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  • Concession rights for 6th Belgium offshore wind farm granted to Seastar

    24 March 2010
    Authorities & Government

    Brussels – Belgium Minister of Energy and Climate, Paul Magnette granted concession rights for one of the last offshore wind development zones off the Belgium coast to Seastar. Seastar is a consortium consisting of green energy company Electrawinds and development company Power@Sea. Both companies will equally share the rights. The planned 246MW wind farm will […]

  • USA: Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project Gaining More Public Support

    15 August 2013

    Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) is gaining more and more public support for its Icebreaker demonstration offshore wind project. Via the POWER Pledge, people can sign up and take the pledge to purchase a portion of their electricity from America’s first freshwater offshore wind project, located on Lake Erie. So far, more than 3,000 […]

  • Study Demonstrates Mid-Atlantic’s Offshore Wind Power Capacity (USA)

    29 January 2012
    Research & Development

    Offshore wind farms could generate more than enough energy to meet Maryland’s annual electricity consumption, according to a just-published study by researchers at the University of Delaware. The potential power output is nearly double current energy demands for the state, even when taking into account various limitations on where to place equipment in the Atlantic. […]

  • Danes eyeing extra gigawatt of offshore wind at Bornholm Energy Island

    14 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities has requested Energinet to expand the current feasibility study areas at the Bornholm Energy Island site in the Baltic Sea, which could allow for installing 1 GW of offshore wind capacity more and also be the new place where the Hesselø project could be built. The new […]

  • Scottish Enterprise: Pelamis Costs £16.3 Mln; Offshore Wind Challenging

    14 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Enterprise (SE), an executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Scottish Government, has published its annual results, which show that GPB 16.3 million has been written off in relation to wave energy company Pelamis Wave Power.  “Our ambitions in relation to Wave Energy were adversely affected by the difficulties experienced by two of Scotland’s key companies, Pelamis and Aquamarine. […]

  • Federal Government Plans $50.5 Million in Offshore Wind Research (USA)

    9 February 2011
    Authorities & Government

    The yachts and gulls might need to make some room off the mid-Atlantic coast for the offshore wind turbines that the government is hoping to…   (latimesblogs) [mappress] Source: latimesblogs, February 09, 2011

  • The Netherlands: ATO & We@Sea to Host Conference on Offshore Wind Development

    4 December 2012

    We@Sea and ATO are organizing the offshore wind conference for the third time and it will be held at the Holiday Inn in IJmuiden on Thursday 6th December 2012. Since the last Dutch conference in 2010, there are many new facts: A new government Need for cost cutting (40% ??) New regulations developments (i.e. streamlining […]

  • ‘World Offshore Wind Market Forecast 2013-2022’ Report Available

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Bharat Book Bureau has presented “World Offshore Wind Market Forecast 2013-2022” report.  The last five years saw global capital expenditure increase significantly, however that over the next decade this spending will level off at approximately €15 billion per year. New global installations are expected to average just over 3,000MW per year during this period. The […]

  • Economic Benefits of US Offshore Wind Will Attract Oil and Gas Suppliers

    24 March 2016

    Several important conclusions emerged at a webinar discussing supply chain opportunities that oil and gas businesses can take advantage of within the offshore wind industry in the US. The decision made by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) not to include Atlantic oil and gas leases in the next 5-year round will not have any […]

  • Offshore Wind Provides ‘Tremendous’ Opportunities for Foreign Technology Providers (China)

    27 June 2011

      A buzz of excitement permeated the room at the 4th Annual Cleantech Investor Forum on June 22 in Beijing.   By Corey Cooper (china) [mappress] Source: china, June 27, 2011;

  • Trump Demands Public Inquiry into Proposed Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    9 December 2011

    DONALD Trump has asked the Scottish Government to hold a public inquiry into plans for a windfarm off the coast from his £750million golf …   By Stephen Wilkie (express) [mappress] Source: express, December 09, 2011

  • USA: Environment North Carolina to Present Offshore Wind Potential Report

    13 September 2012
    Research & Development

    Environment North Carolina, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organisation, will host a press conference today to present its latest report on the North Carolina’s offshore wind potential, writes Lumina News. David Rogers, Environment North Carolina’s field director stated that NC has a potential of 297 GW of offshore wind power. Beside Rogers, the Sierra Club’s Zachary […]

  • UK: Mersey Ports Expansion Masterplan Also Includes Offshore Wind

    8 June 2011

    Plans to increase the handling capacity of Mersey Ports and the Manchester Ship Canal by 70% over the next 20 years have been unveiled… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, June 08, 2011;

  • Denmark’s Rodsand II offshore wind power plant begins operations

    13 October 2010

    One of the world’s largest offshore wind power plants has begun operations in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark. E.ON opened the Rødsand II project, with 90 Siemens offshore wind turbines with a ceremonial act. Siemens erected the 90 wind turbines, each with 2.3 megawatt (MW) capacity and a rotor diameter of 93 […]

  • PGE Targets Offshore Wind Pole Position with Polenergia Takeover Bid

    24 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Polish state-owned utility Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) has announced a tender offer to acquire a 100% stake in Poland’s largest privately-owned energy company – Polenergia.

