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  • Scottish Wind Off to a Flyer

    8 February 2016

    Scotland’s wind power output got “off to a flying start” in January, environmental groups said today. Analysis by WWF Scotland of data provided by WeatherEnergy found that for the month of January wind turbines in Scotland alone provided 1,125,544MWh of electricity to the National Grid, enough to supply, on average, the electrical needs of 123% […]

  • China Blowind into Offshore Wind

    23 November 2010

    China power companies are expanding the battlefield for wind power from onshore to offshore this year, and the campaign is about to begin.   By Guo Lu (business.globaltimes) [mappress] Source: business.globaltimes, November 23, 2010;

  • USA: Racing for offshore wind

    21 April 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    As New Englanders await a decision in Massachusetts on a bitterly contested proposal to build the nation’s first offshore wind farm, the… [mappress] Source:BangkokPost, April 21, 2010;

  • Global Expansion of Wind Energy

    17 March 2011

    For many years, a small handful of countries dominated growth in wind power, but this is changing as the industry goes global, with more… By Lester R. Brown (greenbuildingpro) [mappress] Source: greenbuildingpro, March 17, 2011

  • Wind blowing to Shanghai (China)

    10 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    SHANGHAI’S first offshore wind farm started supplying power to the city in July, marking another step forward in the city’s development of…   By Pan Xiaoyi (shanghaidaily) [mappress] Source: shanghaidaily, August 10, 2010;

  • Offshore Wind Trumps Trump

    16 December 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    This morning, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump in his latest legal battle against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Donald Trump challenged the approval for the offshore wind project, given by Scottish ministers, arguing that the offshore wind farm would ruin the view from his Aberdeen golf resort. After losing a couple of times in the Scottish courts, the Trump […]

  • ScottishPower All In on Wind Power

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment

    ScottishPower has become the first integrated energy company in the UK to shift completely from coal and gas generation to wind power, after completing the sale of its traditional generation business to Drax for GBP 702 million.

  • Monobase Wind Completes Testing

    4 December 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Monobase Wind BV has successfully concluded the model-testing in MARIN.  “All tests were in line with our predictions for all stages of the transport, installation and in-place situations,” Project Director Jan Groot said. The transportation analysis showed mild accelerations (less than 1.1 m/s2) at nacelle height, even at 6 m significant wave height (12 m maximum waves). This is […]

  • OWC Wins Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan

    19 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC), an AqualisBraemar LOC Group company, has been appointed as one of the owner’s engineers on the Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The company will provide technical advisory and coordination services throughout the development and construction phases of the 1 GW wind farm located 50-70 kilometres from Taiwan’s shore. “Hai […]

  • Ocean Winds and Bord na Móna Strike Up Offshore Wind Partnership in Ireland

    23 November 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds and Bord na Móna have launched a new offshore wind partnership in Ireland at an event with Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste and Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in Dublin. The long-term, exclusive partnership will see Ocean Winds and Bord na Móna, one of Ireland’s oldest semi-states working at the forefront of energy […]

  • US Wind to Back University of Maryland’s Offshore Wind Research with USD 11 Million

    1 April 2022
    R&D

    US Wind will allocate USD 11 million in funding over ten years to support the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s (UMCES) three research projects that will take place in US Wind’s lease area in federal waters offshore Ocean City, Maryland. The three projects, all planned to start this year, will provide data which […]

  • Ocean Winds Names 1.7 GW New York Bight Offshore Wind Project

    16 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Bluepoint Wind is the official name of the offshore wind project that Ocean Winds East (OW East) plans to build in the New York Bight, the developer announced on 15 September. Ocean Winds East, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, won the lease area in Central Bight for USD 765 million this February […]

  • EDF Renewables and Deep Wind Pick Floating Tech for Norwegian Offshore Wind Project

    4 July 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, R&D, Technology

    EDF Renewables and Deep Wind Offshore are cooperating with Moreld Ocean Wind for the floating solution at the offshore wind development on Utsira Nord in the Norwegian North Sea. EDF Renewables has been working with Deep Wind Offshore on the first offshore wind projects in Norway since 2021. This work includes producing a competitive bid […]

