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  • TÜV SÜD Ensures Safe and Profitable Wind Energy (Belgium)

    26 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    The wind energy sector is on an upswing. Installed power worldwide, totalling 203,000 MW in 2010, will rise to 1,900,000 MW in 2020. TÜV SÜD supports manufacturers, engineering and construction companies and operators of wind turbines by providing comprehensive safety, reliability and profitability services. Visitors can inform themselves about these subjects at Europe’s wind energy […]

  • DONG Taps Lloyd’s Register for US Offshore Wind Projects

    18 May 2017
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Lloyd’s Register with a second contract to support offshore survey work on DONG’s two projects in the United States – the Bay State Wind and Ocean Wind.

  • US Approves First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project

    11 May 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo have announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project — the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. The Record of Decision (ROD) grants Vineyard Wind final federal approval to install 84 or fewer turbines […]

  • ESVAGT’s Vessels Towing Gode Wind’s Accommodation Module and Jacket

    17 June 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has hired the Esvagt Connector and Esvagt Don to tow a floating barge that carries both an accommodation module and jacket from the port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands to the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm site in the German sector of the North Sea. Work started on the 10th of June […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind, Aker Horizons to Complete Merger This Month

    15 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    The merger between Aker Offshore Wind (AOW) and Aker Horizons is expected to be completed after close of trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 17 June, which accordingly will be the last day of trading in the AOW shares on Euronext Growth Oslo, the company said in its latest trading update. As announced on […]

  • Photo of the Day: Turtle Visiting Walney Offshore Wind Farm

    17 September 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: A turtle visiting DONG Energy’s Walney Offshore Wind Farm. During a survey by CMACS, Bill Aspin took a photo of a leatherback turtle swimming near the Walney Offshore Wind Farm, located 14 km west of Walney Island off the coast of Cumbria, in the Irish Sea, England. The offshore wind farm consists of […]

  • Ørsted Taps TÜV NORD for German Offshore Wind Duo

    9 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has commissioned TÜV NORD to certify the submarine cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm, and the transformer station and the submarine cables for the Gode Wind 3 wind farm in the German North Sea. With 83 turbines and a total capacity of 900 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 will be the largest wind […]

  • USA: Navigant Research Releases New BTM Wind Report

    26 March 2013
    R&D

    Navigant Research announced today that it has released the annual BTM wind report International Wind Energy Development: World Market Update 2012. The 180+ page BTM wind report, World Market Update 2012, published by Navigant Research, is the eighteenth edition of this annual wind energy market report. The report includes more than 80 tables, charts and […]

  • BP and Tohoku Join Floating Wind Joint Industry Project

    13 July 2021
    R&D, Technology

    UK oil and gas major bp has joined the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) managed by the Carbon Trust. BP and the Japanese electric utility Tohoku Electric Power recently joined the programme alongside the 15 existing members: EDF Renouvelables, EnBW, Equinor, Kyuden Mirai Energy, Ocean Winds, Ørsted, Parkwind, RWE, ScottishPower Renewables, Shell, SSE Renewables, […]

  • Palfinger Receives Crane Order for German Offshore Wind Farms

    25 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger Marine has secured a large scale order of 151 cranes in total for Trianel windpark Borkum II, Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms located in the German part of the North Sea.

  • Eneco Gets Permit for Another Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    31 October 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, announced that it has granted a final permit for Q4 West offshore wind farm. The offshore wind farm will be located 26 kilometers off the coast and immediately behind wind farm Q4, for which Eneco obtained a license in 2009. There is still no […]

  • Offshore Wind is a Big Opportunity for Land-based Developers (USA)

    9 March 2011

    When Maryland issued its request for interest (RFI) for offshore wind leases off its coast last year, terrestrial-based wind developers, such as RES Americas, Iberdrola Renewables and NRG Energy, answered the state’s call alongside offshore-only wind developers, such as Fisherman’s Energy.   While the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is evaluating […]

  • Denmark Holds Leader Position in Installed Wind Energy Capacity

    31 August 2011

    In 2010 wind power accounted 5.3% of the EU’s electricity demand, but this amount varies wildly from country to country across the continent. Denmark, Europe’s wind energy leader, is of course at the top of the table – wind power covers over one quarter of the country’s electricity demand. But the country in second position […]

