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  • Finnish Companies Showcased Their Commitment to Wind Energy at EWEA 2012

    20 April 2012
    Authorities, Environment

    Europe’s premier wind energy event EWEA2012, organized by the European Wind energy association, takes place this week in Copenhagen, attracting thousands of visitors and presenting more than 500 exhibitors. Finnish companies show a great example on implementing the EWEA2012 highlights: working together, creating new technology and bringing down the costs. Finnish expertise, technology and problem […]

  • Giants Gathering Around Third French Offshore Wind Tender

    7 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    After Engie and EDP Renewable (EDPR) announced they are jointly taking part in the next stage of the third offshore wind call for tenders in France, the country will further see Iberdrola, EDF EN, and wpd participating in the new “competitive dialogue” tendering process.

  • North Sea Wind Power Hub Gets Royal Treatment

    7 March 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima have reviewed the concept and plans for the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) as part of the German-Dutch trade delegation meeting. At the meeting, held on 6 March in Bremerhaven, TenneT CEO Manon van Beek presented the vision and current plans for the hub based on an interactive virtual model. […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Joins North Falls Offshore Wind Team

    13 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    North Falls Offshore Wind has hired Royal HaskoningDHV to provide the leading Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services in support of the Development Consent Order application for the Greater Gabbard extension project. The up to 504 MW North Falls is one of the seven UK offshore wind farm extension projects that secured Agreements for Lease with […]

  • EUR 929 Million for Offshore Wind in UK Budget 2016

    16 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK Chancellor George Osborne today announced the Budget 2016, setting aside up to £730 million (approx. €929 million) for the support of offshore wind and other less established renewable technologies for projects generating electricity in 2021 to 2026. The Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction will back up to 4GW of offshore wind and other less established renewables technologies, with […]

  • German Politicians Sketch 20GW by 2030 Offshore Wind Plan

    8 October 2019
    Authorities

    German state and federal representatives have suggested that tenders should be launched by 2023 in order for Germany to reach its 20GW by 2030 offshore wind target. At a meeting held in Hannover, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection Olaf Lies said that “the lid has been lifted” on offshore wind and […]

  • Denmark doesn’t lag behind other countries in offshore wind

    27 May 2010
    Authorities

    There is nothing to suggest that Denmark lags behind other countries as an investment country for offshore wind turbines as Børsen wrote the19 May 2010. Within the last to three years we have commissioned or committed to new wind farms, which more than triples our electricity capacity at sea, Climate and Energy minister Lykke Friis […]

  • Mott MacDonald Backs Japan’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    13 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Mott MacDonald is acting as the lender’s technical advisor on the Akita project, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm.

  • ORE Catapult and Scotland Bankroll Offshore Wind Research Project

    24 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced a GBP 920,000 programme to advance offshore wind research in Scotland, based around its Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine.

  • Staten Island’s Waterfront Site to Become Offshore Wind Hub

    9 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Industry, Ports & Logistics

    New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has awarded a conditional designation as developer to NorthPoint Development with the goal to transform Rossville Municipal Site in Staten Island into an offshore wind port facility for manufacturing and assembling wind turbine components after development. The Rossville site is a 33-acre city-owned waterfront industrial property, one of […]

  • Offshore Wind to Power Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production in Sweden

    30 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall and St1 have signed a Letter of Intent to develop a fossil-free value chain for production of synthetic electro fuel from offshore wind, with the next step being conducting a feasibility study into bringing the project to life in 2029 and gradually growing towards the target of one million cubic meters. Within the partnership, […]

  • Construction Starts on US Offshore Wind Foundation Components Factory

    3 December 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource have started constructing a manufacturing facility for offshore wind foundation components at ProvPort in Rhode Island, United States. Once complete, the new facility will be used to support the construction of advanced foundation components integral to foundations for Ørsted and Eversource’s portfolio of offshore wind farms serving Rhode Island, […]

  • Japan: IDEOL and Hitachi Zosen to Build Floating Wind Foundations

    10 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    IDEOL, a fast-growing French start-up specialized in floating foundations for the offshore wind industry, and Hitachi Zosen (Hitz), a major Japanese industrial and engineering company, have signed an agreement for the design, engineering and construction of floating offshore wind turbines in Japan using IDEOL’s patented “Damping Pool” solution. “We are extremely pleased that one of […]

