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  • UK: Albourne Hosts Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Consultation

    8 March 2012

    E.ON will host public consultations in Albourne seeking views on their proposed wind farm located 13km off the Sussex coast. Wind turbines would be installed in water depths of 19 to 50 meters, covering area of 167 square kilometers. Construction and operation of this wind farm is 100% owned by E.ON Climate & Renewables. E.ON […]

  • SgurrEnergy, David Brown to Open Offshore Wind Center (UK)

    17 February 2012

    Funding has been granted for a new centre to develop and demonstrate offshore and onshore wind turbine asset management to help Scotland meet its ambitious renewable energy targets. The facility is to be opened at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The Centre for Intelligent Asset Management (CIAM) is a partnership between the University and […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Help Europe, Says Rasmussen (Denmark)

    22 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

    According to former Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, the offshore wind energy sector could help Europe get back on its feet after the current financial crisis. “If the sector understands their role I’m sure they could take the lead in bringing Europe out of the crisis, as the first mover”, he added in a […]

  • The Netherlands Raises Voice Against Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm

    16 July 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The construction of German Riffgat offshore wind farm in the North Sea has raised a lot of dust, reports the Netherlands Info Services. The wind farm is located 15 kilometres to the north-west of the German island of Borkum, where it will cover an area of 6 square kilometres. Since it is being built near […]

  • Germany Keeps Leading Position in European Offshore Wind Market

    18 July 2012

    Germany has kept its leading position on the European market, being the sole provider of offshore wind turbines in the first half of 2012, since just three German companies managed to connect their turbines to the grid. Reuters reports. In terms of the installed capacity, Siemens is leading with the 74%, followed by Repower 22% […]

  • Revised Funding to Help Offshore Wind Businesses in Humber, UK

    26 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    New funding levels for renewables technology will support the Humber’s ambitions to be a world-class centre for green energy, according to an industry leader. Sam Pick, of the Renewables Network, has broadly welcomed the Government’s long-awaited announcement on clean energy subsidy levels. For the Humber region, Mr. Pick said the revised funding – which includes […]

  • USA: IAWIND Grants USD 300,000 for Offshore Wind Research

    31 July 2012
    Research & Development

    The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) has awarded a $300,000 research grant to Eugene S. Takle, professor of agricultural meteorology and director of the climate science program at Iowa State University.  The grant – to be matched by Anemometry Specialists, Alta and Cedar Crest, IA — will be used by Takle, the […]

  • UK: Centrica Installs First Five Offshore Wind Turbines

    6 August 2012
    Storage

    British multinational utility company, Centrica, has completed the installation of the first five offshore wind turbines in the North Sea, the Spalding Guardian informs. The company has also finished the work on the second cable through the sea defence at Sutton Bride. As the Sutton Bridge Parish Council heard, the company was expecting to power […]

  • UK: RES Could Buy Stakes in Offshore Wind Projects

    15 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    A UK-based renewables energy developer Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. (RES) could buy shares in offshore wind projects. Chris Morgan, CEO of the RES Offshore unit, said that the involvement in offshore projects in the future is a strategically interesting area that the company will look to get into, the Bloomberg informs. As European governments are […]

  • Brazil: Eletrobras to Take Stake in Chinese Offshore Wind Project

    20 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Government-controlled Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, or Eletrobras, could team up with China’s Three Gorges Corp. on wind-power projects, the Fox Business news site writes. Namely, Brazilian officials signed an agreement in February to work with Three Gorges which opened the possibility for companies’ partnership. Thus, Eletrobras is now looking into building 200MW of wind power in […]

  • UK: P&O Eyes New Offshore Wind Opportunities

    22 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Dover-based ferry operator P&O says that the Round 3 offshore wind farms in the North Sea could bring an opportunity for the company to expand its fleet, as it now has one vessel offering technical support for the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms. The current vessel, which operates out of Immingham, has been […]

  • The Netherlands: ATO & We@Sea to Host Offshore Wind Conference

    28 June 2012

    On thursday September 13th the joint conference of ATO & We@Sea will take place. This conference will convey collective thoughts about the development of offshore wind energy activities in the Netherlands as a whole, and in the province of North-Holland in particular. Offshore wind energy is an inexhaustible alternative energy source which we cannot ignore […]

