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  • Brazil Eyeing Offshore Wind

    9 January 2015
    Authorities

    Brazil has sworn in a new energy minister last Friday, who opened the door for ocean renewables development in this country, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy website. Namely, Minister Eduardo Braga said he wants the federal government to begin studies on offshore wind and ocean energy. There are no offshore wind farms built in Brazil at […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset at West of Duddon Sands OWF

    31 October 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sunset at West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, seen almost a year ago.  Following yesterday’s official launch of the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, it is nice to remember the good old times, especially some beautiful moments like the one caught on camera by Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) Ltd, […]

  • Fugro Hit by O&G Downturn, Sees More Opportunities in Offshore Wind

    26 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Fugro posted a revenue of EUR 2.36 billion in 2015, down from EUR 2.57 billion in the previous year, due to the high volatility of the oil and gas market, on which 74% of the company’s business is focused. Nevertheless, Fugro managed to decrease its net loss to EUR 372.5 million, compared to EUR 458.9 million in 2014. Fugro’s Seabed Geosolutions division […]

  • Sea Installer Undergoing Crane Replacement, Next Stop USA

    22 February 2023
    Vessels

    DEME’s wind farm installation vessel, Sea Installer, is currently at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam being fitted with a new and upgraded main crane. Heavy lift vessel Gulliver has lifted the 1,600t Huisman crane onto Sea Installer at the Maasvlakte. ”Marking an important moment in DEME’s history, ‘Sea Installer’ will be one of the first vessels […]

  • Deepwater Wind Buys Offshore Wind Turbines from Siemens (USA)

    12 October 2011

      Deepwater Wind today announced that it has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy to buy the company’s latest offshore wind turbines for deployment in the Block Island Wind Farm, a project that remains on track to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Under the agreement, Siemens will supply five of its new 6.0-megawatt […]

  • USA: Wind to Supply Energy Demand

    10 September 2012

    There is enough energy available in winds to meet all of the world’s demand. Atmospheric turbines that convert steadier and faster high-altitude winds into energy could generate even more power than ground- and ocean-based units. New research from Carnegie’s Ken Caldeira examines the limits of the amount of power that could be harvested from winds, […]

  • UK: New Contracts Boost IVB’s Turnover

    8 January 2013

    Significant new contracts have boosted fledgling East of England company Inspection Verification Bureau Ltd (IVB). Launched less than two years ago but led by a small team with combined experience of more than 100 years, the latest business will allow the Norfolk-based business to hit its annual growth target of 20% on current turnover of […]

  • Siemens Secures Order for Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    24 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Energy has secured another order for an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the customer DONG Energy the company will supply up to 89 wind turbines for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the North Sea off the German coast. With a total capacity of 320 megawatts (MW) the wind power plant will […]

  • US, German Companies Partner for US Offshore Wind

    1 July 2022
    Business & Finance

    US-based Keystone Engineering Inc. and the German civil engineering company Jörss-Blunck-Ordemann GmbH (JBO) have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly provide offshore wind farm designs that are tailor-made to the growing US offshore wind market. The parties said that, as the US offshore wind industry gains more momentum, it is becoming more apparent that […]

  • Siemens to become equity partner in offshore wind park installation specialist A2SEA (Denmark)

    29 June 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens will become shareholder (49 percent) in A2SEA A/S, a supplier of installation services for the construction of offshore wind farms. The Danish energy company, DONG Energy, will continue to be the main shareholder of the company. A2SEA in Fredericia, Denmark, employs about 200 people. Siemens´ goal of the engagement in A2SEA is to advance […]

  • US Offshore Wind R&D Consortium Expands Membership

    25 January 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has expanded its membership with three new state partners and three companies. The states of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia have joined New York as state partner, and Vineyard Wind, EnBW North America and Anbaric Development Partners have joined the consortium’s the Board of Directors. Together with the New […]

  • TEPCO and Ørsted Form Offshore Wind Pact, First Stop Japan

    18 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s largest power company Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) and Ørsted have signed a memorandum of understanding to work jointly on offshore wind projects. TEPCO and Ørsted will work jointly on the Choshi offshore wind project near Tokyo, for which TEPCO has been carrying out a seabed survey to examine its feasibility, and […]

  • German Offshore Wind Yield Drops in 2021

    14 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms produced 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2021, a 10.75 per cent decrease compared to the record-breaking 26.89 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. The wind farms in the North Sea generated around 20.3 TWh of electricity in 2021, the transmission system operator TenneT said. This is some 10.8 per cent […]

