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  • E.ON Joins Dunkirk Offshore Wind Consortium

    28 February 2019
    Project & Tenders

    German energy company E.ON has joined ENGIE and EDP Renewables in a bid to develop a wind farm offshore Dunkirk in France. The Dunkerque Eoliennes en Mer consortium has been forging close ties with all local stakeholders for almost two years to make this project a real example of integration and support of energy transition at the […]

  • Offshore Wind Lobbying Spikes in New Jersey

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Firms hoping to install wind turbines off the New Jersey coast increased lobbying-related spending 234 percent from USD 261,664 in 2017 to USD 874,679 in 2018, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Several firms ramped up their lobbying activity in 2018 in anticipation of the deep sea “gold rush” that will create […]

  • India Issues 1GW Offshore Wind Call

    11 April 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    India’s National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has invited expressions of interest from suitable and experienced bidders for the development of a 1,000MW commercial offshore wind farm off the coast of Gujarat. 

  • RCG Airs Online Offshore Wind Database

    25 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has released GRIP: Offshore Wind, the first phase of the online Global Renewable Infrastructure Projects (GRIP) platform, which covers offshore wind projects worldwide.

  • Taiwan Selects Eleven Offshore Wind Projects

    30 April 2018
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders, Storage

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded grid capacity to eleven offshore wind projects under the first process of its kind in Taiwan.

  • California and Denmark Sign Offshore Wind MoU

    2 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Human Capital

    The California Energy Commission and the country of Denmark have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on offshore wind.

  • GDPR: Offshore WIND Updates Privacy Policy

    24 May 2018

    We have always cared about your privacy and will continue to do so in all our future activities. Now, with the GDPR coming into force, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use to be in compliance with the regulations that protect your privacy rights.

  • Ørsted Adds to Offshore Wind Tally in Taiwan

    22 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Storage

    Ørsted has secured further 920MW capacity for its wind sites offshore Changhua County and now has a 1,820MW offshore wind pipeline in the region.

  • UK Offshore Wind on the Rise in 2018 Q1

    29 June 2018
    Authorities & Government

    Electricity generated from offshore wind in the UK in the first quarter of 2018 was at 7.9TWh, marking a 53% increase compared to the same period of 2017. This was mainly due to the increase in UK’s offshore wind capacity, which rose by 37% (2GW) over the last year.

  • Norway’s Investment Company Buys Into Offshore Wind

    20 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian investment company Magnora ASA has acquired a stake in a 500MW shallow-water offshore wind project in Northern Europe. According to Magnora, the final transaction agreements for the offshore wind project have been signed. The cooperation with the founders and the development of the project will now commence with Magnora obtaining an initial minority ownership […]

  • Seatools to deliver subsea metrology and control system for Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm

    13 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    Netherlands-based subsea technology firm Seatools has secured a contract with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) to supply a metrology and control system for the pre-piling template (PPT) at Taiwan’s Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project. According to Seatools, the wind farm will use jacket-type foundations, installed using pre-installed pin piles. Seatools’ system will be integrated into CDWE’s […]

  • Norwegian companies enter offshore wind alliance

    14 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Transition

    Aker Solutions, DeepOcean, and Solstad Offshore have entered into an alliance to combine their capabilities and expertise and form an integrated one-stop-shop provider for the offshore wind industry. The Windstaller Alliance plans to offer product deliveries, fabrication services as well as marine and subsea operations and associated engineering services in the offshore wind sector, and […]

  • First offshore wind probe starts in Croatia

    30 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Croatian oil and gas specialist INA has started wind measurement campaigns on two gas platforms in the North Adriatic to explore the potential for the construction of an offshore wind farm. The wind measurement equipment has been installed on the Izabela Sjever and Ivana A gas platforms located between 50 and 60 kilometers from the […]

  • Renewables powerhouse making offshore wind comeback

    3 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy is reviving its interest in offshore wind investments after deciding to bow out and stop investments and sell its ownership stakes in a number of wind farms in late 2015. The company actively invested in offshore wind projects until late 2015 when it decided to stop further investments and […]

  • OWC 2018: Profitability and financeability of offshore wind

    16 October 2018

    Building offshore wind parks without subsidy has hailed a new phase in the development of offshore wind. Next to that, the LCOE of offshore wind have dropped dramatically in the last ten years.

  • NorgesGruppen eyes local offshore wind tender

    20 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    NorgesGruppen and its ASKO Fornybar have entered into a collaboration with Norseman Wind to potentially participate in the upcoming offshore wind tender in Norway. The parties are planning to develop an offshore wind farm with 1.4 GW of capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II area. According to NorgesGruppen, the company’s first priority currently is to […]

  • Canadians embark on offshore wind mission in UK

    14 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA) is leading an international business development mission to the UK to help businesses from Atlantic Canada explore opportunities in the offshore wind industry. NEIA’s virtual mission is taking a geographic approach over the course of two weeks, with a different region being focused on each day based […]

  • OWC to work on Polish offshore wind project

    6 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Baltic Power, a subsidiary of Polish energy company PKN Orlen, has appointed Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) as technical advisor for its 1.2 GW offshore wind development in the Baltic Sea. OWC will support PKN Orlen during the development of the project by the assurance of comprehensive technical advisory services. This includes the provision of technical information, […]

  • BP ventures into offshore wind with Equinor partnership

    10 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    British multinational oil and gas company BP is moving into offshore wind for the first time with a new strategic partnership with Equinor. BP has entered into an agreement with Equinor to buy 50 per cent non-operated interests in the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets on the US east coast for a total consideration […]

  • North Carolina launches offshore wind study

    17 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    The North Carolina Department of Commerce has launched a comprehensive project to assess the state’s supply chain and physical infrastructure best positioned to promote local offshore wind development. The supply chain and infrastructure assessment will identify strengths and opportunities to prepare North Carolina to serve the needs of the wind energy industry.  The study will […]

  • BNEF: Offshore wind financing skyrockets in 2020

    13 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind financings in the first six months of 2020 totaled $35 billion, up by a record 319% year-on-year, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF). The BNEF data shows that offshore wind had by far its busiest half-year ever for final investment decisions, well above 2019’s record full-year figure, a revised $31.9 billion. The first half of […]

  • ScotWind offshore wind leasing back on track

    25 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Crown Estate Scotland has completed the review of the option structure for the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, raising the maximum fee that might be paid per square kilometre of seabed from the previous GBP 10,000 (around € 12,000) to GBP 100,000 (around € 116,000). The Scottish seabed manager announced the review in February, after […]

  • Offshore wind farm cabling: a conundrum unravelling?

    10 May 2011

      Building massive wind farms many miles out to sea is all well and good. But getting the power back to shore could prove a headache unless more thought is given to cabling.

  • Merkel opens German offshore wind farm

    2 May 2011

    Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm on Monday, with 21 turbines set to supply electricity to more than 50,000 households. The wind farm, 16 kilometres (10 miles) off Germany’s northeastern Baltic coast, covers an area of around seven square kilometres (three square miles), with each Siemens-made turbine generating up to 2.3 […]

  • World’s biggest offshore wind farm opens

    24 September 2010

    Winds battering Britain off the Kent coast are to be harnessed by the world’s biggest offshore wind farm which is now in operation. The Thanet wind farm, which cost £780m and will produce sufficient power for 200,000 homes (300 megawatts), brings the UK’s wind power capacity to over 5 gigawatts.