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  • TotalEnergies Has Multi-Gigawatt Offshore Wind Plans in Denmark

    5 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies, the France-headquartered oil & gas and energy major, has multi-gigawatt offshore wind plans in Denmark. There, the company is eyeing the development of a minimum of 1.3 GW and a maximum of some 5.8 GW of offshore wind through two projects. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site […]

  • Norway to Get Floating Wind Foundation Production and Assembly Facility

    17 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    Norwegian company WindWorks Jelsa, established in 2020, and Swiss construction company Implenia have signed an investment and a shareholders’ agreement to develop a production and assembly facility for large concrete or steel structures for the floating wind industry on Norway’s west coast.  The aim for WindWorks Jelsa’s facility, planned to be built at Jelsa in […]

  • US: NREL Outlines New Strategic Vision for Floating Wind

    19 August 2020
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has recently published a study on floating wind, unveiling a new strategic vision for the sector. NREL researchers have identified barriers that must be overcome to bring down the overall cost of energy produced, and then outlined a vision for an integrated systems approach with […]

  • Permitting Milestones for Finnish Offshore Wind Project’s Demo Phase

    21 December 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The demonstration phase of the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm extension project, being developed by Suomen Hyötytuuli in Finland, has been granted water and building permits. Tahkoluoto extension offshore wind farm will be located 4-22 kilometres off the coast of Pori, in Western Finland. In the demonstration project phase, two wind turbines will be built to […]

  • Offshore Wind Industry Council Launches Online Educational Modules

    13 April 2022
    Industry, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a series of online modules to support those new to the offshore wind industry by covering topics from project inception to decommissioning. The publicly available online modules explain how offshore wind farms are planned, the consenting processes involved in building and operating them, and the role offshore […]

  • First Foundation Stands at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    26 July 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of the 277 wind turbine foundations has started on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm which is being developed 130 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, the UK. The campaign to install turbine foundations at what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm has commenced in recent days, with the installation of the […]

  • UK: Norstec Hails Visibility on Strike Price for Offshore Wind

    28 June 2013

    Norstec, offshore renewables industry alliance for Europe’s northern seas, has welcomed visibility on strike price for offshore wind and Government’s call for industry to “get on with it”. The next step will be for Government to publish wider detail around contracts when it publishes its Draft Delivery Plan in July 2013. This enabling framework is […]

  • Taylor Hopkinson to Support Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Commissioning

    8 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Taylor Hopkinson has been awarded a contract to supply freelance on-site commissioning services at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France. The company will supply electrical safety personnel throughout the commissioning phase including, but not limited to, SAPs, Control Engineers, SCADA Supervisors and WTG Commissioning Supervisors. The works will commence next month and will run […]

  • Belgium: Colruyt Seeks Co-Investors for Offshore Wind Projects

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Colruyt Group is seeking co-investors for several offshore wind projects. The company aims to reduce financial burdens of the investments, reported De Standaard. Colruyt currently owns two offshore wind farms, Belwind and Northwind. Northwind NV, formerly known as the Eldepasco, requires 760 million euros for which the European Investment Bank is evaluating a loan of […]

  • Bladt to Showcase Its Wind Energy Achievements at EWEA 2014

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Bladt Industries has announced its participation in the EWEA conference and exhibition taking place from the 10th to the 13th of March 2014 in Barcelona. The company is deeply involved in the offshore wind energy development in Europe, but not only there. Bladt’s latest big achievement is the recently signed contract with the developers of […]

  • Environmental Surveys Start on Baltica 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    16 September 2022
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s PGE Baltica, a PGE Group company, has entered the stage of environmental surveys for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm located approximately 80 kilometres from the Polish Baltic coast. The research will be carried out by a consortium of the Gdynia Maritime University and MEWO S.A., which will also prepare an environmental report and […]

  • Danes Launch New Offshore Wind Environmental Assessment Approach

    24 September 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has decided that a Strategic Environmental Assessment must be completed prior to submission of final bids for the Thor offshore wind farm. In addition to this, comprehensive environmental assessments are still to be carried out prior to final bids. Later, the winner of the concession will have to carry out […]

  • Prototype DemoSATH Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Launches – Video

    20 July 2022
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    Saitec Offshore Technologies and RWE have loaded out and launched the prototype DemoSATH floating wind turbine at Punta Sollana quay in the Port of Bilbao, Spain. The DemoSATH unit was loaded onto the semisubmersible barge’s deck by means of Self-Propelled Modular Transporters. The barge was then ballasted down lower into the water until the DemoSATH […]

