Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk will be working with Lloyd’s Register (LR) on measuring underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind farm substation development. Energinet.dk will take on installation of the substation for guiding the electricity into the onshore grid. The
Baker Consultants has won a contract with Iberdrola to provide an underwater noise and marine mammal activity monitoring service during the construction phase of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Baker Consultants will monitor underwater noise emissions as well as the activity of ha
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to promote the state’s offshore wind power potential in his State of the State address on Wednesday, seeing that without its ”tremendous offshore wind power resource,” New York most likely will not meet the 50% renewables goal set for 2030, according to K
The U.S. Bureau of Energy and Ocean Management (BOEM) held the first two of the three meetings scheduled for this week to gain insight in public opinion on the development of offshore wind energy off the coast of South Carolina. BOEM identified four areas for offshore wind development off South Caro
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra to be the first Director of the Clean Energy Investment Center (CEIC), located within the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT). CEIC was established in 2015 as part of the Obama Administration’s Clean Energy Investment Initiative
The Offshore WIND staff thought that the New Year’s Day would be the perfect time to let you – our readers – be editors and compile a list of news you found the most interesting and worth a read in 2015. DONG Energy Seeks Technical and Consultancy Staff for Danish Projects DONG Energy has invited te
The Offshore WIND staff would like to wish all our readers a happy, prosperous, and offshore wind-powered 2016! Happy New Year! Image source: Marc Pearce
The U.S. Bureau of Energy and Ocean Management (BOEM) will hold three public scoping meetings in the first week of January to inform stakeholders of its environmental review process for the proposed wind energy development in federal waters offshore South Carolina. The first meeting is scheduled to
The Canary Islands could meet their entire electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by 2050 at under half the price needed to finance the existing oil dependent system, according to a study produced and published by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
ACE Group today launched ACE Renewable Energy Environmental Protection, a dedicated environmental policy for companies in the renewable energy industry in the UK and Ireland. ACE Group said its Renewable Energy Environmental Protection covers the environmental risks faced by renewable energy compani
RWE plans to triple annual investments in renewable energy, mainly wind and solar, the German utility’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Terium said in an interview with Reuters. The plan could see the company investing up to EUR 1 billion in renewables annually, Terium said. Portions of new investment
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has directed the State Department of Public Service to design and enact a new Clean Energy Standard mandating that 50 percent of all electricity consumed in New York by 2030 result from clean and renewable energy sources. The Clean Energy Standard is part of Cuomo’s Re
French wind energy players Alstom, Areva, EDF and Eiffage have joined 35 other compatriot companies, including banks and investors into renewable energy, in making a firm commitment to combat climate change. The 39 major French companies, employing a total of 4.4 million people worldwide and generat
The offshore wind industry has a broadly positive impact on human well-being, according to two new reports created by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory. ”Understanding the impacts of offshore wind on well-being” and ”Public perceptions of Offshore Wind Farms” represent the outcomes from a study by PML