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  • Belgium: Technological Advances Improving Wind Power’s Competitiveness, EWEA Says

    28 February 2013
    Technology

    Anti-wind power lobbyists have long contested claims by the wind industry that wind power is competitive with fossil fuels. But technological advances, making wind turbines bigger, smarter, and more competitive in all situations, mean the wind is fast being taken out of the naysayers’ sails. Both EWEA and GWEC, the Global Wind Energy Council, agree […]

  • French-Japanese Floating Offshore Wind Partnership Forges Ahead

    5 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    BW Ideol AS has executed an investment agreement with Japan’s JERA and France’s ADEME Investissement to create an investment company for financing the co-development of floating offshore wind projects using BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool® technology over the next five years. BW Ideol will hold 51 per cent of the new entity, with JERA and […]

  • Crown Estate: Hornsea 1 Pins UK as Global Offshore Wind Leader

    11 December 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has welcomed the news that the consortium SMart Wind has been granted development consent for Hornsea Project One by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The project is scheduled to commence operation by 2020 when it will become the world’s first gigawatt scale far from shore wind farm. Huub […]

  • HDD Work for Seagreen OWF’s Onshore Cable Completed

    5 October 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) work on the onshore cable route for the Seagreen offshore wind farm have been completed, allowing for the installation of the electrical cables for what will become Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm. HDD has been used to insert ducting at eight locations along the onshore cabling route between landfall at the […]

  • Vattenfall Strives for More Accurate Weather Forecast

    6 October 2014

    The weather is becoming increasingly important to many of Vattenfall’s operations. Managing the weather is of course impossible, but an R&D programme will aid the company to manage the impact of weather conditions. In 2011, a programme was initiated with the purpose of developing the capability to run in-house forecasts of weather and wind power […]

  • Stadtwerke Lübeck and DONG Energy to swap Wind asset for ownership in German sales company

    30 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Stadtwerke Lübeck acquires a 7.25 % share of the Danish offshore wind farm Nysted. In return, the Danish energy group DONG Energy will acquire Stadtwerke Lübeck’s 25.1 % share in the jointly-owned subsidiary DONG Energy Sales GmbH, meaning that DONG Energy will be the sole owner. After the transaction DONG Energy and Stadtwerke Lübeck will […]

  • Haizea Wind and DAVI: a winning team

    2 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Technology

    Haizea Wind needs no introduction when it comes to the world of Wind Towers and Offshore Foundations. Rolling large diameter parts is their bread and butter in the location in the port of Bilbao, where two DAVI Plate Rolls operate all day long, rolling relentlessly. “I started in 2020 at Haizea and at that moment […]

  • Offshore Wind Farm Operators Could Face High O&M Costs (UK)

    8 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Offshore wind farm operators could be facing O&M costs as high as €100,000 to €300,000 per year, per turbine, according to the latest Wind Energy Update Operations and Maintenance report. This figure could be spiked by an additional 20 percent over the short term, as innovative 5MW variable-speed and direct-drive designs enter the market. […]

  • NYSERDA to Gather Wind and Wave Data at New York Offshore Wind Site

    21 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking comments on a draft plan to measure wind speed and ocean waves at the federal ocean site off the coast of Long Island on which it plans to bid on 15 December, 2016 alongside thirteen other applicants. The draft plan, called MetOcean, calls for […]

  • Fécamp OWF to Feature Seatower’s Gravity Foundation

    8 May 2014

    The developers of the Fécamp offshore wind farm have chosen to demonstrate and install Seatower’s patented Cranefree Gravity® foundation design. The Fécamp project, being jointly developed by EDF Energies Nouvelles, DONG Energy and wpd offshore, is located 13km off the coast of Normandy. The Fécamp demonstrator project is the final step in Seatower’s objective to […]

  • MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to Produce V164-8.0 Blades on Isle of Wight

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will serial manufacture the 80m blade for the V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of the UK. The announcement is the first part of a wider industrialisation strategy in the UK which is expected to result in up to […]

  • New York Gives Its Blessing to South Fork OWF Export Cable

    19 March 2021
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to the South Fork offshore wind farm’s export cable, which will make landfall at Beach Lane in Wainscott and then run to the Cove Hollow Road substation in East Hampton, where the project will be connected to […]

  • USA: Maryland Offshore Wind Bill Passes Senate

    11 March 2013
    Authorities

    March 8 marks a momentous occasion for Marylanders – Offshore Wind legislation passed in the Senate with a vote of 30-15. Three years of work has paid off in huge dividends – in health benefits, in jobs, and in truly renewable energy options. The bill is now scheduled to go back to the House of […]

