The New Jersey Wind Council has released a report detailing plans for creating the Wind Innovation and New Development (WIND) Institute. The WIND Institute will serve as a center for education, research, innovation, and workforce training related to the development of offshore wind in New Jersey and
MHI Vestas has launched a new offshore wind technician apprentice programme in northeast Scotland. The apprentices will initially be based at Fraserburgh College Campus (NESCol) carrying out both classroom and workshop activities. This will be followed by practical work experience at offshore wind f
Bristol Community College has secured an USD 861,097 grant through the Massachusetts Skills Capital Grants to implement an offshore wind training program. Bristol Community College is implementing the college’s National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI) to offer basic safety training and basic technica
Teesside University and innogy’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to build local skills and capabilities to equip students for careers in the offshore wind sector. The 1.4 GW Sofia project will be constructed on a 593km2 site 195 kilometres fr
The Asia Wind Energy Association (AsiaWEA) and De Oude Bibliotheek Academy (DOB-Academy) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Asia-Pacific Offshore Wind Academy in Singapore. The Asia-Pacific regional Academy will be the first dedicated academy for the offshore wind industry in
The Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA), Atlas Professionals and DOB-Academy have launched an initiative to increase the pool of qualified personnel in the offshore wind sector. The Renewables Roadshow has an aim to promote working in the wind industry among adolescents and create the foundat
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has revealed plans for a new offshore wind training institute on Long Island. The announcement comes from Cuomo’s 32nd proposal of his 2020 State of the State which includes expanding on New York’s USD 175 million Workforce Development Initiative to meet emerging jo
Safety training provider RelyOn Nutec has invested in its Aberdeen facility to diversify into offshore wind safety training. RelyOn Nutec updated its Foinavon Close and Wellheads Road centers with a GBP 60,000 refurbishment to accommodate new wind safety training courses. According to the company, t
AIS Training and Arcon have signed an agreement to develop an offshore wind training center in Maryland, the U.S. The new center will be purpose-built at Arcon’s existing welding training school site in Salisbury to train offshore wind workers in essential skills such as working at height, manual ha
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has launched Safety’N’Mind digital training app developed to streamline safety refresher training courses for offshore wind turbine technicians. Basic Safety Training, as governed by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO), is required of all turbine technicians. And that trainin
Ørsted has partnered with safety innovators Active Training Team Ltd (ATT) to build a learning center which will serve a number of industries across the Humber, the UK. The facility, to be designed by ATT and located at MODAL’s training complex in Immingham, will start off hosting an induction day d
The UK’s Port of Blyth has completed the installation of the Vestas V47 turbine at its Bates terminal which will be used for offshore energy training. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. At the end of October, the Port of Blyth announced tha
Maersk Training has established a partnership with the UK’s East Coast College to provide training courses for offshore renewable energy. The training courses will be held at East Coast College’s Energy Skills Centre in Lowestoft and Offshore Wind Skills Centre in Great Yarmouth. The GBP 11.4 millio
The Port of Blyth is installing a bespoke wind turbine training facility at its Bates terminal as part of a GBP 1 million investment in training provision aimed at the offshore energy sector. This investment has enabled this UK East coast port, through its training arm Port Training Services, to pur
