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  • Marine Renewables Canada embraces offshore wind

    13 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Canada’s national association for wave and tidal energy, Marine Renewables Canada, has added offshore wind to its mandate as it looks to explore the similarities between the resources to advance the sector as a whole.

  • OrbisEnergy Hosts RenewableUK’s Offshore Wind Event

    25 March 2013

    Almost 200 senior figures from across the UK’s offshore wind industry descended upon Suffolk last week to debate the future of managing operational wind projects. Delegates assembled to hear what lessons can be learnt from pioneering wind farm operators off the East of England coast, and the sharing of experiences and thoughts from past and […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Turbines Not Harmful for Shipping

    2 April 2013

    Offshore wind farms under construction are not harmful to the shipping traffic, according to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in Hamburg. The BSH highlighted the harmlessness of these facilities on Monday, thus disagreeing with the earlier opinion of the agency’s spokesman. “If an unfinished construction appears anywhere in the ocean, it has an […]

  • MENCK to Participate in Offshore Wind China 2013

    24 April 2013

    MENCK will be present at Offshore Wind China  2013 from June 19 to 21 in the German Pavillion. MENCK GmbH, an Acteon company, provides specialized hydraulic pile driving solutions to the offshore oil, gas, wind farm, bridge and harbor industries. The company offers a wide range of pile driving sets with hydraulic hammers from 100 to […]

  • MENCK to Participate in Offshore Wind China 2013

    24 April 2013

    MENCK will be present at Offshore Wind China  2013 from June 19 to 21 in the German Pavillion. MENCK GmbH, an Acteon company, provides specialized hydraulic pile driving solutions to the offshore oil, gas, wind farm, bridge and harbor industries. The company offers a wide range of pile driving sets with hydraulic hammers from 100 to […]

  • Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Completed

    18 July 2013

    EWE, the developer of Riffgat offshore wind farm, has announced that the construction of its project is now completed. After being significantly involved in the construction of the first German offshore wind test Alpha Ventus, the company has now built Riffgat offshore wind farm ‒ the first commercial offshore wind farm off the coast of […]

  • UK: Lincs Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated

    1 August 2013

    Centrica Energy’s Lincs offshore wind farm has today (Thursday) been officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The last of the wind farm’s 75 wind turbines was connected to the National Grid on Wednesday 24th July, bringing the 270MW project up to full strength for the first time. Lincs is now capable of […]

  • VIDEO: RenewableUK Offshore Wind 2013 Preview

    12 June 2013

    RenewableUK has launched UK’s largest dedicated offshore wind event today. Check out the event preview. [mappress] Offshore WIND staff, June 12, 2013; Image: renewableuk

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Power Generation Financing

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Norton Rose recently hosted a round table discussion in Amsterdam together with Rabobank and PwC, led by energy partner Weero Koster. The reason for this event was the ‘Government Accord’, announced by the Dutch newly elected government. The round table was attended by a great number of parties involved in the Dutch […]

  • China to Get New Offshore Wind Farm

    9 May 2013

    China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding (CGNPC) has revealed a plan to build an offshore wind farm off Dalian Island in Pingtan county, Fujian province, next year. The company will invest USD 731.25 million (4.5 billion yuan) in the project, according to Pingtan Times. The company’s vice-general manager Tang Jiansheng has visited Pingtan to discuss the […]

  • U.S. Offshore Wind Market Report Released

    13 December 2012
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The Navigant Consortium released the “U.S. Offshore Wind Market and Economic Analysis: Annual Market Assessment 2012” report, prepared under an award by DOE in order to provide objective economic analysis and reporting of market activities and progress related to offshore wind energy in the United States. This report provides the first comprehensive annual assessment of […]

  • France Launches Second Offshore Wind Tender

    9 January 2013
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho announced launching of a new tender for construction of offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 1GW, the Ministry said in a press release. This second tender for wind turbines generating electricity at sea should allow the construction of offshore wind farms off […]

  • Japan Set to Test Offshore Wind Technologies

    20 February 2013
    Research & Development

    Japan is set to collect power generation information from two offshore wind turbines, installed in different locations, in order to overcome technological barriers in this energy sector and use its offshore wind resources as an alternative to nuclear power, Bloomberg cites Masaharu Itoh, director of the new energy technology department of Japan’s New Energy and […]

  • Intertek Backs French Offshore Wind Farms

    28 February 2013

    Intertek Energy & Water consultancy services (formerly Metoc), the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, is providing marine advisory services for offshore surveys and export cable installation to Réseau de Transporte d’Electricité (RTE) for two French offshore wind projects. RTE is the French electricity transmission services operator and an independent subsidiary of the French […]

  • Hexicon to Install Offshore Wind Platform (Malta)

    17 February 2012

    A Swedish company is planning to install a floating platform, 480m wide, with 36 wind turbines off the coast of Malta. Hexicon AB has submitted the project description statement (PDS) to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority. Within the framework of EU Directive 2001/77 EC and the national goals of the Maltese Islands, the main […]

  • 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 […]

  • Shell Opposes to UK Offshore Wind Revolution

    1 May 2012

    Shell, a group of energy and petrochemicals companies, will not take David Cameron’s side in attracting private sector investment into the North Sea wind revolution, reported Guardian. The company said that the current economics of wind power did not pile up. The company’s finance director Simon Henry said that his company was spending USD 6 billion on alternative […]

  • Offshore Wind Energy Facts in 2011 (UK)

    8 December 2011

      The renewable energy sector is quickly turning into a profitable business: in 2010 investment in the renewable energy projects exceeded the ones in fossil fuel demonstrating a new trend in investors’ strategy. Offshore wind, with its incomparably high energy production per hour witnessed important developments during 2011:  RWET the fifth largest utility company in […]

  • Research on Offshore Wind Power in Maltese Waters

    19 September 2011
    Research & Development

    The EU renewable energy directive requires that 20% of the energy used by its member states comes from renewable sources by 2020.   By Lawrence Fenech (independent) [mappress] Source: independent, September 19, 2011

  • Suzlon Eyes Chinese Offshore Wind Market

    19 September 2011

      Indian wind energy giant Suzlon Energy is reportedly planning to expand its manufacturing capabilities in China.   By Mridul Chadha (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, September 19, 2011

  • NASA Measures Offshore Wind Speed (USA)

    7 November 2011
    Research & Development

    On a bluff overlooking the Atlantic, Grady Koch spent a month watching ocean winds. He beamed a laser over the sea, day after day, measuring conditions offshore using an instrument called Doppler Aerosol Wind (DAWN) lidar, which is a type of laser. What Koch learns from the experiment will be used by scientists to advance […]

  • Dutch Investigate Future Offshore Wind Links

    18 May 2018
    Environment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Arcadis and Pondera Consult will carry out a strategic study into the various possibilities to transport the energy from future large-scale offshore wind farms in the Dutch North Sea to the national grid.

  • Delaware to Hold Two Offshore Wind Workshops

    23 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Delaware’s Offshore Wind Working Group is hosting two public workshops in May to gather input for Governor John Carney on its draft recommendations regarding the development of offshore wind in the state.

  • India Relaxes Offshore Wind EOI Rules

    25 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    India’s National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has extended the deadline for submission of expressions of interest (EOI) to develop a 1,000MW commercial offshore wind farm and has also relaxed the eligibility criteria. 

  • New York Takes Offshore Wind Lead

    18 June 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) with an USD 18.5 million grant to lead an offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium.