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  • The Crown Estate Encourages Investment in Offshore Wind Testing (UK)

    12 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate has announced a new leasing programme to encourage further investment in a range of offshore wind test and demonstration projects, including a leasing round for floating offshore wind technology. Other components will include calls for interest in for non-grid connected projects and variations to existing projects. The plans were announced at the […]

  • Tokyo Gas joins Chiba Offshore Wind joint venture

    25 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Tokyo Gas has joined the offshore wind joint venture established by Northland Power and Shizen Energy in 2019 and will become a shareholder in the project company Chiba Offshore Wind (COW). COW is developing offshore wind projects off the Pacific Ocean coastline of Chiba Prefecture in Japan. Now, with Tokyo Gas on board, there is […]

  • Virginia’s 12 MW of offshore wind ready for commercial operation

    14 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project has completed reliability testing and is now ready to enter commercial service. The next significant regulatory step for the two-turbine project is to submit the final documentation to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) which will carry out a technical review, expected to be completed […]

  • Waves Group joins world’s largest offshore wind farm

    14 October 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Waves Group has secured a contract to provide marine warranty surveyor services for the Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Waves Group is providing the services for Dogger Bank A, which involves the installation of foundations, infield cables, turbines, export cables and one offshore substation and the foundation for Dogger Bank B.  Operations […]

  • First turbine stands at Zhanjiang Xinliao offshore wind farm

    12 March 2021
    Project & Tenders

    The first wind turbine has been installed at the 206 MW Zhanjiang Xinliao offshore wind farm off Guangdong Province, China. Developed by Guangdong Energy Group, the wind farm will comprise 32 MySE6.45-180 wind turbines by Ming Yang Smart Energy. Each turbine has a nameplate capacity of 6.45 MW. Located off the Xuwen County, Zhanjiang Xinliao […]

  • Team gathered for Virginia’s offshore wind supply chain study

    11 March 2021
    Research & Development

    The Hampton Roads Alliance has partnered with Xodus Group and BW Research to conduct an offshore wind supply chain study for the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. The partnership will deliver an in-depth offshore wind supply chain assessment and gap analysis for the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and wider Southern Virginia. It will be used […]

  • Japanese to fast-track Kashima Port offshore wind project

    5 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Wind Power Energy is planning to accelerate the development of the Kashima offshore wind project in Japan. The project is planned to commence construction in 2024 at its 680 ha site in Kashima Port in the Ibaraki Prefecture. The joint venture of Wind Power Group, Tokyo Gas, and Vena Energy is developing the project which […]

  • German offshore wind production reaches new peak in 2020

    20 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    In 2020, Germany’s total offshore wind generation was 26.89 terawatt hours (TWh), of which wind farms in the North Sea generated 22.76 TWh and those in the German sector of the Baltic Sea produced 4.13 TWh of electricity. A year earlier, wind farms operating offshore Germany generated 24.16 TWh, with 20.25 TWh coming from the […]

  • Eemshaven selected as link point for TNW offshore wind farm

    18 January 2021
    Authorities & Government

    The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Eric Wiebes has announced that the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW; North of the Wadden Sea Islands) offshore wind farm zone will connect to the national grid at a high-voltage station in Eemshaven. The minister approved the Eemshaven West route after multiple cable route alternatives were considered for […]

  • Six answer call to build Thor offshore wind farm

    14 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Danish Energy Agency has pre-qualified a total of six consortia and companies to participate in the tender for the Thor offshore wind farm. The applicants include Ørsted, Vattenfall, a consortium of Total and Iberdrola, as well as Thor Wind Farm I/S, owned by RWE Wind Holding A/S and RWE Offshore Wind A/S. Other pre-qualified […]

  • Rhode Island to issue 600 MW offshore wind call

    28 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. state of Rhode Island is planning to issue a competitive request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to 600 MW of new offshore wind energy. A draft RFP will be filed with state regulators this fall, and if approved, a final request is expected to be issued to the marketplace in early-2021. Any […]

  • Norwegian offshore wind-to-hydrogen project gets financial boost

    7 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Innovation Norway has granted financial support to the Deep Purple project, which is developing a green hydrogen production system powered by offshore wind, with the hydrogen being stored on the seabed. A consortium led by TechnipFMC is working on a pilot project that will see a green hydrogen offshore energy system being constructed and tested […]

