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  • Siemens Gamesa, Dominion Energy Solidify Massive Offshore Wind Deal in US

    21 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and Dominion Energy Virginia have reached an agreement for delivery of offshore wind turbines and ten years of service for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project, for which Dominion is planning to use 176 units of the currently world’s largest offshore wind turbine in operation. According to Siemens Gamesa, […]

  • UK to Invest GBP 95 Million in Two New Offshore Wind Ports

    11 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The UK government plans to invest up to GBP 95 million (around EUR 111 million) to build two new offshore wind port hubs on the Humber and on Teesside. Teesworks Offshore Manufacturing Centre, on the River Tees, will benefit from up to GBP 20 million. As previously reported, Able Marine Energy Park, on the South […]

  • Vineyard Wind and Shoreline Offshore to Build CTV Terminal in New Bedford

    31 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has entered into a partnership with Shoreline Offshore to build a berthing and fueling area for crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The work will involve deploying two floating barges on Pope’s Island, New Bedford, and Shoreline Offshore upgrading its existing facilities, including adding fuel […]

  • DEME Starts Work on Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project, Vineyard Wind Next

    22 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME has kicked off the work on Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project in the USA. As reported, Dominion Energy selected a consortium of DEME and Prysmian as the Balance of Plant (BoP) contractors in charge of the transportation and installation of the foundations and the substations, and the engineering, procurement, construction, […]

  • Eni Completes Dogger Bank Stake Buy

    26 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Italian oil and gas major Eni has completed the acquisition of a 20 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A and the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank B offshore wind farms in the UK. Eni bought the stakes from Equinor (10 per cent) and SSE Renewables (10 per cent). Following this transaction, the […]

  • Pacific Osprey Gearing Up for Giant Wind Turbines

    24 January 2020
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has contracted Blue Water Shipping to transport Pacific Osprey’s new crane boom from NOV’s manufacturing yard in China to Denmark. The boom was loaded onto SAL’s M/V Wiebke on 21 January and left the yard the day after. The vessel is expected to reach Denmark around 1 March. SBO expects Pacific […]

  • Ørsted, PSEG Select Ocean Wind 1 Onshore Transmission Team

    26 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and PSEG, the developers of the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm in New Jersey, have awarded engineering, procurement, and construction contracts for the project’s onshore transmission system to JINGOLI Power and Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company. The contracts include the installation of two high voltage substations and around nine miles (14 […]

  • GE Renewable Energy Names New Offshore Wind CEO

    29 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy has appointed Jan Kjaersgaard as the new CEO of its Offshore Wind business. Kjaersgaard will succeed John Lavelle who is retiring after a 40-year career and plans to stay on board to assist with a transition over the next several months. Kjaersgaard joins GE from FLSmidth, where he was most recently President […]

  • Tethys and Aerones Win Blade Robotics Innovation Competition

    18 November 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Tethys Energy Services (Tethys) and Aerones have won a competition to demonstrate a novel remote blade maintenance technique for offshore wind farms to GE Renewable Energy. The two companies have won a blade robotics innovation competition launched by GE Renewable Energy, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, and KTN, which called for robotics solutions focussed […]

  • Pre-Lay Survey of Vineyard Wind’s Export Cable Route Underway

    18 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    A pre-lay multibeam survey operation has begun along the export cable route for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm in Massachusetts. The survey operations, being performed by the research vessel Shearwater in the Nantucket Sound, will take approximately two weeks, subject to weather conditions. Shearwater is accompanied by the fishing vessels Chicawa and Rock & […]

  • Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Project Reaches New Milestone

    20 June 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind energy project offshore New Jersey. BOEM’s DEIS for the proposed Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action described in Ocean Wind’s project plan for constructing […]

  • Eni Completes Dogger Bank C Stake Buy

    11 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Italian oil and gas major Eni has completed the aquisition of a 20 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm in the UK. Eni bought the stakes from Equinor (ten per cent) and SSE Renewables (ten per cent). Eni is already a partner with SSE Renewables and Equinor on […]

  • Largest Wind Turbine for Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    1 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farms, which is developing what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm when built, has unveiled GE Renewable Energy as its preferred turbine supplier. Under the new deal, GE Renewable Energy will supply Dogger Bank with the Haliade-X turbine, bringing the world’s most powerful wind turbine to the world’s largest wind […]

