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  • Offshore Wind Innovators Unveils 2017 Award Winners

    7 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore Wind Innovators announced the Offshore Wind Innovators Award 2017 winners at the Netherlands Offshore Wind Q-meeting organized by Siemens and Van Oord on 6 December.

  • UK Offshore Wind Farms End 2017 In Overdrive

    29 March 2018
    Authorities & Government

    Offshore wind farms generated a record 7.8TWh of electricity in the fourth quarter of 2017, spurred on by increased capacity and higher wind speeds compared to the same period a year before, according to a report by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

  • UMass Dartmouth to Measure US Offshore Wind Economics

    12 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The UMass Dartmouth Public Policy Center (PPC) has launched a new project which will monitor the offshore wind industry in the United States and analyze its economic development and workforce implications.

  • Wpd to Hook 1GW of Offshore Wind to Taiwanese Grid

    30 April 2018
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders, Storage

    The Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded German-based wpd with 1GW of grid connection capacity for two of the developer’s offshore wind projects in Taiwan: a 708MW wind farm off Yunlin and a 350MW project off Taoyuan.

  • Norwegian Oil and Gas Project to Run on Offshore Wind?

    7 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Norwegian oil and gas major Aker BP has tabled a proposal to power the NOAKA project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf with electricity from shore combined with offshore wind.

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Joins Triton Knoll Roster

    14 May 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC) has secured a contract to provide project management services for innogy’s 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm project.

  • Offshore Wind Accelerator Opens Black Start Competition

    8 February 2018
    Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has issued a call for expressions of interest in its new innovation competition, aiming to develop and enhance black start capabilities for offshore wind turbines.

  • Vattenfall Champions HVDC Norfolk Offshore Wind Setup

    22 February 2018
    Environment, Storage, Technology

    Swedish energy group Vattenfall plans to deploy High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable technology to connect the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard and its sister project, the 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas, to the UK’s National Grid. 

  • Port of Esbjerg Handles 1.3GW of Offshore Wind in 2017

    21 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    A capacity of 1,300MW of offshore wind in wind turbine components was shipped via Port of Esbjerg in 2017 – 200MW more than in the previous year – according to the port’s annual results, which show a 2.2% increase in turnover at EUR 31.61 million and a net profit of EUR 10.83 million.

  • Umoe Rapid Lands German Offshore Wind Contract

    13 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Wavecraft’s crew transfer vessel (CTV) Umoe Rapid has won a 12-month charter to provide crew and cargo transfer during turbine installation work at an offshore wind farm in Germany.

  • Developers File Bids for Powering Massachusetts with Offshore Wind

    20 December 2017
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    Offshore wind developers with projects in the U.S. waters off Massachusetts have submitted their bids in response to a call made in June 2017, under which five of the state’s utilities have been seeking to procure a total of 400MW of offshore wind generation, with bidders allowed to offer up to approximately 800MW. The closing date for submitting proposals is today, 20 December.

  • Engie Axima’s New Subsidiary Aims at Offshore Wind

    24 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Engie Axima is planning to enter new markets, including offshore wind, as part of its acquisition of German-based Noske Kaeser, the company said.

  • UK Offshore Wind Gets Doctor Who Onboard

    27 September 2017

    Actors Peter Capaldi and Emma Thompson have emerged as the famous faces supporting an offshore wind campaign in the UK, launched by a coalition of companies and civil society organisations including Greenpeace, WWF and the Marine Conservation Society.

  • Dutch Make Case For Offshore Wind – Gas Combo

    28 May 2018
    Research & Development

    Coupling of the existing oil and gas infrastructure with offshore wind farms in the North Sea can be technically and economically feasible, according to research carried out under the TKI North Sea Energy programme.

  • Siemens Gamesa Bolsters Taiwan Offshore Wind Ties

    14 June 2018
    Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Taiwan International Windpower Training Corporation (TIWTC) and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to collaborate on establishing Global Wind Organization (GWO) training center in Taichung, Taiwan.

  • French Offshore Wind Developers Eager to Move Forward

    21 June 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Project & Tenders

    Developers behind the six French offshore wind projects for which the feed-in tariffs were recently re-negotiated have welcomed the confirmation that the projects are now ready to move forward.

  • Report Shows Benefit of Offshore Wind Projects (USA)

    3 December 2010

    A new report Wednesday by state and national environmental groups touted an idea that New Jersey embraced several years ago: the Atlantic… By Michel Miller (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity, December 03, 2010

  • UK Offshore Wind Industry to Employ 3,000 Apprentices

    4 March 2020
    Human Capital

    The UK offshore wind industry has pledged to employ at least 3,000 apprentices between now and the end of the decade, the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) said. They will work in a wide variety of jobs from turbine technicians and maintenance engineers to roles in management and finance, OWIC said. The sector also aims […]

  • Seacat Intrepid Heads to Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    19 September 2017

    Offshore Energy Support Vessel (OESV) operator Seacat Services has secured a contract with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) to support the construction of the 588MW beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Crown Estate Approves Offshore Wind Project Casing

    31 July 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The Crown Estate can today announce that it has agreed to Celtic Array Ltd’s request to end its offshore wind zone agreement for the Round 3 Irish Sea Zone, allowing developers, DONG Energy and Centrica, to cease development activity and terminate their seabed rights. Head of Offshore Wind, Huub den Rooijen said: “We have confirmed the […]

  • Technip to Build Foundations for Finland Offshore Wind Project

    27 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Technip Offshore Finland will manufacture subsea foundations for the world’s first offshore wind farm suitable for icy conditions, which will be built by Finish wind farm production company Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy. The construction of the offshore wind farm is scheduled to kick off this spring. The OWF will feature ten 4 MW offshore turbines, supplied by Siemens. […]

  • Northrop Grumman launches offshore wind technology centre

    22 February 2011

    Gamesa Technology and the shipbuilding operations of Northrop Grumman have launched an offshore wind technology centre to jointly develop a new generation of offshore wind systems. Plans call for the development of North America’s first offshore wind turbines by late next year. The opening of the centre builds on the alliance the two companies formed […]

  • Vestas Announces 7 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    30 March 2011

    At a press conference today in London, Vestas announced that it is developing a seven megawatt next generation offshore turbine. Construction on prototypes of the V164 turbine is expected by the end of next year. The company said that full scale production would begin in the first quarter of 2015 “provided a firm order backlog […]

  • New Hampshire talks offshore wind and port development

    23 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Vision

    A New Hampshire joint commission is scheduled to meet on 23 March to discuss offshore wind and port development in the state. On 30 July 2020, the State Governor Christopher Sununu signed a bill which, among other things, established an offshore wind commission and an offshore wind industry development office in the department of business […]

  • Offshore wind vessel first to feature electric VSPs

    10 March 2021
    Vessels

    The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are ready to be installed prior […]