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  • A2SEA Wins Taiwanese Offshore Wind Gig

    7 October 2015

    A2SEA has signed a contract to install two foundations and two Siemens 4MW turbines on the Taiwanese project Formosa 1, developed by Swancor/Formosa Wind Power CO., Ltd. The foundations and turbines will be installed from June 2016 by the vessel M/V TORBEN, formerly known as Friedrich Ernestine, owned by RWE. A2SEA will be responsible for ship management […]

  • 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 […]

  • N-Sea awards SCA contract for cable-laying vessel deck spread

    12 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    UAE’s Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has secured a contract from the Netherlands-headquartered N-Sea Group covering the full design, manufacturing, delivery, and commissioning of a cable installation deck spread for the cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera. The scope is said to include a 4,500-tonne carousel, a loading tower with integrated tensioner, a 15-tonne track deck tensioner, a quadrant […]

  • Cost hike prompts alternative concept search for second UK-Belgium interconnector

    9 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Given the recent increases in the cost of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) infrastructure, a new approach will be devised to construct the next phase of an energy island envisioned to be built some 45 kilometers off the Belgian coast, including the development of a second interconnector between Belgium and the UK.

  • Offshore wind contracts abound in November

    19 November 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    A significant number of contract notices seeking services within the offshore wind industry has been issued over the past several weeks. The work required spans several European markets and covers offshore investigations, certification services, vessel services, offshore maintenance, electricity output marketing, ecological studies, and others.

  • Rovco on offshore wind duty in Scotland

    22 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Rovco has commenced year two of its subsea and hydrographic campaign on the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland. Rovco’s scope of work includes inspection and surveys across the nominated subsea jackets and inter-array cable locations at the 588 MW wind farm. The aim is to enable year-on-year tracking of asset conditions and to […]

  • Subsea 7 Hit by Offshore Wind

    26 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Engineering and construction specialist Subsea 7 has seen red in the fourth quarter 2019 on activity drop in renewables and heavy lift division. The Oslo-listed firm posted quarterly loss of $129 million, or $45 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $889 million, versus profit of $32 million, or $12 cents per diluted share on […]

  • Subsea 7 Goes Offshore Wind

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the Beatrice wind farm turbine foundations and array cables, offshore Scotland, UK. The contract award was first announced on Friday, May 20, 2016, however, no details were revealed due to contractual obligations of the company. […]

  • 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 conference topic during Offshore Energy 2016 conference program. Over the past months a worldwide first has taken place with the dismantling Yttre Stengrund wind farm owned by Vattenfall. The wind farm had been operational since 2001 and Vattenfall has had […]

  • Offshore Wind Gets Approval in US

    30 November 2010

    Every few weeks, it seems, there’s a new development for offshore wind. It’s an important topic in New Jersey, where several wind farms are… By Sandy Bauers (miamiherald) [mappress] Source: miamiherald, November 30, 2010;

  • UK Lead in Offshore Wind Confirmed

    20 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    · European Wind Energy Association 2010 stats just released, confirm UK position · Total EU offshore now close to 3 gigawatts, powering 2.9 million EU homes · 19 gigawatts consented in EU waters, sufficient to power 14 European capital cities Latest offshore wind statistics, released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), confirm that […]

  • Leeghwater Offshore Wind Project Cancelled

    6 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Leeghwater, a Dutch pilot project proposing to install fifty to seventy offshore wind turbines off the coast of Zeeland, has been cancelled, Dutch media reports.  The project was abandoned due to high costs and lack of interest among companies, the project initiator TKI Wind op Zee confirmed today. The construction of the EUR 1 billion project would have begun […]

  • Beothuk Outlines Offshore Wind Benefits

    14 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Canadian offshore wind energy developer, Beothuk Energy, has discussed benefits of wind energy projects proposed off the western Newfoundland coast. In a report on the socioeconomic impacts, published by the company, the proposed wind energy project in St. George’s Bay would also include manufacturing of substructures as well as the operation and servicing of the […]

  • Offshore Wind Discussed in White House

    29 September 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Yesterday, the White House hosted the Summit on Offshore Wind, a gathering of leading federal, state and industry stakeholders committed to the long-term and sustainable development of offshore wind in the United States. By 2030, offshore wind is projected to supply 22,000 megawatts of clean and abundant energy to cities and communities in America, enough to […]

  • Portsmouth to Host Offshore Wind Talks

    8 June 2015

    Paul Williamson, director of Maine Ocean & Wind Industry Initiative, is to hold a presentation on opportunities posed by the development of offshore wind technology and power production for the Gulf of Maine region on Wednesday. The event called “Building a Sustainable Seacoast Economy with Offshore Wind Power” is another in series sponsored by Seacoast […]

  • 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 […]

  • VIDEO: Offshore Wind in Scottish Parliament

    12 March 2013
    Authorities & Government

    A recent study by Robert Gordon University (RGU) has shown that Scotland leads the way in renewables deployment across the UK. Furthermore, Scotland has set a target to cut carbon emissions from electricity generation by more than four-fifths by 2030, underlining the huge market for offshore wind beyond 2020. The following is a video from […]

  • Offshore WIND Goes to Husum, Germany

    12 September 2012

    The Offshore WIND team will be at HUSUM WindEnergy 2012 next week. Visit us at stand 2E03! We are all there to help you and your company with news, opinions, interviews, recruiting and publicity. When you have news to be published on www.offshorewind.biz speak to Armin. When you are looking to recruit wind engineers on […]

  • Importance of Offshore Wind Cables (UK)

    30 May 2011

    The recent UK announcements on offshore wind construction have focused on the connecting cables between an offshore wind farm and the shore. “British energy regulator Ofgem has awarded a consortium of Balfour Beatty and investors AMP Capital and Equitix the right to own and operate a high-voltage transmission link to a UK offshore wind farm” […]

  • Offshore Wind Power Around World

    19 April 2011

    Offshore wind power is not in place in most countries still, but it is in some places (especially the EU) and it is expected to grow… By Zachary Shahan (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, April 19, 2011;

  • Possible Boost for Japanese Offshore Wind

    11 March 2014

    The Japanese Government was urged to lift offshore wind tariff while lowering the tariff for solar energy, reported Reuters. Ever since the nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan has been looking to develop other ways of energy production, this is why the new feed-in tariff scheme was introduced in 2012, which required utilities to buy all […]

  • Samsung Keeps Offshore Wind Activities

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Korean company Samsung Heavy Industries has denied recent reports that it is halting its offshore wind activities. Spokesperson said: “It is not true that we are pulling back from the offshore wind industry. “We will keep working to secure a high performance prototype and focus on developing new technology. We have made rapid progress […]

  • Offshore Wind Growth Continues in Germany

    21 July 2014

    Deutscher WindGuard has published the latest edition of its biannual statistics on offshore wind power for the first half of 2014 on behalf of German engineering association VDMA Power Systems and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE). 30 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 108 megawatts were connected to the grid in the first […]

  • The definitive offshore wind reference book

    31 August 2016

      The Offshore WIND International Business Guide (IBG) is the definitive reference book for the offshore wind industry, your industry. A detailed guide with a clean A-Z index and a sectored directory to enable your clients to quickly find you. Whether you make the key decisions in the industry or you want key decisions made […]

  • Turkey Getting on Offshore Wind Radar

    20 June 2016
    Research & Development

    Offshore wind market that has yet to emerge in Turkey is being eyed by companies already involved in the industry in Europe, as well as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), according to Turkish media. The country got on the offshore wind map following the first offshore wind meeting held by the Antalya International […]