Bechtel, Alstom picked for offshore wind power grid

FEBRUARY 10, 2013—Google-backed Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC), Princeton, NJ, has picked Bechtel as its Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor and Alstom as its HVDC technical advisor for the first phase of

BOEM seeks interest in North Carolina offshore wind

DECEMBER 17, 2012 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a Call for Information and Nominations to gauge offshore wind industryinterest in acquiring commercial wind leases in three areas

Austal books new orders for wind farm service vessels

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — U.K.-based Turbine Transfers has awarded Austal a new contract worth about GBP 10.5 million (about $17 million) for the design and construction of three offshore wind farm support

Siemens tests powerful wind turbine

OCTOBER 10, 2012—Siemens began field testing of its new, huge 154-meter rotor for the six-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in Østerild, Denmark. The direct-drive wind turbine is equipped with the world’s longest

Gamesa and NNS pull plug on Virginia offshore wind turbine project

Gamesa and Newport News Shipbuilding have agreed to suspend the development of a prototype offshore wind turbine once they have completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage of the project. Plans for

Nordic Yards finds niche in offshore wind farm transformer platform construction

In a reminder that there’s more to offshore wind farms than turbines, Germany shipbuilder Nordic Yards has started construction work on its third offshore transformer platform, SylWin Alpha, which is to be

New York offshore wind collaborative files lease application with BOEMRE

The Long Island  -  New York City Offshore Wind Collaborative yesterday filed an offshore wind farm lease application with BOEMRE. The collaborative, which consists of Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con

Interior moves forward on Massachusetts and Rhode Island offshore wind

As part of the “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative to speed siting, leasing and construction of new offshore wind projects, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of