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  • India Issues 1GW Offshore Wind Call

    11 April 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    India’s National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has invited expressions of interest from suitable and experienced bidders for the development of a 1,000MW commercial offshore wind farm off the coast of Gujarat. 

  • Greece to Get First Offshore Wind Farm

    24 June 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has approved a production licence for a EUR 2 billion offshore wind project. Namely, the application for installing 81 wind turbines in the Aegean Sea northeast of Lemons Island was submitted by RF Energy’s subsidiary City Electric S.A., the AMNA news site reports. This 498.15 MW offshore wind farm will […]

  • Ramboll Acquires German Offshore Wind Consultancy

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Preparing itself for the increasing demand in Northern Europe for its consultancy services, Ramboll has acquired a strong player in offshore wind in Germany. The company, IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, has 57 highly specialised employees located in Hamburg, which is the epicentre for offshore wind in Germany. “In Northern Europe, particularly Germany and the United Kingdom, […]

  • KfW to Finance German Offshore Wind Projects

    9 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Storage

    KfW, German state development bank, published yesterday its results for the first half of 2012 and revealed its future plans.  Under the KfW Action Plan to support the energy turnaround, the bank plans to extend loans to EUR 100 billion for renewable energies and energy efficiency in the next five years. In its further financial […]

  • Windcomm Exhibits at Dutch Offshore Wind Event

    22 November 2011

    More than 7.000 visitors are expected in the period from 29th November to 1st December to attend the congress and the exhibition being held concurrently in the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition & Convention Center in the course of Offshore 2011. Windcomm offers the opportunity to obtain comprehensive information about the very latest offshore developments in Germany […]

  • Ersg Secures Offshore Wind Contracts in Asia

    4 December 2019
    Human Capital

    Recruitment specialist ersg has won a tender to be the sole supplier of fabrication management personnel to two undisclosed offshore wind farms in Asia. Additionally, ersg has also agreed terms with a company building floating wind foundations to supply contractors for the entire project lifecycle, project planners and WTG package managers have already been deployed. […]

  • ERSG Appoints Head of US Offshore Wind

    9 July 2019
    Human Capital

    ERSG has appointed Chris Stupack as Head of Offshore Wind in the United States. Stupack will be leading ERSG’s office in Boston, which opened in November last year, where the company will be focusing on supporting the development of the offshore wind market. “I am delighted to be heading up the Boston office, ERSG have fantastic […]

  • Ireland Reveals Big Offshore Wind Plans

    4 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Ireland’s state owned electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of renewable energy marine services related to offshore wind farms.

  • UK: Chinese to Increase Offshore Wind Investment

    18 June 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A joint initiative by Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex counties to work with China in order to create more jobs by making new export and inward investment opportunities brought a key visit by a Chinese delegation of world-leading manufacturers of wind farm equipment.  The multi-million pound investors from the Jiangsu Province are looking to invest in […]

  • VIDEO: Animation of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    6 March 2013

    An application for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm project has been resubmitted by E.ON to the Planning Inspectorate on March 1st. The company revised the initial plans prior to the first submission of the application, reducing the maximum number of proposed turbines by 20, meaning the project would feature between 100 and 175 turbines, depending […]

  • UK: Jennifer Blazes Trail in Offshore Wind

    15 March 2013
    Human Capital

    Maersk Training Newcastle is celebrating after welcoming its first female delegate through the doors – a trend the company hopes will start a new influx of women into the wind industry. Jennifer Menmuir, a Siemens graduate trainee, aged 25 from Falkirk in Central Scotland was the first woman to complete a two day specialist working […]

  • Pontis Exhibits at Offshore Wind China 2013

    27 June 2013

    At the OFFSHORE WIND CHINA 2013 expo, held from June 19-21 at Shanghai New International Expo Center, Pontis again joined forces with Dutch entrepreneurs by exhibiting at the Holland Pavillion. Pontis’ Managing Director in Asia, Martijn van Breugel, was present: “The Offshore Wind Expo was as expected a bit quiet. But despite the considerable challenges […]

