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  • 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.

  • Offshore Wind: A Playfield with Giant Toys (Photo Gallery)

    20 April 2016

    The story of offshore wind farms moving farther from shore and wind turbines being installed in deeper waters does not finish with gigantic vessels and foundations, but extends to the almost entire supply chain, where equipment is also getting bigger and services are being adapted to the industry’s needs. At the beginning of this month, […]

  • NJ Governor Vetoes Latest Offshore Wind Bill

    3 May 2016
    Authorities & Government

    New Jersey’s governor Chris Christie yesterday returned the bill S988, which would allow Fishermen’s Energy to build its offshore wind farm off Atlantic City, to the state’s Senate without his approval. The Senate passed the bill in March, after its predecessor (S2711), also approved by the Senate, had been dismissed by the governor. Sponsored by senators Bob Smith and Jim Whelan, the bill required New Jersey Board of […]

  • Shell Bids to Build Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    12 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Following recent media reports that Shell, one of the biggest oil and gas companies, will take part in Dutch tender for Borssele I and II offshore wind sites as part of a consortium also comprising Eneco and Van Oord, the move was confirmed this afternoon (12 May). The consortium informed that it had made a bid […]

  • 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.

  • Rhode Island Governor Shares Offshore Wind Vision

    9 August 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Rhode Island’s Governor Gina Raimondo has announced her Vision for Rhode Island’s Clean Energy Future – a second-term plan to position this US East Coast state as the epicentre of North America’s nascent offshore wind economy.

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens (Video)

    6 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    The 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm was officially opened on Thursday, 6 September, at a ceremony in Barrow in the north-west of England.

  • Second Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge Kicks Off

    14 May 2019
    Technology

    Offshore Wind Innovators, a community for companies active in the Dutch offshore wind industry, has opened the new edition of Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge for applications. In the first challenge of the competition, Deutsche Windtechnik is seeking a device or method to measure the present stress within the elongated bolt, without knowing the initial length of […]

  • German Offshore Wind Supply Chain Facing Headwinds

    23 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The German offshore wind energy supply chain is under real pressure due to a lack of auctions and a disappointing perspective for future auction volumes to 2030, according to WindEurope. The last German offshore wind auction was in April 2018 and no more are scheduled until 2021. This has lead to order books drying up within […]

  • Buss and IDEA Join Forces for French Offshore Wind

    7 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The German Buss Offshore Solutions and French logistics services provider IDEA Groupe have officially entered into a joint venture dedicated to the offshore wind market in France. The news follows the signing of a declaration of intent for establishing the Buss IDEA Offshore joint venture which took place in September last year. Buss IDEA Offshore will be […]

  • Singapore and Taiwan Firms Ink Offshore Wind MoU

    18 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Singapore’s Kim Heng Marine & Oilfield (KHMO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Taiwan-based Hung Hua Construction (HHC) to collaborate on the offshore wind sector. KHMO will provide vessels, tugboats and barges to HHC by way of a charter, sale or joint ownership and operation to be used for the transportation, delivery […]

  • North Sea Countries Talk Offshore Wind and Brexit

    20 June 2019
    Authorities & Government

    Representatives from ten North Sea countries met on 20 June in Denmark to discuss plans on offshore wind, as well as the UK’s potential exit from the European Union. Energy ministers and other representatives gathered in Esbjerg as part of the North Seas Energy Cooperation to consider the potential of offshore wind and how cooperation can be continued […]

  • Boskalis Books Rotech for Mystery Offshore Wind Farm

    20 June 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Rotech Subsea Ltd. has secured contracts with Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles for work on an undisclosed offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Rotech will use its TRS1 and TRS1 LD tools for cable de-burial and reburial scopes on an offshore wind project in the southern sector of the North Sea. The campaigns are set to […]

  • France to Tender Up to 6GW of Offshore Wind by 2028

    28 January 2019
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    France plans to issue offshore wind tenders with a combined capacity of up to 6GW by 2028, according to the recently released Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)). This is nearly three times as much compared to a proposal floated in November 2018, where only 2.2GW of new offshore wind capacity was to […]

  • UK 2017 Offshore Wind Numbers on Upward Path

    4 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Offshore wind provided 13,500 full-time equivalent jobs in the UK in 2017, a 20.5% increase compared to 11,200 in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. Based on the estimates, there were 9,900 jobs in England in 2017, which represents 2,300 more than the 7,600 estimated in 2016. Scotland saw 3,400 jobs provided by […]

  • Europe Sees 2.6GW Offshore Wind Boost in 2018

    7 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Europe installed 2.6GW of new offshore wind energy capacity in 2018, an 18% increase, according to the latest statistics by WindEurope. Fifteen new offshore wind farms were commissioned last year, with the UK and Germany accounting for 85% of the new capacity by adding 1.3GW and 969MW respectively. The average size of the new turbines […]

  • Ecological Surveys Scheduled for Irish Offshore Wind Project

    24 June 2019
    Environment

    A series of ecological surveys are set to be carried out at the site of the Dublin Array offshore wind project in Ireland. According to the Irish Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the surveys will be conducted between June this year and May 2020 off the Dublin and Wicklow coast to provide data on seabirds and […]

  • US Offshore WIND Act Gets Another Go

    26 June 2019
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Senator of Massachusetts Edward J. Markey, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Jim Langevin have reintroduced legislation said to spur the growth of offshore wind in the U.S. by extending tax credits for the renewable energy industry. The Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development (WIND) Act would extend the 30% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for offshore wind through 2025. Offshore wind […]

  • Virginia Offshore Wind Demo Enters Construction Phase

    2 July 2019

    The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project has entered the construction phase as onshore works kick off. The groundbreaking took place on 1 July, marking the first onshore construction work on the two-turbine 12MW offshore wind project. “The Virginia offshore wind demonstration project is another powerful example of the Commonwealth’s position as a leader […]