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  • US DOE to Issue Offshore Wind R&D Consortium Funding Call

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

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to issue a funding opportunity announcement entitled “U.S. Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium” in December 2017.

  • Offshore Wind Could Bring GBP 2.9 Billion to UK Economy by 2030

    28 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    ORE Catapult published a new report on 28 March, highlighting the economic benefits of a strong UK offshore wind industry, which could be worth as much as GBP 2.9 billion to the UK economy by 2030.

  • Ming Yang and China Three Gorges Reaffirm Guangdong Offshore Wind Ties

    27 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Wind turbine maker Ming Yang Wind Power and the energy company China Three Gorges Group have signed a  new agreement to cooperate on offshore wind projects in Guangdong, China’s province on the South China Sea coast. The two companies will team up to establish an offshore wind industry cluster in the region, Ming Yang said. According […]

  • Cuomo Backs Statoil’s NY Project, Proposes 2.4GW of Offshore Wind by 2030

    11 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    In his State of the State address delivered yesterday, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo expressed support for the development of offshore wind power in the lease area for which Statoil won the rights at the government’s lease sale in December, and proposed a commitment to develop up to 2.4GW of offshore wind by 2030. To ensure the […]

  • Report: UK’s 2017 Offshore Wind Development Activity Highest Since 2010

    6 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    830 wind turbines are currently under construction off the UK and seven new sites are expected to reach first power by the end of the year, according to the Offshore Wind Operational Report published by The Crown Estate.

  • Ørsted Targets Ladder-Less Offshore Wind Access System with New Buy

    23 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has acquired a 22.5% share in the Scotland-based Pict Offshore with an aim to mature a new ladder-less access system for the offshore wind sector. The Get Up Safe (GUS) system is a motion-compensated hoist solution that enables technicians to transfer between small moving vessels and offshore wind turbines without turbine boat landing and ladders. […]

  • UK Labour Proposes to Build 37 Public-Private Offshore Wind Farms

    24 September 2019
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The UK’s Labour Party has announced plans to build 37 new offshore wind farms with a 51 percent publicly owned stake. Offshore wind prices fell by 30 percent last week and there are more offshore wind farms installed in the UK than any other country. But deployment is still too slow, and all sites are owned […]

  • First Turbine Up at Yangjiang Nanpeng Island Offshore Wind Farm – Video

    11 July 2019

    China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) has installed the first wind turbine on the 400MW CGN Yangjiang Nanpeng Island offshore wind farm. The installation of the first 5.5MW turbine off Guangdong Province in the South China Sea was completed on 27 June, CGN said. Also, 16 wind turbine jacket foundations have so far been installed […]

  • James Fisher Showcases GBP 30 Million Worth of Offshore Wind Contracts

    16 July 2019
    Project & Tenders

    James Fisher and Sons plc has secured a number of contract awards in the offshore renewable energy sector with a combined value of circa GBP 30 million. James Fisher has been awarded phase 2 of the unexploded ordinance work and boulder clearance, as well as met mast decommissioning at the East Anglia One offshore wind […]

  • SSE Urges New UK Prime Minister to Increase Offshore Wind Targets

    26 July 2019
    Authorities & Government

    SSE has called on UK’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to increase the offshore wind capacity targets in order to reach the 2050 net zero emissions goal. In his letter to the new Prime Minister, SSE Chief Executive Alistair Philips-Davies stated that the Government needs to raise its ambition for Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions to deliver […]

  • New York to Seek at Least 1GW of New Offshore Wind Capacity in 2020

    9 January 2020
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will issue its second solicitation for at least 1GW of offshore wind capacity in 2020, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo said in his State of the State Address. The second solicitation could potentially yield ”substantially more” than 1GW in new capacity, according to the 2020 […]

  • Orient Cable Receives Offshore Wind Order from China Three Gorges

    4 February 2020
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    Orient Cable has received a letter of award from China Three Gorges New Energy (CTG) to supply cables for the Guangdong Yangjiang Shaba-West (Phase II) offshore wind project in China.

