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  • A UK First: Community Ownership of Offshore Wind Farms

    28 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Renewable energy platform Ripple has joined the NextGen consortium which is pursuing seabed development rights within the Crown Estate Scotland ScotWind leasing round. The partnership will help bring community ownership to the offshore wind sector for the first time in the UK, the consortium said. The partnership aims to make a meaningful proportion of future […]

  • GWEC Publishes Its 2014 Wind Power Statistics

    10 February 2015

    After a slowdown in 2013, the wind industry set a new record for annual installations in 2014. Globally, 51,477 MW of new wind generating capacity was added in 2014 according to the global wind market statistics released today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The record-setting figure represents a 44% increase in the annual […]

  • Ørsted Close to Buying Into Polish Offshore Wind Projects

    30 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE) have entered the final stage of negotiations to jointly develop two offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea with the combined capacity of 2.5 GW. As reported last October, PGE and Ørsted started negotiating the sale of 50 per cent stakes in two special purpose companies […]

  • Importance of a Robust Commissioning Strategy for Offshore Wind Farms

    29 April 2024
    Business development, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Wind Turbines

    Commissioning is a critical phase in the development of offshore wind farms, marking the transition from construction to operation. A well-defined commissioning strategy is essential to ensure the seamless integration of various components, validate their functionality, and ultimately optimize the performance and reliability of the entire offshore wind farm. Boslan, an engineering and consultancy company […]

  • Vattenfall Launches New Wind Farm Optimization Tool

    1 February 2019
    Technology

    Vattenfall has developed a new mathematical tool said to enable the optimization of power generation and costs in the design phase of offshore wind projects. Developed in close cooperation of Vattenfall’s Lead Engineer Martina Fischetti and Danish Technical University, the tool is said to change both the project design and the process which was previously cumbersome […]

  • Q10 to Select Developer for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    13 January 2012

    Q10 Offshore Wind B.V. (Q10) has obtained a permit for the construction and exploitation of an offshore wind farm in the Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone in the Q10 Sector. Q10 intends to include a limited number of innovative offshore wind turbines (WTG) in the wind farm by means of a concession contract. In summary, the […]

  • UK: TAG Signes Up to Wind Energy Charter

    23 April 2012

    TAG Energy Solutions has signed up to industry body RenewableUK’s new Wind Energy Charter, which has been created to highlight how the industry will benefit the UK economy. The Charter sets out how the wind energy industry is delivering significant benefits to the UK and its economy as well as the industry’s intentions to deliver […]

  • COSCO Shipping Joins Wind Project Offshore Vietnam

    26 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Supply Chain Engineering Logistics Business Division of China’s COSCO Shipping Logistics is providing intermodal logistics services for the 75-turbine Ca Mau offshore wind project in Vietnam. The 350 MW intertidal project is located in the tidal flat area of Sanjiang Dongshe in Nangen County, Ca Mau Province. China’s MingYang Smart Energy is delivering 75 […]

  • RWE Looks for 6MW Wind Turbine Developer (Germany)

    9 September 2011

      Essen based renewable energy developer, RWE Innogy, is looking for 6MW wind turbine developer. The contract is for designing, production, installation and commissioning of 54 standard wind turbine generators, and its associated three blade systems and steel towers. Wind turbines will be approximately 100 meters high. Also an operation and maintenance agreement with a […]

  • DNV to Study Offshore Wind Gravity Base Structures

    6 January 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    DNV Global Solutions Ltd has been contracted by the Carbon Trust to undertake a comparative study of lifted versus floated gravity base structures for offshore wind farms. The study involves cost assumptions of both the manufacturing/construction and the marine operations (transport and lowering/ballasting). The Carbon Trust is aiming to reduce costs of offshore wind energy, […]

  • Germany: Windreich Welcomes New Offshore Wind Regulations

    17 December 2012
    Authorities

    The Windreich AG has welcomed the new regulations relating to the offshore wind farm connections. Balz, CEO of Windreich AG said: “It is good news for renewable energy in Germany that now the Federal Council approved the new rule on the liability issues in offshore wind farms grid connection. The existing provisions improve planning security […]

  • Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Website Goes Live

    11 May 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH) has launched its new website which includes an evidence-based identification of UK offshore wind innovation priorities, supply chain growth opportunities and a view of the funding landscape.

  • Floating Wind JIP Opens Heavy Lifting Contest

    2 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Project has issued a tender to investigate the feasibility and technology development needs for heavy lift offshore operations in a floating wind farm.

