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  • US Dredging Company Appoints Offshore Wind Lead

    28 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) has appointed Eleni Beyko as Senior Vice President for offshore wind to lead the company’s entry into the market. Beyko will be responsible for developing GLDD’s offshore wind operations, including strategy and business development, tendering and project execution. “Eleni has a record of demonstrated success across global platforms, and […]

  • Westwood: Wind to Account For 27% of Offshore Capex by 2022

    28 February 2018
    R&D

    Offshore wind is expected to account for 27% of total offshore (oil & gas and wind combined) capital expenditure (capex) by 2022, compared to just 4% in 2013, according to a new report by Westwood Global Energy Group.

  • UK 2017 Offshore Wind Numbers on Upward Path

    4 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Offshore wind provided 13,500 full-time equivalent jobs in the UK in 2017, a 20.5% increase compared to 11,200 in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. Based on the estimates, there were 9,900 jobs in England in 2017, which represents 2,300 more than the 7,600 estimated in 2016. Scotland saw 3,400 jobs provided by […]

  • Oldbaum to Collect Wind Data off French Coast

    28 October 2015

    Oldbaum Services has deployed two 3D WINDCUBE 400S Scanning LiDARs as part of the wind resource assessment campaigns the company is currently conducting at two French offshore wind sites. It is the first time that such long range scanning systems are deployed for operational campaigns, after having completed third party validation tests with DTU and […]

  • Wind Industry’s Drone Demand Brings Growth to Cyberhawk

    2 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Cyberhawk Innovations, an aerial inspection and survey company using drones for wind turbine inspection, has reported a strong growth of its wind division in 2016, due to increased demand from domestic and international markets.

  • Havfram Wind Orders Another 3,000mt+ Crane at Huisman

    19 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Huisman has secured a contract from Havfram Wind to deliver a 3,000mt+ Leg Encircling Crane for Havfram Wind’s second NG-20000X wind turbine installation vessel (CIMC). The jack-up has recently been ordered CIMC Raffles. Huisman’s contract follows an earlier order in December 2022 for an identical crane to be installed on the first vessel. The full […]

  • New Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Project Launched

    10 February 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    A new European FP7 project, LEANWIND, which commenced in December 2013, received funding of €10million from the European Commission. The project seeks to address inefficiencies in logistics and transport issues for offshore wind installations and so contribute to the reduction of costs. LEANWIND was awarded to a consortium of 31 partners from 11 countries and […]

  • Taiwan government supports establishment of offshore wind farms

    14 May 2010
    Authorities

    Compared to dry land, where there is limited space that can be used for wind farms, Taiwan’s surrounding waters are an ideal environment for… [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, May 14, 2010;

  • Fugro Starts French Offshore Wind Survey Campaign

    11 May 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has started a geotechnical survey campaign on the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France.

  • Japan Takes Another Stab at Offshore Wind Bill

    7 November 2018
    Authorities

    The Japanese Cabinet has re-introduced a bill promoting commercial use of offshore wind to the 197th extraordinary National Diet session which started on 24 October and will last for 48 days.

  • Construction Works Resume on French Offshore Wind Farm

    7 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Construction works on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm are now resuming, the developer Ailes Marines informed on 7 March, saying the installation vessel Aeolus will be working at the site without interruption in 2022 and 2023. According to the vessel’s AIS data, Van Oord’s jack-up was at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm site […]

  • Atkins Releases US Offshore Wind Market Handbook

    25 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Atkins, together with law firm K&L Gates LLP, has released an updated Offshore Wind Market Handbook to help guide investors through technical and regulatory issues in the US offshore wind market. The US offshore wind market has quickly evolved over the last year, with extensive updates in policy and regulatory environment, and several states entering […]

  • Taiwanese Offshore Wind Gets O&M Guidelines

    12 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    BMT Asia Pacific, IT Power and Ramboll have completed the second phase of their project that started in 2014 with an aim to provide Taiwan’s offshore wind industry with a series of guidelines for the future developments around the island.  The first phase of the project provided guidelines for the design and construction of offshore wind […]

