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  • Agenda set for 2011 Wind & Ocean Energy Seminar (USA)

    25 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    The agenda is complete for CompositesWorld’s 2011 Wind & Ocean Energy Seminar, April 13-14 at the Wyndham Portland Airport Hotel in South…   (compositesworld) [mappress] Source: compositesworld, January 25, 2011

  • Great Yarmouth experiences boost from wind energy (UK)

    23 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Great Yarmouth is already experiencing the positive effects of a wind energy revolution likely to bring 7,000 jobs to the area.That was the… By Stephen Pullinger(eveningnews24) [mappress] Source: eveningnews24, August 23, 2010;

  • OWA Competition Looks to Make Offshore Wind Vessels Greener

    22 January 2019
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) plans to start a new industry competition next month with the aim of reducing emissions and fuel consumption in offshore wind vessels. OWA is now calling on the industry to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the scope of the competition. The RFI is the first […]

  • UK Universities Invited to Join Wind Blade Research Hub

    29 September 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is looking for a UK-based university with which to collaborate on accelerating offshore wind turbine blade research and development activities through the recently launched Wind Blade Research Hub. The collaboration would provide a combination of academic and industry skills and resources to better respond to industry’s needs, ORE Catapult said. Those […]

  • Kent Wins Substation Design Contract for RWE’s UK Offshore Wind Farm Extension Project

    9 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Kent, a global integrated energy services provider, has signed a new contract with Five Estuaries, being led by RWE, for a concept design study of an HVAC offshore substation platform for the offshore wind farm in the UK. Kent’s scope of work comprises conducting the offshore substation topside concept design and support structure foundation assessment […]

  • Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Nears Completion (UK)

    27 September 2011

    Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, being constructed between 10 and 13 miles north of Sheringham, is due to be completed… By Adam Lazzari (edp24) [mappress] Source: edp24, September 27, 2011

  • USA Installs 50% Less Wind Power Than 2009

    25 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    New wind installations for 2010 came in at about one-half of the capacity added in the previous year. This surprised no one, as the industry… By Bill Opalka (renewablesbiz) [mappress] Source: renewablesbiz, January 25, 2011

  • New Design Practices Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (UK)

    7 February 2011

    A joint industry project (JIP) led by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has looked at offshore monopile wind turbine structures to improve the… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, February 07, 2011

  • O’Malley’s Offshore Wind Plan Faces Another Hurdle (USA)

    23 January 2012
    Authorities

     Organized labor wants a guaranteed role in the offshore wind project Gov. Martin O’Malley is expected to propose — and the unions want… By Michael Dresser (baltimoresun) [mappress] Source: baltimoresun, January 23, 2012

  • Cape Wind Foes Appeal Aims on New Bedford (USA)

    18 February 2011

    Opponents of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm have appealed an air quality permit issued for the project by the U.S. Environmental…     By Patrick Cassidy (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, February 18, 2011

  • Entrion Wind Wins ScotWind Feasibility Deal for Its 100-Metre Depth Foundation Tech

    24 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Entrion Wind has been awarded a project to evaluate the feasibility of its patent-pending fully restrained platform (FRP) offshore wind foundation technology by a ScotWind developer. Under the agreement, Entrion will assess the technical and economic feasibility of the FRP foundation technology, extending the monopile and its established supply chain and favourable economics up to […]

  • BPU Hashing out Rules for Offshore Wind Subsidies (USA)

    20 October 2011
    Authorities

    As federal officials work to clear a permitting path for offshore wind farms, experts at the Board of Public Utilities are hashing out rules… By Eliot Caroom (nj) [mappress] Source: nj, October 20, 2011

  • China beats USA in offshore wind development outside Europe

    8 September 2010
    R&D

    As proposed American offshore wind-farm projects creep forward slowed by state legislative debates, due diligence and environmental impact… By Manuela Zoninsein (nytimes) [mappress] Source: nytimes, September 08, 2010;

  • John Muir Trust Questions Reliability of Wind Turbines (UK)

