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  • Maine Governor Unveils New Floating Wind Project

    24 November 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Maine Governor Janet Mills has announced a plan for the state to set up U.S. first floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine to advance new technology in collaboration with the state’s fishing industry. The state intends to file an application with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the […]

  • German State Charts Out Offshore Wind Territory

    27 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The Cabinet of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has adopted a new spatial development programme (LEP) which identifies 185 square kilometres suitable for development of offshore wind farms off the German northern state’s Baltic coast. 13 square kilometres out of the total area identified as suitable for offshore wind projects is reserved for demonstration and test sites only. The demonstration sites are expected to […]

  • Germany: Allianz Could Invest in Offshore Wind Farms

    27 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    As the German biggest insurance company is searching for other ways to increase income, investment in offshore wind farms may be just the right solution. After more than EUR 1.3 billion of investment in onshore wind and solar power, Allianz is considering investing in offshore wind as long as the risk-return profile is acceptable, according […]

  • UK: Tidal Power Might Overshadow Offshore Wind

    20 March 2012

    The offshore wind industry has faced fears that its technology could be overshadowed by other forms of renewable energy generation such as tidal power, says a report by PWC. A survey was conducted about technological breakthroughs and their influence on offshore wind power over the next 20 years, and it showed that 63% of respondents […]

  • Four European Countries Eye Chinese Offshore Wind

    13 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    A joint initiative of wind energy cluster organizations and industry partners in Poland, Germany, Norway and Denmark have invited suppliers to the offshore wind industry from the four countries to a delegation trip to China with a focus on offshore topics from October 12 to 25, 2015. The objective is to tap into Chinese offshore […]

  • GL Garrad Hassan Develops Wind Map of Lebanon

    18 February 2011

    Lebanon is planning to generate 12 percent of its electricity from renewable energies in 2020 according to official reports. To support an emergent wind industry in the country, GL Garrad Hassan has developed a wind map of Lebanon. This map is part of GL Garrad Hassan’s global resource mapping range which includes wind maps for […]

  • EGS Wraps Up Offshore Survey at Skipjack Wind

    23 December 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EGS has completed an offshore geophysical and hydrographic survey for Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland’s Delmarva Peninsula, USA. EGS was contracted by Ørsted to conduct, process, and interpret high-resolution geophysical and hydrographic survey data of the nearshore sections of the export cable routes for Skipjack Wind, currently in development. […]

  • RenewableUK Applauds Wind Turbine Fire Protection Study

    18 July 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    RenewableUK has responded to research into fire protection, entitled “Overview of Problems and Solutions in Fire Protection Engineering of Wind Turbines”. The report aims to look into incidences of fire within wind turbines, highlighting that the main cause is lightning strikes.The authors have therefore chosen to draw their conclusions from data reported in newspapers and on […]

  • Ramboll Secures Five Offshore Wind Contracts in Asia

    7 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ramboll announced today (7 July) that it had secured five new contracts for offshore wind farms in Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea over the last ten months. The contracts cover site condition assessment, project development and design services for offshore wind farms located in Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea and have a total […]

  • TotalEnergies Joins Two Floating Offshore Wind Consortia

    11 May 2023

    TotalEnergies has announced that it is joining two consortia led by Ocergy and Esteyco which recently were awarded Phase One of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize by the US Department of Energy (DOE). OCG-Wind Full Cycle is a project by Ocergy that is being developed in Oakland, California. The company, one of whose […]

  • GIEK’s Offshore Wind Portfolio Quadruples in H1 2020

    21 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind portfolio of the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) has quadrupled since the end of last year, the agency reported on 21 July. GIEK’s offshore wind portfolio since the end of 2019 until now amounts to NOK 4.2 billion (approximately EUR 399 million), while the state-owned agency is actively seeking new business […]

  • Massachusetts Bankrolls Three Offshore Wind Research Projects

    29 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The State of Massachusetts has set aside USD 700,000 to advance three studies relating to offshore wind development. The funds will be allocated to nine academic and research institutions across Massachusetts and it will support offshore wind research projects to identify industry workforce training and safety requirements; establish a multi-university partnership focused on innovation and driving down costs; and develop […]

  • TenneT’s North Sea Wind Harvest Up by 50%

    28 August 2017
    Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT transferred 7.77 terawatt hours (TWh) of energy from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the mainland grid in the first half of 2017, a 50% jump compared to 5.18 TWh transferred from the North Sea in the first half of 2016.

