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  • Denmark: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Constructed in LEGOLAND

    14 June 2013

    Soon, almost 40,000 LEGO® bricks have been used for building a miniature version of the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in the area ‘Energy in Denmark’ in Miniland in LEGOLAND®. Together with LEGOLAND®, DONG Energy has built the offshore wind farm in Miniland consisting of seven wind turbines, which will be ready in August. The seven […]

  • New Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas Ready for Release

    17 January 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The ECN part of TNO, KNMI (the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), and Whiffle, a Delft University of Technology spin-off, are releasing the new Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas on Thursday, 17 January. The Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas (DOWA) is said to include an unprecedented level of detail where the wind is mapped up-to 600m in height and […]

  • Latest Edition of Offshore WIND Magazine Out Now

    18 March 2019

    The first edition of the Offshore WIND magazine in 2019 is now out and you can get your hands on it by subscribing! This edition features a rare double interview with BOURBON and Vryhof on all their floating endeavors. The new magazine also features the global outlook for offshore wind, which includes insights into emerging […]

  • Two European Banks Join Cape Wind and BTMU

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Marking another major Cape Wind financing milestone, Cape Wind and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) today added Natixis and Rabobank to serve as the project’s Lead Arrangers, to work with BTMU to structure and arrange the syndication of the senior debt financing to additional lenders. The Lead Arrangers are expected themselves to make […]

  • Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Half Done

    24 June 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the total 30 wind turbines at the Riffgat offshore wind farm have already been set up. “Currently, the colleagues aboard a crane vessel are already working on the installation of the first turbine of the second half, so we will have the wind farm fully established in mid-July,” announced Irina Lucke, Technical Project […]

  • Equinor Submits New York Offshore Wind Bid

    15 February 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Equinor Wind US has submitted a bid to provide New York state with renewable energy from its Empire Wind lease site located offshore New York and New Jersey. Equinor’s bid comes in response to the 800MW New York State Offshore Wind Power Procurement, the state’s first formal solicitation targeted to the newly developing US offshore […]

  • Philippines’ Government Consulting Industry on Offshore Wind Development

    26 July 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) aims to collaborate with the Carbon Trust and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) to unlock the country’s offshore wind potential. The DOE held a virtual workshop on 21 July to determine how the Philippine government and the wind industry could jointly work on realising the country’s massive offshore […]

  • ‘Scotland: A Major Destination for Offshore Wind’ Report Available

    27 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Scotland: A Major Destination for Offshore Wind” report to their offering. The Offshore Wind Industry Group has estimated Scotland’s offshore wind energy potential to be around 25% of the entire European offshore wind potential. This means that Scotland has the highest offshore wind energy potential of […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Project Tackles the Wake Effect

    15 April 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Shell, Eneco, CrossWind, Siemens Gamesa, TU Delft, and GROW Foundation have started the work on the Dynamic Wind Farm Flow Control project. This project, focussed on reducing the wake effect by using real-time data, is one of CrossWind’s five innovations expected to contribute to a more constant electricity production at the 759 MW Hollandse Kust […]

  • UK: Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated

    19 September 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of Cumbria, UK, was officially inaugurated today. The energy company’s CEO and President, Mr Øystein Løseth, hailed an exceptional engineering achievement which shows the way forward for offshore wind power in Europe. Mr Løseth was joined by local MP John Woodcock and over 150 guests on a […]

  • France Aims for Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power

    28 May 2013

    At the National Wind Energy Conference in Kalmar of 22-23 May Jean-Yves Grandidier, Secretary-General of FEE (French Wind Power Association), presented the French program for offshore wind power. Under the theme “Offshore Wind Power Creates regional growth in France” Jean-Yves Grandidier presented the ambitious French program to introduce large-scale offshore wind power off the coast […]

  • DOE to Fund Push for 10MW+ Offshore Wind Turbines

    15 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) will fund the development of a lightweight, more efficient wind turbine drivetrain system that can help boost offshore wind turbine outputs to beyond 10MW. 

  • North Carolina Urged to Harness Offshore Wind Potential

    11 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    Fifty elected officials, small businesses, community groups, and environmental organizations from North Carolina sent a letter to Governor Roy Cooper calling on him to embrace offshore wind as a key part of the state’s energy plan.

  • Brittany Region and wpd Sign Floating Wind Pact

    21 September 2018
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind developer wpd and the Brittany Region have signed an agreement to promote the development of floating wind in this French region.

