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  • Japan’s Sumitomo Partners with Compatriot for Floating Offshore Wind

    31 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Japan’s Sumimoto Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation have signed an agreement to investigate the possibility of collaboration in the detailed design, manufacture, and delivery of structural components for floating offshore wind turbines. According to the companies, they aim to cut costs, improve efficiency, and mass-produce structures for floating wind farms, while also setting up a […]

  • New Jersey: Offshore Wind Economically Non-Viable

    26 November 2015
    Authorities

    An update to New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan has shown a non-enthusiastic and careful approach to offshore wind, referring to it as not being economically viable at this time.  On 20 November, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection released a draft update to the 2011 New Jersey […]

  • US, German Companies Partner for US Offshore Wind

    1 July 2022
    Business & Finance

    US-based Keystone Engineering Inc. and the German civil engineering company Jörss-Blunck-Ordemann GmbH (JBO) have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly provide offshore wind farm designs that are tailor-made to the growing US offshore wind market. The parties said that, as the US offshore wind industry gains more momentum, it is becoming more apparent that […]

  • Corio and Hyperion Target Wind Projects Offshore Portugal

    30 May 2023
    Business development, Industry, Outlook & Strategy

    Corio Generation is partnering with the Portuguese renewable energy developer, Hyperion Renewables, to explore opportunities to build offshore wind projects off the coast of Portugal. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in preparing applications for offshore wind tenders expected later in 2023. The partnership is expected to combine […]

  • New Zealand: Taranaki Region Offshore Wind-Rich

    10 April 2020
    R&D

    A regional development agency from Taranaki, New Zealand, has published a paper on the offshore wind potential in the waters off Taranaki coast.

  • NJ BPU to Host Offshore Wind Stakeholder Meetings

    21 November 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is holding three public stakeholder meetings focused on the state’s offshore wind goals and the 1,100MW solicitation.

  • Poland Sets 8GW by 2035 Offshore Wind Goal

    8 November 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Poland plans to develop 8GW of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea by 2035 and will soon pass a law to this effect, Polish State Secretary for Energy, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, said.

  • Japan: NEDO Takes Further Offshore Wind Steps

    12 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) has announced two tenders to be launched in early February, aiming to support the development of both floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind projects in the country.

  • US Opens Pacific Coast for (Floating) Offshore Wind

    26 May 2021
    Authorities

    The US government has decided to advance areas northwest of Morro Bay and off Humboldt County, California, for offshore wind development. With these two initial areas, the US is opening up the Pacific Coast for first commercial scale offshore wind projects. The two areas could accommodate up to 4.6 GW of installed offshore wind capacity, […]

  • Doosan Heavy Secures Offshore Wind Turbine Order

    7 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed a turbine supply contract with Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) for the 100 MW Jeju Hallim offshore wind farm. Under the terms of the contract, Doosan Heavy will manufacture and deliver 18 of its 5.56 MW wind turbines for what will be the largest offshore wind […]

  • Offshore WIND Publishes 2019 International Business Guide

    8 February 2019

    Offshore WIND, part of Navingo BV, has released its 2019 business guide for the offshore wind industry. The 8th edition of the Offshore WIND International Business Guide features 70 full company profiles, with 141 companies joining us online. This year’s publication – issued in 3,000 copies – also contains six market outlooks. While the companies […]

  • Vestas, Edda Wind Pen SOV Charter Agreement

    22 September 2023
    Vessels

    Norwegian owner and operator of vessels serving the offshore wind industry, Edda Wind, has secured a charter agreement with Vestas for its service operation vessel (SOV) Edda Passat. The SOV has operated for Ørsted at Race Bank offshore wind farm since it was built in 2018 and its charter is expiring next month. The new agreement with Vestas will […]

  • Poles to Start Offshore Wind Surveys in Baltic Sea

    10 January 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Baltic Power, part of Orlen Group, is about to commence surveys to assess the environmental impacts and wind conditions within its offshore wind farm licence area in the Polish Baltic Sea. To that end, an agreement was signed with a consortium comprising MEWO S.A. and the Maritime Institute of Gdańsk, with a view to obtaining […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Sets Up Polish Office

