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  • WindEurope Spotlights Turkey’s Floating Wind Potential

    16 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Turkey has a huge floating offshore wind potential and could significantly support the deployment of the floating offshore wind technology, WindEurope said during a recent workshop in Istanbul entitled “Leveraging the EU offshore wind expertise in Turkey”.

  • Norwegian OW Players Line Up Behind Development of Full-Scale Demo Sites

    22 April 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    Norwegian Wind Energy Association (NORWEA) has held the first meeting within the Offshore 2025 project which gathers offshore wind industry representatives in creating a strategy for development of full scale offshore wind demonstration sites in Norway. The project was initiated as a response to a recent white paper on the country’s energy policy presented by the government, which according […]

  • Giant Wind Farm Proposed Offshore Vietnam

    11 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    UK offshore wind developer Enterprize Energy has revealed plans to build the 3.4GW Ke Ga offshore wind farm in Vietnam.

  • New Jersey BPU Okays OREC Funding Mechanism

    19 December 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has unanimously voted to adopt a proposed rule establishing the Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) funding mechanism for the state’s offshore wind energy.

  • Carbon Trust OWA Awards Contracts to Three Cable Manufacturers

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Following an international competition the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has awarded contracts to three cable manufacturers to help commercialise the development of 66kV offshore wind farm intra-array cables. It is providing funding of £400k (£133k to each cable manufacturer) to accelerate the time to market of the cables for use in the large […]

  • Carbon Trust Awards GBP 400k to Commercialise 66kV OW Cables

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Following an international competition the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has awarded contracts to three cable manufacturers to help commercialise the development of 66kV offshore wind farm intra-array cables. It is providing funding of £400k (£133k to each cable manufacturer) to accelerate the time to market of the cables for use in the large scale UK […]

  • DONG Picks Hughes SSE for Subsea Inspections in Denmark and Germany

    13 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy has signed a contract with the UK-based Hughes Sub Sea Engineering for the undertaking of a subsea inspection campaign at offshore wind farms located in Denmark and Germany. The offshore wind farms Hughes SSE will be servicing are Gode Wind 1 and 2 and Borkum Riffgrund located off the north west coast of Germany […]

  • CWind Joins UK National Workboat Association

    3 August 2015

    CWind has announced that it is now a member of the National Workboat Association (NWA) of the UK. As the offshore wind industry matures and demands on workboat performance increase with larger and further offshore wind farms, a collective and informed industry body of vessel owners and operators will facilitate the knowledge sharing and formulation of […]

  • SgurrEnergy to Attend WINDFORCE 2014

    5 June 2014

    SgurrEnergy will share its offshore wind expertise at the WINDFORCE 2014 exhibition and conference in Bremen, Germany. Key personnel from the company’s Hamburg office will deliver presentations to the key players and leaders of the offshore wind industry, and will be showcasing SgurrEnergy’s Galion Lidar, from stand B41 on 17-19 June 2014. Raya Peterson, principal […]

  • ABS Group Certifies Design Basis of Sea Breeze OWF Foundation

    9 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    ABS Group, part of marine and offshore classification society – ABS, has issued its certification of the design basis for Ocean Resource’s innovative Sea Breeze Gravity “float-out-and-sink” offshore wind turbine foundation system. ABS Group issued its certification in accordance with the relevant standards, including IEC 61400 and the ABS Guide for Bottom-founded Offshore Wind Turbine […]

  • 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 […]

  • Photo of the Day: MPI Resolution’s Night Shift at BOW Terminal

    14 May 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: MPI Resolution arrives at BOW Terminal for the next load of offshore wind foundations.  The offshore wind turbine installation vessel is currently loading the next sequence of foundations for the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. Last month, Damen upgraded the feet of all the jack-up vessel’s six legs. The upgrade was necessary to enable the MPI Resolution to work on the […]

  • Donald Trump Plans to Terminate Golf Resort Expansion if Wind Farm Offshore Aberdeen Gets Approved (UK)

    18 January 2012

      Donald Trump said that he will scrape hotel and housing plans for a golf resort if the government approves an offshore wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire, reports Bloomberg. He will not go ahead with the plans if the „ugly industrial park“ will have ruined his golf course. On 1st August 2011, Vattenfall, […]

