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  • Michigan offshore wind turbines public hearings scheduled (USA)

    13 September 2010
    Authorities & Government

    Two public hearings are scheduled to discuss appropriate areas for wind energy development in federal waters off Southeastern… By Beth Daley (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, September 13, 2010;

  • UK: Carbon Trust to Issue Warning to Offshore Wind Industry

    12 June 2013

    Carbon Trust will today issue a warning to the offshore wind industry that important new innovations to slash the cost of offshore wind power are at risk of remaining on the drawing board as the UK currently has nowhere to demonstrate new lower-cost foundations with more powerful offshore wind turbines. The issue has become so […]

  • MT Højgaard to Speak at Offshore Wind Conference in Hamburg, Germany

    8 October 2013

    Danish MT Højgaard is speaking at the Offshore Wind Construction, Installation & Commissioning Conference in Hamburg from 14 to 15 October. On 14 October MT Højgaard will be giving a presentation on the study of the foundation types XL-monopiles and jackets – seen from an EPCI perspective. The presentation takes as its point of departure […]

  • Atlas Professionals and Ørsted ink offshore wind deal in Taiwan

    27 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Atlas Professionals has secured a local recruitment contract for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the exclusive contract, Atlas Professionals will provide 14 local professionals for the operations and maintenance of the wind farm. Main recruitment activities will take place in the first two quarters of 2021, with the first two professionals […]

  • 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 […]

  • Tern Sisters Lift Fred. Olsen’s Offshore Wind Unit

    28 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Fred. Olsen Ocean’s offshore wind segment reported NOK 428 million operating revenue in the third quarter of 2016, compared with NOK 254 million in the same period in 2015, mainly due to higher utilisation and rates from the jack-up installation vessels Brave Tern and Bold Tern. The segment includes Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS and Universal Foundation […]

  • Offshore wind firm decommissions two Perenco’s gas platforms

    21 January 2020
    Exploration & Production

    Transport and installation services provider for the offshore wind industry Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has completed the offshore work related to decommissioning of two gas platforms for Perenco UK Limited.

  • Tata Steel to Benefit from Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    6 February 2012

    Offshore wind mills presents a great business opportunity for the steel industry in the future, Richard Freeman, Manager for Product and Market Development in Tata Steel said to The Northern Echo. Tata Steel invested £2m in the Hartlepool tube mills in October. They are planning to establish a supply base for steel tubular sections used […]

  • Jan De Nul Continues Taiwan Offshore Wind Streak

    17 June 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Jan De Nul has secured the engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract (EPCI) for foundations and subsea cables at the Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Jan De Nul Group is responsible for the design, fabrication and installation of the jacket foundations, as well as for the design, supply and installation of subsea cables […]

  • Gov. Chafee Supports RI Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    7 March 2011
    Authorities & Government

    Rising world energy prices, spurred by demand from India and China, will make wind energy off Rhode Island’s shores a viable economic option… By Andy Smith (projo) [mappress]   Source: projo, March 07, 2011  

  • Offshore Wind Lecture Postponed Due to US Government Shutdown

    8 October 2013

    Due to the U.S. government shutdown, Salem Sound Coastwatch was forced to prolong today’s “Climate Change in New England” lecture, which was supposed to be held at the National Park Service’s Visitor Center. This is the second lecture in a row to be postponed after National Park Service’s Visitor Center closed. Jonathan Parker of the […]

  • German Government Expects Offshore Wind Liability Regime Agreement

    23 August 2012
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    Despite the differences between the Federal Environment Ministry and Ministry of Consumer Protection, German Government expects an agreement in the issue of liability for offshore wind farms. According to Dow Jones Newswires, disagreements are not uncommon during the phase of departmental coordination, during which the various ministries have the opportunity to contribute their specific point […]

  • UK: Government Gives Consent for Two Offshore Wind Farms

    6 July 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Consent was given today by the Government for the construction of two wind farms off the Norfolk Coast with a combined capacity of over 1GW. This means that 6.6GW of offshore wind power is now either operational, under construction or consented in the UK. The two wind farms at Race Bank (580MW) and Dudgeon (560MW) […]

  • Belgium: GeoSea Signs Contract for Northwind Offshore Wind Farm

    28 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    GeoSea, subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group and specialising in offshore constructions, has just signed a contract with Northwind NV for the construction and installation of foundations for Northwind’s offshore wind farm project off the Belgian coast. The project includes the installation of 73 steel monopiles and transition elements as foundations for the turbines and […]

  • First foundation in place at Hornsea Two offshore wind farm

    9 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    The first out of the total of 165 monopile foundations has been installed at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm site in the UK, according to social media updates from Ørsted. The milestone comes around a week after the jacket foundation for the wind farm’s offshore substation was installed. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation has been […]

  • Subsidy-free offshore wind power is only days away

    26 April 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Installation works are well underway at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid – the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm – to ensure that electricity starts flowing to the Dutch grid in early May. The first of the wind farm’s 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind turbines was installed at the site some 20 kilometres […]

  • Seabed surveys to start at Atlantic Shores offshore wind site

    30 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Fugro’s vessels Brasilis and Enterprise are set to mobilise for geophysical surveys at New Jersey’s Atlantic Shores offshore wind site on 1 May. The vessels will carry out surveys within the Atlantic Shores lease area and along potential export cable routes, according to the developer’s Notice to Mariners. Fugro secured a contract for geophysical surveys […]

  • Vattenfall picks EDS HV for Danish offshore wind work

    10 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    EDS HV has secured two contracts with Vattenfall to provide high voltage network commissioning and safety management at the Kriegers Flak, Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord offshore wind projects in Denmark. In addition to the commissioning scope, EDS HV will be offering full high-voltage safety management. The company is also providing full management of all […]

  • New York’s first offshore wind farm linked to land

    29 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects

    The subsea export cable for the South Fork wind farm offshore New York has now been installed, according to an update Eversource Energy posted on social media. The installation work, carried out by the Belgian company DEME using its dual-fuel cable laying vessel Living Stone, started in February with seabed preparation which included relocating boulders from […]

  • EOLOS FLS200 Floating LiDAR Validated For Offshore Wind Measurements

    10 February 2016
    Technology

    ECN has reported that EOLOS FLS200 floating LiDAR performs in compliance with the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of the Carbon Trust’s roadmap for the commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR technology. In October 2015, the EOLOS FLS200 floating LiDAR buoy completed a 6-month validation campaign next to the IEC-compliant IJmuiden offshore meteorological mast in the North Sea. The campaign has been carried […]

  • IPC Accepts Application for Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    20 December 2011
    Human Capital

    Suffolk could see thousands of jobs created by Galloper offshore wind farm. Yesterday, Independent Planning Commission (IPC) accepted the application from Galloper Wind Farm Ltd for the wind farm development off Surffolk coast. GWF submittedthe Development Consent Order (DCO) to the IPC in November 2011. The Offshore wind farm consists of up to 140 turbines […]

  • Offshore Wind Opportunity to Redesign North Sea, Report Says

    25 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Offshore wind potential offers opportunity to redesign the North Sea and increase marine biodiversity, according to the latest white paper from Ecofys, which also pointed out that there is an urgent need to improve collaboration and understanding to facilitate the development of a net-positive approach towards the future offshore wind roll-out across the North Sea countries. 

  • Future of UK’s Offshore Wind Supply Chain under Revision

    11 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    During his speech at Global Offshore Wind 2014, UK Energy Minister Michael Fallon disclosed that he recently initiated a review of the future of the UK offshore wind supply chain. The review will help find out what more can the industry and government do to support offshore wind development. Minister Fallon said that he will […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes New Report on Economic Benefits of Offshore Wind

    4 December 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade and professional body representing the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed a new report highlighting the economic benefits of wind. The study, by Cambridge Econometrics for WWF and Greenpeace, shows that UK GDP will be £20 billion higher (0.8%) in 2030 if investment is focussed on offshore wind rather than gas. […]

  • VIDEO: Scotland Sets Stage for Huge Offshore Wind Market

    31 January 2013
    Authorities & Government

    At the Scottish Renewables-Scottish Enterprise Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference in Aberdeen, First Minister Alex Salmond revealed the new target to cut carbon emissions from electricity generation by more than four-fifths by 2030, underlining the huge market for offshore wind beyond 2020. The Scottish Government posted a video from the conference, where Scottish Renewables […]