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  • USA: Kitty Hawk Requests Offshore Wind Turbines to Be Further Away

    15 February 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The Town Council of Kitty Hawk, a town on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, made a request to the federal government last month, asking for any offshore wind project that would be built there to be at least 20 miles away from the coast. The designated area off Kitty Hawk is located 6 miles […]

  • USA: DOI’s Action Propels Offshore Wind Transmission Project Forward

    15 May 2012

    Continuing its significant momentum supporting offshore wind energy and transmission, the Department of Interior declared there to be no competitive interest for the use of certain areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to construct an offshore transmission system being proposed by the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC). After a year of intensive internal and […]

  • Offshore Wind is About Balance Between Blanket Opposition and Support (USA)

    15 April 2011
    Environment

    The key to successful offshore wind development in the Great Lakes will be balance: finding middle ground between blanket opposition and…   By Jeremy Moule (rochestercitynewspaper) [mappress] Source: rochestercitynewspaper, April 15, 2011;

  • Interior Secretary to Check UMaine’s Offshore Wind Energy Development (USA)

    14 August 2011

    U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is coming to Maine to see work being done at the University of Maine at Orono to develop offshore wind…   (ctpost) [mappress] Source: ctpost, August 15, 2011

  • Interior Secretary to Check UMaine’s Offshore Wind Energy Development (USA)

    14 August 2011

    U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is coming to Maine to see work being done at the University of Maine at Orono to develop offshore wind…   (ctpost) [mappress] Source: ctpost, August 15, 2011

  • South Carolina Holds Forum About Offshore Wind Future (USA)

    17 November 2010

    A forum on the future of offshore wind energy in South Carolina will be held tonight in Georgetown. Panelists representing business and… By Gina Vasselli (thesunnews) [mappress] Source: thesunnews, November 17, 2010;

  • Spain’s Government to invest 143 million in the development of offshore wind farms

    29 March 2010
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    This project, sponsored by the Institute of Energy Research of Catalonia (IREC), aims to become a benchmark in research for the installation   [mappress] Source: barcelonareporter, March 28, 2010;

  • RTE Orders Prysmian Cables for Three French Offshore Wind Farms

    21 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Milan-headquartered cable maker Prysmian has been awarded a contract worth more than EUR 300 million with Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to develop submarine cable links to connect three planned offshore wind farms to the mainland power grid in France.

  • The Netherlands: Workships Contractors and Doeksen Family Expand into Offshore Wind Industry

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Dutch offshore and ferry operating companies Workships Contractors and the Doeksen family announce their continued expansion into the service sector of the offshore wind industry by signing a Heads of Agreement for an Anglo-Dutch co-operation with Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd, one of the longest serving companies in the wind farm transfer vessel […]

  • UK Opens GBP 220 Million Offshore Wind Road to China

    15 December 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, China’s Tus-Wind and TusPark Newcastle have signed a collaboration agreement to work together to advance offshore wind technology co-operation between the two nations.

  • CPPIB Takes a Piece of Hohe See and Albatros Offshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has signed agreements with compatriot Enbridge Inc. to acquire 49% of Enbridge’s interests in two German offshore wind projects – Hohe See and Albatros.

  • MHI Vestas Plots Offshore Wind Expansion with New Top Team

    16 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Vestas Wind Systems have appointed Philippe Kavafyan to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Lars Bondo Krogsgaard to Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-CEO) of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.

  • Subsea Investigations Kick Off at Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project

    6 March 2020

    Underwater investigations have kicked off on Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project. Over two weeks, a crew will complete 24-hour seabed investigations including mapping the seafloor, measuring water depths and identifying buried infrastructure such as cables or shipwrecks. The work is being carried out from Lakes Entrance using the local vessel the […]

  • WSP and Wood Thilsted Establish US Offshore Wind Co-Op

    30 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Engineering and professional services firm WSP USA has entered into a partnership with Wood Thilsted, a specialist structural and geotechnical engineering consultancy, to provide detailed design services for offshore wind foundations in the US market.

  • 6 Alpha Deals with UXO Risk on Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    29 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    6 Alpha Associate is in the process of managing an unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Limited (BOWL), an 84- turbine project located in the Moray Firth.   The 6 Alpha activity is geared towards issuing a final UXO safety clearance certificate. Upon completion, the work will confirm that the prospective threat to installation […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Over 6 Times Busier in 2015

    21 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Germany’s offshore wind farms have generated 1.3% of the overall energy produced country-wide in 2015, a 550% increase compared to a 0.2% contribution by offshore wind turbines in 2014, according to the data released by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Overall, energy generated from renewable sources has been the biggest contributor to Germany’s energy […]

  • OOS Energy Aims at Offshore Wind with Two New Jack-Ups

    14 November 2017

    OOS Energy has unveiled a new vessel design that will serve the offshore wind sector, in addition to oil & gas. The company will build two units of the vessel and is now in final talks with shipyards for the construction with an expected delivery in 2020/ 2021.

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Disappears from Horizon (Video)

    6 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby built in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland in 1991.

  • Vattenfall Wraps Up First Ever Offshore Wind Farm Decommissioning

    25 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall’s Yttre Stengrund wind farm has disappeared from the horizon in Kalmar Sound, Sweden, the power company said in a statement. Work on dismantling the five wind turbines with a total capacity of 10 megawatt (MW) which made up the Yttre Stengrund wind farm in Kalmar Sound began at the end of November. The job of […]

  • New drone prototype to start offshore wind trials next year

    10 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Falco Drone Technologies will commence trials of a prototype of its new drone in 2021, which is said to play a vital role in floating offshore wind inspection and maintenance.  In summer 2021, launch and recovery trials will begin at ORE Catapult’s Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine off the Fife coast. The newly developed drone addresses limitations […]

  • Offshore Wind Costs Drop Down Dramatically in Recent Years (Denmark)

    2 May 2011
    Authorities & Government

    The Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy published a report compiled by Deloitte indicating that the cost of building and operating … By The Green Living Guy (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, May 02, 2011;

  • USA: Baryonyx Corporation Plans to Build Offshore Wind Farms in Texas

    4 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Texas, the US leader in installed wind energy capacity, may soon be boasting offshore wind facilities as well. Baryonyx Corporation, an Austin-based company, has ambitious plans to build three offshore wind farms near South Padre Island and Corpus Christi. According to The Brownsville Herald, Baryonyx submitted in June its project permit application to the U.S. […]

  • EIB approves financing for Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm

    6 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €500 million financing for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. At the beginning of the year, Ørsted applied for a loan with the EIB which will finance the construction and the operation of the 752 MW wind farm. The estimated value of […]

  • Construction Work Kicks Off at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    6 February 2012

    Construction work has commenced on installation of 27 turbines at EDF Energy Renewables’ Teesside offshore wind farm, a Round 1 project. Located 1.5 km off the coast at Redcar, initial work involves installing large diameter steel tubes into the seabed as foundations for the transition pieces. The first turbines are likely to be fitted in […]

  • Dutch Communities Share their Offshore Wind Experience with West Michigan (USA)

    7 December 2011

    The idea of putting industrial-scale wind turbines off the shores of a tourist-dependent beach community was not an issue in Egmond aan Zee…   By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, December 07, 2011; Image: noordzeewind