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  • D-Day Veterans Fight Against Offshore Wind Turbines (France)

    6 June 2011

      VETERANS of the D-Day landings are campaigning to stop a huge offshore wind farm being built near the famous beaches. Dozens of 450ft turbines would be sited fewer than 10 miles from the place where the landings took place exactly 67 years ago tomorrow. David Churchcroft from north London, a former infantryman who stormed […]

  • A2SEA to Install World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbines at Ormonde (UK)

    9 June 2011

      With five successful offshore wind projects under its belt, Vattenfall UK turned to Danish offshore wind installation business A2SEA to install the world’s largest offshore turbines, R5, at Ormonde, 10km off the UK coast at Barrow-in-Furness. “We didn’t want to take any chances at Ormonde, so we went for A2SEA with all their experience […]

  • Incat Crowther Offshore Wind Farm Work Boat Available in USA

    9 June 2011

    Incat Crowther licensee Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has announced the availability of a new work boat for developers and service providers of offshore wind farms in the United States. Incat Crowther’s first Catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessel, built by Lyme Boats in Exeter, England, is now in service in the North Sea for P&O Maritime […]

  • The Netherlands: Workships Contractors and Doeksen Family Expand into Offshore Wind Industry

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Dutch offshore and ferry operating companies Workships Contractors and the Doeksen family announce their continued expansion into the service sector of the offshore wind industry by signing a Heads of Agreement for an Anglo-Dutch co-operation with Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd, one of the longest serving companies in the wind farm transfer vessel market. […]

  • Great Lakes Could Host First Offshore Wind Turbines in USA

    22 June 2011

    States along the Atlantic Coast are racing to be first in the country to put wind turbines offshore. But a group in Ohio says the first … Read more at WKSU [mappress] Source: WKSU, June 22, 2011;

  • NWFTC to Announce Partnership with Two Colleges at Offshore Wind 2011 (UK)

    24 June 2011
    Training & Education

    National Wind Farm Training Centre is announcing at Offshore Wind 2011 its partnership with two colleges on the UK’s east and west coasts; Lowestoft and Barrow-in-Furness. In conjunction with Lowestoft College and Furness College, NWFTC will provide specialist, customisable courses to meet the demands of the fast-growing offshore wind energy sector. The training facilities at […]

  • Assystem and Atkins Join Forces to Meet Offshore Wind Opportunities in France

    27 June 2011

      Assystem announced that the company is teaming up with Atkins to address the increasing offshore wind market in France. The French government has put in place a significant investment plan for offshore wind infrastructures in order to develop offshore wind energy production and create a French industry based on this business. Together, Assystem and […]

  • North Sea to Drive Global Development in Offshore Wind Industry (Belgium)

    29 June 2011

    Global wind power is forecast to more than double from 194.4GW at the end of 2010 to 450GW by 2015 according to a five-year industry forecast by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) – thanks to a growing trend toward offshore wind, primarily in the North Sea. The report highlighted the strong global investment in […]

  • Wind Energy Contributes EU’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets (Belgium)

    30 June 2011

    A new EWEA report to be published next month shows how wind energy can contribute very substantially to achieving the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050. The EWEA report sets out targets for the amount of wind power the industry expects to be able to deliver in 2020, 2030 and […]

  • BOEMRE Analises Proposed Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy (USA)

    20 July 2011
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced on July 11 that it is seeking public comment on a draft environmental assessment (EA) that considers potential environmental and socioeconomic effects of issuing offshore wind energy leases in the mid-Atlantic. The agency, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), is specifically […]

  • Interior Secretary to Check UMaine’s Offshore Wind Energy Development (USA)

    14 August 2011

    U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is coming to Maine to see work being done at the University of Maine at Orono to develop offshore wind…   (ctpost) [mappress] Source: ctpost, August 15, 2011

  • Wind Turbine Manufacturers and Suppliers to Create Good Supply Chain (Germany)

    18 August 2011

    Wind Energy Update… With the increasingly trans-national nature of manufacturing and supply chain activities, many suppliers must now also prove that they possess the infrastructure capability to roll out components, modules or products on a global scale, whilst also providing assurances over its ongoing financial stability.  “OEMs look for short and flexible reaction times. [Suppliers] […]

  • OMS to Support Contraction of London Array Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    22 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

