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  • Report: Convergence Key in US Offshore Wind Research

    27 December 2018
    R&D

    The US could tap into a vast offshore wind energy resource and better steward its marine environment by galvanizing large-scale research and fostering public-private partnerships, according to a report by the Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Research (POWER-US).

  • ORE Catapult Shares Offshore Wind Vision

    26 February 2018
    R&D, Technology

    Service robots, drones, automated motherships and 40-rotor turbines could become the norm for offshore wind farms by 2050, Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult predicts.

  • Canada: Electromaax Develops Marine Wind Generator for Cruisers (VIDEO)

    13 August 2013
    Technology

    Electromaax, based in Ontario, Canada, teamed up with serious cruisers to design and manufacture its high performance marine wind generator, combining precision engineering with superior grade materials to provide the flawless performance that cruisers always dreamed of. With optimal charging capabilities and eco-friendly features that are hard to beat, the AirMaax 12/24 V system is […]

  • Japan: Fuji Heavy Assigns Wind Turbine Generator System Business to Hitachi

    30 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Hitachi Ltd. and Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. have reached a basic agreement on the assignment of FHI’s wind turbine generator system business to Hitachi. Towards the completion of assignment, which is planned for July 1, 2012, Hitachi and FHI will discuss the specific terms of the future agreement. In recent years, environmental awareness and the […]

  • DW: O&G Companies, Start-Ups Tapping Into UK Offshore Wind

    7 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Douglas-Westwood (DW) has reported that it recently provided consulting for new companies looking to take advantage of the UK’s growing offshore wind sector. In addition to oil & gas companies moving into the offshore wind supply chain, a number of start-ups are entering the offshore wind sector. Given the announcement by the UK Energy and Climate Change […]

  • Longitude Engineering Designing Offshore Charging-Capable Electric SOV for Bibby Marine-Led Consortium

    18 January 2024
    Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    A consortium led by Bibby Marine, which is working on bringing a zero-emission electric service operation vessel (eSOV) to the UK and European offshore wind markets, has contracted Longitude Engineering, a UK-based engineering consultancy and ship design firm, to design the new SOV. Bibby Marine announced the company and its consortium partners Port of Aberdeen, […]

  • Vineyard Wind 1 Created Nearly Double the Union Jobs CIP & Avangrid Committed to in 2021

    28 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Jobs & Recruitment

    Vineyard Wind 1, the 806 MW offshore wind farm that Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Avangrid are building off Massachusetts, has created 937 union jobs during the two years of the project’s construction. With more jobs coming in 2024, Vineyard Wind 1 will have created more than 1,000 union jobs by the time the construction […]

  • UK Vessel Operator Starts Fleet-Wide Offshore Wind Recruitment Drive

    20 December 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    UK infrastructure vessel support operator, North Star, has launched a recruitment drive for crew ahead of its first hybrid-powered offshore wind fleet arriving in UK waters early next year. The company, which has facilities in Aberdeen, Lowestoft, and Newcastle, is aiming to hire 42 qualified seafarers in the next couple of months, the beginning of […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Contracted on Seven More Offshore Wind Farms

    11 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Deutsche Windtechnik has signed contracts for seven additional offshore wind farms on which the company will carry out underwater inspections, with more than 300 annual inspection reports to be generated in the next two years. The company will, among other things, conduct back-to-back inspections on Trianel Windpark Borkum I, Sandbank, DanTysk, and Butendiek wind farms […]

  • Equinor and Technip Energies Start Floating Offshore Wind Collaboration

    16 June 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Equinor and Technip Energies have entered a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of floating offshore wind during the Seanergy conference in Normandie, France. The two companies come together to develop floating wind steel semi substructures that aim to accelerate technology development for floating offshore wind, enable cost reductions and develop local value opportunities. The […]

  • Irish-Spanish Partners Eye Floating Wind Opportunities Offshore Iberian Peninsula

    5 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Irish floating wind developer Simply Blue Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Spanish companies Proes Consultores and FF New Energy Venture to explore the floating offshore wind opportunities in Spain and Portugal. The floating wind market in Spain got a kick start recently with the publication of the draft Marine Spatial Plan and […]

  • EEW Korea to Produce Pin Piles for Hai Long 2b and 3

    20 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EEW Korean Heavy Pipe Construction has signed the Exclusivity Capacity Agreement (ECA) with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) to provide pin piles for the 744 MW Hai Long 2b and 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Under the ECA, EEW Korean Heavy Pipe Construction will manufacture and deliver a total of 156 pin piles for the […]

