The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is seeking comments on proposed lease sale auction procedures designed specifically to meet the needs of offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) as part of the Secretary of the Interior’s “Smart from the Start” initiative. Based on its own research and an auction study commissioned [...]
Wind Energy Update reports export and inter-array cables are exposed to a hostile, high-risk environment during a wind farm’s operational life. Given that they comprise a hefty portion of an offshore wind farm’s capital expenditure costs, preventive maintenance for submarine conductors should be a priority for operators, according to the latest Offshore Operations and Maintenance [...]
The South Korean government has joined the frenzy regarding offshore wind development in the Asia-Pacific region. On the heels of China’s big investment announcement in offshore wind energy capacity, the South Koreans who currently import 97% of their energy needs, will invest $9 billion U.S. dollars to develop a 2.5 gigawatt offshore wind farm by [...]
The Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper, The People’s Daily, is reporting that China plans to increase installed capacity of its offshore wind power sector to 30 gigawatts by 2020 with investments of almost $16 billion in US dollars. China is new to the offshore wind energy market with only 142,500 kilowatts of installed capacity at [...]
Hydrogenics to Provide a One MegaWatt Electrolyzer for Renewable Energy Project Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, announced that it was awarded a contract to deliver and install a 1MW HySTAT(R) electrolyzer in an industrial scale renewable energy storage project, the largest of its kind in Germany. [...]
Willi Balz, Chief Executive Officer of the Windreich AG, has announced that the company has secured total project financing for its first offshore wind park Global Tech I and emphasizes, With its 400 MW capacity, it is the first offshore project worldwide to obtain financing which directly brings the shift to renewable energies one step [...]
Deepwater Wind is a privately held American wind power developer with plans to build the largest offshore wind farm in the United States. The 1,000 Megawatt utility-scale project is targeted for the deep water off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This is a very ambitious plan considering that Cape Wind, a project that [...]
Although the deployment challenges of developing offshore wind power generation facilities are significantly greater than on land, developers, manufacturers, governments, and investors are now turning their attention to offshore wind farms as a means of further expanding wind power capacity. The reasons for this interest are several: Some of the world’s best wind resources are [...]
Offshore wind energy promises stronger breezes, cheaper real estate, and proximity to population centers. But difficulties in studying wind speeds over the open ocean leave energy producers unable to fully capitalize on the power of offshore wind. To address this problem, the Department of Energy funded a research collaboration, led by Dr. Thomas Herrington of [...]
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE Corp.) and Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further the development of two ocean thermal energy conversion plants in The Bahamas in concert with BEC’s strong policy to promote renewable energy resources in The Bahamas to maximize Bahamian energy independence and environmental benefits. This [...]
Critical Software Technologies (UK), Critical Software (PT) and Critical Materials (PT) are working with Floating Power Plant to help the company adopt a proactive approach to monitoring the condition and structural health of its Poseidon off-shore plant. Critical’s work on the Poseidon prototype, situated off the coast of Lolland in Denmark, will open up an [...]
Two offshore substations have been installed at London Array, marking a key phase in the project’s construction. Built on three levels, the substations weigh over 1,260 tonnes each – roughly the equivalent of 200 African elephants. Richard Rigg, Project Director at London Array, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for us and a real sign [...]
Representatives from South Carolina and North Carolina met in Charlotte in June to discuss opportunities for collaborating to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy on the south Atlantic seaboard. The meeting is being heralded as a significant first step towards regional collaboration for offshore wind in the Southeast. The objective of the two-state meeting [...]
Leading offshore wind developer, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced its Board level membership of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition in the U.S. The company, which is already actively developing over 7,600MW of offshore wind projects in Europe, recently expressed an interest in developing a major wind farm as part of New Jersey’s offshore wind program. [...]
Baryonyx Corporation has applied to construct offshore wind farms on 67,500 acres of leased land off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. They have selected two locations, the Mustang Site near Corpus Christi, and Rio Grande North & South off the coast of Brownsville.
Siemens Energy has installed the first prototype of its next generation offshore wind turbine in Høvsøre, Denmark, and has today initiated the first trial operation. The new SWT-6.0-120 wind turbine with a power rating of 6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 metres uses the innovative Siemens direct drive and proven rotor technology. [...]
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