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  • US Wind Goes Local with Met Tower Works

    23 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    US Wind has selected two Baltimore-based companies for a range of specialized services related to the fabrication and installation of a meteorological tower necessary for environment activity monitoring at its proposed offshore wind farm in Maryland, US.

  • Belgium Wants Bigger Second Offshore Wind Zone

    3 December 2018
    Authorities

    Belgium’s Secretary for the North Sea Philippe De Backer has proposed an increase of the country’s planned 221km² offshore wind zone by additional 60km².

  • Irish Port Forges Ties with Norwegian Offshore Wind

    9 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norwegian Offshore Wind as part of plans to transform the Shannon Estuary in Ireland into an international supply chain hub for floating offshore wind. The MoU will enable collaboration between SFPC and offshore wind interests in Norway, providing a framework for further […]

  • Global Specialist Job Site for Offshore Wind Industry!

    14 June 2012

    Navingo BV, a maritime and offshore media group based in Rotterdam, has launched a new worldwide job portal specialized in the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind contractors, suppliers and job seekers are now able to find each other at OffshoreWIND.Jobs. OffshoreWIND.Jobs offers companies related to the offshore wind industry a platform for recruiting staff and […]

  • Iberdrola and CIP Complete US Offshore Wind Rejig

    11 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have restructured their 50/50 offshore wind joint venture partnership in the United States which owns several offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 5.3 GW. Iberdrola’s Avangrid Renewables has now taken full ownership of the 1,232 MW Commonwealth Wind project which was selected in December […]

  • Finland to Build 40 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    27 January 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Finnish wind energy developer Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy will start building a 40 MW offshore wind farm in Pori this spring, the company informed this morning. The project, worth almost EUR 120 million, is the world’s first offshore wind farm suitable for icy conditions, according to Suomen Hyötytuuli. Siemens will supply, install and commission ten of its 4 MW turbines, […]

  • Vattenfall Completes Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    22 February 2012

    Vattenfall’s Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, off the Cumbria coast, readied itself for full power today as commissioning work was completed on the thirtieth turbine on the cutting edge scheme. The European energy company said it was pleased with progress on the project and looked forward to the scheme generating at full power and exporting green […]

  • Orient Cable Cracks Vietnamese Offshore Wind Market

    11 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable has secured its first engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for an offshore wind project in Vietnam. Orient Cable has been contracted to provide and install a 185-kilometre, 35 kV subsea cable system for the Binh Dai offshore wind farm. The project is located in the Binh Dai […]

  • Germany: Integrating Offshore Wind Farms in Tourism Concepts

    19 April 2013
    R&D

    Wind energy and tourism can benefit each other, says the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation (Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE), which has published a study on this matter. Under the title “The Impact of Offshore Wind Energy on Tourism – Good Practices and Perspectives for the South Baltic Region”, the study shows how offshore wind farms can be […]

  • VIDEO: UMass Doctorate Students Review Cape Wind

    15 May 2014

    An interdisciplinary group of doctoral students who study wind energy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, conducted a case study on the subject of Cape Wind, a project which could become America’s first offshore wind farm. They reviewed the development, as well as the current status of the project, and looked into the factors that […]

  • IEA: Offshore Wind a Trillion Dollar Industry by 2040

    25 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Global offshore wind capacity may increase 15-fold and attract around USD 1 trillion of cumulative investment by 2040, according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency. This is driven by falling costs, supportive government policies and some remarkable technological progress, such as larger turbines and floating foundations, IEA said. That’s just the start […]

  • Dutch Commission Report on Offshore Wind Employment Needs

    31 October 2018
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    International recruitment company Atlas Professionals has won a tender to produce an in-depth report for the Topsector Energy about employment opportunities in the Dutch offshore wind industry. 

