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  • Ørsted Contracts Hobson & Porter for UK East Coast O&M Hub

    13 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Ørsted has appointed UK construction firm Hobson & Porter as the principal contractor for the extension of its offshore wind operations center at the Royal Docks in Grimsby, UK.

  • RES Offshore Goes to Seawork

    29 May 2014

    RES Offshore will exhibit at Seawork 2014, on the Team Humber Marine Alliance stand (B83). RES Offshore is a provider of integrated development, engineering, construction and Administration, Operations, & Maintenance (AO&M) services for utility-scale offshore renewable energy projects. Its in-house expertise includes resource measurement and prediction, performance optimisation, environmental and consenting capabilities, front-end engineering design, equipment procurement, construction […]

  • Boskalis’ Revamped Vessel Coming Up in 2018 (VIDEO)

    16 January 2017
    Vessels

    As of 2018, Boskalis will add a new self-propelled DP-2 crane vessel to its fleet, as the company has put one of its semi-submersible heavy lift vessels up for a conversion this year.

  • DONG Energy Stays Strong in Q1. Reaffirms 2015 Outlook.

    28 April 2015

    DONG Energy today issued its interim financial report for Q1 2015, saying that the outlook announced in the 2014 annual report is reaffirmed.  The company’s EBITDA was DKK 6.0 billion (around EUR 804 million) in Q1 2015, compared with DKK 6.3 billion (EUR 844 million) in Q1 2014. DONG Energy said that the decline was in line with the outlook announced in […]

  • Europe Entering Record-Breaking Offshore Wind Streak

    21 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    New offshore wind capacity additions in Europe are poised to hit a record high of 4.2 GW this year, topping 4 GW for the first time and more than doubling additions seen in 2021, Rystad Energy research shows. The continent’s capacity additions in 2022 will top the previous annual record of 3.8 GW set in […]

  • Race Bank SOV Begins Sea Trials

    20 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Edda Passat, the first Service Operation Vessel (SOV) built in Spain, commenced sea trials earlier this month, after which the vessel will head to Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. 

  • DONG Has Offshore Wind in Its Sails

    29 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy’s earnings were 14% higher in the first nine months of 2015, compared with the same period last year, the company reported today in its interim financial report for 9M 2015. DONG said earnings (EBITDA) were up by 14% in the first nine months from DKK 13.0 billion (approx. EUR 1.7 billion) in 2014 to DKK 14.8 billion (approx. […]

  • Tern Sisters Keeping Busy

    12 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Ocean Ltd. (FOO), owner of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and Universal Foundation Norway, has reported NOK 413 million (EUR 42 million) in operating revenues in Q4 2018, a 13% increase compared to the same period in 2017, partly attributed to higher utilization of Brave Tern and Bold Tern. According to the company, the two jack-up vessels […]

  • Ørsted Breezes Past 3GW Operational Offshore Wind Mark in UK

    12 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Following the official opening of the Race Bank, Ørsted will own and partly own 10 operational offshore wind farms in the UK with a combined capacity of over 3,000MW.

  • UK Attracts Majority of Offshore Wind Investments in 2016

    27 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK offshore wind projects attracted around three quarters of all investments in Europe’s offshore wind capacity in the first six months of 2016, data released by WindEurope shows. UK-based projects which reached Final Investment Decision (FID) in the first half of 2016 carry a price tag of EUR 10.37 billion (GBP 8.7 billion) and have […]

  • Ørsted Allots Second Round East Coast Community Fund Grants

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Denmark-based Ørsted has awarded seventeen local organisations from Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk, UK, with grants from the second round of its East Coast Community Fund.

  • SOV Edda Passat Set to Start Journey to Race Bank

    27 February 2018
    Vessels

    Østensjø Rederi’s Service Operations Vessel (SOV) Edda Passat will depart for Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK at the end of this week, after the owner took delivery of the vessel from Astilleros Gondán today, 27 February. 

