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  • The Conversation: The Public Health Benefits of Adding Offshore Wind to the Grid

    27 June 2018
    R&D

    New plans to build two commercial offshore wind farms near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts have sparked a lot of discussion about the vast potential of this previously untapped source of electricity.

  • JECS Offshore Shows What It’s Got at Gode Wind

    25 June 2015

    Some of the access equipment set up at the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms has recently deemed not fit for purpose by the Health & Safety team at DONG Energy, after which the developer contacted JECS Offshore with a request for scaffolding materials and two teams of scaffolders to work in shifts so that they […]

  • OWC, WavEC Form Floating Offshore Wind Pact in Portugal

    20 July 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    The Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has entered into a partnership with Portugal-based WavEC to jointly offer services to the Portuguese offshore wind market. The partners said that this collaboration pools OWC’s global capabilities and track record in more than 50 floating wind projects with WavEC’s market presence, offshore site testing resources and expertise in environmental […]

  • Vestas Announces Layoffs as Offshore and Onshore Wind Organisations Integrate

    14 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas plans to lay off around 220 people in the process of integrating its offshore and onshore wind organisations. Vestas has recently acquired MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, and following the closing of the agreement with MHI, the company has begun the integration of Vestas and MHI Vestas into one organisation that […]

  • Vestas Installs Mould for World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades

    10 February 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has installed the mould for the 115.5-metre turbine blades to be installed on the V236-15 MW prototype offshore wind turbine later this year. The mould was installed at the company’s blades factory in Nakskov, Denmark. Vestas plans to install the prototype turbine at the Østerild National test centre for large […]

  • Five European Offshore Wind Foundation Manufacturers Form Alliance

    30 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    Bladt Industries, EEW Special Pipe Constructions, Sif Netherlands, Smulders Projects Belgium, and Steelwind Nordenham have formed an Offshore Wind Foundations Alliance (OWFA). The Alliance is already active in Brussels and has started to share its expertise with EU policymakers as part of the European strategy for offshore renewable energy and other related policy areas. OWFA […]

  • BARD Offshore 1: Milestone for German Offshore Wind Industry

    12 March 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    A full nine months before its final completion, BARD Offshore 1 is already by far the largest and most powerful German wind farm on the high seas. The 40th of a total of 80 turbines belonging to the 5-megawatt-class and located around 100 kilometres off the island coast of Borkum has now been connected to […]

  • Denmark Schedules Wind Turbine Test Centers Expansion Talks

    27 March 2018
    Authorities, R&D

    The Danish parliament will discuss the expansion of the Høvsøre and Østerild wind turbine test centers on 5 April, according to DTU Wind Energy.

  • UK: People to Vote for Pro-Wind Politicians, Poll Says

    2 May 2013

    New independent research published today reveals that people are less likely to vote for political parties that oppose wind farm developments. The polling, undertaken by ComRes, asked about voting intention for both tomorrow’s local elections and the next General Election in May 2015. The results show that, in a General Election, 31% of voters are […]

  • Mingyang to Enter UK Offshore Wind Market, Partners with Opergy

    14 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Opergy Group and China-headquartered Mingyang Smart Energy Group have formed a strategic partnership to support the entry of Mingyang into the UK offshore wind market. The partnership aims to accelerate the development of UK offshore wind projects, with Mingyang already one of China’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, as well as supporting the development of […]

  • Watch: Building World’s Tallest Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

    16 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch heavy lift and transportation specialist Mammoet has shared a video describing the company’s involvement in the construction of Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation. The 11-turbine Hywind Tampen is also the first wind farm in the world that is supplying electricity to oil and gas platforms. The 88 […]

  • Global Wind Service and BMS to Install GE’s Haliade Prototype

    16 March 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    GE has chosen Global Wind Service (GWS) and BMS Heavy Cranes to install its 6MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine prototype at the National Test Center for Large Wind Turbines in Osterild, Denmark. “GWS has been awarded the Installation contract for our Osterild project based on the good experience we had with this company at the Belwind project […]

  • CGN Launches Construction of Two New Offshore Wind Farms

    10 January 2019

    China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has announced the start of construction of two offshore wind farms off the eastern coast of the Guangdong Province that will have a total installed capacity of 900MW.  In December 2018, CGN started building a control centre for the 500MW Houhu and 400MW Huizhou offshore wind farms. The Houhu project will be built […]

