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  • Cadeler Takes Delivery of First M-Class Vessel, Signs Contracts for Second Unit

    3 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The first of two M-class wind installation vessels, named Wind Maker, has been delivered to Denmark-headquartered Cadeler. The company has also signed the first contracts for its second M-class vessel, Wind Mover. Cadeler, a provider of offshore wind installation, operations and maintenance services, celebrated the naming of Wind Maker at the Hanwha Ocean shipyard in […]

  • Invenergy, energyRe Face Turbine Supplier Issues, Hit Pause on 2.4 GW Wind Project Offshore New Jersey

    5 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Invenergy Wind Offshore (Invenergy) has requested a delay from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) until late December for its proposed 2.4 GW offshore wind project near Long Beach Island. In a July filing with the board, the company, which is developing the wind farm together with energyRe, cited challenges in finding a […]

  • CIP Signs 2 GW of Offshore Wind Agreements with Philippine Government

    30 March 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its New Markets Fund, has signed 25-year Offshore Wind Service Contracts with the Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) for three offshore wind farms totalling 2 GW in capacity. The contracts make CIP the first company to venture on a 100 per cent foreign-owned basis into offshore wind development in the […]

  • Vestas Flagship 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine to Be Installed Near Danish Port

    8 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a firm order from Thyborøn-Harboøre Vindmøllelaug I/S af 2002 for a V236-15.0 MW wind turbine to be installed directly on the waterfront in the Port of Thyborøn in the northwestern part of Denmark. The order comprises one V236-15.0 MW wind turbine and includes supply, delivery, and commissioning of the unit. The order […]

  • Norwegian Gov’t Plans Q1 2023 for Floating & Offshore Wind Auctions, Drafts Tender Frameworks

    6 December 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Norwegian government aims to tender Utsira Nord and the first phase of the Southern North Sea (Sørlige Nordsjø II) offshore wind areas by the end of the first quarter of 2023, according to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, which has now issued frameworks for the tendering processes and opened consultation. Commenting on the […]

  • Maersk Installs DemoSATH Floating Wind Mooring System Offshore Spain

    17 May 2022
    R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Maersk Supply Service has completed the installation of the mooring, anchoring, and quick-connect solution for the 2 MW DemoSATH, the first floating wind turbine to be connected to the Spanish grid. Maersk Mariner installed six mooring lines, comprised of hybrid lines of chain and fibre rope, and six drag anchors at BiMEP test area in […]

  • Korea Floating Wind Partners with East-West Power

    2 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Korea Floating Wind (KF Wind) has signed a Joint Development Agreement Term Sheet with Korea East-West Power, a state-owned generation company in Korea, for a collaboration on the development of floating offshore wind sites off the coast of Ulsan. As reported, KF Wind, a joint venture between OW Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind, is […]

  • Future UK Electricity System Could Handle 150 GW of Offshore Wind, Study Says

    14 October 2021
    R&D

    A new analysis by Energy Systems Catapult has found the future UK electricity system could handle up to 150 GW of offshore wind, as long as essential technical integration and market reforms were delivered. Energy Systems Catapult was commissioned by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) consider the impact of very high levels of offshore […]

  • Tickets Now on Sale for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024

    13 May 2024
    Business development

    This is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of offshoreWIND.biz and the organiser of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The registration period for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) in Amsterdam is now open. Early-bird tickets are available on the OEEC website with a 25% discount […]

  • Ramboll Boosts Wind Division with K2 Management Acquisition

    21 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry

    Denmark-headquartered Ramboll has acquired its compatriot K2 Management, a global consultancy company specialising in wind and solar energy. Following the acquisition, which is subject to customary regulatory approval, Ramboll’s global wind division will encompass over 900 people across 20 countries, adding a new local presence in Vietnam, Thailand, and Portugal. Ramboll is said to be […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • Rystad Energy: Global Installed Offshore Wind Capacity to Grow by 37% in 2021

    4 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    The world’s installed offshore wind capacity rose by 15 per cent in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year will see a 37 per cent growth in global installed offshore wind capacity, according to Rystad Energy. Major contributor to both last year’s and this year’s growth is China. The country is expected to ramp […]

  • Highlights of the Month – November 2020

    1 December 2020

    We bring you the ten most-read articles on the OffshoreWIND.biz site for the month of November 2020. Two-Turbine Floater Prototype Breezes Through Tests in Baltic Sea The scaled-down version of the Nezzy² floating wind turbine, a two-turbine floating wind platform, completed its two-month tests in the Bay of Greifswald in the Baltic Sea and has […]

