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  • USA: Maine Students Compete in Offshore Wind Technology

    30 April 2012

    Windstorm Challenge 2012 and 4th Annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge were held on Friday at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on the University of Maine campus, reported Bangor Daily News. The competitions in which students design, build, implement and test wind power technology components gathered competitors from more than 40 schools throughout the state. […]

  • Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Half Done

    24 June 2013

    Half of the total 30 wind turbines at the Riffgat offshore wind farm have already been set up. “Currently, the colleagues aboard a crane vessel are already working on the installation of the first turbine of the second half, so we will have the wind farm fully established in mid-July,” announced Irina Lucke, Technical Project […]

  • Offshore Wind Survey Begins off Maryland, USA

    26 June 2013
    Research & Development

    Coastal Planning & Engineering Inc., a Florida-based company, began surveying the seabed off the coast of Maryland on Monday, The Baltimore Sun informs. By using a 130-foot vessel Scarlett Isabella, which comprises high-tech sonar and seismic equipment, the company is performing a high-resolution geophysical survey of the wind energy area located 10 to 30 miles […]

  • Denmark: Cutting Costs for Future Offshore Wind Industry

    28 June 2013

    The strategy of the European wind industry up unto 2030 is to develop offshore wind turbine technology into being the most competitive energy source. The target from the EU Commission is that the sector should cover a third of European electricity demand by 2030. By 2050, wind power should supply half of the electricity demand […]

  • Denmark: Inauguration of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm at LEGOLAND

    30 August 2013
    Human Capital

    Since the summer of 2007, DONG Energy has developed the area ‘The Energy in Denmark’ together with LEGOLAND® at the colourful LEGOLAND® Billund. Today, the miniature version of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm is ready to start spinning its wind turbines. For DONG Energy, the LEGO bricks are not just a game. It is part of […]

  • Malta: Deep Offshore Wind Financially Viable by 2020

    9 September 2013

    A recent study has showed that deep offshore wind farms could be financially viable by 2020, reports the Times of Malta. This university study indicates that current prices of 24 cents per unit of offshore wind power could be lowered to 17 cents per unit due to the accelerated developments in wind technology. Comparing to […]

  • Wick Businesses Explore Offshore Wind Opportunities (UK)

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    A group of Caithness and Sutherland businesses, including Wick Harbour Authority and Scrabster Harbour Trust, have travelled to Suffolk to look in detail at the services and facilities offered at the extensive offshore wind operations base which has been established there. The visit to Lowestoft was funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) as part […]

  • Dutch Aim at 4.4 GW in Offshore Wind by 2023

    11 September 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The Netherlands signed a National Energy Agreement for sustainable economic growth on Friday, which among other relevant energy issues, also sets a target to raise the country’s offshore wind capacity to 4,450 MW by 2023.  A part of the Agreement regarding increasing the country’s renewable energy generation shows that the Dutch want to add 3,450 […]

  • VDMA, BDEW Fight for German Offshore Wind Advancement

    11 September 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Offshore wind can make an important contribution to the sustainable power supply in Germany, Thorsten Herdan, Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems, and Hildegard Müller, Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Association of Energy and Water (BDEW), emphasized during a meeting at the 8th German Energy Congress in Munich.  “The current energy debate […]

  • Germany: AMBAU to Construct Largest Offshore Wind Tower

    10 July 2013

    July will see construction begin at the AMBAU site in Cuxhaven, Germany of the largest offshore tower ever built for a wind turbine, measuring 7.33 metres at the base flange. Consisting of four segments, the tower will have a total height of 106 metres; the largest segment can only be manufactured at Cuxhaven due to […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Alliances Give Certainty to Investors

    31 July 2013

    To establish the appropriate contractual structure for an offshore wind project’s delivery, Developers must recognise the need for funders to be satisfied as to the robustness of any legal structures. If a strategic partnership is formed, questions arise as to whether this will limit the exposure of the project to cost over-run in the construction […]

  • 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 […]