  • 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

    3 January 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind offshore wind project, being developed by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has delivered its first power to the New England grid in Massachusetts. As part of the initial commissioning process, on Tuesday 2 January 2024, one turbine delivered approximately 5 MW of power, with additional testing expected to happen both on and […]

  • Wind Energy Leaders Testify for Workable Rules to Develop Wind and Protect Wildlife (USA)

    6 June 2011

      Leading land-based and offshore wind energy developers testified today to Congress about the need for consistent and long-term federal policies to support the deployment of renewable energy, including federal financial incentives and market demand policies. The land-based wind energy witnesses also focused on “unworkable” rules recently proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]

  • Low Winds Bring Less Offshore Wind Power to German Grid in H1 2021

    26 July 2021
    Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms generated 11.49 TWh of electricity in the first half of 2021, some 16.3 per cent less than during the same time last year, when offshore wind turbines off the country’s coasts produced 13.73 TWh of electricity. The wind energy transmitted from the German North Sea to shore by the transmission system […]

  • Deepwater Wind Resumes Work on Proposed Wind Farm off Block Island (USA)

    29 July 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    When the Rhode Island Supreme Court issued a ruling earlier this month upholding a long-term contract for the sale of power from Deepwater Wind’s proposed wind farm off Block Island, it was a green light for the company to resume work on the project. As the case dragged on for nearly a year, with the […]

  • German Wind Sector Calls For Q1 2019 Offshore Wind Tender, Volume Expansion

    21 January 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Germany’s leading wind industry associations have urged the German government to issue a tender for 1.5GW of available offshore grid capacity in the first quarter of 2019, and to increase the 2030 and 2035 expansion volumes. The associations, BWE, BWO, Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA Power Systems, and WAB, said that the Omnibus Energy Act passed in December […]

  • PGS Wins First Offshore Wind Contract

    25 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Norwegian marine geophysical company PGS has been awarded its first ultra-high resolution wind farm site characterization project, marking its entry into what the company described as ”a strategically important new energy market.” The survey will cover two European wind farm sites, both of which are in the development phase. PGS will mobilize a 3D vessel […]

  • C Wind Wants to Build Wind Turbine Training Hub in Furness College (UK)

    21 April 2011

    FURNESS could become a training hub for windfarm industry workers.   (nwemail) [mappress] Source: nwemail, April 21, 2011;

  • Maersk Wind Installation Vessel Hits the Water

    5 May 2025
    Vessels

    Maersk Wind Installation Vessel (WIV) has been launched to sea at Seatrium’s flagship Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore. Maersk Offshore Wind is a spin-off from Maersk Supply Service, which designed and developed the Maersk WIV and has marketed the concept since 2018. The vessel is developed to be permanently stationed at the offshore wind farm […]

  • Estonia Grants First Offshore Wind Farm Building Permit

    16 May 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Estonian government has approved a draft bill granting the first building permit for the construction of an offshore wind farm in the country. The permit will be granted to Saare Wind Energy OÜ, which plans to build a wind farm on the west coast of Saaremaa. The company seeks to build an offshore wind […]

  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to Sell Stake in 1 GW Wind Project Offshore Philippines

    29 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed an agreement with ACEN, the listed energy company of the Ayala Group, to sell a 25 per cent minority stake in the up to 1 GW San Miguel Bay offshore wind farm in the Philippines. CIP said that the company and its Growth Market Fund II have sought a […]

  • Apollo Buys Into US Wind

    14 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Alternative investment manager Apollo has made a structured investment in the US-based offshore wind developer – US Wind Inc. Certain funds managed by Apollo Global Management’s affiliates have committed to invest, through convertible debt and equity, up to USD 265 million to acquire an equity stake in US Wind and fund development and construction costs […]

  • Upcoming edition of Offshore WIND

    27 July 2018

    Early September will see the release of the third edition of Offshore WIND. Do you want to know how Blockchain may change the energy sector and offshore wind – you can read all about it in this edition.

  • Sif Monopiles for Vineyard Wind

    8 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch offshore foundations specialist Sif Holding will manufacture 84 monopiles for the 800MW Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts, USA. Sif’s scope comprises manufacturing of the monopiles, storage at the company’s Maasvlakte 2 facility in the Port of Rotterdam, and delivery by RoRo load-out via the facility’s deep sea quayside onto transportation vessels in 2020-2021. Located […]