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  • US Delegation on Offshore Wind Tour in Humber

    2 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    Delegates from the United States are visiting the Humber area as part of a fact-finding mission to gather evidence on the socioeconomic impact of offshore wind in this UK renewable energy hub.

  • Esvagt Puts Its Money on Offshore Wind

    7 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Esvagt’s Service Operation Vessel (SOV) business has become a focal point for the company in 2018, as the vessel owner and operator continues working on the optimisation of its core business areas and its finance took a hit by low activity in the oil and gas sector in 2017. 

  • GEV Wind Power Gets New Owner

    2 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Bridges Fund Management has acquired wind turbine repair and maintenance provider GEV Wind Power from Maven Capital Partners. The acquisition comes as Bridges sought to invest in renewable energy as part of its Sustainable Planet theme, and the investment was handled via its Sustainable Growth Funds. “We have been looking for the right opportunity in the renewables […]

  • Malta Thumbs Down Offshore Wind Project

    26 February 2015
    Authorities, Environment

    The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) Board has said no to Is-Sikka l-Bajda offshore wind farm. The Board agreed with the Planning Directorate’s recommendation that the detrimental consequential effects on the environmental protection, in particular the avifauna and marine ecology, of the surrounding area over ride the benefits achieved through the generation of renewable […]

  • Tekmar to Work on Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    7 January 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has marked a hat trick of contract wins with leading international EPC contractor Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects BV after being awarded work on the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm development in Holland. Tekmar´s latest contract win will see the company supply its cable protection systems to Van Oord which is responsible for […]

  • Offshore Wind to Be Discussed at Western Washington University

    18 November 2014
    Training & Education

    William Hurley, naval architect from The Glosten Associates and PelaStar, will discuss the introduction of offshore wind energy in Europe as part of Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20 in Communications Facility 120 on the Western Washington University campus. The presentation is free and […]

  • Wirral Gets New Offshore Wind Complex

    12 November 2015

    A £2.5 million complex of offices and warehouses aiming to house offshore wind businesses has opened in Birkenhead, Wirral.  Called the Lightbox, the site has been developed by Capital and Centric Plc, and funded with £895,000 from Wirral Council after they secured £5 million from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund for resources to support the local development of […]

  • GEOxyz Inaugurates Two Offshore Wind Vessels

    15 December 2014
    Vessels

    On Tuesday, December 2, two ships were inaugurated in the Port of Oostende. The company GEOxyz presented the Geosurveyor X and Geo Ocean II, which will be deployed at offshore wind farm sites. Geosurveyor X is a new offshore support vessel and is used at the Belgian offshore wind farms and for maintenance of offshore met masts for the Flemish Government. The vessel […]

  • International Cooperation on New Offshore Wind Technology

    28 August 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    DONG Energy successfully installed the world’s first offshore wind turbine foundation based on the Suction Bucket Jacket (SBJ) technology.  Until now, most offshore wind turbines are founded on monopiles. DONG Energy has installed the first jacket with suction buckets as a proof-of-concept full-scale prototype, to be tested and monitored over several years. The SBJ technology, […]

  • Video: The Progression of Floating Offshore Wind at Ideol

    3 December 2018

    “Bringing floating substations to commercial feasibility and utilizing serialization, industrialization and innovation to reduce the cost of floating wind”, said Ole Stobbe, Business Development Manager Northern Europe at Ideol, while speaking about what the company aims to do with a grant it recently received.

  • USA: O’Malley to Reintroduce Offshore Wind Bill

    29 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Gov. Martin O’Malley will again try to introduce a similar bill on ensuring funding for an offshore wind farm which failed twice to make it out of the General Assembly, Gazette Net reports. According to the bill, the project that could cost USD 1 billion would not increase residents’ bill by more than USD 2 […]

  • RCG Airs Online Offshore Wind Database

    25 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has released GRIP: Offshore Wind, the first phase of the online Global Renewable Infrastructure Projects (GRIP) platform, which covers offshore wind projects worldwide.

  • Port of Davisville Expanding for Offshore Wind Operations

    24 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    A total of $1.25 million will be invested in the Port of Davisville to expand the capacity for additional automobiles, project cargo, and offshore wind components. The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) will award a new $625,000 federal grant for the expansion, which will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC). The funding will help pave […]

  • Offshore Wind Farm Coping with Danish Winter

    6 February 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Winter is for real, and in January, massive frost covered Denmark and the installation area at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI, is making weather forecasts and preparing satellite photos to follow the ice formation in the Danish waters. The prognosis for ice formation in the Danish waters issued on 25 January 2013 […]

  • NStar meets Cape Wind on Monday (USA)

    23 May 2010
    Business & Finance

    Representatives for the utility company NStar will meet with Cape Wind officials on Monday, NStar says. “They requested a meeting and we… [mappress] Source: boston, May 21, 2010;

  • Beijing Cramps Foreign Wind Power Firms

    23 February 2010
    Authorities

    As it scrambles to develop an offshore wind power industry that potentially may generate as much as 200 gigawatts of electricity, China has…   [mappress] Source: seekingalpha, February 22, 2010;

  • SMP’s chokes to be used for offshore wind (Germany)

    22 July 2010
    Technology

    SMP’s chokes for inverters in wind turbines have been approved for use in offshore installations. The inductive components are said to… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, July 22, 2010;

  • Wind Energy Lacks in Testing Standards (USA)

    4 November 2011

    A key challenge for vendors in the wind energy market is the lack of standards that define testing procedures. Finalising testing standards… (engineeringnews) [mappress] Source: engineeringnews, November 04, 2011;

  • Offshore Wind – The Shipping Forum 2010 (Denmark)

    28 July 2010
    Training & Education

    This event is dedicated entirely to the operation of offshore ships & workboats used in the construction & maintenance of offshore wind…   (i-newswire) [mappress] Source: i-newswire, July 28, 2010;

  • Georgia supports offshore wind development (USA)

    11 June 2010
    Authorities

    Georgia intends to join the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium, which was recently formed by the US federal government and 10 East… [mappress] Source: dailypost, June 10, 2010;

  • BOEM to Discuss South Carolina’s Offshore Wind

    28 August 2015
    Authorities

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a South Carolina Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on September 9. BOEM will present the details of a draft Federal Register notice titled Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore South Carolina – Call for Information and Nominations. BOEM intends to gather […]

  • Bharatbook.com : Analyzing the Wind Power Industry in Denmark

    21 March 2011

    Bharatbook.com adds Report on “Analyzing the Wind Power Industry in Denmark” which provided nearly 20 percent of the Denmark”s electricity… (prlog) [mappress] Source: prlog , March 21, 2011

  • UK to spend €100bn on offshore wind power

    10 May 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Around €100 billion will be spent on developing wind-powered electricity generation off Irish and British coasts over the next 12 years,…   [mappress] Source: irishtimes, May 08, 2010;

  • Norway: Experimenting with floating offshore wind turbines

    2 May 2010
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Ten kilometres off the southwest coast of Norway, the 80-metre blades of a turbine spin in the North Sea wind. It’s not an unusually large… [mappress] Source: cbc, May 02, 2010;

  • Offshore Wind in Europe – 2010 Market Report

    2 December 2010

    The offshore wind industry has moved from a niche market to a maturing industry, however securing funding and low returns on investment are… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, December 02, 2010

  • Wind Farm in Lake Michigan not Feasible (USA)

    2 November 2011
    Authorities

      Nearly 16 months after the Oceana County Board of Commissioners rejected a proposal for an industrial-scale wind farm on the waters of Lake… By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, November 02, 2011