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  • Vattenfall: Sweden Must Up Its Offshore Wind Incentive Game

    10 June 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Technology

    Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall is hesitant to start any wind projects offshore Sweden due to the country’s incentive scheme being technology-neutral, Peter Tornberg, Vice President of Business Area Wind at Vattenfall, said. During the coming years, Vattenfall plans to invest around SEK 50 billion (around EUR 5.4 bn) in new wind power projects, onshore and offshore, to achieve 4GW by […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Innovators Sets Up First Innovation Award

    13 November 2017

    Offshore Wind Innovators, a community for companies active in the Dutch offshore wind industry, has launched its first ever innovation award.

  • Fire Breaks Out on CTV at Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm

    16 November 2017

    On the morning of 15 November, a fire broke out in the engine room of the crew transfer vessel (CTV) World Calima that was operating at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. Eight wind farm technicians and five crew members were aboard the CTV at the time and nobody was hurt during the incident.

  • Korea South-East Power Inks 600MW Offshore Wind Deal

    24 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    South Korean energy company Korea South-East Power (KOEN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a 600MW offshore wind farm off the Wando Island as part of the Jeonnam Wando Island 5GW Wind Power Generation project.

  • Siemens Gamesa: 8MW Offshore Wind Turbine to Be Market-Ready in 2020

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has launched a new offshore wind turbine – SG 8.0-167 DD – said to increase the annual energy production (AEP) compared to the 7MW model by 20%. The 8MW turbine is expected to be market-ready in 2020. 

  • Offshore Wind Innovators Starts Gathering Pace (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    11 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    A Dutch start-up Offshore Wind Innovators is gaining momentum and has reached its goal to attract 100 companies to join the network by year-end, as Martin Weissmann, Innovation Manager at Offshore Wind Innovators, hoped for.

  • VIDEO: Marine Life Thrives on America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    15 February 2018
    Environment

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), based at the University of Delaware, released a new video that features never-before-seen underwater footage of fish feeding at America’s first offshore wind farm, as well as testimonials from local recreational fishermen and charter captains.

  • German Federal Council Shelves Offshore Wind Capacity Increase Talks

    5 March 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment

    Germany’s Federal Council (Bundesrat) has removed from the agenda a motion for a capacity increase in the country’s 2030 and 2035 offshore wind capacity targets.

  • Taiwan Life Insurance Joins CIP in Taiwan Offshore Wind Development

    14 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Taiwan Life Insurance, a subsidiary of China Trust Financial Holding, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to jointly invest in and finance offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Taiwan: Swancor Sets Its Offshore Wind Bar at 2.6GW by 2025

    14 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Swancor aims to have 520MW of offshore wind installed in Taiwanese waters by 2020 and reach 2.6GW by 2025, according to its latest press release. 

  • WindEurope: Floating Offshore Wind Ripe for Industrial Scale Roll-Out

    8 June 2017
    Technology

    Floating offshore wind is no longer consigned to the laboratory: it’s a viable technology ready to be rolled out on an industrial scale, according to the latest report from WindEurope released today at the Offshore Wind Energy 2017 event in London.

  • C-Job Unveils Offshore Wind O&M Vessel of the Future

    14 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    C-Job Naval Architects has unveiled an initial design of an offshore wind Operations & Maintenance (O&M) vessel capable of servicing the needs of next generation far offshore wind farms.

  • IMCA Applauds UK Extending Offshore Wind Immigration Rules Concession

    5 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has welcomed the one-year extension by the UK Home Office of the concession to UK immigration rules concerning workers joining vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects.

  • IMCA Applauds UK Extending Offshore Wind Immigration Rules Concession

    5 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has welcomed the one-year extension by the UK Home Office of the concession to UK immigration rules concerning workers joining vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects.

