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  • New Tender for 20 Putian Pinghai Bay Phase II Turbines Launched

    9 February 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Fujian Zhongmin Offshore Wind Power Co. has issued a second call for tenders for the delivery of 20 wind turbines with an individual capacity of at least 5MW for the Putian Pinghai Bay Phase II (Fujian Putian City Flat Bay Phase II) offshore wind project.

  • Top News of the Week, 04 – 10 September 2017

    10 September 2017

    Ireland Reveals Big Offshore Wind Plans 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. World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Disappears from Horizon (Video) DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the […]

  • SBM Offshore: Floating Wind Technology Is the Future (Interview)

    16 January 2017
    Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    Pilot floating wind farm projects such as the ones recently approved in France provide floating technology developers with a chance to demonstrate that their products can be a part of the future energy mix, Joost Heemskerk, SBM Offshore’s Renewable Energy Product Line Director told Offshore WIND.

  • Playing Catch-Up Leads Germany to OW Turbine Installation Record

    18 January 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    Germany connected 546 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 2,282.4 megawatts to the grid in 2015, a record unlikely to be beaten any time soon as it was based on ”the catch-up effects of grid connections,” the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) said in a release. Further 41 wind turbines with 246 megawatts […]

  • Cape Wind Nearing Construction, Appeals Cannot Impact Schedule

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Even though the Cape Wind project, the first proposed offshore wind farm in the U.S., is fully permitted and nearing completion of the project financing phase, its opponents are putting their last efforts into preventing the installation of wind turbines off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  Opponents of the Cape Wind project have filed a brief with the U.S. […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2015

    1 November 2015

    DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy today decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. Van Oord: Dredging Companies Venturing into Offshore Wind (Interview) During the Offshore Energy 2015 Exhibition and Conference, Offshore WIND met […]

  • Top News of the Week, 25 – 31 July

    31 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Van Oord to Buy Bilfinger’s Offshore Wind Unit Van Oord has reached an agreement on the acquisition of the offshore wind activities of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems GmbH, a German company active in the engineering, construction and installation of foundations for offshore wind farms. France Approves Two Pilot Floaters The French Environment and Energy […]

  • Taiwan: MHI Vestas Inks Turbine Tower Deal with CS Wind & Chin Fong

    30 October 2018
    Project & Tenders

    MHI Vestas has signed a conditional contract for the manufacture of towers in Taiwan with a partnership between with CS Wind and Chin Fong. The companies held a signing ceremony in Taipei City on 30 October. 

  • Northern German States Issue Call for Wind

    26 September 2018
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    Energy ministers and senators from five northern German states, and industry representatives, have signed the ‘Call for Wind Energy’ which urges the country’s federal government to speed up the transition to renewable energy and allow for the development of at least 20GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 30GW by 2035. 

  • CIP takes 70% stake in H2APEX’s hydrogen project in Lubmin

    6 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired a 70% majority stake in the first phase of H2APEX’s hydrogen project in Lubmin, Germany.

  • Principle Power Forms Floating Wind Pact in California

    12 December 2017
    Environment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Principle Power and Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a floating wind project offshore Humboldt County, California, U.S.

  • Oriel, Gaelectric to Build 15 MW Irish Demo

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oriel Windfarm Ltd. and Gaelectric Holdings plc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop an offshore wind farm in the north Irish Sea. The North Irish Sea Array (NISA) has the potential to produce up to 870 MW of wind energy from the Irish Sea and will commence with the development of a 15 […]

  • Two-Bladed 6MW Turbines to Spin in Scottish Waters

    20 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Crown Estate has entered into an Agreement for Lease with Forthwind Limited, a subsidiary of 2-B Energy, for the UK’s first offshore demonstration of two-bladed turbines on the seabed at Methil in Scotland, consisting of two full scale units.  Two-bladed designs at this scale are a major innovation for the offshore wind industry and […]

  • UK: Finance Secretary John Swinney Looks into Port of Ardersier Potential

    29 April 2013
    Authorities & Government, Ports & Logistics

    Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney visited the Port of Ardersier last week to find out how the large deep-water port in the Highlands of Scotland could become a major centre for the UK’s offshore wind industry. The fact-finding mission, hosted [on Monday April 22] by Port of Ardersier Chief Executive Stephen Gobbi, enabled Mr Swinney […]

