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  • USA Eyes Offshore Wind Power

    4 January 2012

    The United States has never been shy about following European trends. Be it politics, philosophy or fashion, ideas have flowed west across… By Fran Berkman (longislandreport) [mappress] Source: longislandreport, January 04, 2012

  • UK Energy Answer is Offshore Wind

    30 December 2010

    ENERGY statistics for the third quarter of 2010 show the biggest-ever contribution from renewables to the UK’s electricity supply, at 8.6%.   By Peter Elson (liverpooldailypost) [mappress] Source: liverpooldailypost, December 30, 2010

  • Wind Plan Makes Waves (USA)

    29 December 2010

    The Obama administration has stuck a huge “for lease” sign in vast swaths of federal waters south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.   By Jay Fitzgerald (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, December 29, 2010

  • Wind and Rain Push SSE’s Results

    11 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    A windy and rainy summer in Scotland and Ireland helped the Perth-based energy company SSE plc improve its total operating profit and profit before tax for the six months to September 30 2015, with over one third of the company’s energy output coming from renewables. SSE reported GBP 701.9 million total operating profit and GBP 548.8m profit before tax for […]

  • Ex-Vattenfall Offshore Wind Exec Finds New Gig

    21 November 2019
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Ramboll has appointed Michael T. Simmelsgaard, Ex-Vattenfall Vice President of Offshore Wind, as the new Managing Director for the global energy division. Simmelsgaard will take over the position on 1 January 2020, succeeding Thomas Rand who has decided to retire after ten years as Ramboll’s Managing Director for Energy and 41 years in the company. […]

  • All Monopiles Up at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm, Over Half of Wind Turbines Connected to Taiwanese Grid

    11 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 80 monopiles have been placed at the Yunlin offshore wind farm site in Taiwan. Additionally, 55 wind turbines have been installed by the installation teams, with more than half of the units already connected to the grid. The monopile installation was initially performed by Sapura Energy Berhad, which installed the initial 15 monopiles in […]

  • Obama Administration Hosts Great Lakes Offshore Wind Workshop in Chicago with Great Lakes Wind Collaborative (USA)

    29 October 2010
    Authorities

    The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a workshop with the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative in Chicago on October 26 – 27, 2010, focused on the siting of offshore wind power in the Great Lakes. The two day workshop brought together wind developers, Federal and state regulators, environmental […]

  • LM Wind Power to Open Largest Manufacturing and Testing Center for Offshore Wind Turbines Near Shanghai (China)

    16 March 2011

    LM Wind Power, the world’s largest producer of wind turbines blades, announced today a major strategic move assisting the growing offshore wind market. The company will open the world’s longest, widest and tallest wind turbine blade workshop, capable of manufacturing blades of up to 100 meters in length, far longer than any existing blades. To […]

  • Offshore Wind Majors Complete Phase 1 on Bottom-Impact Studies of Wind Turbine Jack-Up Vessels

    24 October 2022
    Contribution, R&D, Technology

    Norway-headquartered DNV and its partners have completed Phase 1 of a joint industry project (JIP) on Bottom Impact and Partially Submerged Conditions for optimising the installation process of offshore wind turbines. According to DNV, offshore wind turbine installation is currently done in benign weather conditions to limit the bottom impact of wind turbine installation vessels’ […]

  • Offshore Wind Developers Consider Mind Blowing Challenge (USA)

    16 October 2011
    R&D

    When Hurricane Irene roared up the East Coast, businesses sandbagged, coastal residents evacuated and utility companies scrambled to repair… By Eliot Caroom (nj) [mappress] Source: nj, October 17, 2011

  • CoreMarine and CENER Collaborate on Floating Wind

    18 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    CoreMarine and Spain’s National Renewable Energy Centre CENER have signed a consortium agreement to collaborate on engineering services for the floating offshore wind industry. The agreement focuses on floating foundation design, mooring and dynamic cable analysis, transport and installation, wind turbine modeling, coupled analysis and scale model testing. The combined offering will support projects from research […]

  • Vineyard Wind Selects Foundations Designers

    19 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    WSP USA and Wood Thilsted have been awarded the contract to provide detailed design of foundations for Vineyard Wind’s 800MW offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. The project, being developed by a partnership of Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, will be the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US. WSP will […]

