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  • Polish Utility Eyes Shift to Offshore Wind

    28 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Poland’s state-run utility Tauron is planning to optimize investments and limit operations in the mining and heating segments to focus on renewable energy, including offshore wind. Tauron plans to increase the share of low and zero emission sources in its production mix by involving in the construction of offshore wind farms and investing in onshore […]

  • Offshore Wind Innovators Adds to Latest Challenge

    20 May 2019
    R&D

    Offshore Wind Innovators, a community for companies active in the Dutch offshore wind industry, has added two new challenges to the latest Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge. In the new round, Van Oord is seeking a robust and cost-effective solution to reduce noise emissions at sea during offshore piling by optimizing the pressure control of the Big Bubble […]

  • Aqualis and Braemar Shipping Come Together Offshore

    13 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Aqualis ASA, the parent company of Offshore Wind Consultants and Aqualis Offshore, has entered into an agreement to acquire the marine, adjusting, and offshore business lines from Braemar Shipping Services Plc in exchange for an equity stake in the group. The combined company will be named AqualisBraemar ASA and will focus on offshore wind, offshore oil […]

  • 14 Answer California Offshore Wind Call

    26 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has received expressions of interest from 14 developers in the call for information and nominations for obtaining commercial wind energy leases offshore California. The list of interested parties includes Equinor Wind US, EDF Renewables Development, EDP Renewables North America, Northland Power America, wpd Offshore Alpha, Avangrid Renewables, Castle Wind, US Mainstream […]

  • BOEM Schedules California Offshore Wind Meeting

    10 September 2018
    Authorities

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding a task force meeting to review and discuss the issuance of a Call for Information and Nominations on areas for potential offshore wind leasing in California.

  • US Offshore Wind Project Pipeline at 25.5GW

    28 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    As of June 2018, the offshore wind project development pipeline in the United States includes 25,464MW of planned generating capacity, with projects totalling 2,000MW expected to commence commercial operation by 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

  • HeliOffshore Forms Offshore Wind Safety Group

    8 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education

    HeliOffshore, a safety-focused association for the offshore helicopter industry, has formed a new work group to focus the implementation of its safety strategy with regard to offshore wind farm support.

  • French Seek Bigger Offshore Wind Targets

    17 April 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Six French coastal regions and the offshore wind industry have called on the French government to increase offshore wind ambitions in the Multiannual Energy Program (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)). As reported earlier, France plans to tender up to 6GW of offshore wind and floating wind capacity from 2019 to 2028. The country’s operating capacity is expected to […]

  • UK to Gather Offshore Wind Majors in Edinburgh

    11 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK and Scottish Governments are holding a summit in Edinburgh dedicated to looking at maximizing the offshore wind sector. The event will take place on 2 May and will bring together trade unions, offshore wind developers and supply chain companies to look at how UK companies can benefit more from the build-out of offshore wind […]

  • Maryland Lawmakers Propose Offshore Wind Boost

    28 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Legislators of the U.S. state of Maryland have introduced a bill that would allow at least 1,200MW of additional offshore wind capacity to be built by 2030. If enacted, the Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2019 (S.B. 516) would require 50% of energy supply to come from renewable energy sources by 2030, doubling the current renewable portfolio standard (RPS) […]

  • EMEC to Test Saipem Floater Offshore Ireland

    20 March 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    A consortium led by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has secured funding from Interreg North West Europe to test Saipem’s floating wind technology offshore Ireland. The Accelerating Market Uptake of Floating Offshore Wind Technology (AFLOWT) project is expected to demonstrate the survivability and cost-competitiveness of floating offshore wind. Under the EUR 31 million project, a floating wind turbine […]

  • Dutch Offshore Grid Connection Open for Comments

    14 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) are inviting the public to provide comments on the infrastructure for connecting the North of the Wadden Sea Islands offshore wind project to the grid. The parties said that by gathering feedback on the 700MW Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) project now, most promising routes are included in […]