  • Belgium breezes past Denmark in offshore wind capacity rankings

    30 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance

    Belgium has surpassed Denmark in terms of the installed offshore wind capacity and is now ranked fourth in the world, Belgian Offshore Platform (BOP) said. Following the commissioning of the 219 MW Northwester 2 wind farm in May, Belgium now has 1,775 MW of installed offshore wind capacity, compared to Denmark’s 1,703 MW. The United […]

  • Iberdrola secures stake in eight Swedish offshore wind projects

    23 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola has entered into an agreement with Swedish renewables company Svea Vind Offshore, which will allow the Spain-headquartered company to take a majority stake in up to eight offshore wind projects in Sweden. The eight projects are in various stages of development, with the first of them planned to begin operating from 2029. This could […]

  • HSEQ-360 secures work on Hornsea offshore wind farm

    2 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    HSEQ-360 has been awarded a contract by Elmeridge Cable Services (ECS) for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) campaign at the Hornsea offshore wind farm. The UK-based provider of Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality and Operational services will be supporting ECS during inter-array cable repairs and replacements at the offshore wind farm site off Yorkshire. In a […]

  • Offshore wind turbine tower factory under construction in Taiwan

    2 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Welcon and Century Huaxin Wind Energy (CHWE) have entered into an agreement to cooperate on a turbine tower fabrication facility for offshore wind in Taiwan. Welcon said it will provide its experience and technological know-how to CHWE who will design, build and operate the facility that will serve the Taiwanese and Asian offshore wind market. […]

  • Vento Maritime joins MMT on US offshore wind project

    5 August 2020
    Environment, Project & Tenders

    MMT US Inc. has awarded Vento Maritime with a contract for MetOcean forecasts and weather support at Equinor’s Beacon Wind project offshore Massachusetts. Earlier this year, Equinor Wind US contracted MMT for geophysical survey services at the offshore wind lease area in New England. The project covers high resolution geophysical, benthic surveys and shallow subsurface […]

  • Latest Dutch offshore wind farm comes with a bag of tricks

    30 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    The 759 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm will include five technology demonstrations that could be implemented at full-scale in the future, CrossWind, the consortium developing the wind farm, said. These include a floating solar park, short-term battery storage, wind turbines that are optimally tuned to the network to minimise the negative ‘wake’-effects that […]

  • MOU signed for 3.5 GW offshore wind project in Vietnam

    23 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Vietnamese companies Asiapetro and Novasia Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Binh Thuan People’s Committee for the development of a 3.5 GW offshore wind project off the coast of the Binh Thuan province in Vietnam. The project, called La Gan, is estimated to be worth up to […]

  • New Jersey okays almost $6 million for offshore wind

    10 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) have approved two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) that will make nearly $6 million available to support offshore wind and other clean energy projects. Under the agreements, New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) will provide $4.5 million to support NJEDA-led workforce development […]

  • BOA joins DEME on Moray East offshore wind project

    16 June 2020
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    BOA’s offshore construction vessel (OCV) BOA Sub C has secured a contract with DEME Offshore for work on the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. Under the contract, which began on 15 June, the vessel’s scope of work includes accommodation, walk-to-work with Ampelmann gangway system, grouting and ROV inspection and survey. According to BOA, there are […]

  • European Energy moving ahead with Danish offshore wind pair

    19 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    European Energy is set to begin the development phase of its Omø South and Jammerland Bay offshore wind projects in Denmark. The first steps of the development phase will follow in the coming weeks with the preliminary inspections of the seabed at the project sites, which will help detemine the final project designs. European Energy […]

  • Transition piece defects beset German offshore wind farm

    21 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    German offshore wind operator has issued a contract notice for repair works on transition pieces across a wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract is scheduled to start in October 2021 and be completed by the end of April 2022. The contract notice was issued by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. […]

  • 1+ GW offshore wind farm plan emerges in Sweden

    13 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Sweden-based Zephyr Vind, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Zephyr, has announced plans to build a large-scale offshore wind farm in Sweden, which would use both floating and fixed-bottom foundations. The company has proposed two preliminary project designs: one with 61 wind turbines with a 20+ MW capacity each, and one with 94 […]

  • Export cable survey to begin at Seagreen offshore wind farm

    5 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A shallow geotechnical survey is about to begin within the export cable area at the Seagreen Phase 1A wind farm offshore Scotland.