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  • UK: Solstad Charters Normand Tonjer for Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm

    10 December 2012

    Solstad Shipping announced that the company has signed a contract with Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm Limited, on behalf of developers RWE Innogy, Stadwerke München and Siemens , to charter CSV “Normand Tonjer”. The contract will last 17 months and it will commence this month, as soon as the vessel completes its current task. […]

  • USA: New Bedford’s Biggest Opportunities Lie in Offshore Wind, Mayor Mitchell Says

    22 March 2013
    Authorities & Government

    New Bedford’s Mayor Jon Mitchell, spoke about the city’s progress in offshore wind sector and highlighted the importance of offshore wind development for the city in his State of the City address on Thursday, March 21. “Today, thanks to the hard work of the residents, employees and supporters of our great City, there is much […]

  • GE’s New DC Technology Cuts Cost of Offshore Wind Electricity by 15 Pct

    5 March 2014
    Storage, Technology

    GE Power Conversion has announced the successful trials of PassiveBoost™, the technology which will allow remote power networks to go DC. This is an important step in lowering the cost of power delivered from offshore installations and increasing the electrical output delivered from renewable energy sources in distant, inhospitable places. Since Edison, electrical engineers at […]

  • Gamesa Unveils New G132-5.0 MW Turbine at Global Offshore Wind 2014

    11 June 2014
    Technology

    Gamesa is showcasing its new 5.0 MW turbine, the G132-5.0 MW, at the 2014 Global Offshore Wind trade fair, one of the sector’s hallmark events, in Glasgow (UK) on 11 and 12 June. The new G132-5.0 MW turbine leverages the know-how and experience acquired during the exhaustive validation of the 5.0 MW platform, which culminated […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants and Transmission Capital Services Ink Export Cable Consultancy Contract

    2 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Storage, Technology

    Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC) has been employed by Transmission Capital Services Limited (TCS) to provide technical consultancy services on contingency planning and other services relating to the OFTO assets managed by TCS. TCS manages six OFTOs, namely TC Barrow OFTO Limited, TC Gunfleet Sands OFTO Limited, TC Ormonde OFTO Limited, TC Robin Rigg OFTO […]

  • Canada to Pay CAD 28 Million to Windstream Over Stalled Offshore Wind Project

    14 October 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    An arbitral tribunal appointed under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has ruled that Canada is to pay around CAD 28 million in damages and legal costs to the U.S. firm Windstream Energy LLC, the developer of the 300MW offshore wind power project in eastern Lake Ontario. A three-member panel appointed by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The […]

  • OWI-Lab: 3D Printing Brings Offshore Wind R&D Costs Down

    18 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    3D printing of a mold for the wind turbine blades can lead to cost-savings within the product development cycle, and the technology also makes it easier, and cheaper, to add more functionality into components, the Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-Lab) reports. Wind turbine blades produced for research purposes can easily be more than 12 meters […]

  • South Korean President Announces Nuclear, Coal Phase-Out. Looks to Offshore Wind.

    19 June 2017
    Authorities & Government

    South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in, elected last month, today announced plans for the country’s transition to renewables and phase-out of nuclear and coal plants in a speech during the official ceremony of the permanent shutdown of the country’s oldest nuclear power plant. Moon added he will focus on developing solar and offshore wind power.

  • Offshore Wind Market Size to Surpass 60GW by 2024, GM Insights Report Says

    30 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Offshore wind market size will surpass 60GW by 2024, according to the latest report by Global Market Insights.

  • Belgium Blows Past 1GW Offshore Wind Mark as Rentel Goes Full Throttle

    11 January 2019

    The 309MW Rentel wind farm in the Belgian North Sea has become Belgium’s fifth fully operational offshore wind farm. Rentel has now joined the ranks of C-Power, Belwind, Northwind, and Nobelwind. The combined capacity of the five wind farms is 1,186MW provided by 274 wind turbines. With the addition of the capacity from Rentel, Belgium is now fifth […]

  • Northland Power, KEPCO E&C Sign Offshore Wind MoU in South Korea

    22 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Canada-based Northland Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korean KEPCO E&C to jointly work on supporting the development of the offshore wind industry in Korea.

