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  • Centrica Prepping Sale of Last Wind Asset

    28 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Centrica is currently developing plans to dispose of its 50% interest in the 270MW Lincs offshore wind farm, after which the British utility will complete the strategy to dispose of its interests in wind power. The wind farm’s remaining share is held by DONG Energy (25%) and Siemens Project Ventures (25%). Centrica started the wind asset disposal strategy in […]

  • Germany: New Wind Energy Project for Cuxhaven

    2 October 2012

    The Bremerhaven company Wind MW has awarded a contract to Seajacks to install 80 wind turbines for the “Sea Wind” wind farm off Helgoland. Since August 29 the wind turbine components have been handled at the Cuxhaven. The wind farms “Meerwind Süd“ and “Meerwind Ost“, which are operated as combined offshore wind farm ”Meerwind Süd/Ost“, […]

  • Megavind Suggests Ways to Optimize Wind Farms

    9 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Danish strategic partnership Megavind has recently presented the report “Increasing the value of wind in energy systems with large shares of wind”. The ninth strategy report from Megavind provides recommendations with a focus on the internal optimization of wind farms.  The report discusses future technological innovation opportunities for wind farms in regions with large shares of […]

  • Empire Wind 1 Cleared to Start Construction

    23 February 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York, the US. With this approval secured, the developer is planning to start the construction of Empire Wind 1 later this year. The approved plan includes the construction and operation […]

  • Report on Evolution and Economics of Wind Power Available

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Evolution and Economics of Wind Power” report to their offering.  Chapter 1 The wind resource and global wind generating capacity Wind is the movement of air generated by the earth’s rotation and by the heating of the atmosphere by the sun. The wind resulting is […]

  • Storm Freezes Maryland Offshore Wind Hearings

    14 March 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has cancelled hearings on offshore wind projects scheduled for Tuesday, 14 March, after a severe winter storm closed the state agency’s offices.

  • USA: Catch the Wind Rebrands to BlueScout Technologies

    2 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Catch the Wind Ltd., providers of predictive Optical Control Systems (OCS) for optimized wind energy generation, yesterday announced the complete rebrand of the company, now operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary (formerly Catch the Wind, Inc.) as BlueScout Technologies, Inc. Combined with its proven technology and ambitious product development roadmap, the new brand is positioned to […]

  • BP Entering Japanese Offshore Wind Market

    23 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    BP has entered into an agreement with Marubeni to form a strategic partnership for offshore wind and potentially other decarbonisation projects, including hydrogen, in Japan. The new partnership will see BP acquiring a stake in Marubeni’s proposed offshore wind project in the country. Under the agreement, BP will join with Marubeni on a proposed offshore […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Messe Partners with Windallianz

    2 October 2012

    With the Offshore Wind Messe- und Veranstaltungs GmbH, Bremen, the Windallianz has gained a new partner, which complements the industry network established in October 2011 in an ideal way. The Bremen-based company is the organizer of the Windforce, Germany’s first offshore fair, which had about 260 exhibitors when it was organized for the first time […]

  • Cape Wind Completes Permitting Process (USA)

    9 January 2011
    Authorities

    Cape Wind completed its Federal permitting process today with the receipt of a final permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), continuing the project’s forward progress to creating jobs and increasing energy independence from the 468 megawatt offshore wind farm. EPA’s approval came 24 hours after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued Cape Wind […]

  • Japan Setting the Scene for Offshore Wind Development

    6 November 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    As Japan’s shift to renewable energy gears up after the Fukushima disaster, the country is progressively pushing for offshore wind power, having in mind that its onshore wind capacities are rather limited. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced on Friday that it will establish a study group dubbed the Procurement Price Calculation […]

  • USA: Cape Wind Completes Debt Financing

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Completing a financing milestone, Cape Wind has signed a term sheet to engage The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) as its Coordinating Lead Arranger of the commercial bank portion of the total debt financing for the 468-megawatt offshore wind farm. The announcement finalizing this selection follows remarks by Cape Wind President Jim Gordon at a […]