  • America’s First Offshore Wind Port Breaks Ground

    10 September 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Construction has started on the New Jersey Wind Port, the first facility purpose-built for staging, assembly, and manufacturing activities related to offshore wind projects on the US East Coast. Earthworks will begin on-site in the coming weeks and major construction is due to start in December 2021 with the goal of opening the port in […]

  • UK Gauging Offshore Wind Business Opportunities in US

    14 September 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Xodus has completed an analysis of the US offshore wind industry to determine potential opportunities for UK companies to enter the offshore wind market across the pond. According to the study, a rapid expansion in products and services is currently required to deliver projects on time and on budget, due to a lack of maturity […]

  • New York and Denmark Boost Offshore Wind Ties

    24 September 2019
    Authorities

    The State of New York and Denmark have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand an ongoing partnership on the development and procurement of offshore wind energy. The new MoU builds on the existing partnership between the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate on offshore […]

  • Offshore Wind Workshop to Be Held in Ocean City, USA

    8 August 2013
    Training & Education

    Maryland industrial operations and supply chain leaders will gather in Ocean City from 9:30-11:30am for workshop titled, “Offshore Wind: Opportunities for the Eastern Shore, Ocean City and Maryland’s Maritime Industry”. The workshop will provide business professionals with the ability to learn more about what Maryland offshore wind energy will mean for their business. The workshop […]

  • Irish ESB Buys Into Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

    29 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ireland’s state owned electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has acquired a 12.5% stake in the 353MW Galloper offshore wind farm from Macquarie Capital.

  • Weaker Winds Dent Vattenfall’s FY 2016 Results

    7 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall marked a slight dip in net sales at its wind division in the Fiscal Year 2016 despite adding 297MW of new renewable capacity throughout the period.

  • Siemens Energy Launches New Wind Turbine (Belgium)

    15 March 2011

    Siemens Energy today launched a new direct drive gearless wind turbine for low to moderate wind speeds at the EWEA 2011 wind power exhibition and conference in Brussels. The core feature of the new SWT-2.3-113 wind turbine is an innovative drive concept with a compact permanent magnet generator. This type of generator is characterized by […]

  • Ørsted Pulls Out of Norwegian Offshore Wind Partnership

    14 November 2023
    Business & Finance

    Denmark’s Ørsted has decided to pull out of a Norwegian offshore wind partnership with Fred. Olsen Seawind and Hafslund. “Ørsted have informed us that due to a prioritisation of investments in the portfolio they will withdraw from pursuing participation in offshore wind developments in Norway, and therefore their participation in the partnership will discontinue,” said […]

  • North Carolina Governor Proposes Offshore Wind Study

    12 March 2019
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper has set aside USD 1.5 million to boost clean energy and green businesses in the proposed 2019-2021 budget, including a study on North Carolina’s potential to host offshore wind operations and associated jobs. The USD 300,000 study would evaluate state-owned and privately held ports with the potential to host offshore wind […]

  • France Announces New Wind Project Offshore Oléron

    14 June 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    France will launch a new offshore wind tender off Oléron in response to the announced increase in offshore wind targets, François de Rugy, France’s minister for ecological transition, said. The new project will have the capacity of between 500MW and 1,000MW, de Rugy said at the launch of the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project. No timeline was […]

  • TRIG to Take 25% Stake in Gode Wind 1

    3 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) has agreed to acquire a 25% interest in the 330MW Gode Wind 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. The investment is being acquired from Global Infrastructure Partners as part of their divestment of their 50% stake in the underlying project, TRIG said. Following the completion of the […]

  • EU Offshore Wind Capacity Up 50 Pct

    18 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    132 new offshore wind turbines, totalling 523.2 megawatts (MW) were fully grid connected in Europe in the first six months of 2012. This is a 50% increase compared to the same period in 2011 when 348.1 MW were installed. “50 per cent more offshore wind power capacity was installed in Europe in the first half […]

  • Global Wind Service Benelux Joins Gemini Team

    19 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa contracted Global Wind Service Benelux (GWS) to support with the first service campaign on Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • DEME and Havfram Enter Offshore Wind Partnership in Norway

    25 August 2022
    Business & Finance

    DEME Offshore and Havfram have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm sector in Norway, starting with projects to be selected through the upcoming lease auction for the Sørlige Nordsjø II area. The companies say they plan to play an important role in the Norwegian offshore […]