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  • Gamesa Opens Offshore Wind Technology Center in US

    14 February 2011
    Research & Development

    Gamesa Technology Corp., a global wind energy company, and the shipbuilding operations of Northrop Grumman Corp., America’s largest …. (marinelink) [mappress] Source: marinelink , February 14, 2011

  • Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms Study (Germany)

    23 February 2011
    Research & Development

    The offshore wind industry is in transition, and faces faces challenges that are typical of all fast-growing sectors: unforeseen problems… (wind.energy-business-review) [mappress] Source: wind.energy-business-review, February 23, 2011

  • Future investments in offshore wind will pay dividend (USA)

    12 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Sen. Susan Collins recently secured approval from the Senate Appropriations Committee for $10 million for deepwater offshore wind research,… (journaltribune) [mappress] Source: journaltribune, August 12, 2010;

  • Seaport upgrade vital for UK offshore wind development

    14 September 2010
    Research & Development

    RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association launched a national campaign today to highlight the importance of… (oilpubs) [mappress] Source: oilpubs, September 14, 2010;

  • South Korea to launch huge offshore wind project

    20 September 2010
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Following the completion of the first-stage construction of 20 test wind turbines in 2013, instead of 2012, the government will build an “experimental wind farm complex” with 200 five-megawatt wind turbines.

  • RI government gives support to offshore wind (USA)

    3 August 2010
    Authorities & Government

    Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (kuh-CHEER’-ee) and the state’s legislative leaders have written a letter in support of a wind farm project…   [mappress] Source: abc6, August 03, 2010;

  • BOEM Reaches Milestone for Virginia Offshore Wind Demo

    2 December 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the publication of its environmental assessment (EA) of proposed wind energy related research activities offshore Virginia. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) has submitted a research activities plan that describes the proposed construction, operation, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning of the Virginia Offshore Wind […]

  • Germany Passes 1 GW Offshore Wind Mark

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier last year. By 31 December 2014, 258 offshore wind turbines in the German North and Baltic Seas with a total capacity of 1,049.2 megawatts fed into the grid. This figure was ascertained by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the four organisations VDMA […]

  • ABS to Certify Block Island Offshore Wind Farm

    20 November 2014
    Technology

    ABS Group,provider of technical solutions to support safe and reliable operations for high-performance assets in the energy and marine industries, has been selected as the Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for the Block Island Wind Farm Project off of Rhode Island, which is anticipated to be one of the first operational wind farms in the US. […]

  • Offshore WIND Installation and Maintenance Conference (OWIM) 2014

    8 October 2014

    The Offshore WIND Installation and Maintenance Conference takes place on 29 October in Amsterdam. In an informative and educational day speakers from the industry provide an overview of wind farm developments, innovations in wind farm installation & maintenance and they will discuss the challenges of grid integration. The conference addresses the technical, operational, commercial and […]

  • ‘Scotland: A Major Destination for Offshore Wind’ Report Available

    27 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Scotland: A Major Destination for Offshore Wind” report to their offering. The Offshore Wind Industry Group has estimated Scotland’s offshore wind energy potential to be around 25% of the entire European offshore wind potential. This means that Scotland has the highest offshore wind energy potential of […]

  • First Turbine Up at Amrumbank Offshore Wind Farm

    11 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    MPI Adventure has installed the first of eighty Siemens 3.6MW turbines for E.On Renewables’ Amrumbank offshore wind farm, located 35 kilometers to the north of the island of Helgoland.  “We are confident that we will soon be able to feed electricity generated by the first turbines into the public grid as planned,” said Dominik Schwegmann, lead […]

  • OWPB Report Highlights UK Offshore Wind Achievenemts

    5 March 2015

    The Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB) set up to remove barriers to deployment and deliver a programme for industry cost reduction in the UK offshore wind sector, has published its Annual Report for 2014. In 2014 the OWPB commissioned the Cost Reduction Monitoring Framework (CRMF). The first CRMF Report, published last Friday, shows that the […]

  • RTN OKs Offshore Wind Energy Safety Training

    6 March 2015
    Human Capital

    Safety Technology Ltd’s Certificate in Safety in Offshore Wind Energy (Level 3) training programme received an industry recommendation from RenewableUK’s Renewables Training Network (RTN) this week. The three week safety programme designed for service leavers has been developed in conjunction with wind turbine owners, operators and maintenance companies to provide the core safety training needed […]

  • VIDEO: MaXccess in Action at Fukushima Offshore Wind Farm

    14 March 2015
    Technology

    UK-based company, OSBIT Power, the developer of an innovative offshore wind access system released a footage of its MaXccess in operation at Fukushima offshore wind farm. The system completed its Lloyds witnessed factory acceptance tests in late 2012. Owned by Maubeni, the offshore wind farm is located 23 km off the Fukushima coast. It comprises a […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES: Offshore Wind Capacity Doubled in 2014

    29 April 2015
    Research & Development

    Fraunhofer IWES has issued its annual report on wind energy “Wind Energy Report Germany 2014“, which has shown that the wind energy is on the rise, both globally and in Germany. Worldwide, 2014 saw over 51 GW of installed wind capacity, and global power consumption already comprises 3% of wind energy. In Germany, after a record construction […]

  • Big Offshore Wind News Come from LORC

    30 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Tomorrow, Torben Lorentzen will be joining LORC as its new CEO. He leaves the post as Head of Research and Development at FORCE Technology. At LORC, Torben Lorentzen will head the continuous build-up of the LORC test centres with a main focus on large components, foundations for offshore wind turbines and HALT testing of wind […]

  • Northland Moves Closer to German Offshore Wind Projects

    25 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Canadian power company Northland Power Inc. has opened an offshore wind operations hub in Germany.

  • Poland’s Full Offshore Wind Potential Still Unknown

    28 September 2018
    Research & Development

    Poland has the highest unidentified offshore wind potential in the Baltic Sea, Janusz Gajowiecki, President of the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) said during a session at the Global Wind Summit in Hamburg.

  • Maersk Supply Service Names Offshore Wind Director

    3 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Maersk Supply Service has appointed Lars Blicher at the position of Director for Offshore Wind.

  • Offshore Wind Conference 2018: One Week to Go

    15 October 2018

    Are you ready for the new dawn in offshore wind? At the Offshore Wind Conference 2018 (OWC 2018), you can discover how you and your company can prepare for the new industry standards throughout several sessions that jointly aim to cover everything needed to get the full picture of what lies ahead. 

  • Iberdrola Set On 3GW by 2023 Offshore Wind Target

    24 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Spanish energy giant Iberdrola plans to spend around EUR 9 billion to reach the target of having 3GW of installed offshore wind capacity in the US and in Europe by 2023.

  • Sumitomo and Parkwind Deepening Belgian Offshore Wind Ties

    10 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Belgium’s Parkwind and Summit Tailwind Belgium, part of the Sumitomo Corporation, have submitted a notification of concentration to the European Commission for the acquisition of the joint control over Northwester 2.

  • ScottishPower Renewables and Aveillant on Offshore Wind Radar Watch

    19 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    ScottishPower Renewables has partnered with Cambridge-based Aveillant, part of the Thales Group, to test a new radar system that aims to safeguard the UK’s offshore wind industry.

  • UK Charts Decade-Long Offshore Wind Path

    23 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The UK government has committed to opening the Contracts for Difference auctions for offshore wind every two years from 2019 throughout the 2020s.