  • Siemens LIDT Hands Over First China-Made Offshore Wind Turbine Transformer

    8 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Siemens’ Liquid-Immersed Distribution Transformers (LIDT) division has started the production of offshore wind turbine transformers in Jinan, China.

  • SMC, Maxmart Shipping, China Marine Surveyors Team Up for Taiwan’s Offshore Wind

    9 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC), Maxmart Shipping and China Marine Surveyors & Sworn Measurers (CMS) have teamed up to provide integrated solutions to the Taiwanese offshore wind industry. 

  • MeteoGroup wins deal to predict weather conditions during installation of Ormonde offshore wind farm (UK)

    24 June 2010
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Pan-European weather forecast specialist MeteoGroup has landed a contract to predict weather conditions during the construction and…   [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, June 24, 2010;

  • Germany: Nexans Wins Contract to Supply and Install Infield Power Cables for Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm

    24 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a contract by the project developer Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH & Co. KG, which is owned by Enova and EWE ENERGIE, to supply and install the infield submarine power cables and ancillary equipment for the Riffgat offshore wind farm currently under construction 15 […]

  • Giant Heerema vessel installs offshore wind-powered gas platform in North Sea

    9 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the installation of a gas platform in the North Sea that is set to be powered by offshore wind as part of a project operated by Dutch exploration and production player ONE-Dyas. Following the discovery of the N05-A field in August 2017, ONE-Dyas secured the final permits for the gas project in June 2022. The […]

  • 2019-built survey catamaran changes owner, set to serve European offshore wind

    1 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Surveying and mapping services provider Darkocean has added a multi-role workboat/survey catamaran to its fleet which will be used for offshore wind projects across the UK and Northern Europe. Darkocean has taken delivery of the 10-meter-long Coastal Observer from Purus, formerly known as HST Workboats, with the vessel set to be stationed in Milford Haven […]

  • Seabed survey of potential offshore wind area in North Sea goes to Finnish firm

    15 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Arctia has been tasked with carrying out a hydrographic seabed survey of a potential offshore wind farm area in the Norwegian waters.

  • Ramboll contracted on Italian project combining offshore wind, floating solar and Power-to-X

    4 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Storage

    Ramboll has been appointed to deliver advisory and technical support for the 600 MW Agnes Romagna offshore wind project, proposed to be built in the Italian sector of the Adriatic Sea and planned to integrate several other systems, including floating photovoltaic, battery storage and a hydrogen production plant. Ramboll’s team will support the developer, Italian […]

  • Seaway7 signs $500+ million contract for East Anglia Three offshore wind farm

    30 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Seaway7 has signed a contract with ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s UK arm, for the transport and installation of foundations and inter-array cables for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm. The deal is worth between $500 million and $750 million, as per Subsea7’s definition of a very large contract and the classification of this […]

  • Inter-array cabling preps completed at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm

    16 December 2021
    Project & Tenders

    Preparations for the installation of inter-array cables at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, located some 15 kilometers off the Fife coast in Scotland, have been completed while several other offshore activities are ongoing, including the pile installation for the jacket foundations being performed by the Saipem 3000 crane vessel. Helix Robotics Solutions, […]

  • California allocates $45m to kick-start offshore wind in $2bn clean energy budget

    11 January 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Transition

    California’s Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a state budget proposal for the 2022-2023 fiscal year on 10 January, following the revision issued in May 2021 which dedicated $20 million for offshore wind activities. The budget proposed now raises this to $45 million. The $2 billion budget for the Clean Energy Investment Plan is meant to spur additional […]

  • Neptune Energy, Ørsted explore powering North Sea energy hubs with offshore wind

    29 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Neptune Energy and offshore wind developer Ørsted have partnered up to explore powering new integrated energy hubs in the UK North Sea with offshore wind-generated electricity. The two parties and Goal7 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to examine the potential to supply renewable electricity from Ørsted’s Hornsea offshore wind projects […]

  • Scotland opens offshore wind leasing round to decarbonise North Sea oil and gas

    10 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Scotland’s new offshore wind leasing round aiming to decarbonise the North Sea oil and gas sector has kicked off today.

  • Subsea 7 plants first cables for Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm

    22 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has laid the first subsea cables in the water for the 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway. JDR Cable System is in charge of supplying the electric cables for the project from its factory in Hartlepool, the UK, while Subsea 7 is responsible for the installation of the cables and […]