  • Guangdong Jingyin and Ming Yang Ink Offshore Wind Cooperation Agreement

    4 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Guangdong Jingyin Machinery Co. Ltd. and China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of offshore wind services through a joint-stock company – Zhejiang Huayun Hai Yang Engineering and Technology Services. The two companies agreed to collaborate on designing, engineering, developing and operating offshore wind farms. Back in September 2015, […]

  • SER: France Should Set More Ambitious Offshore Wind Targets

    15 April 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables (SER), a French renewables lobby, will ask for more ambitious targets for offshore wind capacity planned post-2023 during the review of the country’s new energy investment plan scheduled for Friday, 15 April. The French government’s plan calls for the development of 3GW of offshore wind capacity by 2023, with further […]

  • TU Delft Researcher Studies Possibility of Hydraulic Offshore Wind Farm

    4 April 2017
    Research & Development

    For his doctorate awarded on Tuesday, 4 April, TU Delft researcher Antonio Jarquin Laguna investigated the possibility of a ‘hydraulic’ offshore wind farm.

  • Polenergia Secures Environmental Permit for Second Baltic Offshore Wind Farm

    26 April 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment

    Polish energy company Polenergia S.A. has obtained a legally binding environmental decision defining environmental requirements for the implementation of the 600MW Polenergia Baltic Sea II offshore wind farm (Polenergia Bałtyk II).

  • UK Offshore Wind Well Positioned to Weather Hard Brexit – Report

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind is well positioned to play a major role in the long term UK energy mix even in the case of hard Brexit, according to a joint report by Wood Mackenzie and Verisk Maplecroft. With more than 19GW of new capacity forecast by 2028, a hard Brexit is expected to have limited impact on this […]

  • UK Launches Offshore Wind Sector Deal, Commits to 30GW by 30

    7 March 2019
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital

    The UK has launched the new joint government-industry Offshore Wind Sector Deal which will see offshore wind reach the connected capacity of 30GW and deliver one-third of the UK’s electricity by 2030. Under the new deal, the number of jobs in the industry is expected to rise to 27,000 by 2030, up from 7,200 today. The deal […]

  • Yale: US Offshore Wind Could Hit a Supply Chain Bottleneck

    4 April 2019
    Research & Development

    The implementation of U.S. offshore wind targets will not be as simple or, potentially, as green as it may seem since certain issues can “cause a bottleneck in the supply chain”,  according to research by Yale University. Researchers from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies challenged the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) offshore wind plans, focusing specifically […]

  • Estonia Starts Construction Permit Process for 1GW Offshore Wind Farm

    30 December 2019
    Authorities & Government

    The Estonian government has initiated a construction permit procedure for Eesti Energia’s 1GW offshore wind project in the Gulf of Riga. The move allows the developer to continue its research and search for partners for the construction of the offshore wind farm, Enefit Green, a member of Eesti Energia group said. According to Aavo Kärmas, […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Preferred Supplier for 2.6GW US Offshore Wind Project

    7 January 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Dominion Energy has selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred turbine supplier for its 2.6GW offshore wind project in Virginia, the U.S. Siemens Gamesa will supply the turbines from its Offshore Direct Drive platform, with the final amount to be determined during a later phase of the early development period. A long-term service and maintenance agreement […]

  • EDP Renewables and Engie Sign Off On Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    24 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    EDP Renewables and Engie have signed an agreement to create a co-controlled 50/50 joint-venture in fixed and floating offshore wind. The agreement follows the last year’s signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to form a new entity as an exclusive vehicle of investment of EDPR and Engie for offshore wind opportunities worldwide. This alliance […]

  • Crew Rescued as Offshore Wind Ship Develops List Off Taiwan

    23 August 2019

    Indonesia-flagged geotechnical survey vessel Patra Offshore suffered a heavy portside list while working on an offshore wind-related project off Changhua in Taiwan on Thursday, 22 August. The vessel tilted to about 40 degrees and was taking on water, according to Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration. 40 people who were on board the ship at the time […]