  • Scotland Gives Thumbs Up to Two Offshore Wind Farms

    19 March 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has announced the formal consent of two adjacent offshore wind farm applications in the outer Moray Firth. Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) and the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), together will be the world’s third largest offshore wind farm, with up to 326 wind turbines. The developments, sited off the […]

  • UK: Enventi Completes Analysis of Offshore Wind Cable Installation

    8 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Enventi announces the completion of its comprehensive investigation into power cable installation in the offshore wind industry which forms part of the company’s strategic move into the design of offshore wind farm infrastructure. Enventi’s General Manager, Scott Macknocher commented on the findings: “Until now, we have found it difficult to understand why power cable installation […]

  • Geophysical Campaign Completed for Canary Islands Floating Wind Farm

    13 May 2022
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Greenalia has completed the geophysical survey for its 50 MW Parque Eólico (PE) Gofio floating offshore wind project in Spain. The campaign was conducted off the coast of San Bartolomé de Tirajana in the Canary Islands, where Greenalia expects to install its first floating wind farm. The results of this campaign have confirmed the analysis […]

  • UK Arts Minister Immerses in Offshore Wind with ORE Catapult

    25 June 2018
    Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has welcomed UK Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Michael Ellis, at the Immersive Hybrid Reality (iHR) Offshore Wind Turbine.

  • Floating Wind Pushes France Up Renewables Attractiveness Ladder

    16 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    France has moved up two positions and is now the third most attractive destination globally for investment in renewable energy due in part to a new focus on floating offshore wind. This is according to the 53rd EY Renewable energy country attractiveness index (RECAI). As reported earlier, France intends to issue offshore wind tenders with a combined capacity of […]

  • CG Secures Contract for Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    9 September 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    After the realisation of the prestigious Belwind offshore wind farm project, CG attracts major contract for the German Butendiek project Butendiek is a 288 MW German offshore wind farm project. A total of 80 turbines of the 3.6 MW class will be installed in the German North Sea. The project developer of the Butendiek offshore […]

  • Ørsted Hires Taylor Hopkinson for German Offshore Wind Couple

    30 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded Taylor Hopkinson with a framework agreement to supply contract personnel for its Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind projects in Germany. Under the deal, Taylor Hopkinson will provide personnel across a broad range of roles within the allocated lots, from construction, engineering and O&M to project management and commissioning. […]

  • LM Wind Power Fights Blades’ Rainy Days (VIDEO)

    26 May 2016
    R&D

    Danish researchers have developed a new coating system which increases the performance of offshore wind turbine blades. Currently, new technologies are being tested under the European project Windtrust to overcome blade erosion caused by heavy rain in harsh offshore environment.  LM Wind Power developed a new polyurethane coating protection system, and said the system significantly increases the reliability of blade […]

  • LEEDCo to Design Offshore Wind Foundations Optimized for Fabrication in U.S.

    18 December 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) announced today that it is leading an international engineering team to design an offshore wind turbine foundation optimized for fabrication in the United States. The design will catalyze domestic manufacturing growth by removing barriers to entry faced by U.S.-based steel fabricators that want to supply foundations for the […]

  • Van Oord Reveals Two Major Offshore Wind Contracts

    13 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has disclosed that the company and its subsidiaries won two major and previously undisclosed offshore wind contracts in 2022. The first contract, provisional in its nature, was secured in December 2022 and pertains to ”the Hollandse Kust West” offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Van Oord did not reveal any additional details about […]

  • Danes Open Public Consultation on Aflandshage Offshore Wind Farm

    30 November 2021
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and Hvidovre Municipality have opened public consultation on the environmental impact report for the Aflandshage offshore wind farm, an up to 300 MW project being developed by HOFOR in the Øresund Strait, some ten kilometres from the southern tip of Amager. The DEA and Hvidovre Municipality have invited the public […]

  • Odfjell Drilling Acquiring Stake in Norwegian Floating Wind Developer

    27 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Odfjell Drilling is investing in Oceanwind AS with an aim to acquire a stake that would ensure a controlling position in the Norway-based floating wind company. According to the Norwegian offshore drilling contractor, the move will support it on a path to zero-emissions drilling through projects that would connect its rigs to floating wind farms. […]

  • Parkwind Consortium Submits Application for Norwegian Offshore Wind Project

    15 November 2023
    Authorities, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    The Ventyr Energy consortium has submitted the application to prequalify for the development of an offshore wind project in the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) area in the Norwegian North Sea. In addition, Ventyr unveiled that Ingka Investments is to join the consortium. The Ventyr Energy consortium was first established as a partnership […]