Tag: Offshore Wind

June 14, 2023

A new report by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) predicts a significant increase in jobs in the UK offshore wind sector by 2030 – with forecast jobs exceeding 100,000 for the first time. With this dramatic surge of workers […]

June 2, 2023

BlueFloat Energy, a prominent player in the field of floating offshore wind, made an exciting announcement in May 2022 about its entry into the Taiwanese market. Taiwan leads in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of planning and implementation of offshore […]

May 4, 2023

New technology is regularly being developed and enhanced to improve power delivery and incorporate more renewable energy into systems. ABB Energy Industries is among the companies investing in solutions to make future power systems better. Among its current focus areas […]

May 4, 2023

A coalition of companies working in the U.S. clean energy sector has released its latest report on the nation’s offshore wind market, noting projects totaling more than 51 GW of capacity are in a growing pipeline of expected installations. The […]

April 21, 2023

Ocean Winds has secured £2bn of non-recourse project finance and reached financial close on its 882MW Moray West offshore wind farm off north-east Scotland. The project has been supported to reach this stage by its primary sponsor Ocean Winds, a […]

April 18, 2023

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 18 April 2023 – G7 leaders expressed concern over global renewable power deployment rates, citing the latest findings from IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook Preview 2023. The report warns that there is a need for […]

April 11, 2023

A joint venture (JV) created to develop large-scale offshore wind projects said it plans to use what at present would be the world’s largest wind turbines at two projects located between Spain and Portugal. IberBlue Wind, a JV that includes […]

April 6, 2023

Finland will launch five competitive tendering processes for more than 6GW of offshore wind power along its western coast. Zoning initiatives for the first five have been initiated by Metsähallitus, responsible for managing and developing state-owned areas within the territorial […]

April 5, 2023

The UK Government’s Offshore Wind Champion Tim Pick (pictured) has published a new report containing a series of key recommendations to speed up the rate at which the UK secures much-needed new offshore wind capacity. It also covers what is […]

March 31, 2023

UK wind farms hit a new annual electricity generation record in 2022, according to statistics from the UK Government. The figures, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, reveal that wind generated 24.6%of the country’s electricity last […]

March 31, 2023

Maryland governor Wes Moore (pictured) has set a target of 8500MW of offshore wind being developed in the state’s waters. Governor Moore announced that Maryland will aim to quadruple the amount of energy produced by offshore wind from the previous […]

March 30, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released Advancing Offshore Wind Energy in the United States, U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Contributions Toward 30 Gigawatts and Beyond, a comprehensive summary of DOE’s role in the nationwide effort […]

March 27, 2023

Heavy lifting and transport company Mammoet on Monday said it has been awarded contracts on two large offshore wind projects in the US by undisclosed customers. Mammoet will execute a number of port scopes under the deals, including the load-in, […]

March 22, 2023

The death of a 43-foot North Atlantic right whale that washed up on Virginia Beach in mid-February was not caused by the offshore wind industry. Still, that incident and other similar ones have heightened wind developers’ attention to protecting vulnerable […]

March 8, 2023

Maritime UK has launched its Offshore Wind Plan that makes a series of recommendations for how the maritime sector, the offshore wind sector, and governments can work together to maximise growth. It outlines how the growth of offshore wind can […]

February 24, 2023

In another step by the Biden-Harris administration to grow America’s clean energy economy, the Department of the Interior today is proposing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The announcement is part of the Administration’s latest […]

February 24, 2023

Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy is preparing to announce a tender to develop an offshore wind farm. The ministry submitted drafts of the government’s resolutions for public consultation, covering the location in the Baltic Sea where a 700MW offshore wind farm […]

February 20, 2023

You are a company based in Europe with expertise or experience in the offshore wind industry. You have never had operations or a commercial presence in the United States before. There are now commercial opportunities presented that you would like […]

February 2, 2023

Rhode Island community bank The Washington Trust Company on Wednesday said it has provided a “significant commercial loan” to New York-based WindServe Marine LLC that will allow it to build three new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the offshore wind […]

January 30, 2023

Six offshore wind developers submitted proposals to develop projects as part of New York’s third solicitation. In total, the developers submitted more than 100 proposals. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) said the solicitation resulted in […]