Wind

Community feedback sought on major offshore wind farm

Tuesday, 06 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

Vattenfall is to start the statutory consultation process on the Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm this week when the company will seek feedback from local people during November and December.

Seacat sees surging demand for CTV services in offshore wind

Monday, 05 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

offshore energy support vessel operator (OESV) operator Seacat Services is seeing surging demand offshore wind crew transfer after reporting its latest figures.

Seven US states to double their wind power as development picks up finds latest AWEA report

Friday, 02 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Seven states in the US will soon build enough wind turbines to more than double their clean energy generation capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) US Wind Industry Third Quarter ...

ORE study reveals long-term UK floating wind potential

Monday, 29 October 2018 Robin Whitlock Floating offshore wind has an important role to play in supporting the development of the offshore wind supply chain and contributing to 50 GW of offshore wind in the UK according to a study conducted ...

Vineyard Wind Signs Agreement for New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal

Tuesday, 23 October 2018 Dan McCue Massachusetts officials have signed a lease agreement with Vineyard Wind to utilize the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal as the primary staging and deployment location for its offshore wind project ...

Ørsted Names Siemens Gamesa Preferred Supplier for 900MW Greater Changhua Projects

Monday, 22 October 2018 REM Ørsted, a leader in offshore wind, has selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as the preferred supplier for the first 900MW Greater Changhua offshore wind farms. The project is subject to certain conditions ...

Study Shows Wind Farms May Reduce Precipitation from Hurricanes

Thursday, 18 October 2018 REM With the United States being pummeled over the last couple of years with several high-category, high-damage hurricanes, the University of Delaware's Cristina Archer recently published a paper that discovered ...

Drone technology improves inspection of US offshore wind platforms

Tuesday, 16 October 2018 Robin Whitlock

US offshore wind company Deepwater Wind has recently authorised deployments of drone technology to capture high resolution data of all five of its offshore wind platforms just off Block Island.

Ørsted Acquires Deepwater Wind Creating New US offshore Wind Platform

Friday, 12 October 2018 Dan McCue Danish offshore wind giant, Ørsted, has acquired Deepwater Wind, for a reported $510 million. The two companies’ offshore wind assets and organizations will be merged creating the leading US offshore ...

DNV GL leads consortium to update Carbon Trust Floating LiDAR Roadmap

Thursday, 11 October 2018 Robin Whitlock

Energy experts and certification body DNV GL is leading a consortium to update the Carbon Trust offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap for the commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR technology.