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  • India: Tamil Nadu Focuses on Offshore Wind Development

    27 July 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Indian state of Tamil Nadu is waiting for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to release guidelines for an early action plan to develop the offshore wind sector, according to Deccan Chronicle news site. Chairman of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Authority, Mr. Sudeep Jain, said that the Ministry has established a committee to see […]

  • Joint Ventures Pushing Offshore Wind Forward (UK)

    19 December 2011

    With the new developments moving further from shore and into deeper waters, the challenges present at every stage of each project now urge for ‘out of the box’ thinking. Companies such as SeaTower (Norway) have already adapted their business strategy to face the emerging issues associated with projects that are moving further from shore and […]

  • American Piledriving Equipment Eyes Offshore Wind Industry

    2 January 2012

    Machines to drive foundations for offshore wind power platforms could become a new market for a small Kent pile driving company… By Steve Wilhelm (bizjournals) [mappress] Source: bizjournals, January 02, 2012; Image: nortrade

  • O’Malley’s Offshore Wind Plans not Going as Planned (USA)

    11 January 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Things have gone from bad to worse for Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind farm initiative…   by Robert M. O’Brien (baltimorefishbowl) [mappress] Source: baltimorefishbowl, January 11, 2012;

  • USA: Dominion Virginia Interested in Offshore Wind Leases

    20 March 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Dominion Virginia Power told the federal government yesterday that it is interested in obtaining leases off the Virginia coast in an area that has the potential to generate approximately 1,500-2,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines. The exact capacity would be dependent on detailed site investigations. Dominion expressed its interest in the entire 113,000 […]

  • USA: Dominion Virginia Interested in Offshore Wind Leases

    20 March 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Dominion Virginia Power told the federal government yesterday that it is interested in obtaining leases off the Virginia coast in an area that has the potential to generate approximately 1,500-2,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines. The exact capacity would be dependent on detailed site investigations. Dominion expressed its interest in the entire 113,000 […]

  • UK: USD 225 Billion for Offshore Wind by 2016

    23 March 2012

    A new report from analysts Douglas-Westwood contends that over $225 billion will be spent on offshore wind power over the next four years. Over $335 billion worth of expenditure is expected over the next five years on offshore operations & maintenance according to a new report, The World Offshore Operations & Maintenance Market Forecast 2012-2016, […]

  • UK’s Grant Boosts OGN’s Move into Offshore Wind

    15 April 2012

    OGN, already a major player in the oil and gas offshore construction sector, has received a vote of confidence from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for its move into offshore wind technology. And the North East economy shares in the benefit with the creation of up to 1000 long term jobs. OGN subsidiary, […]

  • Areva to Grab Share of UK Offshore Wind Industry

    27 April 2012

    Areva SA plans to take a share of the UK’s offshore wind market, reported Bloomberg. The company is talking with customers across Europe and has more projects in addition to those announced in Germany and France. “Our competitiveness is as we move into deeper waters where the later Round 2 and Round 3 projects come into play,” said […]

  • Small Businesses Oppose Offshore Wind Bill (USA)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind energy bill will face strong opposition tomorrow during the Senate Finance Committee hearing, reports Hometown Annapolis. Some business owners said that the utility bill is their single biggest bill after payroll. The bill would increase the energy bills for Maryland residents at USD 2 a month and nonresidential users’ rates […]

  • Small Businesses Oppose Offshore Wind Bill (USA)

    13 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind energy bill will face strong opposition tomorrow during the Senate Finance Committee hearing, reports Hometown Annapolis. Some business owners said that the utility bill is their single biggest bill after payroll. The bill would increase the energy bills for Maryland residents at USD 2 a month and nonresidential users’ rates […]

  • E.ON Warns of Halt in Offshore Wind Investment (Germany)

    15 February 2012

    Mike Winkel, the head of the utility’s clean-energy unit, said that the investment into German offshore wind power could stop after 2015 due to delays in connecting the wind farms to the grid. “No one will be further investing if the network connection is uncertain, neither Eon nor someone else,“ Said Winkel. Tennet will connect […]

  • Hurricanes Pose Threat to Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)

    15 February 2012
    Research & Development

    The study from Carnegie Mellon University says that in the worst case, almost half of the proposed offshore wind turbines could be destroyed in the next 20 years by hurricanes. The U.S. Department of Energy wants to generate 20 percent of U.S. electricity needs from wind by 2030, and they want one-sixth of this capacity […]

  • O’Malley Joins Students in Support of Offshore Wind Energy

    23 February 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley joined students from across the state of Maryland in front of the State House at noon yesterday to show support for the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 (HB 441/SB 237). Holding banners and signs asserting their support for clean energy, more than one hundred young people from an unprecedented […]

  • Massachusetts Delegation to Visit European Offshore Wind Industry

    8 March 2012

    A delegation from Massachusetts is planning a five-day trip to Europe next week to learn more about best practice in developing offshore wind and gather more information about its supporting industries, reports South Coast Today. Matt Morrissey, executive director for the city’s Economic Development Council, will accompany a group of delegates among which there are […]

  • USA: Southeast Holds Great Offshore Wind Potential

    12 March 2012

    South Carolina has the infrastructure to establish a wind-energy cluster across the state. And with new initiatives under way to create a trained workforce for the industry, the state can become a wind-energy hub for North America. Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, director of business development at the Clemson University Restoration Institute, said Thursday during the Southeastern Coastal […]

  • Hamilton to Benefit from Offshore Wind Energy (Canada)

    25 January 2012

    Windstream Energy officials hope the Ontario government changes direction and allow their $1.5-billion off-shore wind project to proceed.   By Kevin Werner (sachem) [mappress] Source: sachem, January 25, 2012; Image: 4coffshore

  • 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 […]

  • Offshore wind sets up date with tidal and wave

    30 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    East England-based hub for offshore renewables, OrbisEnergy, has scheduled an event that will examine cross-sector opportunities in offshore wind and wave and tidal industries.

  • USA: No Competitive Interest for Maine Offshore Wind Development

    18 December 2012
    Authorities & Government

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to expand domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its finding that there is no competitive interest in an area offshore Maine where Statoil North America (Statoil NA) has requested a commercial wind lease. The decision clears the way under BOEM’s non-competitive leasing […]

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Taking Shape

    7 January 2013

    Teesside offshore wind farm, being built by EDF Energy Renewables, is taking shape. As the construction has moved into the winter period, the developer has decided to use MPI Adventure for the installation of wind turbines which will resume soon. This follows the successful installation of the transition pieces. When this wind farm is completed […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Bill to Face Maryland Lawmakers

    9 January 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Wind energy will be one of the topics at this year’s General Assembly in Maryland which starts today. Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller supports O’Malley’s wind energy bill which failed twice to reach the Senate floor. Recently, Miller has made a committee change in order to pass the bill. Senator Muse, who swaped […]

  • Austria: STRABAG Postpones Investment Plans in Offshore Wind

    15 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    The publicly listed European construction group STRABAG SE postpones its planned investments in the field of gravity-based foundations technology for offshore wind until further notice. The company had planned to spend several hundred million euros over the next few years on the construction of a factory and of special ships to transport self-developed concrete gravity […]

  • 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 […]

  • Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Is Project-Certified

    3 May 2013

    When the Danish Energy Agency gave DONG Energy a concession to construct Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, one of the conditions were for DONG Energy to undergo a third-party certification of the entire construction project to demonstrate that the offshore wind farm is designed and constructed according to applicable standards and is expected to last for […]