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  • All Turbines Installed at Gode Wind

    19 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s Sea Challenger has completed the installation of 97 Siemens 6MW turbines at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind project.  Trine Borum Bojsen, CEO of DONG Energy in Germany, said: “Gode Wind 1 and Gode Wind 2 are our second and third projects in Germany. We inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 1, our first […]

  • Floating Wind Project Unveiled in Azerbaijan

    15 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SOCAR and Technip Energies have signed a cooperation agreement which, among other things, will see the two companies working on a joint pilot project for powering upstream operations in Azerbaijan’s sector of the Caspian Sea with electricity produced by a floating wind turbine. If the project moves forward, it would represent the first offshore wind […]

  • Grid Stability for Wind Energy (Germany)

    2 September 2011
    Grid Connection

      Equipment made by PCS Power Converter Solutions in Berlin enables wind turbine type e.n.o. 82 by e.n.o. energy to meet the German SDL bonus requirements. So far, 26 MW worth of wind turbines have been fitted with the Green Line 1000 reactive power converter. The accelerated expansion of renewable energy calls for more adaptive […]

  • Philippines Launching Offshore Wind Roadmap

    13 April 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines and the World Bank Group will virtually launch the country’s first Offshore Wind Roadmap on 20 April. The World Bank Group and DOE have worked closely to prepare this first-of-its-kind roadmap, which aims to tap the country’s 178-gigawatt offshore wind potential. The launch will be another opportunity […]

  • Offshore Wind Growth Continues in Germany

    21 July 2014

    Deutscher WindGuard has published the latest edition of its biannual statistics on offshore wind power for the first half of 2014 on behalf of German engineering association VDMA Power Systems and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE). 30 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 108 megawatts were connected to the grid in the first […]

  • Ocean Winds North America Launches

    10 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    EDP Renewables and ENGIE have launched the US arm of Ocean Winds (OW), a 50:50 pure-play joint venture targeting floating and offshore wind. After launching OW in Europe back in July, EDP Renewables and ENGIE are now unveiling the OW North America. “OW will be a major element in creating the new clean, sustainable, and […]

  • HIGH WIND: Bringing stability to the industry

    2 February 2016

    In 2000, the offshore wind industry was pioneering ways of installing 2MW turbines in water depths of just 15 meters, only a few miles off the coast. Today, 15 years later, a single turbine can produce a higher output than all the turbines combined in earlier wind farms, the blades are at least 4 times […]

  • Vineyard Wind Commits to Whale Protection

    24 January 2019
    Environment

    Vineyard Wind has signed an agreement committing to implement protective measures for North Atlantic right whales during construction and operation of its 800MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts. The U.S. company signed the deal to protect the critically endangered species with the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Conservation Law Foundation. Among a […]

  • Offshore WIND Goes to Husum, Germany

    12 September 2012

    The Offshore WIND team will be at HUSUM WindEnergy 2012 next week. Visit us at stand 2E03! We are all there to help you and your company with news, opinions, interviews, recruiting and publicity. When you have news to be published on www.offshorewind.biz speak to Armin. When you are looking to recruit wind engineers on […]

  • Wind to Power Oil and Gas Platforms

    1 May 2012

    In their intention to cut emissions Atle Rygg Ardal, a researcher for SINTEF Energy Research of Norway, has proposed wind power as a solution for powering the offshore oil and gas platforms, writes Fuel fix. Yesterday, at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston he presented a paper regarding this matter. “If you removed the cost […]

  • 2015 European Offshore Wind in Numbers

    11 February 2016

    European offshore wind saw some big numbers last year, with EUR 13.3 billion invested in the sector and a total of 3,019 MW of new grid-connected capacity added. Even though 7 wind turbines were decommissioned (two at Robin Rigg and all five at Yttre Stengrund), 419 newly installed ones were there to overshadow this.  Fourteen projects were completed in 2015, with work […]

  • Japan Tests Floating Wind Turbines

    30 August 2012

    As the UPI reports, Japanese officials have announced that the country’s first floating wind farm is operational from Wednesday. The wind farm is located about a half mile off the coast of Kabashima island, one of the Goto Islands. Next summer, the 100-kilowatt turbine will be replaced by a larger 2-megawatt generator after collecting performance […]

  • MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Established

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Following the approval from all relevant authorities, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been formally established as of 1 April 2014. The joint venture is responsible for the design, further development, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and service related to the V164-8.0 MW turbine as well as all marketing, sales and after-sales service related to offshore wind. […]

  • UK Commits to Offshore Wind Energy

    1 March 2013

    The UK has committed to bring 15 percent of its total energy from renewables by 2020, and has already constructed 2.67 gigawatts of offshore wind in order to reach this target (a figure included in Europe’s 4.3 gigawatt total). Previous to June 2012, offshore wind investment in the U.K. totalled 1.5 billion pounds, an investment […]

  • Port of Ostend: Offshore wind force

    10 January 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Every one working in the Port of Ostend is confident that renewable energy is the future. The port community is banking on the offshore wind sector as the promising alternative to the declining ferry market. “It does not mean that the port is likely to neglect ferries, but it is evident that after 160 years […]

  • Insight into Offshore Wind Industry in China

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The recent developments in China on the policy front, local stakeholder ambitions, and project developments indicate a shift towards growth in the country’s offshore wind market, according to a new report by Quartz+Co and MEC Intelligence. In the past five years, offshore wind has become the fastest growing clean energy technology in the Northern Europe. […]

  • VIDEO: Maersk Training in Offshore Wind

    19 February 2013
    Training & Education

    In 2012, Maersk Training Newcastle was given an overwhelming thumbs-up to run its basic safety training course after an independent auditor from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) visited Maersk’s state-of-the-art training facilities in North Shields. Maersk Training Newcastle became the UK’s first – and one of only a handful around the world – to be given […]

  • SSC Wind and Robur Combine Forces

    9 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    SSC Wind and Robur have signed an agreement to join forces with an aim to expand their wind energy service portfolios.

  • Airline Starts Wind-Inspired Route

    15 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Danish airline Sun-Air, a franchise partner of British Airways, is opening a new route between Humberside and Aalborg and Billund in close cooperation with Siemens Wind Power to support the growing wind power industry in the Humberside area and connect two major wind power hubs in the UK and Denmark. Sun-Air’s Commercial Director Kristian Tvergaard said: […]

  • Wind farms causing temperature to rise

    15 March 2010
    Environment, R&D

    MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way. Wind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years — one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the American Wind Energy Association estimates that only about […]

  • New European Wind Atlas Unveiled

    10 July 2019
    R&D

    European researchers have launched the New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) which is expected to support the identification of optimal sites for new wind farm projects. Thirty partners from academia and industry from eight European countries worked on developing and validating new methods for the assessment of wind conditions as part of the NEWA R&D project. The main aim […]

  • Bourbon Establishes Offshore Wind Division

    29 September 2022
    Business & Finance

    Bourbon has set up a new division dedicated solely to offshore wind, Bourbon Wind, following the Bourbon Group’s increasing involvement in the sector. The company says the new division will support the group’s ambition to become a major player in the entire value chain: pre-studies, transport and installation services, field maintenance, floaters repair, and personnel […]

  • Reetec Swoops On Offshore Wind Solutions

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Reetec GmbH, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has acquired the German company Offshore Wind Solutions GmbH (OWS), a specialist in the offshore wind Operations and Maintenance (O&M).

  • Competition in Offshore Wind Industry to Intensify

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    With an expected compound average growth rate of 28.3% from 2013-2020, the growth for the offshore wind industry remains solid. Short term demand in Europe – the main market region for offshore wind – is set to stabilise pending policy clarification and implementation. The outlook beyond 2020, however, remains highly dependent on timely clarification of […]

  • BOEM to Talk Offshore Wind in Hawaii

    13 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the Hawaii intergovernmental renewable energy task force meeting in Honolulu on 16 May to discuss current and future plans for leasing areas in waters off Oahu for offshore wind development. Specifically, BOEM will present the details of BOEM’s next step in the planning and leasing process, a […]

  • SSE Bullish On UK Offshore Wind

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The large volume of viable offshore wind projects in the UK means total installed offshore wind capacity could reach more than 30GW by 2030, firmly placing it as the leading source of low carbon power in the country, Paul Cooley, Director of Generation Development at SSE plc, said.