  • SBM Offshore Floater Ready for French Wind Farm

    16 November 2018
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    SBM Offshore’s wind floater design, including its mooring system and featuring a commercially available offshore wind turbine, has been granted an Approval in Principle (AIP) by classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

  • International Executives Back Germany Offshore Wind Development

    24 July 2013

    Germany has put forward plans to scale back support for Offshore Wind which includes a reduction to the current feed-in tariff [FIT]. Under the current regulations, the FIT will allow 19 cents/kWh to be grant for the first eight years of operation of an offshore wind farm which is fully grid connected by 2017 according […]

  • CCCC Secures Foundation Order for 50MW Wind Farm

    3 March 2015

    CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has won a bid for the wind turbine foundation construction and installation works of the 50MW offshore wind power project at Pinghai Bay, Putian, Fujian Province. The contract value is EUR 34.14 million (CNY 240 million) with a construction period of 411 calendar days. With a proposed total installed […]

  • BOEM Grants Environmental Approval to SouthCoast Wind Project

    11 November 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has made available the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind project. The SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC proposal includes up to 147 wind turbines, up to five offshore substation platforms located at a maximum of 149 positions, and up to eight offshore export cables potentially […]

  • UK: Siemens Installs 6 MW Wind Turbine

    14 October 2013

    Siemens has now installed a market-ready version of its new 6 megawatt (MW) gearless wind turbine on the test site of the power utility SSE, the UK’s largest generator of renewable energy. Together with its customer, Siemens plans to carry out final testing at the site before going ahead with series production for the UK […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Sets Sights on US Market

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is set to open its first US office in Boston, Massachusetts, citing an increasing number of requests from US wind farm developers as the reason. “The US offshore wind market is now taking off. In the past year OWC has undertaken a number of US assignments and we are receiving an increasing […]

  • Norway: Floating Wind Turbines Have Unending Potential

    5 June 2012
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    An unending potential lies in the world’s oceans which provides energy resource larger than the global need is, John Olav Tande of the Norwegian SINTEF research foundation stated. The fact that at the end of 2010, 98.5% of the world’s wind turbines were on land is now going to change, as the idea of capturing […]

  • ProCon to Work on Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    20 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    ProCon Wind Energy has been selected to conduct electrical outfitting works on the 1 GW Thor offshore wind project in the Danish North Sea. ProCon Wind Energy will be delivering the detailed electrical engineering as well as facilitating the procurement and supply of electrical components for monopiles, suspended internal platforms (SIPs), and external platforms. The […]

  • SSE Renewables Enters Japanese Offshore Wind Market

    29 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    SSE Renewables has signed an agreement with Japan’s Pacifico Energy to create a joint ownership company that will pursue offshore wind energy development projects in Japan. The creation of the joint ownership company involves the acquisition by SSE Renewables of an 80 per cent interest in an offshore wind development platform from Pacifico Energy. The […]

  • New York’s Construction Workers Support Offshore Wind

    11 January 2018
    R&D

    The New York State Laborers’ Organizing Fund (NYSLOF) has joined the New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA) in support of developing offshore wind in the US state.

  • A Wind Farm in Deep Water off the U.S. Coast

    22 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind, a company based in Providence, Rhode Island, has drawn up plans for what could be the largest wind farm in U.S. waters, the company announced last week. The proposed farm would generate a huge 1,000 megawatts of power and would be located 18 to 27 miles off the coast of Rhode Island and […]

  • Total Joins Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator

    14 May 2021
    R&D

    Total, an oil major which entered the offshore wind market last year, has become a member of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA). In the Accelerator, dedicated to offshore wind research and development, Total has existing members: EnBW, Equinor, Ørsted, RWE Renewables, ScottishPower Renewables, Shell, SSE Renewables, and Vattenfall. “Total has great ambition for […]

  • AqualisBraemar LOC Continues Offshore Wind Streak in Vietnam

    10 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    PowerChina Huadong Engineering Co. Ltd. has appointed AqualisBraemar LOC as marine warranty surveyor on phases 2 and 3 on the Binh Dai Wind Farm Development offshore Vietnam. Phases 2 and 3 include the installation of 24 units of Goldwind turbines. AqualisBraemar LOC’s scope of work includes the technical review and approval of all project documentation […]