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  • France’s Only Offshore Wind Turbine Overdelivers

    1 February 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The 2 MW Floatgen floating wind turbine, installed at the SEM-REV test site off Le Croisic, France produced 14 per cent more power in 2020 than in 2019, reaching an annual total of 6.8 GWh, Ideol said. In total, the Floatgen wind turbine produced 12.8 GWh of electricity throughout 2019 and 2020. Moreover, a new […]

  • NCSU Studies Offshore Wind’s Impact on Tourism

    7 April 2016
    R&D

    Wind turbines that could be spinning off the coast of North Carolina in the future would affect the state’s tourism, despite the fact that people generally support wind energy as a clean source of power. According to a study by economists at North Carolina State University (NCSU), nearshore wind farms are likely to negatively impact […]

  • Finnish Offshore Wind Project Digs Deep 

    11 October 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Suomen Hyötytuuli has made seabed test excavations at a depth of 43 metres, deeper than ever before in Finland, at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm expansion project site, said the developer. The Tahkoluoto demonstration project wind turbines will be placed in waters deeper than ever before in Finland, according to the developer. The dense moraine […]

  • Disinformation Methods of Anti-Wind Groups (USA)

    28 February 2011

    Wind energy ought to be a shoo-in. Yes, the infrastructure costs a lot of money but the fuel is free and plentiful, turbines produce no… By Andrea McDowell (this) [mappress] Source: this, February 28, 2011

  • Saipem to Assist Equinor on Offshore Wind Projects

    26 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Saipem and Equinor have signed a two-year frame agreement, under which Saipem will provide engineering services to Equinor, as well as assistance for the developer’s offshore wind projects. The agreement covers feasibility and conceptual studies, FEED, detailed engineering and related follow-on and support for R&D activities, and assisting Equinor with its upcoming projects, including those […]

  • Saipem Scores Offshore Wind Hat-Trick

    22 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Saipem revealed on 22 July that it won three contracts for offshore wind farms in Europe – Dogger Bank A and B, Seagreen, and Saint Brieuc – valued at more than EUR 90 million in total. With the Equinor-SSE Renewables join venture Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms, Saipem inked a deal for the transportation and […]

  • USA: Floating Wind Turbines on Great Lakes

    26 April 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Grand Valley State University and Michigan Technological University joined a public-private business in search for funding of the initial engineering and design of the new floating turbine technology for the Great Lakes, according to Associated Press. Lead agency, requesting funding from the Department of Energy, is Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center. Its group includes […]

  • Allianz Makes First Offshore Wind Investment

    6 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Allianz Capital Partners, on behalf of Allianz Insurance Companies, has signed an agreement to purchase a 25.2 per cent stake in the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands from the chemicals producer BASF. This is the first offshore wind and first equity renewables investment of Allianz in the Netherlands, the global […]

  • Dutch Issue Offshore Wind Assessment Call

    14 June 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has released a call for an independent assessment of the wind resources at the Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm zone.

  • Wind Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Vietnam

    27 September 2022
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power and its partner AIT Corporation have installed a Light Detection and Ranging system (LiDAR) unit at the 500 MW Ben Tre offshore wind farm in Vietnam. The LiDAR was placed on a fixed platform and deployed in Vietnam’s East Sea, 40 kilometres from the coast of Ben Tre Province at water depths of […]

  • RWE Launches Call for Innovations in Offshore Wind

    15 March 2023
    Industry, Innovation, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    RWE has launched its second annual Innovation Competition, looking for solutions in the domains of ecology, system integration, and circularity in offshore wind. The energy company and one of the leading offshore wind developers has invited start-ups, scale-ups, research institutes, as well as other individuals and organisations to propose an innovative solution in one of […]

  • E.ON Joins Dunkirk Offshore Wind Consortium

    28 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    German energy company E.ON has joined ENGIE and EDP Renewables in a bid to develop a wind farm offshore Dunkirk in France. The Dunkerque Eoliennes en Mer consortium has been forging close ties with all local stakeholders for almost two years to make this project a real example of integration and support of energy transition at the […]

