Business & Finance
Revolution Wind Spreads to Connecticut
US-based offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind has proposed to supply 200 megawatts from its Revolution Wind project to Connecticut.
Offshore Wind Foundations Specialist Plants US Roots
Bay State Wind, the US-based 50-50 partnership between Ørsted and Eversource developing an offshore wind project in Massachusetts, has entered into an agreement with the steel pipe manufacturing specialist EEW to open and staff a Massachusetts facility to manufacture offshore wind turbine foundation
Borssele, Hollandse Kust Projects Bring Quanta to the Netherlands
International recruitment company Quanta Consultancy Services has launched its subsidiary in the Netherlands, as the offshore wind activity in the Borssele and Hollandse Kust zones is upcoming, along with the country’s expansions plans for energy from waste, tidal and solar energy.
SSE Opens Next Round of BOWL Fund
SSE has opened the next round of its Partnership fund for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, making GBP 600,000 available to support transformative community projects in both Highland and Moray in Scotland.
Merkur Brings GE and RTS Together
GE Renewable Energy has hired specialists from RTS Wind AG to work on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm, which marks the first cooperation between the two companies.
AYOP Shows Its Hollandse Kust Zuid Potential to Vattenfall
Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP) presented its bid book ‘The Essential Guide for Installation and O&M Hollandse Kust Wind Farms’ to Vattenfall, which was recently awarded the permit for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II offshore wind farm, the Netherlands’ first non-subsidised offshore wind far
Siemens Gamesa Secures Formosa 1 Phase 2 Turbine Order
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been contracted to supply an additional 120MW of capacity for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, with the installation of the 20 SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines scheduled to start in 2019.
First US Floating Wind Farm Step Closer to Reality
A consortium comprising Principle Power, EDPR Offshore North America, Aker Solutions, H. T. Harvey & Associates and Herrera Environmental Consultants has been selected to enter into a public-private partnership with Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) to develop a floating wind project offshore Hu
Bay State Wind Answers Offshore Wind Call in Connecticut
Ørsted and Eversource have through their joint venture, Bay State Wind LLC, submitted a bid to build Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, in response to the state’s request for proposals for offshore wind energy generation.
Ørsted Teams Up with CR Classification Society for Greater Changhua
Ørsted has assigned CR Classification Society to perform a structural review of the offshore substation design for the Greater Changhua offshore wind projects in Taiwan.
CIP Picks Offshore Wind Foundation Team in Taiwan
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has selected Taiwan’s Century Wind Power and Bladt Industries from Denmark as preferred suppliers of jacket foundations for CIP’s offshore wind projects in Taiwan.
ROMEO Testing O&M Information Management Systems
The partners of the Iberdrola-led ROMEO project have created Work Package 7, designed to test concepts/tools integrated into O&M information management systems in a real operational environment of the Teesside, Wikinger and East Anglia ONE offshore wind farms. The WP7 will include all the necessary
WSP and Wood Thilsted Establish US Offshore Wind Co-Op
Engineering and professional services firm WSP USA has entered into a partnership with Wood Thilsted, a specialist structural and geotechnical engineering consultancy, to provide detailed design services for offshore wind foundations in the US market.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and Falcon Global Pool Together for US Offshore Wind
US-based liftboat specialist Falcon Global LLC and Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS have reached a cooperation agreement to exclusively contribute vessels and marine/installation crews and operate a full spread of offshore wind installation and feeder vessels for the US offshore wind market.