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  • UK: Wirral Prepares to Seize Offshore Wind Opportunities

    20 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Wirral Council is about to knock down the old factory of the former Transfood site in Birkenhead, northwest England in order to renew the site and turn it into an offshore wind industry hub. The Council yesterday approved plans to buy the premises, which will cost GBP 350,000, with cash provided from the Regional Growth […]

  • New Floating Wind Project Unveiled in Northern Ireland

    23 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    Irish floating offshore wind developer Simply Blue Group has unveiled a new floating wind project, Nomadic Offshore Wind, off the coast of Northern Ireland, and a related green energy agreement with MJM Renewables. The project is expected to generate electricity with up to 500 MW of capacity that will be used for a renewable energy […]

  • Scottish Offshore Wind Supply Chain Goes Online

    11 July 2019

    Xodus Group is working with Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development International (SDI) to create a directory of Scotland-based suppliers for the offshore wind market. The new Scottish Industries Directories platform will include a directory and gap analysis which are expected to help local suppliers capture a greater share of the offshore wind market by advertising their experience […]

  • Germany Ups 2017 Offshore Wind Tender Volume

    18 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has proposed an amendment to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which would enable two offshore wind tenders with a total capacity of 2.92GW to be held in 2017. The two tenders with 1.46GW capacity each are part of the new draft bill for the development and promotion of offshore wind energy […]

  • NWFTC Teams Up with Petans for Wind Energy Training

    3 October 2016
    Training & Education

    National Wind Farm Training Centres (NWFTC) will partner with Petans to provide training to the wind industry, as Petans facilities have been specially adapted for wind industry courses, which will be delivered by experienced technical safety trainers. The courses initially on offer include fully accredited GWO Basic Safety training – Working at Height, First Aid, Fire Awareness, […]

  • MCC Preps Steelwork for Offshore Wind Blade Upgrade

    7 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    M. C. Construction (Cleveland) Limited (MCC) has completed the fabrication and coating of two blade rack grillages as part of a blade upgrade campaign at an offshore wind project.

  • Australian Floating Offshore Wind Project Grows in Size

    7 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate, the developers of the Hunter Coast floating wind farm offshore Australia, have expanded the size of the project from 1.4 GW to 1.65 GW and released the visual simulation for it. Located between 20 and 50 kilometres off the Hunter-Central Coast region of New South Wales (NSW), the 110-turbine Hunter […]

  • Denmark Moves Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm Site

    27 June 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish political parties have signed an agreement on the new location for the Hesselø offshore wind farm, moving the project site to the south of the area that was originally planned to accommodate offshore wind turbines. On 25 June, the country’s government, run by Social Democrats, and the Liberal Party, the Socialist People’s Party, […]

  • JERA Reveals Ishikari Bay Offshore Wind Project

    25 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Japanese utility JERA has submitted the Planning Phase Environmental Impact Statement for an offshore wind project off Ishikari Bay in Japan. The planned offshore wind farm will be located at least 2.5km offshore from Ishikari and Otaru and is expected to include up to 65 turbines with a maximum generation capacity of 520 MW. JERA […]

  • 2015 Offshore WIND Vessel Directory Launches at Seawork

    11 June 2015
    Vessels

    The 2015 edition of the Offshore WIND Vessel Directory will be launched on Tuesday 16th June during Seawork International in Southampton. The Vessel Directory is a new publication from the Offshore WIND group of products. This year’s edition builds upon the previous overview of operating wind farm support vessels in the European offshore wind industry now including information on WTIVs , […]

  • Jacket Installation Resumes at Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    14 November 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov will return to the Beatrice site on 16 November and will continue installing jacket foundations until mid-December, when it will leave the site once again and SHL’s vessel Stanislav Yudin will take over. 

  • Mediterranean Wind Pioneer Nears Offshore Construction Phase

    28 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord plans to start the offshore construction at what will be the first offshore wind farm in Italy, and in the Mediterranean Sea, in the third quarter of 2021. The installation of 10 monopile foundations at the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm, also known as Beleolico, will be carried out using Van Oord’s […]

  • Vattenfall Champions HVDC Norfolk Offshore Wind Setup

    22 February 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy group Vattenfall plans to deploy High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable technology to connect the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard and its sister project, the 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas, to the UK’s National Grid. 

  • BNEF: Offshore Wind to Hit 115GW Mark by 2030

    8 January 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The global offshore wind market is set to grow at a 16 percent compound annual rate from 2017 to 2030, reaching a cumulative capacity of 115 gigawatts compared with 17.6 gigawatts today, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

  • Briggs Marine Enters Japanese Offshore Wind Market

    8 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Horizon Ocean Management (HOM), a subsidiary joint venture between Mitsui and Japan’s wind turbine maintenance company Hokutaku, has signed a collaboration agreement with the UK-based Briggs Marine to establish an offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) consultancy and service provision offering in Japan. The agreement will see the two companies working together to provide pre-bidding […]

  • Norway Invests in New Wind Energy Research Centre

    11 December 2020
    Authorities, R&D

    Norwegian government will invest NOK 120 million (EUR 11.3 million) in a new wind power research centre, with offshore wind research being one the main priorities for the new centre. The investment was announced on 11 December by the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, who also announced the establishment of the new […]

  • Acta Marine Takes Over Offshore Wind Services

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Acta Marine has acquired Offshore Wind Services B.V. (OWS) of Rotterdam, including the UK subsidiary OWPMS Ltd. OWS owns 10 Crew Transfer Vessel that are operated to transfer technicians and parts to and from offshore wind turbines. OWS will be renamed Acta Marine Wind Services. The daily management of the company will remain with Workships Contractors, whom have […]

  • Cost-effective deep-sea wind farms (UK)

    14 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Since Windpower Monthly’s January offshore event, cost-efficiency in the wind industry has been placed at the top of everyone’s agenda.As a… (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly,October 14, 2010;

  • Granada Delivers 1000th Offshore Wind Farm Crane

    28 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Granada Material Handling recently delivered its 1000th wind farm davit crane as part of its contract to supply cranes to Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Northland Moves Closer to German Offshore Wind Projects

    25 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Canadian power company Northland Power Inc. has opened an offshore wind operations hub in Germany.

  • Dutch, Greeks Team Up on Floating Wind Energy

    27 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    ASIFF BV, a subsidiary of brokering and consultancy company Costa Renewables The Netherlands BV (CRNL), and Greek owned ZEUS Development BV i.o. have joined forces in further developing and bringing to market of Zeus Development’s unique, under WIPO PCT patent-pending, UNFLOP (UNsinkable-stable unaffected from waves FLOating truss Platforms) and WWT (Wing-Wheel-Turbines) – PWT (Paddle-Wheel-Turbines) technologies, […]

  • Lot of decisions to be made in coming week for offshore wind

    1 March 2010
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council (GLOW) is expected to soon finalize its wording for proposed legislation to control siting of wind turbines in the Great Lakes.

  • Ocean Ecology and Åkerblå to Work Together in Offshore Wind

    8 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian environmental and technical consultancy Åkerblå Group is buying into UK-based marine and environmental survey specialist Ocean Ecology with an aim to work in offshore wind. Åkerblå Group is acquiring 51% of the shares in Ocean Ecology, while the founders and current owners will retain the remaining 49% and continue to develop the company together […]

  • German Consortium Studies High-Altitude Wind Energy

    22 June 2018
    R&D

    The Germany-based SkySails Power, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, EWE Offshore Service & Solutions and Leibniz University Hannover are developing and testing a fully automated airborne wind energy system.

  • Danish Test Centre Primed For Mega Wind Turbines

    24 May 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The expansion of Test Centre Østerild in Denmark has now reached the point when it is possible for the manufacturers to start casting the foundations on the two new test stands, according to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Last year, the Danish government decided to expand the Test Center in Østerild with an additional […]

  • Scripps OK With Passing on Offshore Wind Regulations (USA)

    3 December 2010

    State Rep. Dan Scripps, D-Leland, is comfortable with passing off to the next legislature Great Lakes offshore wind regulations he spent… (ludingtondailynews) [mappress] Source: ludingtondailynews, December 03, 2010