  • New Energy Bill Backs Offshore Wind in Massachusetts

    25 May 2016
    Authorities

    A new bill that would provide a better environment for the offshore wind industry was submitted to the Massachusetts House of Representatives on Monday.  The bill requires utility companies in Massachusetts to solicit joint proposals and enter into long-term contracts with offshore wind companies up to 1,200 megawatts of power by 2027. Additionally, electric utilities will be required […]

  • Oil and Gas Giant Urges Dutch Government for More Offshore Wind

    26 April 2016

    Royal Dutch Shell, the oil and gas company and one of the owners of the Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm, has given the Dutch government something to think about ahead of the general election in 2017, asking the country’s leaders to boost offshore wind ambitions. Shell emphasised the importance of developing the large-scale offshore wind potential in […]

  • RepaKorr Project to Keep Offshore Wind Turbines Rust-Proof for Longer

    2 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    German researchers gathered around the RepaKorr collaborative project are developing an all-round inspection and repair solution to increase the corrosion resistance of offshore wind farms, according to Fraunhofer, one of the participants in the project. The new solution, which includes the development of a special anti-corrosive film, is expected to be ready for implementation by March 2016. It places […]

  • MHI Vestas Sets Up Base at BOW Terminal Vlissingen

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and BOW Terminal have signed an agreement that will provide the offshore wind turbine manufacturer with 20 hectares of land at the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.

  • Bibby Orders WaveMaster SOV for EnBW and Siemens Gamesa

    2 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Bibby Marine Services has signed long-term charter agreements with EnBW and Siemens Gamesa for the use of a new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) to be deployed at EnBW’s offshore wind farms Hohe See and Albatros in the German North Sea.

  • Maryland Public Service Commission Starts Reviewing Offshore Wind Applications

    22 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) began a 180-day proceeding to evaluate two offshore wind project proposals on Monday, 21 November. PSC opened an application period for a USD 1.9 billion Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Credit (OREC) in February 2016. The initial application was submitted by US Wind in the same month. PSC received the second and […]

  • GMS Comments on Current Offshore Wind Events

    25 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The welcome news that Siemens plans a £160 million expansion to manufacture turbines in East Yorkshire, plus the UK Green Investment Bank’s (GIB) investment in the Westermost Rough project off the Yorkshire coast, must be balanced against high costs and risks but low confidence levels that could still affect future UK offshore wind developments, Green […]

  • ScottishPower Calls for Stable Regulation at Global Offshore Wind 2015

    25 June 2015

    Keith Anderson, CEO of ScottishPower Renewables, addressed the Renewable UK Global Offshore Wind Conference in London today. He called for stable regulation and close working between the industry and the Government in order to ensure that the UK gains the maximum benefits from the offshore wind power industry. In his speech, Keith Anderson said: “The […]

  • Report on Evolution and Economics of Wind Power Available

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Evolution and Economics of Wind Power” report to their offering.  Chapter 1 The wind resource and global wind generating capacity Wind is the movement of air generated by the earth’s rotation and by the heating of the atmosphere by the sun. The wind resulting is […]

  • Oil & Gas Majors Eye Brazil’s Pre-Salt Region for Floating Wind

    16 January 2024
    Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras – together with partners Shell Brasil, TotalEnergies, China’s CNPC and CNOOC, and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – has kicked off a series of wind measurements in Brazil’s pre-salt region to collect data for potential offshore wind projects in Búzios and Mero fields. Initial data […]

  • DNV Updates Standard for Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (Norway)

    27 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      DNV’s recognized standard for design of offshore wind turbine structures has been through a revision process together with the wind energy industry. The updated standard which aims to reduce cost and increase safety is now available. he standard, Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (DNV-OS-J101), provides principles, technical requirements and guidance for design, construction […]

  • Siemens Leaves Heavy Lifting to ALE

    3 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens has awarded a four-year crane framework agreement to UK heavy-lift specialist ALE for the supply and deployment of cranes, specialised transport equipment and personnel. The contract is for the period 2016-19, and has a value in excess of GBP 43 million (EUR 55m). It covers Siemens’ harbour-based offshore wind sites in the UK and Germany, […]

  • Ireland Gets Wind and Wave Atlas

    11 November 2014
    R&D

    Researchers in the UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, in collaboration with Met Éireann, have created a new wind and wave atlas for Ireland for the period 2000-2012. The study was supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) through the Renewable Energy Research Development & Demonstration Programme. Ireland is uniquely placed in terms of […]