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  • Making Full Use of Deck Space

    5 February 2017

    The free deck area on board a wind farm installation vessel is, of course, a finite space which is defined by the length and beam of the vessel when it was built. The area that is accessible to the vessel’s cranes installed in the shipyard is also finite, defined by the position of the crane […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed at Moray West OWF Site

    14 December 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Ltd. has installed an EOLOS floating LiDAR buoy at the Moray West offshore wind farm site, located next to the Moray East and Beatrice offshore wind farms.

  • BLUE PILOT to Put the Hammer Down

    13 March 2018
    R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust has launched BLUE PILOT, a large-scale demonstration project aimed at reducing costs and underwater noise during construction of offshore wind farms as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA).

  • Deepwater Wind to Create Local Jobs

    19 November 2014
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Deepwater Wind announced its commitment to partnering with the Nassau-Suffolk Building and Construction Trades Council and the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, to develop a local offshore wind industry, including the creation of jobs on Long Island to support development and construction of its Deepwater ONE offshore wind farm. If approved by local regulators later this year, Deepwater […]

  • OpenHydro to Build Tidal Energy Project in Bay of Fundy

    31 March 2014
    Technology

    Tidal technology company, OpenHydro, has been selected by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy in Canada for a tidal energy demonstration project at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) test site. OpenHydro was selected as part of a competitive process undertaken by the Department in its drive to progress the development of a […]

  • Finnish Enterprise Seeks Partner to Develop Offshore Wind Farm

    16 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus is looking for a partner to jointly develop an offshore wind project in Finland. As previously reported, the environmental services provider plans to develop a wind farm approximately 15 kilometres off the coast of the municipality of Korsnäs. According to preliminary plans, the wind farm will feature ”up to dozens” of […]

  • KCI and Tractebel Join Hands in French Offshore Wind Projects

    29 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    KCI The Engineers is supporting Tractebel at the Dieppe et Le Tréport and Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farms in France by providing the structural know-how to the engineering team for the offshore substations. KCI’s scope will be to assist by setting up the engineering packages for the OSS topsides and foundations from […]

  • Principle Power Forms Floating Wind Pact in California

    12 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D

    Principle Power and Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a floating wind project offshore Humboldt County, California, U.S.

  • ZPMC Launches China’s Largest Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    30 October 2017
    Vessels

    Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) launched a new self-propelled offshore wind installation vessel on 28 October. The vessel, named Longyuan Zhenhua 3, has a lifting capacity of 2,000t and a maximum lifting height of 120m.

  • IMCA Applauds UK Extending Offshore Wind Immigration Rules Concession

    5 September 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Vessels

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has welcomed the one-year extension by the UK Home Office of the concession to UK immigration rules concerning workers joining vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects.

  • First Hywind Turbine Mounted on Its Floating Foundation

    20 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the total 5 turbines for the Hywind Scotland project has been lifted onto its floating foundation in Stord, Norway, and is ready for the deployment off the Scottish coast.

  • DNV GL Shares Floating Wind Turbine Vision for 2050

    6 October 2014

    Last Friday, Johan Sandberg, service line leader for offshore renewable energy at DNV GL, held a presentation about a global vision for floating offshore wind power in 2050 at the University of Maine campus at the Advanced Structures and Composite Center. Sandberg said: “As the industry began in 2000, Germany built a turbine that started […]

  • MacArtney Upgrades Two MMT’s FOCUS-2 ROTVs

    30 April 2014
    Technology

    MacArtney has performed a major upgrade of two FOCUS-2 ROTV systems belonging to Swedish marine survey contractor and specialist, MMT. Both vehicles have been fitted with new state-of-the-art equipment to carry out geophysical survey missions for clients within oil, gas and renewable energy industries. Upgrades boost performance and cost efficiency Complementing the side scan sonar […]

  • BOEM Gives Thumbs Up to Principle Power’s Project

    6 February 2014
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the go ahead to Principle Power for the wind energy project offshore Coos Bay, Oregon, having determined that there was no other competitive interest in the area. Principle Power is required to submit a formal plan for their 30 MW pilot project, which would use […]

  • Western Tidal Signs Investigative Agreement with Shishalh Nation (Canada)

