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  • New Anglia Welcomes Offshore Wind Investment in Great Yarmout, UK

    19 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has welcomed the opening of a new offshore wind support facility in Great Yarmouth. Norfolk-based Fendercare Marine is investing more than £1m in the new base at Cobholm to provide a range of support services to the rapidly-growing offshore wind industry. New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership director Mark Goodall is […]

  • Dong Plans to Expand Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    5 May 2011

    AROUND 2,000 workers would be involved in £450m plans to quadruple the size of the Liverpool Bay wind farm.   By David Bartlett (liverpoolecho) [mappress] Source: liverpoolecho, May 05, 2011;

  • Ørsted joins UK offshore wind sea state forecasting project

    27 July 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has joined a GBP 400,000 sea state forecasting project, launched by UK’s national Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Centre of Excellence, a collaboration between the University of Hull and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The project’s goal is to deliver a significant reduction in missed working days by developing an innovative approach to sea […]

  • DONG and Ziton Ink Offshore Wind Turbine O&M Deal

    17 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy and Ziton A/S have entered a framework agreement that will see Ziton provide services related to main component exchanges on out-of-warranty offshore wind turbines for the next three years. Ziton will provide its jack-up crane vessels for main component exchanges in Danish wind farms operated by DONG Energy not covered by O&M warranty. […]

  • Dutch Senate Dismisses ‘Stroom’ Bill, Offshore Wind Construction Delayed

    23 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Dutch Senate’s vote against the new electricity and gas legislation yesterday evening is expected to delay the construction of new offshore wind farms by at least six months, according to Dutch minister of economic affairs Henk Kamp.  “What you have achieved is to create a big problem for offshore wind,” the Dutch media quoted Minister Kamp as telling the Senate […]

  • Offshore Wind Bill Being Crafted for 2011 General Assembly (USA)

    27 December 2010

    A bill requiring utilities to enter into long-term purchasing agreements for wind-generated power is in the works for the 2011 General Assembly, with supporters and opponents getting ready to air the issue. Prince George’s County Sen. Paul Pinsky and Montgomery County Del. Tom Hucker, both Democrats, are planning to refile legislation similar to the ones […]

  • SSE bought Stake In BiFab, and secured an agreement to boost offshore wind

    15 April 2010

    U.K. utility Scottish and Southern Energy PLC (SSE.LN) Monday said it had purchased a 15% stake in Burntisland Fabrications Ltd., or BiFab, [mappress] Source: easybourse, April 12, 2010;

  • E.ON and Statoil to Jointly Build 385MW Arkona Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Germany’s E.ON and Norwegian energy company Statoil have teamed up on a EUR 1.2 billion project to build the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German waters of the Baltic Sea. Statoil will have a 50-percent stake and will be involved in the project from the start. E.ON, the holder of the remaining 50% stake, will have […]

  • USA: North Myrtle Beach Plans to Use Offshore Wind Power

    15 October 2012
    Authorities & Government

    North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is working on a program to develop offshore wind power, with 12 wind turbines along its coastline and a plan to set more of them out in the sea. These turbines are the first step of an ambitious plan to turn the city into a demonstration site for coastal […]

  • EEA to Host Public Meetings on Offshore Wind Development Process (USA)

    9 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Officials from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) will host officials from the U.S. Department of … (nawindpower) [mappress] Source: nawindpower, February 09, 2011

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Generates 14% More Energy in Q3 2014

    18 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    According to the UK’s Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today, December 18, offshore wind energy generation rose by 14.1 per cent compared to the same period last year.  Renewables’ share of electricity generation increased from 13.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2013, to 17.8 […]

  • UK Launches Competition to Mitigate Offshore Wind Farm Radar Risk

    5 March 2020
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a competition seeking proposals that can provide future offshore wind farm mitigation for UK Air Defence surveillance. The GBP 2 million innovation competition seeks to reduce and remove impact wind farms have on UK’s Air Defence systems to boost green energy growth. It includes alternative technologies […]

  • CRE Issues New Tender Regime for Offshore Wind Energy in France

    25 August 2011
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on… By:Jacques Buhart & Nicolas Lafont  (natlawreview) [mappress] Source: natlawreview, August 25, 2011