        The Danish ship owner Offshore Marine Services (OMS) has recently secured a new contract for support services on the London Array offshore wind farm. The job will be handled with the multipurpose offshore support vessel OMS Pollux, which has just completed work on one of the other major energy projects in Northern Europe, […]

  • CRE Issues New Tender Regime for Offshore Wind Energy in France

    25 August 2011
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on… By:Jacques Buhart & Nicolas Lafont  (natlawreview) [mappress] Source: natlawreview, August 25, 2011

  • Forum on Offshore Wind Power Next Week in Oak Bluffs (USA)

    10 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    State energy and environmental affairs officials will hold a public information session next week in Oak Bluffs, to discuss a multi-year … By Janet Hefler (mvtimes) [mappress] Source: mvtimes, February 10, 2011

  • DeepCwind Demonstrates Leadership Role at Maine Wind Energy Conference (USA)

    15 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    A team of interdisciplinary researchers from the DeepCwind Consortium attended the Maine Wind Energy Conference in Augusta January 24 and 25. The conference provided a forum to discuss milestones thus far to develop floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. Researchers answered questions from interested stakeholders, briefed policy-makers and local media, and forged new […]

  • Premier Dalton McGuinty Leaves Door Open for Offshore Wind (Canada)

    17 February 2011
    Authorities

    Premier Dalton McGuinty is leaving the door open to get offshore wind turbines and minimum wage increases rolling again after the October… (thestar) [mappress] Source: thestar, February 17, 2011

  • Public Comment of mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Development Accepted (USA)

    17 February 2011

    Public comment for use in the environmental assessment (EA) of mid-Atlantic offshore wind development is being accepted through March 11,…   (eere.energy) [mappress] Source: eere.energy, February 17, 2011

  • Interior’s Wildlife Guidance Cannot Be Supported by The Wind Energy Industry (USA)

    21 February 2011

    The wind energy industry cannot support the guidance on wildlife issued last week by the Department of the Interior and its U.S. Fish and… (windfair) [mappress] Source: windfair, February 21, 2011

  • Canadian Committee of Advisors Support Ontario Offshore Wind Halt (Canada)

    25 February 2011
    Business & Finance, Environment

    On behalf of the stakeholders committed to restoring and enhancing the fisheries of the Great Lakes, the Committee of Canadian Advisors to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) congratulates the Ontario government on its recent decision to defer development of offshore wind turbine projects until further scientific information is garnered, analyzed, and impacts assessed. In […]

  • SSE Halts Work on Proposed Offshore Wind Farm at Kintyre (UK)

    1 March 2011

    SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has decided to halt work on the development of its proposed offshore wind farm at Kintyre. West Coast development effort will be focused on the site off Islay. SSE was granted exclusive rights to develop both these sites by The Crown Estate in February 2009. Kintyre Initial site survey […]

  • Western Maryland Still in Future Plans of AC Wind Company (USA)

    11 March 2011

    The owner of a wind turbine manufacturing company that announced a $10 million venture in Salisbury earlier this week said that Western… (times-news) [mappress]   Source: times-news , March 11, 2011

  • Wind Energy is Future Leading Renewable Energy Generation Method in Europe

    11 March 2011

    Talk about union between the energy industries is nothing new. But over the past six months, oil giants have demonstrated a renewed… (business7) [mappress]   Source: business7 , March 11, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Power to Switch to High Voltage Direct Current (Belgium)

    17 March 2011
    Technology

    One of the major challenges in offshore wind resource assessment is gathering and validating data to support development of the wind turbines. To date, developers have constructed meteorological masts to collect comprehensive wind data. These masts, however, are approximately 100 metres tall and typically cost around $5 million to design and install. Once construction approval […]

  • State and Federal Agencies Ready to Regulate Offshore Wind Farms (USA)

    17 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    State and federal agencies are getting their ducks in a row to regulate offshore wind farms.   By Valerie Myers (goerie) [mappress] Source: goerie, March 17, 2011

  • Getting Wind Energy Cheaper Than Building Atomic Power Plants

    18 March 2011

    Generating energy from wind turbines at sea would be cheaper than building new atomic power plants, Europe’s climate chief has said, in the… (balkans) [mappress] Source: balkans, March 18, 2011