  • Meerwind Süd Ost Undergoing Hot Commissioning

    8 April 2014

    After it was recently completed, Meerwind Süd-Ost offshore wind farm is undergoing hot commissioning at the moment. Earlier this month, WindMW announced that they have wrapped up the installation work on this offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Seaway Heavy Lifting’s Oleg Strashnov installed the 3,500-tonne offshore converter substation, which was built by […]

  • Global Renewables Shipbrokers Enters South Korean OW Market

    23 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The German Global Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) has entered into a strategic partnership with South Korea’s consultancy SerFac for offshore wind development in South Korea. GRS provides consultancy and shipbroking services for the offshore wind, wave and tidal energy sectors, while SerFac is a wind project development consultancy. “The moment for market entry to South Korea is […]

  • Ørsted and Eversource Charter First-Ever Jones Act SOV

    1 October 2020
    Vessels

    Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Ørsted, and Eversource have signed a long-term charter agreement for the provision of the first-ever US-flagged, Jones Act-compliant Service Operations Vessel (SOV). The SOV will be engineered, constructed, and operated by ECO as an integral part of the operation and maintenance of the Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind, and Sunrise Wind […]

  • Lex de Groot: “We have a Speaking Up Culture”

    17 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    Lex de Groot, Managing Director of Neptune Energy in the Netherlands, is a guest in the new episode of the Navingo Career Podcast. For a fossil energy company, Lex de Groot is by no means a ‘fossil’ leader. Its business operations are modern and sustainable. De Groot talks about the ‘Speaking Up Culture’ within Neptune […]

  • IHC Hammers Its Way in China

    26 November 2014
    Technology

    IHC Hydrohammer, a business unit of the Dutch based Royal IHC, recently commissioned the S-1800 Hydrohammer with 5.5m Pile Guiding for the Chinese offshore wind market. Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Marine Engineering, a joint venture between ZPMC and Longyuan, is using the S-1800 hydraulic piling hammer to drive flanged monopiles for the Longyuan Jiangsu Rudong Offshore Wind Farm into the […]

  • USA: Deepwater Wind Announces Additions to Leadership Team

    15 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Deepwater Wind has announced additions to its leadership team as the company moves toward construction of its path-breaking Block Island Wind Farm and advances its plans for utility-scale offshore wind farms to power states along the East Coast. Jeffrey Grybowski, who has led Deepwater Wind’s regulatory and business strategy as Chief Administrative Officer, has been […]

  • Boskalis Harbours EOWDC Foundations at Peterhead Port

    10 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has awarded Peterhead Port Authority with a contract to harbour the suction bucket jacket foundations for the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • Australia: OPT to Develop 19 MW Wave-Energy Project with Lockheed Martin

    12 July 2012
    Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT), a leading wave energy technology company, and Lockheed Martin have entered into a teaming agreement with the goal of developing a 19 megawatt wave-energy project in Portland, in the state of Victoria, Australia. This is one of the largest wave-energy projects announced to date, and leverages a grant from the […]

  • Port of Odense Kicks Off Extension at Lindø

    15 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Odense has launched a comprehensive port extension at Lindø, which will cost around DKK 358 million (approx. EUR 48 million). LINDØ port of ODENSE – named to represent Lindø Industrial Park and its owner, the Port of Odense – will have at disposal additional 500,000 square metres of harbour area, new quays extending more than 1,000 metres, and […]

  • MAKE Releases Q3 Wind Power Oulook

    25 August 2015

    MAKE’s Q3/2015 Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update presents an analysis of global and regional wind power installation forecasts through 2024.   Firm order intake in H1 increased by 34% YoY to nearly 25GW. Overall demand in China accounted for more than a third of global order intake in H1 and new order capacity for […]

  • UK Industry Bodies Give UK Floating Offshore Wind a Push

    14 November 2017

    RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables met in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday, 14 November, to debate future opportunities for UK’s floating offshore wind.

  • USA: Offshore Wind Forging Ahead

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind energy projects off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts are aiming to start construction next year and bring an energy source familiar in Europe to the U.S. for the first time, company executives said this week in Atlantic City at the industry’s major annual conference. “This is the year it happens,” said […]

  • Virginia Charts Offshore Wind Roadmap

    28 December 2018
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has released a report providing a roadmap for the state to develop an offshore wind supply chain to serve emerging offshore wind projects along the US East Coast.