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  • Sumitomo Invests in Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

    29 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Tokyo-headquartered Sumitomo Corporation has signed a contract to invest alongside Macquarie Capital in the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm. Sumitomo will indirectly take a 12.5% stake in the project with the transaction due to complete in the coming months. The equity sponsors of Galloper, RWE Innogy UK, Siemens Financial Services, UK Green Investment Bank plc […]

  • HiDef to Survey Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    15 June 2015
    Research & Development

    HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) has secured a contract with SSE to provide services to the Beatrice offshore wind farm. Speaking on the award, HiDef’s Commercial Director, Kit Hawkins said: “Beatrice is a hugely important project for the UK’s offshore wind industry, being one of the first to be granted a Contract for Difference by the […]

  • New England Taps Into Offshore Wind Power

    18 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    A regional transmission organization ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) had ran a capacity auction to procure the resources that will be needed to meet New England’s projected demand in 2019-2020, and purchased 6.8MW of capacity from Deepwater Wind’s Block Island offshore wind farm, among others.  New England’s annual capacity auction concluded on 8 February with sufficient resources to meet the […]

  • High Winds Boost Germany’s Offshore Wind Production

    26 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind in Germany produced 12 billion kWh in the first half of 2019, which is a 30% increase compared to 9.2 billion kWh in the first half of 2018, according to preliminary calculations. The research is being conducted by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water […]

  • Vineyard Wind Makes Offshore Wind Play in Connecticut

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

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind LLC has responded to Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) request for proposals for offshore wind energy.

  • First Flight Wind Lists Offshore Wind Courses

    20 November 2014
    Human Capital

    Belfast Metropolitan College and B9 Energy have collaborated to deliver the City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Wind Turbine Operation and Maintenance.  In addition, First Flight Wind has published a list of courses leading to careers in offshore wind on its website. It is not an exhaustive list, but gives a sense of the […]

  • Vineyard Wind Pitches Offshore Wind Sequel in Massachusetts

    26 August 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Vineyard Wind has submitted a set of commercial large- scale offshore wind proposals to Massachusetts Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs) as part of the state’s second Request for Proposals (RFP). The proposals include a required 400MW option and two options for the development of an 800MW project. “Vineyard Wind is very excited to submit these proposals, […]

  • VIDEO: Siemens Wind CTO Talks Offshore Wind

    10 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    He has been called the ‘father of the modern wind industry’, with the turbine design he pioneered on his parent’s farm in the 1970’s helping to create a familiar sight on hills and coastlines around the world. At the Carbon Trust’s annual innovation lecture at the British Library, Henrik Stiesdal, the Chief Technical Officer at […]

  • Mayflower Wind Joins Connecticut Offshore Wind Race

    1 October 2019
    Project & Tenders

    The joint venture of Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America has submitted bids for the development of its Mayflower Wind offshore wind project in response to Connecticut’s Request for Proposals (RfP). The Mayflower Wind joint venture submitted an 804MW proposal and a 408MW proposal in what is Connecticut’s first solicitation dedicated specifically to offshore […]

  • Offshore Wind in Europe – 2010 Market Report

    2 December 2010

    The offshore wind industry has moved from a niche market to a maturing industry, however securing funding and low returns on investment are… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, December 02, 2010

  • Utiligensia to Work on Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Projects

    8 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Utiligensia has been awarded a further contract by Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd, for the provision of interim commercial support to the Valuation & LEC Management team. The work comprises finanical modelling, analysis and valuation services to German and UK offshore wind projects during development and construction phases. This includes the DanTysk offshore wind farm and Kentish Flats Extension.  DanTysk is […]

  • Germany’s Offshore Wind Production on the Rise in 2019

    25 October 2019
    Research & Development

    Offshore wind produced nearly 17 billion kWh of renewable energy in Germany in the first three quarters of 2019, representing a 31% increase compared to the previous year. The figures were released by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research BadenWürttemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) based on an initial assessment. […]

