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First French testing site for offshore wind at Le Croisic

Floating demo turbine Winflo scheduled for installation late 2013...

Haliade chosen for Virginia Beach pilot project

Two of Alstom's 6MW machines will be used at demo site 35km off the coast of Virginia...

Testing for 2MW vertical axis turbine to start

Floating prototype to enter first trial stage in France in January 2013...

Ramboll buys Hamburg-based offshore wind specialist

Latest acquisition confirms Danish consultancy's ambition to capitalise on sector's growth...

Four European projects awarded €250m EU funding

Low-carbon awards made to boost renewable energy innovation...

US imposes duties on Chinese and Vietnamese tower imports

UNITED STATES: The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has imposed steep duties of up to 71% on turbine ...

Shipbuilder STX breaks into offshore wind market

Substation deal and jacket foundation certification signal firm's offshore ambition...

Vattenfall joins Offshore Wind Accelerator

Developer to collaborate with others in Carbon Trust programme...

Areva and STX France announce offshore wind alliance

Turbine maker and foundations supplier eye growing European market...

DoE awards $28m technology demo grants

Seven US projects will use federal funding for engineering and site evaluation...

Foundation rethink delays Baltic 2 completion

Foundation construction to begin January 2013, installation at sea due in Q3 2013...

UK's thousandth offshore turbine installed

London Array 1 and Lincs contribute to achievement of landmark goal...

Global standard for gearboxes in 2MW+ turbines

New standard responds to trend towards larger machines...

Grid integration project wins €13.3m EU award

Electricity storage consortium to improve grid integration of intermittent renewables...

Vestas to test V164 8MW turbine at Dong's Østerild site

Prototype testing might spark "commercial collaboration"...

Dong and Vestas go onshore with V164 test deal

DENMARK: Dong Energy has agreed to help Vestas test the prototype V164 8MW offshore turbine at the m...

BMT eyes offshore wind growth

Naval architects bullish on 2013 market prospects...

Moventas hires Siemens consultant to head R&D

FINLAND: Gear manufacturer Moventas has appointed Siemens senior consultant Niels Hammer as senior v...

Scotland awaits offshore wind progress

More than 5GW in permitting, but no new capacity in first half 2012...

Hull prepares as Siemens decision looms

High stakes for UK offshore wind as plan remains uncertain...