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Vestas signs Seoul MoU for 12 GW offshore wind installation
Vestas has signed an MoU to establish a strategic partnership with the city of Seoul, to work together to cultivate highly skilled talents and support business activities. With an ambitious target of installing 12GW of offshore wind by 2030, and its commitment to electrification, South Korea holds huge potential to be at the forefront of offshore wind development, Vestas said. As a global ...
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Moreld will participate in a seminar hosted by Oslo-based law firm Thommesen on the 7th of March 2022.
The seminar will cover the latest trends and tendencies in the global offshore wind market, how this will likely affect the supply chain and developers and also an update on the regulatory framework for offshore wind developments in Norway. The focus will be on project execution and challenges from different angles, including how, and to what extent, a local supply chain can be competitive in the ...
By Moreld Aqua
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Mainstream Renewable Power takes Board Position on U.S. Offshore Wind Development Coalition
Leading offshore wind developer, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced its Board level membership of the U.S. Offshore Wind Development Coalition. The company, which is already actively developing over 7,600MW of offshore wind projects in Europe, recently expressed an interest in developing a major wind farm as part of New Jersey's offshore wind program. Mainstream, which is ...
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Infocast`s 5th North American Offshore Wind Development & Finance Summit 2012
Infocast's highly acclaimed 5th North American Offshore Wind Development & Finance Summit 2012 returns to the Almas Temple Club in Washington D.C. from January 23-26, 2012. This well-timed annual Summit takes place as the wind industry seeks to take advantage of the massive energy opportunity that offshore wind represents and to overcome major hurdles in 2012, including the expiration of the ...
By Infocast
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Scottish Government announces £2.2 million to cut costs for offshore wind
A project to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10% is being awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, a joint industry and government scheme, brings together nine offshore wind developers with over 72% (31GW) of the UK’s licensed capacity. The project aims to ...
By Carbon Trust
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National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium Adds Additional States and Developers To Board of Directors
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium recently (1/24) announced Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, offshore wind developers EnBW North America and Vineyard Wind, and large-scale clean energy transmission developer Anbaric Development Partners joined the Consortium. Along with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the U.S. Department of ...
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Offshore wind developers see ripe conditions for zero-subsidy bids
Project efficiency gains, supportive funding markets, and growing demand from corporate customers will support zero-subsidy projects in the coming years but electrification growth is required longer term, leading developers told the 2018 Offshore Wind Europe conference. Last month, the UK government set maximum offshore wind prices of 56 pounds/MWh (62.8 euros/MWh, $71.4/MWh) and 53 ...
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Offshore wind assessment to provide certainty
Offshore wind energy in Scottish territorial waters will undergo strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to establish a clear and consistent approach to future development. The Scottish Government study will ensure the significant offshore wind resource is developed consistently. The move follows a strong response from developers to The Crown Estate’s call for applications for offshore wind ...
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Northeast States Release Three Reports on Offshore Wind Development
On November 2nd, the States of Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island released three reports that set out the context for offshore wind development in the Northeast and reveal its potential economic development benefits. The Northeast has the potential for offshore wind deployment of between 4,000 to 8,000 megawatts by 2030 and the creation of up to 36,000 jobs according to the reports, which ...
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Dominion Energy Announces Largest Offshore Wind Project in US
Dominion Energy is proposing the largest offshore wind development in the country to provide more renewable energy to its customers in the Commonwealth and provide a boost to the offshore wind industry on the East Coast. The company filed an application with PJM, the regional transmission organization that coordinates the electrical grid in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, ...
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AXYS metocean buoy supports Polish offshore wind development
AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) is pleased to announce that a WatchKeeper meteorological and oceanographic data buoy has been recently deployed approximately 60km offshore along the Northern coast of Poland in the Baltic Sea. This buoy, procured by polish developer Baltic Trade and Invest (BTI), will be used as part of their upcoming Environmental Impact and Assessment campaign in the Baltic Sea. ...
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Eight Governments pledge to kickstart offshore wind in the Baltic Sea
At an Offshore Wind Conference, hosted by the Polish Wind Energy Association (PSEW), high-level representatives of eight Baltic Sea countries and the European Commission signed a joint declaration to accelerate the build-out of new offshore wind capacities in the Baltic Sea. Among the signatories of the Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Declaration are Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, ...
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Infocast`s Turbines, Towers & Vessels 2011 for Northeastern Offshore Wind Projects
Infocast brings its inaugural Turbines, Towers & Vessels 2011 for Northeastern Offshore Wind Projects from September 7-9, 2011to the Providence Biltmore in Providence, RI highlighted by The Honorable Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island. The event will feature case studies on all four leading Northeastern offshore wind projects including Cape Wind, Deepwater Wind, Fishermen's Energy of ...
By Infocast
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Video: Innovations in offshore wind turbine foundations drive down cost
Innovative Bucket Foundations on their way for first stage of construction at the world's largest offshore wind farm The innovative suction-installed foundations that represent the first stage of construction at the world's largest offshore wind farm are now on their way to the site at Dogger Bank, 125 kilometres off the UK's east coast. The structures, known as Bucket Foundations, will support ...
By Carbon Trust
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Competition to improve access to offshore wind turbines receives worldwide interest
The global market opportunity for access solutions for deeper water offshore wind environments is estimated to be worth over £2bn by 2020 and according to Carbon Trust research, the UK market alone could account for up to fifty per cent of that. Companies from the oil and gas, ship building, marine engineering and aerospace industries have registered alongside a number of universities. But ...
By Carbon Trust
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Offshore wind industry sets record year for installations in first half of 2015
Installations in the first half of 2015 touched 2,342.9MW - tripling the grid-connected capacity for the same period last year. As a result, total installed offshore wind capacity in Europe hit 10,393.6 MW in 82 wind farms across 11 countries. Kristian Ruby, Chief Policy Officer at the European Wind Energy Association, said: "It has taken the offshore wind industry just six months to set the ...
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AXYS to participate in first stage of wind development in Port-La Nouvelle France
AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) is pleased to announce its participation in French EolMed wind development initiatives in the zone between Port-La Nouvelle and Gruissan. An AXYS WatchKeeper buoy will be deployed by French company Créocéan on the behalf of QUADRAN, at the location over the next year to gather comprehensive metocean data. This marks the first stage of floating offshore ...
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NREL releases estimate of national offshore wind energy potential
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announces the release of a new report that assesses the electricity generating potential of offshore wind resources in the United States. According to the Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Resources for the United StatesPDF, 4,150 gigawatts of potential wind turbine nameplate capacity (maximum turbine capacity) ...
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Department of Energy Announces $18.5 Million for Offshore Wind Research
Recently (6/15), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to administer an $18.5 million offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium. The consortium is a cooperative innovation hub that will bring together industry, academia, government and other stakeholders to advance offshore wind plant ...
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Queen Elizabeth buys world`s largest offshore wind turbine
Britain's Queen Elizabeth is investing in the world's largest offshore wind turbine and also in the development of offshore windfarms in Scottish waters, her property company The Crown Estate announced on Wednesday. On April 17, The Crown Estate signed an agreement to purchase a prototype of the world's largest offshore wind turbine, Clipper's 7.5 megawatt MBE turbine. Known as the Britannia ...
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