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  • Britain could lead world in offshore wind power

    18 February 2011

    Business is brisk at Belfast’s Harland & Wolff shipyard, where the Titanic and her sister ships were built. A century later it is the booming offshore wind-power industry that has taken centre stage.. “People know us as a shipbuilder and that accounted for almost 100pc of our business as recently as 2003. Now we are […]

  • Belgium: NorthWind Offshore Wind Farm Grouting Completed

    10 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The first project in the world to use a full grouting package with a compressive strength of 180-200 MPa is completed. ITW Polymers Europe (former Densit) provided the full grouting package with the use of their innovative UHPC product, Ducorit® D4 at NorthWind wind farm in Belgium. The project, which began at the end of […]

  • ITW’s Ducorit on Over 2000 Offshore Wind Farms

    30 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    ITW Polymers Europe, a Danish manufacturer of ultrahigh performance grout Ducorit for offshore and onshore wind turbine foundations, has reached a milestone in the wind industry by grouting it’s 2000th foundation.  During the past 14 years, ITW Polymers Europe (previously Densit) has specialised in the production and installation of especially developed Ducorit, an ultrahigh performance […]

  • Global Specialist Site in Offshore Wind Jobs Launched!

    14 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Navingo BV, a maritime and offshore media group based in Rotterdam, has launched a new worldwide job portal specialized in the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind contractors, suppliers and job seekers are now able to find each other at OffshoreWIND.Jobs. OffshoreWIND.Jobs offers companies related to the offshore wind industry a platform for recruiting staff and […]

  • First Offshore Wind Turbine Installed in German Waters

    24 July 2009

    On 15 July 2009 Jack-Up Barge B.V. celebrated a major milestone in the company’s history as its newbuild monohull Jack-Up platform JB-114 completed the installation of the first ever German offshore wind turbine on her maiden voyage. After mobilization in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, the JB-114 was towed to the offshore location, about 45 km north […]

  • Scottish offshore wind future set for £30bn investment

    27 November 2009

    Investment of about £30bn is needed to develop Scotland’s offshore wind power potential, it is to be claimed. The first Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference is being held in Aberdeen’s Marriott Hotel on Thursday. More than 200 representatives of the rewnewables and offshore oil and gas sectors are expected to attend.

  • Canadian Hydro acquires largest offshore wind project

    15 October 2009

    Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the rights to a 4,400 MW offshore wind prospect (“Offshore Wind Prospect”) in Lake Erie, Ontario (Canada) from Wasatch Wind, Inc. When completed, this facility would be the largest offshore operation in the world, supplying enough renewable energy to power over two million […]

  • Offshore wind farm in Atlantic at least a year away

    28 August 2009

    Red tape and disputes among residents around Nantucket Sound have delayed efforts by the Obama administration. Reporting from Martha’S Vineyard, Mass., and Washington — For at least one more summer, vacationers on Martha’s Vineyard won’t be able to gaze across the water and see, far off on the horizon, the churning blades of offshore wind […]

  • World’s Deepest Offshore Wind Farm Nearing Installation

    25 July 2006

    At the Talisman Energy Inc.-operated Beatrice oil platform last week, work started on the installation of a 35 million GBP (USD$ 64 million) deepwater wind farm demonstrator project 25 kilometers off the east coast of Scotland. Attending were Andris Piebalgs, Energy Commissioner for the European Union, Deputy First Minister for Scotland Nicol Stephen and Jim […]

  • Offshore wind farm plan hits obstacle in Congress

    5 March 2006

    A proposal before Congress that would limit the construction of wind turbines near shipping lanes could effectively doom plans to build the country’s first offshore wind farm near Massachusetts, the project’s supporters say.

  • VIDEO: IDEOL Floating Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbine

    25 January 2013

    Based on the Damping Pool system and concrete fabrication, the IDEOL foundation solution enables to install wind turbine without the usual shallow water limitations, at costs more competitive than bottom-fixed foundation beyond 35-40 meters depth, where winds are better and noise/visual/fishing conflicts much lower. [mappress] Offshore WIND staff, January 25, 2013; Image: ideol-offshore

  • VIDEO: Transport Solutions for Offshore Wind Power Plants

    29 January 2013

    Yesterday, SCHEUERLE issued a press release regarding the increasing use of modular transport systems due to the large dimensions and the ever-increasing weight of offshore installations. Here, we bring a video from SCHEUERLE Fahrzeuge, which demonstrates transport solutions for offshore wind power plants: [mappress] Offshore WIND Staff, January 29, 2013; Image: SCHEUERLE

