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  • 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 […]

  • USA: Southeastern Coastal Wind Conference Kicks Off Today

    11 September 2013

    Industry, policy makers and the public will meet today in North Charleston for a two-day conference to talk about wind energy development in the region. The 2nd Southeastern Coastal Wind Conference will build on the tremendous success of the last year’s event. The main topics of this event will be onshore and offshore wind development. […]

  • Offshore Wind Innovators Sets Up Financial Services for SMEs

    10 April 2018

    Offshore Wind Innovators, a community for companies active in the Dutch offshore wind industry, has launched a tailor-made package of financial services for SMEs to increase private investment opportunities and help bring their innovations to the market.

  • New Floating Wind Partnership Enters Auction Offshore Norway

    3 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Agder Energi, a Norwegian power utility, have formed a partnership to bid for a floating offshore wind project at Utsira Nord, in the Norwegian North Sea. The 1.5 GW Utsira Nord is one of two areas the Norwegian Government opened to licensing applications for offshore wind development. With deep […]

  • French Floating Offshore Wind Project Reaches Financial Close

    26 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds and the Banque des territoires have reached the final investment decision for the Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project offshore France. This step will allow the signing of contracts with the main industrial and financial partners and the launch of the project’s actual implementation phase, the developers said. The […]

  • AMSC Receives First Offshore Wind Order from Doosan

    25 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    South Korean wind turbine manufacturer Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has ordered first 5.5MW electrical control systems from Massachusetts-based AMSC.

  • The Netherlands: Delta Lloyd Builds Dedicated Wind Energy Team

    26 September 2011

      Delta Lloyd has built up a tradition as an insurer of wind turbines and is now concentrating its knowledge in a dedicated wind energy team. The team will focus exclusively on this sustainable growth market. Delta Lloyd is one of the first European insurers to provide cover for offshore wind turbines and has been […]

  • German Offshore Wind Energy in 2013 Shows Significant Growth

    21 January 2014
    R&D

    Deutsche WindGuard, German company specializing in wind energy project development and consulting, analyzed the status of the offshore wind energy development for the year 2013 in Germany, on behalf of VDMA Power Systems and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE). According to Deutsche WindGuard, 48 offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 240 MW were […]

  • Wood to Assess Platform Designs for Irish Floating Wind Project

    27 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Consulting and engineering company Wood has been awarded a pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) contract by Simply Blue Energy for a proposed floating offshore wind farm located off the west coast of Ireland. The Western Star Floating Offshore Wind project aims to harness the wind power of the Atlantic Ocean to produce energy for Ireland and […]

  • Irish Offshore Wind Project Taps COWI for Foundation Design

    16 April 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The joint venture between Fred. Olsen Seawind and EDF Renewables, which is developing the 1.3 GW Codling Wind Park offshore wind farm, has contracted the engineering company COWI for the foundation design for Ireland’s Phase One project. Under the contract, COWI will deliver Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Detailed Design of the wind turbine […]

  • India to Release Offshore Wind Development Plan in Late April

    14 March 2018
    Authorities

    The government of India plans to release an offshore wind development plan for the country in late April 2018, participants at a recently held stakeholder consultation event have heard.

  • Wave Hub Adds Floating Wind to Pembrokeshire Wave Project

    22 February 2018
    Authorities, Environment

    Wave Hub Limited (WHL) has submitted an environmental scoping report to Natural Resources Wales and the Marine Management Organisation for the Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone (PDZ).

  • UK Wind Power Production Up Nearly 50 pct

    5 June 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional association for the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has welcomed statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change showing a significant increase in the amount of electricity generated by wind in the first quarter of this year. Figures for the first three months of 2012 show a 46.8% […]

  • CS Wind Nabs Funding for Turbine Tower Facility in Humber

    13 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    South Korean CS Wind Corporation has been awarded Regional Growth Funding from the UK Government Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) to build an offshore wind tower manufacturing facility in the Humber, UK. However, the company will not start the construction of what would be first factory to commercially produce offshore wind turbines prior […]

