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  • Scottish Renewables: Offshore Wind Delay Could Cost Billions

    16 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Scottish Renewables has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the delay to the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round and keep the process on track before the Parliament election period starts on 25 March. The government recently halted ScotWind leasing, which was already 14 months late, after the Crown Estate’s offshore wind leasing auction for sites […]

  • O&M Cost Strategies to Be Revealed to Europe’s Wind Industry

    21 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    More than 200 senior level wind industry executives – already comprised of operators, OEMs, ISPs and technology specialists – have begun to engage with one another in preparation for their arrival at the 6th International Onshore and Offshore Wind O&M Forum (27-28 January 2014). Delegates are geared up to gain exclusive insight into the very […]

  • Japan Works on Transmission Grids to Increase Wind Energy Capacity

    12 February 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Japanese Government has announced that it will start a transmission grid project in April, which will boost the country’s current wind energy capacity by approximately 600%, Oilprice.com news site informs. The project will be carried out over 10 years, throughout which the necessary funds will be provided to build transmission grids. The companies that will […]

  • GICON Is Present at First Permanent Offshore Wind Exhibition in Germany

    7 May 2013

    On 24 April 2013, as part of the Future Technologies Conference “Wind & Maritim 2013”, the Offshore Infocenter Rostock (OIR) was officially inaugurated.  GICON is supporting the exhibition with the permanent loan of a model of the GICON Floating Offshore Foundation (GICON – SOF) for offshore wind turbines, currently in development by GICON and which […]

  • Photo Gallery: Umoe Mandal’s New Offshore Wind Vessel

    18 June 2015
    Vessels

    Yesterday, the Carbon Trust hosted the first UK demonstration of the Wave Craft vessel Umoe Ventus at Seawork International 2015 in Southampton. The new vessel, developed by Umoe Mandal with support from the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), is a surface effect ship (SES), using an air cushion to lift 80 percent of the vessel and ensuring that only a small part […]

  • VIDEO: Scotland Sets Stage for Huge Offshore Wind Market

    31 January 2013
    Authorities

    At the Scottish Renewables-Scottish Enterprise Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond revealed the new target to cut carbon emissions from electricity generation by more than four-fifths by 2030, underlining the huge market for offshore wind beyond 2020. The Scottish Government posted a video from the conference, where Scottish Renewables […]

  • Spreading Offshore Wind Power Risk Across Contracts (UK)

    4 October 2011

      The sheer number of logistical interfaces makes the task of offshore wind project management inherently riskier than for onshore wind. By David Craik (windenergyupdate) [mappress] Source: windenergyupdate, October 04, 2011

  • Investment in Wind Power to Reach USD 820 Billion (USA)

    15 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Cumulative investment in new wind power capacity will cost a total $820 billion between 2011 and 2017 as wind… By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku (thisdaylive) [mappress] Source: thisdaylive, November 15, 2011

  • Japan’s INPEX Buys Stakes in Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    7 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    INPEX Corporation has agreed to enter a stock transfer agreement with Diamond Generating Europe B.V. (DGE-NL), a Dutch-registered, wholly-owned second generation subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, and acquire a 50 per cent stake in the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm and a 15 per cent stake in the Borssele III/IV offshore wind farm operating off the coast […]

  • Scotland’s North Ports Wiped Off Offshore Wind Map

    6 August 2013
    Authorities

    The Conservative- Liberal Democrat UK Government has been left embarrassed after suggesting that there are no ports in the North of Scotland, according to the news on SNP’s website. The Press and Journal reported on August 3 that a map included in the new offshore wind strategy – published last week – failed to include […]

  • USA: IBM Introduces New Wind and Solar Forecasting System

    12 August 2013
    Technology

    IBM today announced an advanced power and weather modeling technology that will help utilities increase the reliability of renewable energy resources. The solution combines weather prediction and analytics to accurately forecast the availability of wind power and solar energy. This will enable utilities to integrate more renewable energy into the power grid, helping to reduce […]

  • First offshore wind power plant in Japan starts operation

    23 July 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Wind Power Kamisu in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture started operating from July as the first offshore wind power plant in Japan. Plant… (shimbun) [mappress] Source: shimbun, July 23, 2010;

  • MEP Fiona Hall defends offshore wind power (UK)

