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  • Offshore Wind Provides Funding for Cart River Dredging (UK)

    11 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Building plans for a renewable energy industry hub on the banks of the River Cart have received a GBP 350,000 boost, reports the Evening Times. The National Renewables Infrastructure Fund, which has been established to support the development of port and near-port manufacturing locations for offshore wind turbines and related developments including test and demonstration […]

  • Malta Applies for EUR 30 Million Offshore Wind Fund

    9 May 2012
    Authorities

    The consortium, made of representatives from Malta, Scotland, Holland and Switzerland, has recently applied to the European Commission for EUR 30 million deep offshore wind farm fund, announced Resources Minister George Pullicino, according to the Times of Malta. In 2009, the Maltese government commenced the studies by installing a met mast at Sikka l-Bajda reef, […]

  • Iberdrola to Invest Over EUR 1 Billion in Floating Wind Farm Offshore Spain

    16 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola is planning to invest more than EUR 1 billion to develop a 300 MW floating wind farm offshore Spain. The study, design, and engineering of the wind farm could begin this year and the project could generate more than 2,800 jobs per year until it becomes operational in 2026, according to the Spanish energy […]

  • Vineyard Wind Selects Foundations Designers

    19 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    WSP USA and Wood Thilsted have been awarded the contract to provide detailed design of foundations for Vineyard Wind’s 800MW offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. The project, being developed by a partnership of Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, will be the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US. WSP will […]

  • Long Islander to Run 108 Miles to Support NY Offshore Wind Development

    23 May 2014

    The Sierra Club, along with more than 20 partners, has announced the Wind 100 – a 100 mile run across Long Island for offshore wind power on June 14th. The event will highlight the historic opportunity for New York to build one of the nation’s first-ever offshore wind farms 30 miles off the coast of […]

  • German Food Retailer Signs Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement with Ørsted

    20 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    German food retailer REWE Group has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement with Ørsted to procure 100 MW of green electricity from Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm. The agreement with Ørsted represents REWE Group’s largest renewable energy offtake agreement to date and makes REWE Group the first German food retailer to purchase electricity […]

  • Deepwater Wind Modifies Block Island Wind Farm Proposal

    27 November 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, have announced that the developer of the proposed Block Island Wind Farm is modifying the proposed plans in seeking a permit to construct the offshore wind farm with accompanying transmission system. The company’s plans involve building a 30MW offshore wind farm and power transmission infrastructure off the […]

  • Long Pause Blurs Balance of Wind Farm Baltic 1 (Germany)

    26 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The four-week break in the fall accident has marred the balance of the first German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea “Baltic I”. “Generating electricity from the September 17th to October 15th was very good and was on schedule, “said the spokeswoman of the energy group EnBW, Friederike Eggstein. In November there was very […]

  • Gwynt y Môr OWF: New Pontoon Operational at Port of Mostyn

    6 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    A new multi-million pound pontoon has become fully operational at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm base at the Port of Mostyn in North Wales. The 10-berth pontoon will greatly improve the offshore transfer of wind turbine engineers and technicians throughout the construction and operational lifetime of the wind farm. Approximately 110 new long […]

  • Maersk Connector Named in Newcastle

    11 May 2016
    Vessels

    DeepOcean and Maersk Supply Service held a naming ceremony for the advanced cable installation vessel, the Maersk Connector, in Newcastle, UK, on 3 May. The Maersk Connector was built by Damen to a bespoke DeepOcean specification. She was delivered in cooperation with the vessel owner, Maersk Supply Service, and is on a long term charter to […]

  • AWEA’s Offshore Windpower 2012 Kicks Off in Virginia, USA

    9 October 2012

    The AWEA Offshore Windpower Conference and Exhibition in Virginia Beach kicks off as the people involved and interested in the offshore wind sector gather on its first day, the Associated Press reports. The featured speakers today are Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Tommy Beaudreau. The […]

  • UK: New Anglia to Target New GBP 60 Million Enterprise Zone Fund

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which helps to grow jobs and remove the barriers to business growth in Suffolk and Norfolk, will be targeting a new Enterprise Zone fund. The fund has been created by Government so that key infrastructure projects can be completed quickly. Funding will be targeted at sites capable of […]

  • Denmark: BWS Appoints Kim Hedegaard Sørensen as Managing Director

    28 September 2012

    Blue Water Shipping has just celebrated its 40th anniversary – founder and Managing Director Kurt Skov at the helm throughout all the years – and is now ready to put a new man in front of the company. 46-year-old Kim Hedegaard Sørensen is appointed new Managing Director for Blue Water Shipping – Denmark’s most versatile […]

