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  • Offshore Wind Bird Risk Varies from Year to Year

    22 April 2015
    Environment

    New research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has used GPS tags to show how Lesser Black-backed Gulls breeding at a protected site in Suffolk use areas of sea where offshore wind farms already exist, and where future developments are earmarked. Dr Chris Thaxter of the BTO said, “These results indicate just how varied […]

  • MPI Workboats Buys Two Wind Farm Support Vessels

    19 November 2013
    Technology

    MPI Workboats Ltd launched its latest acquisitions, MPI Napoleon (Hull No. 67) and MPI Snowball (Hull No. 68) on Saturday 9 November 2013 at South East Asia Shipyard (SEAS) in Vietnam. These two wind farm support vessels are currently under construction at SEAS, which is part of the PIRIOU Group, headquartered in France. Both vessels […]

  • BOEM Considers Second Wind Energy Lease Offshore Virginia

    9 December 2013
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it has taken another important step toward issuing a wind energy research lease to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME), after finding there is no competitive interest in the area where the state agency proposes to conduct activities. This would be the […]

  • Bold Tern to Erect Block Island Wind Farm Turbines

    14 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind has awarded a wind turbine installation contract to a Bold Tern, Bonheur and Ganger Rolf joint venture. Bold Tern will install 5 Alstom’s 6MW wind turbines located about three miles off the coast of Block Island, R.I. The installation is scheduled for the third quarter of 2016. A few days ago Deepwater Wind […]

  • NSB, OFFCON Introduce New Design for MPOV-Wind Family

    16 June 2014

    Reederei-NSB (NSB) and the offshore consultancy OFFCON GmbH (OFFCON) introduced a new design for the MPOV-wind family. It is a tailor made, extremely flexible and cost efficient, modular vessel family designed for the special requirements of the offshore wind industry. The MPOV-Wind family is the product of a joint-venture (JV) of the shipping company Reederei-NSB […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset at Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm

    17 June 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sunset at Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The photo was posted by Tekmar Energy on their social media page, celebrating the installation of the first Teklink cable protection system at Westermost Rough offshore wind farm Tekmar was awarded a cable protection contract by DONG Energy in September 2013. In […]

  • Opponents Raise Objection to Cape Wind Power Deal (USA)

    12 September 2011

      The state’s highest court is considering arguments from opponents of National Grid’s deal to buy power from the Cape Wind offshore wind farm   (businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek, September 12, 2011

  • Wind Turbine Challenge Winners Visit DONG Energy (Denmark)

    16 November 2011

    Last week, DONG Energy, one of the partners in London Array, played host to six students from Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone, as the prize for winning the wind turbine challenge earlier this year. The contest saw young people from schools across Kent become engineers for two days where they were challenged to design, […]

  • Scientists at University of Bremen to Improve Offshore Wind Farms (Germany)

    18 January 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Recent findings show that the intelligent software protects wind turbines against overload and avoids breakdowns. This development of the BMBF-funded joint project “Wint-LES” will be tested in practice. Offshore wind farms play an important role in energy transition, but the requirements for wind turbines are enormous. Weather conditions do not allow constant access to the […]

  • Business Meeting for Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    20 January 2012

    Minister Harry Glawe met with the company representatives, operators and planners on Thursday at the service station that was built for two wind farms Baltic I and II, in Barhöft (County-West Pomerania Rügen). “Domestic firms can benefit from the construction of Baltic II,“ said Glawe. North of Rügen, Baltic II will be built as the […]

  • Virginia looks to take the lead in U.S. offshore wind energy

    16 July 2010
    R&D

    WHEN WE LOOK beyond the shoreline for new sources of energy, maybe we should look above the water’s surface as well as below it. Researchers… [mappress] Source: fredericksburg, July 16, 2010;

  • Hartlepool Could Become Centre for Offshore Wind Industries (UK)

    1 August 2011
    R&D

      Port operator PD Ports is aiming to turn Hartlepool into a centre for offshore wind industries.   By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, August 01, 2011

  • Germany: Foundation Pouring for M5000-135 Offshore Wind Turbine

    16 April 2013

    With guests from politics and industry, AREVA Wind celebrated the pouring of concrete for the foundation intended for the wind turbine prototype M5000-135. The event took place close to the motorway A27 in Bremerhaven. M5000-135 is the new version of the M5000, which has already proven itself at German first offshore wind farm Alpha Ventus. […]

