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  • Carbon Trust to Back UK’s Floating Wind Demo Programme

    27 July 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The UK’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has appointed the Carbon Trust to provide technical support to the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme, a GBP 17 million competitive funding scheme BEIS launched in March. The Carbon Trust, with support from Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC), will assist BEIS with the initial evaluation […]

  • USA: Research and Markets Presents Wind Power in Power Systems

    8 August 2012

    Research and Markets has announced John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Wind Power in Power Systems”. The second edition of the highly acclaimed Wind Power in Power Systems has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the latest challenges associated with increasing wind power penetration levels. Since its first release, practical experiences with high […]

  • EPI: Wind Power to Become Foundation of New Energy Economy

    5 June 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Wind power capacity is an indicator of building a sustainable economy because wind is poised to become the foundation of the new energy economy, the Earth Policy Institute (EPI) says. With total capacity exceeding 318,000 megawatts, wind farms generate carbon-free electricity in more than 85 countries. Twenty-four countries have at least 1,000 megawatts. The wind […]

  • BSEE Allows Vineyard Wind to Resume Tower, Nacelle Installation

    14 August 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has allowed Vineyard Wind to resume certain limited additional activities at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm site. These include the installation of towers and nacelles but not (yet) the installation of the wind turbine blades. BSEE issued an update to the Suspension Order the […]

  • Sif Produces First Empire Wind 1 Monopile in Netherlands

    29 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The first of 54 monopiles for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US has been manufactured at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. On 28 November, the first monopile for Empire Wind was completed on the new production line of the expanded production facilities at Maasvlakte 2 Rotterdam. In February […]

  • U.S. Senators Introduce Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

    2 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R- Maine, and Tom Carper, D-Delaware, have introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act aimed at providing financial incentives to encourage investment in offshore wind energy.

  • French Company Develops Offshore Wind Power Software (VIDEO)

    17 April 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Drawing on its considerable experience in the field of offshore oil production, which resulted in bringing to market numerous innovations, in 2011, IFP Energies nouvelles turned its attention to research aimed at coming up with technologies enabling the development of offshore wind power, along with the conversion of wave energy, tidal energy and ocean thermal […]

  • New York City’s Offshore Wind Terminal Under Construction

    11 June 2024
    Ports & Logistics, Project Updates

    Construction work on turning the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in New York City into an offshore wind hub started on 10 June. The SBMT redevelopment is being performed by Equinor, in cooperation with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and terminal operator Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SSBMT). Equinor, the owner/developer of […]

  • Falck, BlueFloat Plan New Floating Wind Farm in Italy

    20 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have submitted an application for a maritime concession for a site off the northeastern coast of Sardinia, where the two companies plan to build a 975 MW floating wind farm, called Tibula Energia. The companies, which formed a partnership to develop floating wind projects in Italy last year, filed a […]

  • USA: Global Wind Power Reached New Record in 2011

    14 March 2012

    Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, there is enough installed wind power capacity worldwide to meet the residential electricity needs of 380 million people at the European level of consumption. China led […]

  • The Carbon Trust to Launch Wind Farm Control Trials Project

    7 December 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust has announced Wind Farm Control Trials (WFCT), a new project designed to demonstrate how effective implementation of control strategies can reduce the cost of offshore wind.

  • New Jersey to Reveal Offshore Wind Tender Winner in June

    13 February 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) expects to announce the winner of the 1,100MW offshore wind solicitation at the end of June. NJBPU is currently in the process of reviewing applications. As reported earlier, three bidders responded to the solicitation, Ørsted with its Ocean Wind project, Equinor with Boardwalk Wind, and Atlantic Shores […]

  • Poll Shows New Jerseyans Vastly Pro Offshore Wind

    4 April 2019
    R&D

    A new Monmouth University Poll has found that the vast majority of New Jersey residents support the development of wind farms off this US state’s coast. Three-quarters of New Jersey residents (76%) would favor placing wind farms off the coast of the state, while just 15% would oppose this action. Past support for offshore wind […]

  • 1+ GW Offshore Wind Farm Plan Emerges in Sweden

    13 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Sweden-based Zephyr Vind, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Zephyr, has announced plans to build a large-scale offshore wind farm in Sweden, which would use both floating and fixed-bottom foundations. The company has proposed two preliminary project designs: one with 61 wind turbines with a 20+ MW capacity each, and one with 94 […]

