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  • Taiwanese Premier Champions Offshore Wind During Formosa 1 Tour

    16 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan is actively developing offshore wind power, which will be an important factor in transforming the country’s overall energy structure, Premier Lin Chuan said during a tour of the recently constructed 8MW Formosa One offshore wind farm off Miaoli County. The nation’s first two offshore wind turbines, just completed in October, show that Taiwan has entered a […]

  • Danish Test Bench Reduces Development Costs

    25 December 2012
    Technology

     The test bench is among the most advanced in the world and besides testing of durability, function and mechanics of the nacelle, the facility can test wind turbine stability and capacity in a wind farm with many turbines and analyse how the entire wind park relates to a specific grid code. The Danish wind power […]

  • OPSB Schedules Hearings on Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project

    18 August 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a hearing to allow the public to express their views about Icebreaker Windpower, Inc.’s application to construct a wind-powered electric generation facility in Lake Erie.

  • Senvion Prepping IPO to Finance Expansion

    22 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Senvion Group is planning a listing of its shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange during the first half of 2016 to improve the company’s visibility as it moves into new markets, the German offshore and onshore wind turbine maker said in a statement today. The listing of the company’s shares on the regulated market segment (Prime […]

  • Icebreaker Hits a Snag

    7 April 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has found the application submitted by the Icebreaker Windpower Inc. for a certificate to construct the 20.7MW Icebreaker offshore wind farm in Lake Erie not to be in compliance with certain chapters of the Ohio Administrative Code.

  • USA: Virginia Senators Submit Legislation to Expand Offshore Energy Leases

    23 May 2013
    Authorities

    U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) yesterday cosponsored the introduction of The Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013. The legislation would expand American offshore energy production with a revised five-year leasing plan, and provide revenue sharing. The bill would provide an alternative to the Administration’s proposed 2012-2017 offshore oil and gas […]

  • Offshore Wind a Global, Multi-Billion Pound Chance for UK Companies (Prospectus)

    1 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The UK and export market for offshore wind products and services provided by UK-based firms is expected to be worth GBP 4.9 billion a year by 2030, according to a new prospectus by the former McLaren Group CEO and Formula One Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh.

  • Germany: NORD/LB Finances Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is participating in the financing of an installation vessel for offshore wind energy farms. Commissioned by the international provider of construction-related services HOCHTIEF, the “VIDAR” is a jack-up vessel being built at the Crist shipyard in Poland and scheduled to go into service from 2013 onwards. NORD/LB has co-structured the transaction within […]

  • Icebreaker Moves Through the System

    9 July 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The technical staff of Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has published its Report of Investigation, recommending that the Board approves the construction of the proposed Icebreaker offshore wind farm in Lake Erie, subject to certain conditions.

  • Van Oord to Use Cortland Slings for Norther, DeBu Works

    6 July 2018
    Vessels

    Van Oord has ordered lifting slings from Cortland, a global ropes and slings specialist, for the installation of monopiles and transition pieces at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium and Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany.

  • OPSB Schedules Icebreaker Offshore Wind Farm Meeting

    23 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) is holding a second local hearing about Icebreaker Windpower’s proposed offshore wind farm in Lake Erie in Cleveland, US, on 19 July.

  • Residents Disturbed by Noise from Kentish Flats Extension

    18 May 2015
    Environment

    Some residents have experienced disturbance from the piling work currently undertaken 7km offshore Herne Bay and Whitstable in Kent. The Swedish energy giant, Vattenfall, is currently installing foundations at the 49.5MW Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm comprising 15 turbines. Adam Ezzamel, Foundations Package Manager, pointed out the reasons behind noisy work at different times […]

  • SeaZip Orders Two More Damen Twin Axe Catamarans

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service have strengthened their working relationship by signing another contract for two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2610 at Wind Energy in Hamburg. The two new vessels, to be named SeaZip 3 and SeaZip 4, will be mobilised in transporting personnel and small quantities of freight to North Sea offshore […]