  • Race to Erect First Offshore Wind Turbine in USA

    13 June 2011

      Choppy waters are curtailing offshore wind development and frustrating the industry’s cause. The race to be the first to generate electricity in this country may be a close call, although the guys in Texas say that they have the leading edge. Challenges are ahead and notably winning the regulatory permits and investment capital to […]

  • Infographic: European Offshore Wind Trends and Statistics in 2016

    2 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    WindEurope has created an infographic which details the latest trends and developments within the offshore wind industry in Europe in the first half of 2016. The infographic is a visual representation of some of the findings WindEurope published recently in a report titled ‘The European offshore wind industry, Key trends and statistics 1st half 2016.’ According to the report, Europe’s offshore […]

  • Finland: Plans Approved for New Offshore Wind Farm

    8 December 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Finnish municipality of Korsnäs has approved plans for an offshore wind farm submitted by the state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus. The offshore wind farm is proposed to be built approximately 15 kilometres off the coast of Korsnäs, within a project area spanning some 180 square kilometres. The wind farm is planned to feature “up to dozens of” […]

  • TotalEnergies, Galp Eye Wind Opportunities Offshore Portugal

    21 June 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Portuguese energy company Galp has decided to join forces with French energy major TotalEnergies to explore the potential development of wind projects offshore Portugal. The partnership combines Galp’s knowledge of the Portuguese market with TotalEnergies’ expertise in large-scale offshore wind projects, according to the press release. The partners said that they intend to contribute with […]

  • Poland’s Full Offshore Wind Potential Still Unknown

    28 September 2018
    R&D

    Poland has the highest unidentified offshore wind potential in the Baltic Sea, Janusz Gajowiecki, President of the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) said during a session at the Global Wind Summit in Hamburg.

  • Offshore Wind California Coalition Adds New Member

    9 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    French company Naval Energies has joined the Offshore Wind California coalition, which gathers offshore wind developers and technology companies supporting a goal of 10 GW of installed offshore wind capacity in California by 2040. “We look forward to working with the Naval Energies team as we advance policies for the responsible development of offshore wind […]

  • BARD and Typhoon Offshore Partners in Offshore Wind Farms

    2 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    BARD Holding and the Netherlands based green investment firm Typhoon Offshore have signed an agreement to jointly build windfarms on the North Sea. BARD Holding will focus mainly on the technical realization of the wind farms and Typhoon Offshore mainly on the structuring and financing thereof. Dr. Stephan Bormann, deputy managing director BARD Holding GmbH […]

  • British Politicians Split over Supporting Wind Energy

    22 April 2014
    Authorities

    British politicians have voiced their support for wind farms, however, some prefer them to harness power onshore, while others are in favor of wind energy generation at sea. According to Ed Miliband from the Labour party, onshore wind farms have to be built in places where they can generate high amount of energy, even if […]

  • Castle Wind Signs Deal for Future Project PPA

    16 August 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Castle Wind LLC and Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a future power purchase agreement (PPA) for the proposed Castle Wind project in California. The MoU is said to outline the mutual interests and intent of the two parties to enter into the future long-term PPA for the 1GW floating […]

  • Megavind In Quest of Additional Wind Tech Testing Sites

    22 January 2016
    R&D

    Danish wind industry’s strategic RD&D partnership, Megavind, has called for additional locations and facilities for testing wind energy technology. According to Megavind, there is currently a need for 4-7 new test sites in Denmark to meet the growing demand for testing next-generation wind turbines. The organization has also entered a dialogue with the Danish government to discuss possibilities to find […]

  • New ‘India Wind Energy Outlook’ Report Released

    4 December 2012
    R&D

    Wind energy could soon supply 5 GW annually to fight chronic power shortages in the country, according to the India Wind Energy Outlook, prepared by WISE, IWTMA and GWEC. Officially released at the opening of Wind Power India 2012 by the Hon. Minister of New and Renewable energy Farooq Abdullah, the report examines the state […]

  • Triton Knoll Enters Wind Turbine Installation Phase

    20 January 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessel Wind Osprey has arrived at the Triton Knoll wind farm loaded with the first sets of MHI Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines. The installation of the first wind turbine at the site some 32 kilometres offshore Lincolnshire, UK, is ongoing. Wind Osprey loaded the turbine components at Able Seaton Port, MHI […]