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  • Germany Launches Offshore Wind Tender

    25 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has put an offshore wind area in the North Sea out to tender. The area will support the development of up to 980 MW of capacity, and the price of the electricity is capped at EUR 64 per MWh. The bidder with the lowest subsidy requirement for a wind farm […]

  • NOF Launches Offshore Wind Database

    22 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    NOF has launched an offshore wind projects database for the UK supply chain to easier reach opportunities in the sector. The NOF Offshore Wind Projects Database provides access to critical project data, an insight into the industry’s key players, forecasts of market development and supply chain spend. The database offers access to information on more […]

  • Trump Loses Offshore Wind Fight

    11 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Court of Session has rejected Trump’s objection to a planned GBP 230 million offshore wind farm. The U.S. billionaire claims that the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeenshire would ruin the view from his golf course at Menie. Lord Doherty said that he was “not persuaded that it could be fairly […]

  • Gode Wind Foundations Fabrication on the Way

    13 June 2014

    The fabrication of the Gode Wind foundations, which Bladt Industries are fabricating for Dong Energy, is well on the way. This week the TP mockup was upended at Bladt’s upending site. After this, the Bladt team installed the concrete platform on the TP mockup, which is the first of 97 TP’s for the Gode Wind project. […]

  • Offshore Wind Development Boosts GEV

    22 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Great Yarmouth-based GEV Offshore is taking advantage of the booming offshore wind industry. “We worked on over 30 wind farms last year, both onshore and offshore, and 40 this year,“ said Managing Director David Fletcher, according to the Norwich Evening News 24. However, as the work scope increases, so does the need for skilled workforce. […]

  • Reliable Rotors for Wind Industry (Germany)

    12 August 2011

    Wind turbine blade manufacturing is a developing business as the wind energy industry looks to have fewer, larger turbines offshore, which presents performance challenges for composite materials. The situation is complicated by the cost pressures in the renewable energy markets, wanting turbines at a cheaper price, so some of the types of technology used in […]

  • Tentec Goes to Offshore Wind Events

    15 May 2014
    Technology

    Hydraulic bolt tensioning specialists, Tentec Ltd, will be exhibiting its Aero range of bolt tensioning equipment for wind turbines on Stand 205 at Global Offshore Wind 2014 in Glasgow and at Windforce 2014 in Bremen, Germany on Stand F12. A decision to attend both exhibitions comes after Tentec was awarded a contract to supply special […]

  • Wind Innovation Arrives in Port of Esbjerg

    3 February 2016
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The offshore accommodation vessel M/S Wind Innovation arrived in the Port of Esbjerg on Monday, 1 February. The Wind Innovation is a former seismic survey vessel, which was rebuilt to accommodate and transfer service personnel working on offshore wind farms. In September 2015, Dutch ship owner C-Bed contracted Wärtsilä Ship Design to supply the design for […]

  • A closer look into offshore wind decommissioning

    4 July 2016

    The view at Kalmar Sound in Sweden has changed considerably since November of last year. The five NEG Micon 2MW turbines have been dismantled. It had been operational since 2001 and Vattenfall has had ownership since 2006 when DONG Energy handed over to them. Why was the Yttre Stengrund wind farm dismantled? Offshore WIND magazine delves deeper into this […]

  • Offshore Wind Health and Safety Event

    1 February 2011

    Wind Energy Update’s offshore wind health and safety conference has been put together for HSE individuals to come together at an executive… (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, February 01, 2011

  • Stealth Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)

    15 December 2010

    Stealth technology for wind turbines is just one of the latest examples of advances in wind power that aim to make the renewable resource… By Steve Hargreaves (money.cnn) [mappress] Source: money.cnn, December 15, 2010

  • GWEC reports on Wind Power in China

    26 April 2010
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    China (excluding Taiwan) was the world’s largest wind energy market in 2009, more than doubling its wind farm capacity from 12.2 GW in 2008…   [mappress] Source: evwind, April 26, 2010;

  • Microsoft to Run on Offshore Wind in the Netherlands

    23 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Microsoft has signed an agreement with Eneco to purchase 90MW of power from the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Under the agreement, the electricity produced by the offshore wind farm will power Microsoft’s datacenters for a period of fifteen years from 2022 onward. Eneco had previously come to […]

  • New York Zones In on Offshore Wind

    31 July 2018
    Authorities

    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has called on the US Department of Interior to delineate and lease at least four new wind energy areas recommended by the state’s Offshore Wind Master Plan.

