The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved the power purchase contract for the Maine Aqua Ventus floating offshore wind project. The Maine PUC said it had voted unanimously to approve the contract for the 12MW demonstration wind farm that will be located offshore Monhegan Island in the
The blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at MassCEC’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) in Boston, U.S. The 107m long blade will undergo a series of fatigue tests that include moving it millions of times during a few months to validate that it can withstand more than 2
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over the transmission operator for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm by Diamond Transmission Corporation (DTC), Infrared Capital Partners (IRCP) and Chubu Electric Power. Diamond Transmission Partners Walney Extension, the h
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has revealed plans to open a base of operations in Grimsby which would service the offshore wind sector. The announcement is part of ORE Catapult’s expansion plans in the Humber, which would create 50 to 70 jobs in the region in the next 10 years. With a
Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to provide marine coordination services for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. SMC said it will be working with the SeaPlanner marine management system to ensure the delivery of services throughout the project. “Once again we are pr
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided an NT$ 9.2 billion (GBP 230 million) project finance guarantee to support the construction of the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. As a result of the support, UK companies will be involved in the construction of the 376MW wind farm, helping unlock the exp
Shell has signed an agreement to acquire French floating offshore wind developer EOLFI. The acquisition, subject to regulatory and ministerial approvals, is expected to be completed in December, after which EOLFI will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell and will be fully integrated. Shell said it
Siemens Gamesa has closed the fiscal year 2019 with a record order book of EUR 25.5 billion, a 12% increase year-on-year, as its order intake grew by 7.4% to EUR 12.7 billion. The Offshore unit registered double-digit growth of more than 10.9% due to new markets, mainly Taiwan, which contributed 1.5
Vattenfall’s Vice President of Business Unit Offshore Wind Michael Simmelsgaard has decided to leave the company. Simmelsgaard, who joined Vattenfall in 2015, will continue his career outside the company. Head of Engineering Offshore Wind Jacob Nørgaard Andersen will take over the role as Danish Cou
Ørsted has issued green senior bonds in Taiwan for the purpose of raising green financing for its investments in the local offshore wind sector. Ørsted has completed the pricing of new unsecured green senior bonds of nominal TWD 12 billion (circa EUR 342.6 million) in total comprising a 7-year TWD 4
We are bringing you a list of ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of October 2019. Swedish Armed Forces Shoots Down Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farm Project Swedish energy company Vattenfall and its partner Wallenstam have canceled the Taggen offshore wind project in Sweden after the
Global Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) and COLI Schiffahrt & Transport have entered a strategic partnership that will see the two companies jointly offering services in the offshore wind market in Japan. “With COLI a competent and experienced partner in the field of break bulk and project cargo – espec
An official inauguration event for the 700MW COBRAcable subsea interconnector is being held today, 4 November, in both Eemshaven (the Netherlands) and Endrup (Denmark), in the presence of representatives from the Dutch and Danish ministries. According to Prysmian, the cable supplier for the project,
The classification society ABS has certified the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind turbines, the first of which was installed off the coast of Portugal in October. The semi-submersible platforms, designed by Principle Power, are fitted out with 8.4 MW MHI Vestas offshore wind turbines and will be ins
