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  • Germany May Not Reach 2020 Offshore Wind Target

    1 August 2012

    After the first six months of this year resulted in increase of installed wind turbines in Germany, it is predicted that 2,400 MW of wind turbines will be added by the end of this year, instead of the previously estimated 2,200 MW. The country installed only 45 MW of offshore wind turbines in the first half, due […]

  • Major Offshore Wind Developers Join Energi Coast

    16 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Energi Coast, North East England’s offshore wind cluster, has recently expanded to include some of the leading offshore wind developers such as Equinor, innogy, and SSE. “The cluster now includes developers Equinor and SSE which are joint venture partners in Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms and innogy Renewables, which is involved with the Sofia project,” Joanne […]

  • Crown Estate Creates Offshore Wind Interactive Map

    23 November 2015

    The Crown Estate has launched an interactive map that shows the estimated percentage of UK electricity demand being met by offshore wind on an hourly basis. The map draws together a range of publicly available data to demonstrate the contribution offshore wind is making to the UK’s low carbon energy mix. The country now has 27 operational wind […]

  • Europe Installs Record 3.6GW of Offshore Wind in 2019

    6 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Europe installed 3.6GW of new offshore wind capacity in 2019, which is a new record in annual installations, according to WindEurope.

  • Energinet Selects A2SEA for Anholt Wind Farm (Denmark)

    22 April 2011

    Energinet, Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas company, has recently signed contract with A2SEA  regarding offshore transformers installation. As part of establishing the Anholt offshore wind farm, Energinet  must supply an offshore transformer platform to collect electrical energy from the offshore wind farm, transform it to another voltage level and bring […]

  • Statoil Sells Onshore Wind Power Projects (Norway)

    27 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil signed on Friday 24th June two agreements for the sale of the major part of Statoils onshore wind power activities in Norway. Statoil, through its subsidiary, signed an agreement for the sale of all of Statoil 50% of Sarepta Energi as to Trønder Energi Kraft AS. Another agreement was signed for the sale of […]

  • Gardline Joins Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Project

    21 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s transmission system operator Energinet has selected the UK marine survey specialist Gardline Ltd to carry out preliminary geotechnical investigations at the Hesselø offshore wind farm. The Hesselø offshore wind farm is located north of Sealand in Kattegat, in Hesselø Bay, at a distance of 30 kilometres from Sealand and around 20 kilometres from the […]

  • Gdansk Shipyard to Lead Offshore Wind Revolution (Poland)

    25 July 2011

    The Gdansk Shipyard, where the Solidarity movement that ended the communist era in Poland was born, is now trying to lead another Polish revolution … in offshore wind power. The European Union has laid out clean energy targets to be reached by its 27-members by 2020. To hit those marks Poland must break its coal […]

  • First Wind Turbine Stands Offshore France’s Normandy

    4 July 2023

    The first wind turbine has been installed at the Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy, France. The 71-turbine Fécamp offshore wind farm is being jointly developed by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint venture between the French company EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl, owned by Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments; and Skyborn. Following the load-out of the […]

  • Offshore Wind Foundations Specialist Plants US Roots

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Bay State Wind, the US-based 50-50 partnership between Ørsted and Eversource developing an offshore wind project in Massachusetts, has entered into an agreement with the steel pipe manufacturing specialist EEW to open and staff a Massachusetts facility to manufacture offshore wind turbine foundations.

  • UK, French Mathematicians to Cut Offshore Wind Cost

    11 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Mathematicians in the UK and France have won €1.8 million funding to find ways of more efficiently transporting off-shore wind farms, which would make green energy more affordable. Experts in logistics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Le Havre and Plymouth are looking at reducing the cost of setting up and maintaining off-shore wind farms as […]

  • Prysmian Scores North Sea Offshore Wind Brace

    10 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-based cable manufacturer to deliver inter-array cable systems for the 400MW Merkur and the 407MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm

  • Deepwater Wind Considering Brooklyn for NYC OW Base

    26 February 2016
    Authorities

    Deepwater Wind, the company behind the first U.S. offshore wind farm, is looking into using South Brooklyn Marine Terminal as a staging area for one of its potential offshore wind projects. In addition, the developer is considering a partnership with two local companies, a freight-transport facility Red Hook Container Terminal and Industry City, an innovation and manufacturing […]

