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  • WTO to Resolve USA vs China Wind Industry Dispute

    29 December 2010
    Authorities

    China is now the world’s largest wind power market, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. In the very near future, China will also… By Andrew Krulewitz (greentechmedia) [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, December 29, 2010

  • Germany: PCS Expands Its Portfolio of Products for Wind Energy

    23 March 2012

    PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH continues to expand its portfolio of products for wind energy In addition to the state of the art PCS Green Line Power Converters, PCS now offers a total drive train system solution including generator, transformer and converter. PCS will present examples from the Green Line Family of full power converters […]

  • Germany: Installation of Topside for Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Completed

    18 February 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore installation of the topside for Riffgat wind farm has been completed on Saturday, February 16th 2013. The topside, delivered on turnkey basis by Strukton Hollandia JointVenture, left the fabrication yard in Krimpen aan de IJssel one week ago. The topside has been lifted on board the SHL heavy lift vessel “Oleg Strashnov” early […]

  • Dropsafe and Van Dam Ink Deal for European Offshore Wind

    5 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dropsafe has signed a distribution deal with the Dutch fire and blast protection specialist Van Dam for dropped objects prevention solutions for the European offshore wind market. According to Dropsafe, the offshore wind sector is subject to significant dropped object risks, with personnel transferring from vessels and engineers and other staff routinely carrying out maintenance operations at […]

  • ESB Seeks Consultancy Services for Offshore Wind Electrical Infrastructure

    15 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has issued a tender for electrical consultancy services for the export transmission systems and cable array systems for future offshore wind projects. The services will be delivered for various projects which are at different stages of development, for future generation auctions in Ireland and UK, and for acquisition opportunities within […]

  • Spain: G11X Chief Engineer Named Wind Innovator 2012

    17 May 2012
    Technology

    Fermin Catalán, Chief Engineer for the Gamesa’s new G11X offshore turbine, a 5-MW platform, has been named the wind innovator 2012, Windpower Engineering news portal reports.  “My first experience with renewable energy came from my brothers who built a parabolic solar collector for fun,” says Mr Catalán. Mr Catalan explained that he spent most of […]

  • VIDEO: Siemens SWT-6.0 ‒ Leading the Way for Offshore Wind

    15 March 2013
    Technology

    Siemens developed the SWT-6.0 specifically for the demanding conditions in offshore locations. The first unit was installed in 2011 at the Høvsøre test site in Denmark with a 120 m rotor. It has now operated for well over a year, setting new production records during the testing. The second 6-MW-prototype with a 154 m rotor […]

  • OilMac Spring-Boards into Offshore Wind with New Logistics Hub

    6 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Oilfield Machinery Ltd (OilMac) has announced that it will set up an East Coast Centre for Energy Logistics (ECCEL) to support offshore wind farms in the North East UK. The centre will launch its new heavy lift division, OM Heavy Lift, into the offshore wind sector, according to the company.

  • Rotech Subsea Secures First Offshore Wind Contract in US

    3 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Aberdeen-based Rotech Subsea has secured a contract to provide inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services on America’s first offshore wind farm – the Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island. The contract, which is Rotech Subsea’s first in the US since its return to the sector, saw the subsea, trenching, and excavation specialist mobilise its […]

  • North Sea Wind Power Hub Consortium Hires Intertek

    5 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Total quality assurance provider Intertek has been commissioned by the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) programme to undertake a UK permitting and planning study. Consortium partners behind the NSWPH programme, TenneT Netherlands, TenneT Germany, Energinet, Gasunie, and Port of Rotterdam, have joined together to develop a large-scale European energy system for offshore wind in […]

  • GustoMSC Introduces Offshore Wind Jack-Up for U.S. Market

    19 October 2017
    Vessels

    GustoMSC has revealed a new Jones Act-compliant jack-up vessel design for the installation of wind turbines and foundations in the U.S. The SEA-3250-LT installation jack-up is capable of handling the latest generation of 8 to 9.5 MW turbines and foundations. 

  • Cable Laying Begins at Vietnam’s Binh Dai Wind Farm

    23 June 2021

    China-based Orient Cable has started the first subsea cable laying work at the Binh Dai offshore wind project in Vietnam. The scope of work includes pre-survey and post-survey, pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR), cable burial to a depth of 2.5 metres to 1.5 metres, inspection, and testing of the cable post burial. So far, the civil […]

  • Fishermen Argue Against New York Offshore Wind Lease

    10 February 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., is expected to deliver a ruling on a motion for a preliminary injunction against the lease sale of 127 square miles of ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York, for wind energy development.

