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  • Obama Priorities Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    3 February 2011
    Authorities

    The Obama administration apparently wants to put a top priority on wind energy from offshore Atlantic Ocean wind farms.   By Dan Piller (desmoinesregister) [mappress] Source: desmoinesregister, February 03, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Forum for Tybee Residents (USA)

    1 December 2010

    As Georgia moves closer to harvesting its offshore wind for energy, researchers and wind proponents want coastal residents to learn more…   By Mary Landers (savannahnow) [mappress] Source: savannahnow, December 01, 2010

  • Ambitious Plans for European Offshore Wind Industry

    11 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The new era is coming for offshore wind in Europe. Investments in this industry are going to double in next ten years. It is the fastest rising industry at the moment. In 2010, approximately USD 82 billion investments in wind industry were recorded. There is a plan to reach USD 140 billion by 2020 and […]

  • OEUK Publishes Offshore Wind Decommissioning Guidelines

    25 November 2024
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Research & Development

    Decommissioning specialists, led by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), have produced a “pioneering” set of guidelines for the removal of offshore wind turbines that have reached the end of their useful life. Decommissioning of the first generation of wind turbines is already in progress, and as the offshore wind industry develops, there will be a continuous […]

  • China’s Oil Major Taps Into Offshore Wind

    25 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd has entered the offshore wind sector with recent involvement in a project offshore East China’s Jiangsu province. The Chinese company unveiled it entered the project this month, however, details on the size or scope of the development have not been disclosed. Offshore wind aligns with CNOOC’s business due to […]

  • France Readies Oléron Offshore Wind Tender

    23 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France will start the first phase of the competitive dialogue procedure for the offshore wind area off Oléron in the Atlantic in the following months as part of the country’s Round 3 tender.

  • Ørsted and SMC Extend Offshore Wind Cooperation

    10 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has been awarded two contracts by Ørsted to continue delivering structural inspections above water (SIAW) across the company’s offshore wind portfolio. The SIAW contracts, which will run until 2026, will see SMC continue to deliver inspection and maintenance works of external, internal, and confined space areas of the foundation, transition […]

  • Island Diligence Scores Offshore Wind Brace

    12 March 2020
    Vessels

    Island Offshore has secured two walk-to-work contracts in the offshore wind sector for the offshore service vessel Island Diligence. Island Diligence has already started working for Trianel in the German Bight, where she performs walk-to-work operations on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II wind farm. The vessel has an accommodation capacity of 100 persons including a […]

  • Offshore Wind Brings Scanel International to Hull

    26 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Danish electrical company Scanel International has chosen Hull as the location for its first fixed office in the UK, following major contract wins with energy companies based in the Humber region.

  • French Port Preparing for Offshore Wind Works

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Nantes – Saint-Nazaire Port Authority (Grand Port Maritime (GPM) de Nantes Saint-Nazaire) is eyeing opportunities in the offshore wind industry, which is yet to come to France.  The port authority is looking for contractors to carry out port civil engineering work, aiming to ensure the design and undertaking of work regarding an industrial project creating a platform […]

  • UK Supports JECS Access in Offshore Wind

    6 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK based company JECS Access Limited which also operates from an office in GERMANY have been delivering professional advice, design and supply of scaffolding access solutions & encapsulation enclosures since 2009 specialising in the offshore wind industry. They have a team that specialises servicing the offshore wind industry throughout Europe and are the first point […]

  • Construction on Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm Resumes

    29 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Works on the construction of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan have now resumed, following a winter break, with monopile installation starting up again. As reported earlier this month, National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) will install the remaining monopiles on the offshore wind farm, replacing Sapura Energy which abandoned the project earlier this year, […]

  • NABU Objects to Gennaker Offshore Wind Project

    14 February 2020
    Environment

    The German Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) has filed an objection against the building permit for the Gennaker offshore wind project.