  • Two Polish Offshore Wind Projects Secure Environmental Nod

    28 January 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s PGE Group has received environmental permits for the construction of the Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection issued a decision on environmental conditions for the two projects on 24 January, which now allows PGE Group to start working on the technical […]

  • TEPCO Floats 370MW Choshi Offshore Wind Farm Plan

    5 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s power company Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) has revealed plans to build a 370MW wind farm offshore Choshi City in the Chiba prefecture. The wind farm would be built on an area of some 39km2 some 1.2 kilometres offshore, with water depths ranging between 8 and 30 metres. The wind turbines would […]

  • Vattenfall Sets Aside EUR 5.5 Billion for Wind Development

    30 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Swedish utility Vattenfall plans to invest EUR 5.5 billion in on- and offshore wind energy development by 2020, the company’s Head of Business Area Wind Gunnar Groebler was quoted by German media as saying. The amount is equal to what the state-owned power company invested in wind power development in the past ten years. Vattenfall expects this investment […]

  • 1.5 GW Swedish Offshore Wind Farm Homeports in Ystad

    16 June 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 and Ingka Investments have signed a Letter of Intent with Ystad Port to build an operations and maintenance base that will serve the Triton offshore wind farm in Sweden. Under the agreement, the parties will investigate the possibilities of constructing offices and storage buildings as well as access to the quay and equipment in […]

  • Ørsted and South Korean City Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    22 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea, to cooperate on developing a regional offshore wind sector. The aim of the agreement is to establish a local wind power industry driven by Ørsted’s 1.6 GW offshore wind project off the coast of Incheon, the developer said. Through this collaboration, Incheon […]

  • Offshore Wind Is Coming, Scottish Ports Should Prepare – Report

    2 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Scotland should prioritise a significant expansion of its marshalling/assembly port capacity to tap into the potential created by the development of offshore wind in the years to come, according to a report launched by Crown Estate Scotland. The report, titled Ports for offshore wind: A review of the net-zero opportunity for ports in Scotland comes […]

  • Taiwan Bureau of Energy to Initiate Offshore Wind Demonstration Program

    28 June 2013
    Authorities, R&D

    Bureau of Energy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) reports that the previous target, as set out in the Renewable Energy Development Act 2009, was 6,500MW of newly installed capacity from renewable energy sources over next 20 years, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), led by growing public preference over the renewable energy, determines to accelerate […]

  • wpd and Schrammgroup found Offshore Wind Farm Service (Germany)

    1 June 2010

    Today, Monday, 31st May 2010, the All for Offshore GmbH sets in as the first service provider for wind energy projects at the main offering from one single source all services from logistic planning through to transport to maintenance and repair of the turbines. The company is a co-operation between the Schrammgroup and wpd offshore […]

  • UK: Construction Begins on Rampion Wind Farm Weather Mast

    3 April 2012

    As reported by the Argus, E.ON, one of the UK’s top companies in the field of production and supply of energy, plans to launch on Monday activities on installing a mast on the site of the Rampion Wind Farm. The purpose of the 110-metre mast is to measure wave heights, sea currents, wind speeds and […]

  • Penglai Offshore Wind Pilot Project to Power Chinese Oilfield

    7 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    ConocoPhillips China (COPC) and CNOOC have announced the commencement of the Penglai offshore wind farm pilot project in China. The project’s clean energy will supply power to the Penglai oilfield, China’s largest offshore oil and gas production base under the production sharing contract, located in Bohai Bay, northeast China. Featuring four wind turbines with a […]

  • China’s First 8 MW Wind Turbine Stands Offshore

    28 April 2020
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    China’s first 8 MW wind turbine has been installed at the Xinghua Bay Project Phase II off Fujian, the wind turbine maker Goldwind said. The GW175-8.0 unit was installed at the site on Tuesday, 28 April. According to Goldwind, it is the latest generation of large-capacity offshore wind turbines with full independent intellectual property, which […]

  • New York Offshore Wind Alliance Names New Director

    7 August 2017

    Joe Martens, the former commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is joining the New York Offshore Wind Alliance as its new director.

  • UK Crown Estate Looking to Add More Offshore Wind

    7 November 2017
    Authorities

    Same as Crown Estate Scotland, the Crown Estate responsible for managing the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland announced today (7 November) it will consider new leasing for offshore wind projects.