  • Siemens Unveils 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    11 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Siemens has presented its new SWT-7.0-154 wind turbine at EWEA Offshore conference in Copenhagen.  After setting standards with its flagship 6MW offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0-154, Siemens today introduced a generator upgrade to seven megawatt (MW), the new Siemens SWT-7.0-154. The turbine delivers nearly ten percent more energy production than the predecessor under offshore wind conditions, […]

  • Lely Wind Farm Fully Decommissioned (VIDEO)

    7 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Nuon, part of Vattenfall, has dismantled four offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 2MW at the Lely offshore wind farm in IJsselmeer, a freshwater lake in the Netherlands. In late September, the company started the decommissioning works by dismantling the turbines, which was done in three parts with rotors and nacelles being taken off first before […]

  • Vestas Signs Offshore Wind MoU in Brazil

    21 April 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Vestas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte to support the development of wind projects off the state’s coast. The objective of the MoU, signed in March, is to share technical knowledge so that governmental institutions can improve their studies of feasibility of […]

  • Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Set for Surveys

    24 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The survey of the seabed cable system and all of the turbine jacket foundations is about to start at the Ormonde offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The 18.5 meter survey vessel CWind Alliance will conduct the survey for approximately two months. Survey equipment to be used includes multi bean echo sounders, sonar, and […]

  • Wind Industry Companies Interested in Humber (UK)

    21 January 2011

    Other major manufacturers in the wind industry are interested in setting up bases in the Humber, according to Yorkshire Forward, as it… (insidermedia) [mappress] Source: insidermedia, January 21, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Turbines in Japan Resist Tsunami

    12 April 2011

    A cheap and simply structured wind-power plant proved more resistant to natural disasters than nuclear plants.   By Minoru Matsutani (japantimes) [mappress] Source: japantimes, April 12, 2011

  • Ontario Halts Offshore Wind Projects (Canada)

    13 February 2011
    Authorities, Environment

    Ontario is not proceeding with proposed offshore wind projects while further scientific research is conducted.   (ontario) [mappress] Source: ontario, February 14, 2011

  • German Offshore Wind Yield Drops in 2021

    14 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms produced 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2021, a 10.75 per cent decrease compared to the record-breaking 26.89 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. The wind farms in the North Sea generated around 20.3 TWh of electricity in 2021, the transmission system operator TenneT said. This is some 10.8 per cent […]

  • Foundations Needed for German Offshore Wind Project

    10 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has issued a contract notice seeking the manufacturer of monopile foundations for the N-7.2 offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The contract is divided into two lots, with Lot 1 covering the manufacturing of between 49 and 68 monopiles, and Lot 2 covering the production of the same number of transition pieces. […]

  • BAM Exits Offshore Wind Foundations Market

    23 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dutch construction-services business Royal BAM Group nv is exiting its activities in the offshore wind foundations market as part of an ongoing portfolio review. BAM announced the decision in its results for the first half of 2019 where the Bunnik-headquartered group also reported an impairment charge of EUR 10.3 million which represented the impairment of intellectual […]

  • Lithuania Shelves Second Offshore Wind Tender

    18 April 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has discontinued the second tender for a 700 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea after receiving only one bid. The Law on Renewable Energy stipulates that there must be at least two tenderers for a tender to take place, Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy said. ”As Lithuania […]

  • TIPC Unites with Japanese for Offshore Wind Safety

    2 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japanese Nissui Marine Kogyo (NMK) to cooperate on offshore wind safety training. Under the deal, the two parties said they will work together to cultivate international talent for the sector by mutual exchanges, as well as focus on improving the global competitiveness of […]

  • China Leads USA in Installed Wind Capacity

    13 January 2011

    China in 2010 became the country with the most installed wind-power capacity, supplanting the United States, industry officials said…   By Zhang (cri) [mappress] Source: cri, January 13, 2011

  • USA: Lawsuits against cape wind begin

    4 May 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s approval of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm this week prompted a wave of legal threats from…   [mappress] Source: sentinelsource, May 03, 2010;