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  • AMSC Announces Additional D-VAR(R) Orders for Grid Interconnection of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom

    18 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today announced that it has received several new orders for its proprietary D-VAR reactive compensation solution for wind farms in the United Kingdom, including two orders from Manchester, England-based Nordex UK Ltd. AMSC’s D-VAR Intelligent Grid solutions will now be deployed at 15 wind farms […]

  • Port of Rostock: Serving the Baltic Sea

    17 August 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Rostock is Germany’s largest and the deepest port in the Southern part of the Baltic Sea. It was near the Port of Rostock where the first German commercial offshore wind farm, EnBW Baltic 1, was erected in 2010 and it also served as one of the base ports for Kriegers Flak. Although […]

  • Milestone Year for UK Offshore Wind

    10 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Huub den Rooijen, Head of Offshore Wind at The Crown Estate which manages the UK seabed, assesses the case for offshore wind in turbulent times and calls for greater transparency in debating energy future. UK has seen significant milestones hit, such as 4 GW of capacity now in operation – enough to meet the electricity demands […]

  • Wind Bankers III: PensionDanmark

    3 February 2013

    PensionDanmark, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds with 629,000 members employed in 26,000 private and public companies, is one of the first, if not the first pension fund to take offshore wind very seriously. It has already invested in 2 offshore wind farms and it is eyeing more. The organisation has embarked on an ambitious strategy to more than double its investments in […]

  • PMSS Appoints New EHS Consultant Focused on USA Offshore Wind Sector

    11 July 2012
    Environment, R&D

    Tanjia Maynard has been appointed as an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Consultant for renewable energy consulting firm PMSS’ North America business unit with immediate effect. By appointing Tanjia Maynard as an EHS Consultant; PMSS is continuing to expand its business activities in the North America renewable energy market, and in particular in the field […]

  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen Bring Green Freeport Status to Two Scottish Ports

    13 January 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Scottish and UK governments have awarded the Green Freeport status to Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport in Scotland. The ports, Scotland’s first Green Freeports, will receive up to GBP 52 million in start-up funding and will benefit from tax reliefs and other incentives. As the governments announced the status awards, […]

  • ‘China Wind Market Quarterly Report Q4 2012′ Added to Research and Markets’ Offering

    4 April 2013
    R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Wind Market Quarterly Report Q4 2012” report to their offering.    In 2012, China surpassed 50 GW of grid-connected wind capacity and is currently on track to add roughly another 18 GW, representing a 40 % growth rate. The country has quickly become the world […]

  • DONG Targets 12GW of Installed Offshore Wind by 2025

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    DONG Energy yesterday revealed its ambition to increase the installed offshore wind capacity to 11-12GW at the end of 2025.

  • Exclusive: Siemens Gamesa Extends Service Contract for Major Offshore Wind Farm

    18 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Gemini Consortium have reached an agreement for the extension of the operations and maintenance service agreement for the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea until 2036. The original 15-year long-term service program (LTP) to service wind turbines at the Gemini offshore wind farm has now […]

  • China’s First 8 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Enters Operation

    16 June 2020
    Technology

    Shanghai Electric has commissioned China’s first 8 MW offshore wind turbine, which is now entering operation. The 8MW-167 offshore turbine, which features the “black start” technology, produces 20% more electricity and reduces the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) by around 11% compared to the 7MW-154 wind turbine, Shanghai Electric said. The 8 MW turbine is […]

  • Offshore Wind Among Plans for Ukraine’s Post-War Reconstruction

    4 July 2022
    Authorities

    The European and Ukrainian solar and wind associations have called on the leaders from both Ukraine and the EU to embrace renewables – including solar and onshore and offshore wind – and renewable hydrogen in the country’s post-war reconstruction. The associations today (4 July) released a joint statement calling on Ukrainian and the EU leaders […]

  • Windward Offshore Orders Two More Hybrid CSOVs at Vard

    23 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The Windward Offshore joint venture, comprising Diana Shipping, Blue Star Group, SeaRenergy Offshore, and SeraVerse, has exercised its option to acquire two additional hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) from Norway-based shipbuilding company VARD. Following the completion of the acquisition of the two additional CSOVs, Windward Offshore will have contracts to acquire four vessels, with deliveries […]

  • WIND FARM SUPPORT VESSELS: The Class of 26

    4 May 2015

    It was only 4 years ago at Seawork International 2011 that a completely new class of offshore wind farm vessels was defined when a new vessel, 26 metres long with a 10 metres beam, was named Marineco Shamal and handed over to the owner Marineco. So began the class of 26. As this article is […]