  • STX France Launches Marine Renewables Facilities

    27 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    With the active support of the Pays de la Loire Regional Council, Carène (Federation of local councils of Saint-Nazaire area) and Caisse des Dépôts (public group serving general interest and economic development), STX France secured the financing required to launch the 1st batch of production units due to enter in service in 2015. Considering the […]

  • TotalEnergies and RWE Strike Again Offshore France

    17 January 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies and RWE have applied for the competitive bidding procedure for the Center Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind project in Normandy, France. The bid was placed as part of the partnership between the two companies aimed at jointly responding to calls for tenders for the development of wind projects off the coast of Normandy. The […]

  • Acciona Develops Mass Production-Friendly Floating Foundations

    12 October 2022
    Technology

    Spain-based renewable energy developer Acciona Energía, together with its compatriot engineering company BlueNewables, has developed two floating foundation solutions for offshore wind turbines, for which the company says can be mass-produced and reduce manufacturing costs and carbon footprint. The two solutions are S-bos (semi-submersible) and CT-bos (TLP), both of which can be easily adapted to […]

  • Lithuanian Government Adopts Offshore Wind Rules

    4 August 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The government of Lithuania has approved the conclusion of the country’s Ministry of Energy which should allow for better conditions for the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea. The legislation sets out the proposals which are mainly related to the terms of the future tender and the limits of the responsibilities of […]

  • Invenergy, energyRe Propose 2.4 GW Wind Project Offshore New Jersey

    7 August 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    US-based Invenergy and its compatriot energyRe have submitted their bid to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to develop the 2,400 MW Leading Light Wind offshore wind project in the US. The Leading Light Wind offshore wind project is planned to be located more than 40 miles (about 64 kilometres) off Long Beach […]

  • Lake Erie’s Offshore Wind Project Piles Up More Support

    18 March 2014
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Several key environmental groups support Icebreaker™, the 6-turbine offshore wind pilot project in Lake Erie that would be the first of its kind in the Great Lakes. In letters posted on Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation’s (LEEDCo) website, The Ohio Environmental Council, The Nature Conservancy, Environment Ohio, The Sierra Club, Mom’s Clean Air Force, Ohio […]

  • Regulation for training

    10 October 2012

    In wind energy, the operating environment, specifications and guidelines change quickly and innovation cycles are short. The demand for safety training is increasing with the expansion of offshore wind energy. So say Germanischer Lloyd and that is one of the reasons why they have added training standards to their GL Renewables Certification (GL RC). Recently, […]

  • Fugro Expanding Its Offshore Wind Expertise Centre in Virginia

    26 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Fugro will expand its regional centre of expertise for offshore wind, located in Norfolk, Virginia, as the company’s Virginia operations have grown over the past decade with the increase in the number of offshore wind projects on the US East Coast. The expansion, which was announced by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin on 26 June, will […]

  • NYSERDA’s Wildlife Study Offshore New York Halfway Done

    17 May 2018
    R&D

    APEM has completed the sixth digital aerial survey carried out as part of a three-year study involving twelve such surveys of offshore wildlife off New York’s Atlantic Coast. The campaign has been commissioned by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and is being performed by Normandeau Associates and APEM.

  • DONG Feels Wind Power

    8 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Denmark’s DONG Energy recorded DKK 4.8 billion (EUR 645 million) operating profit (EBITDA) in the third quarter of 2016, a 7% improvement compared to the third quarter of 2015 driven by a 19% increase in the company’s Wind Power and a lump sum payment received in connection with the completed renegotiation of a gas purchase contract. The results […]

  • Port of Dundee Gearing Up for Offshore Wind

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Forth Ports Limited plans to invest more than GBP 10 million to build a new quayside at the Port of Dundee and turn this port on Scotland’s east coast into a center for the North Sea offshore wind industry. This privately funded investment will result in the development of the quayside at the east end of […]

  • Ocean Winds and CHAP Group Ink Contract for New O&M Facility

    28 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    CHAP Group and Ocean Winds have inked a contract for a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Buckie, Scotland which is expected to serve the Moray West offshore wind farm. The 882 MW offshore wind farm will come online next year as a sister project to the operational Moray East offshore wind farm, almost […]

  • GE Renewable Energy Names New Offshore Wind CEO

    29 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy has appointed Jan Kjaersgaard as the new CEO of its Offshore Wind business. Kjaersgaard will succeed John Lavelle who is retiring after a 40-year career and plans to stay on board to assist with a transition over the next several months. Kjaersgaard joins GE from FLSmidth, where he was most recently President […]