The U.S. Department of Energy will spend up to $28 million to foster new technology designs for a future generation of lighter weight, more powerful floating offshore wind energy turbines.
In theory U.S. offshore wind energy potential is estimated to be equivalent to 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, but “nearly 60% of that wind energy—the equivalent of the entire U.S. annual electricity consumption—blows across waters more than 200 feet deep, an area that cannot be economically accessed...
By Mark Bendeich DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The world’s largest wind-power producer, Iberdrola SA, has brushed off Big Oil’s embrace of renewable energy as “more noise” than action. Major oil and gas firms have been venturing into renewable power under pressure from climate-change...
By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s offshore oil and gas experts are dipping their toes in wind power, bringing their experience working on the ocean floor and adding a new twist to their portfolios. Cnooc Ltd., the country’s top offshore oil explorer, said it wants to use its expertise in...
By Christopher Martin (Bloomberg) — Migrating whales will have the right of way off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard starting this month under a new agreement between a wind developer and environmental groups. Vineyard Wind, which is building the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.,...
New Jersey environmental officials notified mariners Tuesday that survey work is beginning for Ocean Wind, Ørsted’s planned offshore wind energy array.
The 170’x40’x11’ Fugro Enterprise, a U.S.-flag survey vessel operated by Netherlands-based Fugro N.V., has been commissioned by 4C Offshore, a United-Kingdom-based offshore services company which is conducting the geotechnical studies for Ørsted.
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A coalition of East Coast commercial fishing groups announced Thursday it has a new partnership agreement with Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind to improve communications between the seafood industry and offshore wind energy developers.
“This first-of-its-kind partnership will create an unprecedented opportunity for commercial fishermen to provide direct input to the wind energy industry on matters of significant interest to their businesses,” according to the statement issued in Boston by the...
Denmark-based offshore wind operator Ørsted is proposing to supply the first 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind energy for New Jersey, with project backers saying it will bring new maritime jobs and manufacturing to the state.
Ørsted submitted its response Dec. 28 a bid to the New Jersey state Board of Public Utilities’ request for proposals with the plan for the Ocean Wind project, which would be built 15 miles off Atlantic City, N.J., on a lease that Ørsted (then known as DONG Energy) acquired...
Damen Shipyards Group announced a new design for a bigger, longer-endurance offshore wind power service vessel, stepping up its proven European designs for challenging conditions of the emerging U.S. industry.
The Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 3410, a 112’ service accommodation and transfer vessel (SATV), would be built in U.S. shipyards with licensing and technical support from Damen, as the Netherlands-based group has done with tugboats, patrol vessels and other types built by U.S. partners. The...
By Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is bowing to industry pressure to boost Germany’s offshore wind capacity, already among the biggest in Europe. The government will assess how to boost offshore capacity to 20 gigawatts by 2030 from a planned 15 gigawatts, according...
Offshore wind energy development is moving apace in the Northeast and the Gulf of Mexico can be a source of boats and skills for the new industry.
Despite early doubts about the Trump administration’s attitude toward wind power, “we are seeing absolutely no slowdown,” but a move to streamline the permitting process, said Ross Tyler, executive vice president and co-founder of the Business Network for Offshore Wind.
Tyler spoke Thursday at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans, the same...