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  • Engie and EDP Aim for Offshore Wind Top Spots with New Joint Venture

    21 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Engie and EDP have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a co-controlled 50/50 joint-venture (JV) in fixed and floating offshore wind. The new entity will be the exclusive vehicle of investment of EDP, through its subsidiary EDP Renewables (EDPR), and Engie for offshore wind opportunities worldwide and will become a global top 5 […]

  • Cost Effective Ways of Offshore Wind O&M Examined at University of Stavanger

    15 August 2014
    Human Capital, Research & Development

    Statoil has accepted to support a PhD work of Ole-Erik Vestøl Endrerudat at University of Stavanger with Dr. Nenad Keseric from Statoil Wind Operations being a co-supervisor. The PhD work examines ways to the most cost effective operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms. Statoil wind operation department has recognised the potential of the agent-based model developed […]

  • Ørsted and Dominion Energy Sign EPC Contract for Virginia Offshore Wind Project

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Ørsted and the US utility Dominion Energy have signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the 12MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project.

  • 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.

  • Kokusai Cable Ship Readies for Asia’s Offshore Wind Farms with New Vessel

    15 November 2017

    Japan’s Kokusai Cable Ship will add a new Vard-designed cable laying vessel to its fleet in 2019. The vessel, currently being built at Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka, will be capable of carrying out cable installation for future offshore wind projects in Asia. 

  • DNV GL Sees Diving, Sailing and Crawling Robots in Offshore Wind’s Future

    22 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    DNV GL has published a position paper on artificial intelligence (AI) in solar and wind energy industries, saying AI will increasingly automate operations over the next several years and boost efficiencies across the renewable energy sector.

  • 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 […]

  • Bibby Marine Boosts Its Offshore Wind Fleet with First Damen SOV

    17 January 2016

    Bibby Marine Services Ltd, part of the Bibby Line Group’s portfolio of companies, has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilder Damen for a purpose-built Service Operations Vessel (SOV) to serve the offshore wind market. The new vessel, called Bibby WaveMaster 1, represents the first collaboration of its kind between the two companies. Stephen Blaikie, Chief Executive […]

  • 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 […]

  • Heartwarming Offshore Wind News: Race Bank Team Rescues Baby Seal

    14 July 2016

    DONG Energy posted a heartwarming story on its social media pages today, after the Race Bank offshore wind farm team recently rescued a baby seal.  “Some days ago our Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm team noticed this baby seal laying near the barge being used for landfall works. When they came closer to check it out, […]

  • RGU Researchers Developing Software to Cut Offshore Wind O&M Costs

    9 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) are developing a software tool which aims to cut maintenance costs for offshore wind turbines. The RGU team, including Head of the School of Engineering Professor John Steel and PhD student Yashwant Sinha, is focused on developing a tool which would enable companies to carry out turbine maintenance and spares-holding […]