  • Wind Farm Offshore Ningbo Becomes Fully Operational

    28 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first phase of the Guodian Xiangshan 1 offshore wind farm project in East China’s Zhejiang Province became fully operational on 23 December. Located in the southeastern part of Hepu Town, Xiangshan County of Ningbo, the 254.2 MW first phase comprises 41 6.2 MW wind turbines connected to a 220-kilovolt offshore booster station. A five-kilometer […]

  • South Korean Floating Wind Attracts Big Names

    28 January 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The City of Ulsan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four domestic and foreign partnerships and investors to build and maintain floating wind farms, as well as to create a local supply chain in South Korea. The four developers include a partnership between Royal Dutch Shell and CoensHexicon, which is a joint venture between […]

  • Wind Orca Getting New Crane from NOV

    18 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Cadeler, formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean (SBO), has contracted NOV to replace the crane on its jack-up vessel Wind Orca. The contract also includes the option for NOV to replace the crane on the jack-up vessel Wind Osprey. Replacement of the crane on Wind Orca is expected to begin in October 2023, with completion […]

  • 40 Foundations In at Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

    19 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the total of 80 wind turbine foundations are now in place at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France.  The 80 foundations are being installed by DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation, which put the first monopile in place in early May and had more than a quarter of the project’s foundations installed by the end of August. […]

  • Principle Power Makes Floating Wind Pitch in Massachusetts

    16 November 2017
    R&D, Training & Education

    Principle Power is making a case for use of its floating foundation WindFloat off the coast of Massachusetts in locations where water depths at lease areas exceed the 50-metre mark.

  • BLIX Backs Northland Power’s Offshore Wind Portfolio

    30 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Northland Power has awarded BLIX Consultancy with a framework agreement to assist with the development of its worldwide offshore wind portfolio. BLIX will provide tender support, feasibility studies, EIA expertise, LCOE optimization, owner’s engineering services, and contracting and procurement support. Under the agreement, the Netherlands-based company will also provide site data analysis, site investigation scoping […]

  • UK’s Wind Power Breaks Record by Generating 6GW

    1 December 2013

    National Grid has confirmed that a record-breaking amount of clean electricity was generated by wind power in the UK on November 29 – achieving more than 6 gigawatts (over 6,000 megawatts) for the first time. From 2.30 till 3pm, wind power produced an average of 6,004 megawatts (MW), which accounted for 13.5% of the UK’s […]

  • Ricardo to Present Its Wind Energy Innovations in Hamburg

    18 September 2014
    Technology

    Ricardo has chosen WindEnergy Hamburg – Europe’s premier wind energy event, to be hosted on 23-26 Sept – to launch an extended range of technological innovations aimed at improving the performance and reliability of wind turbine drivelines, hence reducing the total cost of energy generated. Ricardo has been in the business of assisting wind farm […]

  • The Crown Estate Launches Offshore Wind Transmission Study

    21 November 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection, R&D

    The Crown Estate has commissioned a study into best practice in offshore transmission for offshore wind, building on recommendations from the Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force made last year. It is envisaged that information gathered from a range of developers, OFTOs, OEMs and other stakeholders such as the ORE Catapult will be collated in […]

  • ABLI Supports Deepwater Wind’s 200 MW Project

    16 May 2014

     The Association for a Better Long Island (ABLI) has endorsed a proposal by Deepwater Wind to build a 200 megawatt wind farm some 30 miles off the east end of Long Island, calling it “a strategic response to the challenge of providing clean, affordable energy to Long Island.” “Faced with the burden of utility bills that threatens […]

  • Goldwind, CTG Plan Two Offshore Wind Projects

    19 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    According to Chinese media, Goldwind, China Three Gorges (CTG) and Fuzhou municipal government have entered into an agreement to cooperate on the development of offshore wind projects.  The agreement includes building of an offshore wind power equipment industrial park and an R&D center in Fuzhou city. The industrial park is expected to have an output value of 13 […]

  • Taiwan Gets Complete Offshore Wind Development Guidelines

    7 February 2017
    Authorities, R&D

    ITPEnergised (ITPE), Ramboll and BMT Asia Pacific (BMT) have delivered their third and final set of best practice guidelines for development of offshore wind farms in Taiwan and presented them to the local industry.

  • Blue Tern Swoops On German Offshore Wind Farm

    25 February 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern has been contracted to finish installing the remaining eleven Senvion 6.2M152 turbines on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) in the German North Sea. Blue Tern will replace Jan De Nul’s Taillevent on TWB II as this jack-up is reportedly on its way to start a project […]