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  • First US Offshore Wind Farm Scoops Safety Accolade

    16 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has presented Deepwater Wind with the 2018 Safety-in-Seas (SIS) award for its safety practices during and after the construction of the 30MW Block Island, the first offshore wind farm in the United States.

  • Top Industry Players Join WFO’s Floating Wind Committee

    11 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Several offshore wind companies and organisations have already become members of the World Forum Offshore Wind’s (WFO’s) Floating Offshore Wind Committee, launched in February 2020. The latest ones to get onboard the committee are Japan’s utility company JERA, French wind energy industry association FEE, and Norwegian company Aker Solutions. The three new members join RWE, […]

  • VIDEO: Foundation Construction for the First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm

    19 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first offshore wind farm in the United States, has published another video of the progress that has been made to install the first wind turbines at the Block Island wind farm site.  The video shows work on the steel foundations that will be installed at the site. Steel jacket structures for […]

  • Spain Targets Up To 3 GW of Floating Wind by 2030

    9 July 2021
    Authorities, Technology

    Spain plans to develop between 1 GW and 3 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2030, according to the country’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. The goal is set out in The Roadmap for the Development of Offshore Wind and Marine Energies in Spain, which is now open to public […]

  • Research and Markets Publish ‘The Wind Power Industry in India’ Report

    24 June 2011

    India has a great untapped potential for wind energy. According to official estimates, the country’s total wind energy resource amounts to 48 GW of installed capacity, but some experts think that this figure is on the conservative side, and that technological improvements could significantly increase this potential. In India, the wind power generation has gained […]

  • Aker Divisions Partner Up for Wind Farms Offshore Norway

    27 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Aker Offshore Wind and Aker BP have agreed to cooperate on realizing offshore wind in Norway at large scale, as well as accelerating the process of decarbonizing oil & gas assets. The parties plan to collaborate on concepts for the development of large offshore wind farms to enable effective offtake to oil & gas producing […]

  • Equinor, South Koreans Float 200MW Wind Farm Plan

    8 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor, the Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and Korea East-West Power Corporation have established a consortium to develop a 200MW floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The Donghae 1 floating offshore wind farm would be developed near KNOC’s existing Donghae gas platform located 58km off the coast of Ulsan City. The consortium will carry out […]

  • GE to Buy LM Wind Power for EUR 1.5 Billion

    11 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    General Electric (GE) has agreed to buy LM Wind Power Holding A/S, a Denmark-based designer and manufacturer of wind turbine blades, for an enterprise value of EUR 1.5 billion. The deal in-sources wind turbine blade design and manufacturing for GE’s Renewable Energy business, improving its ability to increase energy output and create value for onshore and offshore […]

  • IRENA: Offshore Wind Could Reach 100GW Capacity by 2030

    31 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind power has the potential to grow from 13 gigawatts (GW) in 2015, to 100GW in 2030, driven by technology advancements and further cost declines, according to new analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). ‘Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind’, launched at the World Wind Energy Conference in Tokyo, provides an overview of the […]

  • Research and Markets Announce ‘Analyzing the US Wind Power Industry’

    8 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      The rise of wind energy is no longer being looked upon as an alternate source of energy. The United States is a leader in the field of wind energy and the US in 2010 was the second largest user of wind energy in the world, just behind China. In fact, the US had over […]

  • Baltimore County Seeks Federal Grant for Wind Start Project

    17 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Baltimore County, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, has applied for a USD 26 million federal grant to support infrastructure upgrades at the former Sparrows Point shipyard to accommodate assembly, fabrication and shipping for the offshore wind industry. The grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation makes the case […]

  • Equinor and Naturgy to Bid in Spain’s First Offshore Wind Auction

    6 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and Naturgy have partnered up and entered a development agreement prior to Spain’s first upcoming offshore wind auction off the coast of the Canary Islands. The Spanish government aims to transform its energy mix and plans to develop up to 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030. The first Spanish offshore wind auction is […]

  • NREL Nets USD 300,000 for Floating Wind R&D

    9 September 2019
    R&D

    The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has selected the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to carry out a project focused on reducing costs and improving the economic feasibility of floating wind technology. NREL has been awarded USD 300,000 for its Shared Mooring Systems for Deep Floating Wind Farms project, in which it […]

  • Japan Changes Port and Harbour Law to Promote Offshore Wind

    17 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MILT) has amended the country’s existing Port and Harbour Law to promote development of offshore wind projects, the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) reports. The amendments allow developers to lease designated water zones in port areas for a period of up to 20 years. The newly changed law also sets up a bidding system […]

  • Statkraft Reveals Its Future Role in UK Offshore Wind

    24 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Statkraft is pressing on with the strategy to sell its offshore wind assets; however, the energy company plans to continue to participate as an enabler of the development and operation of offshore wind projects in the UK through entering into power purchase agreements.

