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  • WIKING Helikopter Wins Rescue Contract for German Offshore Wind Pair

    17 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW has awarded WIKING Helikopter Service GmbH with a contract to provide a rescue helicopter for the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in Germany. WIKING Helikopter is in charge of providing a helicopter including aeronautical and medical crew which will be used for rescuing injured personnel at the projects. Last year, the Germany-headquartered […]

  • Samsø Offshore Wind Farm to Operate Longer as Denmark Issues First Extension Permit

    3 June 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has extended the electricity production permit for the 23 MW Samsø offshore wind farm by ten years, the first such extension for an older offshore wind farm in Denmark. The electricity production permit for the Samsø offshore wind farm, built in 2002, was limited to 25 years. However, the owner, […]

  • EU Greenlights BP, JERA Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    16 May 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting

    BP’s subsidiary BP Gamma and JERA Nex, a renewables arm of Japan’s JERA, have received European Commission (EC) approval to form a joint venture focused on offshore wind projects. The EC concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given the companies’ limited combined market position resulting from the proposed transaction. The JERA […]

  • 80 Pct of Irish People Support Wind Developments, Poll Finds

    27 March 2013

    The Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA), the national body representing the wind energy sector in Ireland has today (27 March) strongly welcomed an opinion poll conducted on its behalf by Ipsos MRBI which revealed that 80% of the Irish public support wind developments. This opinion poll was taken from 916 respondents. Reacting to this opinion […]

  • CWind Hosts Northern Irish Delegation Exploring Offshore Wind Industry

    23 October 2013

    CWind hosted a delegation of 20 businesses from the south east region of Northern Ireland on Tuesday this week. The delegation, led by Energy Connections NI and hosted by the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) was in the area this week to see first-hand how businesses here have taken advantage of the supply chain […]

  • CWind Springs Into Action at Lynn and Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farms

    27 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    CWind provided one of its crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to international energy and services company, Centrica to support jack-up operations at the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms off North East Lincolnshire. The vessel MPC 19 CWind Alliance supported the 194.4MW Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms operated by Centrica. All work at the […]

  • Wind Industry Urges Ministers to Set a Binding 2030 Target (Germany)

    20 November 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Offshore wind energy is a “no-regrets” option for green growth, job creation and decarbonisation, ministers and delegates heard yesterday at the opening session of EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 in Frankfurt. But the energy projects coming online today will run for 30 years, so to ensure the right choices are made, a binding renewables target for 2030 […]

  • WavEC Shares Survey Findings for Portuguese Floating Wind Demo Site

    21 February 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Research & Development

    WavEC Offshore Renewables has published findings following the first offshore surveys at the Technological Free Zone offshore of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, a site that will host floating offshore wind demonstration projects. The study was supported by oceanographic surveys carried out in March and October of 2023, collecting acoustic data and physical samples of the […]

  • 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 […]

  • ‘Northwest and North Wales Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event’ Turns Spotlight on Wirral’s Wind Farm Industry (UK)

    2 February 2011
    R&D, Training & Education

    A major exhibition and seminar will turn the spotlight on plans to grow Wirral’s wind farm industry. The New Brighton event is aimed at…   (wirralglobe) [mappress] Source: wirralglobe, February 02, 2011

  • Cape Wind Developer Gets Almost Two Times Bigger Lease for Offshore Wind Farm Than Expected (USA)

    6 January 2011

    When the lease for the massive Cape Wind project was announced in October, it was described as covering 25 square miles of Nantucket Sound. By Jon Chesto (wickedlocal) [mappress] Source: wickedlocal, January 06, 2011

  • Guernsey Looking Into Offshore Wind Seabed Leasing

    24 March 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The States of Guernsey’s Policy & Resources Committee is asking the Assembly to fund further preliminary work on developing offshore wind after initial scoping by the Offshore Wind Sub-Committee indicated that an offshore wind farm in Guernsey waters exporting power to the UK would be of value to the island. The initial assessment identified a […]

  • The Crown Estate Releases New Findings on Offshore Wind Speed Variability

    30 March 2017
    R&D

    Variability in wind speeds offshore the UK is significantly lower than previously understood, according to a new study on the UK’s offshore wind resource, carried out by DNV GL on behalf of the Crown Estate.

