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  • USA: Maryland Senate Fails to Pass Offshore Wind Bill

    10 April 2012

    Executive Director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Mike Tidwell, released the statement regarding the Maryland Senate not voting for O’Malley’s offshore wind bill. “In the face of increasingly extreme weather linked to climate change and in light of new studies showing Maryland is outrageously vulnerable to sea-level rise, it is totally unacceptable that the […]

  • BOA Joins DEME on Moray East Offshore Wind Project

    16 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    BOA’s offshore construction vessel (OCV) BOA Sub C has secured a contract with DEME Offshore for work on the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. Under the contract, which began on 15 June, the vessel’s scope of work includes accommodation, walk-to-work with Ampelmann gangway system, grouting and ROV inspection and survey. According to BOA, there are […]

  • Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Project Nears Construction Start

    19 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge have held a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a consortium of EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge, is developing the Saint-Nazaire project some 12km off the coast of Loire-Atlantique. The 480MW wind farm will feature 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines manufactured in […]

  • Tekmar Notches CPS Order for German Offshore Wind Farm

    7 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for an undisclosed offshore wind farm in Germany. The UK-based cable protection specialist will supply the CPS ”for a remedial campaign on a major offshore wind farm located in the Sylt Offshore Cluster of the German North Sea.” The units will […]

  • Danes Consulting Potential Bidders on Upcoming Offshore Wind Tenders

    3 July 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has invited potential bidders and other market players to provide input and feedback on the upcoming tenders that could bring a minimum of 9 GW and potentially up to 14 GW of additional offshore wind capacity to the Danish grid by 2030. On 30 June, the DEA, in collaboration with […]

  • 15 ScotWind Areas Attract 74 Offshore Wind Applications

    22 July 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Crown Estate Scotland has received 74 applications from offshore wind developers looking to secure rights to build projects across the 15 areas of seabed available for development through the Scottish Government’s Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy. The Scottish seabed manager confirmed this on 21 July, together with the timeline for next steps, including […]

  • Norwegian Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Gets Financial Boost

    7 January 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Innovation Norway has granted financial support to the Deep Purple project, which is developing a green hydrogen production system powered by offshore wind, with the hydrogen being stored on the seabed. A consortium led by TechnipFMC is working on a pilot project that will see a green hydrogen offshore energy system being constructed and tested […]

  • Buss and IDEA Set Sights on French Offshore Wind Market

    25 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Hamburg-based Buss Offshore Solutions and the St. Nazaire-based logistics services provider IDEA Groupe have established a joint venture, Buss IDEA Offshore, to offer a wide range of logistics services for the French offshore market.

  • Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Training Center Gets GWO Accreditation

    15 August 2019
    Training & Education

    Taiwan’s first offshore wind energy training center has secured Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accreditation to deliver Basic Safety Training (BST) and Basic Technical Training (BTT). The center is developed by Taiwan International Windpower Training Corporation (TIWTC), a joint venture of CWind Taiwan, Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC), Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), China Steel Corporation (CSC), China Ship Building […]

  • Wind Turbine Foundation Plant Starts Production This Month (UK)

    2 June 2011

    A WIND turbine foundation plant, expected to create 400 jobs, will start production this month.   (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, June 02, 2011;

  • ScottishPower Renewables Continues East Anglia Offshore Wind Tour

    7 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    ScottishPower Renewables is holding public information days in March regarding the development of the East Anglia Two and East Anglia One North offshore wind projects.