  • UK Proposes Separating Floating from Fixed-Bottom Wind Under New CfD Scheme

    3 March 2020
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The UK has proposed amendments to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme which would introduce floating offshore wind as a separate eligible technology with its own administrative strike price, providing a distinction from conventional, fixed-bottom projects. This would allow more potential for floating offshore wind projects to successfully compete in the next CfD allocation round, […]

  • Trump to UK Politicians: “Move Scottish Wind Farms Offshore”

    22 November 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The US President-Elect Donald Trump has reportedly advised UK politician Nigel Farage and his team, with whom Trump met on 13 November, to campaign against onshore wind farms in Scotland, suggesting that they should be moved offshore.  “He thinks Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world,” Andy Wigmore, who was at the meeting, said in […]

  • UK Industry Gives Its Blessing to Scotland’s New OW Lease Proposals

    21 May 2018

    Following Crown Estate Scotland’s recent proposals to lease seabed for new offshore wind projects that would be built in the Scottish waters from the late 2020s, the UK offshore wind industry has shown its support emphasizing the positive impact the new sites would have on the country.

  • Changle Waihai Area C OWF to feature Dongfang’s 10 MW wind turbines

    12 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) was awarded a wind turbine supply agreement by Fujian Energy Group on 16 September, following a tendering procedure for the Changle Waihai Area C offshore wind project in China. According to the company, it placed the winning bid for the second batch of wind turbines and ancillary equipment for the Changle […]

  • Avangrid submits Kitty Hawk construction and operations plan

    15 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Avangrid Renewables has submitted a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to the federal U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the first phase of its Kitty Hawk offshore wind project. The COP also includes findings from an economic impact study (EIS), which anticipates that Kitty Hawk will generate $2 billion in economic impact between 2021 […]

  • Ørsted Schedules Hornsea Project Four Talks

    19 October 2018

    Ørsted will host a series of local information events across the East Riding of Yorkshire this month to introduce early-stage proposals for the Hornsea Project Four offshore wind farm.

  • TechnipFMC targets floating wind with Magnora tie-up

    18 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under the name Magnora Offshore Wind. In Januray, Magnora revealed it had entered into a partnership to establish the joint venture, but at the time did not disclose the name of the partner. Magnora Offshore Wind has […]

  • UK Awards David Brown Gear Systems with USD 1.9 Million Contract

    28 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The UK government has awarded £1.2m to David Brown Gear Systems to assist in developing a 7MW offshore wind turbine gearbox, reports Department of Energy and Climate Change. As part of this project, the company will use its latest technology for Samsung’s new turbine, which is scheduled to be tested in Scotland by the end […]

  • ABS Certifies Sea Breeze Gravity Foundation

    9 October 2015
    Technology

    ABS Group Ltd. has issued its certification of the design basis for Ocean Resource Ltd’s innovative Sea Breeze Gravity “float-out-and-sink” offshore wind turbine foundation system. ABS Group issued its certification in accordance with the relevant standards, including IEC 61400 and the ABS Guide for Bottom-founded Offshore Wind Turbine Installations published by ABS Group’s parent organization, […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2014

    3 March 2014

    First Foundation Installed at Westermost Rough GeoSea Innovation has kicked off offshore construction at Dong Energy’s  Westermost Rough offshore wind farm by installing the first of 35 foundations. NABU: Violations in Offshore Wind Farm Approvals Revealed (Germany) According to a legal opinion issued by NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union), there were significant violations in […]

  • VIDEO: Industry Experts Talk about Moray OWF Opportunities

    19 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise organised a series of workshops in May on behalf of Moray Offshore Wind Limited, a partnership between EDPR and Repsol.  Those attending the event could hear about the contracting strategy and meet key suppliers for the MORL’s offshore wind project. The workshops featured: A comprehensive overview from EDP […]

  • Top News of the Week, 21 – 27 November 2016

    27 November 2016

    Trump to UK Politicians: “Move Scottish Wind Farms Offshore” The US President-Elect Donald Trump has reportedly advised UK politician Nigel Farage and his team, with whom Trump met on 13 November, to campaign against onshore wind farms in Scotland, suggesting that they should be moved offshore. Dutch Want In On US Offshore Wind Action The […]