  • Residents Find Out About Deepwater Wind Cable Plans (USA)

    20 December 2011

    Residents found out last week that chances are they won’t notice much as Deepwater Wind gets ready to plug its Block Island… By Erin Tiernan (southkingstown) [mappress] Source: southkingstown, December 20, 2011; Image: dwwind

  • Robotic Offshore Wind Maintenance Team Earns Its Wings – Video

    14 July 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    A project in the UK has proven the concept for robotic teams repairing offshore wind farms, paving the way for human-robot teams at wind farms within ten years, and wind farms designed for robotic maintenance by 2050, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult said. The GBP 4 million MIMRee project, which was funded by Innovate […]

  • Gulf Marine Services Finds Offshore Wind Work for Two Jackups

    10 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs), has been awarded two new long-term contracts in Europe to support wind farm projects for an undisclosed international energy company. The new contracts, scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2018, are for two Large Class SESVs, the category reserved for vessels that […]

  • Report Finds Large Offshore Wind Potential North of the Dutch Wadden Sea

    28 April 2014
    R&D

    According to a report by Deloitte, the world wide brand gathering consultancy and advice specialists, there is a large area north of the Wadden Sea that is particularly suitable for the development of offshore wind energy. However, this zone is currently allocated to the Dutch Ministry of Defence for military exercises. The area has strong […]

  • US Sets Date for First-Ever Offshore Wind Lease Sale on West Coast and First-Ever to Support Floating Wind

    19 October 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an offshore wind lease sale in California on 6 December. This will be the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US Pacific coast and the first-ever through which the country will support commercial-scale floating wind farms. On 6 December, BOEM will offer five areas […]

  • LM Wind Power to Deliver 61.5 Meter Blades for Phase II and III of Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)

    29 November 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    LM Wind Power Blades will deliver its 61.5 meter blades for the 48 REpower 6M type wind turbines which will be installed as part of phase II and III of the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm. The 144 LM 61.5P2 blades will be supplied from LM Wind Power’s facility in Lunderskov, Denmark. LM Wind Power’s […]

  • Deepwater Wind Energy Center Said to be First Regional Offshore Wind Farm to Supply Multiple East Coast States (USA)

    13 January 2011

    Deepwater Wind has announced plans to construct the Deepwater Wind Energy Center (DWEC), the first of the “second generation” of offshore…   (altenerg) [mappress] Source: altenerg, January 13, 2011

  • Deepwater Wind Energy Center to be Nation’s First Regional Offshore Wind Farm to Supply Multiple East Coast States (USA)

    8 December 2010

    DWEC would be nation’s largest offshore wind farm, bolstering the East Coast offshore-wind industry and job creation potential Deepwater… (businesswire) [mappress] Source: businesswire, December 08, 2010

  • Australian State to Open Offshore Wind Auction in September

    15 April 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The Victorian government will launch an offshore wind auction in September of this year and expects to award contracts by the fourth quarter of 2026. This is according to the Offshore Wind Energy Implementation Statement 4 (IS4), released by Victoria’s Minister for Energy and Resources Lily D’Ambrosio on 9 April, which outlines the next steps […]

  • Denmark Targets This Autumn for Offshore Wind Tender Reboot with State Support

    20 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Danish government will launch a 3 GW offshore wind tender this autumn, providing support through two-sided Contracts for Difference (CfD), following the suspension of the previous auction round earlier this year. The tender will open in autumn 2025 and will cover three areas, two in the Danish North Sea and one separating Denmark from […]

  • A Look Back at Offshore WIND Conference 2018

    1 January 2019

    While Offshore WIND team started preparing for our 2019 conference even before the 2018 one kicked off and the preparations are now well underway, we bring you an overview of the news from our now last year’s event:

  • Offshore WIND Conference 2017 Theme Announced

    17 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    The organization of Offshore WIND Conference 2017 has announced their theme for OWC 2017: Leading the way!

  • Offshore WIND Conference Heralds New Dawn

    22 October 2018

    The ninth annual Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) is starting today, 22 October, at Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.