  • World’s Largest, Most Powerful Wind Turbine Stands Complete

    12 November 2021
    Technology

    The third and final 108-metre blade has been installed on Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD prototype offshore wind turbine at the test centre in Østerild, Denmark. With the final blade in place, the SG 14-222 DD prototype has become the world’s largest and most powerful turbine to be installed, taking the mantle from GE Haliade-X […]

  • ORE Catapult Picks Powertrain Research Hub Academic Partner

    11 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has named the University of Sheffield as the academic partner for its new research hub dedicated to offshore wind turbine powertrains. The GBP 2.5 million Powertrain Research Hub (PTRH) will focus on the development of next-generation turbines and future technologies and research solutions for improving turbine reliability and availability, ORE Catapult said. […]

  • Dogger Bank Owners Close Largest Ever Offshore Wind Project Financing

    26 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and SSE have reached financial close on the first two phases of the Dogger Bank wind farm project, representing in aggregate the largest offshore wind project financing to date globally. The 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project is divided into three 1.2 GW phases, Dogger Bank A, Dogger Bank B, and Dogger Bank C. The […]

  • Siemens Gamesa’s Flagship Prototype Offshore Wind Turbine Starts Taking Shape

    23 September 2021
    Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has started installing the SG 14-222 DD prototype offshore wind turbine at the test centre in Østerild, Denmark. The wind turbine’s tower has now been erected at the site, Siemens Gamesa said. Upon completion, the prototype unit will become the most powerful wind turbine installed in the world, surpassing GE’s 13 MW Haliade-X […]

  • Largest Wind Turbine Rotor Test Rig Under Construction in Netherlands

    24 August 2020
    R&D, Technology

    A consortium comprising GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and TNO is building a test facility for wind turbine rotors, which will be largest of its kind once built at LM Wind Power’s WMC Technology Center in Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands. The test rig, being constructed under the three-year STRETCH project which is partially funded by […]

  • Highlights of the Month – March 2021

    1 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Here are the ten most-read articles on Offshore WIND in March 2021. World’s First Floating Wind Farm Best Performer in UK With an average capacity factor of 57.1% in the twelve months to March 2020, Hywind Scotland set a new record in the UK. Offshore Wind-to-Whisky Project Launches in Scotland The power would be supplied […]

  • Offshore Wind Faces Installation Vessel Shortage – Rystad Energy

    26 November 2020
    Vessels

    The market for vessels capable of installing large offshore wind components is quickly being outpaced by growing demand from the global development pipeline, a Rystad Energy analysis shows. With offshore wind booming, the global fleet of wind farm installation vessels will be insufficient to meet the demand after 2025, according to Rystad Energy. The analysis […]

  • Seaway Strashnov Returns to Dogger Bank Wind Farm for Monopile Installation, First OSS Jacket In Place

    18 April 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy lift vessel Seaway Strashnov has returned to the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm site to resume the installation of monopile foundations. Meanwhile, the crane vessel Thialf has installed the jacket foundation for the Dogger Bank A offshore substation and will soon move on to the installation of the topside. The foundation installation on […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and GE Trade Patent Infringement Complaints

    7 October 2020
    Authorities, Technology

    Wind turbine manufacturers Siemens Gamesa and GE Renewable Energy have filed patent infringement complaints against each other in the United States. Siemens Gamesa filed the patent infringement complaint against GE Renewable Energy in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on 29 September. In the complaint, Siemens Gamesa is alleging that GE’s […]

  • First Foundation Stands at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    26 July 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of the 277 wind turbine foundations has started on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm which is being developed 130 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, the UK. The campaign to install turbine foundations at what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm has commenced in recent days, with the installation of the […]

  • UK’s First Offshore Wind Robotics Centre Breaks Ground

    4 February 2022
    R&D, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Centre in Blyth, North East England, has simultaneously broken ground on a multimillion-pound offshore wind robotics centre and a manufacturing cell that will be used to research next-generation wind turbine blades. UK government’s Getting Building Fund will finance the offshore robotics centre with a total of GBP 3 million […]

  • Vineyard Wind Charters CTVs from Local Companies

    10 May 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has signed a charter agreement with Massachusetts-based Patriot Offshore Maritime Services for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for work on the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. The CTV will be delivered during mid–2023 and deployed directly into construction, transporting essential personnel and equipment in support of the project. The 27-metre […]

  • Dogger Bank Adds Sif and Smulders to Tier 1 Roster

    17 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of Sif Netherlands and Smulders Projects Belgium will manufacture all the monopiles and transition pieces for the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind farm project. Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, awarded the consortium with the contract to manufacture and deliver 190 monopiles and transition pieces […]