  • Both Gode Wind Substations in Place

    22 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    On Saturday, DONG Energy completed the installation of both substation platforms at Gode Wind 1 and 2 sites.  Trine Borum Bojsen, Managing Director of DONG Energy in Germany, who is responsible for the Offshore Wind segment said: “At all our previous wind farms, we have always only had one substation platform. But the Gode Wind 1 and […]

  • Worley to Design Revolution Wind Substations

    30 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Worley with a contract to engineer and design two offshore wind topside substations for the 700MW Revolution Wind project off the Rhode Island coast, US. The project started in March 2019, with the installation expected in 2022, Worley said. “This project is directly aligned to our strategic priority of supporting our customers through […]

  • WIND Opens New Cable Warehouse

    19 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Dutch cable logistics company WIND has opened a new European warehouse and operational office. WIND opened the new warehouse and office last week at its cable storage yard in Velsen Noord, the Netherlands. The new warehouse will be used to store accessories and equipment for the repair of inter-array and export cables. The facility will function as the […]

  • RTS Wind Wrapping Up at Wikinger

    14 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    RTS Wind is currently involved in the commissioning works at the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm located in the German Baltic Sea.

  • US Government: Offshore Wind 101

    7 May 2014
    Training & Education

    Under the series “Top Things You Didn’t Know About…”, US Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is now focusing on the offshore wind. Besides these facts, the department has released Energy 101: Wind Turbines video. 1. Offshore Wind Resources are Near Most Americans: More than 70 percent of the nation’s electricity consumption occurs in the […]

  • World Celebrates Global Wind Day

    15 June 2011

    Today thousands of people in more than 30 countries around the world will hold events to celebrate wind energy and its environmental, social and economic benefits during the third annual Global Wind Day. The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) and DMI Industries are teaming up to celebrate with a tour of DMI’s Fort Erie manufacturing […]

  • Vineyard Wind Ready for Geological Surveys

    20 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind is set to begin carrying out geological surveys for the 800MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts, the U.S. The surveys will begin on or about 23 September in shallow waters in and just outside of the Centerville Harbor and Muskeget Channel. The estimated duration of the work is 10 to 15 days. Vineyard Wind […]

  • Vineyard Wind Forms Local Ties

    8 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has entered into a Host Community Agreement (HCA) with the Town of Barnstable in Massachusetts.

  • Vineyard Wind Seals Transmission Deal

    30 October 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has reached a transmission agreement with ISO New England (ISO-NE) for its 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project in Massachusetts. The agreement allows the 800 MW wind farm to connect its generation into the New England electric power grid at the NSTAR 115kV switch station in Barnstable. The move comes after Vineyard Wind in September received final acceptance for filing from the Federal Energy […]

  • Cape Wind Needs Buyers (USA)

    20 December 2010

    Cape Wind has outlasted a decade of government review, a slew of court brawls and fierce opposition from mariners, fishermen, Indian tribes and Kennedys just to win the right to sell its wind-fueled electricity. Now, all it needs are customers. Last month, the nation’s first offshore wind farm nailed down its first buyer when the […]

  • Gode Wind Utilises AkzoNobel’s Protection

    22 May 2015

    The first foundation has recently been installed at the Gode Wind offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The foundations have been fabricated across Denmark and Germany by Bladt Industries and EEW. EEW are fabricating the monopiles, with Bladt Industries’ work focusing on the transition pieces. Coatings from AkzoNobel’s International protective coatings range were […]

  • Vineyard Wind DEIS to Open for Comments

    3 December 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will issue this week a Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) of the 800MW Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts.

  • Denmark Breaks Wind Energy Record

    7 January 2015

    Denmark has set another world record by producing 39% of its electricity needs from wind in 2014. Last year saw the completion of Anholt offshore wind farm as well as record number of onshore wind turbines connected to the grid. “I am particularly pleased that the energy industry has again shown that wind turbines have […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Settling in Japan

    18 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is setting up an office in Tokyo to support the Japanese offshore wind market. OWC stated that it had previously worked in Japan’s offshore wind sector from its office in Taipei, Taiwan. “The Japanese government has announced big ambitions when it comes to renewables in general and offshore wind specifically. We […]