  • The Crown Estate Starts Preparing New Floating Wind Lease

    24 March 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Crown Estate is commencing work to design and deliver a new leasing opportunity for early commercial-scale floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic Sea.   The leasing process will focus on projects of circa 300 MW in scale, which is up to three times larger than any rights previously awarded to floating wind in the UK. The Crown Estate will also explore how best to support pre-commercial,  smaller […]

  • Polish Utility Sets 6.5 GW Offshore Wind Target

    20 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Polish energy company PGE plans to develop 6.5 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea as part of the strategy to become climate neutral by 2050. As part of its transformation plan, PGE intends to build two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 2.5 GW by 2030. The utility said that […]

  • Pondera Consult and ENMARO Eye Wind Opportunities Offshore Poland

    6 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    The Netherlands’ Pondera Consult and ENMARO (Energy Market Observer sp. z o.o.) have signed an agreement to jointly source, define, and target potential offshore wind project opportunities in Poland, leveraging their combined products and services as a consortium. The agreement was signed in Świnoujście, Poland, during the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) Conference by Andrzej […]

  • Bird Conservation Groups File Lawsuit over Icebreaker Wind

    12 December 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Two US bird conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in a federal court over the proposed Icebreaker Wind offshore wind project in Lake Erie, Ohio. The Icebreaker offshore wind project will comprise six MHI Vestas turbines with a nameplate capacity rating of 3.45MW located some 10 miles offshore Cleveland. Construction could start by 2021, and once […]

  • MAKE: Political Turmoil Dents Global Wind Growth Outlook

    16 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A host of political events have had a negative impact on global wind power growth expectations through 2025, MAKE said in its Q4/2016 Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update. Anticipated cuts to wind power targets in China under the country’s upcoming Thirteenth Five-Year Plan headline the most impactful of recent decisions that reduce capacity over […]

  • Last TPs En Route to Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm

    17 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    On Wednesday, the last three transition pieces for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm left Smulders’ yard in Hoboken. Smulders and Sif have been in charge of the production of the 67 transition pieces for the project, developed by Statoil, which owns the wind farm together with Statkraft and Masdar. “These TP’s were the heaviest and largest ones produced by Smulders […]

  • Out with Financial Bid Criteria, in with Unrestrained Innovation in Offshore Wind

    15 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Environment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    A healthy market framework is necessary for offshore wind projects to be sustainable and future-proof, and changes to the tendering framework can help ensure that, Ireen Geerbex, Director Market Development the Netherlands at Vattenfall, said during this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ”We need quality and we need added value, […]

  • Thousands of Lobsters Settle at Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm

    4 December 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and the Whitby Lobster Hatchery have released 2,500 juvenile lobsters at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK in what the wind farm developer says is an industry-first project, through which more than 15,000 lobsters are planned to be released at Triton Knoll. The first batch of 2,500 juvenile lobsters was settled […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Opens Asia Pacific Offshore Wind Office

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    A spokesperson from Siemens Gamesa has confirmed to Offshore WIND that the company is launching an office for its offshore business segment in the Asia Pacific region, following social media posts reporting from an opening ceremony today, 5 December.

  • US DOE Funds Simulation Software for Floating Wind Turbines

    19 December 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated USD 771,000 for the development of simulation software for floating offshore wind turbines. The grant has been allocated to the University of Central Florida professor Tuhin Das, who will develop software that will model floating wind turbines and simulate effects such as waves crashing against the platform […]

  • Dutch House of Representatives Passes New Offshore Wind Bill

    22 February 2016
    Authorities

    On Thursday afternoon, a majority of the parties in the Dutch House of Representatives voted in favour of a new legislative proposal to speed up the offshore wind development, which was introduced by Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp.  The proposed Amendment to the Electricity Act 1998 (timely achievement of the Energy Agreement objectives), which would enter into […]

  • GCE NODE: Norway Needs Targeted Offshore Wind Policies

    15 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Global Center of Expertise (GCE) NODE has called on the Norwegian government to establish a national strategy with the right incentives to help kickstart the local offshore wind industry. According to Anne-Grete Ellingsen, CEO of GCE NODE, Norway needs to launch an industrial policy as other nations have comprehensive strategies to develop their business sector within […]

  • Ørsted Unveils Plans for Large Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    31 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has unveiled plans for the development of one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants, powered by offshore wind, which would be linked to industrial demand in the Netherlands and Belgium. The project, named SeaH2Land and planned to be built by 2030, would comprise a renewable hydrogen production facility of 1 GW connected directly […]