Danish design firm helps speed wind farm installation
JANUARY 24, 2017 — Two months ahead of schedule, the first of 67 Siemens 6 MW wind turbines has started started supplying the German electrical grid with energy from the Veja Mate
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BOEM sets next offshore wind lease sale date
JANUARY 18, 2017 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) says that 122,405 acres offshore Kitty Hawk, North Carolina will be offered in a commercial wind lease sale on March 16,
NY Governor Cuomo unveils massive offshore wind plan
JANUARY 11, 2017 — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday called on the Long Island Power Authority to approve a 90 megawatt offshore wind project 30 miles southeast of Montauk. The
Statoil is winning bidder in NY offshore wind lease sale
DECEMBER 19, 2016 – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reports that Statoil Wind US LLC, was the provisional winner of the December 16 competitive lease sale for renewable energy in
Deepwater Wind sets sights on new offshore wind farm
DECEMBER 4, 2016—With the Block Island Wind Farm set to begin producing electricity in a matter of days, project developer Deepwater Wind has already set its sights on its next location—Ocean City,
AMC develops future-proof offshore wind CTV
NOVEMBER 28, 2016 — By 2020, predicts the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), 354,000 people—up from 253,000 today—will be employed in the European offshore wind sector. Many of those people will need
Seacat to introduce new breed of offshore wind support cat
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 — Isle of Wight, U.K. energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services, is introduing a new category of vessel for the offshore wind market, designed to provide both rapid crew
More than half Block Island wind turbines now installed
AUGUST 11, 2016 —Fred. Olsen Windcarrier reports that its installation vessel Brave Tern has completed more than half of the installation at the Block Island Wind Farm, located about 3.3 mautical miles
OOS International orders two SSCVs in China
AUGUST 4, 2016 — In what it calls a “quantum leap within the offshore & heavy lift industry,” Serooskerke, Netherlands, headquartered Holding OOS International Group B.V. yesterday confirmed that it has signed
Ulstein delivers X-Stern wind farm SOV
JUNE 23, 2016 — Bernard Schulte Offshore today took delivery of the first of two 88 m x 18 m wind farm service operation vessels ordered from Norway’s Ulstein Verft in 2015.