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  • Massachusetts Awaits Major Offshore Wind Announcement

    17 June 2014
    Authorities, Environment

    Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will announce a major milestone for Massachusetts offshore wind energy today. Joining them at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center wind testing facility will be Walter Cruickshank, Acting Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BEOM). As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan […]

  • VIDEO: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Construction

    21 January 2014
    Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has constructed the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, which is one of the largest construction projects in Denmark. The wind farm site is approx. 20km long and approx. 5km wide and covers an area four times the size of the island of Anholt. More than 100 vessels were involved in the construction, and more […]

  • Offshore Wind Developers to Address Supply Chain

    20 January 2014

    Leading offshore wind developers are to give the supply chain a vital insight into new business opportunities as part of a pioneering initiative being held this month (January) at one of the industry’s flagship annual conferences. The Supply Chain Share Fair is one of the key events showcasing at Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Wind & Supply […]

  • CCAN Comments Maryland’s Offshore Wind Announcement

    20 December 2013
    Environment

    Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) has commented the announcement on Maryland Wind Energy Area lease: On December 17th, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that “Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today joined Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to announce the proposed notice […]

  • DeepOcean Launches Offshore Renewables Geotechnical Services

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    DeepOcean today announced that it had bought a geotechnical drilling rig and had established a strategic alliance with Geoquip Marine, in order to enter the offshore geotechnical services market. The new rig is a heave compensated, offshore geotechnical deepwater drilling rig built and commissioned in 2011. The rig is capable of operating in water depths […]

  • GMS to Use Scottish Offshore Wind Advantages

    28 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Green Marine Solutions (GMS) has opened a new office at the Scottish Enterprise Inovo building in Glasgow, Scotland, as it strives to harness the benefits of the offshore wind industry, Herald Scotland reports. The company is headquartered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Glasgow base is now established to allow GMS to be in the place where […]

  • UK: Chinese to Increase Offshore Wind Investment

    18 June 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A joint initiative by Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex counties to work with China in order to create more jobs by making new export and inward investment opportunities brought a key visit by a Chinese delegation of world-leading manufacturers of wind farm equipment.  The multi-million pound investors from the Jiangsu Province are looking to invest in […]

  • UK: Seajacks to Exhibit at Global Offshore Wind

    11 June 2012

    Seajacks will be exhibiting at the RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition on the 13th and 14th June in London ExCel. Seajacks will be at stand number 439. RenewableUK’s 11th annual offshore conference and exhibition will have a global focus. UK and emerging markets will showcase their strengths and opportunities. Seajacks currently operates self-propelled, dynamically positioned, […]

  • Germany: ABB’s Presence in Offshore Wind Industry

    7 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    Over the past three years, ABB’s wind power business has grown on average over 50 percent a year, but historically there have been difficulties associated with wind farms, such as the amount of space they occupy, the importance of their siting (without obstructions such as trees or hills), their noise and the threat to birds […]

  • UK: Iberdrola Focuses on Offshore Wind Future

    24 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola is committed to promoting offshore wind power as one of the basic pillars in its future growth. It is determined to spearhead the development of this technology, which it considers to be the second revolution in renewable energies, just as it did in the case of onshore wind power, where it is the world […]

  • UK: Offshore Renewables Development to Affect Gannets

    12 November 2012
    Environment

    Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that proposed offshore renewable energy developments in the English Channel have the potential to affect the foraging behaviour of northern gannets from Alderney in the Channel Islands. The study by the University of Liverpool, the British Trust for Ornithology and Alderney Wildlife Trust, funded by the Alderney […]

  • Elia Calls for Offshore Certification Services (Belgium)

    22 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    Elia is looking for a contractor to undertake offshore certification services in various offshore fields related to grid development. This 5 year agreement includes all given certification tasks in the Belgian Offshore Grid, compliant with Belgian and European laws and regulations. Certification can be done in the design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning stages of the […]

  • USA: AXYS to Attend AWEA Offshore 2012

    5 October 2012

    The AXYS Ocean Renewables team has announced that they will be exhibiting at the AWEA Offshore 2012, in Virginia Beach Booth 510. As one of many world class exhibitors, the services offered by AXYS Ocean Renewables will be presented throughout the exhibition. AWEA Offshore is North America’s leading offshore wind event that provides an exciting […]

  • Ramboll Acquires German Offshore Wind Consultancy

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Preparing itself for the increasing demand in Northern Europe for its consultancy services, Ramboll has acquired a strong player in offshore wind in Germany. The company, IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, has 57 highly specialised employees located in Hamburg, which is the epicentre for offshore wind in Germany. “In Northern Europe, particularly Germany and the United Kingdom, […]