  • Scots’ View Unchanged by Trump’s Anti-Wind Comments

    25 April 2012
    Authorities

    93% of Scots polled are either more supportive or their views unchanged by Trump’s comments on wind power. Poll also suggests 85% of Scots surveyed believe Scottish Government should place little or no weight on Donald Trump’s views when making decisions about energy policy The majority of people polled in a YouGov survey in Scotland […]

  • Welsh MPs Call for ‘Ten Point Plan’ for Renewable Energy Sector

    29 July 2021
    Authorities

    The Welsh Affairs Committee, a select committee of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, has called for a ‘Ten Point Plan’ to be developed and published by the UK and Welsh Governments this year to provide clear strategy for the renewable energy sector in Wales. Wales could be a leader in renewable energy, […]

  • Rystad Energy: Offshore Wind Jobs to Triple by 2030

    19 February 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Workforce demand in offshore wind will rise dramatically over the next decade, with the number of jobs in this sector reaching around 589,000 in 2025, while 2030 could see 868,000 full-time offshore wind jobs. Currently, it is estimated that around 297,000 people are working in the sector. This is according to an analysis from Rystad […]

  • ACCOMMODATION VESSELS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

    5 October 2015

    The concept of using vessels as hotels, or floatels, accommodation vessels, or recently, SOVs, or whatever name you give them, has been available in the market for a while. With some of the current and more future projects being built further at sea in harsher sea states this concept is now gaining ‘ground’. Not only […]

  • Benj Sykes from DONG Energy to Discuss UK’s Energy Situation

    4 March 2014

    On Thursday evening, March 6, DONG Energy’s Benj Sykes will be part of a panel debate at Durham Energy Institute discussing whether the UK can keep the lights on. Here, he explains part of his opening arguments around offshore wind, one of DONG Energy’s key business areas and how the technology will contribute to UK […]

  • DONG Energy to Use Two Seacat Services’ Workboats at Westermost Rough

    4 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy and class-leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator, Seacat Services, today confirmed a twelve-month, two workboat crew transfer deal to support construction operations at the 210MW Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm. The Round 2 UK offshore wind project, which began offshore construction in late February, will become the first wind farm to use the […]

  • Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Mexico: Holistic Project Approach Indicates Promising Opportunity

    28 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry, Ports & Logistics

    The following article is a guest post by Kristin Carman, PMP, REP – Offshore Project and Permit Manager DNV Energy USA, Inc. Offshore wind (OSW) development in the Gulf of Mexico (the Gulf) is an opportunity that has, arguably, received less focus than East and West Coast prospects, and one which some in the industry […]

  • The US Offshore Wind Power Technology Roadmap

    2 April 2019

    Executive summary The development of offshore wind represents an interesting technology opportunity for the US. On one hand, offshore wind is a European invention, and early technologies will have to be almost exclusively imported from Europe. On the other, though, the rapid pace of technology development in offshore wind offers significant potential for the US […]

  • Equinor Abandons Offshore Wind Projects in Ireland

    4 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ESB’s offshore wind project partner in Ireland, Equinor, has decided not to continue with offshore wind development in the country, the Irish utility company and renewable energy developer confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz following this morning’s (4 November) news in the Irish Examiner. Equinor’s decision to pull out of the early phase offshore wind activities in Ireland […]

  • UK: Eyemouth Harbour Trust Eyes Opportunities in Offshore Wind Industry

    16 July 2013

    EYEMOUTH HARBOUR TRUST (EHT) announced the award of a contract to Scottish consultancy Caithness Renewables Ltd for the development of a marketing plan, as part of its strategy to explore potential opportunities for diversification of the port’s activities and so ensure its long-term sustainability for the benefit of all stakeholders. The marketing plan will identify […]

  • UK Govt Could Cut GBP 1.9 Bln from OW Energy Cost in 2020s, Report Says

    30 June 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    BVG Associates has published the first quantitative study of the effect of the UK Government’s policy on cost of energy from offshore wind during the 2020s. The study was commissioned by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).  The study considers the effect of a range of policy drivers in the context of a predominantly pan-European market. It […]

  • Siemens to build wind turbine production plant in the UK

    29 March 2010
    Technology

    Siemens Energy is to build a new production plant for offshore wind turbines in the UK. With the new plant Siemens wants to meet the growing demand for wind turbines for British offshore projects. As world market leader in the offshore sector Siemens has already successfully implemented eleven projects with a combined capacity in excess […]