    16 September 2010
    Authorities

    A NORTH East MEP has launched a passionate defence of wind power. Fiona Hall said it was time to “dispel the myth that wind energy does not… (journallive) [mappress] Source: journallive, September 16, 2010;

  • USA: Sen. Kerry Supports Cape Wind with one condition

    28 April 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said today he would support Cape Wind, the controversial offshore wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound, but with   [mappress] Source: energytopic, April 27, 2010;

  • AG makes court appeal for Deepwater wind contract (USA)

    25 August 2010
    Authorities

    Deepwater Wind’s ambition to build a 20MW offshore wind farm off Block Island, Rhode Island has suffered a potential setback following the… (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, August 25, 2010;

  • Collared Monopile Debuts on RWE’s Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

    8 June 2022
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    For the first time ever in the renewables industry, special collars were installed around the monopile foundation at the seabed level on RWE’s Kaskasi wind farm offshore Germany. The ‘collared monopile’ is a design based on a RWE patent. The new technology is expected to provide additional support for lateral loading, increase the bearing capacity […]

  • Survey Underway at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    6 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    As previously announced, the Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited has begun the seabed Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site. The company will carry out a total of 110 CPTs with multi-purpose vessel Fugro Commander over the period of 26 days, starting 12th December 2013. With a capacity […]

  • Offshore WIND Updating Vessel Directory, 2018 Edition Upcoming

    6 April 2018
    Vessels

    The Offshore WIND team is currently preparing the 2018 version of the Offshore WIND Vessel Directory, the reference book for purpose built offshore wind vessels.

  • Duke Energy will not build wind turbines in Pamlico Sound (USA)

    20 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Duke Energy won’t build three wind turbines in Pamlico Sound as a pilot project with UNC Chapel Hill for offshore wind development in North… By John Downey (bizjournals) [mappress] Source: bizjournals, August 20, 2010;

  • AOWFL Seeks Local Content for Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm

    22 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (AOWFL), the company behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), has invited members of the regional business community to the second local supply chain event to be held at Chester Hotel, Aberdeen, on 9 September. Vattenfall, the sole owner of the wind farm, will provide a project update which will be […]

  • Xodus and Leidos Form Offshore Wind Pact in North America

    7 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Xodus Group and Leidos have joined forces in an alliance dedicated to the offshore wind industry in North America. The partnership is expected to leverage Leidos’ renewable capabilities with Xodus’ experience in European offshore wind projects, Xodus said. “Our alliance with Leidos brings owners and lenders a truly consolidated service in the development of offshore […]

  • BOEM: New York Offshore Wind Auction Still On Schedule

    12 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) is preparing to hold the auction of the wind energy lease area off the coast of New York on 15 December, as planned. Namely, the wind lease sale was said to be delayed last week following a complaint filed to the federal court by fishing groups. However, BOEM […]

  • Denmark and Germany Agree to Cooperate on Offshore Wind and Energy Hubs

    15 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    Denmark and Germany have entered into an agreement to strengthen their cooperation on offshore wind and innovative energy hubs. The agreement is the starting point for further cooperation to explore the design of possible joint projects, and in this context, cooperation on the energy hubs in the North and Baltic Seas will be discussed. Additionally, […]

  • Jan De Nul Continues Taiwan Offshore Wind Streak

    17 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Jan De Nul has secured the engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract (EPCI) for foundations and subsea cables at the Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Jan De Nul Group is responsible for the design, fabrication and installation of the jacket foundations, as well as for the design, supply and installation of subsea cables […]

  • Brodosplit Shipyard Could Dive Into Offshore Wind Sector (Croatia)

    2 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Tomislav Debeljak, Managing Director of DIV Ltd. and new owner of Brodosplit shipyard, revealed new and ambitious business plans on March 30, some of them involving offshore wind projects. Mr. Debeljak addressed his employees in a letter via social media, where he wrote: “I can already announce that next week we will negotiate on 5 […]

  • UK: Carbon Trust to Conduct Offshore Wind Cable Study

    12 November 2012
    Grid Connection, R&D

    Carbon Trust is planning to conduct the offshore wind cable study. A significant number of UK offshore wind farms have experienced difficulties associated with the installation and burial of intra-array cables. In 2011, the OWA commissioned a study to develop recommendations for optimised cable installation methodologies that could be applied to large wind farms such […]