    4 February 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    Western Tidal Holdings Ltd., a tidal power marine energy project developer in British Columbia has announced the execution of an Investigative Use License Agreement signed with the Shishalh Nation in January. In addition to the Shishalh Nation, Western Tidal has worked with and has gained the support for investigation permits of several other First Nation […]

  • Shellfish Aquaculture-Offshore Wind Farm Study Completed for SAGB (UK)

    5 August 2013
    R&D

    A shellfish aquaculture study regarding co-location with offshore wind farms (OWFs) has recently been completed for the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) by a Project Team led by Aquafish Solutions Ltd, according to TheFishSite. Originally developed by the Sea Fish Industry Authority and Deepdock Ltd., this Welsh EFF project was designed to investigate co-location […]

  • Malta Months Away from First Offshore Wind Tender, Identifies Six Floating Wind Areas

    4 September 2023
    Authorities

    Malta’s Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise has issued a draft National Policy for the Deployment of Offshore Renewable Energy for public consultation and has demarcated six floating offshore wind development areas located beyond the country’s 12-nautical-mile territorial waters and into its potential Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). According to the Ministry, an international call […]

  • UK: A&P Manufactures First Wave Energy Device for Falmouth Test Site

    19 April 2012

    The first wave device installed in the waters at Cornwall’s marine energy test site has been manufactured by A&P Falmouth. Fred Olsen’s “BOLT Lifesaver” project, which is capable of operating and producing electricity, is now being tested in the sheltered FabTest site off Falmouth Bay, with easy access to the port. Renowned throughout the world […]

  • Finland Issues First Offshore Wind Lease Area Permits

    14 July 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Finnish government has approved the lease of state-owned sea areas for two commercial-scale offshore wind projects, one off the coast of Korsnäs and the other off Tahkoluoto, Pori. These lease permits for offshore wind areas are the first ones of their kind for Finland, Metsähallitus, the steward of Finland’s state-owned land and water areas, […]

  • Canada: FORCE, Nortek Scientific to Develop Technology for Tidal Measurement

    21 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), in partnership with Nortek Scientific, has announced the construction of the world’s first instrument to provide high-resolution, real time measurements of turbulent water flow at turbine hub height – called the Vectron. A leap forward in site characterization technology, the Vectron is able to capture highly accurate […]

  • European Commissioner in Favor of 2030 Renewable Targets (Belgium)

    5 May 2011
    Authorities

    Significant news for the renewable energy industry in Europe emerged yesterday after Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Change, again stated that we should “be discussing a renewable energy target for 2030”, in an interview with the Guardian. In April, Hedegaard made a similar statement in a Danish magazine, but again without making a […]

  • World Bank: 48 Countries Hold 15.6 TW of Offshore Wind Technical Potential

    20 May 2020
    R&D

    The World Bank has published maps and analysis of the offshore wind technical potential for 40 more emerging markets around the world, following its report from October 2019, when eight countries’ potential was estimated to be at 3.1 TW. According to the latest report, the potential for floating wind is double the potential estimated for […]

  • Arkona’s Corrosion Protection Gets Innovation of the Year Accolade

    1 December 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    A corrosion protection process developed by E.ON and Ramboll and used for the first time on the Arkona offshore wind farm has won the German Renewables Award in the Innovation of the Year category. E.ON and Statoil’s joint project got the Innovation of the Year award from the Clusteragentur Erneuerbare Energien based in Hamburg. “The procedure developed […]

  • Gaelectric, Ideol Unveil Floating Wind Plans for Ireland

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has partnered with Ideol to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in Irish waters using Ideol’s Damping Pool technology.

  • Maryland Lawmakers Override Clean Energy Jobs Act Veto

    3 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Maryland State Senate, in conjunction with the House of Delegates earlier this week, voted to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of the Clean Energy Jobs Act. The bill, which was vetoed last May, will increase and accelerate the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirement from 20 percent by 2022 to 25 percent by 2020, […]

  • Offshore Wind Projects Have Less Delays and Cost Overruns, Says EY

    2 December 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Ernst & Young (EY) has found that an average power and utility megaproject is delivered 35% over budget and two years behind schedule, with offshore wind and gas-powered generation projects suffering significantly less delays and cost overruns than water, hydropower, nuclear and coal projects. In its latest research on cost and schedule overruns on big infrastructure […]