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  • Netherlands Starts Working on Site Characterisation for New Offshore Wind Areas

    17 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has announced upcoming calls for tenders through which the Dutch Government will procure geophysical surveys and archeological assessment of new areas that have been designated to accommodate the country’s increased offshore wind target. Around 24 June, RVO plans to open a tender for several wind farm zones in the Dutch […]

  • Coalition MP Expresses Support to North East Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    14 November 2012
    Authorities

    Redcar MP Ian Swales has expressed the Coalition Government’s commitment to the offshore wind industry. The Liberal Democrat MP met with Alex Dawson, Chairman of Energi Coast, close to the new Teesside Wind Farm ahead of the Government’s new Energy Bill, which is expected to be published before the end of November. Ian Swales MP […]

  • New Wind Energy Research Focuses on Turbine Arrangement (USA)

    4 November 2013
    R&D, Training & Education

    Research into the best ways to arrange wind turbines has produced staggering results — quite literally.  The University of Delaware’s Cristina Archer and her Atmosphere and Energy Research Group found that staggering and spacing out turbines in an offshore wind farm can improve performance by as much as 33 percent. Article by Teresa Messmore, UDaily […]

  • GE Vernova to Pay Nantucket USD 10.5 Million for Losses Caused by Blade Debris

    14 July 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The Town and County of Nantucket in Massachusetts and GE Vernova have reached a settlement agreement worth USD 10.5 million (approximately EUR 9 million), which the wind turbine OEM will pay to compensate the Town and local businesses for losses resulting from the failure of a turbine blade on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind […]

  • Environment Minister Stevenson Highlights Scotland’s Climate Change Role

    5 June 2012
    Authorities, Environment

    Scotland’s Environment Minister, Stewart Stevenson, has highlighted Scotland’s world-leading role in both the development of renewables and in championing the need for climate justice for the world’s poorest communities as he marks World Environment Day. The theme for World Environment Day is ‘The Green Economy’, Scotland has around a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind and […]

  • CRANES: Huisman delivers world’s largest Leg Encircling Crane

    8 December 2015

    Huisman recently delivered the cranes for the Seajacks Scylla, the new build wind turbine installation vessel for Seajacks UK Ltd. This jack up vessel is currently nearing completion at the yard of Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The Seajacks Scylla, based on the Gusto MSC NG14000X design, has been specifically designed to meet the […]

  • Alstom’s 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine Loaded at Ostend, Belgium

    24 October 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The various components of Alstom’s 6MW offshore wind turbine, currently one of the most powerful on the market, are in the process of being loaded onto the liftboat or self-elevating wind turbine installation and crane unit, “Bold Tern”, in the port of Ostend, Belgium. The vessel, owned by Fred Olsen Windcarrier, specialists in the transport […]

  • BREAKING: Norway Opens First Offshore Wind Tenders for Applications

    29 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland have officially opened the application window for Norway’s first offshore wind auction. The combined capacity offered in the first auction round is 3 GW split equally across two areas on the Norwegian continental shelf: Southern North Sea II (Sørlige Nordsjø II) and […]

  • Iberdrola Moves to Acquire Full Ownership of US Avangrid

    8 March 2024
    Business & Finance

    Spanish renewable energy giant Iberdrola, which owns around 81.6 per cent of its US subsidiary Avangrid, has launched an offer to acquire the remaining 18.4 per cent in the Connecticut-headquartered company for USD 2.48 billion (EUR 2.28 billion). Iberdrola says it wants to increase exposure to the networks business in the US and grow in markets […]

  • SMC Bags Dogger Bank Marine Coordination Deal

    8 March 2022
    Operations & Maintenance

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to provide marine coordination services on all three phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, off the UK northeast coast. Under the contract, SMC will deliver a turnkey marine coordination personnel service to support construction operations at the offshore wind farm. “We have been […]

  • RES and US Wind Bid $1.9M to Win NJ Offshore Wind Sites

    9 November 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The provisional winners of today’s auction for the New Jersey offshore wind lease area are RES America Developments Inc. and US Wind Inc., the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reported on its official website.  The area was auctioned as two leases: the South Lease Area, covering 160,480 acres, and the North Lease Area, which consists of 183,353 […]

  • Siemens’ 3.6 MW Turbines to Power Cape Wind OWF, USA

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens and Cape Wind have signed a major contract for the construction of the United States’ first utility-scale offshore wind farm. Once the contract becomes effective later next year, Siemens will supply Cape Wind with its industry-leading 3.6-megawatt offshore wind turbines, an offshore Electric Service Platform (ESP) and a long-term service agreement. When fully built, […]

  • France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders

    16 May 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s energy regulator Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) has pre-selected ten bids for the development of an offshore wind farm project off Dunkerque, according to local media.

