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  • AFRY to provide engineering services for Tra Vinh offshore wind farm

    4 August 2020
    Project & Tenders

    A Sweden-headquartered engineering consultancy company, AFRY, has been awarded a contract for the Vietnamese Tra Vinh offshore wind farm, under which it will provide a full scope of owner’s engineering services. The company has already worked on the Tra Vinh offshore wind farm development. Prior to this latest assignment, AFRY was appointed a technical advisor […]

  • Export cable surveys tick up at Sofia offshore wind project

    29 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Fugro is set to deploy metocean equipment to support the planning of the export cable laying operations at the Sofia offshore wind project in August. Diving support vessel Curtis Marshall will be used for the work scheduled to begin on or around 3 August. The equipment will be deployed for a period of between six […]

  • XELLZ buys more land for Irish offshore wind supply base

    10 July 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    XELLZ has acquired an additional 100.000m2 of land at the Port of Rosslare in Ireland to establish an offshore wind supply base. At the beginning of the year, the Dutch company secured about 200.000m2 of land to facilitate a supply base for installation and operating companies for the near future offshore wind industry. According to […]

  • Scorpio sells two more bulkers amid switch to offshore wind

    15 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Transition, Vessels

    Bulker owner and operator Scorpio Bulkers is pushing forward with the disposal of vessels as part of its strategy to secure a foothold in the offshore wind market. In its latest move, Scorpio inked agreements with an unaffiliated third party to sell SBI Phoenix and SBI Samson, two Ultramax bulk carriers built in 2017 for approximately […]

  • ST Engineering, Nauti-Craft join forces on offshore wind CTVs

    22 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    ST Engineering Marine and Nauti-Craft have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly develop and supply new crew transfer vessels. Primarily, the two companies aim to explore the opportunity to incorporate Nauti-Craft’s marine suspension technology into vessels built by ST Engineering. As a further step, they intend to develop, build and supply Nauti-Craft-equipped crew […]

  • North Carolina issues call for offshore wind supply chain study

    18 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    The North Carolina Department of Commerce has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit an offshore wind supply chain and infrastructure assessment. The analysis will identify North Carolina’s existing strengths and capabilities relating to the offshore wind sector, and help develop a strategic roadmap to support the state’s efforts in attracting the industry’s manufacturing […]

  • CPP earmarks around € 350 million for French offshore wind farms

    12 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) will pay approximately € 80 million for its recently bought stake in Éolien Maritime France (EMF) from Enbridge. The Canadian company, through its fully owned subsidiary CPP Investment Board Europe, has acquired 49 per cent of Enbridge’s 50 per cent stake in EMF, the developer of three offshore […]

  • Hong Kong: Costs and technical issues weigh against offshore wind

    7 May 2020
    Authorities & Government

    Adding offshore wind to Hong Kong’s energy mix is currently hindered by technical and financial issues, according to the latest information from official sources in Hong Kong. Namely, a representative in the Hong Kong Legislative Council, Kenneth Leung, filed a question regarding the government’s offshore wind plans on 6 May. Leung asked whether the government […]

  • Northern HeliCopter secures HEMS contract for German offshore wind farms

    7 April 2020
    Safety

    Northern HeliCopter GmbH has won a contract to provide rescue services for the Riffgat and Alpha Ventus offshore wind farms in Germany. Northern HeliCopter will carry out helicopter rescue services (HEMS) for offshore personnel in connection with the operation of the projects. The contract includes both the flying and the medical components, as well as a […]

  • Iberdrola and Enea eye up to 3.3 GW of Polish offshore wind

    4 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Poland’s Enea Group and Iberdrola have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to jointly develop offshore wind projects in the Polish Baltic Sea with a possible total capacity of up to 3.3 GW. The two companies will now begin negotiations on an exclusive basis to assess the possibility of jointly investing in, developing, and operating […]

  • Exercise Simulated Vessel Capsizing on Walney Offshore Wind Farms (UK)

    20 September 2011
    Human Capital

    Safety is a major priority on the Walney Offshore Windfarms, and in order to train the safety procedures, a number of exercises have been held. During the latest exercise, the scenario was capsizing of a large vessel resulting in 31 ‘staff’ members overboard to be rescued and given first aid on the participating crew boats. […]

  • Taiwan Bureau of Energy Awards TGC with Offshore Wind Grant Scheme

    28 January 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Taiwan Generations Corporation (TGC) has been awarded as the first-place winner of the Offshore Wind Grant Scheme (the Grant Scheme) by the Bureau of Energy in Taiwan. The Grant Scheme will provide the financial support to the winners in order to realize a demonstration project composed of a 2-turbine pilot project and a 100MW-200MW offshore […]