  • Aker divisions team up for OWFs in Norway to decarbonize oil & gas

    27 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Aker Offshore Wind and Aker BP have agreed to cooperate on realizing offshore wind in Norway at large scale, as well as accelerating the process of decarbonizing oil & gas assets. The parties plan to collaborate on concepts for the development of large offshore wind farms to enable effective offtake to oil & gas producing […]

  • First LiDAR Deployed Off India

    2 November 2017
    Research & Development

    The FOWIND Consortium has commissioned India’s first offshore LiDAR off the coast of Gujarat, in the Gulf of Khambhat, to measure the offshore wind resource. This marks India’s first systematic step towards measurement campaign, according to Balram Mehta, President of the Wind & Asset Management unit at ReNew Power.

  • Workshop on New Wind Farm Software to Be Held in Den Helder

    10 April 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    DOWES (Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Services) has developed an innovative ICT system for asset management and maintenance of offshore and onshore wind farms. Workshops are being organized throughout this year to make the participants acquainted with the advanced system. The first workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, 2014 and is organized in cooperation between […]

  • UK: Obtaining Planning Permission Becomes Harder

    2 December 2013

     Going offshore could be the answer for wind energy hiccups as getting planning permission for onshore wind farms becomes harder. Solicitors Coles Miller warn that it’s getting harder to find onshore sites that are not covered by some form of planning protection. Even though the offshore wind is one of the solutions, it also faces […]

  • Six Innovative Concepts to Receive Further Funding from Carbon Trust (UK)

    30 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    A boat with suspension inspired by Paris Dakar-winning rally cars that can remain stable and a ‘seahorse’ vessel consisting of a towering keel that minimises movements in the ocean swell are two of the six innovative concepts that will receive further funding from the Carbon Trust’s Offshore wind Accelerator (OWA), its flagship collaborative RD&D programme. […]

  • Japanese Delegation Visits Bremerhaven (Germany)

    20 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Bremerhaven has been internationally recognized as offshore wind energy center.   This year BIS has welcomed 25 foreign delegations seeking information about that site. It has been confirmed that Bremerhaven plays great role in international wind energy market. Well-known companies such as REpower Systems SE, Weser Wind GmbH, AREVA Traders and PowerBlades GmbH have established […]

  • Aberdeen Harbour Inks 24-Year Deal with Vattenfall

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has signed leases totalling 24 years with Aberdeen Harbour Board, as the company will use the location to support the construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance (O&M), and eventual decommissioning phases of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. Vattenfall said it is set to establish its construction […]

  • MHI Vestas to Hold Recruitment Information Seminar

    6 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will hold a recruitment information seminar at the Isle of Wight College on Tuesday 10th February at 6.00pm and 6.30pm.  The company is currently recruiting for over 200 full time positions at its offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility at Stag Lane, Newport. The information seminar is supported by the Isle of Wight Council, Isle […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News of 2015

    31 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The Offshore WIND staff thought that the New Year’s Day would be the perfect time to let you – our readers – be editors and compile a list of news you found the most interesting and worth a read in 2015. DONG Energy Seeks Technical and Consultancy Staff for Danish Projects DONG Energy has invited tenders for temporary […]

  • Vestas’ 8MW Turbine Selected for Burbo Bank Extension

    18 February 2014

    Vestas has been selected as the preferred supplier by Dong Energy for their offshore wind project in the UK. Namely, Vestas will deliver V164-8.0 MW wind turbines for the extension of the Burbo Bank wind farm. “The performance of the 8 MW turbine from Vestas is very promising. I see this as a very concrete […]

  • Top News of the Week March 31 – April 6, 2014

    6 April 2014

    VIDEO: World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine As the MHI Vestas Offshore Wind joint venture has been formally established as of today, the newborn company released a video (see below) on their main focus, the 8 MW wind turbine. MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Established Following the approval from all relevant authorities, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has […]