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UPDATE ON FRANCE: The great potential of offshore wind in France

France is ranked 2nd in Europe regarding the offshore wind potential, just behind the United Kingdom...

Length of article: 8 minutes read

EDF ENERGIES NOUVELLES: France can now be part of the offshore wind story

Being awarded the concession to develop three French offshore wind farms is not only a great opportu...

Length of article: 17 minutes read

WINDFARM UPDATES: Barrow & Burbo Bank Extension, Hornsea Project One, Humber Gateway & Kentish Flats Extension

Barrow & Burbo Bank Extension DONG Energy has become sole owner of the 90MW Barrow Offshore Wind...

Length of article: 6 minutes read
Industry Contribution

TWD Proved Higher MP Friction

Over the course of the last years TWD developed an advanced friction measurement method and probabil...

Posted: over 3 years ago
Industry Contribution

Completing an offshore repair in less than a month

When it comes to cable damage it is crucial to get the cable up and running again quickly. Any downt...

Posted: over 3 years ago

WINDFARM UPDATES: Sandbank & Wikinger

Sandbank  Foundation construction work has started for the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm, approx...

Length of article: 5 minutes read

WINDFARM UPDATES: Borkum Riffgrund 1, DanTysk, EnBW Baltic 2, Meerwind Süd|Ost & Nordsee Ost

Borkum Riffgrund 1 At the end of October 2014 the first of in total 78 Siemens SWT-4.0-130 turbines ...

Length of article: 7 minutes read

WINDFARM UPDATES: Borssele I and II, Eneco Luchterduinen & Albatros

Borssele I and II The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs presented a road map to the parliament in S...

Length of article: 5 minutes read
Industry Contribution

Radac Wave Monitoring Radar

Fixed & Floating Wind Farms While more and more fixed offshore wind farms benefit from Radac Dir...

Posted: over 3 years ago

Improving subsea cable detection

One of the major cost elements in developing an offshore wind farm is to be found in the area of cab...

Length of article: 8 minutes read

OFFSHORE WIND SUPPORT SCHEMES: Current status of European support schemes

With over 70GW planned to come online over the next ten years, offshore wind continues to show excep...

Length of article: 12 minutes read

CONNECTING OFFSHORE WIND FARMS: TSO TenneT uses German experience for Dutch offshore challenge

In the Netherlands, the government aspires to build new offshore wind farms with a combined output o...

Length of article: 12 minutes read
Industry Contribution

Converting PSVs for Offshore Wind support – creating a pathway

By Liviu Galatanu, BD&I Director, GLO Marine The apparently long-term decline in oil prices has ...

Posted: over 3 years ago

FOUNDATIONS: Integrated foundation monitoring

An important tool for reducing risks and costs in offshore wind is integrated, intelligent monitorin...

Length of article: 19 minutes read

ACCURATE LEVELLING OF WIND TURBINES: Accurate levelling using hydraulic tools

While the industry is looking at ways to assemble a turbine onshore so it can be installed at sea in...

Length of article: 8 minutes read

ENECO: Touring the Dutch offshore wind farms

On a bright Sunday morning August 31st around 450 persons gathered in the Felison terminal of the DF...

Length of article: 15 minutes read

CARGO TRANSFER SYSTEM: Paving the way for the transfer of larger cargos

In the very first edition of Offshore WIND we reported on access systems as the means for safe trans...

Length of article: 11 minutes read

Windfarm Update: Dudgeon

In August Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, a joint venture of Statoil and Statkraft, announced it had ...

Length of article: 2 minutes read