  • US to Start Federal Permitting Process for Sunrise Wind OWF

    30 August 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to start an environmental review of the Sunrise Wind project offshore New York, the US Department of Interior (DoI) said on 30 August. The project, developed by Ørsted and Eversource, is proposed to be built in a lease area in federal waters approximately 31 miles (around 50 […]

  • Half of Saint-Brieuc Wind Turbines Now Generating Power

    11 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ailes Marines, an Iberdrola subsidiary, has achieved a milestone by initiating power production from half of the wind turbines at the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. The commissioning of the project is gradual and will continue until spring 2024, said the developer. Located 16 kilometres off the northwest coast of France in […]

  • Offshore Wind Industry Gearing Up for Vessel Directory 2017

    13 April 2017

    The offshore wind industry will soon see the latest directory of vessels working in the sector, as the Offshore WIND Vessel Directory 2017 is set to be launched at Seawork International in June.

  • TKI Wind Compares OW Subsidy Schemes and Tax Regimes

    21 September 2015

    The TKI Wind op Zee has released a report which identifies the differences in subsidy schemes and tax regimes for offshore wind in France, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. The design of the subsidy and tax schemes determines the attractiveness for investors as it can change the risk profile and, therefore the cost […]

  • MAKE: European Offshore Wind Heading toward 2016 Cliff

    22 December 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    As the offshore wind industry is making important progress to reduce cost of energy in support of an outlook for global average annual growth of 22% to 2023, the European near term outlook shows a sharp decline of more than 60% in grid connected offshore wind capacity in 2016 compared to 2015, as the UK […]

  • India: Tamil Nadu Plans 200MW of Offshore Wind Energy

    6 February 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    At a recently held Renewable Energy to Tamil Nadu (RE2TN) seminar, Sudeep Jain, chairman and managing director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), has confirmed this Indian state’s efforts to develop offshore wind energy.  Since Tamil Nadu is planning to install 200 MW of offshore wind power by 2023, Jain said that Indian Government’s timely completion of a […]

  • ‘WIND’ Drops By Port of Oostende on Its Way to Belwind OWF

    29 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    This morning, the jack-up vessel WIND arrived at the Port of Oostende for the first time, where it will pick up parts for the Belwind offshore wind farm. The vessel is carrying out maintenance work on Belwind. The Belwind offshore wind farm comprises fifty five Vestas’ V90-3.0MW (MHI Vestas Offshore Wind). Both Parkwind, the owner of the wind farm, and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have […]

  • BSH Confirms: Offshore Wind Farms Benefit Marine Life

    31 October 2013
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has presented a study, according to which wind farms can benefit biodiversity. The data have been collected from the demonstration offshore wind farm Alpha Ventus. The foundations of the wind turbines have become “artificial reefs” at which shells, starfish, sea anemones, sea lilies, and various fish settled, the […]

  • NDRC Publishes China Wind Energy Development Roadmap to 2050

    21 October 2011

      China Wind Energy Development Roadmap to 2050 was first published on Wednesday and China’s wind power generating capacity could reach one terawatt (1TW) by 2050. The capacity would provide as much as 17 percent of China’s electricity output by 2050. It was estimated mat cost of wind powered electricity will be below mat of […]

  • SgurrEnergy Requires Wind Energy Intern for Its Hamburg Office

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    SgurrEnergy is seeking to recruit a suitable candidate to join its wind energy team based in Hamburg, Germany as a temporary intern. The company is offering an internship in the onshore and offshore wind energy industry for 3-6 months, with the opportunity for a permanent job, subject to performance and company requirements. The job position […]

  • Denmark: Continuous Hectic Activity in Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    10 June 2013

    Even though the last wind turbine has been installed at the Anholt offshore wind farm, there is still hectic activity completing the commissioning and performing the one-year service on the wind turbines. A total of approximately 250 people work in the offshore wind farm on a daily basis, and the hotel vessel, Wind Perfection, is […]

  • Offshore Wind Crucial for EU 2020 Energy-Generation Targets

    4 June 2012

    Offshore wind power rapidly hits the global energy scene and as a rising sector indicates growth similar to that onshore wind has over the past twenty years, says the Windpower Monthly Magazine. First of all, Northern Europe is likely to hold its position as the cradle of offshore wind power, mostly because Denmark, Germany and […]