    12 April 2011
    Environment

    WALES’ burgeoning wind farms could be producing far less energy than supporters claim, a new report has suggested.   By Graham Henry (walesonline) [mappress] Source: walesonline, April 12, 2011

  • DONG bids to build $1.8 bln offshore wind farm

    8 April 2010
    Business & Finance

    Danish state-owned DONG Energy has bid to build one of the world’s biggest offshore wind parks, a 400-megawatt farm expected to cost 10… [mappress] Source: ibtimes, April 07, 2010;

  • Canada Expects 2011 to be Record Year in Wind-Capacity Installations

    27 September 2011

    Canada will likely install a record amount of wind-power capacity this year, led by Ontario where developers have benefited from… By Jeremy van Loon (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, September 27, 2011

  • JFSE Supports VBMS on Offshore Wind Cable Repair Projects

    5 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, is providing equipment and personnel to VBMS for several concurrent offshore wind projects.

  • SMC Secures Work at Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farms

    23 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to deliver marine coordination services at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan. SMC will deliver a turnkey marine coordination package for the construction of the two wind farms, including the provision of both marine coordination specialists and local Taiwanese personnel. The delivery of marine coordination […]

  • Chinese Jack-Up Starts First Offshore Wind Project

    15 March 2019
    Vessels

    Huadian Wenqiang, a self-elevating offshore wind platform, has set sail to Zhanjiang in China’s Guangdong Province to start its first construction project. In December 2017, Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments received the order to build the jack-up from Jiangsu Lande Offshore & Engineering. The vessel was delivered to the owner on 15 February. The platform is […]

  • Deepwater Wind Installs Buoy off Block Island (USA)

    5 April 2011

    With a demonstration wind farm proposed for three miles southeast of Block Island, island residents are curious about how a man-made turbine… By Dan West (block-island) [mappress] Source: block-island, April 05, 2011

  • New Bedford hopes to be the staging port for Cape Wind (USA)

    9 September 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    New Bedford hopes to be the staging port for Cape Wind’s 130 wind turbines, Mayor Scott W. Lang told Providence Business News on Tuesday.   By Kimberley Donoghue (pbn) [mappress] Source: pbn, September 08, 2010;

  • Gov. Chafee Supports RI Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    7 March 2011
    Authorities

    Rising world energy prices, spurred by demand from India and China, will make wind energy off Rhode Island’s shores a viable economic option… By Andy Smith (projo) [mappress]   Source: projo, March 07, 2011  

  • Offshore Wind Developers Help Solve a Century-Old Mystery

    21 January 2016
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Whilst undertaking detailed seabed scanning for the development of wind farm projects in the East Anglia Zone, off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk, wind farm developers ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall uncovered something they weren’t expecting – an ‘uncharted’ wreck of a WWI German submarine, missing in action since 1915. At first it was […]

  • Danish Heavyweights Pitch Offshore Wind-to-Sustainable Fuels Project

    26 May 2020
    Environment, Technology

    Denmark’s Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS, and Ørsted have formed a partnership to develop a hydrogen and e-fuel production facility powered by offshore wind. The project will require a large-scale supply of renewable electricity, which could potentially come from offshore wind power produced at Rønne Banke off the island of […]

  • UK: Strainstall Undertakes Offshore Wind Vessel Monitoring Trial

    3 January 2013
    Technology

    Strainstall Marine have undertaken a vessel motion monitoring trial on a transfer vessel operating at an offshore wind-farm off the UK’s east coast. Strainstall’s new Vessel Motion Monitoring System™ (VMMS™) provides accurate motion monitoring for wind turbine transfer vessels to improve safety during transfer operations, as well as impact load measurement combined with a data […]

  • Report: Booming Offshore Wind to Up Demand in HVDC Market

    19 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The global market for HVDC converter stations is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 24% between 2016 and 2020, spurred on by the recent rise in offshore wind installations, according to a report issued by market analysts at Technavio. Power generated from offshore wind power plants needs to be transmitted over long distances, which results in […]