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  • UK: Energy Minister Visits Tees Valley

    16 September 2013
    Authorities

    Energi Coast took part in a Tees Valley Unlimited-hosted visit by Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP, who saw first-hand how the area is capitalising on new business opportunities. During his time in Tees Valley, Mr Fallon toured the UK’s largest advanced gasification energy-from-waste plant and a leading safety training facility, as well as […]

  • Gamesa Attends Manten-er Trade Fair in Valladolid, Spain

    12 January 2012

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, will attend the III Manten-er trade fair, which begins today in Valladolid, with new offerings in the area of operation and maintenance (O&M) services for the wind energy market. These developments include the European and international launch of Gamesa’s business for reconditioning major turbine components (gearboxes, generators […]

  • Spain Receives First Floating Offshore Wind Power

    18 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Research & Development, Technology

    The DemoSATH floating offshore wind project has started generating electricity and feeding it to Spain’s national grid, introducing this type of renewable generation technology to Spain’s energy mix for the first time. Led by the Spanish engineering firm Saitec Offshore Technologies, in collaboration with the German energy company RWE Offshore Wind and the Japanese company […]

  • Shell-Ocean Winds JV: ‘Mayflower Wind Did Not State Project Was Not Viable’. Developer Plans to Testify in Rhode Island

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mayflower Wind, the joint venture (JV) between Shell and Ocean Winds, said that it did not state that its offshore wind project in Massachusetts was no longer viable and intends to testify to the project’s viability before the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) in Rhode Island, where part of the offshore wind farm’s transmission corridor […]

  • UK Increases Offshore Wind Strike Price Ahead of Next Auction

    16 November 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    The government of the United Kingdom has increased the maximum strike price for offshore wind projects in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction by 66 per cent for fixed-bottom and by 52 per cent for floating wind projects. The maximum strike price for fixed bottom offshore wind projects has been increased from GBP 44/MWh […]

  • UK: Formal Consultation on Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay to Begin in July

    17 June 2013

    The proposed £650 million tidal lagoon has taken another step forward with the announcement that formal consultation will begin on Thursday 4 July 2013 with a series of public exhibitions throughout Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. With the £2million community share offer open until 15 July, Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc has published their statement […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF Conducts Rescue Exercise on Global Tech I

    15 October 2013
    Training & Education

    At the end of September HOCHTIEF Solutions conducted a first comprehensive offshore rescue exercise in a construction site in the North Sea (Global Tech I). Together with its partners, the team from the Civil Engineering Marine and Offshore branch practiced all processes related to the emergency rescue and the transportation of a severely injured offshore […]

  • Insurance Industry Keeps Up with Renewable Energy Development

    6 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    As the need for energy security drives investment in renewable energy, the insurance industry is responding by providing innovative products to mitigate some of the potential volatility. Global investment in renewables fell by 14% during 2013, but the percentage of electricity generated by renewable sources still grew, according to the United Nations Environment Program. Renewables […]

  • EMEC to Assist in Development of Marine Energy Test Centre in Taiwan

    5 December 2012
    R&D

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd, based in Orkney, Scotland, has announced another major international collaboration agreement, in which the world-leading test facility will assist in the development of a marine energy test centre in Taiwan. Speaking at the inaugural Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC-2012) on Jeju Island, Korea, EMEC’s commercial director […]

  • EPA Withdraws Permit for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project

    17 March 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing the air quality permit for the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project, following a remand from the federal Environmental Appeals Board regarding the EPA’s initial permit decision. The permit, which was granted to the developer in September 2024, was appealed to the board by Save Long Beach Island […]

  • New York Governor: ‘I Will Not Allow This Federal Overreach to Stand’

    17 April 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following the order of the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to halt all construction activities on the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she would fight the federal decision. “This fully federally permitted project has already put shovels in the ground before the President’s executive orders—it’s exactly the […]

  • Cerulean Selects Deployment Port for Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Farms

    22 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Cerulean Winds, a floating wind company with 3 GW under development in the Central North Sea, has selected Haventus, owner of the under-construction Ardersier Energy Transition Facility, as its chosen deployment port. The Cerulean alliance’s first project will be the Aspen development, a 1 GW floating offshore wind farm located in the central North Sea […]

  • South Korea Awards Nearly 1.9 GW of Offshore Wind Capacity

    19 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) has awarded a total of 1,886 MW in capacity across four fixed-bottom offshore wind projects and one floating wind project. The projects that were awarded: the 532 MW Anma Offshore Wind (both phases), the 500 MW Taean (Vena Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), the 104 MW […]

