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  • Estonia’s Giant Offshore Wind Project Wins Court Battles

    1 November 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Tallinn Circuit Court has rejected an appeal filed by opponents of an up to 1.1GW offshore wind farm planned to be installed in Estonian Baltic Sea waters, thus upholding the decision from a first tier court made earlier this year, according to the Baltic News Service. 

  • ZPMC Launches China’s Largest Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    30 October 2017
    Vessels

    Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) launched a new self-propelled offshore wind installation vessel on 28 October. The vessel, named Longyuan Zhenhua 3, has a lifting capacity of 2,000t and a maximum lifting height of 120m.

  • OPSB Postpones Adjudicatory Hearing for Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project

    26 October 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has postponed the adjudicatory hearing previously scheduled for Icebreaker Windpower, Inc.’s application to construct an offshore wind farm in Lake Erie, Ohio.

  • Palfinger Receives Crane Order for German Offshore Wind Farms

    25 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger Marine has secured a large scale order of 151 cranes in total for Trianel windpark Borkum II, Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms located in the German part of the North Sea.

  • Former Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind CEO Joins CIP

    25 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Michael Hannibal will join Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) as partner to take a lead role in the company’s investment activities within the offshore wind business starting from 21 December.

  • Wessex Archaeology and CEI Team Up for US Offshore Wind

    20 October 2017

    UK-based Wessex Archaeology and U.S. company Coastal Environments Inc. (CEI) have partnered to provide a suite of marine archaeological and cultural resource services designed to meet the needs of offshore renewable projects in the United States.

  • GustoMSC Introduces Offshore Wind Jack-Up for U.S. Market

    19 October 2017
    Vessels

    GustoMSC has revealed a new Jones Act-compliant jack-up vessel design for the installation of wind turbines and foundations in the U.S. The SEA-3250-LT installation jack-up is capable of handling the latest generation of 8 to 9.5 MW turbines and foundations. 

  • USTDA Continues Support for Vietnam’s Offshore Wind with New Grant

    17 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 2 (PECC2), a Vietnamese power engineering company, to support development of the 100MW Tan Thuan nearshore wind farm in southern Vietnam.

  • Offshore WIND Conference Speakers Spice Up Day 1

    9 October 2017

    The eighth Offshore WIND Conference was opened on Monday, 9 October, by Bent Thambo Jensen, Chief Commercial Officer of Ziton and the Chairman of the first day of the conference. The sessions saw straight-to-the-point statements and some interesting discussions. 

  • OilMac Spring-Boards into Offshore Wind with New Logistics Hub

    6 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Oilfield Machinery Ltd (OilMac) has announced that it will set up an East Coast Centre for Energy Logistics (ECCEL) to support offshore wind farms in the North East UK. The centre will launch its new heavy lift division, OM Heavy Lift, into the offshore wind sector, according to the company.

  • Latest Edition of Offshore WIND Magazine Now Available Online

    6 October 2017

    Offshore wind industry professionals and enthusiasts can now subscribe to receive free online copies of our quarterly Offshore WIND Magazine straight to their computers, tablets or mobile phones.

  • New York Wants At Least 3.2GW of New Offshore Wind

    3 October 2017
    Authorities, R&D

    New York State has asked the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to consider identifying and leasing at least four new wind energy areas off New York’s Atlantic Coast.

  • HMB Lintec Secures Crane Contracts for German Offshore Substations

    15 September 2017
    Grid Connection

    HMB Lintec marine GmbH has signed contracts for the supply of pedestal offshore cranes for three offshore substations located in German waters.

  • UK and Chinese Researchers Form Floating Offshore Wind Partnership

    15 September 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Researchers from the University of Exeter will collaborate with counterparts in China on a new project to develop the next generation of floating offshore wind technology.

  • Poseidom Looks to Cut Offshore Wind O&M Costs

    1 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Spain’s Ingeteam is working on a project to develop a new software tool to make it possible to calculate the optimal O&M strategies and reduce cost uncertainty of the operation of offshore wind farms, thereby opening up new market opportunities.

  • DONG Tables Hornsea Project One Offshore Construction Schedule

    24 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is currently undertaking the necessary preparations to begin offshore works on the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm which are scheduled to start in September.

  • 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 […]

  • GlobalData: Denmark’s Offshore Wind Power among Best in World

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Extensive government support and wind turbine technology modernization will assist the continued growth of Denmark’s cumulative offshore wind power installed capacity, from 1.27 Gigawatts (GW) in 2013 to 2.24 GW by 2020, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s report states that Denmark, excluding Greenland, is one of the leading wind power markets […]

  • Ramboll Cracks Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Design Market

    20 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Danish engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll has won a contract to design the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the Jiangsu province, China, developed and owned by the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). The contract makes Ramboll the first non-domestic company to design an offshore wind farm in China. Valued at more than EUR 4 million, the contract […]

  • 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 […]

  • Liebherr Installs Custom-Made Offshore Crane on Giant 7

    2 May 2016
    Vessels

    Liebherr’s offshore crane division installed a board offshore crane, type BOS 35000, on the Giant 7 heavy lift barge, which installed the first foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm at the end of the last month.  The crane was specially developed for the use on Giant 7, and the entire project, from design through manufacturing to […]

  • FlexTech Invests GBP 500.000 to Expand into Offshore Wind Sector

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    As part of its ongoing growth and development strategy, flexible pipe specialist FlexTech has invested £500,000 into a new manufacturing and fabrication base in Lincolnshire.  Since its inception in March 2013, the Aberdeen based company has achieved turnover of £1 million, and it is on track to reach £2.5million by the end of year two. […]

  • Photo of the Day: Turtle Visiting Walney Offshore Wind Farm

    17 September 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: A turtle visiting DONG Energy’s Walney Offshore Wind Farm. During a survey by CMACS, Bill Aspin took a photo of a leatherback turtle swimming near the Walney Offshore Wind Farm, located 14 km west of Walney Island off the coast of Cumbria, in the Irish Sea, England. The offshore wind farm consists of […]

  • Cuxhaven Port to Present Its Offshore Wind Business in Hamburg

    9 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Members of the Cuxhaven Port Association (HWG) will exhibit at the WindEnergy fair from 23 to 26 September in Hamburg, among them the Cuxhaven Economic Development Agency, AMBAU GmbH, Cuxport GmbH, the Cuxhaven Port Development Company CuxHafEn GmbH, OMM Offshore Marine Management, the Sea Survival Center Cuxhaven and Otto Wulf GmbH & Co. KG. The […]

  • Dale Power Solutions Targets Humber Offshore Renewables Market

    9 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dale Power Solutions of Scarborough, which makes and services uninterrupted power systems and generators, is the latest company to join Hull-based Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA), as the company is targeting the Humber region because of its increasing importance as a renewable energy hub. Mark Carter, business support manager at Dale Power, said there was […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures to Be Discussed at LORC Centre

    25 August 2014

    Cutting costs of offshore wind energy through innovation, and smarter and cheaper production and installation of offshore wind turbine substructures are the common goals for a whole host of international experts who will be gathering on 12 September at LORC Testing Centre.   Keynote lecturers from Siemens Wind Power, Force Technology and DONG Energy will […]