  • Future of UK’s Offshore Wind Supply Chain under Revision

    11 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    During his speech at Global Offshore Wind 2014, UK Energy Minister Michael Fallon disclosed that he recently initiated a review of the future of the UK offshore wind supply chain. The review will help find out what more can the industry and government do to support offshore wind development. Minister Fallon said that he will […]

  • Denmark Makes Room for Testing 330m Tall Wind Turbines

    21 March 2017
    R&D

    Danish Government has approved the expansion of the national wind turbine test centres in Østerild and Høvsøre. Four new sites will be added, facilitating testing of turbines of up to 330 metres.

  • Iv-Consult Draws Gode Wind Converter Platforms Topsides

    23 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    The Iv-Consult has begun making the workshop drawings of two topsides of converter platforms, each approximately 1250 tons, for the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind projects. This project is for Iemants Steel Constructions N.V. in Belgium. Gode Wind 1 and 2 are offshore wind farm projects located northwest of Nordreney in the German […]

  • New York’s 90MW Offshore Wind Farm Moving Forward

    15 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is expected to formally approve New York’s first ever offshore wind farm, Deepwater Wind’s 90MW Deepwater ONE – South Fork project, at its board meeting on 20 July. The State Governor Andrew Cuomo stated: “The LIPA Board of Trustees Wednesday will consider advancing the development of the nation’s largest offshore wind farm […]

  • Floating Offshore Wind Farm Planned for Santa Barbara, USA

    2 October 2013
    R&D

    John Reed, an entrepreneur who established ChannelWind, wants to build an offshore wind farm in the Santa Barbara Channel. Mr. Reed says that constant winds from Point Conception through the Channel make these places viable for developing floating offshore wind projects, KCOY news site writes. Mr. Reed created ChannelWind as a wind energy startup company […]

  • Swiss-Norwegian Partnership Targets Floating Offshore Wind Foundations

    11 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Industry, Technology

    Swiss construction company Implenia and Norway’s WindWorks Jelsa (WWJ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer the production of concrete structures and general services to the floating offshore wind industry in Jelsa, on the Norwegian west coast. Implenia and WindWorks Jelsa said the partners plan to establish an effective large-scale base for […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND to Take Part in HUSUM WindEnergy 2012

    13 September 2012

    At the world’s biggest wind energy trade fair, “Husum WindEnergy 2012”, the wind farm developer, PNE WIND AG, will present the current status of company’s onshore and offshore development only a few weeks after the biggest transaction in the company’s history was successfully concluded – the sale of the “Gode Wind” I to III wind […]

  • EWEA Sounds the Alarm as China Overtakes EU in Wind Capacity

    10 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The European Union risks losing its leadership in wind energy without a clear policy vision for renewables towards 2030, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) said today in response to China overtaking the EU in installed wind capacity in 2015.   In 2015, China overtook the EU for total installed wind energy capacity, according to the statistics published […]

  • Windreich Congratulates BARD on Offshore Wind Farm Completion (Germany)

    5 August 2013

    Dipl.Wirt.Ing. (FH) Willi Balz has congratulated BARD on the completion of the BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farm construction. The wind farm consists of 80 turbines with a total capacity of 400 MW, which can produce enough electricity for more than one million people in the Ruhr area. “In spite all the setbacks, BARD was […]

  • Denmark: LM Glasfiber is now known as LM Wind Power

    21 April 2010

    LM Glasfiber announced today that it is changing its name to LM Wind Power. The company has also taken the opportunity to update its whole brand presentation and corporate identity presenting a new logo to go

    with the name.

  • GE Loading Haliade Gear for Chinese Offshore Wind Demo

    4 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy is currently loading the nacelles, generators and blades for the three Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines to be installed at the Fujian Xinghua Gulf demo project in China.

  • Breeze, GWEC Show Evolution of Wind Power on Interactive Map

    13 February 2015

    A Swedish renewable energy software company, Breeze, in cooperation with Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), has created The Evolution of Wind Power – an interactive map showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country, continent and the world as a whole between 1981-2014. China accounted for the largest growth in terms of number of MW last year […]