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  • The Netherlands: NGenTec Presents at EWEA Offshore Wind Energy Exhibition

    29 November 2011

    NGenTec, a Scottish designer of magnet generators for wind turbines, will present during the EWEA Offshore Wind Energy exhibition in Amsterdam a new wind turbine technology which could lower the cost of wind energy significantly. The development new generator technology should produce “maximum energy at a minimum cost”. As part of the trial, six full-scale […]

  • CERC Takes Part in Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme (UK)

    23 May 2013
    R&D

    Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) is currently working for the Carbon Trust to develop a mesoscale modelling approach to the investigation of offshore wind farm wake effects, as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Programme. The main objective is to investigate the capability of a mesoscale modelling approach to estimating long-range wake effects from […]

  • USA: South Carolina Has Great Offshore Wind Potential

    16 September 2012
    Authorities

    South Carolina’s officials, researchers and environmentalists held a discussion with reporters on Thursday focusing on conclusions of NWF’s report, according to the Associated Press. Steve Moore from the South Carolina Wildlife Federation explained that the state has the ability to make great economic gains from its offshore wind resources, though it seems that the other […]

  • UK: RES Could Buy Stakes in Offshore Wind Projects

    15 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    A UK-based renewables energy developer Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. (RES) could buy shares in offshore wind projects. Chris Morgan, CEO of the RES Offshore unit, said that the involvement in offshore projects in the future is a strategically interesting area that the company will look to get into, the Bloomberg informs. As European governments are […]

  • Odfjell Drilling Acquiring Stake in Norwegian Floating Wind Developer

    27 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Odfjell Drilling is investing in Oceanwind AS with an aim to acquire a stake that would ensure a controlling position in the Norway-based floating wind company. According to the Norwegian offshore drilling contractor, the move will support it on a path to zero-emissions drilling through projects that would connect its rigs to floating wind farms. […]

  • DNV Updates Standard for Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (Norway)

    27 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      DNV’s recognized standard for design of offshore wind turbine structures has been through a revision process together with the wind energy industry. The updated standard which aims to reduce cost and increase safety is now available. he standard, Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (DNV-OS-J101), provides principles, technical requirements and guidance for design, construction […]

  • The Netherlands: Eneco Gets Subsidy for Offshore Wind Farm Development

    6 November 2011

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation today issued a decree awarding a subsidy to Eneco from the remaining budget for the SDE [Sustainable Energy Production scheme] Round 2 to the development of a wind farm in the North Sea. This will allow Eneco to implement a new and innovative wind farm 23 […]

  • Finland Sets Stage for Offshore Wind Auction in 2023/24

    9 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Finnish government’s Committee on Economic Policy has approved a proposal for an auction model to be applied to the leasing of public water areas controlled by Metsähallitus for the development of offshore wind farms. The first auction is expected to take place in 2023–2024 and will cover three to four areas suitable for offshore […]

  • New Report on Future Cost of Wind Power Out Now

    17 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    ReportLinker has added a new report, named “The Future Cost of Wind Power : Capital costs, the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), economics, costs and future outlook for wind power generation”, to its offering.  The report covers future cost of wind power generation and technology types that will be used, as well as its cost and […]

  • South Korea Discusses Its Offshore Wind Development with UK

    19 August 2012
    Training & Education

    A delegation of leading officials from South Korea visited OrbisEnergy this week, Lowestoft’s flagship hub for offshore renewable energy, to understand the UK market and to discuss opportunities for developing their own offshore wind industry. The UK is the world’s largest market for offshore wind development. In addition, the February 2012 Ernst & Young quarterly […]

  • NPCC Replaces Sapura Energy on Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    18 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has won a contract to install the remaining monopiles on the 640 MW Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan some two and a half months after Sapura Energy decided to leave the project mid-construction. The contract was awarded to NPCC by Yunneng Wind Power and is valued at […]

  • MHI Vestas Launches 9.5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    6 June 2017
    R&D, Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has launched the V164-9.5 MW wind turbine to re-affirm the company’s drive to lower the cost of energy for offshore wind.