  • GWEC Forms Offshore Wind Taskforce for Non-European Markets

    26 September 2018

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has created a new Offshore Wind Taskforce to accelerate the development of offshore wind technology in non-European markets such as Asia and North America.

  • Carbon Trust Contest Looks to Improve Wind Resource Models

    1 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched an international competition focused on improving offshore wind resource models. The competition will enable modelers to access six validation cases from operational offshore wind farms in the North Sea, owned by OWA’s industry partners, to improve and strengthen their wake models. According to the Carbon Trust, this open source, […]

  • US Business Network for Offshore Wind Hosting Job Fair

    22 June 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    The US non-profit offshore wind organisation Business Network for Offshore Wind is hosting a national Offshore Wind Job Fair on 22 June, with hundreds of job seekers expected to participate in the event for which leading offshore wind companies have already signed up, including Ørsted, Avangrid, Eversource, and Fugro. The fair will be held online […]

  • German Wind En Route to Beat Nuclear Power in 2016

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    German onshore and offshore wind turbines are set to generate more power in 2016 than the country’s nuclear power plants according to an initial extrapolation from current data carried out by IWR, a renewable energy institute. One of the main factors driving the boost in the generation of wind power is the offshore wind turbines, which will achieve […]

  • USA: IAWIND Grants USD 300,000 for Offshore Wind Research

    31 July 2012
    R&D

    The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) has awarded a $300,000 research grant to Eugene S. Takle, professor of agricultural meteorology and director of the climate science program at Iowa State University.  The grant – to be matched by Anemometry Specialists, Alta and Cedar Crest, IA — will be used by Takle, the […]

  • BREAKING: South Korea Becomes Offshore Wind Energy Producer

    29 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    South Korea received first electricity generated by an offshore wind farm on Thursday, September 29, 2016, KBS World Radio reports. The first power was generated by three out of the ten 3MW turbines installed at the 30MW Tamra offshore wind farm off Geumdeung-ri in Jeju Island, located about 0.5 – 1 km from the shore. The power produced by the […]

  • Bent Christensen: Offshore Wind Technology Ready for COP21 Targets

    9 October 2017
    Technology

    It has been said more than once so far that offshore wind is a resource that can largely contribute to meeting the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. According to Bent Christensen, Vice President at Siemens Gamesa, offshore wind technology is already at a point to help meet COP21 goals.

  • US State Floats 10-Year Ban on Offshore Wind

    29 April 2021
    Authorities

    The U.S. State of Maine has introduced legislation to establish a 10-year moratorium on new offshore wind projects located in State waters. Proposed moratorium would preserve State waters for fishing and recreation and prioritize offshore wind in Federal waters farther off the Maine coast, the Governor Janet Mills Administration said. The Federal waters of the […]

  • Pieter van Oord Speaker During Offshore WIND Conference

    14 July 2017

    Offshore WIND Conference is proud to confirm Pieter van Oord, the Chief Executive Officer of Van Oord, as one of the speakers during this year’s conference held at Amsterdam RAI on 9 and 10 October.

  • Block Island Wind Farm to Go Online with 4 Turbines

    6 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm, has finished the testing phase and will be officially put into operation this month. However, this will be done with four out of the total five turbines running, as turbine number 2 has broken down. The turbine failure was discovered during a test run in early […]

  • AREVA Appoints New Head of Offshore Wind Activity in UK

    28 November 2011

    AREVA Wind announced the appointment of Julian Brown as Director to head the AREVA offshore wind activity in the UK. Julian Brown has over ten years experience in the wind industry. He led the development of the wind turbine blades business on the Isle of Wight as well as co-founding leading UK based wind consultancy […]