  • Offshore Wind Developers Building Custom Ships to Reduce Costs

    10 April 2012

    Construction of 20 new custom ships, some outfitted with movable legs that reach the seafloor, which is being carried out by offshore wind-power companies ranging from the Dong Energy A/S to RWE AG (RWE) is taking a very rapid pace, Bloomberg reports. The ships represent the final word of modern technology and they enable developers […]

  • Transocean and Eneti to Form Offshore Wind Foundation Installation Venture

    20 April 2023
    Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Vessels

    Eneti and the offshore drilling contractor, Transocean, have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding indicating their intention to form a joint venture company that will engage in offshore wind foundation installation activities. The move marks Transocean’s entry into the offshore wind market. Transocean has three hundred plus rig-years of experience operating a global fleet of […]

  • KONGSBERG, Ricardo Team Up to Develop Wind Farm Technology

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Ricardo and KONGSBERG today announced that they have signed a framework agreement that will see Ricardo support the development of the Kongsberg Wind Farm Management System (WFMS) as well as related condition monitoring systems for a range of other industrial sectors. The Kongsberg WFMS is a turbine independent decision support system. It surpasses the functionality […]

  • Humber LEP Welcomes UK Government’s Offshore Wind Strategy

    6 August 2013

    The Humber LEP welcomes the publication of the Government’s offshore wind strategy. The strategy formalises and brings together the key strands of sector for the industry to strengthen the UK position, where there is already more wind operation than the rest of the world combined. The Humber is well placed to create a large proportion of the 30,000 jobs linked […]

  • Shell and CoensHexicon to Build Floating Wind Farm in South Korea

    27 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Shell and CoensHexicon Co. Ltd have signed an agreement to develop, construct and operate a floating offshore wind farm in South Korea. According to CoensHexicon, initial project development started early this year for the wind farm which will be located circa 40km off the coast of Ulsan. The parties have already formed a project company […]

  • Friesland Province Makes Offshore Wind Farm Investment Official

    18 May 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch Province of Friesland and the developers of the 320MW Friesland offshore wind farm (Windpark Fryslân) project have signed a cooperation agreement which will allow the province to invest EUR 127 million in the project.

  • Western Newfoundland Eyes First Mover Advantage in Offshore Wind

    16 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Developers of the Bay St. George demonstration wind project off western Newfoundland, Canada, have met with the Mayors of Corner Brook, Burgeo, Deer Lake, Stephenville and Port Aux Basques to discuss the impact the offshore wind industry could have on the region.

  • EnBW Picks Inspection Team for German Offshore Wind Farms

    3 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has selected the winners of the framework contracts for periodic inspections and tests at the company’s four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender for technical inspection and testing services is divided into two lots and it covers the Baltic 1, Baltic 2, Hohe See, and Albatros offshore wind […]

  • Esvagt Dana Readying for Dutch, Belgian Offshore Wind Farms

    18 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    The Esvagt Dana Service Operation Vessel (SOV) is currently preparing for assignments at the Borssele III & IV and the Northwester offshore wind farms in the Netherlands and Belgium, respectively. This is according to SMST, which shared an update on the SOV via social media on 17 September. “In these wind farms more height is […]

  • UK: Air Service for London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    2 April 2012

    The velocity of the project implementation and a pretty tight schedule have prompted one of the major contractors of the London Array wind farm project to hire an air service provider for its workers, Yourcountry reports. “Everybody involved in the London Array project is working to very tight deadlines to bring phase 1 of this […]

  • Powerhouses Clash Offshore California in Bid to Build Wind Farms

    6 December 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding a live auction, starting on 6 December, for the rights to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in five areas off the California Coast. This is the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US Pacific coast and the first-ever through which the country is […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea

    8 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would see that these dots are actually wind […]

  • Malta Extends Pre-Qualification Period for Floating Wind Tender

    14 January 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Malta’s Ministry for Environment, Energy and Regeneration of the Grand Harbour (MEER) has extended the deadline for pre-qualification applications for the country’s first floating wind tender. Initially set to close on 28 March, the application period has now been prolonged until 6 June 2025. The government launched the public call seeking to pre-qualify potential developers […]