  • Prysmian Secures Contracts for Three Offshore Wind Farms in France

    29 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has secured inter-array cable contracts worth over EUR 220 million for three offshore wind farms in France.

  • Race Bank Produces First Power

    18 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Electricity has been generated for the first time at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm located off the North Norfolk coast.

  • Top News of the Week Mar 11 – 17, 2013

    18 March 2013

    Seaway Heavy Lifting Wins Third Major Contract for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (UK) Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has won a new contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited to begin the second half of foundation installation off the North Wales coast.   VIDEO: 3D View of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind […]

  • Keel Laid for Dogger Bank Service Operations Vessel

    19 July 2022
    Vessels

    Vard has held a keel-laying ceremony for the third service operations vessel (SOV) that the company is building for North Star at Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. Vard and North Star signed a contract for a total of four SOVs which are bound for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Each of […]

  • Philippine National Oil Company Eyes Offshore Wind Port in Batangas

    24 March 2025
    Business development, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    On 13 March, the state-owned Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Batangas provincial government to explore the development of an offshore wind integration port in the province. Under the agreement, PNOC will take the lead in conducting exploratory activities such as feasibility studies, identification of potential areas, and […]

  • Subsea 2012 Attracts Impressive International Delegates (UK)

    24 January 2012

    Europe’s largest subsea event, Subsea 2012, will boast an impressive line-up of international delegates when it opens its doors on February 8 at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre for two days to highlight the industry’s global opportunities. Subsea UK’s annual conference and exhibition has attracted leading industry figures from Russia, Ghana, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, China, […]

  • SSE Calls On UK to Go Faster and Harder on Wind Energy

    13 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The next UK government should go faster and harder on offshore and onshore wind in a bid to reach the net zero targets by 2050, according to SSE Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies. In its interim results, SSE called on political leaders to put renewable power “front and center” of the plans to tackle climate change. […]

  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to Sell Stake in 1 GW Wind Project Offshore Philippines

    29 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed an agreement with ACEN, the listed energy company of the Ayala Group, to sell a 25 per cent minority stake in the up to 1 GW San Miguel Bay offshore wind farm in the Philippines. CIP said that the company and its Growth Market Fund II have sought a […]

  • Polish Company to Prepare Conceptual Design for PGE’s Third Baltica Offshore Wind Project

    5 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    PGE Group has contracted Polish company Energoprojekt-Katowice to prepare a conceptual design for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm. The 900 MW Baltica 1 is the third project in PGE’s Baltica Offshore Wind Farm portfolio. The first two, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, are being developed by PGE and Ørsted and are in an advanced development […]

  • Vattenfall Expands Into New London Office (UK)

    21 October 2011

    The Vattenfall team in London is expanding its UK operations by moving into a brand new office on commercially buzzing Tudor Street. The move comes as the 50/50 joint venture between Vattenfall and UK energy company Scottish Power Renewables enters a new phase.  “Our bold plan to develop the world’s largest off shore wind farm […]

  • P&O Maritime Logistics Unveils Zero-Emission Vessel for Offshore Wind Ops

    21 February 2023
    Vessels

    UAE-headquartered P&O Maritime Logistics has unveiled plans to convert one of its multi-carrying vessels (MCVs) into a cable-laying vessel (CLV) that would be used to connect offshore wind farms with the mainland. The vessel will be the first of its kind within the company’s fast-expanding portfolio of specialised offshore products and services. CLV will feature […]

  • Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Readies for Giant Turbines

    29 May 2017
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has submitted a scoping report for the revised 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm to the Scottish Ministers.

  • Denmark: Cutting Costs for Future Offshore Wind Industry

    28 June 2013

    The strategy of the European wind industry up unto 2030 is to develop offshore wind turbine technology into being the most competitive energy source. The target from the EU Commission is that the sector should cover a third of European electricity demand by 2030. By 2050, wind power should supply half of the electricity demand […]