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  • Heerema to Install Foundations for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farms

    12 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Heerema Marine Contractors has secured foundation installation contract from Ørsted for the 900MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The Greater Changhua offshore wind projects consist of four sites in the Taiwan Strait. Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted obtained site exclusivity on four offshore wind sites with a planned total generation […]

  • US voters strongly favour offshore wind – survey

    10 April 2020
    Research & Development

    Over 80 percent of the voters in the United States favour offshore wind energy, with widespread support coming from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country, according to a recent national survey. Conducted by Public Opinion Strategies in March and released this week by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the […]

  • All Foundations at DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Installed

    13 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    After nine months of construction, the last of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind farm has been installed. The monopile foundations, which are 65 metres long and weigh 950 tonnes, were driven into the seabed using a special hammer. Work was done in water depths of up to 32 metres, 70 km west […]

  • Fugro Expands Fleet with Offshore Wind Farm Drill

    18 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Specialist overwater drilling and marine construction contractor Fugro Seacore is building a powerful pile top drill, the T120, for the offshore wind farm market to assist with monopole installations of up to 8 metres diameter. Their current big drill has 90 tonnes of rotational torque; the new one will have 120 tonnes. This new addition […]

  • Reaching potential during Offshore WIND Conference 2016

    8 March 2016

    Renewable energy plays an indispensable role in meeting rising energy demand. The 7th annual Offshore WIND Conference, on 24 and 25 October 2016, will focus on business opportunities and successes in this renewable energy industry and how, together, the industry can reach its potential. A promising future awaits the offshore wind industry as long as […]

  • VIDEO: Development of US Offshore Wind with Liz Burdock

    25 January 2019

    “As California goes, so does the rest of the country”, comments Liz Burdock, the Executive Director of the Business Network for Offshore Wind. She is referring to the fierce competition between US states related to renewable energy portfolio. As there is no federal outline for renewable energy, each state decides on their own renewable energy policy.

  • Seacat Services Deepens European Offshore Wind Deployment

    5 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seacat Services, the class leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator, has successfully completed workboat charters and crew transfer contracts while operating in three European flag states. The milestone marks the first time that a UK charter firm that solely operates DNV-class certified vessels, has under taken work in three different European nations. A feat that […]

  • Texas to Install First Offshore Wind Farm in USA

    10 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Texas has pulled ahead in the final stretch of getting the nation’s first offshore wind farm and will win the race against long-announced project, Cape Wind. After achieving a major milestone in 2010 with more than 10,000 MW of installed onshore wind energy capacity, the state will now erect the first offshore production wind turbines […]

  • Go-ahead for offshore wind farm London Array

    13 May 2009

    DONG Energy, Masdar and E.ON have been given the go-ahead to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, in the Thames Estuary. The partners have each agreed to invest a total of €2.2bn (£2bn) to build the first 630MW phase of the project. Once complete, the London Array will be the world’s […]

  • Gordon Brown to announce £100bn offshore wind winners

    4 January 2010

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown will this week confirm the winners of the long-running auction to build the UK’s next wave of giant offshore wind farms, officially firing the starting pistol on the race to deliver over 25GW of renewable energy. The Crown Estate, which manages UK waters, is expected to announce the award of nine […]

  • UK: FoundOcean Exhibits at Global Offshore Wind 2012

    8 June 2012

    FoundOcean will be co-exhibiting with BASF Construction Chemicals at RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind 2012, the 11th annual event dedicated to offshore wind energy. On Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th June, FoundOcean and BASF representatives will be at stand #501. FoundOcean has over 45 years’ experience of subsea and offshore foundation grouting for the global oil […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Could Create 215,000 Jobs

    12 June 2012
    Human Capital

    Centre for Economics and Business Research issued a report today, commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd., which says that UK offshore wind industry may employ up to 215,000 people and increase exports to approximately GBP 22.5 billion by 2030. As the Bloomberg informs, development of this sector could add 1% annually to gross domestic product […]

  • UK: SgurrEnergy to Advise on Lincs Offshore Wind Farm

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    SgurrEnergy has been selected as lender’s technical and environmental advisor to an international banking consortium for the £750m Lincs offshore wind farm.  The high profile project, which is in construction, will comprise 75 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 3.6MW wind turbines when completed, and uses a pioneering wind turbine foundation design. Lincs is the first project financed offshore […]

