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  • BP Launches Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge

    22 March 2023
    Business development, Industry, Innovation, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Energy major bp has launched three separate calls for innovative ideas and new collaborations in the field of offshore wind. The call is part of bp’s effort to become a global leader in offshore wind, the company said. BP is on the lookout for collaborators, from individuals to large-scale organizations, who have new ideas, at […]

  • New Intertidal Wind Project in the Making in Vietnam

    27 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    China Gezhouba Group Co. (CGGC) International and Vietnam Construction and Trading Corporation signed an EPC contract for the 350 MW Ca Mau 1 offshore wind project in Vietnam on 11 November. The project is located in the tidal flat area of Sanjiang Dongshe in Nangen County, Ca Mau Province. The total installed capacity will be […]

  • Vestas Racks Up Offshore Wind Orders

    1 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Vestas has received orders to supply wind turbines for three offshore wind projects, two fixed-bottom wind farms in Taiwan, and one floating wind project in France. The turbine maker has secured a 295 MW order for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project, located off the coast of Changhua County, Taiwan. The project is being jointly […]

  • OWC to Assess Wind Potential Offshore Netherlands

    17 January 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Renewable energy consultancy OWC has been subcontracted by Denmark-based DHI to offer specialist bid advisory services to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The services include assessing the wind potential for the IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Farm Zone in the Dutch North Sea. The IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Farm Zone has been divided into three sites: […]

  • The Netherlands: Ensuring the Future of Offshore Wind Farms

    1 October 2012

    Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference brings you a series of columns in which prominent industry representatives share their views on key developments in the offshore oil, gas and energy markets. This edition, Michael Kahn, Managing Director Jumbo, calls for some re-design in the offshore wind turbine industry. Renewable energy is a growing market, especially in […]

  • Australian Port Making Room for Offshore Wind

    15 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution, Ports & Logistics

    GeelongPort, located in Corio Bay, Victoria, Australia, has unveiled plans to develop up to 25 hectares of land for a wind farm hub to support Victoria’s renewables industry. Located at Oyster Cove near GeelongPort’s Lascelles Wharf, the precinct will provide facilities for the berthing, laydown, and construction of equipment for onshore and offshore wind projects. […]

  • Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Trio Shines in 2019

    8 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has reported an 18% increase in earnings from its offshore wind farms in operation in the first half of 2019, to DKK 5.9 billion (circa EUR 790.6 million), due to the ramp-up at the Hornsea Project One, Borkum Riffgrund 2 and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. Offshore and onshore wind power generation increased by 45% […]

  • Centrica Recruiting for Offshore Wind Operations in Grimsby

    16 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Centrica Energy is hiring new employees to meet its demand in the field of offshore wind operations in Grimsby. The company already employs 200 people in its facilities in Grimsby, where it owns an operations and maintenance base. “The positions are all newly created roles ensuring we have more manpower in the field from an […]

  • Dutch Investigate Future Offshore Wind Links

    18 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Arcadis and Pondera Consult will carry out a strategic study into the various possibilities to transport the energy from future large-scale offshore wind farms in the Dutch North Sea to the national grid.

  • MassCEC Picks Offshore Wind Study Team

    15 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has awarded Ramboll Environ and team partners a contract to study untapped offshore wind energy potential within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  • Swedish Offshore Wind Project Dead in the Water

    22 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Government of Sweden has decided not to issue a permit to Blekinge Offshore AB for the construction of an offshore wind farm in Hanöbukten. The government ruled that the wind farm is proposed to be built in a strategically important practice area for the country’s Armed Forces. Blekinge Offshore AB had applied for a permit to […]

  • Vietnamese Nearshore Wind Farm Nears Commissioning

    7 March 2022
    Operations & Maintenance

    UK-based marine consultant Waves Group Ltd (Waves Group) has completed Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services for the construction of the Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm in Vietnam, helping bring the project closer to the commissioning. The company’s scope of work included the installation of foundations, wind turbines, array cables, and nearshore marine works. With the […]

  • Euskalforging Rings for French Offshore Wind Project

    28 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Spain-based euskalforging has won a contract to produce rolled rings for the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farm offshore France. Under the contract, the company will manufacture rolled rings for 61 transition pieces that will be installed on the offshore wind project located 11.6 kilometres from the island of Yeu and 16.5 […]