  • Fugro Lands US Offshore Wind Site Survey Deal

    20 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    The Netherlands-based Fugro has signed a letter of intent to optimise and perform a site characterisation programme for undisclosed offshore wind development on the US East Coast. The programme is focused on accelerating the construction and operations permitting process and represents Fugro’s latest work on the US East Coast. Fieldwork will being in the second […]

  • MMA Offshore Cracks Offshore Wind Market with Taiwan Contract

    17 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Australian marine services provider MMA Offshore has won a contract to support foundation installation for an offshore wind farm project off the coast of Taiwan. MMA Offshore said that the contract is with ”a top tier construction contractor”. The company will deploy its multi-purpose support vessel, the MMA Vigilant, to provide integrated subsea services to […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Taking Its Offshore Wind Case to Court

    25 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has rejected Fishermen’s Energy’s appeal on the BPU’s decision to deny the construction of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City. The company said that it will take the case to the court. “We are disappointed in this decision, but not surprised,” stated Paul […]

  • NIRIG to Hold Policy Workshop on Northern Ireland Wind Energy

    3 January 2013

    NIRIG will hold its third annual Policy Workshop “NI Wind Energy – the Scale of the Opportunity” on Thursday 31st January, 2013 in the Hilton Hotel, Belfast. The Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) is a collaboration between the Irish Wind Energy Association and RenewableUK. NIRIG represents the views of the Renewable Energy Industry in […]

  • California Offshore Wind Energy Area Reaches New Milestone

    12 January 2022
    Authorities, Environment

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the potential impacts from future commercial leasing and related site characterization and assessment activities within the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore California. The Humboldt WEA is approximately 206 square miles that, if developed, could bring up to 1.6 […]

  • Jersey Met’s Offshore Wind Project Gets Thumbs Up

    29 April 2013

    The Planning Applications Panel has given the go ahead to Jersey Met’s three-year offshore wind project. The Met Department wants to find out more about the wind around Jersey’s territorial waters to inform future planning for renewable energy. It applied for permission to put a mast and weather monitoring equipment on outlying rocks three kilometres […]

  • Construction Begins on Wind Farm off Lincolnshire Coast (UK)

    1 April 2011

    A WIND FARM that will more than double the number of turbines off the Skegness coast has entered its construction phase.   (skegnessstandard) [mappress] Source: skegnessstandard, April 01, 2011

  • Doug Selsam’s out of the box wind turbine ideas (USA)

    13 May 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Offshore looks like the next big expansion area for the wind industry. Conventional ideas extended to offshore tasks will mount turbines on… [mappress] Source: windpowerengineering, May 13, 2010;

  • Opponents of Cape Wind compare it with Gulf oil spill (USA)

    10 June 2010
    Authorities, Environment

    As opponents of a massive wind energy factory in Nantucket Sound watch the impact of energy giant BP’s oil blowout on the ocean and delicate… [mappress] Source: indiancountrytoday, June 10, 2010;

  • Wind Energy Industry Experts Identify UK Market Opportunities

    24 May 2011

    The United Kingdom’s offshore wind sector offers U.S. companies significant market opportunities to fill supply chain gaps in… (altenergymag) [mappress] Source: altenergymag, May 24, 2011;

  • US Wind Market to Peak in 2012, Says Vestas CEO

    9 November 2011

    The U.S. wind turbine market is likely to peak in 2012 and decline significantly in 2013 due to the expiry of tax credits, the head…  (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 09, 2011

  • Chinese Offshore Wind Delegation Explores East Anglia (UK)

    15 September 2011

    A high level delegation from the Chinese offshore wind industry sailed into Harwich for a masterclass on what has become known globally…   (businessweekly) [mappress] Source: businessweekly, September 15, 2011

  • Government Rejects Accusations of Stalling Offshore Wind Development (UK)

    14 September 2011
    Authorities

    The government has rejected accusations that its policies are stalling offshore wind development and that the UK could lose its lead in…   By Will Nichols (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, September 14, 2011

  • North Carolina Holds Great Potential in Offshore Wind (USA)

    16 December 2011

    The United States has no offshore wind projects in place, but experts are taking a very close look at North Carolina.   By Suzanne Ulbrich (jdnews) [mappress] Source: jdnews, December 16, 2011

  • NYPA hopes to put wind turbines in Lake Ontario (USA)

    20 July 2010
    Authorities

    Eight U.S states and two Canadian provinces are racing to be the first to tap into the vast wind energy present in the Great Lakes, a race… [mappress] Source: niagara-gazette, July 20, 2010;