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  • USA: Governor O’Malley, Senate President Miller Join Offshore Wind Rally

    13 February 2013
    Authorities & Government

      An offshore wind rally in Annapolis, scheduled for today, will see Gov. Martin O’Malley and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. joining those in favour of the Governor’s bill and offshore wind in Maryland, Baltimore Business Journal informs. Governor O’Malley’s Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, Senate Bill 275, is put before the […]

  • UK: Environmentalists Raise Concern Over Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on Coastline

    29 March 2012
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    With an aim of reducing carbon emissions in half by 2020, Britain is pushing ahead with fast development of wind industry on its coastlines, The Telegraph reports. Namely, the plan for this year is to reach the number of 3,500 wind turbines, which underlies construction of additional 300 wind turbines, out of which 250 turbines […]

  • Four Companies Get GBP 4 Mln to Reduce Offshore Wind Costs

    18 March 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Four businesses have been awarded over £4million to spur on innovation in lowering the costs of generating offshore wind energy, UK’s Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker announced today. The grants have been awarded to 2-B Energy, High Voltage Partial Discharge Ltd, SgurrControl Ltd and Ocean Resource Ltd as part of the Department of […]

  • UK: SeaEnergy and RGU Partner Up to Reduce Costs in Offshore Wind Industry

    8 August 2013
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    SeaEnergy PLC and Robert Gordon University (RGU) have jointly launched a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop an operational and economic model for life cycle cost of operations and maintenance (O&M) strategies in offshore wind farms.  This KTP is supported by the Technology Strategy Board and aims to drive down cost in offshore wind. Sean […]

  • Moody Releases Report on German Draft Law on Offshore Wind Farm Connections

    6 November 2012

    Although the liability-sharing mechanism introduced by Germany’s draft law, dated 29 August 2012 and reviewed by the German parliament in October 2012, improves planning visibility and allows affected transmission system operators (TSOs) to pass on the costs for delays in network connections to end consumers, some uncertainties remain regarding the application of the law, says […]

  • CPNL Engineering to Supply Cable Protection System for Offshore Wind Project in Germany

    15 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      CPNL Engineering GmbH, a provider of cable protection equipment, announced that the firm will supply a complete cable protection system for use on the NSO offshore wind project of RWE, a leading utilities company in Germany. RWE is the first company to adopt the cable protection system in a complete offshore wind farm, as […]

  • Ontario Ministry of Environment proposes ban on offshore wind turbine projects (USA)

    27 June 2010
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment

    The province halted a multi-billion dollar wind turbine project on Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair Friday — along with similar projects — … Gary Rennie [mappress] Source: windsorstar, June 27, 2010;

  • Eight Major Offshore Wind Players Unite to Improve O&M Performance

    14 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has brought together eight of the industry’s major owner/operators to improve performance in operating and maintaining offshore wind farms. It is a move aimed at driving the industry a considerable way towards the goal of £100/MWh for energy generated from offshore wind. Owner/operators Eon, SSE, EDF Energy Renewables, Scottish […]

  • USA: Public Comment Period for Block Island Offshore Wind Farm Extended

    24 December 2012

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has extended the public comment period until Feb. 10, 2013 for those who want to submit comments on the Deepwater Wind proposal to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. In response to additional requests […]

  • USA: Rodolfo Sancio to Present Offshore Wind Foundations Study at Seattle Seminar

    17 July 2013
    Research & Development

    Rodolfo Sancio, Ph.D., P.E., a senior geotechnical engineer and an Associate of the firm based in Texas, will present next month at the Current Topics in Marine Foundation Technologies Seminar in Seattle. The event, hosted by the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), will be held August 1-2, 2013, at the Sheraton Seattle, 1400 Sixth Avenue. Dr. […]

  • Statoil Aims at NY Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement by End-2018

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Norwegian energy company Statoil plans to sign a power purchase agreement with a U.S. utility by the end of 2018 in order to develop an offshore wind project off New York, a senior company official told Reuters.

  • Statoil Aims at NY Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement by End-2018

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Norwegian energy company Statoil plans to sign a power purchase agreement with a U.S. utility by the end of 2018 in order to develop an offshore wind project off New York, a senior company official told Reuters.