  • Semco Maritime Expands Offshore Wind Offering

    2 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Semco Maritime has added a new business area dedicated to concept and feasibility studies for offshore wind projects. Semco Maritime has provided EPC solutions for offshore high-voltage substations, in cooperation with long-term partners Bladt Industries and ISC Consulting Engineers, as well as services and maintenance for offshore wind balance of plant. According to the company, […]

  • Majority of UK Residents Support Wind Power

    3 February 2015
    Authorities

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has released the results of its latest wave of public attitude tracking survey, which shows that the support for offshore wind power has remained stable since the last wave.  According to the DECC’s findings, level of support for individual renewable energy sources also remain stable to that […]

  • Gamesa Certifies Its 5MW Wind Turbine

    10 March 2014
    Technology

    Gamesa has secured type certification for its first offshore wind turbine, the G128-5.0 MW Offshore, from DNV-GL, an accredited independent body. This milestone completes the process of certifying the company’s first offshore product – in less than seven months – and constitutes an endorsement for the platform’s technology that in turn bolsters the marketing and […]

  • GE Using Supercomputer to Study Offshore Wind

    6 August 2020
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted GE Research access to a supercomputer for research aimed at accelerating new advancements in offshore wind. GE engineers have been granted access to the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, through DOE’s competitive ALCC (Advanced Scientific Computing Research Leadership Computing Challenge) program. According to GE, […]

  • Maine, UK Shake Hands on Offshore Wind

    11 December 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. State of Maine and the United Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation in clean energy technologies, including offshore wind, and mutually achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century or sooner. Under the five-year MOU, Maine and the UK have agreed to share resources and advance offshore wind and green hydrogen […]

  • Germany Powered with almost 3GW of Offshore Wind

    20 July 2015

    In the first half of 2015, another 422 offshore wind turbines, with a combined capacity of 1,765.3 megawatts went on line. Up to 30 June 2015 a total of 668 offshore turbines with an overall capacity of 2,777.8 megawatts fed power into the German grid. With the current offshore wind energy output the system can […]

  • UK: A2SEA Installs 1.000th Wind Turbine

    12 June 2013

    Today at the RenewableUK Offshore Wind exhibition in Manchester, A2SEA announced that the company had just installed turbine no. 1,000 in its 12 year history. Turbine no. 1,000 was installed by SEA JACK at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. ”It is a huge achievement for our company and we […]

  • Swan Hunter Dives Into Offshore Wind Sector

    12 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The former Tyneside shipbuilding and engineering company, Swan Hunter, has informed that it moved into the offshore energy sector and is now providing equipment necessary for subsea operations in both oil and gas and renewable energy sectors. The offshore equipment is specially built for the installation of power cables, umbilicals, and flexible pipelines, and includes carousels, reel drive systems […]

  • The Offshore Wind Industry’s Urgent Need for Professionals

    18 July 2018

    The offshore wind industry is developing rapidly. Last year, the use of wind energy grew with 19% in the EU. It is expected that by 2030, wind energy will be the most important source of energy. Not only the market is growing; when it comes to technical developments, changes are also rapidly taking place. The […]

  • Triton Knoll Wind Turbine Installation Completed

    17 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 90th and final wind turbine has been installed at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm site, located 32 kilometres off the coast of Lincolnshire in the UK. Wind turbine installation works commenced in January 2021 after Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessel Wind Osprey arrived at the site loaded with the first sets of Vestas […]

  • ZephIR laser anemometer / wind lidar (UK)

    6 October 2010
    R&D

    We pioneered the use of wind lidar in the industry some eight years ago. With more than two a hundred and fifty ZephIR deployments globally we remain the market leader.

  • Canadian Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

    22 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group has signed an indicative offer with an offshore wind developer to develop the NaiKun offshore wind project in British Columbia, Canada. The parties are working to negotiate and sign a definitive agreement in the next few weeks, which will provide technical expertise, dedicated financial resources, and will establish a framework for a […]

  • Crown Estate Hails Offshore Wind News

    26 February 2015
    Authorities

    Following today’s news about the award of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the UK Government and release of the Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework (CRMF) report, The Crown Estate commented on these two big news for the offshore wind industry in the UK. Huub den Rooijen, our Head of Offshore Wind, said: “With over 4GW in operation, […]