  • Massachusetts Enters Offshore Wind Era

    9 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the new energy legislation which calls for development of 1,600MW of offshore wind capacity by 2027 into law on Monday, 8 August. An Act Relative to Energy Diversity (H. 4568) requires utilities to competitively solicit and contract for approximately 2,800MW of offshore wind and hydro energy in the next decade. “Massachusetts […]

  • GeoSea Empowers Winds of Change (Belgium)

    23 February 2012

    The seminar “Power to the Winds of Change”, with keynote speakers Dr. Bertrand Piccard, Initiator and Chairman of Solar Impulse, Mr. Jaak Rutten, CEO of C-Power, Mr. Melchior Wathelet, Belgian Secretary of State for Environment and Mobility, and Serge de Gheldere, CEO of futureproofed and the Belgian Climate Ambassador, will offer a nuanced insight into […]

  • Germany: Wind Blades in Global Sea

    24 January 2013

    The wind energy industry is continuing to expand worldwide with the industry ebbing and flowing as global governments decide policy on supporting renewable power and then reconsider the economics, causing delays in financing major projects. The industry is caught in the financial tide but is growing with offshore and new countries coming into the marketplace. […]

  • Wind farm support vessels: The Builders

    3 April 2012

    The one sector of the whole offshore wind energy industry where the British Isles stand in a commanding position is in the building of wind farm support vessels, of all shapes and sizes. The name “British Isles” is used because it includes the Republic of Ireland, and the yards there, including Arklow Marine, and Safehaven Marine, are just as much […]

  • Eidesvik Extends Offshore Wind Charters

    8 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has extended charter contracts for two of its vessels working in the offshore wind market.

  • UK Wind Beats Coal in 2016

    9 January 2017
    Grid Connection

    The UK generated more electricity from wind than from coal in the full calendar year of 2016, Carbon Brief analysis shows. The milestone is a first for the UK and reflects a collapse in coal generation, which contributed just 9.2% of UK electricity last year, with 11.5% from wind. The coal decline saw its output […]

  • Germany: Wind Blades in Global Sea

    12 March 2013

    The wind energy industry is continuing to expand worldwide with the industry ebbing and flowing as global governments decide policy on supporting renewable power and then reconsider the economics, causing delays in financing major projects. The industry is caught in the financial tide but is growing with offshore and new countries coming into the marketplace. […]

  • Germany: Wind Farms and Marine Traffic

    14 May 2013

    Researchers at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences (FUAS) warn of increased risk of ship collisions. The reason for this threat is the increasing number of offshore wind farms, especially in the German Bight region. With approximately 150,000 ships that cross the area each year, this is a very busy part of the sea. The […]

  • Offshore Wind Contracts Abound in November

    19 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A significant number of contract notices seeking services within the offshore wind industry has been issued over the past several weeks. The work required spans several European markets and covers offshore investigations, certification services, vessel services, offshore maintenance, electricity output marketing, ecological studies, and others. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on […]

  • Windhoist Hits Offshore Wind Jackpot

    12 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ayrshire-based Windhoist Limited has secured a contract from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to carry out onshore turbine pre-assembly work for the Hornsea One offshore wind project in Hull.

  • Offshore Wind Lifts Subsea 7

    27 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 reported revenue of USD 897 million for the first quarter of 2017, a 20% jump compared to the same period a year earlier mainly due to a good performance of the company’s newly formed Renewables and Heavy Lifting division.

  • First Gode Wind Turbine Erected

    10 August 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    On August 8, SEA CHALLENGER installed the first turbine on DONG Energy’s Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the North Sea. The installation went according to plan and SEA CHALLENGER will continue to install the rest of the 97 Siemens 6MW turbines. The vessel carries 4 turbines at a time and […]