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  • DNV Joins Codling Wind Park Project

    5 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DNV has been contracted to carry out Project Certification for the Codling Wind Park project, one of the largest offshore wind farms planned in Ireland. Codling Wind Park is a proposed offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea, set in an area called Codling Bank, approximately 13-22 kilometres off the County Wicklow coast, between Greystones […]

  • 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. […]

  • New NOV Crane for Cadeler’s Wind Osprey

    3 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Houston-headquartered NOV has been contracted by Cadeler to upgrade the wind turbine installation vessel Wind Osprey with a new, large capacity leg crane. Last year, NOV was selected to manufacture the new heavy-lift crane for Cadeler’s Wind Orca. Within that contract, Cadeler had an option to replace the main crane of the Wind Osprey. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • California and Denmark Sign Offshore Wind MoU

    2 May 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Training & Education

    The California Energy Commission and the country of Denmark have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on offshore wind.

  • Geophysical Surveys Kick Off at Vineyard Wind

    16 October 2019
    R&D

    Vineyard Wind will today commence geophysical surveys at its 800MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts, the U.S. Information gathered will be used to further design the wind farm and refine the location for the cable route from the project to shore. The vessel R/V Shearwater will be used for the work, which will continue into mid-November, weather […]

  • 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 […]

  • Vineyard Wind Backs Fishing Transit Plan

    11 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Vineyard Wind has formally endorsed a transit corridor plan for fishing vessels in federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which includes a direct passage through the middle of the company’s 800MW offshore wind lease area.

  • Horizontal or Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, That Is the Question

    15 January 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Maurizio Collu from Cranfield University, UK, and Michael Borg from Technical University of Denmark have published a paper on horizontal and vertical axis offshore wind turbines, advocating the latter as more cost effective option.  The authors state that it is time to look at alternatives in wind turbine design, considering that more and more offshore wind projects are […]

  • 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 […]

  • Vattenfall Hiring for Wind Power Expansion (Germany)

    15 February 2012

    Considering the development and expansion requirements of its onshore and offshore wind farms, the energy company Vattenfall is seeking to hire around 170 engineers, lawyers, merchants and developers, by the end of this year. The positions are available in Germany (Hamburg), the UK (London) and Denmark (Esbjerg). Vattenfall is one of the largest producers of […]

  • 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 […]

  • Edda Wind Nets CSOVs Contracts with Vestas

    21 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Offshore wind service vessel company Edda Wind has signed contracts with the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas for its commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) in 2024 and 2025. According to Edda Wind, the contracts total a minimum of 750 days of firm work with options for extension of each work scope. The company recently placed a EUR 250 million […]

  • New Jersey Solidifies Offshore Wind Commitment

    24 May 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy has signed the A-3723 – the Renewable Energy bill which codifies the goal of 3,500 MW of offshore wind by 2030 and reinstates an expired program to provide tax credits for offshore wind manufacturing activities.

  • SENER Joins Scottish Floating Wind Project

    29 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engineering and technology group SENER has announced its involvement in the 50MW Kincardine floating wind project offshore Scotland. Fitted with a 2MW turbine and five other 9.525MW turbines, the project is expected to be operational by 2020, making it the largest floating offshore wind farm in the world. The project is being developed by Kincardine […]

  • Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition Opens

    11 September 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind. The Carbon Trust, the project lead, together with 14 offshore wind developers represented by the Floating Wind JIP, will select the best ideas with a particular emphasis on mooring systems and […]

  • Trump Receives Anti-wind Support (UK)

    27 January 2012

      Donald Trump has received support from two big players in his fight to block the offshore wind farm development in Aberdeen bay. The Scottish Golf Union, Aberdeen City and Shire Hotel Association joined one of the oldest golf clubs in the world saying that the wind farm could have a negative effect on the […]

  • Danish Tariffs for Wind Energy Increase to 4.6%

    6 March 2014
    Authorities

    In 2013, tariffs supporting wind energy made up 4.6 pct. of Danish utility bills – a slight increase from 2 pct. in 2012. Calculations by the Danish Wind Industry Association show that the increase can be attributed to Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, which was completed in 2013. In March 2012, the National Energy Agreement […]

  • Gode Wind 3 Offshore Substation In Place

    1 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation at the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm was installed 30 kilometres off the island of Norderney in the German North Sea, Ørsted announced. The substation topside was installed by Jan De Nul’s Les Alizés. The vessel is also installing the monopile foundations at the wind farm. In February 2021, Ørsted placed […]

  • NASA Measures Offshore Wind Speed (USA)

    7 November 2011
    R&D

    On a bluff overlooking the Atlantic, Grady Koch spent a month watching ocean winds. He beamed a laser over the sea, day after day, measuring conditions offshore using an instrument called Doppler Aerosol Wind (DAWN) lidar, which is a type of laser. What Koch learns from the experiment will be used by scientists to advance […]

  • New Report on Wind Power in Brazil by GlobalData

    22 November 2012

    Research and Markets has announced that GlobalData has release new report “Wind Power in Brazil, Market Outlook to 2025 – Capacity, Generation, Market Share, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles”.  Scope – A brief introduction on global carbon emissions and global primary energy consumption. – Historical period is during 2001-2011 […]

  • Neptune Wind: Three Projects Proposed (USA)

    15 March 2011

    Neptune Wind has submitted two Expressions of Interest for offshore wind leases off Massachusetts. So, together with its previous unsolicited application for a parcel south of Rhode Island the company has proposed three lease areas in federal waters. About Neptune Wind Neptune Wind is a developer of utility scale offshore wind energy projects, focusing initially […]

  • Industry Initiates New Floating Wind Project

    19 July 2016

    A new joint industry project (JIP) between fourteen global partners has been launched to develop a Recommended Practice for the coupled analysis of floating offshore wind turbines. Standardisation is a key milestone to guide the industry towards the development of reliable floating wind turbines, said DNV GL, the project leader. Guidance includes setting up minimum requirements […]

  • Wind Energy Research to Be Discussed in North Carolina

    17 July 2014
    R&D, Technology

    On July 24th, in Charlotte, N.C., the Southeastern Coastal Wind Coalition will convene key stakeholders for a working session to discuss Wind Energy Resource Assessment and Data Collection in the Southeast. Experts from industry, national labs, and universities will explore wind energy resource assessment efforts related to coastal and offshore wind in the region, determine […]