  • First Japanese Offshore Wind Farm to Start Operating in January

    4 July 2012

    Japanese government officials have revealed that the country’s first offshore wind farm is expected to begin producing electricity in January 2013. It is being jointly developed by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Tokyo Electric Power. Due to the Fukushima disaster last year, Japan is strongly working on generating energy from […]

  • Japan to Set Up Offshore Wind Power Test Sites

    25 May 2012

    Japan is on its way to set up test sites for marine energy and offshore wind power in order to use renewable sources as much as possible. As reported on Bloomberg, applications for test sites will be required from local administrations and the first group will be picked by March 2014. After the Fukushima nuclear […]

  • USA: New Jersey Officials Call for Action on Offshore Wind

    28 August 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Proponents of offshore wind power in New Jersey and the State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney are urging Governor Chris Christie to act on offshore wind development in the State, the NewsWorks site writes. The Governor signed the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act two years ago; however completion of an offshore wind certificate program which […]

  • AquaVentus offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative gets new member

    28 August 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Technology company Elogen, part of the Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) group, has come onboard German offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative, AquaVentus. Elogen expects to support this industrial development through ongoing undertaking in offshore electrolysis and take a further step in its commitment to a sustainable future. GTT acquired the company back in 2020, followed by steps to […]

  • Cyan, Ocean Infinity partner for APAC offshore wind projects

    24 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Cyan Renewables, a portfolio company of Seraya Partners, and Ocean Infinity have teamed up to provide geophysical and geotechnical services for offshore wind projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The companies have formalized their partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), underscoring their shared commitment to work together on delivering geophysical and geotechnical […]

  • Fugro to monitor offshore wind biodiversity by using eDNA samples

    3 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has launched the BeWild project, aimed at measuring biodiversity at offshore wind farms. Fugro, together with project partners, will focus on developing methodologies and technologies for remotely collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) samples in the North Sea. The collected data will assess the impact of offshore wind farms on biodiversity and […]

  • Repurposing oil & gas infrastructure to harness offshore wind power

    29 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    Converting oil and gas infrastructure for use in the offshore wind industry would slash installation costs for renewable energy operators.

  • Surveys completed for Polenergia and Equinor’s Polish offshore wind projects

    23 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Equinor and Polenergia have completed geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farms, located in the Polish Baltic Sea. The seabed surveys were carried out by a fleet of ten vessels owned by different contractors along a 1,000-kilometre section for the two wind farms with a total […]

  • JDR to supply cables for French floating offshore wind project

    14 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    JDR Cable Systems (JDR) has been awarded the contract to supply, test, and terminate the 66 kV dynamic inter-array cables (IAC) for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind project offshore France. JDR will design and manufacture the 66 kV dynamic cables, with the cable cores being produced at TFK’s Bydgoszcz plant in Poland. The assets […]

  • Cable works at Fécamp offshore wind farm in full swing

    10 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group has installed thirty inter-array cables at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France. The cabling contracts for the 500 MW offshore wind farm were awarded to Prysmian, which is in charge of supplying and installing both the inter-array cables and the export cables for the wind farm. To carry out this operation, four ships are currently […]

  • Siem AHTS ready for offshore wind work in East Asia

    10 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Siem Offshore has secured a medium-term contract for one of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to be deployed on an offshore wind project in East Asia. Under the contract, AHTS Siem Topaz will perform services for Helix Robotics Solutions in Taiwan. The work is set to commence this month and will take place […]

  • New survey begins at Statkraft’s offshore wind site in Ireland

    7 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A one-month geophysical survey campaign has commenced at the export cable route area of the North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind project in Ireland. The campaign started on 3 September at the site located off the coast of north County Dublin and County Meath, with completion expected on 3 October, weather permitting. Survey vessel […]

  • European developer seeks installation vessels for offshore wind projects

    23 December 2022
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Energy company Vattenfall has issued contract notices seeking vessels to transport and install wind turbine foundations and wind turbines at two offshore wind farms. The calls to tender were issued by Vattenfall Atlantis 1 und Global Tech 2 Offshore Wind GmbH for the N-7.2 and N-6.6 projects in the German North Sea. The first contract […]