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  • Natural Power to Share Its Offshore Wind Expertise in Aberdeen

    22 January 2014
    Research & Development

    Natural Power’s Senior Marine Ecologist, Jane Lancaster and Senior Ornithologist, Ross McGregor have been selected to present at Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind & Supply Chain conference in Aberdeen on 29th January. Natural Power’s extensive offshore experience will be presented at Marine Scotland’s side event, scheduled to take place from 12:15pm on 29th January during the […]

  • Major Players to Outline Chances in Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    4 February 2011

    MAJOR players in the growing offshore wind farm sector will be outlining supply chain opportunities to firms in the North-East and North…   (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, February 04, 2011

  • Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Generates First Electricity (UK)

    19 August 2011

    Vattenfall yesterday evening generated the first electricity from its wind farm off Barrow-in-Furness with Barrow’s Mayor hailing the achievement as an endorsement of Cumbria’s low carbon energy strategy. Vattenfall started offshore construction of the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm in 2010 and a little over a year later has exported power to the National Grid for […]

  • Industry Experts Discuss Future Generation of Offshore Wind Foundations

    10 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Nearly 100 international delegates congregated in Hamburg last week for the first technical conference led by Universal Foundation, focused on knowledge sharing for offshore wind suction bucket foundation technology. The technical workshop brought together industry specialists, developers, turbine suppliers, certifiers and approval bodies, engineering, fabrication and installation contractors, authorities as well as academic experts, to […]

  • China Guangdong Nuclear Floats 3GW Offshore Wind Project

    22 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and the government of the city of Jieyang have signed an agreement to develop a deep-water offshore wind project with a capacity of up to 3GW off the Guangdong Province in the South China Sea.

  • China Guangdong Nuclear Floats 3GW Offshore Wind Project

    22 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and the government of the city of Jieyang have signed an agreement to develop a deep-water offshore wind project with a capacity of up to 3GW off the Guangdong Province in the South China Sea.

  • Canada: Trillium Power Appeals Offshore Wind Motion Decision

    6 November 2012

    Trillium Power Wind Corporation (Trillium Power) has served its Notice to Appeal regarding the Rule 21 Motion decision (a mechanism to summarily dispose of an action) delivered by Mr. Justice Robert Goldstein last month. The Trillium Power Notice of Appeal cites both errors in points of law and evidence in the decision rendered in October. […]

  • Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Training Center Gets GWO Accreditation

    15 August 2019
    Human Capital

    Taiwan’s first offshore wind energy training center has secured Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accreditation to deliver Basic Safety Training (BST) and Basic Technical Training (BTT). The center is developed by Taiwan International Windpower Training Corporation (TIWTC), a joint venture of CWind Taiwan, Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC), Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), China Steel Corporation (CSC), China Ship Building […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Taking Its Offshore Wind Case to Court

    25 April 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has rejected Fishermen’s Energy’s appeal on the BPU’s decision to deny the construction of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City. The company said that it will take the case to the court. “We are disappointed in this decision, but not surprised,” stated Paul […]

  • Norway Puts Its First Offshore Wind Farm on Hold

    5 December 2012

    Norway’s first licensed offshore wind farm, Havsul, is on hold until further notice. Vestavind Offshore AS, which owns the project, sees no possibility for investment in offshore wind power in Norway within the current regulatory framework. Chairman of Vestavind Offshore Board Wenche Teigland, said in the company’s press release that the reason behind the setbacks […]

  • USA: New Jersey Could Divert Offshore Wind Funds

    20 July 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

      State of New Jersey is a leading place for offshore wind development, since it has rather shallow waters and generous wind resources. However, the state now copes with certain financial issues regarding revenues that are targeted to offshore wind projects for generating electricity. Fears have been raised among the developers that revenues could be […]

  • Council Chiefs Attend Forewind’s Offshore Wind Event (UK)

    13 December 2011

    COUNCIL chiefs from across North Yorkshire have attended an event to drive forward plans to build the world’s largest offshore…   (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, December 13, 2011; Image: forewind