  • Kim Heng sets up offshore wind joint venture company in Taiwan

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Singaporean offshore services provider Kim Heng Marine & Oilfield (KHMO) has established a joint venture company with a Taiwanese company to jointly pursue offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The joint venture company, Bridgewater Marine (Taiwan) Limited, is 51 percent owned by the Taiwanese company and 49 percent owned by KHMO. In addition to the joint […]

  • Britain Is Only Just Beginning to Exploit Its Vast Resources of Offshore Wind

    19 August 2016

    Below, we bring an article on the UK’s offshore wind energy status and potential, written by Simon Watson, Professor of Wind Energy at Loughborough University, and originally published by The Conversation. In 1993, nine 300kW turbines were installed on the eastern pier at Blyth Harbour, near Newcastle on England’s east coast. One can question whether this […]

  • John Laing Makes First Offshore Wind Investment by Buying into Nordergründe OWF

    19 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    John Laing Group, a London-based international originator, investor and manager of infrastructure projects, has acquired a 30% stake in the 110.7MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm, which saw its first turbine going up on Tuesday. The Nordergründe project is John Laing’s second German wind investment and its first investment in offshore wind. Ross McArthur, Managing Director […]

  • Sepura and Vissim Renewables to Provide Communications Kit to German Offshore Wind Farm

    10 June 2016
    Technology

    Digital radio products designer and supplier Sepura has been selected to provide a complete communications solution for an undisclosed offshore wind farm located off the coast of Germany. The wind farm will be equipped with a TETRA system, featuring a number of base stations, Sepura’s SC20 series hand-portable radios with accessories, and SRG3900 mobile radios. The newly […]

  • Germany: Siemens to Build EUR 200 Mln Offshore Wind Turbine Factory

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Siemens will invest around €200 million to build its first production facility for offshore wind turbine components in Cuxhaven, Germany, the company reported today. The factory, expected to create up to 1,000 new jobs, will accommodate the final assembly of generators, hubs and nacelle back-ends, which are all connected to form complete nacelles, the core of Siemens 7 MW wind […]

  • DeepOcean secures inter-array cable contract for RWE’s offshore wind project

    3 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany, covering trenching, transport, and installation of inter-array cables. RWE has recently made the final investment decision for its entire Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind projects with a total of 1.6 GW. Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases, […]

  • Crown Estate: Hornsea 1 Pins UK as Global Offshore Wind Leader

    11 December 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The Crown Estate has welcomed the news that the consortium SMart Wind has been granted development consent for Hornsea Project One by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The project is scheduled to commence operation by 2020 when it will become the world’s first gigawatt scale far from shore wind farm. Huub […]

  • Survey soon to start on 1.4 GW UK offshore wind farm site

    25 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A 3D seismic survey will soon start on the Sofia offshore wind farm array site off the east coast of the UK. The 3D seismic survey will consist of towed survey equipment approximately 100 metres in length within the offshore wind farm array site. The survey operations, conducted by GEOxyz’s MV Geo Ocean 3, are […]

  • Report: Jones Act WTIV Needs 3.5GW Offshore Wind Capacity Pipeline

    6 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    An owner of a U.S. Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) needs a pipeline of at least 3,500MW of confirmed offshore wind projects on the U.S. East Coast to achieve a reasonable rate of return, a report by GustoMSC has shown.

  • UK: New Installation Technique Used at Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Zone

    27 March 2013

    The Dogger Bank offshore wind zone is proving to be a site for innovation as a new and safer installation technique has been used to lift Forewind’s initial meteorological mast tower on top of the innovative suction-installed bucket foundation. The use of the Bucket Foundation was also a UK industry first when placed on site […]

  • Innovation arrives at Borssele 1+2 offshore wind project with final monopiles

    1 June 2020
    Project & Tenders

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has arrived at the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea with the final monopiles. Innovation picked up the monopiles last night at Sif Rotterdam, a spokesperson from DEME Offshore said. Sif was in charge of providing 47 monopiles for the project, with EEW SPC, the parent […]

  • New Jersey’s second offshore wind solicitation could top 2.4 GW

    23 July 2020
    Project & Tenders

    New Jersey will seek to procure between 1,200 MW and 2,400 MW of capacity in its second offshore wind solicitation, expected to be issued in September. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has also reserved the right to select less than 1,200 MW or more than 2,400 MW, if circumstances warrant, the recently […]

  • UK: BEIS delays review deadline for East Anglia offshore wind farms

    2 April 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a letter extending the examination period for the Development Consent Order (DCO) applications for the East Anglia One North and the East Anglia Two offshore wind farms. The deadline for the completion of examinations has been moved from 6 April until […]