  • Lloyds Register Certifies Mainstream Renewable Power (UK)

    28 November 2011

    Mainstream Renewable Power today announced that its Offshore Business has been independently certified by Lloyds Register for Quality Assurance (LRQA) for its integrated management system for Safety, Health, Environment and Quality. The certification verifies that Mainstream’s management system meets internationally recognised Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. The […]

  • Highlights of the Month – September 2019

    3 October 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the top ten most read news in the month of September 2019. Siemens Gamesa Wants a Piece of Senvion German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Siemens Gamesa to pursue negotiations for the sale of selected Services and Onshore assets in Europe. UK Offshore […]

  • Highlights of the Month: January 2016

    2 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Sea Worker Runs Aground off Denmark, Crew Evacuated Offshore installation vessel Sea Worker ran aground south of Denmark’s Hvide Sande on the night between 26 and 27 January while under tow to Esbjerg, A2SEA said in a statement. Umoe Ventus Sinks After Catching Fire off Langeland The Wave Craft Surface Effect Ship Umoe Ventus sank yesterday […]

  • Bladt Industries: Uniform Jacket Foundation Design Would Save Money (Interview)

    31 October 2016

    A standardised design of jacket foundations would greatly contribute to offshore wind cost reduction, according to Jan Kjærsgaard, CEO of Bladt Industries, a company whose foundations are supporting numerous turbines installed in European waters. With the offshore wind industry being massively focused on minimising the costs and Bladt having done both three-legged and four-legged jacket […]

  • Siemens Gamesa, Ørsted Link Up with UK Universities to Boost Wind Turbine Efficiency

    23 March 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Technology

    A major collaboration between universities and energy companies has made “vital” improvements to offshore wind turbines, which could help them generate more renewable energy and reduce the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels. The GBP 7.7 million partnership between the Universities of Sheffield, Durham, Hull, and two global energy companies, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Ørsted, […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Passes into History

    15 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has started dismantling the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby located in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland.

  • Aker Offshore Wind, Aker Horizons to Complete Merger This Month

    15 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    The merger between Aker Offshore Wind (AOW) and Aker Horizons is expected to be completed after close of trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 17 June, which accordingly will be the last day of trading in the AOW shares on Euronext Growth Oslo, the company said in its latest trading update. As announced on […]

  • Offshore Wind Investments Reach Record USD 30 Billion in 2016

    12 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind was the brightest spot in the global clean energy investment picture in 2016 with capital spending commitments to this technology hitting USD 29.9 billion, according to the latest figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The industry saw a 40% increase in investment in 2016 compared to 2015 figures as developers took advantage […]

  • New Offshore Wind Investments Drop 60% in 2017

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Six projects worth EUR 7.5 billion reached Final Investment Decision (FID) last year – a 60% decrease from 2016 and the first decrease in investments since 2012 – according to WindEurope, which states that the transition to auctions has resulted in a lull in FIDs and that the auctions of the last two years are expected to lead to new project FIDs in 2018.

  • SPT Offshore Signs Korean Offshore Wind Deal

    20 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SPT Offshore has made its first entry into the Korean offshore wind industry by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Wind Energy on 15 June 2017.

  • DONG Floats UK East Coast Skills Fund

    7 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    DONG Energy has announced plans for a new GBP 75,000 Skills Fund as part of the company’s annual GBP 465,000 UK East Coast Community Fund.

  • UK: RES Offshore Signs O&M Contract for Met Masts in Dogger Bank Round 3 Zone

    8 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    RES Offshore has recently signed an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services contract with Forewind for two met masts in the Dogger Bank Round 3 zone.  These met masts are the furthest offshore of any in the UK and RES will be delivering scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for the structures and instrumentation systems including all work […]

  • Four Minority Shareholders Opt to Participate in DONG Energy’s Capital Increase

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    In continuation of the announcement that the Danish pension funds Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP) and PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab (PFA) and funds managed by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division through New Energy Investment S.a.r.l. (Goldman Sachs funds) will invest a total of DKK 11 billion in DONG Energy A/S, four of the existing five minority shareholders have […]

  • Octopus Renewables Buys Further Stake in Lincs Offshore Wind Farm

    16 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has acquired a further 7.75 per cent ownership interest in the Lincs offshore wind farm in the UK from a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management. The new buy-in follows ORIT’s investment from May of this year, when the investment company bought an initial 7.75 per cent stake in the wind […]