  • US Picks Denmark’s Offshore Wind Brain

    14 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    U.S. political representatives are paying a visit to Denmark to learn from its experience in offshore wind and to meet with the local industry. During the four-day visit, political representatives from the U.S. east coast states will see Danish production and port facilities and will meet with the local supply chain companies. “The climate fight […]

  • Siemens Gear for Vineyard Wind Offshore Substation

    25 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has secured a contract to provide substation products and digital control and protection equipment for the Vineyard Wind offshore substation. The components, ordered by Semco Maritime, include 18 gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (GIS) bays, two shunt reactors, two generation-step-up-transformers, and two earthing / auxiliary transformers along with digital control and protection equipment (SCADA). The components will be delivered by Siemens […]

  • Boskalis Cracks Asian Offshore Wind Market

    8 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis and Hwa Chi Construction Co have established a joint venture to transport and install offshore foundations at two wind farms in Taiwan developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The Changfang and the Xidao offshore wind farms have a combined capacity of 600MW and are expected to be completed by 2023. Marcel van Bergen, Director Offshore […]

  • Glennmont Buys Into German Offshore Wind Farm

    1 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based fund manager Glennmont Partners has entered into an agreement with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to acquire a 25% stake in the Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. The acquisition is the first offshore wind investment to be realised from Glennmont’s EUR 850 million Clean Energy Fund III, which achieved its final close […]

  • TenneT Going Above and Beyond Offshore Germany

    10 January 2019
    Grid Connection

    Eleven offshore grid connection systems with a joint capacity of 6,232MW for offshore wind energy transmission from sea to land have now been connected to the German power grid by transmission system operator TenneT. “With this, TenneT has now almost entirely achieved the federal government’s expansion goal of having 6,500 megawatts of offshore wind capacity […]

  • First Offshore Transformer Module Installed at Beatrice

    20 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the first Beatrice Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) has been completed with the OTM 1 topside now placed on its jacket foundation that was installed earlier this month. 

  • CWind Firms Offshore Wind Foothold in Taiwan

    25 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Training & Education

    CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, has established a joint venture with International Ocean Vessel Technical Consultant (IOVTEC), a Taiwan-based survey and crew transfer vessel service provider.

  • Vineyard Wind to Talk Offshore Wind with Locals

    17 January 2018
    Environment, R&D

    Vineyard Wind is hosting the third in a series of community open house meetings for residents to meet with project staff and hear more about the planned 800MW offshore wind farm some 15 miles from Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, US.

  • Ørsted Continues Offshore Wind Support in Taiwan

    15 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Training & Education

    Ørsted has signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in Taiwan in order to continue exchanging knowledge on offshore wind and developing the industry.

  • Tekmar Fills Up Offshore Wind Orderbook

    1 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The UK-based Tekmar Energy has been awarded contracts to provide its Cable Protection System (CPS) units for two offshore wind farms in the UK, one wind farm in Germany, and one wind farm in China.

  • Offshore Wind Trailblazer Nears the End of the Road

    30 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has announced plans to dismantle the 10MW Beatrice Demonstrator Wind Farm project located some 22 kilometres from the Scottish coastline in the outer Moray Firth.

  • Offshore Wind Industry Gets Underwater Drone

    19 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    A Norwegian technology company, Blueye Robotics, has developed an underwater drone that allows offshore wind companies to perform inspection of underwater structures and power cables without the need for divers or remotely operated vehicles.

  • Block Island Switches to Offshore Wind Power

    2 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Block Island is no longer powered by diesel generators after the Block Island Power Company transferred the Island’s electrical system to Deepwater Wind’s 30MW Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in US waters.

  • Portuguese Company Ramping Up for Offshore Wind

    20 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Portugal-based ASM Industries is reportedly planning on increasing its involvement in the offshore wind sector and has chosen the port of Aveiro as a location for its new EUR 25 million plant that would accommodate the production of foundations.