  • The Netherlands: Falck Launches Facilities for Wind Farm Safety Training

    29 April 2013
    Training & Education

    On Friday April 26th 2013 Falck Nutec in the Netherlands officially launched state-of-the-art facilities for wind farm safety training. To celebrate adding these wind training services to our portfolio of on- & offshore and maritime safety training, alderman of Rotterdam Mrs. Jeannette Baljeu performed the official opening. “It is very important to have such advanced […]

  • USA: GBI Research Releases Offshore Wind Market Forecast

    15 May 2013

      GBI Research, a leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research, Offshore Wind Power Market Analysis and Forecast to 2020 – China’s Capacity Investments Position It to Overtake Germany by 2018, Second Only to the UK. The report gives an in-depth analysis of the global offshore wind power market, covering three major regions: […]

  • UK: Andrew Garrad Speaks at SUPERGEN Wind General Assembly

    3 June 2013

    Andrew Garrad, non executive chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, had a positive message for the future of renewable energy at his keynote address at the SUPERGEN Wind Annual Assembly in Bristol recently. He predicted that, while there may be a few bumpy years ahead, the long-term global outlook for renewables was bright. Mr Garrad looked […]

  • Germany: Windreich Opts for High Quality Technologies in Offshore Wind

    29 July 2013

    There have been a lot of negative messages lately about quality problems related to various foreign wind turbine manufacturers. This mostly comes as a result of constructing cheap parts and applying onshore technology to offshore wind turbines by majority of large energy companies. In addition, the topics of performance, reliability, durability, safety and accessibility by […]

  • UK: Seacat Services Deepens European Offshore Wind Deployment

    5 August 2013

    Seacat Services, the class leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator, has successfully completed workboat charters and crew transfer contracts while operating in three European flag states. The milestone marks the first time that a UK charter firm that solely operates DNV-class certified vessels, has under taken work in three different European nations. A feat that […]

  • UK: Wave Hub Applies for Floating Wind Platform Consent

    6 September 2013

    Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall, has applied for consent to install and operate a floating wind platform demonstrator. The application for both a Section 36 electricity consent and a Marine Licence has been submitted to the UK’s Marine Management Organisation and follows Wave Hub’s selection by the Energy Technologies Institute […]

  • Bladt: Paint Job for Vestas’ 8MW Wind Turbine (Denmark)

    9 October 2013

    Measuring up to 6.5 meters in diameter, the largest wind mill so far is now ready for blast cleaning and painting at Bladt Industries. The work has commenced and is expected to finish in week 46. The 132 meter wind mill is going to function as a test mill in Østerild, Denmark. The work takes […]

  • China Approves Xiangshui 200MW Offshore Wind Demonstration Project

    14 October 2013

    Xiangshui 200MW Offshore Wind Demonstration Project got approved by National Development and Reform Commission and is expected to start construction at the end of 2013. The project is located in the outboard sea area to Guan Dong salt field and San Yu salt filed in Jiangsu Province，covering a planning area of 91 sq.km with the […]

  • Moog Announces AC Wind Turbine Pitch System in China

    16 October 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry, announced the launch of its new AC Moog Wind Turbine Pitch System in China. Adopting a compact modular architecture, the new system has distinct advantages in safety, reliability and an overall reduction in the cost of […]

  • USA: Coos Bay, Potential Source of Offshore Wind Energy

    27 March 2012

    Even though the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay still has not disclosed the name of the contract signatory for an exclusive negotiating agreement of six months duration, the Port voiced its anticipation that the company in question will be the winner of a contract with the Department of Energy. Namely, various companies are competing […]

  • UK: Air Service for London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    2 April 2012

    The velocity of the project implementation and a pretty tight schedule have prompted one of the major contractors of the London Array wind farm project to hire an air service provider for its workers, Yourcountry reports. “Everybody involved in the London Array project is working to very tight deadlines to bring phase 1 of this […]

  • Denmark: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Area Closed for Sailing

    5 April 2012

    DONG Energy is constructing Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, and during the entire sailing season in 2012 and 2013 works will be conducted on establishing the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark, which includes an area of 88km² between Grenaa and Anholt. While construction is on-going, the construction site is closed off for safety reasons, and […]

  • UK: P&O Ferries Converts Freighter to Head into Wind

    15 May 2012

    P&O Ferries, the UK’s leading ferry operator, has made its first major investment in the energy market by converting one of its large ro-ro ships to act as an accommodation vessel for technicians working at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The 23,000 tonne European Seaway has commenced a three month charter with […]