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  • Avangrid opens offshore wind office in Virginia

    15 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Avangrid Renewables, the developer of the Kitty Hawk offshore wind project, has opened a new Virginia field office to support project development and help ignite a new industry off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. Kitty Hawk is a proposed offshore wind energy project to be built approximately 27 miles from the Outer Banks […]

  • Norwegians and Japanese ink offshore wind MoU

    17 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Japanese Kiso-Jiban Consultants (KJC) and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for offshore wind energy in Japan. The two parties plan to jointly undertake work related to geotechnical investigations, site characterization and foundation design, as well as collaborate on research activities in the field of offshore geohazard assessment. […]

  • Ørsted probing Swedish offshore wind sites

    3 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted plans to start a consultation process on the Skåne offshore wind project in Sweden this spring. The project is in an early development phase and the consultation is part of the permitting procedure, Ørsted said. The wind farm covers an area of around 450 square kilometres located some 22 kilometres […]

  • GE using supercomputer to study offshore wind

    6 August 2020
    Research & Development

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted GE Research access to a supercomputer for research aimed at accelerating new advancements in offshore wind. GE engineers have been granted access to the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, through DOE’s competitive ALCC (Advanced Scientific Computing Research Leadership Computing Challenge) program. According to GE, […]

  • Scotland ups 2030 offshore wind target

    28 October 2020
    Authorities & Government

    The Scottish Government has increased its offshore wind target from the current 8 GW to 11 GW of capacity to be installed by 2030. The Scots also adopted a plan identifying suitable areas for commercial-scale offshore wind projects, which will inform the first seabed leasing process led by the Crown Estate Scotland. According to the […]

  • NIRAS bolsters offshore wind activities in APAC

    2 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Denmark-headquartered consultancy NIRAS has revealed plans to enhance its presence in the Asia-Pacific offshore wind market. In line with this, NIRAS appointed its first company member in Japan, Seiko Toki, who took over the role of senior consultant to further expand the services. Toki will spearhead the company’s activities in Japan, as well as work with […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants spots geohazards in Poland

    14 October 2020
    Environment

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has completed the identification of geohazards in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea that offshore wind developers should address when planning projects. According to OWC, Poland’s Baltic Sea is covered by various kinds of sediments, ranging from loam through fine‐grained sand and coarse sands, to gravel and stones, with sediment […]

  • Saipem scores offshore wind hat-trick

    22 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Saipem revealed on 22 July that it won three contracts for offshore wind farms in Europe – Dogger Bank A and B, Seagreen, and Saint Brieuc – valued at more than EUR 90 million in total. With the Equinor-SSE Renewables join venture Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms, Saipem inked a deal for the transportation and […]

  • MMA’s AHTS converted for offshore wind ops

    13 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    MMA Offshore has completed a subsea conversion program on the anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) MMA Crystal to support the offshore wind market in Taiwan. The 70-meter long vessel now incorporates a suite of new subsea support services, including ROV, survey and subsea deployment and lifting capabilities. MMA Crystal features a work-class remotely operated vehicle […]

  • BP entering Japanese offshore wind market

    23 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    BP has entered into an agreement with Marubeni to form a strategic partnership for offshore wind and potentially other decarbonisation projects, including hydrogen, in Japan. The new partnership will see BP acquiring a stake in Marubeni’s proposed offshore wind project in the country. Under the agreement, BP will join with Marubeni on a proposed offshore […]

  • Uruguay unveils offshore wind-to-hydrogen plan

    7 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Uruguay’s state-owned oil and gas company ANCAP, together with the country’s ministries of industry and environment, has presented a plan for green hydrogen production powered by offshore wind, which could see a tender launched in a couple of years. Under the new H2U Offshore programme, ANCAP has called for interested parties to submit offers comprising […]

  • Subsea sector talks floating offshore wind

    3 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Technology, Transition

    Subsea companies can find out how to leverage the opportunities in the floating offshore wind through a three-part webinar series organised by Subsea UK and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE), beginning 9 March. Subsea UK is encouraging underwater engineering companies to capitalise on the “massive” global […]

