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  • Oil Spill at Gulf of Mexico Hurts Offshore Wind (USA)

    25 June 2010
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    Though the Gulf catastrophe has opened the nation’s collective mind about the enormous potential of offshore wind, BP’s behavior has also,… Herman Trabish [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, June 25, 2010;

  • BOEM to Talk Offshore Wind in South Carolina and New Jersey

    9 May 2016
    Authorities & Government

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold two Renewable Energy Task Force meetings regarding offshore wind development off the coasts of South Carolina and New Jersey.  South Carolina Renewable Energy Task Force meeting, scheduled for 17 May, will be held via webinar and will focus on updating Task Force members on public input received in response […]

  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Invests in Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has acquired 25% of the UK offshore wind project Beatrice. The Beatrice project is located in Outer Moray Firth, Scotland and is one of five offshore wind projects in the UK awarded an Investment Contract by the UK government (fixed inflation indexed settlement price for a 15 year period). The project has […]

  • Teco, China Steel Team Up for Taiwanese Offshore Wind

    23 July 2015

    Teco Electric & Machinery has officially established a joint venture with China Steel (CSC) in order to produce offshore wind turbines. The joint venture is to tackle Taiwan’s 4,000 MW installed offshore wind capacity target by 2030. According to Taiwanese media, Teco will contribute by integrating key wind power turbine components, while CSC will bring production of steel […]

  • Ørsted Places First Offshore Wind Construction Order in Taiwan

    19 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ørsted has signed a contract with Taiwan-based Century Wind Power (CWP) for the construction of a jacket foundation transition piece mock-up.

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea

    8 November 2016
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development

    Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would see that these dots are actually wind […]

  • Stowen nets job at Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm

    18 February 2021
    Project & Tenders

    The Great Yarmouth-headquartered Stowen has secured a framework agreement to complete grout connection works at the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. Under the agreement with SSE, Stowen will complete non-destructive testing at the 500 MW wind farm. According to the company, the complexities of the works involve NDT within confined space with the use of […]

  • 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, […]

  • Grimsby’s Politicians Quarrel over Offshore Wind Local Content

    23 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    During the Business Hive Questions event held last week in Grimsby, UK Independence Party’s (UKIP) parliamentary candidate Victoria Ayling and Dr Vicky Dunn from the Green Party had a heated discussion about local content in the UK offshore wind industry, especially when it comes to Grimsby.  “The Humber is being used as a base to put these [wind turbines] up […]

  • Breaking: First US Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall

    4 August 2016

    Deepwater Wind’s CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has shared images of the the jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern as it attaches the final blade and completes the installation of the first offshore wind turbine in US waters, and the first of five wind turbines to be installed on the 30MW Block Island wind farm.  Brave Tern, accompanied by lift boats L/B […]

  • GWEC: Offshore Wind Capacity to Top 234 GW by 2030

    5 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Global offshore wind capacity will surge to over 234 GW by 2030, led by exponential growth in the Asia-Pacific region and continued strong growth in Europe, according to a new report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). More than 205 GW of new offshore wind capacity will be added globally by 2030, including at […]

  • Busy Summer at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    10 June 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Works at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm are in full swing, as several vessels are currently carrying out their job. The cable maintenance vessel Ndurance is expected to start operations at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm today (June 10). Ndurance will work for six weeks in the eastern part of the […]

  • Granada to deliver davit cranes for Sofia offshore wind farm

    9 February 2021
    Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders

    Granada Material Handling has secured a contract with Iv Offshore & Energy (Iv-ONE) to provide davit cranes for the HVDC offshore converter station at the Sofia offshore wind farm. The Manchester-based company will design, manufacture, third party certify and commission two individual davit crane units. Granada Material Handling said it is already looking to place […]

  • Dutch Government Pinpoints Two Areas for 2.1GW of Offshore Wind

    5 July 2016
    Authorities & Government

    Hollandse Kust Zuid (South) and Hollandse Kust Noord (North) offshore wind zones, totalling 2.1GW of potential offshore wind capacity, have been selected for the construction of offshore wind farms by the Dutch government in an effort to reach the goal of 16% of renewable energy in the country’s energy mix by 2023. Hollandse Kust Zuid, covering […]

  • Construction of world’s largest offshore wind farm stays on track

    12 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Around 20 per cent of foundations has been installed at the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two, which is soon to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Ørsted said. The export cable installation works are on schedule and turbine installation is set to commence in the second half of this year, the project’s owner and developer […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Fully Up and Running

    30 January 2020

    Ørsted has commissioned the 1,218MW Hornsea One wind farm off Yorkshire, UK, the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

  • Hartlepool Could Become Centre for Offshore Wind Industries (UK)

    1 August 2011
    Research & Development

      Port operator PD Ports is aiming to turn Hartlepool into a centre for offshore wind industries.   By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, August 01, 2011

  • Port of Hartlepool logical choice for offshore wind developers (UK)

    16 August 2010
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    BOSSES at a North-East port business said the region’s coast was an obvious location for companies working in the offshore wind farm sector…   By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, August 16, 2010;

  • Humber LEP Welcomes UK Government’s Offshore Wind Strategy

    6 August 2013

    The Humber LEP welcomes the publication of the Government’s offshore wind strategy. The strategy formalises and brings together the key strands of sector for the industry to strengthen the UK position, where there is already more wind operation than the rest of the world combined. The Humber is well placed to create a large proportion of the 30,000 jobs linked […]

  • Dunkirk Hosts Business Opportunities in Offshore Wind Event (USA)

    13 September 2011

    The Chautauqua Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise and Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier announced that they will… (observertoday) [mappress] Source: observertoday, September 13, 2011

  • EEEGR Launching Offshore Wind Supply Chain SIG at Westminster

    17 October 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) will launch a new Offshore Wind Supply Chain special interest group (SIG) on Wednesday, 19 October, during a reception at Westminster. The Offshore Wind Supply Chain is expected to ensure that the region benefits from the investments in offshore wind, with its first steering group meeting, chaired by 3sun Group […]

  • Sweden: ‘Dalby Trent’ to Work on Karehamn Offshore Wind Farm

    6 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Dalby Trent has been awarded a contract for work on the Karehamn offshore wind farm for Jan De Nul who are working on behalf of EON in Sweden. The vessel will be doing crew transfers, ROV and Diving Operations. The vessel is the first wind farm support vessel to arrive on the field and […]

  • Scotland Backs Offshore Wind Innovation with GBP 2 Million

    20 June 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Scottish government has awarded some GBP 2 million in funding to Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and, Energy Skills Partnership to support innovation across the offshore wind sector.

  • UK: Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds and Fluor Reach Agreement

    15 May 2013

    Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Ltd (GGOWL), which is 50% owned by SSE, and Fluor Ltd have reached agreement on all of the outstanding claims relating to the construction of the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. The main claim related to the quality of up to 52 upper foundations (transition pieces) supporting turbines and the quality […]

  • USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm

    18 August 2016

    “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media this evening.  The installation of wind turbines at the first American offshore wind farm was completed today with the last blade attached to the fifth GE Renewable Energy Haliade 150-6MW turbine. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Brave Tern installed the first wind […]