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  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Ramboll Wins Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform Design Contract

    22 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Ramboll Danmark A/S has won a contract to provide a detailed design of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid project being developed by Belgian transmission system operator Elia.  The OSY platform will be situated up to 45 kilometres off Belgian North Sea coast, in water depths between 30m-35m. The detailed design scope comprises but is […]

  • WSP to Develop Guiding Principles for Offshore Wind Farms in UK

    30 May 2012

    WSP has been appointed by RenewableUK to develop a set of guiding principles for undertaking Cumulative Impact Assessments for offshore wind farms in the UK. We tendered for this study as part of a consortium including: ABPmer, Oxford Brookes Impact Assessment Group, ERI and Levett Therivel. The consortium offers extensive experience in offshore wind farm […]

  • Germany: Installation of Topside for Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Completed

    18 February 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore installation of the topside for Riffgat wind farm has been completed on Saturday, February 16th 2013. The topside, delivered on turnkey basis by Strukton Hollandia JointVenture, left the fabrication yard in Krimpen aan de IJssel one week ago. The topside has been lifted on board the SHL heavy lift vessel “Oleg Strashnov” early […]

  • Denmark: Bladt Completes Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Substation

    11 April 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries A/S have within 15 months built the 1,800 tons large substation, to be installed at Anholt offshore wind farm. Bladt Industries has just completed the work on the 15.5 meter high and about 880 m2 large transformer platform for Energinet.dk, which is the developer of the technical plant, bringing the power from the […]

  • UK: Public Information Days for Rhiannon Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2013

    The team behind the proposed Rhiannon wind farm has submitted a Scoping Report relating to the onshore elements of the scheme to the Isle of Anglesey County Council. The report outlines Celtic Array’s proposed approach to the environmental assessment that will be undertaken to support an application for planning permission for land-based works required to […]

  • NOF Energy and Forewind Host Offshore Renewables Network Event

    9 August 2012

    NOF Energy has teamed up with Forewind to host a special offshore renewables networking event. Taking place on 12 September, 10.30am – 2.00pm at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, County Durham, the networking lunch will feature as a special guest, Forewind, a consortium comprising four leading international energy companies, which joined forces to bid for […]

  • Political group protests against offshore wind industry (USA)

    3 September 2010
    Authorities

    A political group protested the state’s plans to spend public money on New Jersey’s new offshore wind industry. About 20 members or… By Michael Miller (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity, September 03, 2010;

  • Offshore Wind Power Competes Against Tidal Hydrogeneration (USA)

    16 June 2011

    Windmills were also used for the generation of mechanical and, eventually, electrical energy…   By Normand LeBerge (pressherald) [mappress] Source: pressherald, June 16, 2011; Image: alternative-energy-fuels

  • RWE OLC Charters Offshore Construction Vessel to ZPMC Profundo

    2 December 2014

    Offshore Logistics Company (OLC), a subsidiary of RWE Innogy GmbH (RWE), has signed a 5 year bareboat charter for their offshore construction vessel, Friedrich Ernestine, with the Chinese joint venture company ZPMC Profundo Wind Energy Co.,Ltd. The vessel will mobilise to the Far East in early 2015 to commence operations in the Chinese and Asian […]

  • Siem Offshore to Lay Cables at RWE’s Nordsee One OWF

    22 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., announced today that SOC has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm, a project developed by RWE Innogy GmbH. The offshore wind farm will […]

  • Germany: ThyssenKrupp Mannex to Market Innovative Offshore Foundation ‘Hexabase’

    15 March 2012

    ThyssenKrupp Mannex GmbH has entered into an agreement with Maritime Offshore Group, a company specializing in offshore engineering, foundations and cable laying, on the exclusive marketing of the innovative offshore foundation “Hexabase”. “The Hexabase foundation is a jacket design which was developed specifically for offshore wind turbines and differs significantly from previously known solutions,” explains […]

  • Japan: Mitsubishi Eyes 10 Pct of Offshore Wind Market

    28 January 2013

    Mitsubishi is planning to take a 10 % of the world’s offshore wind market by 2017, according to Bloomberg. Even though Siemens and Vestas are holding 80 % share in this market, Mitsubishi is planning to take its piece of the renewable pie by developing a large-scale wind power generation system that adopts a hydraulic […]

  • GBP 72 Billion Lay in Fighting Corrosion in Offshore Renewables

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore renewable energy sector in Europe – including offshore wind, wave and tidal energy industries – could create up to GBP 72 billion of supply chain opportunities in anti-corrosion solutions and the development of new materials by 2050.

  • USA: Decision on Cape wind boosts other offshore projects

    7 May 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Last week’s approval of a wind farm off the Massachusetts shore has wind energy developers in other states riding a wave of new momentum,…   [mappress] Source: stateline, May 06, 2010;

  • NaiKun Experience Holds Advices for Offshore Wind Projects (Canada)

    31 March 2011

    The fierce, consistent winds blowing through the Hecate Strait on the northwest coast of British Columbia would seem to make the site an… By Dave Simms (cbc) [mappress] Source: cbc, March 31, 2011

  • Belgium: MPI Resolution to Work on GeoSea’s Offshore Wind Projects

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    MPI Offshore announces the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Resolution by GeoSea N.V., subsidiary of the Belgian based DEME Group.  MPI Resolution is scheduled to commence work on a series of GeoSea projects situated in the North Sea and Baltic Sea area as from the middle of June 2013 for a […]

  • SSE Tones Down Its Commitment to Offshore Wind Projects

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    SSE has disclosed its intention to narrow significantly the focus of its near term development plans for its offshore wind projects. Following the conclusion of a strategic review of its offshore wind development portfolio, the company decided to focus its efforts and resources on progressing the Beatrice project. Beatrice In view of the fact it […]

  • Northland Power Agrees to Buy Canadian Offshore Wind Project

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian energy company Northland Power has agreed to buy the NaiKun offshore wind farm project from compatriot NaiKun Wind Energy Group. The NaiKun offshore wind farm is located in the Hecate Strait between Haida Gwaii and Prince Rupert on the British Columbia mainland. The project is in the early stages of development. Upon successful completion […]

  • Indian Company Introduces Portable Helipads for Offshore Structures (VIDEO)

    9 May 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    According to 365Design, based in Hyderabad, India, the company has developed a new portable helipad applicable on offshore wind farms.  365Design says that the solution is cost-effective and more safe, with no need for hoist operations. A helicopter can land directly onto a portable helipad. As offshore wind farm developers place helipad decks on a wind farm […]

  • Norway: StormGeo Assists Construction and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms

    29 March 2012

    Building and maintaining an offshore wind farm requires extremely accurate predictions of the weather windows available for each operation. Navigating a specially built vessel with a wind-sensitive load of turbine parts on its deck, jagging up the vessel to prepare for turbine installation, positioning and fastening turbine foundations, towers and rotors, and accessing turbines from […]

  • Norway: VisSim Acquires Offshore Personnel Management Solutions Company

    12 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Vessel Traffic Management System supplier VisSim, has acquired the Dutch based Offshore Personnel Management solutions company, Offshore Profile LTD. Offshore Profile was founded in 2010 to meet the growing demand of tracking personnel in offshore Wind farms. With many years of experience in both marine coordination and internet engineering, the founders of Offshore […]

  • GCE NODE: Norway Needs Targeted Offshore Wind Policies

    15 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Global Center of Expertise (GCE) NODE has called on the Norwegian government to establish a national strategy with the right incentives to help kickstart the local offshore wind industry. According to Anne-Grete Ellingsen, CEO of GCE NODE, Norway needs to launch an industrial policy as other nations have comprehensive strategies to develop their business sector within […]

  • Norwegian Offshore Wind Auction Attracts More Domestic Companies

    2 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Two Norwegian investment companies have teamed up to establish an offshore wind company and compete in Norway’s upcoming licensing round. Arendals Fossekompani ASA (AFK) and Ferd AS (Ferd) established Seagust AS to compete in the offshore wind licensing round. Seagust Eyes Both Offshore Wind Areas The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has opened two […]

  • Norway Adds Phases, Interconnection Limits to Offshore Wind Auctions

    10 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The Government of Norway has revealed further details about the upcoming offshore wind auctions at the Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord zones with a combined capacity of 4.5 GW. The 3 GW of fixed-bottom capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II zone will be auctioned off in two 1.5 GW phases. The auction for the […]