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  • Norwegian Oil & Gas Service Provider Enters Offshore Wind Market with Floating Wind Company Takeover

    2 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, Archer, is taking over its compatriot Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW), a floating wind engineering and technology company. Once the acquisition transaction is completed, MOW will be renamed Archer Wind. Archer acquired a 100 stake in MOW through an agreement with HitecVision. The deal also comes with […]

  • Forewind Deploys Wind Resource Assessment Lidar ZephIR 300 at Dogger Bank Wind Farm (UK)

    18 July 2011
    Technology

    Leading wind resource assessment lidar ZephIR 300, a Natural Power product, has been deployed offshore by Forewind to provide wind measurement data for the Dogger Bank wind farm. The system has been installed successfully on RWE Dea UK’s gas platform 125km from shore and will provide wind speeds at heights from just 10m to 200m […]

  • “Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium” Opens Up New Perspectives for Offshore Wind Projects (USA)

    7 July 2010
    Authorities

    Second Offshore Summit in Rostock in September 2010: Knowledge Exchange Between Representatives of German and U.S. Government Agencies and International Offshore Experts The United States are starting to rely increasingly on ocean wind for energy generation. Last month, the “Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium” was established: U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and […]

  • Kent to Design Foundations for 17-24 MW Wind Turbines for Two UK Offshore Wind Projects

    30 June 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dubai-headquartered engineering company Kent has won a contract for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for EnBW and BP’s Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms in the UK. The company says it will design jacket foundations for 17-24 MW wind turbines that will be installed in a 35-metre water depth. The contract comes shortly after Kent […]

  • Dare County Wind Project Approval Could Pave Way for Future Offshore Wind Farms (USA)

    28 March 2011
    Authorities

    An experimental wind machine that could reach 500 feet into the Outer Banks skyline will be the subject of a public hearing April 18. By Erin James (hamptonroads) [mappress] Source: hamptonroads, March 28, 2011

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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’ […]

  • Ørsted’s US, Taiwan Offshore Wind Projects Hit by Vessel Shortages; Sunrise Wind Still Not Out of the Woods

    6 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Several days ago, Ørsted called it quits on the Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US, with some of the main issues leading to the decision to abandon the project being supply chain bottlenecks, primarily vessel shortages. This has affected not only the now-dropped Ocean Wind 1 but also the company’s Revolution Wind […]

  • NaiKun Wind Takes Steps to Sustain Offshore Wind Project, Announces Second Quarter Financial Results (Canada)

    21 May 2010
    Business & Finance

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (TSX-Venture: NKW) announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has initiated a process to retain an advisory firm to assist the Company in undertaking a review of the strategic alternatives available to ensure maximum shareholder value. Since the recent announcement by BC Hydro that NaiKun Wind’s 396 MW […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND AG for “Gode Wind II” mandated Energy Bankers à Paris as financial advisor

    20 April 2010
    Business & Finance

    PNE WIND AG has taken a further step in the financing of their offshore wind farm project “Gode Wind II” by mandating Energy Bankers à Paris [mappress] Source: tradesignalonline, April 19, 2010;

  • RWE Enters Latvian Offshore Wind Market, Finds Local Partner

    16 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    RWE and Latvenergo, one of the largest power suppliers in the Baltic States, have joined forces to develop, construct, and operate offshore wind projects off the Latvian coast. A corresponding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has now been signed between the two companies. The equal partnership is said to represent a strong combination of experience and […]

  • Ørsted Wins 1.1GW New Jersey Offshore Wind Solicitation

    24 June 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has selected the Ocean Wind project proposed by Ørsted with support from Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) to negotiate a 20-year offshore wind renewable energy credit (OREC) for an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 1,100MW. Located off the coast of Atlantic City, Ocean Wind will […]

  • Norwegian Company Wins Another Wind Area Offshore Estonia

    1 July 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Just days after acquiring its first offshore wind site in Estonia, Norway’s Deep Wind Offshore has secured another area in the Estonian part of the Baltic Sea with a winning bid starting at approximately EUR 1.33 million. Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) announced on 28 June that Deep Wind Offshore is the […]

  • Offshore Wind Advocate Wins New Jersey Gubernatorial Race

    9 November 2017
    Authorities, Environment

    Phil Murphy, a U.S. Democrat and a proponent of an ambitious offshore wind development plan for the State of New Jersey, has won the Garden State governor’s race.

  • Boskalis Wins ‘Sizeable’ Moray West Offshore Wind Contract

    28 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has secured a multidisciplinary role in the development of the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On behalf of its client, Boskalis will carry out a large number of activities contributing to the development of this renewable energy project in the coming twelve months, the Dutch company said. The contract, valued between EUR […]

  • 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 […]

  • The Netherlands: PhD Student Wins Floating Wind Turbine Challenge

    18 October 2011
    R&D, Technology

    Ciaran Kennedy, a PhD student in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at NUI Galway, was recently presented with two prizes at the 30th… (afloat) [mappress] Source: afloat, October 18, 2011

  • Ørsted’s Contract with Cadeler for Wind Farm Installation Vessel Terminated

    2 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Denmark’s Cadeler has received a notice of termination from Ørsted in relation to the long-term agreement for one of its wind farm installation vessels. A long-term charter agreement for an A-Class wind farm installation vessel was disclosed by Ørsted on April 8, 2024, securing operational capacity from the first quarter of 2027 through to the […]

  • New Offshore Wind Assembly Facility Opened at Port of Blyth

    2 July 2025
    Ports & Logistics

    Osbit, part of Venterra Group, has opened a new offshore wind assembly and service facility at the Port of Blyth in the UK. The development of the new 3,350-square-metre facility created 33 jobs for the region. Located at the Port’s Wimbourne Quay, the facility boasts a build and test space four times larger than Osbit’s […]

  • Smulders Wins Contract for Poland’s Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm

    19 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Ørsted have signed a contract with Smulders for the manufacturing of suspended internal platform cages for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. The additional steel structures for the foundations allow operational crews access to the wind turbine and the distribution box for technical interventions. The […]

  • CIP & Co Release Findings of Taranaki Offshore Wind Capability Study

    27 October 2023
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting, R&D, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Training & Education

    Taranaki Offshore Partnership, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and NZ Super Fund, together with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and Ara Ake, has released the findings of the Industry Capability Mapping Study, focused on offshore wind in the Taranaki region. According to the study, which was launched last year, offshore wind has the […]

  • Floating Wind Could Create 52,000 Jobs in Norway, Study Finds

    30 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Floating wind alone could create over 52,000 jobs in Norway by 2050, which is around 25 per cent of the total employment in the oil industry in 2019, according to a report from Menon Economics. The report also finds that Norwegian players could take between 5 and 14 per cent of the global floating wind […]

  • UK: CWind Expands into Operations and Maintenance Phase of Offshore Wind Farms

    18 September 2013

    CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, is expanding its services in the operations and maintenance phase of offshore wind farms. The company, which has supported the construction of close to 20 offshore wind farms over the last four years, has announced the appointment of Tim Smith as Sales Manager. Mr […]

  • CWind to Install Fibre Optic Cable at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    17 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has awarded CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, with a contract to install a fibre optic cable at the Rampion offshore wind farm, under construction 13 kilometres off the coast of Sussex, UK.