  • German Offshore Wind to Reach 1.5GW This Year

    13 February 2014

    German wind energy group, Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie, commissioned by the Environment Ministry, has released a report on offshore wind in Germany, said Bloomberg. According to the report, Germany is planning to reach the figure of 1.5GW of installed offshore wind power capacity this year. This will be achieved by new ventures such as Global Tech I […]

  • Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Completed

    18 July 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    EWE, the developer of Riffgat offshore wind farm, has announced that the construction of its project is now completed. After being significantly involved in the construction of the first German offshore wind test Alpha Ventus, the company has now built Riffgat offshore wind farm ‒ the first commercial offshore wind farm off the coast of […]

  • CBED and Wind Innovation Stay Offshore Germany

    14 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind service provider CBED has secured a new contract with the owner of the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea which will see the company’s walk-to-work (W2W) service operation vessel (SOV), Wind Innovation, deployed at the two wind farms throughout 2023. Wind Innovation is already working on the two […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind to Grow Sixfold by 2017

    17 August 2012
    R&D

    Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, […]

  • USA: Wind Opens Wide Lead for Renewables

    1 November 2012

    In the race to transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and avoid runaway climate change, wind has opened a wide lead on both solar and geothermal energy. Solar panels, with a capacity totaling 70,000 megawatts, and geothermal power plants, with a capacity of some 11,000 megawatts, are generating electricity around the world. […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • Germany: PNE WIND Announces Q1 Figures

    7 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Developments progressed as expected for the wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, during the first quarter of the financial year 2012. Consequently, the company was already able to conclude a successful transaction in the sale and handover of the “Kemberg II” onshore wind farm during the first three months of the year. Due to […]

  • Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Hooked to the Grid

    30 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 50MW Fujian Putian City Flat Bay offshore wind farm in the Strait of Taiwan has been connected to the grid and fully commissioned this summer. Fujian Putian City Flat Bay is the first wind farm in China with 5 MW wind turbines. It consists of 10, 5MW XE/DD128 wind turbines from XEMC Windpower Co. […]

  • Wind Energy Production Up, Says DECC

    24 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The latest provisional monthly energy statistics produced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change were released today. According to the report, in the three months to February 2014, supply of coal, gas and nuclear power fell on the same period a year earlier, while the suply from wind, hydro and bioenergy rose. Wind energy […]

  • Climb on Top of Siemens’ Offshore Wind Turbine!

    4 April 2014
    Technology

    Siemens has created an interactive tool on its website, which allows users to get a 360° view of an offshore wind farm along with an additional insight into technological solutions and offshore wind jobs. Once placed on top of an offshore wind turbine, users can start exploring by clicking on certain spots within the 3D […]

  • Lithuania Starts Prepping Offshore Wind Recommendations

    25 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Lithuania’s Offshore Wind Power Development Task Force has started preparing recommendations for the development of offshore wind in the Baltic Sea.

  • Dutch Plan Offshore Wind Mission to China

    17 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) and Consulate General of the Netherlands in Guangzhou are organising an offshore wind mission to Guangdong and Fujian, China in May.

  • 2018: Adding More Space for Offshore Wind

    3 January 2019
    Authorities

    When it comes to emerging offshore wind markets, Taiwan, India and the U.S. have been in the spotlight over the last few years and especially in 2018. Nevertheless, a few new areas made the offshore wind map over the last year, beyond those already well known and ready for takeoff. Offshore wind is not only expanding as new markets emerge globally, but also as the countries with existing offshore wind farms and those under development already eye earmarking further areas where offshore wind turbines could be installed.  

  • Offshore Wind Developer Establishes Foothold in Ireland

    5 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Winds (OW) is evaluating the expansion of its global offshore wind portfolio to include Ireland. The offshore wind developer has established Cailleach Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, a project delivery company which has submitted a Foreshore Application Licence Application to undertake site investigations for the potential development of an offshore wind farm 13 kilometres from […]