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  • OFGEM Appoints AMP as Preferred Bidder (UK)

    1 June 2011
    Grid Connection

      AMP Capital Investors, through its European infrastructure business, has been named by OFGEM as the preferred bidder to become the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission owner (OFTO) as part of a consortium including Equitix and Balfour Beatty. AMP Capital and its Green Energy Transmission (GET) consortium partners will own and operate the high voltage transmission […]

  • USA: Maryland Discusses Offshore Wind Impact on Fishing

    4 October 2012

    Although the planned offshore wind farm in Maryland still has a lot of work to be done before its actual construction starts, the project’s impact on fishing community is already being discussed. According to Southern Maryland Online news portal, the offshore wind farm would create artificial reefs that could improve recreational fishing. On the other […]

  • MHI Vestas Secures Conditional Turbine Supply Deal

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a conditional agreement for the supply of turbines to an undisclosed offshore wind project.

  • UK/Scotland: ‘Friends of Floating Offshore Wind’ Group Formed

    18 May 2016

    No less than 10 technology developers and associations gathered to found “Friends of Floating Offshore Wind”, a group which will promote the interests of floating offshore wind in Scotland and UK. The group, comprising Pilot Offshore Renewables, Hexicon, RES Offshore, IDEOL, Floating Power Plant, Glosten PelaStar, Principle Power Inc, Atkins, ACS Cobra and GICON, aims at creating favourable conditions for further development of the sector. Global […]

  • Port of New Bedford Seeks USD 15 Million Grant to Prepare for Offshore Wind Projects

    27 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, has applied for a USD 15 million government grant to make room for an increase in activities, including offshore wind.

  • ALL NRG Wins Kriegers Flak Repair and Maintenance Contract

    23 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has awarded ALL NRG with a contract for the maintenance, inspections and troubleshooting works at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark. ALL NRG will provide personnel and equipment necessary for interim maintenance, statutory inspections and troubleshooting works for the foundations, including WTBs and topsides during the construction phase of Kriegers Flak. Vattenfall […]

  • The Netherlands: Inwind Participates at EWEA Offshore 2011

    31 August 2011

      From the 29th of November until the 1st of December, Inwind will participate at the EWEA Offshore Wind conference in Amsterdam. The team from Inwind will present the Inwind concept, take part in conference sessions and also be available for private meetings.  About Inwind: Inwind AS is a Stavanger based company established in 2008 […]

  • Atlantic Wind Connection Backs US FERC Incentive Rate Request (USA)

    28 February 2011

    Protests to the Atlantic Wind Connection’s requested return on equity, filed with federal regulators, are based on “misunderstandings,” a spokesman for the developer said Friday. Atlantic Wind Connection spokesman Bryan Lee said the return on equity requested from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is well within FERC’s zone of reasonableness for incentive rates, and […]

  • DEWI OKs Hyosung’s 5MW System

    17 September 2014

    Hyosung obtained the international certification for its 5MW offshore wind power generation system. After 16 days of testing, the Germany’s DEWI Offshore and Certification Centre issued B-type certification for the system. Since 2009 the company has been testing its 5MW wind power system installed at Gimnyung, Jeju Island. With total wing span of 139 meters […]

  • USA: Environment North Carolina to Present Offshore Wind Potential Report

    13 September 2012
    R&D

    Environment North Carolina, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organisation, will host a press conference today to present its latest report on the North Carolina’s offshore wind potential, writes Lumina News. David Rogers, Environment North Carolina’s field director stated that NC has a potential of 297 GW of offshore wind power. Beside Rogers, the Sierra Club’s Zachary […]

  • Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven Enters Ordnance Survey Phase

    26 February 2016
    Vessels

    The Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) has entered into a new construction phase with teams on board four ships looking for and clearing ordnance and other disruptive materials from the Weser’s riverbed. The teams have cleared 25 suspicious items this week alone, but no weapons or ammunition thus far. The EUR 3.5 million project to clear the subsea ordnance […]

  • Bold Tern Halfway There on Hornsea One

    5 June 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has installed the 44th Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbine on the Hornsea One offshore wind farm, marking a halfway point on the project for the company. The 1,214MW Hornsea One is located some 120 kilometres offshore Yorkshire and will comprise a total of 174 wind turbines, 88 of which will […]

  • Van Oord Sets Out Norther Turbine Installation Timeline

    5 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    All of Norther wind farm’s 44 turbines are expected to be installed in the Belgian North Sea by late April, Van Oord, the project’s Balance of Plant contractor, said. Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus started installing the first batch of MHI Vestas 8.4MW wind turbines at the site some 23 kilometres offshore Zeebrugge over the […]