  • Aegir preparing for Taiwanese offshore wind job

    1 June 2020
    Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir is set to start working on the Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan in the coming weeks. Aegir is currently in Taiwan making final preparations to begin the installation of 21 jacket foundations at the site some 8km off the coast of Changhua county. According to HMC, this […]

  • Port of Amsterdam to build offshore wind hub

    17 April 2020
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Amsterdam will turn a dredging depot at the former Averijhaven into an energy port to serve as a base for the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms. The port is carrying out the Energiehaven project in collaboration with the province of North Holland, the municipality of Velsen, Tata Steel, and the […]

  • Innogy enters Taiwanese offshore wind market

    2 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Essen-based energy company innogy has entered into a strategic partnership with Asia Cement Corporation to jointly develop the 448 MW Chu Feng offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Chu Feng offshore wind farm is located off the northwest coast of Taiwan near Hsinchu City, in the wind-rich Taiwan Strait. The project is expected to participate […]

  • India Holds Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

    23 May 2011

    India’s coastline offers tremendous potential for offshore wind farms feels Mr V. Vasantha Kumar, DGM – Corporate Planning, Chennai… (thehindubusinessline) [mappress] Source: thehindubusinessline, May 23, 2011

  • Siemens Turbines Rule Offshore Wind in 2015

    22 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) annual rankings, Siemens was the number one offshore wind turbine manufacturer last year by a wide margin. The company commissioned 2.6GW in 2015, more than four times the second-ranked Adwen, a joint venture between Gamesa and Areva, BNEF said. Offshore wind statistics published by EWEA have also shown Siemens’ […]

  • Germany Ports Awaiting Offshore Wind Boom

    29 November 2011

    As Germany prepares for a major expansion of offshore wind to replace nuclear power, companies like French giant Areva and US-based General Electric (GE) have flocked to the German coastlines. With wind parks planned for both the North Sea and Baltic Sea, the buildup can be felt in the country’s seaports and hinterlands. Germany Trade […]

  • Europe to Remain Leader in Offshore Wind Industry

    13 October 2011

    The European offshore wind sector will continue to lead the world market for the foreseeable future, according to a new report showing that the region will have 75% of global installations in six years. Conducted by Pike Research, the report launched on Tuesday found revenues from offshore wind power production around the world would reach […]

  • Scotland OKs Four Offshore Wind Farms

    10 October 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Four offshore wind farms that could provide enough energy to power over 1.4 million Scottish homes have received development consent, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today. Once completed, the developments in the Forth and Tay region – Neart Na Gaoithe, Inch Cape Offshore Limited, Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo – could be capable of generating […]

  • Denmark Initiates Offshore Wind Tendering Process

    22 February 2013
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    In March 2012, the Danish Government entered into an energy agreement with several other political parties from the Danish Parliament. The agreement secures the needed investments for a further step to improve Denmark’s production of renewable energy. By the agreement the parties have decided to initiate a tendering process covering the installation of offshore wind […]

  • U.S. Starts Working on Offshore Wind Standards

    13 September 2017

    An initiative to create offshore wind standards in the U.S. has been launched by key leaders of the American industry, as the country prepares for the imminent development of large scale offshore wind energy projects.

  • Dutch Senate Sets the Stage for Offshore Wind

    23 March 2016
    Authorities & Government

    The Dutch Senate yesterday approved the amendment of the Electricity Act related to the development of offshore wind energy, thus providing the required legal basis and confirming TenneT’s role as the developer and operator of the Dutch offshore grid.  In December 2015, the Senate rejected the so-called “Stroom” bill, which caused a delay in the legislative decision-making […]

  • Panel of Experts Talk Offshore Wind (USA)

    13 October 2011

    The Sierra Club and Oceana, together with UNCW, brought a community forum on offshore wind to campus Wednesday, Oct. 5. Pinwheels modeled…  By Sasha Johnson (theseahawk) [mappress] Source: theseahawk, October 13, 2011

  • Offshore WIND Team Attending THETIS MRE

    9 April 2014

    The Offshore WIND team will be at the International Convention for Marine Renewable Energy (THETIS MRE). More than 260 exhibitors and 30 conference speakers from all around the world will gather at the Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, Normandy on 9th and 10th April 2014. Thetis MRE is an exhibition designed to bring together all […]