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  • Deepwater Offshore Wind Mooring Project Gets US Grant

    19 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has selected a consortium led by Principle Power for contract negotiations for a USD 850,000 grant for DeepFarm, a project that focuses on developing mooring solutions for deepwater floating offshore wind. DeepFarm, a selection of mooring research initiatives, will help accelerate the deployment of deepwater floating […]

  • WoodMac: China Faces Offshore Wind Supply Chain Bottlenecks

    20 November 2019
    Research & Development

    Only 20% of China’s current offshore wind pipeline is expected to be connected to the grid by the end of 2021, mainly due to local supply chain bottlenecks, according to Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie reports that 45GW of projects have been approved for higher feed-in tariffs (FIT) before 2022, which strengthens the long-term outlook but […]

  • Denmark Embarks on 10GW Offshore Wind Energy Island Mission

    11 December 2019
    Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Denmark has initiated studies to find possible locations for one or more energy islands supporting at least 10GW of offshore wind capacity. This corresponds to ten large offshore wind farms that could meet the electricity demand of more than ten million European households. The total investment needed for the project is estimated to be between […]

  • Wood to Prep Equinor’s O&G Platforms for Offshore Wind

    11 December 2019

    Wood has been awarded a new contract by Equinor to deliver modifications to two offshore installations in the Norwegian North Sea to connect electric power from the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm. Equinor’s project replaces energy generated by gas turbines with electricity from the 88MW  floating wind farm located between the Snorre and Gullfaks fields. […]

  • MO4 and Seaqualize Take Home Offshore Wind Innovation Awards

    12 December 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    MO4 and Seaqualize have been declared winners of the Offshore Wind Innovation Award 2019, Offshore Wind Innovators said. During the Q-meeting of Van Oord and Siemens Gamesa, the audience of 240 wind energy professionals awarded Seaqualize with the public prize. The prize of the professional jury went to MO4. MO4 has developed a software that […]

  • MO4 and Seaqualize Take Home Offshore Wind Innovation Awards

    12 December 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    MO4 and Seaqualize have been declared winners of the Offshore Wind Innovation Award 2019, Offshore Wind Innovators said. During the Q-meeting of Van Oord and Siemens Gamesa, the audience of 240 wind energy professionals awarded Seaqualize with the public prize. The prize of the professional jury went to MO4. MO4 has developed a software that […]

  • 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.

  • Innogy Taps Teesside Uni for Offshore Wind Workforce Development

    12 February 2020
    Human Capital

    Teesside University and innogy’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to build local skills and capabilities to equip students for careers in the offshore wind sector. The 1.4 GW Sofia project will be constructed on a 593km2 site 195 kilometres from shore on Dogger Bank in […]

  • JDR makes headway with quantifications of subsea cables for offshore energy use

    12 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Safety

    JDR Cable Systems, part of TFKable Group, has finished the type test qualifications for next-generation 132 kV subsea cables designed for offshore energy applications, especially in the fixed and floating offshore wind projects, where it is expected to enable the deployment of larger turbines by doubling the voltage capacity.

  • CWind Taiwan nets BOP contract for Formosa 1 offshore wind farm

    15 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    CWind Taiwan has been awarded a balance of plant (BOP) contract for the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm. The company is providing inspection and maintenance services to the 22 turbines at Formosa 1 Phase 1 and Formosa 1 Phase 2 sites, including internal and external inspections and painting. Under the contract, signed with Formosa 1 […]

  • UK: Former Scientist Finds Nuclear Energy Cheaper than Offshore Wind

    15 March 2012

    Sir David King, a former scientist, claims that nuclear energy is a cheaper option than offshore wind, reports Telegraph. If the country wants to cut bad emissions, it will be forced to move heating and transport on to electricity. That means it should produce much more electricity than before. Professor King said that huge turbines […]

  • Report Finds Large Offshore Wind Potential North of the Dutch Wadden Sea

    28 April 2014
    Research & Development

    According to a report by Deloitte, the world wide brand gathering consultancy and advice specialists, there is a large area north of the Wadden Sea that is particularly suitable for the development of offshore wind energy. However, this zone is currently allocated to the Dutch Ministry of Defence for military exercises. The area has strong […]

  • Austria: PALFINGER WIND Wins Several Major Orders for Offshore Wind Farm Projects