  • Denmark: Energinet.dk Connects Anholt Wind Farm to Grid

    25 June 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Following less than 18 months of intense construction work, Energinet.dk is now ready to transmit power from the coming offshore wind farm between Anholt and Grenaa to the power grid. On 20 June 2012, commissioning was completed with all system parts fully energised, and a relieved project team could confirm full connectivity from  the transformer […]

  • WindSentinel’s Virginia Offshore Wind Data Now Available

    19 July 2016
    Authorities, R&D

    A WindSentinel buoy that has been gathering offshore wind data off Virginia Beach, Virginia, has ended its 19-month deployment and collected a wealth of information, which forms the first publicly accessible database to help improve offshore wind development. The AXYS’ WindSentinel buoy, one of the two commissioned by the U.S. Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), recorded data […]

  • Marine Renewables Canada Adds Offshore Wind to Portfolio

    12 February 2018
    Authorities, R&D

    Marine Renewables Canada, the national association for wave, tidal, and river current energy, has added offshore wind energy to its mandate.

  • Austria: EU Wind Industry Faces Tough Challenge

    4 February 2013

    The wind industry is being hit by the economic crisis and austerity across Europe, and a difficult situation should not be made worse by politicians undermining investor confidence, warned top industry figures today in Vienna. At the opening of Europe’s leading wind energy event – EWEA 2013 – politicians and high level industry representatives also […]

  • 450GW Offshore Wind by 2050 in Europe Achievable – Report

    26 November 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The EU Commission’s goals for offshore wind of between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 are achievable provided the right investments in electricity grids and governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning, according to a new WindEurope report. According to the report, ‘Our energy, our future’, building 450GW offshore wind by 2050 requires […]

  • Scotland and New Jersey Form Offshore Wind Bond

    7 February 2019

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy have signed a joint agreement to tackle climate change, with a specific focus on offshore wind. Scotland and New Jersey have set ambitious climate and clean energy targets, recognising the importance of decarbonising the energy sector and in particular the role of offshore […]

  • Canada: NaiKun Wind Releases Q1 Financial Results

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

      NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has announced its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2012, a fiscal period in which the Company continued to explore ways to forward the NaiKun Wind Project while controlling its costs. A substantial restructuring was undertaken in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 and the Company […]

  • Wind Energy Generates Record Amount of UK Electricity

    14 September 2012

    RenewableUK, the wind and marine energy association, is celebrating new figures from National Grid which show that a record-breaking amount of electricity was generated by wind this morning. Wind turbines fed an all-time high of 4.131 gigawatts into the National Grid at 09.56am this morning – enough to power more than 3 million British homes. […]

  • Germany: PNE Wind Ends 2011 with Stable Results

    4 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG confirms its EBIT forecast and again proposes a dividend payment amounting to EUR 0.04 per share. In the previous financial year, the company recorded a positive result at corporate level (EBIT) amounting to EUR 0.1 million (prior year: EUR 9.5 million). This is reflected in the 2011 […]

  • Wilhelmsen Ship Management Buys Half of NorSea Wind

    5 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) is acquiring a 50% stake in NorSea Wind and its subsidiaries with an aim to strengthen its foothold in the offshore and onshore wind sectors. WSM said that with the buy of the 50% share it aims to offer a unified and integrated solution to the wind energy market. “NorSea Wind offers […]

  • Scottish Renewables Applauds Government for Offshore Wind Support

    15 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Scottish Renewables has responded to news that the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator programme, which aims to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10%, has been awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government. Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Offshore wind holds huge opportunities for Scotland, and the industry […]

  • Photo of the Day: First Wind Turbine at Galloper OWF

    23 May 2017

    Innogy UK yesterday posted the first photo of the first wind turbine installed last week at the Galloper offshore wind farm. 

  • UK Duo Demonstrates Offshore Wind Tech Solutions

    1 September 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Innvotek and Eleven-I have demonstrated innovative technology solutions, alongside GE Renewable Energy and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, to support future offshore wind developments. The two companies carried out the work through GE Renewable Energy and ORE Catapult’s “Stay Ashore” research and development programme, and the Robotics Challenge sub-project delivered through the Offshore Wind […]