Wind

New Jersey Selects Ocean Wind for State's First offshore Wind Project

Monday, 24 June 2019 REM The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has selected Ocean Wind, an offshore wind energy project proposed by Ørsted with support from PSEG, to develop an 1,100 MW offshore wind farm, that will power ...

Atlantic Shores Partners with Rutgers to Study New Jersey Ocean Environment

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 REM Atlantic Shores offshore Wind has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Rutgers University to advance ocean research and monitoring that will support offshore wind development. The five-year ...

SGRE Conditionally Awarded Order for 376 MW Wind Project in Taiwan

Monday, 17 June 2019 REM Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has conditionally received an order for the supply of offshore wind turbines including a 20-year full service agreement for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore Wind Farm Project ...

BOEM Announces Path Forward for offshore Wind Leasing

Friday, 14 June 2019 Dan McCue The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently issued an update on the agency’s offshore wind leasing strategy for the Outer Continental Shelf. While pointing out the OCS “provides a world-class ...

US Senate introduces offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act

Friday, 14 June 2019 Robin Whitlock Senators Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Tom Carper (D-Delaware), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) have introduced the offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act in order to assist ...

Siemens Gamesa extends O&M contracts with Seacat Services at Galloper offshore Wind Farm

Tuesday, 11 June 2019 Robin Whitlock offshore Energy Support Vessel (OESV) operator, Seacat Services, has secured long-term extensions to its vessel support contracts with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) at Galloper Wind Farm (Galloper), ...

Tidal Transit drives expansion strategy with CrewSmart

Monday, 10 June 2019 Robin Whitlock

Crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator Tidal Transit Ltd has adopted CrewSmart’s advanced end-to-end management platform as it seeks to drive significant expansion in its roster of both CTVs and crew.

Leidos and Xodus Form offshore Wind Alliance

Thursday, 06 June 2019 REM

Science and technology company, Leidos, and international energy consultancy, Xodus Group, are joining forces on a new North America offshore wind alliance.

Taiwan

Siemens Gamesa receives order 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind power project in Taiwan

Tuesday, 04 June 2019 Robin Whitlock Following its selection as preferred supplier in May 2018, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received the firm order by wpd offshore to supply the 640 megawatt (MW) Yunlin offshore wind power ...

Microsoft and Eneco Partner on offshore Wind

Monday, 27 May 2019 REM Microsoft has signed a PPA with Dutch company, Eneco. Microsoft will purchase 90MW from the massive 731.5 MW offshore wind project, Borssele III/IV, from the wind farm developer. Eneco will provide Microsoft’s ...