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  • Much to Learn From Oil and Gas Industry (UK)

    8 June 2011
    Research & Development

    The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges facing the offshore wind industry. […]

  • Research and Markets Releases Report on German Grid Connectivity Issues

    13 August 2012
    Storage

    Research and Markets has announced “Grid Connectivity Issues Faced by the German Offshore Wind Industry” report by GlobalData. Offshore wind is one of the most important technologies to the current German energy strategy. The country plans to have ceased all nuclear energy generation by 2022, and focus is increasing on renewable energy technologies. The country […]

  • Emden Offshore Days: Planning Certainty Key Topic

    6 September 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The topic of planning certainty has taken a central role at the 3rd Emden Offshore Days. While attending an evening reception at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (4th September) within Offshore Days, the president of the Industry and Commerce Department for East Frisia and Papenburg (IHK), Dipl. Engineer Wilhelm Alfred Brüning, stressed that “a […]

  • France: Bright Future Ahead for European Wind Market

    8 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    European Wind Commission announced a report which says that the European wind market is currently stalled but a bright future lies ahead. “The European Union market is wavering between the flagging onshore market and the logistics, technology and industrial preparations for the huge, offshore wind energy market with its rich pickings,” the report says. There […]

  • UK: Narec Nears Completion of Its New 100m Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility

    17 April 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Narec’s (The National Renewable Energy Centre) new 100m Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility is nearing completion. The steel structure will be 28m high, 130m long and will be the largest of its kind, allowing it to test offshore wind turbine blades to a length of 100M.  The building is due to be commissioned in summer of 2012.  The facility is […]

  • Norwegians call for licensing of two 500 MW floating wind projects in 2020

    5 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Several Norwegian ocean stakeholders have asked their country’s government to start the announcement of two full-scale floating offshore wind farms with the aim of granting licenses during 2020. In a letter sent to leading Norwegian politicians, the stakeholders said that the government should clarify licensing and framework conditions for two floating wind projects with a […]

  • Dutch Government Launches Wind & Water Works

    27 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The Dutch government has launched an international campaign entitled Wind & Water Works during an offshore wind energy masterclass organised by the Netherlands for ten guest nations.

  • DONG Becomes Safari Guide

    29 August 2016
    Environment, Human Capital

    Danish offshore wind developer DONG Energy will be taking 4,500 compatriots on offshore wind safaris this September to showcase how the company’s offshore wind farms are contributing to the country’s green energy transformation. According to a survey conducted by Megafon, eight out of ten Danes support the conversion of the energy supply from fossil fuels to […]

  • Belgium to Inaugurate OWI-Lab

    25 September 2012

    Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Foreign Policy, Agriculture and Rural Policy, Kris Peeters and Patrick Janssens mayor of the city of Antwerp will inaugurate Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab in Antwerp on September 27. A large environmental chamber – unique in its kind – has been built to test and […]

  • Top News of The Week July 29 – August 3, 2013

    4 August 2013

    Petrofac Bags €40 Million Contract for Two German Offshore Wind Farms Petrofac has won a €40 million contract from Siemens Energy to provide support during the commissioning phase of two offshore wind converter station platforms in the German North Sea. Germany: First Wind Turbine Installed at Borkum West 2 “The first wind turbines are standing,” […]

  • Maryland to Host International Partnering Forum

    28 July 2015

    Representatives from the world’s most experienced offshore wind companies along with U.S. companies will attend the 2015 International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum– Stronger Together– scheduled for September 27-28th, 2015 in Baltimore Maryland. The Forum injects U.S. innovation into the global offshore wind dialogue, while highlighting European expertise. The event, hosted by the U.S. based Business […]

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Innovative Industry Keeps MARIN Busy

    28 August 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore wind has been keeping organisations such as MARIN – working on testing and validation of new technology – busy for quite a while now, and the trend remains as the innovative industry is continuously on a quest to progress in almost every aspect.