  • China Scales Down Offshore Wind Estimates

    23 October 2014
    Authorities & Government

    China is scaling back its offshore wind ambitions, said Li Peng from National Energy Administration (NEA) at China Wind Power 2014 in Beijing. According to NEA, the forecast for 2015 is cut down to 2GW and 10GW by 2020, comparing to the initial plan of installing 5GW and 30GW of offshore wind power. Peng named cost and […]

  • Offshore wind energy market grows fast

    19 April 2010
    Business & Finance

    Over the next five years, the offshore wind energy market will grow at an annual rate of 92%, surpassing in 2015 annual onshore installed…   [mappress] Source: evwind, April 18, 2010;

  • ENECO: Touring the Dutch offshore wind farms

    22 December 2014

    On a bright Sunday morning August 31st around 450 persons gathered in the Felison terminal of the DFDS Seaways in the port of IJmuiden where the Princess Seaways cruise liner was waiting to take them on a day trip to the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, Dutch utility Eneco’s second offshore wind farm in Dutch […]

  • Danish offshore wind project goes into overdrive

    2 October 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet is starting offshore surveys at the Hesselø wind project offshore Denmark. Fugro is deploying two vessels to carry out a geophysical survey of the 248-square-kilometre area located in Kattegatt, 20-30 kilometres north of Sjælland. The campaign is expected to be conducted over the next four to five months, Energinet said. […]

  • Federal Support for Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    12 November 2010

    Plans to construct a massive wind farm off the coast of Ocean City got a significant boost this week when the federal government issued both… By Shawn J. Soper (mdcoastdispatch) [mappress] Source: mdcoastdispatch, November 12, 2010;

  • USA: MAREC Offshore Wind Event Canceled

    16 March 2012

    The international lecture planned at Grand Valley’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center on Friday, March 16, has been canceled. Organizers said Iñigo J. Losada from the University of Cantabria in Spain will not be able to attend due to weather-related travel difficulties and they hope to reschedule the event in the future. Losada, professor […]

  • Windcomm Exhibits at Dutch Offshore Wind Event

    22 November 2011

    More than 7.000 visitors are expected in the period from 29th November to 1st December to attend the congress and the exhibition being held concurrently in the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition & Convention Center in the course of Offshore 2011. Windcomm offers the opportunity to obtain comprehensive information about the very latest offshore developments in Germany […]

  • Brazil reviewing 55 offshore wind applications

    21 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    There are currently 55 offshore wind projects totalling more than 133 GW undergoing licensing process to obtain environmental investigation authorisation in Brazil, according to the government’s latest update, which also shows more European developers have offshore wind plans in the country, on top of the three recently reported oil majors: TotalEnergies, Shell, and Equinor.

  • Ireland Falls Behind With Offshore Wind Development

    24 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    The EU is powering ahead in developing offshore wind but Ireland continues to fall behind, according to the National Offshore Wind… By Sarah Kirkwood (insideireland) [mappress] Source: insideireland, January 24, 2011

  • USA: O’Malley Testifies in Favor of Offshore Wind

    14 February 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, Senate Bill 275, was put before the Senate Finance Committee yesterday, where Governor Martin O’Malley gave his testimony in favour of offshore wind. The first thing that Governor O’Malley highlighted was the offshore wind’s impact on employment in Maryland. Governor O’Malley told the Committee: “Off-Shore wind would […]

  • Fishermen Fear Offshore Wind Turbines (UK)

    28 September 2011

    NORTH Devon fishermen fear their industry “hangs in the balance” because of plans to build a giant offshore wind farm 8.7 miles off the…   By Andy Keeble (northdevongazette) [mappress] Source: northdevongazette, September 28, 2011

  • European Offshore Wind Breaks Generation Record

    23 February 2017

    On 22 February, offshore wind turbines in Europe generated 218GWh and thus broke the offshore wind generation record.

  • Offshore Wind Investments Drop in Q1 2017

    12 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The first quarter of this year saw a 60% year-on-year decrease in offshore wind financings, from USD 11.5 billion in Q1 2016 to USD 4.6 billion in Q1 2017, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) report on global clean energy investment.