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  • DONG Energy submits tender for concession to build Anholt offshore wind farm

    9 April 2010

    DONG Energy submitted a binding tender to the Danish Energy. Agency for the concession to build a 400 MW offshore wind farm off the Danish island of Anholt in the Kattegat. If the concession is awarded to DONG Energy, the total investment is expected to represent up to DKK 10 billion. “Building Anholt offshore wind […]

  • Research and Markets Announce The World Offshore Wind Market Report 2011-2015

    30 March 2011

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The World Offshore Wind Market Report 2011-2015” report to their offering. The new edition of The World Offshore Wind Market Report examines the current and future prospects, technologies and markets for the offshore wind energy sector. It is the definitive report of the sector, used by […]

  • Research and Markets Announce Global Offshore Wind Turbine Market 2010-2014

    18 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Offshore Wind Turbine Market 2010-2014” report to their offering. The offshore wind market has been steadily growing across regions. European countries such as Denmark and UK have been leading the market with China fast catching up. In 2010, U.S. government approved the long pending installation […]

  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries aiming the overseas offshore wind power market (Japan)

    10 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is intensifying its efforts to expand its offshore wind power business to overseas. MHI recently reached… (shimbun) [mappress] Source: shimbun, August 10, 2010;

  • Managing Director of REpower UK Discusses Employment Opportunities of Offshore Wind Sector

    2 March 2011
    Human Capital

    Rick Eggleston, Managing Director of REpower UK discusses the considerable employment opportunities provided by the burgeoning Offshore wind… By Rick Eggleston  (industrytoday) [mappress]   Source: industrytoday, March 02, 2011  

  • THURSO-based engineering company successfully diversifies into offshore wind industry (UK)

    29 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Calder Engineering Ltd, which has been supplying cabins to the offshore oil and gas industry for 12 months, has recently won a contract to…   (johnogroat) [mappress] Source: johnogroat, July 29, 2010;

  • France: Alstom 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine Completes Power Performance Measurement

    6 May 2013

    Alstom’s new-generation Haliade™ 150 – 6MW offshore wind turbine has successfully obtained the IEC power performance measurement (power curve) after 3 months of performance measurements at Le Carnet site, in France. This key milestone in the type testing certification process follows on from the completion of the 6MW commissioning and exhaustive testing activity. The onshore […]

  • The Netherlands: Sarens and Verbrugge Terminals form Strategic Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy

    28 June 2012

    The Belgian company Sarens and Verbrugge Terminals from Flushing (Vlissingen) in the Netherlands announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership, resulting in a synergy of know-how and capability. Both partners have signed an exclusive agreement to work intensively together for all onshore logistics related to offshore wind farms. Verbrugge Terminals is a leading […]

  • UD-led Team to Investigate Connection and Transmission of Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    22 November 2011

    The wind power resource off the Atlantic Ocean is huge. But harnessing that power—moving it from the coast to the places where it’s needed—is an equally huge challenge. A team led by Prof. Willett Kempton at the University of Delaware has received a $540,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to investigate some of […]

  • UD-led Team to Investigate Connection and Transmission of Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    22 November 2011

    The wind power resource off the Atlantic Ocean is huge. But harnessing that power—moving it from the coast to the places where it’s needed—is an equally huge challenge. A team led by Prof. Willett Kempton at the University of Delaware has received a $540,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to investigate some of […]

  • RSPB, Trump Team up Against Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    3 November 2011

    Donald Trump is not known for making friends in Scotland, particularly after his planned Aberdeenshire golf resort came under criticism from locals. (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, November 03, 2011

  • Windreich Awards MEG 1 Offshore Wind Farm Substation Contract (Germany)

    18 January 2012

    Windreich AG has reached a new milestone for the construction of the ‘MEG 1’ offshore wind farm substation. The order for the 400 MW substation is worth tens of millions of euros. Consortium made up of Alstom Grid GmbH and SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG was commissioned for this job. The contract includes the manufacturing and […]

