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  • Report: Macron Good News for French Wind Industry

    13 July 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The election of French president Emmanuel Macron signals exciting opportunities in the French wind sector, where targets are in place for 32GW of onshore and offshore capacity by 2023, according to A Word About Wind’s Finance Quarterly.

  • All Turbines Up at Vesterhav Offshore Wind Farms

    19 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 21st and final wind turbine was installed at the Vesterhav Nord wind farm in the Danish North Sea on Wednesday, 18 October, Vattenfall, the owner and developer of the project, said. The milestone completes the wind turbine installation scope at the Vesterhavn Nord, and the 20-turbine Vesterhavn Syd wind farm. Vattenfall expects to be […]

  • First Turbine Up at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    26 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the total of 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines was installed on 23 April at the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern, which arrived in Taiwan in July last year, has been deployed for wind turbine installation at the project site some 8 kilometres […]

  • OWPB Report Highlights UK Offshore Wind Achievenemts

    5 March 2015

    The Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB) set up to remove barriers to deployment and deliver a programme for industry cost reduction in the UK offshore wind sector, has published its Annual Report for 2014. In 2014 the OWPB commissioned the Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework (CRMF). The first CRMF Report, published last Friday, shows that the […]

  • New England Offshore Wind Receives Mass Support

    31 October 2017
    R&D

    Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) have conducted a study showing that the large majority of the participants support offshore wind off the New England coast.

  • Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    2 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium comprising EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd has launched the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, following the finalisation of agreements with its financial partners. French transmission system operator RTE will start onshore construction works this month. RTE is responsible for connecting the wind farm from the substation to the coast, […]

  • Video: Development of US Offshore Wind with Liz Burdock

    25 January 2019

    “As California goes, so does the rest of the country”, Liz Burdock, the Executive Director of the Business Network for Offshore Wind, told Offshore WIND in an Expertise Hub interview. Burdock is referring to the fierce competition between the U.S. states related to renewable energy portfolio. As there is no federal outline for renewable energy, each state decides […]

  • Taiwan Setting Up Offshore Wind Certification Platform

    7 December 2016
    Technology

    Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology & Inspection (BSMI) informed that it has been working with the Taiwan Electric Research and Testing Center (TERTEC), Taiwan Electronics Testing Center (ETC), Metal Industries Research and Development Center and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (MIRDC) to establish certification platforms for several energy technologies, including offshore wind. The BSMI and the Metal Industries Research […]

  • Scotland Green-Lights Kincardine Floating Wind Farm

    9 March 2017
    Authorities, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish government has granted a planning consent for the eight-turbine Kincardine floating wind farm located around 15 kilometres south-east of Aberdeen.

  • Virginia Offshore Wind Demo Enters Construction Phase

    2 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project has entered the construction phase as onshore works kick off. The groundbreaking took place on 1 July, marking the first onshore construction work on the two-turbine 12MW offshore wind project. “The Virginia offshore wind demonstration project is another powerful example of the Commonwealth’s position as a leader […]

  • Japanese Shipowner Invests in Wind Turbine Maintenance Company

    10 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development

    Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement to form a capital alliance by acquiring most of the outstanding shares of its compatriot Hokutaku. According to MOL, Hokutaku is the largest third-party wind turbine maintenance company in Japan covering about 80 per cent of the approximately 2,600 wind turbines in the country. “While […]

  • Ocean Installer Focuses on Offshore Wind, Renames to Havfram

    10 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    Norway-headquartered Ocean Installer has changed its name to Havfram, saying that the move reflects the company’s increased commitment to offshore wind. “The solid revenues derived from our oil and gas projects, as well as our broad project and engineering expertise, are now being utilised to create a leading player within the offshore wind segment”, said […]

  • Schatz Energy Probes California’s Offshore Wind Feasibility

    31 July 2019
    R&D

    The Schatz Energy Research Center is carrying out a study on the wind resource and transmission constraints related to offshore wind in California. The research is part of three complementary studies that the U.S. center is conducting to assess offshore wind feasibility for the northern California coast. It is being funded by a USD 150,000 grant […]

  • Dong Energy’s Earnings Up Thanks to Offshore Wind

    31 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy issued an interim financial report for 9M 2014, which states that the company’s EBITDA was DKK 13.0 billion for this financial period, compared with DKK 11.2 billion for 9M 2013. The increase relative to the same period last year was due to higher earnings from wind activities, including a gain from the divestment of […]