  • France Launches Third Call for Offshore Wind Tenders

    5 April 2016
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Environment, Energy and Marine, yesterday launched the third offshore wind call for tenders for an area off the coast of Dunkerque, identified as having favorable conditions for offshore wind development.  The Minister appointed the Maritime Prefect for the English Channel and the North Sea, and the Prefect for the Northern region – Pas-de-Calais Picardie, to carry […]

  • Industry Fears “the Devil in the Detail” of Offshore Wind Policy

    21 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Energy Secretary Amber Rudd might have given the nod that offshore wind would be in favour for this parliament but the industry is still in the dark about the detail, director of the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ) James Gray told the Offshore Wind Vessels conference in London. The industry needed to step up […]

  • BOEM Holds NC Offshore Wind Public Meetings

    12 February 2015
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding three public meetings regarding the proposed wind energy sites offshore North Carolina this week. The federal agency has identified three sites suited for wind energy development. One is located offshore Outer Banks while other two are offshore Wilmington. The purpose of meetings is to provide an […]

  • Dutch Innovation Makes Wind Turbine Installation Greener

    10 June 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Dutch companies CORROSION and Amphibious Energy have launched the new ICCP-POD described as an environmentally-friendly alternative to using diesel generators to supply energy during the construction phase of wind turbines, and sacrificial anodes to protect turbine foundations against corrosion. The ICCP-POD combines two technologies. The EnergyPod, developed by Amphibious Energy, is an easy-to-transport autonomous energy […]

  • Scotland’s Offshore Wind Sees 300% Employment Increase

    1 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    The UK Government statistics for 2016 have shown that the number of people employed in Scotland’s offshore wind sector increased by 300% and equaled 2,000 employees.

  • Saitec Unveils Floating Wind Project Off Bilbao

    18 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Saitec has begun environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for a 45 MW floating wind farm off Bilbao with the presentation of the Initial Project Document on 14 June. The wind farm is planned to have three 15 MW turbines mounted on Saitec’s SATH concrete floating platform technology, installed some 10 kilometres off Bilbao in Basque […]

  • SeaPlanner Eyes Southeast Asian Offshore Wind Market

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    UK based company, SeaPlanner Ltd, is to launch an international tender for businesses in the South East Asia offshore wind market interested in entering a reseller agreement for the company’s marine management software solution – SeaPlanner. SeaPlanner is a management and monitoring system which has supported the construction of 26 wind farms in UK, Germany, Belgium and […]

  • UK, Danish Offshore Wind Orgs Team Up

    5 November 2015

    Team Humber Marine Alliance and Offshoreenergy.dk have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aiming to develop closer offshore wind industry links between Denmark and the UK. The two business development organisations said they want to harness the potential of supply chain companies and wind farm projects in both countries and will cooperate closely on inward and outward […]

  • VIDEO: 360° View from an Offshore Wind Turbine

    26 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Very few people have had the chance to climb on top of an offshore wind turbine, but now everybody can do it with the help of this 360° video shared by DONG Energy. Take a ride on a crew transfer vessel and climb on one of the 111 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines at the 400MW Anholt offshore wind farm […]

  • PLOCAN and METCentre Sign Offshore Wind Collaboration Agreement

    27 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Spain’s Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) and the Norwegian METCentre (Marine Energy Test Centre) have signed a collaboration agreement focused on offshore wind. Under the agreement, METCentre and PLOCAN pledge to work on offshore wind in deep waters in their respective countries, as well as together when the opportunity arises. The parties agreed […]

  • Wind Farm Developers Accused of ‘Fooling Public’ (UK)

    27 May 2011

    WIND-FARM developers have been accused of ‘fooling the public’ by separating their offshore turbine application from the controversial… (skegnessstandard) [mappress] Source: skegnessstandard, May 27, 2011

  • Europe: Are offshore wind farms genuinely more efficient?

    28 April 2010
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    In January 2010, wind farms in Germany had a generating capacity of 25,777 megawatts. This means that almost eight percent of Germany’s… [mappress] Source: dlr, April 28, 2010;

  • World’s Biggest Wind Farm Produces First Power

    14 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm has produced its first power. The turbine F18 is the first of the 174 Siemens Gamesa 7MW units to be installed at the site some 120 kilometres offshore Yorkshire, UK, and the first to start producing power. The unit was transported from the pre-assembly site in Hull […]