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  • China Longyuan Completes Country’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    26 November 2012

    China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Limited officially announced that with completion of the 50MW Phase II construction of Longyuan Jiangsu Rudong 150MW Offshore (Intertidal Zone) Demonstration Wind Farm, this 150MW Intertidal Offshore Demonstration Wind Farm was commercially put into operation. In Rudong County, Longyuan Power, with its 32MW (intertidal zone) pilot wind farm locally situated […]

  • E.ON Unveils Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Plans (UK)

    7 February 2012

    Energy company E.ON is presenting its plans for a 700MW offshore wind farm in Albourne. The Rampion offshore wind farm will be located 13-23km off the Sussex coast upon being 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 […]

  • UK: P&O Ferries Enters Offshore Wind Market

    9 March 2012

    P&O Ferries, the UK’s leading ferry operator, is to enter the renewable energy market by supplying one of its large freight ships to act as an accommodation vessel for technicians working at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The three to four month charter of the 23,000 tonne European Seaway to Centrica Renewable […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Competes Against Tidal Hydrogeneration (USA)

    16 June 2011

    Windmills were also used for the generation of mechanical and, eventually, electrical energy…   By Normand LeBerge (pressherald) [mappress] Source: pressherald, June 16, 2011; Image: alternative-energy-fuels

  • Offshore Wind Power Development Blows Across North America

    6 May 2011

    Europe’s love affair with offshore wind may at last be venturing across the Atlantic as the first approved project in the US continues apace. However, the switch to this large-scale renewable energy form – which has the potential to displace both coal and nuclear in providing the bulk of energy consumed by coastal populations – […]

  • Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Critical Before 2020 (UK)

    21 November 2011

    As offshore wind energy projects evolve and as developers, manufacturers and energy utilities continue to invest, a short-term reduction in costs is unrealistic if the sector is to realise its true potential. This is according to Intertek METOC, specialist marine consultancy that provides impartial advice to the finance, investment and development communities. With European offshore […]

  • Offshore WIND Vessel Directory 2016 Looking For a ‘Cover Girl’

    15 April 2016

    The offshore wind industry will have a new reference directory at Seawork International in June: the Offshore WIND Vessel Directory 2016. This third edition of the directory offers an updated overview of available vessels in the market, including a new category: the Multicat work boats. For this third edition of the vessel directory we are […]

  • Offshore Wind Developers Help Solve a Century-Old Mystery

    21 January 2016
    Research & Development

    Whilst undertaking detailed seabed scanning for the development of wind farm projects in the East Anglia Zone, off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk, wind farm developers ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall uncovered something they weren’t expecting – an ‘uncharted’ wreck of a WWI German submarine, missing in action since 1915. At first it was […]

  • VIDEO: Creating Symbiosis Between Offshore Wind and Marine Life

    5 February 2016
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    What does ocean biology have to do with offshore wind energy? Quite a lot, according to this video by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which explains how scientists carefully study underwater areas to map out the best locations for potential future wind energy projects. The outer continental shelf of North Carolina supports some of the […]

  • Semcon and DONG Ink German Offshore Wind Consultancy Agreement

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Semcon has signed a framework agreement with DONG Energy which covers consultancy services for DONG’s German offshore wind power business activities. The agreement between DONG and Semcon focuses on supporting construction, commissioning and operations of offshore wind farms in Germany. “Our expertise from various industries will join together in providing an exciting approach to this assignment. We will be helping […]

  • Ezion Forges Another Offshore Wind Joint Venture in China

    22 February 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Singapore-based liftboats and service rigs provider Ezion Holdings Limited has entered into a joint venture agreement with an unnamed Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) for the deployment of service rigs to support the offshore wind farm market in China. Ezion said that the SOE is one of the key state-owned enterprises operating under the direct administration […]

  • VIDEO: Foundation Construction for the First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm

    19 June 2015

    Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first offshore wind farm in the United States, has published another video of the progress that has been made to install the first wind turbines at the Block Island wind farm site.  The video shows work on the steel foundations that will be installed at the site. Steel jacket structures for […]

  • G9 Issues Report on Offshore Wind Transfer Design Issues

    19 August 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A report resulting from the G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9)’s first Safe by Design workshop is now available. The report explores a number of key topics associated with the transfer of personnel from a Crew Transfer Vessel to a transition piece via the traditional push on method (including design of the transfer […]

  • New Jersey Offshore Wind Lease Sale Scheduled for November

    24 September 2015
    Authorities & Government

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper yesterday announced that an area of 343,833 acres (cca. 1,391km²) seven nautical miles off the New Jersey coast will be offered for commercial wind energy development in a competitive lease sale on November 9, 2015. The New Jersey Wind Energy […]

  • Siemens Presents New Offshore Wind Grid Connection Solution

    19 October 2015
    Storage, Technology

    Siemens has introduced a new solution for connecting offshore wind turbines to the grid. Presented at the National Maritime Conference in Bremerhaven, the direct-current technology enables a cost-efficient and simplified connection of offshore wind power plants far from the coast, Siemens said. The platform housing the transmission technology is much smaller and more compact than […]

  • Buss and IDEA Set Sights on French Offshore Wind Market

    25 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Hamburg-based Buss Offshore Solutions and the St. Nazaire-based logistics services provider IDEA Groupe have established a joint venture, Buss IDEA Offshore, to offer a wide range of logistics services for the French offshore market.

  • Ex-Coal Power Plant Starts Offshore Wind Makeover

    12 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Commercial Development Company (CDC) is rebranding the retired coal-fired power plant Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts, U.S., to a support center for the offshore wind industry. 

  • Offshore WIND Conference Day Two Maps the Way Forward

    10 October 2017

    Sometimes, one can be reading a map only to end up in space, which is not a bad thing at all if that is where they want to go. However, we ought to make sure where we are and which road we need to take to reach our “outer space” goals. Luckily, the second day of the Offshore Wind Conference (OWC) in Amsterdam gathered speakers who can guide us through the offshore wind journey.  

  • Offshore WIND Conference Day Two Maps the Way Forward

    10 October 2017

    Sometimes, one can be reading a map only to end up in space, which is not a bad thing at all if that is where they want to go. However, we ought to make sure where we are and which road we need to take to reach our “outer space” goals. Luckily, the second day of the Offshore Wind Conference (OWC) in Amsterdam gathered speakers who can guide us through the offshore wind journey.  

  • 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 […]

  • Tekmar grabs supplier contract for German offshore wind farm

    8 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for a remedial campaign at an offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea.

  • Germany to Overtake UK as World Leader in Offshore Wind Energy

    12 September 2011

    Germany will overtake the UK as the world leader in offshore wind generated power as early as 2015, according to new research.   (clickgreen) [mappress] Source: clickgreen, September 12, 2011

  • More surveys scheduled at Morgan and Mona offshore wind sites

    18 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A geophysical and environmental survey is set to commence at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the Irish Sea on 1 June. Survey vessel Titan Endeavour will carry out the nearshore survey of the projects’ cable corridors for approximately one week. The survey includes the use of a multibeam echosounder (MBES), sub-bottom profiler […]

  • Friesland Province Makes Offshore Wind Farm Investment Official

    18 May 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Dutch Province of Friesland and the developers of the 320MW Friesland offshore wind farm (Windpark Fryslân) project have signed a cooperation agreement which will allow the province to invest EUR 127 million in the project.

  • 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 […]