  • E.ON Sells 80 Pct in Rödsand II Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)

    13 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    E.ON today agreed to sell an 80 percent stake in its 207 megawatt Rödsand II (Nysted 2) offshore wind farm to the Danish energy company SEAS-NVE. The deal is consistent with E.ON’s ‘less capital, more value’ strategic approach. E.ON will retain a 20 percent stake and will remain the operator for the remaining lifetime of […]

  • VIDEO: Flight through Gemini ‒ North Sea’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    19 May 2014

    Gemini offshore wind farm, which will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world and the largest one in the North Sea, has been the main topic of the industry these last few day. The 600 MW project reached financial close on May 14, becoming the largest-ever project financed offshore wind farm.  The project, […]

  • The Netherlands: Damen Introduces ‘Twin Axe’ Catamaran for Offshore Wind Farms Support

    13 April 2011

      Damen is currently finalising its first “Twin Axe” catamaran, which was designed to support offshore wind farms. Although the axe-bow concept was developed some five years ago, the Twin Axe offers a more stable platform within its 24-metre loadline. Compared to conventional catamarans with the same displacement, Damen claims the new concept offers reduced […]

  • A2SEA Signs Renewable UK Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Safety Accord

    15 May 2012
    Human Capital

    A2SEA has signed up to the Renewable UK’s Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Safety Accord. A2SEA has always supported and been a member of Renewable UK actively campaigning to establish safety standards in Offshore Wind by utilising voice at events and conferences, ensuring a safe working environment and participating in working groups with Renewable UK […]

  • Japan: Kajima, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Planning 500MW Offshore Wind Farm

    16 November 2012
    Research & Development

    Kajima Corp. and the engineering unit of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. are planning to construct 500MW of offshore wind power in the next five years, the companies announced yesterday. This follows the statement that these two companies have combined their expertise in a study, aiming to provide the total solution services for designing […]

  • Officials Discuss Social Acceptance of Offshore Wind Farms in East Anglia (UK)

    4 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A delegation of government officials and politicians from Sweden spent two days with key energy figures in East Anglia to discuss the … (businessweekly) [mappress] Source: businessweekly, July 04, 2011;

  • O&M Building for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm on its Way (Denmark)

    5 October 2011

      The personnel are working flat out to complete the O&M buildings at Grenaa Harbour. The assembly of the elements for the future welfare and administration building is almost complete, and the shape of the building now looks like the outline on the site sign. The next step is the light external wall on the […]

  • PensionDanmark and PKA Acquire 50 pct of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)

    28 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    A consortium consisting of PensionDanmark and PKA has signed an agreement with DONG Energy on the acquisition of 50 per cent of the Anholt offshore wind farm for a price of app. DKK 6 billion. PensionDanmark is lead investor in the consortium and will acquire a 30 per cent interest, while PKA will acquire a […]

  • Denmark: Jumbo Javelin Completes TP-Installation for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    9 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Jumbo has successfully completed the TP-installation (Transition Pieces) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, off the Danish coast. Jumbo’s DP2 Heavy Lift Vessel Jumbo Javelin installed the 111 TP’s with a record-breaking installation rate of 3 TP’s per day. The transport, installation, access to the TP’s and grouting was done without any Lost Time Injuries […]

  • Offshore Wind Power USA 2012 Adds Two New Keynote Speakers

    17 January 2012

    Green Power Conferences’ 3rd annual Offshore Wind Power USA, the premier conference for professionals in the U.S. offshore wind industry, has announced that two additional keynote speakers have been added to the already comprehensive roster of experts at the conference to be held February 22-24 at the Haynes Convention Center in Boston. Deputy Secretary of […]

  • Germany Launches First Competitive Offshore Wind Tender, 1.55GW Up for Grabs

    30 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) today issued an invitation to tender as part of the first competitive bidding process for offshore wind under which the bidders with the lowest offered prices will be awarded contracts.

  • Vattenfall Adds Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm to Direct Marketing Portfolio

    21 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall has gained the 252MW Deutsche Bucht (DeBu) offshore wind farm project as its newest direct marketing customer.

  • BOEM Takes Big Step Towards Offshore Wind Power Development (USA)

    8 February 2012

    Echoing President Obama’s State of the Union call for additional clean energy development, the US DOI and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken a major step towards commercial-scale offshore wind energy leasing by streamlining the development of offshore wind power in the Mid-Atlantic and announcing a finding that issuing wind energy leases in […]