  • Ecofys Assesses Borssele Offshore Wind Farm Zone

    28 August 2015

    Ecofys has assessed the offshore wind climate for the Borssele offshore wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. Combining offshore wind measurements with mesoscale model data, Ecofys found all of the analysed trends reasonable for an offshore site and consistent across modelled heights from 10 to 150 m. The calculated mean wind speed at […]

  • Siemens Mechanical Drives Extends UK Service Expertise

    23 January 2013

    Siemens Mechanical Drives (MD) is expanding its UK service capabilities with the appointment of Dan Litherland and Andrew Bacon. Dan (30) is appointed senior service engineer. Dan has extensive experience in the wind sector and with a background in mechanical engineering will be working mainly in the renewables and utilities sectors, servicing Siemens wind turbines […]

  • PSE Operator to Connect PGE’s Offshore Wind Farm to Polish Grid

    26 October 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    PGE’s planned offshore wind farm on the Baltic Sea will be connected to the national grid by PSE Operator, Poland’s transmission system operator. Namely, the company announced on Friday that it agrees to link the 1045.5MW project, which is one of three PGE’s planned offshore wind farms, Reuters writes. The wind farm is expected to […]

  • MHI Vestas Joins Global Wind Energy Council

    1 August 2018

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has become a member of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the trade body representing the global wind industry, whose board of directors MHI Vestas representatives will soon join.

  • Amprion Breaks Ground on DolWin4 and BorWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

    19 July 2022
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator Amprion has started construction work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems with a groundbreaking ceremony on Norderney Island’s North Beach. The drilling to cross below the island of Norderney marks the start of construction work for Amprion’s first offshore projects, which are scheduled to go into operation in […]

  • Second Hollandse Kust West Alpha Subsea Cable In Place

    22 June 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul, together with its partner LS Cable & System, has completed the installation of the second subsea cable for the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farm grid connection off the coast of Egmond aan Zee for TenneT. The subsea cable installation was carried out by the cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton, the work […]

  • Dong Energy to Organize Two ‘Meet the Buyer’ Events for Burbo Bank Extension

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Dong Energy’s team will host two “Meet the Buyer” exhibitions about the supply chain opportunities for Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm.  The events will provide an opportunity to meet senior members of Dong Energy’s procurement and project teams to discuss opportunities that may exist in the next stages of the Burbo Bank Extension project. […]

  • Surfrider Foundation to Discuss Wave Energy

    12 May 2014
    Environment

    The Newport Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will hold its monthly meeting this week at the Newport Visual Arts Center on the Nye Beach Turnaround. Kaety Hildenbrand, extension marine fisheries educator from the Oregon State University’s (OSU) Sea Grant program, will deliver a speech during the meeting, taking place on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., according […]

  • BOEM Mulls Wind Area Lease Sale Offshore the Carolinas

    16 August 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is considering a lease sale for the Wilmington East wind energy area located in the Long Bay, offshore North and South Carolina. BOEM is now preparing a supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA) to consider additional wind leasing options offshore North Carolina and South Carolina and is seeking public […]

  • Center at Grimsby Institute to be First of Its Kind in UK

    1 March 2011
    Training & Education

    A MULTI-million-pound renewable energy centre at the Grimsby Institute will become the first of its kind in the UK to train the next… (thisisgrimsby) [mappress]   Source: thisisgrimsby, March 01, 2011  

  • IWS Buys 30 Pct Stake in PEAK Wind

    3 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norway-headquartered Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has acquired 30 per cent ownership in the Danish provider of operations and asset management advisory and services for offshore wind, PEAK Wind Group ApS (PEAK Wind). The three PEAK Wind co-founders will retain 70 per cent ownership after the transaction valued at DKK 90 million (approx. EUR 12 million) […]

  • Aegir Preparing for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Job

    1 June 2020
    Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir is set to start working on the Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan in the coming weeks. Aegir is currently in Taiwan making final preparations to begin the installation of 21 jacket foundations at the site some 8km off the coast of Changhua county. According to HMC, this […]

  • Donald Trump Writes to Alex Salmond Regarding Offshore Wind Farm Plans (UK)

    10 February 2012

    The Scotland’s Coastline saga continues. American tycoon Donald Trump accuses First Minister Alex Salmond of destroying the coastline with the offshore wind power plans. As it is well known, Mr. Trump is going to give up his golf resort plans in case the new wind farm is approved. On the other hand, the Scottish government […]