  • Denmark Knights Grimsby’s Offshore Wind Industry Pioneer

    3 July 2012
    Authorities & Government

    A pioneer in Grimsby’s offshore wind energy industry has received one of the highest honours from his home nation. Kurt Christensen has been given a first class knighthood, recognising his continued work as a consul for the Grimsby-area, and also highlighting the efforts in an industry that the Scandinavian country is at the forefront of. […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Backing Letter to Obama Administration

    24 July 2012

    Many environmental groups are urging the Obama administration to continue to push forward for wind development offshore east coast, according to the Associated Press. One of the groups, Environment Virginia, will release a letter today supporting this viewpoint. Besides environmental groups, many business owners, legislators and conservationists are backing this letter. Because the long legal […]

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Turns Yellow

    24 July 2012

    Yellow transition pieces are being fitted on the Teesside Offshore Wind Farm foundations, Hartlepool mail news site reports. Installation of the foundations was completed at the end of the June. The fitting of the transition pieces presents the first phase of activities which will be followed by installation of turbines and associated subsea cabling. The […]

  • Fujian Province Key to Chinese Offshore Wind Development

    27 July 2012

    The fact that Chinese wind turbine manufacturers and province-owned companies have launched wind power projects in Fujian province, both onshore and offshore, confirms that this is one of the key areas that will lead the country to its 2020 national energy production goals. The Fujian province has some of the richest offshore wind power resources […]

  • India: Tamil Nadu Focuses on Offshore Wind Development

    27 July 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Indian state of Tamil Nadu is waiting for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to release guidelines for an early action plan to develop the offshore wind sector, according to Deccan Chronicle news site. Chairman of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Authority, Mr. Sudeep Jain, said that the Ministry has established a committee to see […]

  • EU Offshore Wind Capacity Up 50 Pct

    18 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    132 new offshore wind turbines, totalling 523.2 megawatts (MW) were fully grid connected in Europe in the first six months of 2012. This is a 50% increase compared to the same period in 2011 when 348.1 MW were installed. “50 per cent more offshore wind power capacity was installed in Europe in the first half […]

  • UK, French Mathematicians to Cut Offshore Wind Cost

    11 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Mathematicians in the UK and France have won €1.8 million funding to find ways of more efficiently transporting off-shore wind farms, which would make green energy more affordable. Experts in logistics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Le Havre and Plymouth are looking at reducing the cost of setting up and maintaining off-shore wind farms as […]

  • France Reduces Nuclear Power Dependence with Offshore Wind

    16 May 2012

    France’s first offshore wind farm tender, won by EDF in partnership with Alstom and Dong, will help reduce country’s dependence on nuclear power and catch up with the three leading countries in renewable energy capacity, according to PowerEngineering. Based on EWEA’s report published in November, even with the planned offshore wind projects, France has a […]

  • UK: Partrac Continues to Support Offshore Wind Sector

    17 May 2012
    Ports & Logistics

      Partrac continues to support the offshore wind sector through the delivery of oceanographic, environmental, geophysical and hydrographic coastal surveys. Some of Partrac’s greatest offshore wind survey achievements have been in long term metocean monitoring projects. The company has undertaken long term measurement campaigns at the Beatrice and MORL wind farm sites in the Moray […]

  • Taiwan Companies Set to Grab Offshore Wind Opportunities

    1 June 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Taiwanese companies from various industries are set to search for profit in renewables market, after the government’s decision to fund construction of 600 large offshore wind turbines. Around 50 local companies formed the Taiwan Wind Turbine Industry Association (TWTIA) this April, with the purpose of boosting wind power use and its development on the island, […]

  • Germany: 8,000 MW of Offshore Wind Energy by 2020

    7 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Some 1,500 wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas will be producing electricity for consumers on the mainland by 2020. Nico Nolte from the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) calculated that the installed capacity at the end of the decade will amount to 7000-8000 megawatts – a figure that is lower than […]

  • USA: Denmark Shares Offshore Wind Knowledge with Maryland

    15 October 2013

      Denmark makes its expert knowledge available to the State of Maryland which plans to build an offshore wind farm off the US East Coast. Expanding deployment of renewables contributes to achieving the goals in President Obama’s Climate Plan. United States is the world’s second largest emitter of greenhouse gases. But President Obama wants with […]