Shipbuilder unveils vessel concept for ‘24/7’ offshore wind turbine blade maintenance
Danish shipbuilder Knud E Hansen has launched a new concept for offshore wind maintenance vessels that it believes could enable
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Siemens Gamesa resumes sales of troubled 4.X onshore wind turbine
Siemens Gamesa has resumed sales of its troubled 4.X wind turbine platform more than a year after revealing widespread defects
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Chinese firm launches installation vessel for 26MW offshore wind turbines
China’s Tianjin Port and Shipping Engineering Company has launched a vessel it claims is capable of installing 26MW offshore wind
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Updated: Major developers win big as offshore wind makes comeback in UK renewables tender
Ørsted and Iberdrola were among the winners as the UK government awarded power deals for more than 5GW of offshore
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Vattenfall blames investment conditions as it pauses major offshore wind farm
It had received final approval for its 640MW Kriegers Flak (Sweden) offshore wind farm, but has now paused development. Vattenfall, which
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Mingyang claims ‘world’s largest’ for new offshore wind turbine prototype
Mingyang Smart Energy installed its MySE18.X-20MW wind turbine in China this week, claiming it is the “world’s largest single-capacity offshore
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Renewables investment slumps amid offshore wind slowdown – BloombergNEF
Global investment in wind power fell 26% in the first half of this year compared to H2 2023 with offshore
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Equinor abandons offshore wind plans in Portugal, Spain and Vietnam
Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor is pulling out of its plans to develop offshore wind projects in Portugal, Spain
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Vattenfall offshore wind farm to power German steelmaker
Vattenfall is due to sell power from a portion of its near-gigawatt Nordlicht 1 wind farm in the German North
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Offshore wind investments ‘wasted’ without ports – WindEurope
‘Huge efforts and investments’ made in European offshore wind could be wasted without upgrades to the continent’s ports, WindEurope CEO
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California votes to procure up to 7.6GW of offshore resources
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has voted to direct state officials to procure up to 7.6GW of offshore resources.
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