  • Marine Environmental Surveys Underway at Ørsted’s Gippsland Offshore Wind Project

    19 December 2024
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development

    Marine environmental baseline surveys for Ørsted’s Gippsland offshore wind project in Australia kicked off in November. According to Ørsted, the survey programme plays a critical role in informing the development of the offshore wind project by assisting the company in understanding all aspects of the Bass Strait marine environment. This includes vessel-based and aerial marine […]

  • Windar Wraps Up Vineyard Wind 1 TP Delivery

    1 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Windar Renovables has manufactured and loaded the final batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store, and deliver TPs for the offshore wind project, being developed by Vineyard Wind, a joint […]

  • Shanghai Plans to Install 29 GW of Offshore Wind Capacity

    22 July 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    China’s largest city, Shanghai, plans to have 29.3 GW of offshore wind capacity installed and feeding into its grid. The plan, formulated by the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, aims to have offshore wind generating around 100 TWh of green electricity annually. The news was first reported internationally by Bloomberg, citing a report by […]

  • US Oil & Gas Vessel Operator Eyes Offshore Wind for Newly Acquired Vessels

    8 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    US offshore support vessel (OSV) operator Hornbeck Offshore plans to offer vessels from its fleet for deployment on offshore wind projects in the country, according to the company’s latest press release on acquiring three OSVs from the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD). The company said that all three diesel-electric vessels, purchased at MARAD’s auction for an […]

  • Sweden Greenlights Construction of Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm

    19 May 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Swedish government has granted a construction permit to Vattenfall for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. Located in the south of the Baltic Sea some 30 kilometres off Trelleborg, Kriegers Flak is one of Vattenfall’s Swedish offshore wind projects that has come the furthest in its development. Vattenfall’s application covers 40 to 50 wind […]

  • Iberdrola Gathering Tier 1 Contractors for East Anglia Three, Project Qualified for CfD Auction

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The 1.4 GW East Anglia 3 offshore wind project has successfully qualified for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Round 4 auction in the UK and is awaiting the opening of the bidding phase in the second quarter of the year, Iberdrola said. The eligibility window for the auction opened on 13 December 2021 and closed […]

  • Bladt Secures Its Largest TP Order Ever with US Offshore Wind Project

    8 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries will supply 176 transition pieces (TPs) to the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US which is, according to the Danish offshore wind foundation manufacturer, its largest TP contract ever. Bladt Industries signed a contract with Dominion Energy following a competitive procurement process the project’s developer held to reach agreements on […]

  • Wind of Hope Readies For Hornsea Wind Farms

    9 August 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s new service operations vessel (SOV) Wind of Hope has arrived in the Port of Grimsby in the UK to prepare for working out at sea on the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Up to 60 of Ørsted’s wind turbine technicians will call the 84-metre vessel home for two weeks at a time, whilst they […]

  • Equinor Enters Chinese Offshore Wind Market

    18 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Equinor and the Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles (Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop offshore wind projects in the Yellow Sea, off China’s Shandong province. The Norway-based energy major has confirmed to OffshoreWIND.biz that the two companies have entered into an agreement to jointly tap into the offshore wind opportunities […]

  • Two-Turbine Floater to Spin Offshore Norway

    10 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Swedish floating wind specialist Hexicon will develop a demonstrator project for floating wind power at Metcentre’s deep water area off of Norway’s coast. The project, TwinWay, is a pilot to commercialise new offshore floating wind technology, Hexicon said. The Stockholm-based Hexicon develops wind power projects in deepwater areas based on patented technology, and Norwegian Marine […]

  • Germany Greenlights Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Farm

    29 April 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted a planning approval to Ørsted for the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm. The project has now secured necessary approvals from all the responsible authorities. Gode ​​Wind 3 will have a total of 242 MW of export capacity. Ther wind farm will feature 23 Siemens Gamesa […]

  • Fugro to Survey Danish Energy Island Site

    12 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Denmark’s Energinet has awarded Fugro a marine site characterisation contract for the Energy Island project in the North Sea. The contract is part of Energinet’s preliminary studies to build the world’s first ”hub and spoke” energy scheme: an energy island 80 kilometres off the Danish coast that will act as a transmission centre for hundreds […]

  • CrossWind and TenneT Sign Hollandse Kust (noord) Grid Connection Agreements

    4 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    CrossWind, a consortium of Shell and Eneco, has signed agreements with TenneT for the construction of the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm. Located in the Dutch North Sea some some 18.5 kilometres off Egmond aan Zee, the 759 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) and its grid connection are scheduled to be […]