  • Areva, Gamesa Negotiate Joint Venture in Offshore Wind

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    It is official: Areva and Gamesa are entering into exclusive negotiations to create a 50/50 joint-venture company in the field of offshore wind power.  The companies announced this yesterday via official press release, just a couple of days after the rumors about their joint venture had come out in the media. They stated that, from […]

  • Rabobank Issues Report on Offshore Wind Installation Vessels

    21 January 2014
    Research & Development

    Rabobank has issued a report called Navigating the future of offshore wind energy, which states that a radical redesign of offshore wind energy installation vessels is needed in the long-term to lower installation costs and realise projected capacity growth. The high growth rates in offshore wind energy have led to an influx of new installation […]

  • Spartan Fight Launched to Cut Offshore Wind Costs

    29 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Efforts to lower the cost of offshore wind energy have taken a step forward with the SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis) project, which will create a database for sharing anonymised offshore wind farm performance and maintenance data. The project was launched today by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, The Crown Estate, […]

  • Sabik Presents Marking for European Offshore Wind Farms

    29 January 2014

    Sabik has presented the first standardised marine aids to navigation solution for European projects. With the new NAi product range (Navigation Aids Interface) Sabik provides the complete solution for the permanent marking of offshore wind farms. It consists of an intelligent control and monitoring unit, the LightGuard NAi Controller, and individually selectable components, which are […]

  • New Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Project Launched

    10 February 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A new European FP7 project, LEANWIND, which commenced in December 2013, received funding of €10million from the European Commission. The project seeks to address inefficiencies in logistics and transport issues for offshore wind installations and so contribute to the reduction of costs. LEANWIND was awarded to a consortium of 31 partners from 11 countries and […]

  • 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine Installed on Jeju Island

    5 March 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    Hyosung Corporation installed the aeroMaster 5.0 offshore wind turbine, developed by aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH in Germany, on Jeju Island, South Korea, on February 24. The wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 139 m and 5 MW power has a high-speed drive train with a medium voltage generator. The turbine was developed incorporating the well-proven […]

  • Germany Leads the Way in Offshore Wind Industry Innovations

    5 March 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    A comparative patent analysis between the leading offshore wind nations: Denmark, England and Germany, has set the German offshore wind industry as a clear frontrunner in the field of innovation. The subsidiary of Wind Energy Agency WAB e.V., germanwind GmbH, came to this conclusion after examining more than 3,000 patents through its scientific research. “65% […]

  • Offshore Wind Revenues to Help UK’s Flooded Areas

    10 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK has commented on the announcement by HM Treasury and Department for Communities and Local Government of allocation of the latest round of funding from the Coastal Communities Fund. The Fund, which was set up in 2012 by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has […]

  • Blue Water Backs UK’s Offshore Wind Projects

    2 April 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    During the first quarter of 2014, Blue Water has supported Swire Blue Ocean with port services for the Windfarm Installation Vessel (WIV) “Pacific Osprey” in the Port of Liverpool. The vessel has been working at wind farms Walney, Burbo Bank and Rhyl flats in the Irish Sea and Blue Water has had a chance to […]

  • Rotterdam Port Concerned about Offshore Wind Development

    14 April 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The port of Rotterdam is opposing Dutch Government’s plans to install a wind farm off the Maasvlakte, writes Dutch NOS news site. Maritime pilots’ organization (Loodswezen) and the Port of Rotterdam representatives think the wind turbines would endanger shipping near shore. The Government is currently reviewing the possibility to place wind turbines relatively close to […]

  • BizMDOSW to Host Maryland Offshore Wind Industry Meeting

    21 April 2014

    As part of the 11th Annual Baltimore Green Week, the Business Network for Maryland Offshore Wind (BizMDOSW) will be holding a conference about the offshore wind industry in Maryland. This event, which will update the public and private sector about the latest developments, will be held at the Perdue Hall at Salisbury University on April […]

  • New Bedford to Prepare for Offshore Wind with USD 200,000

    25 April 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine has announced a $200,000 U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to the New Bedford Economic Development Corporation, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The grant will support the creation of an advanced port development and redevelopment plan that will guide the city as it works […]