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  • TowerPower Is ‘Onshoring’ Offshore Wind Turbine Inspections

    17 October 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The EU-funded TowerPower project is developing a system which will allow maintenance and inspection teams to continuously monitor the structural condition of offshore wind turbines on land via real-time wireless links. The project, which is entering its final year, is currently integrating this pioneering inspection technique and preparing for final testing on offshore wind turbines,  European Commission’s Community […]

  • Offshore wind farms delivering benefits

    14 August 2006

    North Hoyle and Scroby Sands offshore wind farms produced enough energy to power almost 80,000 homes and saved more than 250,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the first annual reports from the facilities. Also detailed in the reports were positive results on wildlife impact and safety measures, meaning that the two wind farms […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Forging Ahead

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind energy projects off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts are aiming to start construction next year and bring an energy source familiar in Europe to the U.S. for the first time, company executives said this week in Atlantic City at the industry’s major annual conference. “This is the year it happens,” said […]

  • Offshore Wind Keeps Fugro Busy

    25 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Fugro has recently secured several offshore wind-related contract awards in the USA and in the Netherlands. The company has been selected to carry out geotechnical site investigations at the Hollandse Kust West offshore wind zone in the Dutch North Sea. The 1.4GW Hollandse Kust West is one of the three wind farm zones identified in the Offshore Wind Energy […]

  • Virginia Affirms Offshore Wind Ambitions

    3 October 2018
    Authorities & Government

    Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has released the 2018 Virginia Energy Plan which calls for the development of 2,000MW of offshore wind capacity by 2028.

  • SSE Bullish On UK Offshore Wind

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The large volume of viable offshore wind projects in the UK means total installed offshore wind capacity could reach more than 30GW by 2030, firmly placing it as the leading source of low carbon power in the country, Paul Cooley, Director of Generation Development at SSE plc, said.

  • Norwegians Talk Offshore Wind in Japan

    26 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development, Technology

    Norway’s Equinor and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy met with Nippon Foundation in Tokyo to discuss offshore wind collaboration, GCE NODE said.

  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Showdown Starts

    13 December 2018
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The US Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) is holding an auction for commercial wind energy leasing offshore Massachusetts this Thursday, 13 December.

  • Offshore WIND in 2018 – Beyond News

    1 January 2019

    Wind turbines, zero-subsidy projects and emerging markets remained to be the industry’s hottest topics in 2018. And while these were also the most covered matters on Offshore WIND, we also pressed the ‘Learn More’ button under topics that might deserve to be more widely discussed – and we hope to do so more in 2019 and the years to come.

  • Scotland Feels Offshore Wind Bump

    28 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbines offshore Scotland generated 1,369 GWh of electricity in 2018, a 122.2% increase compared to 616 GWh of electricity generated in 2017, according to the latest figures from UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Scotland’s operational offshore wind capacity grew by 153% year-on-year, from 246MW in 2017 to 623MW in 2018. “Last year […]

  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Deadline Looming

    21 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    Massachusetts state regulators and utilities are to decide this week which of the three proposed offshore wind projects is moving forward.

  • Seals Fancy Offshore Wind Turbines

    22 July 2014
    Environment

    Offshore wind turbines can provide valuable feeding opportunities for the wildlife population in the area, according to new research carried out by the University of St Andrews. The study, published on Monday, 21 July, in the journal Current Biology, found that some seals appeared to deliberately seek out and forage around the structures. The research […]

  • California Set for Offshore Wind Meeting

    13 April 2017

    Today, 13 April, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will join the State of California in sharing information on current planning activities for possible wind development off the state’s coast during a public meeting in San Luis Obispo.