  • New Offshore Wind Turbines Could Cut Costs by Third (UK)

    18 April 2011
    Research & Development

    Offshore wind turbines of the future should have much larger blades resulting in lower costs and cheaper electricity, according to the… (energytechnologies) [mappress] Source: energytechnologies, April 18, 2011

  • Windstream Energy to Build Ontario’s First Offshore Wind Farm (Canada)

    19 January 2012

    Windstream Energy has announced its decision to build Ontario’s first contracted offshore wind power project in the Hamilton area. At a press conference yesterday organized by the Lake Ontario Offshore Network, Windstream announced preliminary agreements with Bermingham Foundation Solutions, Walters Group, McKeil Marine and the Hamilton Port Authority to build its 300 MW Wolfe Island […]

  • Golf Club to Make Decision on Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    28 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Members of one of the oldest golf club in the world will make a decision regarding a proposed wind farm offshore Aberdeen. Royal Aberdeen Golf Club director Ronnie Macaskill said that he expects the decision to be made in January. The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre is being developed by Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd […]

  • Aberdeen Harbour to Play a Key Role in Offshore Wind Developments (UK)

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A Vega VLS-46 sector light, supplied to Aberdeen Harbour by Hydrosphere, has played a major part in facilitating the successful completion of the harbour’s £5.2m dredging operation, paving the way for the harbour to play a key role in offshore wind developments. The harbour is already the centre of activity for the energy industry’s marine […]

  • University of Strathclyde to Open Centre for Offshore Wind Technology Development (UK)

    20 June 2011
    Research & Development

    A new centre to develop and test offshore wind condition monitoring technologies – and help Scotland meet its renewable energy targets – … (engineerlive) [mappress] Source: engineerlive, June 20, 2011;

  • University of North Carolina starts detail study on offshore wind (USA)

    7 July 2010
    Research & Development, Technology

    With $300,000 of matching funds from Progress Energy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be able to start a detailed study…   [mappress] Source: starnewsonline, July 07, 2010;

  • First Jones Act Offshore Wind Jack-Up Coming in 2018

    29 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    Zentech Inc. and Renewables Resources International (RRI) have announced their plans to build the first Jones Act compliant, four legged, self-propelled Dynamically-Positioned Level 2 (DP2) jack-up vessel based on a US-built barge.

  • Germany: Vos Prodect Inks Amrumbank Offshore Wind Farm Deal

    15 January 2013
    Storage

    Vos Prodect Innovations secures a new contract from Cofely Fabricom sa/nv, for the supply of sealed cable hang-off systems of E.ON’s Amrumbank OWF. The Amrumbank West offshore wind farm is located around 35 km north of the island of Helgoland. It will consist of 80 Siemens wind turbines with a rated output of 3.6 MW […]

  • Germany: AMBAU, DOTI Sign Offshore Wind O&M Contract

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    AMBAU Windservice GmbH, a subsidiary of AMBAU, one of the leading manufacturers of tower and steel foundation structures for offshore and onshore wind turbines, has signed a contract with DOTI to provide repair and maintenance work for its twelve 5 MW offshore wind turbines. The Nordic Market news site informs that the contract’s duration is […]

  • Switzerland: Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and Offshore Wind Farm Industry

    27 May 2013
    Human Capital

    The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) will enter into force internationally on 20 August 2013. This is a new international convention which will be the ‘fourth pillar’ of the international regulatory regime for quality shipping, sitting alongside the MARPOL, STCW and SOLAS conventions. The aim of the MLC is to ensure that all seafarers globally (of […]

  • Netherlands Awaits Zero Subsidy Bids as Offshore Wind Tender Opens

    15 December 2017
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands is opening the first phase of the tender for sites I and II in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind zone on Friday, 15 December.

  • Smart from the Start to Speed Up Offshore Wind Development (USA)

    7 December 2010
    Authorities & Government

    Last week Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the “Smart from the Start” initiative to expedite the siting, leasing and… By Peter Voskamp (blockislandtimes) [mappress] Source: blockislandtimes, December 07, 2010