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  • Fugro to Start Geotechnical Survey Work at Dogger Bank South West Site

    24 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, R&D

    The Fugro Quest vessel, operated by Fugro, is en route to the northeast coast of England to begin geotechnical survey work on the site of the proposed Dogger Bank South (DBS) West, one of two proposed DBS offshore wind farms. Fugro Quest, launched in 2022, left Falmouth on 23 July 2024 to initiate geotechnical assessments […]

  • UK: Dong to Extend Walney OWF

    14 March 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Danish giant, Dong Energy, has confirmed that they are planning to extend the Walney wind farm located off Barrow, reports BBC. The wind farm currently consists of 102 Siemens’ 3.6MW turbines, totaling to 367.2 MW of power. The application for additional 120 turbines is expected to be submitted by May 2013. If approved, the wind […]

  • USA: Virginia Prepares for Offshore Wind Development

    26 September 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy is proposing two initiatives on the state’s path to offshore wind development. A survey of the seabed is proposed to assess its suitability for installing the wind turbine foundations, while the other initiative proposes building platforms along the edges of the commercial lease area, writes the San Francisco […]

  • Vattenfall Wind Chief Takes WindEurope Chair

    7 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    WindEurope has appointed Gunnar Groebler, Vattenfall’s Senior Vice President for Business Area Wind, as the new Chair. The Board of Directors elected Groebler for an 18-month term, succeeding Ivor Catto, CEO at RES Group. Tony Adam from Nordex will become the association’s new Vice Chair, taking the place of Juan River Abbad from Iberdrola. “We’re delighted to have Gunnar […]

  • UK Ports and FibreMax Sign Floating Offshore Wind MoU

    2 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Associated British Ports (ABP) and Dutch synthetic mooring solutions provider, FibreMax, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate development opportunities at ABP’s Port of Swansea, as well as the growing potential for floating offshore wind in the region. The partnership aims to explore the possibility of creating up to 90 new full-time jobs […]

  • Eneco Picks EWPL Ocean for Blade Inspections

    29 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Dutch sustainable energy provider Eneco has awarded EWPL Ocean with a full scope contract for offshore turbine blade inspections and damage assessment. The parties have not disclosed any further details regarding the contract value and the duration of the works. Eneco is the owner of two offshore wind projects located in the Dutch North Sea – […]

  • UK: Scotland to Get Turbine Parts Foundry

    9 May 2012
    Business & Finance

      As the Herald Scotland reports, Scotland could become a worldwide exporter of offshore wind turbines. Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) are ready to invest hundreds of millions of pounds to develop a foundry proposed by the RGR Foundry. The plant would produce the cast-metal parts for nacelles by using cutting-edge […]

  • Wood Thilsted Wins Work on Maryland Offshore Wind Farms

    9 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    US Wind has contracted Wood Thilsted for detailed foundation design for the 270 MW MarWin offshore wind farm in Maryland, with the UK-based engineering consultancy also tasked with supporting the development of US Wind’s 808 MW Momentum Wind project in the state. In addition to delivering the detailed foundation design for MarWin and supporting Momentum […]

  • Lithuania Clearing Path for Offshore Wind Projects

    26 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Lithuanian Cabinet has approved amendments to the country’s renewable energy law aimed at kick-starting development of offshore wind power generation in the Baltic Sea.  Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičiaus said that this is a long-term project and that the construction of the first wind farms off the country’s Baltic coast is expected to start after 2020. […]

  • UK: Forewind Launches Next Stage of Its Innovative Education Initiative

    16 September 2013
    Training & Education

    Teachers from Hull, East Riding and Teesside schools are being sought to become wind energy champions as Forewind launches the next stage of its innovative education initiative, Champions for Wind. Ten teachers will be awarded bursaries to develop and implement wind energy careers related activities for their students as part of the initiative being run […]

  • US Proposes Offshore Wind Lease Sale in Carolina Long Bay

    29 October 2021
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for offshore wind development in federal waters off North Carolina and South Carolina  in the Federal Register on 1 November. Issuing the PSN will open a 60-day period for public comments and for any prospective bidders wishing to participate in the lease sale […]

  • Windpark Fryslân Transformer Station Starts Taking Shape

    15 April 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The transformer station of the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind project has started taking shape at Breezanddijk in the Netherlands. According to the project developer, work is being done on the 382.7 MW wind farm despite the coronavirus situation. Located south of the Afsluitdijk and some six kilometers off the Frisian coast, Windpark Fryslân will comprise 89 4.3MW […]