  • SgurrEnergy Assesses Power Performance from Offshore Wind Turbine’s TP

    20 May 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    A pioneering offshore wind measurement campaign by SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, has completed the first ever power performance assessment (PPA) using a scanning lidar deployed on the transition piece (TP) of an AREVA M5000 offshore wind turbine. This success has huge implications for the offshore wind industry as this study shows that PPAs can successfully […]

  • GMS Offers New Offshore Wind Training Syllabus for Marine Coordinators

    1 July 2014
    Human Capital

    A new training syllabus from Green Marine Solutions (GMS) will provide answers for a new breed of skilled specialists who can take the tough offshore environment in their stride. Modern marine coordinators (MCs) must be able to respond rapidly to events and incidents that unchecked could have serious consequences as larger wind farms operate further […]

  • Two Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Farms Take Step Forward

    27 November 2013
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    Angus Council yesterday issued planning consent in principal for the onshore infrastructure required for Phase 1 of Seagreen Wind Energy’s Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Zone. This includes 19km of onshore underground cables, which will transmit power from a landfall location at South Carnoustie on the Angus Coast to the existing electricity substation at Tealing, […]

  • Offshore Wind Developers Invested GBP 165 Million in Scottish Economy

    28 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    New figures published by industry body, Scottish Renewables, have revealed for the first time that Scotland’s offshore wind developers have invested around £165m in the Scottish economy so far. Scottish Renewables asked its members developing offshore wind projects in Scottish waters how much they had invested in the sector to date. The results showed that […]

  • EMU Delivers Environmental Statement for Scottish 450MW Offshore Wind Farm

    10 August 2012
    Environment

    The Environmental Statement (ES) supporting the development marine license application for the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm was submitted to Marine Scotland last week and marked the start of the formal consultation period, which will continue for six weeks (until 10 September). Prepared by EMU Limited, working with developer Mainstream Renewable Power, the […]

  • Denmark: Planning Process for Krieger’s Flak Offshore Wind Farm Starts

    7 May 2013

    Danish Nature Agency and Danish Energy Agency have initiated an environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for the 600 MW Krieger’s Flak offshore wind farm, for which Energinet.dk has issued an invitation to public meetings in May. Land owners, municipalities, associations and others who will be affected by the upcoming Krieger’s Flak offshore wind farm in […]

  • Four States Race to Install First Offshore Wind Turbines in USA

    22 July 2011

    Cape Wind, the offshore wind farm famous for its 10-year fight against Cape Cod’s most prominent NIMBYs, will likely be the first U.S. project in federal waters. But there are three smaller pilot projects slated for state waters off Rhode Island, New Jersey and Ohio that are more likely to settle regulatory, permitting and finance […]

  • UK: Strathclyde Student Develops Solution for Offshore Wind Turbine Access

    3 July 2011

    An Engineering student at Strathclyde has developed innovative technology to solve a problem which costs the offshore wind turbine industry millions of pounds each year. Robbie Macdonald, 23, from North Connel, near Oban, has come up with a flexible bridge system to get technicians more quickly and safely to turbines in need of repair. Under […]

  • Norstec Academy Students Meet MP for Southampton on Offshore Wind Tour

    10 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Human Capital

    Today, 11 students from universities around the UK and one from the Netherlands met with Dr Alan Whitehead MP and Copper Consultancy as part of the Norstec Academy skills pilot.   Copper Consultancy, a Partner of the Norstec Academy, held a workshop with Dr Alan Whitehead MP for Southampton. The event challenged students to think […]

  • Belgium: Students Asking Offshore Wind Industry to Reconsider Approach to Employment

    19 April 2013
    Human Capital

    EUREC’s Wind Specialization Class of 2013 has released an open letter to the European Offshore Wind Industry. In their letter they wrote: The offshore wind industry has the wind behind its sails! Since 2001 with the commissioning of the first “utility-scale” offshore wind farm in Denmark to EWEA’s 2011-2020 projected offshore wind growth trends, the […]