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  • Crowley, Morgan Stanley Form US Offshore Wind Pact

    24 August 2023
    Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    Crowley and Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), have formed a new joint venture to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States. The joint venture will combine Crowley’s end-to-end maritime and logistics capabilities through the newly created Crowley Wind Services Holdings and the financial knowledge of MSIP. MSIP […]

  • Global Installed Wind Power Grew by 42% YoY in 2014

    30 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    According to a new report from BTM Consult, a part of Navigant Research, worldwide wind power installations grew by 42 percent year-over-year in 2014.Growth in China, Germany, and the United States led to a record year for wind installations. The new report covers developments in the wind energy sector during 2014, including an analysis of the important changes […]

  • NEDO Launches Japan’s First Offshore Wind Map Demo

    31 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) has released a demo version of the first-ever offshore wind map to chart areas suitable for the development of wind farms in waters off Japan. According to NEDO, the goal of the offshore wind map project is to provide developers with a one-stop-shop for all the information necessary for […]

  • Cable Team Returning to France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    10 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus TravOcean (LDTVO) plans to start the second inter-array cable installation campaign at the Saint-Nazaire offshore France in mid-March. Back in September 2018, a consortium of LDTVO and Prysmian officially secured a contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the France offshore wind farm. Under the agreement, Prysmian is responsible for […]

  • Man Severely Injured in Accident at Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm

    8 July 2014

    Yesterday morning (July 7), sea rescuers from List medevaced a severely injured worker from the heavy lift vessel Svanen, working at the Butendiek offshore wind farm.   Using the PIDDER LÜNG lifeboat, owned by the German Society for Sea Rescue (DGzRS),  they brought him to the List harbour for further transport to a hospital. The […]

  • Seajacks to Install Foundations and Wind Turbines for Meerwind Project in Germany

    29 June 2011

    Seajacks UK Limited (Seajacks) announced it has entered into a contract with WindMW GmbH (WindMW) for the installation of foundations and turbines for the Meerwind Project, which will be located off the coast of Germany in the North Sea near the island Helgoland. Seajacks will be providing services as the main installation contractor and will […]

  • Rix and Boston Energy Form Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    JR Rix & Sons Ltd and Boston Energy have formed a joint venture, BostonRix Wind Ltd, to offer a set of integrated services to offshore wind developers and OEMs. JR Rix & Sons Ltd is the parent company of the Humber-based wind farm support vessel owner and operator Rix Sea Shuttle, and the East Yorkshire-headquartered Boston Energy is a provider […]

  • UK Back in Offshore Wind Driving Seat, Says KPMG

    25 April 2014

    Commenting on the UK government’s announcement that it has approved five offshore wind farm projects, Adrian Scholtz, head of renewables at KPMG said: “The government’s announcement to approve five offshore wind farms puts the UK back in the driving seat, ahead of Germany and France. The industry must now seize the opportunity to invest in […]

  • Ørsted Posts Several Offshore Wind Job Vacancies in US

    8 September 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Ørsted has posted almost 30 job vacancies for its operations in the US, including several positions related to offshore wind. The positions in offshore wind operations span across a range of fields, from commercial project management, contract management, offshore cable installation and geoscience construction management, to electrical and grid connection engineering. Furthermore, some of the […]

  • UK: P&O Ferries Converts Freighter to Head into Wind

    15 May 2012

    P&O Ferries, the UK’s leading ferry operator, has made its first major investment in the energy market by converting one of its large ro-ro ships to act as an accommodation vessel for technicians working at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The 23,000 tonne European Seaway has commenced a three month charter with […]

  • US East Coast Offshore Wind Commitments Top 8GW

    5 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    The US East Coast states have committed to developing over 8GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030.

  • Maine Passes Bill to Jumpstart State’s Offshore Wind Industry

    27 July 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind

    The Maine Legislature has passed a bill that would call for the state to procure 3 GW of offshore wind by 2040, which is now expected to be signed into law by Governor Janet Mills. The bill calls for Maine to procure 3 GW of offshore wind power generation by 2040, enough to power 900,000 […]

  • South Fork to Feature 11 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

    7 June 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource have decided to reduce the number of wind turbines at the South Fork offshore wind farm from 15 to 12. The 130 MW project, which was planned to comprise up to 15 wind turbines with a capacity of between 6 MW and 12 MW, will now most likely opt for 11 MW […]