  • Turbine Installation Kicks Off at Windpark Fryslân

    8 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of Siemens Gamesa turbines has begun at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands. All of the 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW turbines are expected to be installed and tested in the IJsselmeer Lake by June. According to project developer, it takes approximately one and half days to build one turbine, and […]

  • Japan Adds 25 GW More to Its Wind Energy 2050 Target

    2 June 2014
    Authorities

    The Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) has lifted the bar for wind energy development in the country, now targeting 75 GW of installed wind capacity by 2050, Bloomberg writes. Under the newly set target, 37 GW of offshore wind power is expected to be installed by 2050, including both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind turbines. […]

  • The US Offshore Wind Power Technology Roadmap

    2 April 2019

    Executive summary The development of offshore wind represents an interesting technology opportunity for the US. On one hand, offshore wind is a European invention, and early technologies will have to be almost exclusively imported from Europe. On the other, though, the rapid pace of technology development in offshore wind offers significant potential for the US […]

  • EEW, Bladt Invest in Former TAG Site

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The German steel fabricator EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH and the Danish steel construction company Bladt Industries A/S have  invested in a new joint company based by the River Tees in the UK to manufacture offshore steel structures. The new joint company, Offshore Structures (Britain) Limited, will become a key part of the European manufacturing […]

  • Worldwide Wind Capacity Reaches 254 GW

    8 October 2012

    The worldwide wind capacity reached 254’000 MW by the end of June 2012, out of which 16’546 MW were added in the first six months of 2012. This increase represents 10 % less than in the rst half of 2011, when 18’405 MW were added. The global wind capacity grew by 7% within six months […]

  • UK: Delyn MP Supports Offshore Wind Development

    1 November 2012
    Authorities

    Speaking in Parliament, Delyn MP David Hanson called on the Secretary of State for Wales for more Government’s action on supporting development of offshore wind energy, in order to boost the economy and increase employment rate. Mr. Hanson gave an example of Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in Mostyn, Flintshire, which will open 120 […]

  • UK could loose low emission race

    20 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    In the 1970s the UK invested about 0.15% of GDP each year in research and development (R&D) into providing cheaper and cleaner energy. Britain was putting more public money into nuclear power and other new sources of electricity than almost any other economy.

  • European Investment Bank and Typhoon Offshore at Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance Conference Rotterdam

    21 December 2010
    Training & Education

    Melchior Karigl, Financial Director at the European Investment Bank and Michael van der Heijden, Managing Director at Typhoon Offshore have confirmed their presence at the conference Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 2011. The second edition of the conference will open with a session on the financing of wind parks. Within the European Investment Bank, speaker […]

  • North East England Companies Invest GBP 400 Million to Become Offshore Renewables Hub (UK)

    21 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    A group of 19* of North East England’s leading energy sector companies, including TAG Energy Solutions, have invested almost £400million to help realise the region’s ambition to become a global hub for offshore renewable energy solutions. The companies have now formed Energi Coast, North East England’s Renewables Group, to promote the extensive expertise of the […]

  • Report: Jones Act WTIV Needs 3.5GW Offshore Wind Capacity Pipeline

    6 November 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Vessels

    An owner of a U.S. Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) needs a pipeline of at least 3,500MW of confirmed offshore wind projects on the U.S. East Coast to achieve a reasonable rate of return, a report by GustoMSC has shown.

  • Norfolk Swift Wraps Up Bathymetric Survey at Robin Rigg

    16 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norfolk Marine’s survey vessel the Norfolk Swift has completed a full site bathymetric survey of E.ON’s 174MW Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth off Cumbria. The contract was awarded to Norfolk Marine by E.ON Climate & Renewables UK in early September 2016. The vessel was mobilised to site from Norfolk Marine’s Lowestoft Yard by […]

  • University of Rostock Developing Innovative Control System for Ships and Platforms (Germany)

    2 May 2013
    R&D, Technology

    University of Rostock is developing methods for dynamic positioning and reduction of unwanted rotational movements of ships or platforms. The University of Rostock and Voith Schneider Propulsion are developing a novel offshore project called “DP Motion” for control systems for ships and platforms at the Faculty of computer science and electrical engineering. The project is […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Disappears from Horizon (Video)

    6 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby built in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland in 1991.

  • Ofgem: Over £2.5 Bln New Transmission Investment Delivered since 2009

    21 August 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    By granting West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) Transmission plc a licence to own and operate the £269 million transmission link to the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, the total new transmission investment delivered by the OFTO regime to date is over £2.5 billion, of which nearly £1 billion has now been delivered through the […]