  • USA: Fishermen’s Energy Asks More Time for Offshore Wind Farm Application

    11 April 2012

    As reported by the Associated Press, following February report of two consulting companies, which raised various issues related to Fishermen’s Energy offshore project application with state regulators the company asked for additional time to amend their application. Several concerns have been voiced by consulting firms Boston Pacific Company and OutSmart, ranging from the costs of […]

  • BOEMRE to Hold Public Information Sessions on Offshore Wind Leasing Process (USA)

    15 September 2011

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced today that it is holding public information sessions about the commercial wind leasing process on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts. BOEMRE is also gathering input from the public, state, local and tribal leaders, and the fishing industry on environmental […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Aalborg Uni to Lead Offshore Wind Cost-Cutting Initiative

    14 December 2018
    Research & Development, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa and Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark will lead the new i4Offshore research and development project focused on significantly reducing the cost of offshore wind power.

  • Fugro goes full circle on first UK offshore wind farm (Video)

    31 March 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Fugro has shared a video showing the decommissioning of the Blyth project, the first offshore wind farm built in UK waters. The Blyth offshore wind farm consisted of two 2MW turbines commissioned in December 2000, which were at that time the most powerful units. Back then, Fugro supported E.ON with the site investigation and the […]

  • Norway: Brave Tern Takes Delivery of New Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    1 October 2012

    Brave Tern Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, which is indirectly owned on a 50/50 basis by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has today taken delivery of the newbuild “Brave Tern” from the Lamprell Shipyard in Dubai.   The “Brave Tern” is a self-elevating vessel for installation of offshore wind […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Positive Trend Recorded in Skilled Offshore Wind Workers, Despite Predictions

    16 November 2012
    Human Capital

    Even though many experts have predicted that the UK will face a skilled workforce shortage, Shrewsbury based employment agency, A&D Recruitment is proving them wrong. Namely, the agency said that it has a lot of Offshore Wind engineers with no jobs. This shows a current positive trend in available skilled offshore wind workforce, which may […]

  • Carbon Trust: Offshore Wind Among Cheapest UK Energy Sources by 2025

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Last week at the Carbon Trust’s annual innovation lecture at the British Library global wind energy expert, Henrik Stiesdal, Chief Technical Officer at Siemens Wind Power told an audience of 200 prominent offshore wind stakeholders that offshore wind will be one of the cheapest, scalable solutions for the UK, as compared to other renewables and […]

  • UK: Wireless Headsets Aid Health and Safety for Offshore Wind Turbine Technicians

    2 January 2013

    Offshore wind energy is a young, rapidly growing industry in which hundreds of millions of pounds are being invested as the UK seeks to secure its source of renewable energy for future generations. As in all young industries, the challenges are immense, and many companies which have traditionally worked in marine engineering and technology are […]

  • US Coast Holds More than 4,000 GW of Offshore Wind Power

    31 January 2012

    There is the potential to generate more than 4,000 gigawatts of energy from offshore wind but the United States has no offshore wind farms,… (upi) [mappress] Site: upi, January 31, 2012; Image: windpoweringamerica

  • Rystad Energy: Less is more if using 14 MW offshore wind turbines

    21 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    A recent analysis from Rystad Energy has shown that using 14 MW wind turbines can reduce overall costs of large-scale offshore wind farms, even though these wind turbines themselves are more expensive. Rystad Energy looked at using next-generation turbines of various sizes for a 1 GW offshore wind farm, and the effect wind turbine choice […]

  • Gov. Bev Perdue Answers Offshore Wind Question at Hilton Riverside (USA)

    20 January 2011
    Authorities & Government

    If you have an opinion on offshore energy, Gov. Bev Perdue’s Scientific Advisory Panel wants to hear it. The panel is holding a public forum… (wwaytv39) [mappress] Source: wwaytv3, January 20, 2011

  • Salazar Launches ‘Smart from the Start’ Initiative to Speed Offshore Wind Development

    13 January 2011

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has launched a ‘Smart from the Start’ wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental… (altenerg) [mappress] Source: altenerg, January 13, 2011