  • UK: SMart Wind Launches Phase 3 of Consultation for Hornsea

    1 August 2012
    Grid Connection

    The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, today announces the launch of its Phase 3 consultation set to take place from 1st August 2012 to 12th September 2012. The consultation relates to the first offshore wind farm project within the Hornsea Round 3 Zone and its associated offshore […]

  • BW Ideol Joins Floating Wind Projects in Italy and Taiwan

    19 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Floating wind specialist BW Ideol has joined two commercial-scale floating wind projects in Taiwan and in Italy. In July, BW Ideol signed a design and engineering services contract with an undisclosed leading party for a commercial-scale floating wind farm in Taiwan. And in August, the company signed Heads of Terms with an undisclosed party for […]

  • UK EIC and World Forum Offshore Wind Sign MoU

    19 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK Energy Industries Council (EIC) and the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind. Under the MoU signed in Aberdeen, the two parties agreed to cooperate on offshore wind supply chain project activities. “We work extensively with supply chain companies and especially those diversifying from oil […]

  • Cromarty Selected as Home Port for Two Offshore Wind Projects

    10 July 2014

    The Port of Cromarty Firth has announced that its deepwater engineering port facility at Invergordon Service Base has been chosen to fulfil the next phase of one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms. On Wednesday 9th July, the Chinese heavy lift vessel, the Xia Zhi Yuan 6 arrived into Port from Cartagena, Spain, carrying […]

  • Latest Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Comes with a Bag of Tricks

    30 July 2020
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The 759 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm will include five technology demonstrations that could be implemented at full-scale in the future, CrossWind, the consortium developing the wind farm, said. These include a floating solar park, short-term battery storage, wind turbines that are optimally tuned to the network to minimise the negative ‘wake’-effects that […]

  • EWE places order for German offshore wind farm with Siemens

    7 April 2010

    Siemens Energy has been contracted by EWE AG and ENOVA GmbH & Co KG to supply 30 wind turbines for the Riffgat wind farm in the North Sea. With a total installed capacity of 108 megawatts (MW) the wind farm will supply approximately 100,000 German households with ecofriendly electricity starting in late 2012. Siemens has […]

  • Bloomberg: Shell Applies for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Lease Sale

    23 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Oil & gas giant Shell has filed the required documents to qualify for bidding at an upcoming offshore wind lease sale in Massachusetts, due to take place this fall, according to Bloomberg Environment. 

  • Three Turbines to Go at Italy’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    14 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Seven wind turbines have been installed at the Beleolico offshore wind farm in Italy, with three more to go to full array. The turbines are being installed by Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution, which put the first 3 MW unit in place in February and installed four MingYang wind turbines by mid-March. Located in Italy’s […]

  • Maersk Wind Turbine Installation Vessel to Feature NOV’s Equipment

    9 May 2022
    Vessels

    Texas-based NOV has received contracts from Sembcorp Marine Ltd to supply equipment for the offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) the company is building for Maersk Supply Service. The order will see NOV-BLM supply the rack and pinion jacking systems and the load transfer system while NOV Heavy Lift will deliver the GustoMSC-designed heavy lift […]

  • Energi Coast Sets Up Offshore Wind Innovation Group

    22 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Technology

    North East England’s offshore wind cluster Energi Coast is launching a new Innovation Group which aims to develop long-term solutions to meet the requirements for new technology in offshore wind. The purpose of the group is to progress major innovation opportunities for the region’s offshore wind industry in areas such as operations and maintenance and energy […]

  • Consultants Needed to Gauge Wind and Wave Potential Offshore Turkey

    17 August 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is looking for a consultant to identify and map out Turkey’s offshore wind and wave energy potential. The selected consultant will also conduct a market assessment regarding offshore wind technology and review challenges, risks and opportunities in construction and operation phases of offshore wind farms; as well […]

  • Marco Polo Marine Enters Japanese Offshore Wind Market

    6 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with K Line Wind Service (KWS) to explore suitable vessel opportunities in the Japanese offshore wind market. Through the new entity, both parties aim to own and operate suitable offshore support vessels targeting customers in the offshore wind sector. The agreement marks Marco Polo […]

  • UK Prime Minister Pledges Offshore Wind Target Increase

    14 November 2019
    Authorities

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to increase the UK’s 2030 offshore wind target from the current 30GW to 40GW if his Conservative party wins the general election. UK’s current target to have 30GW of connected offshore wind capacity by 2030 was set with the launch of a new joint government-industry Offshore Wind Sector […]