    16 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has set up an office in Warsaw, Poland, to support offshore wind development in the Baltic Sea. To head up its new office in Warsaw, OWC appointed offshore wind consultant Lukasz Sikorski. Sikorski previously held offshore engineering roles at DNV GL, as well as site and project manager roles with Iberdrola. […]

  • Cape Wind Loan Still under DOE’s Consideration

    24 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The federal loan guarantee for the Cape Wind offshore wind farm is still being contemplated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Cape Cod Times writes. The U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has confirmed that the case targeting a USD 500 million loan is “under active development”, but its outcome remains unknown. However, the […]

  • Liebherr Exhibits at China Wind Power 2012 in Beijing

    20 November 2012

    The annual wind energy trade fair, China Wind Power has opened its doors on 15th of November 2012 for the fifth time. Liebherr, manufacturer of construction machines based in Germany, presented a selection from its extensive range of products for the wind industry at Stand WB12. This included efficient components for wind turbines, hobbing and […]

  • Atlas to Hold Offshore Wind Recruitment Day in Lowestoft

    12 October 2016

    Atlas Professionals Offshore Wind team will host a recruitment day on 21 October at the OrbisEnergy Centre in Lowestoft. A variety of positions on global offshore wind projects are currently available, from Site Technicians to Geophysical Engineers. “The recruitment day will focus on Atlas’ global wind projects and hopes to encourage local personnel to sign up […]

  • Vineyard Wind Charters CTVs from Local Companies

    10 May 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has signed a charter agreement with Massachusetts-based Patriot Offshore Maritime Services for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for work on the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. The CTV will be delivered during mid–2023 and deployed directly into construction, transporting essential personnel and equipment in support of the project. The 27-metre […]

  • Lithuania Opens with 700 MW Offshore Wind Pitch

    14 May 2020
    Authorities

    Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy has submitted a draft Government Resolution to stakeholders for coordination on locations in the Baltic Sea suitable for offshore wind farms. Proposals were also submitted regarding the capacities of the wind farms which could potentially meet a quarter of Lithuania’s electricity demand. The draft Government Resolution proposes the construction of a […]

  • Wind Industry Meets Hedging Against Volume Risk

    30 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    WindEurope and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have published a report called The value of hedging, which introduces hedging as an instrument to cover the resource risk of variable wind generation, or ‘volume risk’, as wind power projects are getting more exposed to market risks with the transition to auctions allocating renewable energy support.

  • Moray East Wind Turbine Installation to Start Soon

    29 December 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation at the Moray East offshore wind farm is scheduled to start in the first days of the next year, around 5 January. The wind turbines will be installed by the Bold Tern jack-up vessel, with the commissioning work to be done from Acta Centaurus, supported by two crew transfer vessels, HST Harri […]

  • China About to Take the Lead in Wind Race With USA

    18 October 2010
    R&D

    Many developments in China can only be described in superlatives, and wind power is no exception. When I first visited Beijing to attend the ministerial Beijing Renewable Energy Conference (BIREC) in 2005, the city looked very different, and so did the wind energy industry. Back then, China only had around 1,000 MW of installed wind […]

  • China: Golwind Working on 10 MW Wind Turbine

    1 May 2012

    Beijing-based wind power company Goldwind announced in its 2011 annual report that it is undertaking activities on development of a 10MW turbine, aside to considerable number of other wind turbines, Wind Power Monthly informed. According to the Monthly, the company is also testing a medium-speed model fitted with a locally made gearbox, a system described […]

  • Ørsted Vows Not to Use Wind Turbine Blade Landfilling

    3 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Ørsted has announced a ban on the landfilling of wind turbine blades and has committed to either reuse, recycle, or recover 100 per cent of the blades coming from repowering or end-of-design-life decommissioning of its offshore and onshore wind farms. As part of its new sustainability strategy and work towards achieving a carbon-neutral footprint by […]

  • TechnipFMC Targets Floating Wind with Magnora Tie-Up

    18 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under the name Magnora Offshore Wind. In Januray, Magnora revealed it had entered into a partnership to establish the joint venture, but at the time did not disclose the name of the partner. Magnora Offshore Wind has […]

  • Norway to Open Two Offshore Wind Areas This Autumn

    15 August 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Norway plans to open two new areas for floating offshore wind on the Norwegian Continental Shelf this autumn, the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes said during the Energy Outlook conference held this week in Arendal.