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  • American Piledriving Equipment Eyes Offshore Wind Industry

    2 January 2012

    Machines to drive foundations for offshore wind power platforms could become a new market for a small Kent pile driving company… By Steve Wilhelm (bizjournals) [mappress] Source: bizjournals, January 02, 2012; Image: nortrade

  • Opportunity Wind Blows to Hartlepool (UK)

    31 December 2010

    COMPANIES with a global reputation are showing a strong interest in becoming part of Hartlepool’s wind energy future, the Mail can reveal.   (hartlepoolmail) [mappress] Source: hartlepoolmail, December 31, 2010

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Opens Branch Office in Hamburg, Germany

    4 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Seaway Heavy Lifting announces that it has opened a branch office in Hamburg, Germany. The German offshore wind market is considered to be one of the leading markets in the field of the installation of offshore wind farms. The ability to provide its services within close proximity to the existing and potential customers, as well […]

  • Alliance for Business Leadership Supports Cape Wind (USA)

    6 June 2013

    The Alliance for Business Leadership is a Bay State based non-profit public affairs community for CEOs, Investors and Entrepreneurs committed to greater social and environmental responsibility. More than 150 founders, CEOs, and managing principals of Massachusetts companies – the vast majority of which work outside of the Bay State’s burgeoning clean tech industry but including […]

  • Cape wind as an isue for gov. Deval Patrick campain (USA)

    24 August 2010
    Authorities

    In Massachusetts, Cape Wind, a proposed wind energy project off the state’s coast, is becoming an issue in Gov. Deval Patrick’s (D)… By Andrew Restuccia (washingtonindependent) [mappress] Source: washingtonindependent, August 23 , 2010;

  • Statoil Cancels Wind Project Offshore Maine, USA

    16 October 2013
    Business & Finance

     The Norwegian energy company, Statoil, has decided to drop the offshore wind project off Maine’s coast, writes Press Herald. Statoil was planning to deploy four floating wind turbines offshore Boothbay Harbour. The main reason for Statoil to cancel this USD 120 million project was political uncertainty. Ola Morten Aanestad said for Press Herald that the […]

  • UK Urges Ireland to Build Wind Turbines

    20 June 2011
    Authorities

    Ireland‘s unspoiled, windswept west coast could become the focus of a new wave of wind farm construction in the wake of a high-level … (envirolib) [mappress] Source: envirolib, June 20, 2011;

  • USA: Sandia Re-Evaluates Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

    31 July 2012
    R&D

    Sandia National Laboratories’ wind energy researchers are re-evaluating vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) to help solve some of the problems of generating energy from offshore breezes. Though VAWTs have been around since the earliest days of wind energy research at Sandia and elsewhere, VAWT architecture could transform offshore wind technology. The economics of offshore windpower […]

  • NYSERDA to Talk Offshore Wind with Public

    26 September 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is holding two public information meetings regarding the state’s goal to develop 2.4GW of offshore wind by 2030.

  • Seatower: GBS to Become Market Standard Solution

    21 December 2015

    Seatower has welcomed the Carbon Trust’s recent report on the potential of gravity based foundations for offshore wind. Petter Karal, Seatower CEO, commented on the report saying: “We are satisfied that the Carbon Trust highlights the benefits provided by concrete gravity offshore foundations. With the bigger turbines that are coming, we expect this to become […]

  • Indonesia: UPCI to Build Java Wind Farm

    24 April 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    UPC Renewables Indonesia Ltd (“UPCI”) announced on April 20, with its local development partner PT Binatek Reka Energi, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between The Directorate of Various New Energy and Renewable Energy, Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia […]

  • First Neart na Gaoithe Export Cable Installed

    18 June 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of two export cables has been installed at the nearshore of Thorntonloch Beach as part of the construction of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind project in Scotland. The offshore cable was transported to the nearshore area of Thorntonloch Beach by Prysmian’s 124-meter long cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise. The onshore winch […]

  • Skill Gap Could Present Problem for Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    16 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    A potentially crippling skills shortage is blowing a cold draught through Britain’s wind energy sector – and on Teesside’s quest to become…   [mappress] Source: gazettelive, February 16, 2011

