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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Saipem Lands €750M in Offshore Wind Sector

    28 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Saipem has been awarded a contract by the French company EDF Renewables for the construction of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. This is the first turn-key project awarded to Saipem in the offshore wind farm sector. The scope of work consists of the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 54 steel […]

  • 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.

  • Where Will be First Offshore Wind Farm in USA?

    25 July 2011

    Cape Wind, the offshore wind farm famous for its 10-year fight against Cape Cod’s most prominent NIMBYs, will likely be the first U.S. project in federal waters. But there are three smaller pilot projects slated for state waters off Rhode Island, New Jersey and Ohio that are more likely to settle regulatory, permitting and finance […]

  • Offshore wind turbine foundations to be built at Lindo

    15 March 2010

    Skykon Offshore and Lindø Industrial Park have signed a lease on a 100,000 square metre area corresponding to approximately ten percent of the industrial park’s total available area. Skykon produces foundations for offshore wind turbines. The leased area includes parts of the original shipyard facilities and a number of buildings for administration, workshop and painting […]

  • More offshore wind power going to the U.K.

    25 June 2009

    In early April, the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) was asking the government of the United Kingdom for intervention to help the country’s renewable energy prospects, warning that the global economic crisis was putting projects, particularly offshore wind projects, at risk. The trade body’s pleas were answered later that month as the government announced its […]

  • UK: Seajacks to Exhibit at Global Offshore Wind

    11 June 2012

    Seajacks will be exhibiting at the RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition on the 13th and 14th June in London ExCel. Seajacks will be at stand number 439. RenewableUK’s 11th annual offshore conference and exhibition will have a global focus. UK and emerging markets will showcase their strengths and opportunities. Seajacks currently operates self-propelled, dynamically positioned, […]

  • U.S. Ready to Lease Offshore Wind Areas

    26 July 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The United States Government is on the edge of auctioning a total of 2,434 square miles area off the East Coast for development of offshore wind farms. The exact date of the auction is yet unfamiliar, however, it is expected by the end of this year. The biggest area to be leased is the one […]

  • Offshore Wind to Drive UK’s Economic Development

    27 July 2012

    The Yorkshire Post has gathered all the important numbers concerning the UK’s offshore wind industry, concluding that today’s apprentices are in a position to be a part of the energy sector that will assume lead in the country’s future economy. Namely, the UK targets to produce 33GW of electricity from wind power by 2020, 18GW […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Power India Soon

    6 August 2012
    Authorities & Government

    India aims at exploiting its vast offshore wind potential by generating at least 4500 MW from that source, therefore, the country could soon have an offshore wind energy policy. As the Indian Government has turned to reducing the fossil fuel-based power generation, the proposed policy would involve a switch to energy production from offshore wind, […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Power India Soon

    6 August 2012
    Authorities & Government

    India aims at exploiting its vast offshore wind potential by generating at least 4500 MW from that source, therefore, the country could soon have an offshore wind energy policy. As the Indian Government has turned to reducing the fossil fuel-based power generation, the proposed policy would involve a switch to energy production from offshore wind, […]

  • Denmark: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Legoland

    13 July 2012
    Human Capital

    Ambitions are high in DONG Energy when it comes to renewable energy. At the moment, the energy company is constructing Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm between Grenaa and the island of Anholt in the Kattegat. The first LEGO bricks for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm have now been laid in LEGOLAND®, where both adults and […]

  • Damen to Announce New Offshore Wind Vessel

    18 October 2013

    At the Offshore WIND Installation & Maintenance conference on Wednesday, Peter Robert, Business Development Manager at Damen Shipyards Group, whetted the appetite of the delegates for more information about a new offshore wind vessel able to provide in field accommodation and work space for engineers working on all phases of a wind farm project. More […]

  • BSH: Legal Approval of Offshore Wind Farms

    4 February 2014
    Authorities & Government

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) rejected the objections against the approval of offshore wind farms. Monika Breuch –Moritz, president of BSH said that the approvals were given under the current legislative framework, and that there were no reasons to deny them. “A permit for a wind farm will only be granted if the […]

  • BSH: Legal Approval of Offshore Wind Farms

    4 February 2014
    Authorities & Government

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) rejected the objections against the approval of offshore wind farms. Monika Breuch –Moritz, president of BSH said that the approvals were given under the current legislative framework, and that there were no reasons to deny them. “A permit for a wind farm will only be granted if the […]

  • Iberdrola: Fighting the challenges in developing offshore wind

    10 February 2014

    Despite announcing a substantial divestment programme, which included selling off several onshore wind farms, Spanish energy giant Iberdrola is still believed to be the world’s largest wind energy developer, with an operating portfolio of more than 13,830MW. In 2012, Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán, announced that its onshore wind assets in ‘non-core’ countries and other businesses […]

  • Dominion Applies for Maryland Offshore Wind Auction

    18 February 2014

    Virginia-based energy company Dominion plans to join the bidding process for Maryland offshore wind leases, and the company today applied with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to participate in the auction. The area of nearly 80,000 acres off the coast of Maryland will be auctioned in two separate leases. The North Lease area totals […]

  • RenewableUK Disappointed with Recent Offshore Wind Setbacks

    19 February 2014

    Dong Energy announced that the London Array Phase 2 is not proceeding, while Forewind stated that the capacity of Dogger Bank is being scaled back. Reacting to these announcements, RenewableUK’s Director of Offshore Renewables, Nick Medic, said: “The overall project pipeline for UK offshore wind is still healthy, although obviously it’s disappointing when projects don’t […]

  • North Carolina University to Study Offshore Wind

    25 March 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill will deploy two large buoys 20 miles offshore of the coast and 40 miles north and southwest from Cape Hatteras to capture wind, temperature and barometric pressure data for ongoing research on offshore wind energy. The data will also be made available to the public — […]

  • EDF Inaugurates Teesside Offshore Wind Farm

    16 April 2014

    EDF Energy has opened its Teesside offshore wind farm located 1.5km off the North East coast at Redcar. The plaque was unveiled today by EDF Chairman, Henri Proglio, and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon. “These projects show our commitment to investing in low carbon generation in the UK,” said Proglio. The wind farm consists of 27 […]

  • GMS Comments on Current Offshore Wind Events

    25 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The welcome news that Siemens plans a £160 million expansion to manufacture turbines in East Yorkshire, plus the UK Green Investment Bank’s (GIB) investment in the Westermost Rough project off the Yorkshire coast, must be balanced against high costs and risks but low confidence levels that could still affect future UK offshore wind developments, Green […]

  • Bergen to Host Offshore Wind Energy Event

    8 April 2014

    NORCOWE’s yearly offshore wind conference  entitled Offshore Wind Operations/Science Meets Industry Bergen will be organised in collaboration with Bergen Næringsråd (Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry). The event will take place on the 9th of September 2014 at Hotel Grand Terminus in the center of Bergen. Last year, this event gathered around 90 participants, while […]

  • UK: Teachers to Promote Offshore Wind Energy

    15 November 2013

    Teachers from 13 schools in the North East have been selected to take part in an innovative education programme where they will use interactive lessons and workshops to raise student awareness about career opportunities in offshore wind energy. Forewind’s Champions for Wind schools programme enters its third year with the induction of this latest group […]

  • UK Sails Ahead in Offshore Wind Development

    2 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

     The UK has sailed ahead in offshore wind power generation in the past six months, building more offshore windfarms than any other country… Fiona Harvey (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, August 02, 2011