  • HSBC: Offshore Wind to Hit 43GW by 2020

    6 May 2014

    By 2020, offshore wind power is estimated to increase six times, from 6.5 to 43 GW, HSBC Holdings wrote in its report. Suzlon, Vestas and Gamesa would see the most benefit from this scenario, reports Bloomberg. Even though Siemens is the biggest manufacturer of wind turbines, HSBC gave an advantage to Suzlon, as they have […]

  • Photo of the Day: Siemens’ Offshore Wind Infographic

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Siemens’ presentation on how offshore wind measures up. In March, Siemens announced that it will invest £160 million (EUR190m) in wind turbine production and installation facilities in Yorkshire. The revised plan will be spread across two sites comprising the previously announced Green Port Hull project construction, assembly and service […]

  • China’s Offshore Wind to Pick Up the Pace

    25 June 2014

    Following the announcement by the Chinese government on feed-in tariff for offshore wind earlier this month, Fliss Jones wrote an article about it. Jones is a part of DNV GL, company which became one of the leading global providers of services for managing risk after a merger in September 2013. China’s offshore wind tariffs announced last week […]

  • Norwegian Shipowners Make Case for Offshore Wind

    30 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Some 90% of Norwegian shipowners find the offshore wind industry as interesting for their activities in the future, according to a diagram published by the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association.

  • Block Island Switches to Offshore Wind Power

    2 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    Block Island is no longer powered by diesel generators after the Block Island Power Company transferred the Island’s electrical system to Deepwater Wind’s 30MW Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in US waters.

  • France Works to Accelerate Offshore Wind Development

    13 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Ségolène Royal, yesterday announced six new measures to accelerate the development of renewable energy and thus faster creation of “green” jobs.  Minister Royal introduced an offshore wind amendment that could allow competitive dialogues in the next call for tenders. Also, she requested the prefects to extend the deadline for consultations on land designations, so that they are […]

  • Siemens Unveils 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    11 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Siemens has presented its new SWT-7.0-154 wind turbine at EWEA Offshore conference in Copenhagen.  After setting standards with its flagship 6MW offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0-154, Siemens today introduced a generator upgrade to seven megawatt (MW), the new Siemens SWT-7.0-154. The turbine delivers nearly ten percent more energy production than the predecessor under offshore wind conditions, […]

  • Ardmore Craig Ropes In Offshore Wind Contracts

    30 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    UK-based engineering company Ardmore Craig has been awarded numerous contracts for detail design and seafastening work associated with summer campaigns in the offshore wind sector over the past few months. Projects include vessels destined for Burbo Bank, Bligh Bank, Race Bank, Rampion, Wikinger and Kriegers Flak, the company said. Work has included design of vessel specific grillages, […]

  • Scotland Bankrolls Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme

    2 August 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    The Scottish Government has invested a further GBP 1.5 million in the Carbon Trust’s collaborative research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programme – the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA).

  • OWiX Seeks New Offshore Wind Ideas

    4 January 2018
    Research & Development

    The Offshore Wind Innovation Exchange (OWiX) has launched a new Call for Ideas for innovative solutions in automated painting, inspection and fault finding in large composite structures.

  • Schleswig-Holstein Wants More Offshore Wind

    24 January 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Storage

    The state government of Schleswig-Holstein has called for an additional expansion of Germany’s 2030 and 2035 offshore wind capacity targets.

  • SgurrEnergy Announces Offshore Wind Seminar (UK)

    24 October 2011

    SgurrEnergy announces involvement in the bespoke seminar ‘Offshore Wind – Turning Tests & Measurements into Productivity & Reliability’, taking place just outside Glasgow at Whitelee wind farm visitor centre on Wednesday 23rd November. This industry seminar is designed for developers and manufacturers involved in offshore wind projects and attendees will hear from expert speakers on […]

  • France: PIRIOU Moves into Offshore Wind Industry

    4 August 2013

    Due to experience gained in the building of 100 aluminium crew boats ranging in length from 18 to 53 metres delivered in the last 25 years to the offshore oil and gas sector, the French shipbuilding and ship repair group PIRIOU is now moving into the offshore wind farm support ship market. Pascal PIRIOU declares […]