  • Denmark to Launch Offshore Wind Tenders, Timetable Now Ready

    31 January 2013
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has published details of the tender process and the provisional timetable for the planned 1,500 MW of offshore wind power to be set up by 2020. Since March 2012, it has been evident that Denmark should have two large offshore wind farms and several coastal offshore wind turbines to meet […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Farm Meeting in Mason cut short

    7 May 2010
    Authorities & Government

    About 200 attended a meeting last night in Ludington regarding a proposed offshore wind farm.Scandia Wind is proposing to construct up to… [mappress] Source: wkla, May 07, 2010;

  • Japan Setting Up New Offshore Wind Working Group

    17 December 2018
    Authorities & Government

    Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) are launching a new working group to start discussions on standards for maintenance and management of offshore wind projects.

  • Nordex Announces 6 MW Offshore Wind Turbine (Germany)

    5 April 2011
    Technology

    At the Hannover Fair, Nordex SE has unveiled plans for its entry into the new offshore market segment. “Our strategy is being driven by the development of a competitive product. For this purpose, we are acting on the trend towards third-generation wind turbines, which are characterized by a substantially greater nominal output and lower specific […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference: Competition Is Key to Unlocking Cost Reductions

    22 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Storage

    There are no local content requirements in offshore wind tenders in the Netherlands because the Dutch government sees competition as key to achieving cost reductions, Ruud de Bruijne, Project Manager Offshore Wind Energy at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) said during the Offshore WIND Conference in Amsterdam.

  • IRM Best Offshore Wind Area for Subsea Companies to Dive Into

    5 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has identified operations and maintenance (O&M) – particularly inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) activities – as the highest potential area for subsea companies to diversify into offshore wind. In a new report titled ‘Subsea Technological Challenges in Offshore Wind’, NSRI highlighted opportunities the offshore wind industry holds for UK subsea companies, […]

  • IRM Best Offshore Wind Area for Subsea Companies to Dive Into

    5 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has identified operations and maintenance (O&M) – particularly inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) activities – as the highest potential area for subsea companies to diversify into offshore wind. In a new report titled ‘Subsea Technological Challenges in Offshore Wind’, NSRI highlighted opportunities the offshore wind industry holds for UK subsea companies, […]

  • Energinet seeks environmental consultancy for Hesselø offshore wind project

    7 July 2020
    Environment, Project & Tenders

    Energinet has launched a tender searching for environmental engineering consultancy services for the Hesselø offshore wind project in Denmark. The tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for the project that will have an installed capacity of between 800 MW and 1,200 MW. The duration of the […]

  • Enersea to Act as Owner’s Engineer for Norther Offshore Wind Farm

    7 November 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Dutch engineering and consulting company Enersea will take care of the owner’s engineering for the 370MW Norther offshore wind farm located in the Belgian part of the North Sea.

  • US Democratic Senators Introduce Offshore Wind Incentives Act

    9 June 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    US Democratic senators Edward J. Markey, representing Massachusetts, and Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, have introduced The Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development (WIND) Act which would extend the 30 percent Investment Tax Credit for offshore wind through 2025. Last year’s omnibus bill extended the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for wind until 2019, but […]

  • RenewableUK Applauds Carefully-Phased Offshore Wind Financial Cuts

    26 July 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed the Government’s announcement on levels of financial support for onshore and offshore wind, and wave & tidal energy, following the long-awaited conclusion of the Renewables Obligation Banding Review. The additional certainty this announcement provides could help the Onshore Wind sector grow […]

  • Germany: EnBW to Create Financial Headroom for Offshore Wind Expansion

    5 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) has successfully performed the capital increase adopted by resolution on 14 June 2012. In total, 26,598,504 new no-par value bearer shares were purchased at a subscription price of € 30.90 each in return for cash contributions. Gross issue proceeds thus amounted to € 821,893,773.60. The subscription period for the new […]

  • Energy Minister Pushes for Scotland to Become Offshore Wind Hub

    16 April 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    In an interview for Bloomberg, Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced intention of reducing corporate tax levied by the UK with an aim of bringing more investors in the oil and gas industry and laying foundations for fast-tracked development of offshore wind power. “The budget was difficult for us. Oil and gas producers want stability […]