  • Ørsted Making Offshore Wind Moves in South Korea

    17 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Korea Southern Power (KOSPO), Korea’s state-owned utility provider, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop an 800 MW offshore wind project in Ongjin county, Incheon. The 800 MW offshore wind project is part of the 1.6 GW Incheon projects. In addition, the total investment for the Incheon offshore wind projects […]

  • Scotland and Brittany Discuss Partnership on Floating Wind Turbines

    9 February 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    A delegation of fifteen Scottish companies met in Rennes, France, with companies from the Brittany offshore wind and marine energy sector to discuss the development of partnerships around floating wind turbines. Scotland and Brittany are two players at the forefront of floating wind development in Europe. The two territories have the advantage of having floating […]

  • Teesside Wind Farm Construction Bothers Locals (UK)

    9 February 2012

    Shortly after the construction work commenced on EDF Energy’s Teesside Wind Farm, they faced a problem. Constant banging of the hydraulic hammer that is driving monopiles into the seabed is bothering locals, reports Gazette Live. Some of residents said that the banging sound could be heard in their homes and even in the town centre. […]

  • Bladt: Last Load Out of Gode Wind Components

    1 September 2015

    The last load out of the Gode Wind 2+1 transition pieces and monopiles was completed yesterday at Bladt. The 97 transition pieces for the project were fabricated at Bladt’s facilities in Aalborg, Denmark, whereas the monopiles were fabricated by EEW SPC in Rostock, Germany. “The complete project has been a success. Timing is everything. Because of an […]

  • China’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Goes Online

    4 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    China’s largest offshore wind farm Huaneng Rudong 300MW – North started operating in the waters off eastern Jiangsu Province on 30 September, according to Chinese media.

  • The Netherlands: Veka Group Eyes Offshore Wind Market

    28 November 2013

    With the introduction of a new, larger Multipurpose Catamaran 26 for crews and equipment transport services for wind farms, the group hopes to have a bigger mark on this segment. The 25.50 meters long Multipurpose Catamaran is the larger sister of the Animal Multipurpose Catamaran, which was built in 2012. The aluminum catamarans are built […]

  • Daishan 4 Offshore Wind Farm Starts Operation

    17 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The Daishan 4 offshore wind farm in China was commissioned and connected to the grid on 16 May, Xinhua reports. The offshore wind farm, located near the Zhoushan Islands in east China’s Zhejiang Province, was built by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN). CGN received consent for Daishan 4 at the beginning of 2019, and the […]

  • Atlantis Energy Eyes Floating Wind, Subsea Interconnectors

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

    Tidal energy specialist Atlantis Resources is establishing a new internal division which will focus on opportunities to develop, among others, subsea interconnectors and floating wind projects for those looking to invest in renewable and grid related projects. The new division is part of the company’s diversification strategy which will leverage the existing skill set the company has accumulated […]

  • Dutch Sizing Up French Offshore Wind Market

    2 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Strengthening business ties within the offshore wind industry will be high on the agenda during the Dutch trade mission to France, led by Lilianne Ploumen, the country’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, scheduled for 10 and 11 March, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency reports. Hans Timmers, the President of the Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA), will join the mission and host the […]

  • Semco Maritime to Study Offshore Wind Grid Links

    10 December 2020

    Semco Maritime has won a study to identify the break-even point of high voltage direct current (HVDC) and high voltage alternating current (HVAC) transmission for a large-scale offshore wind farm. Offshore wind farms are trending up in size, as well as the distance from the onshore connection these days. A key technological aspect that is […]

  • Equinor and ESB Partner Up for Irish Offshore Wind

    21 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor and the Irish state-owned electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) have entered into a partnership to cooperate on the offshore wind sector in Ireland. The partnership will work to identify suitable sites for new offshore wind farms in Irish waters and will work to mature potential future projects. Additionally, the potential for energy storage technology […]

  • Iberdrola Adds ABL to German Offshore Wind Team

    16 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    ABL Group has signed a framework agreement to provide engineering and marine services to support the construction as well as operations & maintenance (O&M) campaigns for Iberdrola’s German offshore wind farms. Iberdrola has awarded the framework agreement to ABL’s local operation in Germany, specifically a four-year (3+1) agreement for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm […]