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  • USA: Assateague Island against Offshore Wind Power Transmission

    7 September 2012
    Environment, Grid Connection

    Residents of Assateague Island are opposing the power transmission project which would deliver offshore wind energy from future projects built off the coasts of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. According to DelmarvaNow news site, Ocean City attorney Hugh Cropper IV wrote to Atlantic Wind Connection on behalf of some of the residents, saying that […]

  • South Korea Discusses Its Offshore Wind Development with UK

    19 August 2012
    Training & Education

    A delegation of leading officials from South Korea visited OrbisEnergy this week, Lowestoft’s flagship hub for offshore renewable energy, to understand the UK market and to discuss opportunities for developing their own offshore wind industry. The UK is the world’s largest market for offshore wind development. In addition, the February 2012 Ernst & Young quarterly […]

  • USA: South Carolina Has Great Offshore Wind Potential

    16 September 2012
    Authorities

    South Carolina’s officials, researchers and environmentalists held a discussion with reporters on Thursday focusing on conclusions of NWF’s report, according to the Associated Press. Steve Moore from the South Carolina Wildlife Federation explained that the state has the ability to make great economic gains from its offshore wind resources, though it seems that the other […]

  • Bibby Line Group to Host Maritime and Offshore Events in Liverpool

    9 May 2014

    Liverpool headquartered global company Bibby Line Group is hosting a series of events at this year’s International Festival For Business during the Maritime, Logistics and Energy thematic of the four- week programme. Being held at the Museum of Liverpool on the 12th June, the day includes two industry seminars tackling challenging current issues, followed by […]

  • Holyhead and OPUS Team Up in Offshore Wind Market (Germany)

    7 December 2011

    Holyhead Towing Company Ltd. (Holyhead) from Holyhead/Wales and OPUS MARINE GmbH (Opus) from Hamburg/Germany have announced the start-up of a joint venture company to further address the German offshore wind market. The new company will have its headquarters in Hamburg and trade under the already established name “WindFarmBase”. With this step, Opus and WindFarmBase will […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Farm Attracts Japanese Power Houses

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company Innogy has agreed to sell a 41% stake in its 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK to Japan’s J-Power (25%) and Kansai Electric Power (16%).

  • Innogy Taps Teesside Uni for Offshore Wind Workforce Development

    12 February 2020
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Teesside University and innogy’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to build local skills and capabilities to equip students for careers in the offshore wind sector. The 1.4 GW Sofia project will be constructed on a 593km2 site 195 kilometres from shore on Dogger Bank in […]

  • Irish Offshore Wind Farm Seeks Tier 1 Contractors

    7 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables has issued contract notices seeking Tier 1 contractors for the Arklow Bank Phase 2 wind farm project offshore Ireland. Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 is located approximately 6 to 15 kilometres off the coast of Arklow, Co. Wicklow and covers an area approximately 27 kilometres long and 2.5 kilometres wide. The wind […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

    23 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm, soon to be the largest of its kind in Scottish waters, has produced first power on 22 August, when the first wind turbine was commissioned and connected to the grid. The GBP 3 billion (approx. EUR 3.6 billion) project, owned by SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, is located 27 […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Entering Home Stretch

    5 December 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    75 per cent of the jacket foundations have been installed at the Seagreen offshore wind farm, according to the latest social media update by one of the project’s developers, SSE Renewables. So far, there are 89 jacket foundations and 74 wind turbines installed at the project’s construction site. The three-legged jacket foundations, each weighing around […]

  • Interest of European Developers Confirms Certainty of U.S. Offshore Wind

    7 December 2012

    Several European developers, including Iberdrola (Spain), Electricite de France and Mainstream Renewable Power (Ireland), have officially filed “indications of interest” for the first competitive lease auction to develop offshore wind projects in two wind energy areas in the U.S. waters. After a decade of the U.S. struggle for energy produced by offshore wind, this is […]

  • Study Recommends Connecticut to Up Its Offshore Wind Game

    23 December 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    A study into the offshore wind opportunities and challenges in the US State of Connecticut has found that, while the state can already meet many of the industry’s requirements, Connecticut needs to quickly add other elements to attract and fully accommodate the industry, and to position itself higher on the ladder as some other states […]