  • Hexicon Completes Wave Hub Buy

    2 August 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Swedish floating wind farm developer Hexicon has completed its acquisition of the Wave Hub renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England, paving the way for a GBP 100+ million floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea by 2025. The deal, first announced in May, sees Hexicon through its UK subsidiary, TwinHub Limited, acquire […]

  • Uncrewed Tandem Deploys Offshore Scotland

    3 June 2021
    R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Offshore Wind Developments, owned by SSE Renewables. The XO-450 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), owned and operated by XOCEAN, performed multiple nearshore and offshore cable route surveys in […]

  • Innogy Reaches Kaskasi FID, Reveals Tier 1 Team

    3 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company innogy SE has reached a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm project in the German North Sea. In preparation for the construction, contracts for all major components have been signed, innogy said. Located 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland, Kaskasi will feature 38 Siemens […]

  • UK Gets Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence

    31 October 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new national Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence to drive forward the development of next-generation offshore wind technologies. The initiative is backed by up to GBP 500,000 funding each from the Scottish Government and the Catapult’s Welsh-based Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE), match […]

  • Clarksons Platou Establishes Offshore Renewables Division

    10 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Integrated shipping services provider Clarksons Platou has consolidated its renewables experts into a dedicated global division to provide ship broking, market intelligence and commercial services specifically to the offshore renewables market.

  • BVG Associates: Who Could Win Next CfD Auction in UK?

    7 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Following the UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd’s announcement that the government will hold three Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions before 2020, the first of which will kick off this year, Chris Willow, Senior Associate at BVG Associates, has selected front runners in the race to win the first auction. In terms of projects that could win the auction, […]

  • UK: Importance of Acoustic Surveys in Offshore Wind Industry

    26 September 2013
    Technology

    It is important to understand the status of marine mammals in an area prior to any development and understand potential impacts during and after development. Offshore wind developments may adversely affect species, including those protected by European and domestic law. Mitigation of such impacts forms an intrinsic part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process […]

  • UK: MPS Rules Waves at EEEGR Innovation Awards

    20 September 2013

    A wave energy device pioneered by a business launched only four years ago won the EEEGR Innovation Awards 2013. There were wild cheers from the small team at Marine Power Systems (MPS) as its WaveSub innovation took the title at a gala dinner attended by 160 delegates at the Holiday Inn, Norwich North. Two small […]

  • UK: GIB Invests GBP 58.6 Million in London Array

    10 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) today announced a £58.6 million investment in the world’s largest offshore wind farm – London Array. The investment will refinance a significant portion of Masdar’s 20% equity stake in the project. GIB’s senior debt commitment is being made alongside co-lenders: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd; KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH; […]

  • Gainesville Company to Survey Birds off Atlantic Coast (USA)

    28 December 2010

    A Gainesville company is developing some high-tech ways to survey birds off the Atlantic coast through a federal grant to help regulators consider the effects of offshore wind turbines. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement — or BOEMRE — has awarded a $2.5 million grant to Pandion Systems Inc. to conduct […]

  • 217 US Groups Urge Offshore Wind Development

    24 July 2012
    Authorities

    Today, 217 environmentalists, conservationists, clean energy advocates, businesses, and local and state officials from up and down the Atlantic Coast are united in calling for bold action to accelerate the development of offshore wind. The coalition released a letter to the Obama Administration to show strong support for progress made to date and to urge continued […]

  • Scotland Already Leads in Cutting Down Offshore Wind Costs

    13 June 2012
    Authorities

    Scotland is leading the way in driving down the costs of offshore wind, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has told major industry conference. Scotland has a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind capacity and planned offshore wind projects in the country have the potential to produce up to 10GW of electricity by 2020. Speaking at the Global […]

  • UK: Moog to Supply Narec with Wind Turbine Test System

    24 May 2012
    Technology

    Moog Industrial Group announced that the company has been awarded a contract to supply a test system to Narec (National Renewable Energy Centre) to evaluate and test wind turbine blades at their new 100 m (328 ft) blade testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK. Opening this summer, the independent facility will be utilized by manufacturers […]

  • UAE: Masdar CEO Stresses Importance of Energy Diversification

    1 October 2012

    Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of Masdar and United Arab Emirates Special (UAE) Envoy for Energy and Climate Change, addressed members of the International Peace Institute (IPI) – a New York-based independent, not-for-profit think tank dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of conflicts by strengthening international peace and security institutions. Climate change, energy […]