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  • ECN’s Specialists Win EWEA Offshore Award

    25 March 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    ECN specialists Masoud Asgarpour and Ashish Dewan were awarded the prize at EWEA Offshore 2015 under the category “winner in supply chain, logistics and O&M”. The award was in the context of an analysis of three innovative scenarios for the installation of an offshore wind farm: Breakwaters: in order to attenuate waves to an acceptable […]

  • FOWIND Identifies Offshore Wind Areas in India

    17 June 2015

    The FOWIND Consortium has released pre-feasibility reports (PFRs) for offshore wind development in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. The reports identify key offshore areas where detailed wind resource assessment should take place off the coasts of the two states. “This is a key first step in identifying sites for offshore wind development, and we are pleased […]

  • OrbisEnergy Hosts RenewableUK’s Offshore Wind Event

    25 March 2013

    Almost 200 senior figures from across the UK’s offshore wind industry descended upon Suffolk last week to debate the future of managing operational wind projects. Delegates assembled to hear what lessons can be learnt from pioneering wind farm operators off the East of England coast, and the sharing of experiences and thoughts from past and […]

  • VIDEO: Animation of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    6 March 2013

    An application for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm project has been resubmitted by E.ON to the Planning Inspectorate on March 1st. The company revised the initial plans prior to the first submission of the application, reducing the maximum number of proposed turbines by 20, meaning the project would feature between 100 and 175 turbines, depending […]

  • VIDEO: Orkney Leading the Way in Offshore Renewables

    1 March 2013
    Technology

    Orkney has dived deep into offshore renewables, and yesterday’s announcement of the Government’s funding for European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney has proved its status of a leader in marine renewable energy. Also, the South West Marine Energy Park in south west England and The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park signed […]

  • VIDEO: Underwater Life on Offshore Wind Turbines

    28 February 2013
    Environment

    A North Sea wind farm has had hardly any negative effects on fauna. In fact, it can provide benefits for marine life. According to researcher Prof. Han Lindeboom and his colleagues at IMARES, part of Wageningen UR, and fellow scientists at Bureau Waardenburg and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), the wind farm at Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) provides […]

  • Delegations Visit German Offshore Wind Sites

    19 December 2012

    Two international delegations, Representatives from the Iwaki City from the Fukushima prefecture in Japan and Business Representatives of the Norwegian offshore industry, are currently visiting the sites of the German offshore industry. “So many international delegations that we received again show that they take our offshore industry as an example to find solutions for the […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Power Generation Financing

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Norton Rose recently hosted a round table discussion in Amsterdam together with Rabobank and PwC, led by energy partner Weero Koster. The reason for this event was the ‘Government Accord’, announced by the Dutch newly elected government. The round table was attended by a great number of parties involved in the Dutch […]

  • VIDEO: Marylanders Gathered to Support Offshore Wind

    11 February 2013
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    A poll released on January 17 shows that 72% of Marylanders support investing in the development of offshore wind power. Also, Governor Martin O’Malley introduced a bill last month, which will create a framework that will support the development of a 200 MW offshore wind project and establish a regulatory framework that will allow additional […]

  • Offshore Center Danmark Moves to New Premises

    1 February 2013

    Offshore Center Danmark has moved to new premises on February 1st 2013 at Dokvej 3 DK-6700 Esbjerg. Offshore Center Danmark is the official national competence and innovation center for the Danish offshore industry. On behalf of its 260+ member companies and institutions, Offshore Center Danmark pushes development with the aim of growth within the Danish […]

  • Japan Set to Test Offshore Wind Technology

    16 November 2012
    R&D, Technology

    A wind turbine was erected off the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture in Japan, in order to test the behaviour of offshore wind technology in rough conditions there. This area is known for its frequent typhoons and the fact that two tidal currents also meet there. The demonstration project will help figure out what system […]

  • EDP to Construct Chinese Offshore Wind Farm

    6 November 2012

    China Three Gorges Invited Energias de Portugal (EDP) to codevelop an offshore wind farm in the province of Jiangsu with Furnas, writes Macauhub. Namely, the wind farm project is worth EUR 560 million and will have a total capacity of 200MW. The construction work is expected to begin by the end of this year. [mappress] […]

  • Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference Exceeds Expectations

    25 October 2012

    Offshore industry professionals from around the world gathered in Amsterdam on 23 – 24 October for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2012. The fifth edition of Offshore Energy attracted a record number of 7,632 attendees, up 49% from last year. Offshore Energy 2012 continued on its path of steady growth. The exhibition sold out and […]

  • Offshore Technology Days Held in Bergen, Norway

    25 October 2012

    More than 360 exhibitors and near by 24,400 delegates were present at the OTD exhibition in Bergen on October 15th-18th 2012. A 3-days’ visit to OTD was organized for Danish companies approaching the offshore market in Norway. Offshore Center Danmark and Enterprise Europe Network were facilitating conferences, company visits and participation in B2B-meetings as side-events […]

  • Scottish Government Looks for Offshore Consultancy Services

    19 October 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Scottish Government is seeking for offshore consultancy services, with an aim to provide ‘best practice’ guidance on a standardised approach to survey design and statistical modelling (DSM) of cetacean and bird distributions at offshore renewable development areas (wind, wave and tidal). This is in order to improve the estimates of the densities of target species […]

  • Scotland plans for offshore wind and marine development

    16 August 2010
    Authorities

    Investments for 266 million euros have been proposed for the construction of 11 offshore wind and 3 marine manufacturing sites Scottish… (enelgreenpower) [mappress] Source: enelgreenpower, August 16, 2010;

  • European wind industry to prepare for offshore wind

    2 August 2010
    R&D

    Even though 2.1 GW of offshore wind power has already been installed in European water with a further 1.5 expected to be constructed by the end of the year [2010], reaching targets of 40-50GW by 2020 will be a struggle and will require a significant increase in developments costing roughly £550 billion There are huge […]

  • Maryland Environmentalists to Promote Offshore Wind (USA)

    6 December 2010
    Authorities

    Maryland environmentalists tomorrow will stage the first-ever citizens’ conference and rally to promote offshore wind as a clean energy… By Jeff Newman (gazette) [mappress] Source: gazette, December 06, 2010

  • Offshore Wind Forum for Tybee Residents (USA)

    1 December 2010

    As Georgia moves closer to harvesting its offshore wind for energy, researchers and wind proponents want coastal residents to learn more…   By Mary Landers (savannahnow) [mappress] Source: savannahnow, December 01, 2010

  • Offshore Wind China 2011 to be Held in June

    18 February 2011

    The Offshore Wind China 2011 exhibition will be unveiled June 15-17, 2011 with a brand new level at Shanghai New International Expo Center…   (oh-yay) [mappress] Source: oh-yay , February 18, 2011

  • Obama Priorities Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    3 February 2011
    Authorities

    The Obama administration apparently wants to put a top priority on wind energy from offshore Atlantic Ocean wind farms.   By Dan Piller (desmoinesregister) [mappress] Source: desmoinesregister, February 03, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Faces Challenges and Uncertainty (UK)

    25 May 2011

    A report this month from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), Offshore Proof, delves into the challenges of offshore wind power, its…   By Zachary Shahan (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, May 25, 2011;

  • Germany Plans Energy Superhighway for Offshore Wind

    20 May 2011
    Grid Connection

    Germany is planning an energy superhighway from north to south to connect its growing wind energy supply with high energy demand regions. Both onshore and offshore wind energy is so far generated primarily in northern Germany, whereas energy consumption is highest in southern and western regions. Today, more wind power is produced in Germany than […]

  • China to Focus on Accelerating Offshore Wind in Fujian

    17 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    China in 2010 became the country with the most installed wind-power capacity, supplanting the United States, industry officials said…   (whatsonxiamen) [mappress] Source: whatsonxiamen, January 17, 2011

  • Offshore Industry a Big Opportunity for Ontario (Canada)

    13 January 2011

    Estimates that Ontario construction could account for almost half of the jobs created as the province’s potential offshore wind industry… (dcnonl) [mappress] Source: dcnonl, January 13, 2011

  • Classification for Offshore Wind Service Vessels (Norway)

    10 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has produced the world’s first class rules aimed at establishing a set of uniform standards… (maritimejournal) [mappress] Source: maritimejournal, January 10, 2011