  • CTruk Launches MPC22 CWind Sword

    28 November 2014

    CWind has named the latest addition to its fleet of more than 20 crew transfer vessels today in Brightlingsea. CWind Sword, the first CTruk MPC 22 to leave the CTruk boatyard, will go directly onto contract at EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. Its high bollard pull and 16,000l fuel transfer capability will prove exceedingly […]

  • UK: Large Building Costs to Cancel Offshore Wind Farm Plans

    19 November 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    A planned wind farm off the Nantasket Beach in Hull, which would comprise four or five wind turbines that could produce enough electricity to power the entire town, seems to be unfeasible. According to the latest report, conducted by Al Pereira and presented to the town officials, this project would be too expensive and its […]

  • USA: Wind Forecasting Revenue Will Surpass USD 300 Million by 2020, Says Navigant Research

    29 May 2013
    R&D

    According to a new report from Navigant Research, annual revenue from meteorological towers, or met towers, and remote sensing devices for wind forecasting will surpass $300 million by 2020. Record worldwide growth for wind power in recent years has led to increasing need for variable wind generation to integrate effectively on the larger power grid. […]

  • RWE Sets Up Suppliers Portal for Sofia OWF

    20 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    RWE has launched an online suppliers portal where companies can search for and find opportunities on the Sofia offshore wind project. The suppliers portal will display contract opportunities with the Sofia project and its key contractors as they become available. “We are keen to maximise the involvement of UK companies as the project progresses, particularly […]

  • Belgium: Strong Economic Benefits with Renewable Targets

    6 June 2012
    Authorities

    With its new Renewable Energy Strategy the European Commission in Brussels today presented major reasons to favour legally binding renewable energy targets for 2030. The Strategy notably says: – “Strong renewables growth to 2030 could generate over 3 million jobs”. – “A continuation of an EU-wide specific renewable energy framework post-2020 […] would result in […]

  • U.S. Senate Race Causes Energy Policy Debate

    1 November 2012
    Authorities

    A vivid political debate on energy policy has marked the race for the Senate between U.S. Senator Scott Brown and his challenger Elizabeth Warren. While Sen. Brown opposes the Cape Wind project, Warren supports it as a part of her focus on development of renewable energy. The Cape Wind offshore project is a huge sign […]

  • The Crown Estate: Attrition Will Create more Investable Offshore Wind Sector

    26 November 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Huub den Rooijen, Head of offshore wind energy division at The Crown Estate, said that the UK is one of the best places to invest in offshore wind in the world for a variety of reasons, besides the country’s vast natural resources. Read Mr. den Rooijen’s analysis below: Since I began working in the offshore […]

  • UK: Fugro Installs Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Metrological Mast

    1 October 2012

    Fugro Seacore played a key role in the planning works for the proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the English Channel by installing the metrological mast 13 km from the port of Shoreham-on-Sea, and acting as EPC contractor for the project. Delivery, installation and commissioning were successfully carried out, and the mast is currently recording […]

  • CWind to Invest GBP 14 Mln in Six New Vessels

    11 March 2015
    Vessels

    CWind has decided to invest in excess of fourteen million GBP in six new build, crew transfer vessels. The purpose built vessels will be a mix of vessels manufactured in both composite materials and also in aluminium delivering on CWind’s ambition to create a diverse logistics mix to meet the individual needs of our customers.The sizes of […]

  • Navitus Bay Opponents Hail Atlantic Array’s Annulment

    26 November 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Opponents of the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm have welcomed the decision from RWE to terminate the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm off the Devon coast. Namely, this has poured hope into Navitus Bay campaigners that the project against which they are fighting will also be stopped. “Hopefully the good news from Devon will also […]

  • Rosler Advocates Fast Offshore Wind Grid Connection (Germany)

    16 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      German ministries of environment and economy helped set up a group, which will also include regulators and industry officials, to discuss and resolve the issues delaying the offshore wind expansion. Economy Minister Philip Roesler said: “The expansion of offshore wind energy is the key component to our energy policy if we are to achieve […]

  • Denmark: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Legoland

    13 July 2012
    Training & Education

    Ambitions are high in DONG Energy when it comes to renewable energy. At the moment, the energy company is constructing Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm between Grenaa and the island of Anholt in the Kattegat. The first LEGO bricks for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm have now been laid in LEGOLAND®, where both adults and […]

  • Gallery: DONG Energy’s Technicians Flying to Work

    10 August 2016

    A thousand hoisting operations from helicopters to wind turbines have been carried out so far at DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms, the offshore wind developer said via social media. “The distances to our offshore wind farms are increasing, and flying to work is becoming reality for many of our technicians who maintain our wind farms in the UK,” DONG […]