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  • Vineyard Wind Sketches Offshore Wind Jobs Initiative

    28 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance

    Vineyard Wind plans to invest USD 2 million in training locals for work at its proposed wind farm offshore Massachusetts, US, if the project secures a contract to deliver power to the state’s utilities, according to local media.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Largest Wind Turbine for Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    1 October 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Dogger Bank Wind Farms, which is developing what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm when built, has unveiled GE Renewable Energy as its preferred turbine supplier. Under the new deal, GE Renewable Energy will supply Dogger Bank with the Haliade-X turbine, bringing the world’s most powerful wind turbine to the world’s largest wind […]

  • Chris Westra: Offshore wind is here to stay

    27 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Wind energy pioneer as everyone likes to call him, Chris Westra, gives a talk described as ‘enthusiastic’ about his life in the industry, how the market had developed, and what will the future of offshore wind be in the next decades.

  • Iberdrola enters Polish offshore wind market

    18 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola has reached an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Sea Wind, marking the company’s entry into the Polish offshore wind market. Sea Wind is said to have a seven-project pipeline in the early stages of development that has a potential capacity of up to 7.3 GW. According to Iberdrola, Sea Wind has an […]

  • Lithuania, Flanders ink offshore wind MOU

    20 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Lithuanian Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas and Flemish Minister of Energy Zuhal Demir signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 19 November, agreeing to promote renewable energy and identify joint opportunities, especially in offshore wind in the Baltic Sea. Under the MOU, Lithuania and Flanders will explore and realise joint investments in renewable energy initiatives […]

  • Ten places to keep an eye on for offshore wind

    28 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Over the past few years, and especially in 2020, new geographical areas have been getting onto the offshore wind map and are likely to have their first projects up and running in the next decade, or the time leading up to 2050 – when renewable energy and other energy transition developments should be majorly contributing […]

  • MingYang plotting offshore wind pilot in Brazil

    26 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    China’s MingYang Smart Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pecém Industrial Complex (CIPP) to develop a pilot offshore wind project in Brazil. The parties announced they are starting the pre-feasibility studies for the pilot wind farm that will be located off the coast of Pecém. The pilot is part of the plan […]

  • INEOS buys Norther offshore wind power

    22 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    INEOS has signed an agreement with Engie to buy 84 MW of energy produced by the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. The 84 MW will initially be used by existing INEOS production sites and later by Project ONE, the company’s investment in two chemical plants for the production of ethylene and propylene in Antwerp. […]

  • Solstad vessels on subsea and offshore wind duty

    3 November 2020
    Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Oslo-listed Solstad Offshore has won two contracts within subsea and renewable energy representing around 500 vessel days in 2021. Normand Tonjer has secured a firm contract until November 2021, plus options for further extension of 2 x 12 months. The vessel has been on contract with Magseis Fairfield since August 2018 to support their worldwide […]

  • TenneT issues offshore wind contract notices

    11 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Transmission system operator TenneT has issued contract notices related to offshore grid connection systems in the German North Sea. In one of the contract notices, TenneT is seeking geotechnical and geophysical survey services at the BalWin platform locations. The contract covers the execution of geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations in order to obtain subsoil information […]

  • Equinor enters Chinese offshore wind market

    18 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Equinor and the Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles (Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop offshore wind projects in the Yellow Sea, off China’s Shandong province. The Norway-based energy major has confirmed to our sister site OffshoreWIND.biz that the two companies have entered into an agreement to jointly tap into the […]

  • Scots issue offshore wind seabird reports

    31 July 2020
    Environment

    The Scottish government will over the summer release five reports aimed at further informing the relation between seabird population and offshore wind projects. The goal is to inform new guidance on seabird population analysis and map how sensitive certain populations can be to potential offshore wind locations. Two of the reports have already been released, […]

  • Petrofac to Support UK Offshore Wind Ops

    16 May 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Petrofac has secured a long-term framework agreement with Transmission Capital to provide engineering services across six of its OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) assets. Under the agreement, which is for five years, Petrofac has already been awarded two subsea engineering work scopes on key export cables connecting the Lincs and Robin Rigg offshore wind farms with […]

  • Norwegian government gives boost to offshore wind

    29 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects

    Norwegian government has earmarked NOK 25 million (approx. EUR 2.3 million) for a project in the offshore wind industry and establishment of a research center for renewable energy. NOK 15 million (approx. EUR 1.4 million) have been proposed for the new renewable energy research center, which will focus primarily on the challenges in the offshore […]

  • Nexans’ Cables for Arkona Offshore Wind Farm

    4 May 2016
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Nexans Deutschland’s Hanover plant will supply 76 kilometers of energy cables to E.ON for the Arkona offshore wind farm, the company informed. The submarine cables are designed for operation at 33 kV and will serve as the internal cabling for the nearly 385 MW wind farm, which is due to be built between the Baltic Sea islands […]

  • GeoSea Bags Offshore Wind Energy Contracts

    19 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has been awarded major offshore wind energy contracts. GeoSea secured a new EPCI contract for the design, supply and installation of the foundations and another contract for the installation of 15 wind turbines for the Kentish Flats Extension Offshore Wind Farm from Vattenfall, one of the largest operators of offshore […]

  • Netherlands overshoots 2023 offshore wind target

    23 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy

    The Netherlands will reach, and exceed, the target set in its Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2023 by the end of this year. The country’s first offshore wind roadmap, created following the Dutch Energy Agreement signed ten years ago, sets a goal of 4.5 GW of installed capacity by the end of 2023 – and the […]

  • VIDEO: Opportunities in Offshore Wind Conference at OEEC2022

    30 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vision

    Can developers, offshore construction companies, and shipbuilders map a road for the offshore wind sector to reach massive capacity targets while avoiding bottlenecks due to vessel shortages and port over-capacitation? But also, are some of these challenges in the industry providing opportunities for the supply chain? Questions that are discussed in the conference session ‘Opportunities […]

  • Dutch issue offshore wind tender teaser

    27 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to issue a tender covering expert support on soil investigations and expert support on wind and water investigations at the new offshore wind zones in the Dutch North Sea. RVO plans to start site characterization within designated new areas for the preparation of offshore wind development. The state agency […]

  • Video: The progression of floating offshore wind at Ideol

    30 November 2018

    “Bringing floating substations to commercial feasibility and utilizing serialization, industrialization and innovation to reduce the cost of floating wind”, says Ole Stobbe, Business Development Manager Northern Europe at Ideol in respect to what the companies aims to do with the grant the company recently received.

  • Damen to Unveil 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 […]

  • Landmark as offshore wind farm is officially opened

    2 December 2009

    Wales’ largest wind farm – the Rhyl Flats off the coast of north Wales – is to be opened officially by Welsh Secretary Peter Hain in Llandudno later. The off shore wind farm is expected to be fully operational by the end of the month. BBC Wales’ environment correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd visits the site […]

  • Iberdrola Renovables creates Offshore Wind Division

    2 March 2010

    IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has created a Offshore Wind Division to develop a major portfolio of offshore wind projects awarded the Company that totals close to 10,000 MW around the world.