    21 February 2012

      Based on the high level of orders received in 2011, PALFINGER WIND has further strengthened its position as market leader in offshore wind cranes. Thomas Nitsch, Head of PALFINGER WIND Cranes, says, “Our success in winning orders for several major offshore wind farm projects shows that we are on the right track with our […]

  • LS Cable wins preferred supplier status for Taiwanese offshore wind project

    6 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed a preferred supply agreement with LS Cable for the supply of offshore and onshore cables to Feng Miao 1, the company’s third offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the agreement, Korea-based LS Cable will supply offshore export cables, inter-array cables, and onshore export cables from their Korean manufacturing facility […]

  • BREAKING: Vattenfall Wins Second Dutch Zero Subsidy Offshore Wind Tender

    10 July 2019
    Project & Tenders

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has selected Vattenfall as the winner of the zero-subsidy Hollandse Kust (Zuid) III & IV offshore wind tender. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) opened the tender to develop the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) III & IV site without government subsidies on 1 March. Besides Vattenfall, the call attracted bids from […]

  • Orient Cable wins EPCI contract for 500 MW offshore wind project

    16 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Orient Cable has won a cable engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by MingYang Smart Energy for a 500 MW offshore wind project in China. The Chinese power cable specialist will deliver 220 kV export and 35 kV inter-array cables under the contract valued at more than €190 million. The 500 MW offshore wind […]

  • Van Oord wins major offshore wind O&M contract with Vattenfall

    22 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has selected Van Oord for planned and unplanned maintenance work at its offshore wind farms in Europe that together comprise around 600 wind turbines. Under a four-year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract, which has a one-year extension option, Van Oord-owned MPI Offshore will provide jack-up and associated lifting services for main component exchanges across […]

  • Dominion Wins Grant to Work on Cost Reduction of Offshore Wind Electricity (USA)

    19 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Dominion has received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to look for ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind electricity generation by at least 25 percent. “One of the biggest challenges to off-shore wind generation is bringing down the cost so it can be more competitive with other forms […]

  • UK: OGN Wins Grant for Hadrian Yard Offshore Wind Turbine Facility

    21 October 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    OGN, already a major player in the oil and gas offshore construction sector, has received a vote of confidence from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills as part of Round Three of the Regional Growth Fund for its expansion into the offshore wind industry. The North East economy will share in the benefit with […]

  • HSM Offshore to build offshore wind-powered gas production platform

    22 November 2022
    Technology

    Dutch metal construction company HSM Offshore has won a contract to build the first electrified ONE-Dyas N05-A gas production platform in the North Sea which will run entirely on offshore wind power. The N05-A project is part of the so-called GEMS area, an area approximately 20 to 80 kilometres north of the Ems estuary. ONE-Dyas, […]

  • The Netherlands: FRISIA-Offshore and Offshore Wind Services Announce Cooperation Agreement

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    FRISIA-Offshore, located in Germany, and Offshore Wind Services BV from the Netherlands announced a cooperation agreement. The intention of FRISIA-Offshore and OWS is to invest together in new Crew Transfer Vessels through a joint venture in the coming months. This joint venture will serve as growth platform for the German and Dutch market. Workships Contractors, […]

  • RSPB Scotland Objects Offshore Wind Farm Offshore Aberdeen (UK)

    1 November 2011

      RSPB Scotland has objected to proposals for an offshore wind farm near Aberdeen. A planning application for an 11-turbine wind farm off Abe… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 01, 2011

  • OSM Offshore Signs Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Contracts (Germany)

    1 September 2011

      OSM Offshore AS signs offshore wind mill installation contracts with Reederei NSB. OSM Offshore AS recently signed two contracts with the German Ship Owner Reederei NSB for crew management of two jack-up construction vessels for offshore wind farm installation. The vessels are owned by the German company RWE Innogy – heading the renewable energy […]

  • Belgian Offshore Cluster Advises Prudence on Future Offshore Wind Moves

    25 April 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Belgian Offshore Cluster (BOC) has urged the government ”not to take any impulsive and ill-considered decisions next week” with regards to the intention of the country’s Secretary of State for the North Sea, Philippe De Backer, to cancel concessions for future offshore wind farms.

  • Van Oord wins seabed protection work on Polish offshore wind farms

    17 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    The Dutch company Van Oord has signed a contract with Equinor and Polenergia to perform seabed protection work at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The contract covers the supply, transport, and installation of stone ripraps on the seabed to protect the cables and foundations. “The implementation of the agreement will allow us […]