  • Greece: Emergence of First Wave Power Station on the Mediterranean

    14 May 2013

    The governor of the Greek island of Crete Stavros Arnautakis met with representatives of the Russian company Ocean RusEnergy. The question of the possible construction of the first on the Mediterranean sea wave power. The island of Crete is interested in alternative sources of energy as tourism on the island is the main source of […]

  • The Netherlands: Tideland to Signal Its Way at Offshore Energy 13

    19 August 2013

    Tideland Signal will be showing its comprehensive range of aids to navigation (AtoN) equipment and systems for offshore oil and gas platforms, offshore wind farms (OWF), ports and harbours on stand 11.012 at Offshore Energy 13 at the Amsterdam RAI from 15-16 October. Tideland Signal has many years’ experience protecting offshore installations of every type […]

  • BOEM Considers Floating Wind Turbines Offshore Maine (USA)

    9 December 2011

    The Maine coast could become home to a pilot project to create the country’s first deepwater, floating wind farm.   By Tux Turkel (pressherald) [mappress] Source: pressherald, December 09, 2011; Image: statoil

  • State continues to invest more into offshore wind (USA)

    9 August 2010
    R&D

    A University of Maine task force is in the process of reviewing pre-qualification questionnaires from 11 engineering and design firms from around the world.

  • UK: West Sussex County Council to Debate on Rampion OWF Plan

    10 July 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Major proposals for an offshore wind farm stretching across a wide area of the Sussex coastline will be put under the spotlight by a West Sussex County Council scrutiny committee. The debate on the Rampion plan, put forward by energy giant E.ON, will be webcast because of the huge public interest in the proposal. The […]

  • Thanet Extension DCO Application Rejected

    3 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has refused Vattenfall’s development consent order (DCO) application for the Thanet Extension offshore wind project.  The conclusion behind the decision is that Vattenfall failed to demonstrate sufficient mitigation of risks to safety of navigation to make them As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP). According […]

  • Teesside Companies Show Optimism Despite Siemens’s Project in Hull (UK)

    16 February 2011

    Teesside’s  bid to become a manufacturing powerhouse for offshore wind was dealt a blow when Siemens took a major project to Hull.   (gazettelive) [mappress] Source: gazettelive , February 16, 2011

  • Icebreaker Moves Through the System

    9 July 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The technical staff of Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has published its Report of Investigation, recommending that the Board approves the construction of the proposed Icebreaker offshore wind farm in Lake Erie, subject to certain conditions.

  • USA: EPA Approves South Terminal in New Bedford

    20 November 2012
    Authorities

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its final approval to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct the South Terminal project, a 28-acre marine terminal in New Bedford Harbor, the primary purpose of which will be to provide critical infrastructure to serve offshore renewable energy facilities and accommodate future international shipping. The Commonwealth requested that EPA […]

  • Ørsted and PGE Complete 2.5 GW Polish Offshore Wind Deal

    7 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    PGE and Ørsted have closed the joint venture agreement for two Polish offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of up to 2.5 GW. With the closing of the agreement, first announced in February, PGE and Ørsted now each own 50 per cent of the shares in the offshore wind projects Baltica 2 and Baltica […]

  • Tata Boards UK Offshore Wind Expansion Boat

    10 January 2011

    Mumbai based multinational conglomerate Tata Group has become the latest major company to tap into the growing UK offshore wind energy… By Peter Barker (maritimejournal) [mappress] Source: maritimejournal, January 10, 2011

  • Why the wind energy sector needs PhDs

    11 April 2016
    R&D, Training & Education

    By Dr Ali Mehmanparast REMS CDT Manager The rapid growth of the wind energy sector relies on engineering know-how as much as it does on planning and regulatory changes. But the growth of the industry could be stunted if the sector doesn’t get enough doctoral-level graduates able to deliver the innovations needed. Thankfully, the UK […]

  • Chinese Offshore Wind Delegation Explores East Anglia (UK)

    15 September 2011

    A high level delegation from the Chinese offshore wind industry sailed into Harwich for a masterclass on what has become known globally…   (businessweekly) [mappress] Source: businessweekly, September 15, 2011