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  • Industry Spotlights DONG, EnBW Game-Changers

    14 April 2017
    Project & Tenders

    After the latest German offshore wind tender resulted in EnBW and DONG Energy announcing the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farms, the industry welcomed the news and the direction these tender results set for the sector.

  • 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 […]

  • Highlights of the Month: January, 2014

    31 January 2014

    VIDEO: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Construction DONG Energy has constructed the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, which is one of the largest construction projects in Denmark. Under-Manning and Fatigue Threaten WFSV Safety As offshore wind farm developments move further out to sea and demands on the vessels and crews that service them increase, a rising number […]

  • 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 […]

  • Canadian Pension Fund to Acquire 25 Pct Stake in London Array

    12 February 2013

    A Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is planning to acquire half of Dong Energy’s 50% stake in the London Array offshore wind farm, The Sunday Times reports. This 25% stake in the world’s largest offshore wind farm would cost the pension fund GBP 500 million. Besides Dong Energy, E.ON owns […]

  • Canadian Pension Fund to Acquire 25 Pct Stake in London Array

    12 February 2013

    A Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is planning to acquire half of Dong Energy’s 50% stake in the London Array offshore wind farm, The Sunday Times reports. This 25% stake in the world’s largest offshore wind farm would cost the pension fund GBP 500 million. Besides Dong Energy, E.ON owns […]

  • U.S. Researchers Put Birds and Bats Under Night Vision Watch

    14 August 2017
    Environment, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are developing a thermal imaging technology to track birds and bats in and around offshore wind farm zones.

  • 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. 

  • MHI Vestas: Netherlands Pre-Assembly & Logistics Site Holds Big Advantages (Expertise Hub Video)

    1 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Ports & Logistics

    Setting up a pre-assembly and logistics facility at BOW Terminal Vlissingen allows us to be closer to Dutch offshore wind zones where we see a potential pipeline of projects, Bo J. Bjerregaard, Director of Pre-Assembly & Logistics at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, said.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • No more legal woes: Offshore wind-powered North Sea project goes full steam ahead toward first gas by year-end

    3 June 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    ONE-Dyas is moving at full throttle to bring its gas platform, which will run on offshore wind power in the North Sea, online by the end of 2024.

  • ETI: Floating Wind Could Become Competitive from Mid-2020s

    21 October 2015
    Research & Development

    Floating offshore wind has the potential to deliver cost effective, secure and safe low carbon energy for the UK from the mid 2020s according to the latest insights report published by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). With continued technology and supply chain development there is a clear and credible route to delivering commercial offshore wind […]

  • 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 […]

  • MHI Vestas Heads to The Big Easy

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has sent two members of its executive management team to New Orleans to share the lessons learnt from over two decades of experience in erecting offshore wind farms in Europe with their American colleagues during the WINDPOWER 2016 conference organised by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The offshore market in the US is on […]

  • Energi Coast: Investors and Developers Can Look to Future with More Confidence

    4 December 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Energi Coast, North East England’s renewables group, has welcomed the Government’s announcement to maintain the level of subsidies for offshore wind as part of its National Infrastructure Plan. The plan sets out a commitment to maintain the guaranteed price of offshore wind, known as strike prices, for 2015-16 at £155 a megawatt hour (MWh). In […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 Mar 7 – 13, 2016

    12 March 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    UK’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Developers Reveal New Projects The Crown Estate has announced agreements with offshore wind developers ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall and DONG Energy, which have reconfigured or identified new projects within their respective Round 3 offshore wind development zones in UK waters. Boskalis Buys VolkerWessels Out Of Offshore Wind The Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis […]

  • BLG Logistics to Exhibit at RenewableUK’s Event in Glasgow

    28 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The BLG LOGISTICS Group will present its know-how from 11 to 12th of June at the RenewableUK exhibition in Glasgow. BLG has developed innovative logistics concepts for the wind energy industry via its BLG Wind Energy Logistics business. The Wind Energy Logistics division specializes in transporting, transshipping and interim storage of components for offshore wind […]

  • Helsinki to Host Third WINDFORCE Baltic Sea Conference

    27 November 2014

    In two days, more than 100 conference participants will get a comprehensive view of issues related to renewable energy production in the Baltic Sea at WINDFORCE Baltic Sea. Eight theme sessions and 30 international speakers will deal with nearly everything in the value-adding chain, from research, installation and logistics to financing, grid connection and political […]