  • ABLI Supports Deepwater Wind’s 200 MW Project

    16 May 2014

     The Association for a Better Long Island (ABLI) has endorsed a proposal by Deepwater Wind to build a 200 megawatt wind farm some 30 miles off the east end of Long Island, calling it “a strategic response to the challenge of providing clean, affordable energy to Long Island.” “Faced with the burden of utility bills that threatens […]

  • Norway: ‘Ringing’ Phenomenon Caused by Waves Can Break Wind Turbines

    28 February 2013
    R&D

    Professor John Grue, one of the world’s leading experts on wave research from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oslo, discovered a wave phenomenon called ringing in 1989. It occurs when waves hit marine installations, causing a special type of vibration. According to Professor Grue, ringing can break wind turbines and it may […]

  • OPSB Postpones Adjudicatory Hearing for Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project

    26 October 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has postponed the adjudicatory hearing previously scheduled for Icebreaker Windpower, Inc.’s application to construct an offshore wind farm in Lake Erie, Ohio.

  • South Boats IOW Launches 26m Crew Transfer Vessel

    7 October 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    South Boats IOW, the UK’s foremost manufacturer of state of the art Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSV), has launched its first of class South Cat 26m named ‘Seacat Intrepid’ for Seacat Services Ltd. The all new South Cat 26m is the first new design to benefit from the extensive testing programme carried out to understand […]

  • CTruk Names New Chairman

    29 May 2014

    Composite high-speed craft designer and builder CTruk has appointed shipbuilding industry veteran Peter McIntosh OBE to succeed Andy White as chairman. The former executive director of VT Group PLC has extensive experience of the marine and defence industries and will steer the innovative company through its next stage of growth. Andy will remain on the […]

  • Port of New Bedford Nets USD 15.4 Million Expansion Grant

    10 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of New Bedford in Massachusetts has received a USD 15.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation which will be used for expanding and improving the infrastructure.

  • Seacat Services Orders Next-Generation CTVs

    21 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    UK-based offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has ordered two next-generation multi-hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs). Seacat Services placed the order with naval architects, BAR Technologies. The vessels, Seacat Columbia and Seacat Cambria, were designed in partnership with Chartwell Marine, Seacat Services said. The first BARTech 30 CTV is expected to be completed by […]

  • UK: South Boats and Seacat Services Ink GBP 10 Mln Order

    17 September 2013

    Seacat Services, the class leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator, and South Boats IoW, the UK’s foremost manufacturer of wind farm crew transfer vessels, have signed a £10m, three workboat deal. The agreement represents one of the largest single wind farm workboat orders ever placed by a charter service firm and enables the specialist UK […]

  • Italy: Prysmian Releases Results for First Three Months

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Board of Directors of Prysmian S.p.A. has approved the Group’s consolidated results for the first quarter of 2012 (which are not subject to audit). ” The integration with Draka has led to a significant growth in size – comments CEO Valerio Battista -, allowing sales to be better distributed geographically and the range of […]

  • U.S. DOE Seeks Public Input on Icebreaker Draft Environmental Assessment

    6 September 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) are requesting public input on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 20.7MW Project Icebreaker.

  • New Large-Scale Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Emerges in Denmark

    3 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Swiss energy company H2 Energy Europe has bought an 11-hectare site near Esbjerg in Denmark for a 1 GW offshore wind-to-hydrogen project that could be up running in 2024. The location where the electrolyser plant will be built enables H2 Energy Europe to access the electricity produced by offshore wind farms in the North Sea […]

  • Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

    1 August 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has found that Icebreaker Windpower Inc.’s application for a permit to construct the 20.7MW Icebreaker wind farm in Lake Erie off Cleveland is now in compliance and ready to be processed.

  • Seacat Rainbow Heads Straight to Work

    9 March 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seacat Services’ newly launched catamaran, Seacat Rainbow, has gone straight on to a long-term charter with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL). Seacat Rainbow will support operations & maintenance activity for the service team working at the 588 MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland, joining her sister vessel Seacat Weatherly which is currently on charter with […]