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  • BOEM to Discuss Atlantic Offshore Wind and Protected Species

    11 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Human Capital, Research & Development

    U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a workshop on Atlantic offshore wind activities and marine protected species. BOEM’s Office of Renewable Energy Programs will host a three-day “Best Management Practices Workshop for Atlantic Offshore Wind Facilities” on 7-9 March. The workshop will discuss best management practices for preventing, reducing, and monitoring impacts […]

  • Scotland Counts on Offshore Wind in New Energy Strategy

    25 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The draft Scottish Energy Strategy has set out a new target to deliver the equivalent of 50 per cent of the energy required for Scotland’s heat, transport and electricity needs from renewable sources by 2030, including energy coming from offshore wind and floating wind farms. To support this vision, Scotland will next month announce details of up to […]

  • Blue Abyss Centre to Support Offshore Wind Innovation

    3 February 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    Blue Abyss, a GBP 65 million subsea, Space and life science training, research and testing centre designed by Robin Partington and planned to be operational by the end of the next year, will incorporate the world’s biggest training pool.

  • Fathom Enters Offshore Wind Picture with Beatrice Contract

    6 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Fathom Systems has won a contract to supply a turnkey service of design engineering, procurement and manufacture of specialist electrical distribution equipment to be installed in each of the 84 turbine transition pieces intended for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The scope of supply for the GBP 2.6 billion wind farm project located off the coast […]

  • Reaching Potential during Offshore WIND Conference 2016

    4 March 2016

    Renewable energy plays an indispensable role in meeting rising energy demand. The 7th annual Offshore WIND Conference, on 24 and 25 October 2016, will focus on business opportunities and successes in this renewable energy industry and how, together, the industry can reach its potential. A promising future awaits the offshore wind industry as long as […]

  • BOEM to Gauge Interest in Californian Offshore Wind Projects

    22 March 2016
    Authorities & Government

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will soon issue a Federal Register Notice to determine if there is competitive interest in developing offshore wind projects off Morro Bay, California. BOEM announced this yesterday, after wrapping up an initial review of an unsolicited lease request from Trident Winds, LLC for a floating wind energy project in the […]

  • BOEM to Discuss North Carolina Offshore Wind Leases

    13 April 2016

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the next North Carolina renewable energy task force meeting on 19 April via a webinar. The sixth Nort Carolina task force meeting will focus on the request for information and proposed sale notice for commercial wind leasing offshore North Carolina. The task force is an intergovernmental group and includes […]

  • Germany Ups 2017 Offshore Wind Tender Volume

    18 April 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has proposed an amendment to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which would enable two offshore wind tenders with a total capacity of 2.92GW to be held in 2017. The two tenders with 1.46GW capacity each are part of the new draft bill for the development and promotion of offshore wind energy […]

  • Final Turbine Up at Wailuo Offshore Wind Farm

    24 December 2019

    The installation of 36 Ming Yang turbines has been completed at the Wailuo offshore wind project in China. The wind farm features 36 MySE5.5-155 turbines, the last of which was installed on 18 December offshore the Guangdong Province. According to Ming Yang, the 198MW project is the first in the province to be equipped by […]

  • German Offshore Wind Production Increases by 26.5% in 2019

    13 January 2020
    Storage

    Wind farms operating offshore Germany generated 24.16 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2019, an increase of 26.5% compared to 19.1TWh of electricity generated offshore in 2018. Wind farms in the North Sea generated 20.21TWh of electricity in 2019, a 20.7% increase compared to 2018 when 16.75TWh of power was generated by North Sea wind farms, […]

  • NAVA Designs WFSV for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

    22 January 2020

    NAVA Ship Design Office has designed a wind farm support vessel (WFSV) which will service the offshore wind sector in Poland. The vessel will provide accommodation for 16 persons and will feature two MTU 12 V 2000 M72 diesel engines speeding up to a maximum of 25kn. Poland has set a goal to develop 8GW of offshore […]

  • Ørsted Books Offshore Wind Staging Spot in Virginia

    29 January 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Ørsted has entered into an agreement with the Port of Virginia to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal for offshore wind staging materials and equipment.

