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  • First DanTysk Wind Turbine Erected

    2 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall launched the installation of the first wind turbine at the DanTysk offshore wind farm site in the North Sea yesterday. Eleven months after installing the first foundation, the DT 01 turbine is being installed on the very same location. At the moment, the nacelle is in place, and the blades are yet to come. […]

  • Wind of Change Completes Sea Trials

    10 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV), Wind of Change, has completed her sea trials in Turkey and is now gearing for her maiden voyage to Germany. Following the commissioning, expected in May 2019, the SOV will service the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The […]

  • Cape Wind Faces Another Hurdle

    16 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The wind energy project in Nantucket Sound has faced another hurdle from federal lawmakers last week. Namely, the GOP-controlled house voted energy and water appropriations bill which also limits the USD 150 million federal loan guarantee for the 468 MW Cape Wind project, writes Cape Cod Times news site. President of Alliance to Protect Nantucket […]

  • Scotland Launches Offshore Wind Consultations

    19 December 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Government has launched two consultations to inform the pipeline of future offshore wind development and improve understanding of its role in meeting net zero targets. Views are being sought on the draft Offshore Wind Policy Statement and the draft Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy. The Sectoral Marine Plan outlines how the […]

  • REBO Welcomes Offshore Wind Teams

    4 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norther N.V. and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have moved into a new building at the REBO terminal in the Port of Ostend in Belgium.

  • Building an offshore wind industry (UK)

    30 June 2010
    Training & Education

    Exclusive from Offshore wind 2010 conference in Liverpool. David Still, managing director of CBE talked today on Offshore Wind 2010 Conference about building the industry and offshore wind supply chain. Supply chain is all about timing, we can’t relie on given time frames. He also added they are building the Britannia 10MW turbine which is […]

  • Maryland Schedules Offshore Wind Workshops

    8 August 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Maryland Energy Administration and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce will this month hold two workshops on the current offshore wind business and workforce development programs in the state of Maryland.

  • OWiX Looking for Offshore Wind Ideas

    14 June 2017

    The Offshore Wind Innovation Exchange (OWiX) has announced the opening of a Call for Ideas for its first four innovation challenges, as identified by key players in the offshore wind industry.

  • NORCOWE to Scrutinize Offshore Wind at FINO1

    20 March 2015
    R&D

    Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) is starting up an extensive offshore measurement campaign at the German research platform FINO1 close to Alpha Ventus wind farm. The campaign will take place from May 2015 to June 2016, and is carried out by CMR and UIB in close cooperation with the other NORCOWE partners, FuE-Zentrum […]

  • Aimselect Takes Over RS Wind

    19 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Aimselect, the UK-based recruitment, talent and search consultancy, has acquired the blue collar wind recruitment specialist company RS Wind.

  • Californian Offshore Wind Project to Be Discussed

    25 November 2015

    Trident Winds will hold a public information session on its proposed offshore wind project off the city of Morro Bay, California.  The company is proposing an offshore wind farm comprising 100 floating turbines approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the coast, which would use the city’s outfall to hook to the electric grid at the PG&E substation. […]

  • Belgium: Extreme Testing for Wind Turbines

    3 October 2012

    A large climatic chamber which can test offshore wind turbine components in extreme temperatures ranging from -60 degrees Celsius to +60 degrees was unveiled in Antwerp on Thursday as part of a new research and development facility. An element of the Offshore Wind Application Lab (OWI-Lab), the climate chamber, is housed inside a structure in […]

  • Floaters ‒ Game Changers for Offshore Wind?

    23 March 2015

    At least nine floating projects are likely to come online by 2020, claims Douglas-Westwood. These projects will total to 225MW with a further six projects in the pipeline provide upside potential, according to their database. “We’re not competing with fixed foundations, we’re just creating the future. And that future’s not that far away,” said CEO […]

  • How a Wind Turbine Works (Belgium)

    22 December 2010
    Technology

    If you’ve ever asked yourself, or want to show someone else, how a wind turbine works, check out EWEA’s easy-to-use interactive tool. It allows you to play with the three main variables that determine how much electricity a wind turbine can produce: The wind speed: Stronger winds produce more energy. Wind turbines generate energy at […]

  • US Offshore Wind Gains Momentum

    22 October 2013
    Authorities

    Despite significant advancements in 2013, continued uncertainty regarding federal tax policy and lack of state-level incentives will, if left unchecked, present significant barriers to US offshore wind success. This is according to the North American division of PMSS, an experienced European offshore wind consultancy firm and a part of the TÜV SÜD group – one […]

  • Point Opens Door to Offshore Wind

    27 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Hull-based Point Engineering has delivered the first wind tower entrance door system for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Singapore Charts Offshore Wind Path

    23 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Singapore has identified offshore wind as one of the longer-term targets in the recently published Marine & Offshore Engineering Industry Transformation Map.

  • Leeghwater Offshore Wind Project Cancelled

    6 August 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Leeghwater, a Dutch pilot project proposing to install fifty to seventy offshore wind turbines off the coast of Zeeland, has been cancelled, Dutch media reports.  The project was abandoned due to high costs and lack of interest among companies, the project initiator TKI Wind op Zee confirmed today. The construction of the EUR 1 billion project would have begun […]

  • Ireland Gets Wind and Wave Atlas

    11 November 2014
    R&D

    Researchers in the UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, in collaboration with Met Éireann, have created a new wind and wave atlas for Ireland for the period 2000-2012. The study was supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) through the Renewable Energy Research Development & Demonstration Programme. Ireland is uniquely placed in terms of […]

  • Offshore Wind Brings Navantia to UK

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Navantia is setting up Navantia UK, a subsidiary in the United Kingdom for which the Spanish company says reinforces its commitment to its UK industrial partners in shipbuilding and the offshore wind energy sector. “Navantia UK is a step forward in Navantia’s support of the UK National Shipbuilding Strategy and Ten Point Plan for a […]

  • 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. […]

  • Opielok Readies to Diversify into Offshore Wind

    27 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Hamburg-based offshore supply vessel operator Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) is pressing on with the plan to commission the 26 meter crew transfer vessel OOC NERZ in January 2016 and make a move into the offshore wind industry. OOC NERZ is the company’s first of four BMT Nigel Gee-designed crew transfer vessels built in compliance to German […]