  • Amazon Buys More Offshore Wind Power

    8 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Amazon has signed an agreement with Shell Energy Europe to offtake renewable power from the subsidy-free Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm being constructed in the Netherlands. Starting in 2024, Amazon will offtake a total of 380 MW from the wind farm, 250 MW from Shell and 130 MW from Eneco. According to Shell, this […]

  • Pronomar Rides Offshore Wind Industry Wave

    12 September 2014

    Exhibiting at SMM, Dutch specialist in the supply of innovative and efficient equipment, Pronomar, gave an insight into its business. Our reporter met Jaap Baars, Pronomar managing director, where they talked about the company’s products, market and future business plans. “We are focused on to the offshore and maritime industry, but we have noticed lately […]

  • India Schedules Meetings with Offshore Wind Developers

    17 July 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will meet with the companies and the consortia which expressed their interest to develop the country’s first commercial offshore wind farm later this month.

  • French Ports to Support Offshore Wind Projects

    15 September 2011
    Ports & Logistics

      Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA), the port authority of Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham, has just finalised its comprehensive proposal to assist in the development of offshore wind energy in the Channel. PNA has published information concerning the capacity and characteristics of the ports it owns, with a view to supporting a European-level wind-energy sector that […]

  • Lobbying for Free Wind Farm Passage in Netherlands

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    In an effort to adjust the current wind farm regulations regarding the navigation of small vessels, a meeting took place in early July at Rijkswaterstaat with all stakeholders. Among others, the stakeholders included energy companies and representatives of various user groups. Conditions under which free passage would be possible in the future have not been […]

  • Danes Sharing Offshore Wind Knowledge in China

    12 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Embassy of Denmark to China hosted an offshore wind workshop in Beijing on 9 March, as part of the Sino-Danish Offshore Wind Cooperation (Quality Offshore project) that aims to assist Chinese developers and the Chinese government in their efforts to create a viable offshore wind industry.

  • More Setbacks for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Wind Farm

    13 April 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Kwasi Kwarteng will be setting a new deadline for a Development Consent Order (DCO) decision on Vattenfall’s 1.8 GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project. A statement confirming the new deadline for a decision will be made in due course, the Planning Inspectorate said. […]

  • RCG Strengthens Its Offshore Wind Team

    11 July 2016

    The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has appointed Julie Drew-Murphy as Senior Associate. In her new role, Drew-Murphy will advise developers and other corporations on matters relating to offshore wind, marine and energy storage development and compliance. “Offshore wind consent compliance and complimentary energy storage are two key strategic areas where we see demand increasing both in Europe, and the USA. […]

  • Ersg Secures Offshore Wind Contracts in Asia

    4 December 2019
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Recruitment specialist ersg has won a tender to be the sole supplier of fabrication management personnel to two undisclosed offshore wind farms in Asia. Additionally, ersg has also agreed terms with a company building floating wind foundations to supply contractors for the entire project lifecycle, project planners and WTG package managers have already been deployed. […]

  • Gardline to Survey German Offshore Wind Farm

    13 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    UK marine survey specialist Gardline Ltd has won a contract to carry out the main geotechnical investigation at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. A geophysical and geotechnical investigation for the project site was conducted in 2010. The target of this new investigation is to meet the governmental regulations for […]

  • Sembmarine Supports Chinese Offshore Wind Market

    18 June 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Sembmarine SLP Limited has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the China Shipbuilding Corporation, Zhengzhou Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, with a view to cooperate and promote products and services for use in offshore construction projects, specifically in regard to consultation on Wind Farm Electrical Substations, and Offshore Accommodation platform design. Nine members […]

  • DONG Has Offshore Wind in Its Sails

    29 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy’s earnings were 14% higher in the first nine months of 2015, compared with the same period last year, the company reported today in its interim financial report for 9M 2015. DONG said earnings (EBITDA) were up by 14% in the first nine months from DKK 13.0 billion (approx. EUR 1.7 billion) in 2014 to DKK 14.8 billion (approx. […]

  • IHC Launches Offshore Wind-Friendly TSHD

    11 January 2018
    Vessels

    Royal IHC today launched a new multi-purpose trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) that will also be capable of supporting the construction of offshore wind farms. IHC is building the vessel for a joint venture between Den Herder (Reimerswaal Dredging) and Group de Cloedt.