  • DOE Holds Offshore Wind Webinars

    20 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The U.S. Energy Department held a live webcast titled “Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind−Market, Manufacturing, & Jobs” on Wednesday, November 19.  Bruce Hamilton from Navigant Consulting Inc. presented Offshore Wind Market Report. This presentation summarized the third annual assessment of the U.S. offshore wind market, which includes developments in the offshore wind technology sector and the global development […]

  • Irish Utility Targets Offshore Wind

    3 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Energia Group is implementing a EUR 3 billion investment program in Ireland’s renewable energy sector, which will include the offshore wind market. In addition to offshore wind, the Positive Energy program will include investments for onshore wind, solar power, hydrogen fuel, bio-energy and smart grids. The five-year program is expected to create 200 new jobs across Energia […]

  • Decommissioning in Offshore Wind – A Worldwide First

    4 February 2016

    Decommissioning is a hot topic within the Offshore Energy industry and will also be a topic during the Offshore Energy 2016 conference. Over the past months a worldwide first has taken place with the dismantling of Yttre Stengrund wind farm owned by Vattenfall. The wind farm had been operational since 2001 and Vattenfall has had […]

  • AYOP Strengthening Focus on Offshore Wind

    27 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Dorothy Winters has been appointed as offshore business development manager at the Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Port (AYOP) with a special focus on offshore wind. Winters previously combined two functions: marketer at Port of Amsterdam and offshore wind programme manager at AYOP. The tasks of the post will include focus on renewables and offshore oil & gas, including decommissioning. […]

  • NORCOWE Mapping Offshore Winds at FINO1

    12 July 2016
    Research & Development

    NORCOWE has reported that it gathered an extensive data set of both point and remote measurements of the wind field in and around the Alpha Ventus wind farm as part of the Offshore Boundary-Layer Experiment (OBLEX-F1) at the German wind energy research platform FINO1, which is running since May 2015. “To our knowledge, a measurement […]

  • OXIFREE Enters Offshore Wind Market

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Zero Corrosion B.V. is committed to providing environmentally friendly anti-corrosion solutions to The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany and recently introduced OXIFREE TM198 to The Benelux, an organic and reusable polymeric resin used to protect equipment from corrosion. This anti-corrosion solution was mainly used in the oil and gas industry until recently, when its advantages became interesting to […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Offshore Wind Bonanza

    13 February 2015

    RenewableUK says a number of fresh announcements highlight the full extent of the UK’s booming business environment for the offshore wind industry and its supply chain. The global manufacturing company CS Wind has confirmed that it’s planning to build an offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in the Humber region – the first factory in […]

  • NORCOWE to Scrutinize Offshore Wind at FINO1

    20 March 2015
    Research & Development

    Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) is starting up an extensive offshore measurement campaign at the German research platform FINO1 close to Alpha Ventus wind farm. The campaign will take place from May 2015 to June 2016, and is carried out by CMR and UIB in close cooperation with the other NORCOWE partners, FuE-Zentrum […]

  • Offshore wind pioneer buys Ordtek

    3 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore wind pioneer Venterra Group has acquired Ordtek, the UK-based provider of unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management consultancy. Led by Lee Gooderham, Ordtek will form part of Venterra’s early stage “engineer” services led by the existing member, geoscience design company Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG). Ordtek will be supported by the engineering and project management […]

  • UK launches offshore wind inquiry

    7 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Innovation

    The UK Environmental Audit Committee has launched the Technological Innovation and Climate Change inquiry, with first focus on offshore wind power. Following the Government’s Offshore Wind Sector Deal in March 2019, the Committee will consider the opportunities that will maximize the industry’s potential and the challenges it faces in delivering greater capacity. The Committee is inviting written […]

  • EERE Promotes America’s Offshore Wind

    8 November 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE ) promotes access to the 4,150 gigawatts of clean domestic electricity that can be produced by America’s offshore wind energy. EERE supports research, development, and demonstration of larger turbines, components, and floating deepwater platforms needed to affordably harness the strong winds off of America’s coasts. Recovery Act investments in […]

  • Offshore wind in France – The state of the industry

    13 January 2012

    The last major economy in Europe that is not a member of the offshore wind club is due to knock on the clubhouse door this year. France will be joining the club with a huge 3GW enrolment fee. This month, to be precise, 11 January 2012, was the deadline for the tenders to be submitted […]