  • UK: Norstec Hails Visibility on Strike Price for Offshore Wind

    28 June 2013

    Norstec, offshore renewables industry alliance for Europe’s northern seas, has welcomed visibility on strike price for offshore wind and Government’s call for industry to “get on with it”. The next step will be for Government to publish wider detail around contracts when it publishes its Draft Delivery Plan in July 2013. This enabling framework is […]

  • PIRIOU to Showcase Its Offshore Wind Portfolio at EWEA’s Event

    6 November 2013

    French shipbuilding company PIRIOU has announced its participation in the EWEA Offshore event in Frankfurt. The company is a specialist in the fields of shipbuilding and ship repairing for medium sized vessels. The company is a specialist in the fields of shipbuilding and ship repairing for medium sized vessels. This year, Piriou moved into the […]

  • China: Five Workers Die in Accident at Offshore Construction Site

    13 March 2012

    A few days ago, an accident occurred at the Jiangsu Jingye offshore wind Bearing Co. Ltd construction site when a steel platform collapsed, killing five and injuring four workers, reported Wind Power Monthly. According to the accident report, the two men died on the spot and the three men died in the hospital. The facility, […]

  • Extending Offshore Wind Projects, Google’s Foray Underway (USA)

    25 April 2011
    Grid Connection

    An offshore wind project just started the long slog through the federal regulatory maze, with the filing of an application for a right-…   (riskcenter) [mappress] Source: riskcenter, April 25, 2011;

  • The Netherlands: Eneco Appoints Vestas as Preferred Supplier for Offshore Project

    7 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Today there is information in the market regarding Vestas having been appointed preferred supplier for an offshore project in the Netherlands. Vestas confirms that Eneco has appointed Vestas preferred supplier for an offshore project in the Netherlands. If this will result in a firm and unconditional order, Vestas will make a company announcement immediately thereafter. […]

  • Scotland Gives Thumbs Up to Two Offshore Wind Farms

    19 March 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has announced the formal consent of two adjacent offshore wind farm applications in the outer Moray Firth. Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) and the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), together will be the world’s third largest offshore wind farm, with up to 326 wind turbines. The developments, sited off the […]

  • STX France Gives Arkona Offshore Substation Construction Update

    3 August 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France AS has lowered the third and final block of the offshore substation topside, being constructed for the Arkona offshore wind farm, onto a transportation barge in the drydock of the company’s yard in St. Nazaire.

  • DOF Wins Offshore Wind Export Cable Repair Job

    22 February 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Norway-headquartered DOF Group has been awarded a contract to repair an export cable for an offshore wind farm in the Southern North Sea. The project, awarded by an international energy operator, includes the retrieval of the damaged cable and termination, installation, trenching, and commissioning of the replacement cable. DOF’s contract scope includes project management, engineering, […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Electricity (Video)

    9 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Up to 6,000 homes in UK are now receiving electricity from the first producing wind turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil reports.

  • Ørsted Seeks EIB Financing for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    6 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has applied for a loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the 752MW Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The project will finance the construction and the operation of the wind farm. The proposed EIB financing is about EUR 500 million, and the estimated value of the project is […]

  • DeepOcean to Link Merkur Offshore Wind Farm to DolWin Gamma

    29 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) for export cable transportation, installation and trenching services on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight.

  • Offshore Energy Companies Win Great Yarmouth’s Business Awards

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The winners of an annual celebration of business excellence in the Great Yarmouth borough were announced at a trophy presentation ceremony, at the Town Hall, on Friday, November 21. The Spirit of Enterprise Awards, now in its seventh year, is organised by enterpriseGY, Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s business support service, and aims to recognise and raise […]

  • Offshore WindForce Using LDD’s Pre-Piling Template at Wikinger

    15 June 2016

    LDD, in collaboration with its sister companies from Acteon Group, UTEC and MENCK, has delivered a subsea Pre-Piling Template (PPT) to Offshore WindForce (OWF), which is installing 70 foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm. LDD’s PPT is being used by OWF, a joint venture between Boskalis and Volker Stevin International, to pre-install foundation piles into the […]

  • Ørsted Signs Offshore Wind MoU with New Jersey Uni

    1 April 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rowan University in New Jersey for research on offshore wind. Under the agreement, Ørsted will support innovative offshore wind engineering clinics for Rowan University students and collaborate with them on research opportunities. Rowan University said that the MoU was signed on 27 March at its annual Faculty Research Day, which […]