  • VIDEO: Creating Jobs in Maryland through Offshore Wind

    13 February 2013
    Human Capital

    Governor Martin O’Malley introduced the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013. Identical in all substantive respects to the bill that overwhelmingly passed the House of Delegates last year, this measure will operate within Maryland’s existing Renewable Portfolio Standard to create a framework that will support a major offshore wind project. [mappress] Offshore WIND staff, […]

  • French Businesses Visit UK Offshore Wind Industry

    30 October 2012

    The renewable energy sector in Britain offers many opportunities to connect French and British companies in this field. The French Chamber of Commerce in Great-Britain organised on 18 & 19 of October, a trade mission in partnership with the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Normandy, Brittany and North of France (members of the CCI […]

  • India: Offshore Wind Energy Steering Committee Constituted

    17 August 2012

    The Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah, informed Lok Sabha today in a written reply the Government has constituted an Offshore Wind Energy Steering Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, MNRE to steer the wind energy development in the country in a directed and focused manner. A sub-committee has also been […]

  • Polish Businessman Applies for Offshore Wind Farm Construction

    7 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Polish businessman Jan Kulczyk has applied for the permission to construct an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, writes thenews.pl news portal. Kulczyk’s energy company, Polenergia, is keeping silent about the four offshore wind projects it has. However, chairman of Polenergia, Dariusz Mioduski, stated that the company has filed an application to the state-owned […]

  • UK: Walney Offshore Wind Farm Fully Operational

    14 June 2012

    Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd has today confirmed that its commissioning of the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm is now complete. All of the wind farm’s 102 turbines are fully operational and all have exported electricity. The £1 billion wind farm, which was officially opened on 9 February 2012 by Ed Davey, Secretary of […]

  • France Considers Third Offshore Wind Farm Tender

    22 January 2013
    Project & Tenders

    In order to step up efforts to attain its energy transition goals, France is thinking about launching another round of tenders just few weeks after launching the second offshore wind tender. “We are thinking about a third tender,” said French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Reuters reports. The tender would be launched after six-month national energy […]

  • WindSentinel’s Virginia Offshore Wind Data Now Available

    19 July 2016
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    A WindSentinel buoy that has been gathering offshore wind data off Virginia Beach, Virginia, has ended its 19-month deployment and collected a wealth of information, which forms the first publicly accessible database to help improve offshore wind development. The AXYS’ WindSentinel buoy, one of the two commissioned by the U.S. Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), recorded data […]

  • OOS Eyes Offshore Wind Market with SSCV Duo

    5 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Dutch OOS International Group B.V. has signed a fixed contract for the engineering and construction of two Semi-Submersible Crane Vessels (SSCVs) with China Merchant Industry Holdings which will be used for installation and decommissioning of offshore wind structures. OOS will equip its two new SSCV’s, named OOS Serooskerke and OOS Walcheren, with two heavy lift cranes, with […]

  • Danes Snap Up Offshore Wind Acreage in Massachusetts

    26 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired 100% of Offshore MW LLC, a company holding a 166,886 acre (675 square km) offshore wind energy lease issued by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and located south of Massachusetts.  Offshore MW LLC is eligible to participate in the utility tender program established by recently […]

  • Massachusetts Bankrolls Three Offshore Wind Research Projects

    29 August 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    The State of Massachusetts has set aside USD 700,000 to advance three studies relating to offshore wind development. The funds will be allocated to nine academic and research institutions across Massachusetts and it will support offshore wind research projects to identify industry workforce training and safety requirements; establish a multi-university partnership focused on innovation and driving down costs; and develop […]

  • MAKE: Offshore Wind LCOE Bound to Go Down

    4 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The offshore wind market is set to experience a significant improvement in Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) over the next five years, as technology and supply chain gains improve, according to the renewables market analyst MAKE. The improvements in LCOE within the offshore market will be mainly driven by infrastructure investments in the North Sea and the introduction […]

  • German State Charts Out Offshore Wind Territory

    27 May 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Cabinet of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has adopted a new spatial development programme (LEP) which identifies 185 square kilometres suitable for development of offshore wind farms off the German northern state’s Baltic coast. 13 square kilometres out of the total area identified as suitable for offshore wind projects is reserved for demonstration and test sites only. The demonstration sites are expected to […]

  • DNV GL Joins Canadian Offshore Wind Project

    1 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    DNV GL has won a contract to provide the Canadian offshore wind developer Beothuk Energy with the constraints analysis, wind resource and energy assessment, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) modeling and a preliminary wind farm layout for the 180MW St. George’s Bay project off western Newfoundland and Labrador. Beothuk awarded the contract to DNV GL through its engineering […]