  • Germany: PNE WIND’s EBIT Increases to EUR 24.9 Million

    5 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, achieved an excellent result for the first nine months of the 2012 financial year. During this period, the company realised a turnover amounting to EUR 80.9 million (previous year: EUR 33.1 million). The EBIT increased very significantly to EUR 24.9 million (previous year: EUR -0.7 million). This […]

  • UK: OGN Sponsors Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event

    14 May 2012

    Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) one of the UK’s leading EPC service providers to the offshore oil & gas and offshore wind energy sectors has shown its support to the burgeoning offshore wind market by becoming headline sponsor for the upcoming UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain event being held at Newcastle United Football Club on 17th […]

  • Norway to Get Floating Wind Foundation Production and Assembly Facility

    17 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    Norwegian company WindWorks Jelsa, established in 2020, and Swiss construction company Implenia have signed an investment and a shareholders’ agreement to develop a production and assembly facility for large concrete or steel structures for the floating wind industry on Norway’s west coast.  The aim for WindWorks Jelsa’s facility, planned to be built at Jelsa in […]

  • Virginia Pilot Offshore Wind Farm Entering Construction Phase

    6 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Energy will begin construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project in the coming weeks, the Virginia-based energy company’s chairman, president, and chief executive officer Thomas F. Farrell said. The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will comprise two offshore wind turbines with a combined capacity of 12MW installed in a federal lease area in the Mid-Atlantic some […]

  • Alstom to Lower Capital Cost of Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)

    20 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Alstom and several prominent US-based research institutions have been awarded a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to research and develop advanced control systems and integrated innovative sensors that increase energy production and lower the capital cost of offshore wind turbines—especially those based on advanced floating substructures. The award was […]

  • Germany: Wpd Orders 80 Wind Turbines from Siemens

    8 February 2013

    Siemens has been awarded an order by wpd group, Germany, to supply, install and service 80 SWT-3.6-120 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind power plant off Germany’s North Sea coast. When it comes online in 2015, the wind power plant’s total generating capacity of 288 megawatts will be sufficient to supply some 370,000 households […]

  • BOEM to Start Environmental Review of 2+ GW Empire Wind

    17 June 2021
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be conducting an environmental review of the Empire Wind project offshore New York and New Jersey. On 18 June, BOEM will publish a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Empire Wind, LLC, […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Up Italian Portfolio to 4.6 GW

    22 February 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Nora Ventu, a company set up by Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy, has launched a consultation to provide local communities with more information on two floating wind projects to be developed in the Gulf of Cagliari offshore Italy. Nora Ventu, set up to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Sardinian coast, has begun a […]

  • The Netherlands: Bringing Down Costs of Offshore Wind Supply Chain

    18 November 2011

      With less than two weeks to go until the European Wind Energy Association’s OFFSHORE 2011 conference and exhibition, EWEA found out what Heiko Ross from Windreich and Erwin Coolen from OutSmart will be discussing at their session…  Why is offshore wind energy expensive compared to onshore wind energy? We all are aware that at […]

  • Why do People Oppose Wind Energy Development? (USA)

    2 June 2011

      An industry that is often affected by local opposition in the United States is that of wind energy development. It seems odd that businesses that attempt to bring clean energy and preserve the environment are frequently faced with disapproval from local communities. We talk about the necessary changes in our lifestyles in order to […]

  • USA: Block Island Offshore Wind Farm Moves Forward

    1 October 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind expects to submit applications for state and federal permits for the Block Island offshore wind farm next month. Chief administrative officer of the company, Jeffrey Grybowski is quoted on The Day news site as saying that they have completed the three-year environmental research. The Deepwater’s project comprises 5 wind turbines that would be […]

  • Horizon and Seaforth Finish Vineyard Wind Site Survey Fieldwork

    8 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Horizon Geosciences and subcontractor Seaforth Geosurveys have completed the fieldwork phase for geophysical surveys and geotechnical investigations at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, US.

  • BOEM Extends Virginia Offshore Wind Public Comments Deadline

    6 January 2015
    Environment

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is giving the public an extra two weeks to comment on wind energy project offshore Virginia. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) plans to install and operate two 6 MW wind turbine generators as part of research activities plan called Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement […]

  • Floating Wind Joint Industry Project Opens New Tenders

    5 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D

    The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) has opened tenders for monitoring and inspection, as well as for dynamic export cable development.