2020
    Authorities

    Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden have signed a joint declaration to cooperate on and accelerate the build-out of offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea. High-level representatives of the eight Baltic Sea countries and the European Commission signed the declaration on 30 September at an offshore wind conference in Szczecin, Poland, […]

  • EDF Renewables Forms Polish Offshore Wind Tie-Up

    9 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    EDF Renewables has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ferrovial’s Polish subsidiary Budimex for realising investments in wind farm development offshore Poland. The two companies will focus on the second phase of offshore development in the country on a 50/50 basis. As part of the second phase of offshore development, eleven new sites have […]

  • French CRE Issues Set of Rules for Offshore Wind Energy

    9 August 2011
    Authorities

     The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on offshore wind power generation facilities in France”, that outlines the terms and conditions of the new tender process applicable to offshore wind projects off the French coasts. The new tender regime will facilitate […]

  • Italy: Taranto to Get First Mediterranean Offshore Wind Farm

    8 July 2015
    Authorities

    An Italian offshore wind story that started 5 years ago got its closure at the beginning of this month, when a project proposed to be built off the coast of Taranto got wind at its back after a years-long legal battle. A decision by the Italian Council of State has now opened doors to a company called Beleolico s.r.l. […]