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  • Belfast Harbour Offshore Wind Terminal Sets Record in 2017

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The offshore wind terminal at the Belfast Harbour, Ireland, handled 305,000 tonnes of wind farm components in 2017, representing a record since it opened in 2013.

  • Offshore Wind Gives Northland Power a Financial Push in 2017

    23 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Northland Power has reported improved financial results for the fiscal year 2017, largely due to contributions from the Gemini and Nordsee One offshore wind farms.

  • UK Offshore Wind Industry Tables 30 by 30 Proposal

    20 March 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Ports & Logistics

    The UK offshore wind industry has committed to working with the UK government on a sector deal which would see offshore wind deliver one third of the UK’s electricity and reach the connected capacity of 30GW by 2030.

  • UK Offshore Wind Industry Tables 30 by 30 Proposal

    20 March 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Ports & Logistics

    The UK offshore wind industry has committed to working with the UK government on a sector deal which would see offshore wind deliver one third of the UK’s electricity and reach the connected capacity of 30GW by 2030.

  • China Three Gorges Joins Tianjin Offshore Wind Project

    29 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    China Three Gorges New Energy signed an investment cooperation agreement with the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) to develop an offshore wind project in the Nangang Industrial Zone.

  • WindMW Completes Financing for Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    5 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    WindMW GmbH, a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone , has completed the financing for “Meerwind,” the largest German offshore wind farm to complete its full financing process. Meerwind is also the first German wind farm to be fully financed by private investors. The 80 turbine wind farm will be situated approximately 50 […]

  • SSE Chief: UK Should Raise Offshore Wind Ambition

    24 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK should aim at building as many offshore wind projects as needed to help deliver decarbonization targets in the power, heat and transport sectors, according to Chief Executive of SSE, Alistair Phillips-Davies. Phillip-Davies states that it is time the UK raises its offshore wind ambition, as the current goal of adding 1-2GW per year during the […]

  • DNV GL to Certify Dutch Offshore Wind Site Studies

    25 February 2019
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    DNV GL Denmark A/S has won a contract to provide the certification of site studies for the Hollandse Kust (west) and Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden wind farm zones in the Dutch North Sea. The contracting authority, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl), plans to conclude a contract for the certification […]

  • Ørsted and partners secure funds for offshore wind-to-hydrogen project

    20 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The H2RES project, for which Ørsted and partners have just now received funding, will be using power directly from Ørsted’s two Siemens Gamesa 3.6MW offshore wind turbines at the Avedøre Power Station.

  • Scotland to Impose Local Content Requirements for Offshore Wind Projects

    16 January 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Scottish Government and Crown Estate Scotland have established an agreement on local content requirements for wind farm projects offshore Scotland. Under the agreement, offshore wind developers will have to agree on supply chain commitments when applying for leases. According to the government, Scottish companies will benefit from new steps to increase the number of […]

  • IHC IQIP Clamps Down On Offshore Wind Order in Taiwan

    17 January 2020
    Project & Tenders

    IHC IQIP has won a contract to provide 84 jacket pile grippers for an offshore wind project in Taiwan. The company did not disclose the name of the project; however, it did say that the jacket pile grippers will be used to install the wind farm’s 21 jacket foundations in 2020. Based on the information […]

  • Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act Goes to House Floor

    20 January 2020
    Authorities & Government

    The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources has passed the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act, legislation to educate and train a new generation of U.S. offshore wind workers. The H.R. 3068 legislation would provide financial support for educational institutions to develop and implement curriculum and training programs that support the creation of a workforce […]

  • New Jersey Expands Qualified Offshore Wind Project Definition

    22 January 2020
    Authorities & Government

    New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law a bill which expands the definition of a “qualified offshore wind project” to include an “open access offshore wind transmission facility”. Open access offshore wind transmission facility is a high voltage transmission facility that conforms to applicable FERC regulations and policies regarding open access transmission, the […]

  • German Operating Offshore Wind Capacity Tops 7.5GW Mark

    23 January 2020
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    The representatives have once again urged the federal government to increase the 2030 offshore wind expansion target to at least 20GW, and to establish an expansion strategy beyond that.

  • Vattenfall Cleared to Build Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    3 February 2020
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    Expected to be completed by the end of 2021, Kriegers Flak will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbines and will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm once commissioned.

  • Vattenfall Cleared to Build Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    3 February 2020
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    Expected to be completed by the end of 2021, Kriegers Flak will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbines and will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm once commissioned.

  • Canadians Refinance Stake in Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    13 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has completed a EUR 510.6 million green bond refinancing of its minority interest in the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in Germany. In total, over EUR 510 million of senior secured notes were issued on Tuesday, 11 February and placed with eighteen institutional lenders in Europe […]

  • Massachusetts College Setting Up Offshore Wind Training Program

    27 February 2020
    Human Capital

    Bristol Community College has secured an USD 861,097 grant through the Massachusetts Skills Capital Grants to implement an offshore wind training program. Bristol Community College is implementing the college’s National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI) to offer basic safety training and basic technical training programs certified by the Global Wind Organization. NOWI’s basic safety training modules […]

  • UK Leads Europe to 1.1GW of Offshore Wind in H1 2018

    26 July 2018

    Europe added 1.1GW of offshore wind capacity in the first half of 2018, with the UK being the main contributor with 911MW, according to WindEurope’s recent report.

  • UK Offshore Wind Farm Attracts Japanese Power Houses

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    German energy company Innogy has agreed to sell a 41% stake in its 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK to Japan’s J-Power (25%) and Kansai Electric Power (16%).

  • Prysmian Secures Contracts for Three Offshore Wind Farms in France

    29 August 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Prysmian Group has secured inter-array cable contracts worth over EUR 220 million for three offshore wind farms in France.

  • Finland’s First Offshore Wind Farm One Year Old

    5 September 2018

    The Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Finland, the world’s first built for icy conditions, has marked one year since inauguration.

  • Virginia Pilot Offshore Wind Farm Entering Construction Phase

    6 May 2019

    Dominion Energy will begin construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project in the coming weeks, the Virginia-based energy company’s chairman, president, and chief executive officer Thomas F. Farrell said. The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will comprise two offshore wind turbines with a combined capacity of 12MW installed in a federal lease area in the Mid-Atlantic some […]

  • Danish Pair Opens Grimsby Offshore Wind Supply Base

    20 May 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Danish Comtec Int and HeliPPE have opened a supply base in Grimsby, the UK, for personal protective equipment (PPE) and related services for the offshore wind industry. Located at Grimsby’s new GRO Centre, the Offshore Wind Supply Base will service rental PPE equipment on site, as well as carry out legally required inspections. According to the companies, […]

  • 3.4GW Vietnamese Offshore Wind Project Granted Survey Licence

    14 June 2019

    Offshore wind developer Enterprize Energy has received a site survey licence for the 3.4GW Thang Long wind project offshore Ke Ga Cape in Vietnam. Enterprize Energy will survey an area covering 2,800km2 located 20-50 kilometres off the Binh Thuan Province, the company’s founder Ian Hatton said during the announcement ceremony. The wind farm will cover up […]