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  • New Energy Funding Bill Backs Maine Offshore Wind

    13 September 2019
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations has advanced the fiscal year 2020 energy and water funding bill, which includes support for the Aqua Ventus demonstration offshore wind project. The legislation, advanced by a vote of 31-0, includes provisions led by Senator Susan Collins to support several R&D projects at the University of Maine (UMaine), including the Aqua Ventus […]

  • Germany: Cuxport Takes Advantage of Booming Offshore Wind Industry

    8 November 2013

    Terminal operator Cuxport has taken advantage of the booming offshore wind industry by becoming  a supply base for Regina Baltica, an accommodation vessel working for BARD Group over the last seven months. A variety of technicians and skilled workers were needed this year for the completion of  the BARD Offshore I wind park’s construction on […]

  • New Hope for Fishermen’s Energy NJ Offshore Wind Project

    10 November 2015
    Authorities & Government

    The New Jersey Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee approved an amendment to the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act yesterday, which requires the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to open a “window” to solicit new proposals for a small demonstration wind project off of Atlantic City.  Fishermen’s Energy, the company behind the Atlantic City Wind […]

  • Siemens, deugro Launch New Offshore Wind Logistics Concept

    17 November 2015

    Siemens presented a new offshore logistics concept at EWEA 2015 in Paris. The company has signed a long-term framework contract with transport service provider deugro Danmark A/S, utilizing two purpose-built transport vessels to efficiently link Siemens’ existing production locations in Denmark with the new production facilities in Cuxhaven in Germany and Hull in the UK. Instead of loading […]

  • MVDC Could Reduce Offshore Wind Costs, Study Says

    13 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    At this year’s EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen, Gordon McFadzean represented TNEI where he was selected as a poster award winner in the “Grids” topic. His poster tackled Medium Voltage Direct Current technology for offshore wind farms. TNEI Services has been commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, which is working in partnership with SP Energy Networks (SPEN), […]

  • ORIX Gets on Board Kashima Port Offshore Wind Project

    28 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    ORIX has agreed to participate in the joint development and construction of Kashima Port Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm which is to be built offshore of Kashima Port in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The equity investment by ORIX into the project company was also completed today. The project involves the installation of 20 wind turbines offshore […]

  • 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 […]

  • U.S. Senators Introduce Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

    2 August 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R- Maine, and Tom Carper, D-Delaware, have introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act aimed at providing financial incentives to encourage investment in offshore wind energy.

  • Samsø Havvind Cleared to Replace Damaged Offshore Wind Turbine

    1 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance

    Samsø Havvind A / S has received permission from the Danish Energy Agency to replace the wind turbine at the Samsø offshore wind farm which was damaged in an accident in November 2015.

  • Spliethoff Orders 6 MPVs, Aims at Offshore Wind Market

    13 March 2017

    Amsterdam-based shipping company Spliethoff has placed an order for six multipurpose vessels (MPVs) at the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding shipyard in China which are, inter alia, aimed at operating in the offshore wind market.

  • Enzen to Bankroll Seawind’s 2-Bladed Offshore Wind Turbine

    6 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Norway’s Seawind Systems and Enzen Global have formed a partnership through which Enzen will contribute to funding and resourcing Seawind’s hurricane proof, 2-bladed offshore wind technology.

  • Aconex Connects Block Island Offshore Wind Farm Teams

    8 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Deepwater Wind used a construction management platform provided by Aconex Limited to connect remote teams and manage project information during the design and construction of the 30MW Block Island wind farm, the first offshore wind farm in the U.S.

  • BNEF: Offshore Wind Levelized Costs to Fall 71% by 2040

    15 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore wind levelized costs will slide 71% by 2040, according to the latest long-term forecast from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • INNAS and Hydrautrans Developing Transmission for 12MW+ Offshore Wind Turbines

    13 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The engineering company INNAS and technology company Hydrautrans are developing a mechanical-hydraulic transmission for offshore wind turbines with a capacity of more than 12MW.

  • IRENA: Offshore Wind Could Reach 100GW Capacity by 2030

    31 October 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore wind power has the potential to grow from 13 gigawatts (GW) in 2015, to 100GW in 2030, driven by technology advancements and further cost declines, according to new analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). ‘Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind’, launched at the World Wind Energy Conference in Tokyo, provides an overview of the […]

  • Gemini and Westermeerwind Triple Dutch Offshore Wind Capacity in 2016

    28 December 2016
    Storage

    The Netherlands has nearly tripled its installed offshore wind capacity in 2016 due to two major projects coming online during the year. The two wind farms which were hooked up to the grid in 2016 are the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the North Sea and the 144MW Westermeerwind nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer lake. […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Electricity (Video)

    9 February 2017
    Storage

    Up to 6,000 homes in UK are now receiving electricity from the first producing wind turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil reports.

  • BOEM to Discuss Rhode Island, Massachusetts Offshore Wind Plans

    1 May 2017
    Authorities & Government, Human Capital, Research & Development

    BOEM will hold a Rhode Island and Massachusetts Joint Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting on 16 May in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

  • DONG Energy and NaiKun Form Offshore Wind Pact in Canada

    13 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy and NaiKun Wind Energy Group have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) which gives DONG Energy the exclusive rights to negotiate a joint development agreement for the Haida Energy Field Offshore Wind Project in British Columbia and explore the potential for establishing a long-term partnership with Naikun Wind Energy Group.

  • UK and Chinese Researchers Form Floating Offshore Wind Partnership

    15 September 2017
    Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers from the University of Exeter will collaborate with counterparts in China on a new project to develop the next generation of floating offshore wind technology.

  • Denmark: Dong Energy to Quadruple Installed Offshore Wind Capacity

    6 March 2013

    DONG Energy published the company’s 2020 strategy. Here is the short version. At the same time as DONG Energy announced its annual accounts for 2012, the strategy for 2020 was disclosed. DONG Energy has set clear ambitions for four focal areas. DONG Energy will: 1. Quadruple installed offshore wind capacity 2. Double oil and gas […]

  • VIDEO: 3D View of Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm

    19 March 2013

    RWE npower renewables’ proposed Atlantic Array offshore wind farm will have the capacity to generate up to 1500 megawatts of renewable energy within the Bristol Channel Zone.  The wind farm would be located offshore around 14 kilometres from closest point to shore on the North Devon coast, 22.5km from closest point to shore the South […]

  • USA: UMaine Submits Bid for Floating Offshore Wind Project

    4 September 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The University of Maine submitted a bid for its floating offshore wind project to the Maine Public Utilities (PUC) on August 30, the Bangor Daily News writes. Details of the bid remain undisclosed, because the PUC is obliged to protect confidential commercial information. However, university spokeswoman Margaret Nagle says that the University believes this to […]

  • Kongsberg and NorSea Taking Offshore Wind Logistics to Digital Realm

    13 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development, Technology

    Kongsberg Digital is purchasing a 34 per cent ownership share in NSG Digital, a subsidiary of the NorSea Group. The two companies will now collaborate on digitalising the supply chain in the oil and gas and offshore wind industries.

  • US Test Center Gearing Up For Offshore Wind Giant

    30 January 2018
    Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    Clemson University is preparing the 15MW dynamometer test rig at its SCE&G Energy Innovation Center in Charleston, South Carolina, which will be used to test the gearbox of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s 9.5MW offshore wind turbine.