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
WorkBoat Show: Offshore wind an opportunity for Gulf operators
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...
Ex-Trump Adviser Knocks Support for Lake Erie Wind Farm
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. (Bloomberg) — A conservative energy research group led by a member of President Donald Trump’s transition team is taking the administration to task for backing a project that would install six giant wind turbines in the middle of Lake Erie. “It’s unclear why a technology that...
EDITORIAL | Wind farm boom is unlikely to last
Regular readers will be aware that I have been sceptical for some time about the longevity of the still-current boom in wind farm developments, most…
VESSEL REVIEW | Sea Puffin 1 – A new concept for wind farm crew transfer
Built by Denmark’s Esbjerg Shipyard to an ESNA design, Sea Puffin 1 is the first of a new generation of high-performance daughter craft based on…
Aeolus Energy Planning Jones Act-Compliant Fleet of Offshore Wind Vessels
Orlando-based Aeolus Energy has signed an agreement with Norwegian shipbuilding group Ulstein to design the first Jones Act compliant service vessel for the budding U.S. offshore wind market. Aeolus says the purpose-built vessel, known in the industry as a Service Operations Vessel (SOV), will be...
Denmark’s Ørsted Acquires Deepwater Wind, Creating U.S. Offshore Wind Leader
Danish power company Ørsted has entered into an agreement to acquire U.S. offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind for $510 million. The acquisition includes the 30MW capacity Block Island Wind Farm, the first and currently only operational offshore wind farm in the United States, as well as...
MHI Vestas Launches Record-Breaking 10MW Wind Turbine
Denmark-based offshore wind turbine maker MHI Vestas says it has broken the industry’s double-digit power barrier with the release of the world’s first turbine to achieve a power rating of 10 MW. The record-breaking turbine, called the V164-10.0 MW, builds on the company’ popular V164 platform,...