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  • RVO Soon to Open Geotechnical Survey Tender for IJmuiden Ver V & VI

    3 June 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to publish a call for tenders for geotechnical investigations at IJmuiden Ver V and VI offshore wind sites around the end of June 2022. Together with the two sites, the agreement with a successful tenderer will also include two other investigation areas, which RVO did not specify in its […]

  • VOS Stone Books Another Arkona OWF Gig

    10 October 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has awarded Vroon’s subsea-support walk-to-work vessel VOS Stone a contract to support inter-array cabling operations at the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm from spring 2018.

  • Atlas Professionals Joining Wikinger Team

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola and specialist recruiter Atlas Professionals have signed a frame agreement for the provision of personnel to complement the existing team working on the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm project in the German part of the Baltic Sea. Atlas’ offshore wind team will be providing a range of personnel for Iberdrola including Engineering, Project […]

  • Vestas Signs Baltic Eagle Wind Turbine Supply Contract

    25 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Iberdrola and Vestas have signed a contract for the supply of 50 units of Vestas’s V174-9.5 MW wind turbine model for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The contract follows the selection of Vestas (MHI Vestas) as the preferred supplier for the project in 2019 and is accompanied with a Service and Maintenance […]

  • RWE Hires BWTS for Three German Offshore Wind Farms

    24 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    RWE has commissioned BWTS GmbH to provide maintenance and repair of the safety equipment at its three offshore wind farms in Germany. BWTS is providing technical examination, as well as maintenance and repair of the safety equipment, such as the access systems and chain hoists, at the Arkona, Amrumbank West and Nordsee Ost wind farms. […]

  • 50Hertz and Parkwind Sign German Baltic Sea Pact

    2 October 2019
    Grid Connection

    50Hertz and Parkwind have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the technical aspects of the Ostwind 2 grid connection project in the German Baltic Sea. The essential aspects of the MoU include specific agreements for the development, procurement, construction and operation of the shared offshore platform, Ostwind 2, covering basic technical details and […]

  • Van Oord Records Best Year in Offshore Wind

    26 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord’s offshore wind business unit posted record revenue of EUR 706 million in 2018, a 75.2% increase compared to the revenue of EUR 403 million reported in 2017. The increase was attributed to a simultaneous start of four major offshore wind projects: Deutsche Bucht in Germany, Norther in Belgium, East Anglia ONE in the UK, […]

  • Offshore Wind Fills Boskalis’ Order Book, Eases 2018 Headwinds

    7 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind and cable activities delivered a substantially lower contribution to Boskalis’ Offshore Energy division in 2018, which was attributed to project-specific operational and contractual issues on certain projects, the company said. EBITDA from the Offshore Energy segment amounted to EUR 111.3 million in 2018, with an operating result of EUR 5 million. In 2017, […]

  • Iberdrola Joins 600 MW Offshore Wind Project in Japan

    17 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Japan’s Cosmo Eco Power and the engineering firm Hitz to jointly develop the 600 MW Seihoku-oki project in Aomori prefecture, in the northwest of Japan. The Seihoku-oki offshore wind farm, under development, will enter round two of the capacity auction planned by the Japanese government between […]

  • SeaTwirl, Kontiki Winds to Explore Powering Oil & Gas Assets with Floating Wind

    15 May 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    Sweden-headquartered SeaTwirl has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kontiki Winds to identify and discuss the opportunities to electrify oil and gas assets and other offshore applications, with the use of SeaTwirl’s floating wind turbines. Under the MoU, the two companies will explore new opportunities in the market to implement offshore wind into new […]

  • Iberdrola to Resume Construction Work on French Offshore Wind Project This Month

    4 January 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has revealed that it completed the first phase of construction for its 496 MW Saint-Brieuc wind farm offshore France, with works continuing in January depending on weather conditions. A total of 65 per cent of the piles and 40 per cent of the jacket foundations that will support wind turbines have now been installed […]

  • Canada: NaiKun Wind Releases Q1 Financial Results

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

      NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has announced its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2012, a fiscal period in which the Company continued to explore ways to forward the NaiKun Wind Project while controlling its costs. A substantial restructuring was undertaken in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 and the Company […]