  • NREL Unveils 15MW Reference Offshore Wind Turbine

    14 February 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released open-access designs of the International Energy Agency (IEA) 15MW reference offshore wind turbine.

  • Offshore Wind Predicitive Maintenance Project Kicks Off

    14 February 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    The test site of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) will be one of the scenarios for the development of a project to develop predictive maintenance in offshore wind farms. The project, Operation & Maintenance tools integrating accurate structural health in offshore energy (WATEREYE), is expected to allow wind farm operators to accurately […]

  • Offshore Wind Predicitive Maintenance Project Kicks Off

    14 February 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    The test site of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) will be one of the scenarios for the development of a project to develop predictive maintenance in offshore wind farms. The project, Operation & Maintenance tools integrating accurate structural health in offshore energy (WATEREYE), is expected to allow wind farm operators to accurately […]

  • Construction Starts on Chinese Offshore Wind Super Projects

    24 February 2020

    China Three Gorges (CTG) has started construction on what the state-owned utility describes as offshore wind ‘’super projects’’ with a combined capacity of 2,200MW. The two wind farms in question are the 1,400MW Yangjiang Shapa Phases 2-5 project off the city of Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, and the Jiangsu Rudong 800MW (H6, H10) wind farm offshore […]

  • Blue Tern Swoops On German Offshore Wind Farm

    25 February 2020

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern has been contracted to finish installing the remaining eleven Senvion 6.2M152 turbines on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) in the German North Sea. Blue Tern will replace Jan De Nul’s Taillevent on TWB II as this jack-up is reportedly on its way to start a project […]

  • RWE Renewables Bets Big on Polish Offshore Wind

    25 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    RWE Renewables has acquired a pipeline of up to 4 offshore wind projects in Poland with a total generation capacity of more than 1.5 gigawatts. The company has acquired the shares in the project companies from private owners and developers. RWE intends to further develop, build, and operate the projects. The four projects, which are […]

  • Vattenfall Needs CTVs for Danish Offshore Wind Farms

    27 November 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Vattenfall Vindkraft A/S has issued a contract notice for the provision of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the company’s offshore wind farms in Denmark. The tender is divided into several sub-tenders for specific offshore wind farms, and there is one lot for general ad-hoc and short and long term charters. Lot 1 covers the provision […]

  • Amsterdam Capital Partners Joins Korean Offshore Wind

    6 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Amsterdam Capital Partners (AMSCAP), G8 Subsea, Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency of Korea (SDIA) and Saemangeum Offshore Wind Power (SOWP) have agreed to jointly develop offshore wind in Korea’s Samangeum Industrial Complex. AMSCAP and G8 will work mainly alongside SOWP respectively in a financial and a technical perspective for the joint development of offshore wind. […]

  • IWES and Frazer-Nash Partner Up for Offshore Wind

    16 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    UK consultancy Frazer-Nash and the German Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the offshore wind energy market. The two parties signed the deal in Bremerhaven, Germany, under which they will work together on asset management and the research underpinning asset management good practice. According […]

  • ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 Kicks Off

    27 August 2019
    Research & Development

    The Carbon Trust has launched Stage 2 of the Offshore Renewable Joint Industry Project (ORJIP) for offshore wind. The programme aims to reduce consenting risk, project maturation time, cost and the environmental impact of existing and future offshore wind farms. Over the next four years, ORJIP Offshore Wind Stage 2 will provide a framework to […]

  • Macquarie Cleared to Buy German Offshore Wind Pioneer

    25 September 2019
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG by Sage Holdings S.à.r.l, ultimately indirectly controlled by Macquarie Group Limited. Ocean Breeze owns and operates the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. Macquarie revealed plans to buy Ocean Energy, a subsidiary […]

  • NYSERDA Wraps Up Local Offshore Wind Tour

    7 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has completed a three-week open house tour about the state’s recent awards for 1,696MW of offshore wind. NYSERDA presented details on the 816MW Empire Wind project, owned and developed by Equinor, and the 880MW Sunrise Wind, owned and developed by Bay State Wind LLC, a joint venture of Ørsted and […]

  • 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.