  • Taewoong Goes up After Offshore Wind Announcement (South Korea)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

      Taewoong Co., a maker of parts for wind-power plants, rose as much as 15 percent in Seoul trading after South Korea’s energy ministry said… By Saeromi Shin (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 11, 2011

  • German Offshore Wind Companies Submit Noise Mitigation Research Report

    12 July 2012
    Environment, Research & Development

    Eight builders and operators of German offshore wind farms presented the final report on the ESRa noise mitigation project today. The research project tested various new noise reduction systems designed to mitigate the spread of ramming noise when installing foundations for offshore wind farms. The initiative aims to protect porpoises during the construction of offshore […]

  • Tax Credit for Offshore Wind Development, but No One can Qualify for it (USA)

    11 November 2011
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A tax break that could help get America’s first offshore wind farm up and running has been available for two years. But no one can…   By Maria Gallucci (truth-out) [mappress] Source: truth-out, November 11, 2011

  • Tax Credit for Offshore Wind Development, but No One can Qualify for it (USA)

    11 November 2011
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A tax break that could help get America’s first offshore wind farm up and running has been available for two years. But no one can…   By Maria Gallucci (truth-out) [mappress] Source: truth-out, November 11, 2011

  • Offshore wind accounts for 45% of NKT’s high-voltage order backlog

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance

    Subsea power cable manufacturer NKT has reported a record-high order backlog for high-voltage cables for 2023, with 45% of orders coming from offshore wind. At the end of last year, NKT’s order backlog was at €10.8 billion, more than double the company saw at the end of 2022. In its full-year 2023 results, the cable […]

  • The Leading Event for the Oil & Gas, Marine Energy and Offshore Wind Industry

    10 September 2019

    The leading event for the oil & gas, marine energy and offshore wind industry.

  • The Netherlands: Ulstein Delivers Pile Gripper Frames to Offshore Wind Force

    5 June 2013

    Dutch ULSTEIN subsidiary Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions completed the delivery, installation and testing of two pile gripper frames (PGF) to Offshore Wind Force JV on 2 June 2013. The PGF’s will be used by DONG Energy West of Duddon Sands (UK) Limited and Scottish Power Renewables (WODS) Limited for the installation of mono-pile foundations in […]

  • Offshore Wind Pioneer Urges Government to Grasp Industry Opportunity (Scotland)

    19 September 2011
    Authorities & Government

    A leading light of the Aberdeen oil services industry, now a pioneer in offshore wind, has urged the Scottish Government to nominate Dundee… By Colin Donald (heraldscotland) [mappress] Source: heraldscotland, September 19, 2011

  • UK: Phase 1 of Walney Offshore Wind Farm Becomes Operational

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      The first phase of the offshore wind farm being developed in the Irish Sea by Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd, in which SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has a 25.1% stake, is now operational. This means that 51 turbines, with a total installed capacity of 183.6MW, have successfully completed commissioning tests and are […]

  • Eneco announces beginning of work on offshore wind park development (UK)

    21 June 2010
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Dutch energy company Eneco has revealed that it has begun work to develop an offshore wind park at the 0.9GW West of Isle of Wight Zone it…   [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus , June 21, 2010;

  • South Korea Plans to Build 2.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    10 November 2010

    South Korea has confirmed it intends to become a major player in the offshore wind sector with an announcement last week that an $8.2 billion (€5.9 bn) wind farm will be built in the Yellow Sea. With an eye to reducing its dependence on expensive imported fossil fuels, the nation will begin testing 20 5-MW […]

  • Germany to Invest EUR 200 Billion in Offshore Wind Farms Projects

    19 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed her plan to construct offshore wind farms that will stretch over an area six times the size of New York City, reports Bloomberg. The plan expected to cost 200 billion euros ($268 billion), according to the DIW economic institute in Berlin, will also include installation of power lines that could […]

  • Chinese Company to Invest USD 3 Bln in Indian Offshore Wind

    20 October 2015

    Indian renewable energy sector will see USD 3 billion being invested from 2016 to 2020 by a Chinese manufacturer of construction equipment, Sany Group. The company said it will establish efficient technologies for offshore wind power generation and aims to develop 2,000MW of renewable energy projects in India. Sany Group said it plans to generate 4.8 TWh of […]