  • China’s Offshore Wind Industry Entering Era of Large-Scale Development

    7 January 2013

    China’s offshore wind industry is entering an era of large-scale development, as the country’s wind power development is the most rapid in the world. “Wind power has become the third-largest electric power in China,” said Liu Qi, deputy director general of the National Energy Administration. “There is no electric power to substitute the position of […]

  • The Netherlands: Fugro’s Revenue Grows as Expected

    10 May 2011

    The growth in revenue that commenced in the second half of 2010 continued, as expected, in the first months of 2011. This was despite somewhat lower utilisation of the vessel fleet due to such factors as a higher number of planned dry dockings for regular maintenance and the unexpected cancellation of a large offshore project […]

  • Siemens Secures Order for Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    24 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Energy has secured another order for an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the customer DONG Energy the company will supply up to 89 wind turbines for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the North Sea off the German coast. With a total capacity of 320 megawatts (MW) the wind power plant will […]

  • Final Arkona Monopile Goes For a Splash

    8 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    On Tuesday, 7 November, the 60th and final monopile built for the Arkona offshore wind farm was lowered into water at the port basin of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH prior to being towed to the installation site some 35 kilometres northeast of the Rügen Island in the German Baltic Sea.

  • South Korea Launches EUR 36 Billion Offshore Wind Project

    5 February 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    South Korea has unveiled a KRW 48.5 trillion (EUR 36 billion) project to develop an 8.2 GW wind complex offshore the Sinan County, South Jeolla Province. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in oversaw the signing of the agreement to build the offshore wind complex in the country’s southwest. The agreement is said to involve 33 public […]

  • MMO Gives Go-Ahead to UK-Norway Interconnector

    3 December 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Works associated with the laying of the undersea electricity cable between the UK and Norway have been approved by the MMO. The Norwegian government gave consent for the development in its waters in October 2014 with the Secretary of State for Climate Change, Ed Davey, commenting on its significance. The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable […]

  • Swedish Company Submits Application for 101-Turbine Offshore Wind Farm

    20 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Swedish company OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm within the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg. The permit application, which includes an environmental impact assessment (EIA), is handled by the County Administrative Board of Halland. The project, called Galatea-Galene, would comprise 101 turbines […]

  • The Netherlands: Registration Live for Offshore Energy & OWIM 2013

    26 August 2013

    With less than 2 months to go the registration for both Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference and Offshore WIND Installation and Maintenance (OWIM) 2013 is now open at www.offshore-energy.biz. Hosted in Amsterdam RAI on October 15 & 16 the events expect some 500 exhibitors, 8,500 visitors and 900 conference delegates. Attendance at the exhibition is […]

  • First Arkona Monopiles In Place

    24 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has kicked off the offshore construction phase on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind project with the installation of the first of the 60 monopile foundations in the German Baltic Sea. 

  • Netherlands Eyeing Co-Location of Offshore Wind and CCS Projects

    9 June 2022
    Authorities, R&D

    The Netherlands is looking into whether areas of the North Sea could be used simultaneously for offshore wind and carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments. According to a study performed by Fugro, offshore wind farms and CCS projects in the Dutch sector of the North Sea can coexist; however, safety of such future developments needs […]

  • Arkona Sprints to Finish Line

    24 October 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation on the Arkona offshore wind farm has been completed ahead of schedule and in record time, E.ON said.

  • Canada: NaiKun Wind Posts Net Loss of CAD 0.5 Million

    25 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (the “Company” or “NaiKun Wind”) announced its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2013, a fiscal period in which the Company continued to explore ways to forward the NaiKun Wind Project while controlling its costs. A substantial restructuring was undertaken in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 […]

  • North Carolina University to Study Offshore Wind

    25 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill will deploy two large buoys 20 miles offshore of the coast and 40 miles north and southwest from Cape Hatteras to capture wind, temperature and barometric pressure data for ongoing research on offshore wind energy. The data will also be made available to the public — […]

  • Iberdrola Buys Into 3.3 GW Offshore Wind Portfolio in Japan

    17 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has reached an agreement with Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) to acquire 100 per cent of the Japanese offshore wind developer Acacia Renewables. Acacia Renewables currently has two offshore wind farms under development, with a combined capacity of up to 1.2 GW, which could be operational by 2028. It also has […]