  • The Netherlands: Shipdock Embraces Offshore Wind Growth

    18 December 2012

    The increase in offshore activities means a lot of new work for the repair and conversion industry – and Shipdock is busily improving its position in this market: most recently with the lengthening of the GMS Endeavour’s four massive ‘legs’. New orders are streaming in at Shipdock Amsterdam from the rapidly growing offshore wind energy […]

  • Norway: Kvaerner Pulls Out of Offshore Wind

    10 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    “The engagement in the wind industry will be discontinued,“ said the Norwegian fabricator Kvaerner in the 2nd quarter and half year 2012 report. The company has delivered 19 of 48 wind jackets including the transformer jacket for the Nordsee Ost project during the second quarter. Kvaerner said that RWE’s ongoing Nordsee Ost offshore wind jacket […]

  • UK: MoD Opposes to Offshore Wind Farm

    16 July 2012
    Authorities

    After last week’s tragedy in the Moray Firth, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has voiced its objections to the construction of a proposed offshore wind farm off the Caithness coast. A consortium led by SSE Renewables, namely Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (Bowl), submitted an application in April to install up to 277 wind turbines in […]

  • Denmark: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Legoland

    13 July 2012
    Training & Education

    Ambitions are high in DONG Energy when it comes to renewable energy. At the moment, the energy company is constructing Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm between Grenaa and the island of Anholt in the Kattegat. The first LEGO bricks for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm have now been laid in LEGOLAND®, where both adults and […]

  • Safety for Offshore Industry from Bremen, Germany

    21 June 2012

    A new centre for safety at sea is being created in Bremen in the form of the “European Offshore HSSE Centre”. “HSSE” is the acronym for “Health, Safety, Security and the Environment”. The Centre is being developed by Bremeninvest (WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH) and Europe-CENTER AG at City Airport Bremen. Also on board is the […]

  • Japan to Get 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    26 November 2013
    Technology

    Hitachi has announced that it has decided to install a 5MW prototype of a offshore wind turbine off the coast of Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The company said that it will begin the installation of its HTW5.0-126 offshore wind turbine by the end of 2013. It is planned to start operating by the end […]

  • Germany: BLG Joins WAB at EWEA Offshore

    15 November 2013

    BLG WindEnergy Logistics will be represented at the joint booth of the WAB Wind Energy Agency at the EWEA Offshore in Frankfurt from November 19 to 21, 2013. Visitors to the trade fair have the opportunity of getting information on BLG’s experience in the field of logistics for the offshore wind energy sector at Booth […]

  • Denmark and Maryland Enter Offshore Wind Cooperation

    13 November 2013
    Authorities

    The State of Maryland, USA, has signed an agreement with Denmark, according to which Danish expert knowledge in offshore wind industry will be made available to the State of Maryland, as it plans to build an offshore wind farm off the US East Coast. Several US states are planning to take advantage of the good […]

  • Conversulting to Hold Offshore Renewables Safety Course

    13 November 2013
    Training & Education

    Conversulting Ltd will be providing the new ‘Managing Safely for Offshore Renewables’ training course now that it has received a licence by the UK’s Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). This comes in addition to receiving the Renewables Training Network official approval as a training provider (the body set up by the industry trade […]

  • Cuxhaven Offshore Appeal Issued to German Government

    26 August 2013
    Authorities

    Offshore wind energy is an essential pillar of the Germany’s energy policy. In order to improve the framework of sustainable energy, the North German coastal states and cities have decided to issue an exhortation to the Federal Government titled “Cuxhaven Offshore Appeal”. The “Cuxhaven Offshore Appeal” formulates steps that are necessary to overcome the current […]

  • Growth Centre to Partner with Offshore Conference OBMC

    21 August 2013

    The use of wind energy has come a long way from its early pioneering years and now represents a global industry. The cradle of wind energy, Denmark and the region of Schleswig-Holstein, remains an important location for globally active wind energy companies and wishes to strengthen its international competitiveness as such. The purpose of the […]

  • Germany: Tekmar to Exhibit at EWEA Offshore 2013

    10 May 2013

    Tekmar are exhibiting at the European Wind Energy Association bi-annual conference in Frankfurt, Germany in November 2013. The world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition presents an international platform for the offshore wind industry to showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services. Tekmar will be located on Stand 31A130 opposite EWE Offshore Service […]