  • #OEECLive: Wind, wind, wind, wind…

    26 October 2016

    As previously announced, readers/viewers of Offshore Energy Today on Wednesday, had a chance to follow a live stream of the on-air talk show themed “From bust to boom,” recorded on the exhibition floor of the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference, being held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The session had promised to tackle the jobs situation […]

  • Photo of the Day: Aeolus Stretching Its Legs

    31 July 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Van Oord’s first transport and installation vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms, Aeolus, jacked up. The vessel is currently conducting testing of the jacking in the North Sea off the coast of Zandvoort. Mrs K. Aboutaleb-Erahoutan, wife of the Mayor of Rotterdam named the vessel last month […]

  • Denmark: New Bedford Delegation Visits Anholt OWF

    30 April 2013

    The delegation from a small port city on the East coast, New Bedford, Massachusetts, led by Mayor Jonathan Mitchell, visited the Anholt offshore wind farm on Friday. After they arrived in Grenaa, two boats took them to the wind farm site. “This is the first time we’ve all seen a wind farm in construction. We’re […]

  • Top News of the Week, 7 – 13 August 2017

    13 August 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Most read news on Offshore WIND from 7 to 13 August 2017.

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Timing Is Key in O&M (ZITON)

    17 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    The introduction of innovations in the offshore wind operations and maintenance segment (O&M) is a constant balancing act and the companies must always have their finger on the trigger and evaluate every day when to pull it, Bent Thambo Jensen, Chief Commercial Officer of ZITON, said.

  • Carbon Trust Throws Down Subsea Inspection Innovation Challenge

    13 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched a competition targeted at finding new ways to inspect offshore wind substructures and reduce the cost of offshore wind.

  • CWind Taiwan’s new CTV tandem starts working at Yunlin OWF

    10 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    CWind Taiwan’s two new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) Phenom and Phoenix have commenced work on their first project in Taiwan, the company reported via social media. The 12-pax CTVs are supporting Siemens Gamesa during construction work on the Yunlin offshore wind farm. “They are the first in country to obtain the passenger ship safety certificate. […]

  • Anbaric Submits 1,200MW Massachusetts Interconnection Request

    19 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Anbaric has filed a request with ISO-New England for a 1,200MW HVDC interconnection to a substation in Brayton Point, Massachusetts, that would collect energy produced by offshore wind projects. According to Anbaric, the proposal will offer expanded wind generation procurements off Massachusetts resulting from the recent federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) auctions of offshore […]

  • Bladt Shares Its Formula for Success

    17 December 2013
    Technology

    This year’s EWEA Offshore in Frankfurt served as an excellent opportunity for Offshore WIND team to meet with industry leaders, including Bladt Industries. The company recently joined DONG Energy’s Gode Wind project, and we wanted to find out a little bit more about this large contract from Bladt Industries’ Tenna Horby. When asked to give […]

  • Ballast Nedam Inks Baltic 2 Foundations Installation Contract (Germany)

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ballast Nedam has signed a contract for the installation of foundations at the German EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm with ARGE BALTIC 2 Foundations, a joint venture between HOCHTIEF Solutions AG, GeoSea N.V. and HOCHTIEF Offshore Crewing GmbH. Ballast Nedam will erect the project’s 39 monopile and transition piece foundations and provide the logistics […]

  • Anbaric Renewables Center to Rise at Brayton Point

    13 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Anbaric has entered into an agreement with Commercial Development Company (CDC) to launch a center dedicated to offshore wind on the site of the former Brayton Point coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts, U.S. The USD 650 million Anbaric Renewable Energy Center follows CDC’s plan to transform the former power plant site into a logistics port, manufacturing hub and […]

  • Anbaric Renewables Center to Rise at Brayton Point

    13 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Anbaric has entered into an agreement with Commercial Development Company (CDC) to launch a center dedicated to offshore wind on the site of the former Brayton Point coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts, U.S. The USD 650 million Anbaric Renewable Energy Center follows CDC’s plan to transform the former power plant site into a logistics port, manufacturing hub and […]

  • DONG’s Massachusetts OW Project First in U.S. to Receive Site Assessment Plan Approval

    19 July 2017

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its first approval of an offshore wind Site Assessment Plan (SAP) to Bay State Wind, a utility-scale offshore wind project in Massachusetts located 15 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard in the Atlantic Ocean.