  • France Opens Public Consultation on Floating Wind Offshore Brittany

    21 July 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP) has launched a public consultation on future floating wind projects offshore southern Brittany. The country’s Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)) calls for 8.75 GW of offshore wind capacity to be put out to tender between 2020 and 2028, and for the development of up to […]

  • AWEA CEO Welcomes Salazar’s Offshore Wind Announcement (USA)

    3 February 2012

    Statement of Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) on announcement by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar regarding the development of offshore wind resources off of the mid-Atlantic states of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware:  “AWEA applauds Secretary Salazar and his staff at the Department of the Interior and the […]

  • Norway: StormGeo Assists Construction and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms

    29 March 2012

    Building and maintaining an offshore wind farm requires extremely accurate predictions of the weather windows available for each operation. Navigating a specially built vessel with a wind-sensitive load of turbine parts on its deck, jagging up the vessel to prepare for turbine installation, positioning and fastening turbine foundations, towers and rotors, and accessing turbines from […]

  • Offshore and Onshore Wind Power Needs Stable Policy (USA)

    19 September 2011
    Authorities

    With roughly 3,000 megawatts of wind farm generating capacity already in European offshore waters, and thousands more on the way, it’s clear that there is currently momentum in the wind power market. William Pentland of the Pace Energy and Climate Center has an article at Forbes.com, remarking on press accounts that General Electric, the largest […]

  • EEW Rolls Out First Ocean Wind 1 Monopile

    3 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile foundation has been completed at EEW American Offshore Structures‘ (EEW AOS) facility in Paulsboro, New Jersey, for the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind project. Ocean Wind 1 is the offshore wind project selected by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) through a solicitation held in 2019. The offshore wind farm […]

  • California Ports Forge Partnership to Advance Floating Offshore Wind

    19 December 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    The California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt have joined forces to advance floating offshore wind development off the California coast. Through this collaboration, they aim to develop critical port infrastructure for wind turbine assembly, with installations planned 20-30 miles offshore Humboldt County and Morro Bay. “This important agreement parlays […]

  • Tekmar’s Cable Protection for Gode Wind 3 Grid Connection

    23 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has secured a contract by cable manufacturer ZTT to supply its cable protection system (CPS) for the Gode Wind 3 high-voltage grid connection in Germany. The 16 km long submarine cable is scheduled for installation in 2023 and will connect the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to TenneT’s extra-high-voltage grid […]

  • New Report on Dominance of Monopile in Offshore Wind Foundation Industry

    26 August 2013

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Monopile Foundation: Dominance in Offshore Wind Foundation Industry” report to their offering. The global offshore wind power industry has grown rapidly in recent years. Countries looking to increase their dependency on wind energy are increasingly looking to offshore wind projects due to high capacity factors and […]

  • USA: Court Rules Against Stopping Cape Wind Development

    14 May 2012
    Authorities

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled against a bid by beachfront property owner to stop the Cape Wind development. Namely, Thomas Melone argued that the wind farm would ruin the view and decrease the value of his property. “The environmental and other concerns raised by Melone … were beyond the scope of the proceeding. Nothing […]

  • Ocean Winds to Apply for Consent for 1.6 GW Irish Project

    3 June 2022
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has opened public consultation for the development of its proposed Réalt na Mara wind farm offshore Ireland, for whose Maritime Area Consent (MAC) the developer plans to apply early next year. The first phase of the wind farm’s public consultation started in May and is […]

  • Ørsted to Build Zero-Emissions Offshore Wind Facility in Maryland

    7 October 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted plans to build a nearly USD 20 million emissions-free offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in west Ocean City, Maryland, USA. Located on Harbor Road, the facility will service Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind program and create up to 110 temporary and permanent jobs in the community, the developer said. Skipjack Wind 1 is a […]

  • USA: Galion Lidar to Assess Gulf of Mexico Wind Resources

    8 October 2013

    Cutting edge wind scanning device, Galion Lidar, has been deployed on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast to study the coastal wind resource in order to prospect for a potential offshore wind farm. SgurrEnergy’s flagship measurement device has begun a nine-month deployment by Baryonyx Corporation, a company in the preliminary […]

  • Frost & Sullivan: Wind Energy Market Set to Boom in Japan

    23 January 2013
    R&D

    The wind energy industry, one of the key growth engines amongst renewable energy technologies slipped into a slowdown in 2012 plagued by Europe’s and other developed countries’ economic woes, its first since witnessing double digit growth rate y-o-y since 2009. Amidst this, the wind energy industry is likely to regain its lost sheen back in […]