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  • 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 […]

  • 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 — […]

  • Finland to Lease Sea Area for Offshore Wind Extension Project

    31 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus will lease the public area off the coast of Pori Tahkoluoto to Suomen Hyötytuuli for offshore wind power production. The agreement is the first long-running access right contract for public water area designated for wind power production. The project could have a capacity of over 600 MW and is an extension […]

  • Erie County Council Joins LEEDCo

    23 April 2015
    Authorities

    On April 21, the County Council of Erie County, Pennsylvania voted unanimously to join the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), the non-profit organization based in Northeast Ohio leading the effort to develop the offshore wind industry in Lake Erie. Erie County becomes the first county outside of Ohio to join the public-private partnership. Membership […]

  • South Korea’s President Reaffirms 12 GW of Offshore Wind by 2030 Goal

    17 July 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    President of South Korea Moon Jae-in has pledged to expand the country’s offshore wind power capacity from the current 124 MW to 12 GW by 2030, according to local media. Moon announced his pledge on Friday, 17 July, during a visit to a turbine research center and the operational 60 MW Southwest Offshore Demonstration Wind Farm […]

  • Vattenfall to Bid in Norwegian Offshore Wind Auction

    8 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall has joined forces with Norwegian company Seagust to bid for offshore wind areas in Norway’s upcoming licensing rounds. The two companies have established a joint venture to participate in the auction, which represents Vattenfall’s entry into the Norwegian offshore wind market. The companies plan to bid for licenses in both the Utsira Nord and […]

  • Boskalis, VolkerWessels to Handle Wikinger’s Foundations

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Volker Stevin International (VolkerWessels) have been awarded a contract by Iberdrola Renewables Offshore Deutschland GmbH for the transport and installation of seventy wind turbine foundations and six offshore substation piles for the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 75 […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES to Survey German Offshore Wind Zone

    21 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fraunhofer IWES has secured a contract to provide geophysical investigation and hydrographic survey services at the N-9.4 offshore wind zone in the German North Sea. The work will be carried out in 2022 as part of the preliminary investigations of the seabed at the zone. The contract was awarded by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic […]

  • Floating LiDARs Wanted for Three New Offshore Wind Sites in German North Sea

    27 October 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a call to tender for wind measurement campaign in the N-13 wind energy area in the North Sea, which encompasses three sites for offshore wind development. BSH plans to carry out three one-year in-situ measurements with three independent measuring devices, which will enable assessment of the […]

  • Northland Power Preparing Bid for German Offshore Wind Sites

    27 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Northland Power is preparing to bid in the ongoing offshore wind tender in Germany for the N-3.8, N-3.7, and O-1.3 offshore wind areas. Northland Power holds a step-in right for N-3.8, the former Nordsee 2 offshore wind farm area, which means it has pre-emption rights in the tender. To remind, the Canada-headquartered company is the […]

  • Siemens Installs BorWin2 Offshore Platform

    29 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has installed the BorWin2 offshore platform in the North Sea northwest of the island of Borkum. This marks Siemens’ achievement of the second crucial milestone in the German grid connection projects under contract with the German-Dutch network operator TenneT. Siemens had already erected its first converter platform for the HelWin1 connection off Heligoland in the […]

  • USV Survey Starting at Proposed 1 GW Offshore Wind Project in Ireland

    2 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    An unmanned surface vessel (USV) survey is set to begin this month at the Braymore Wind Park site located offshore Ireland. Trial operations of remotely piloted XOcean USVs will take place in the Balbriggan and Drogheda Bay area during September and October for approximately six weeks, subject to weather and operational constraints. The vessels will […]

  • ELA Living Quarters for Jumbo TP Crew

    18 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    ELA Container Offshore has recently delivered two ELA Offshore Living Quarters for Jumbo Offshore’s Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) MV Fairplayer, which worked on the transportation and installation of transition pieces (TPs) for the Arkona offshore wind farm.

  • Commerz Real Places First Offshore Wind Fund

    17 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Investment and asset management services provider, Commerz Real Capital Management Company, has placed its Institutional Infrastructure Offshore Fund, ​​​​with more than EUR 200 million acquired from institutional investors. A number of institutional investors are now participating in the Veja Mate offshore wind farm through the special alternative investment fund in the form of a portfolio […]

  • Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry

    26 December 2014

    Pontoon loaded with offshore wind turbine parts sinks off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea. The 35×11 meters large transporting pontoon sprung a leak while being towed from Stralsund towards Kiel by Bösch tug, and sank almost four kilometers northwest of […]

  • USA: AWS Truepower Joins Forces with New York State Colleges

    29 April 2012

    AWS Truepower, LLC, an international leader in renewable energy consulting and information services announced a new partnership with New York State Colleges to form the Center for Evaluation of Clean Energy Technology (CeCeT), an organization that will benefit manufacturers of clean energy technology by providing access to testing equipment and expertise.  “Collaboration between the business […]

  • SeaTwirl Cleared to Install S2x Prototype Offshore Norway After Appeal Is Rejected

    26 January 2023
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The Norwegian authority, Norges Vassdrags- og Energidirektorat (NVE), has rejected an appeal to overturn SeaTwirl’s S2x concession in Norway. The decision can therefore no longer be appealed and SeaTwirl can now progress with the planning and installation of the S2x prototype. SeaTwirl was first awarded the concession together with Marin Energi Testsenter in late March […]

  • Siemens to supply 80 wind turbines for German wind farm off Sylt Island

    21 October 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Company also signs first maintenance contracts for North Sea power lines Siemens has clinched an order to supply 80 wind turbines for the Dan Tysk wind farm off Germany’s North Sea coast. With a total capacity of 288 megawatts, the farm will begin supplying clean electricity to 500,000 German households in 2014. Dan Tysk Offshore […]

  • Semco Maritime to Take Care of Arcadis Ost 1 Substation

    4 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind has awarded Semco Maritime a five-year service contract for the offshore substation at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. From 2022 to 2027, Semco Maritime will perform service assignments at the offshore platform northeast of Rügen island in Germany. The company’s scope of work will include scheduled and […]

  • Iberdrola Adding Further Projects to Offshore Wind Portfolio in Japan

    27 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has incorporated one more planned offshore wind farm into its project development portfolio in Japan, according to the latest quarterly results published by the Spanish company, which is now also in an advanced discussion stage for another project in the country. “In addition to the Aomori, Saga and Satsuma projects, the Yuza project has […]

  • Siemens Successfully Installs HelWin1 Platform (Germany)

    26 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea, marking the successful completion of a significant stage in German grid connection projects. HelWin1 will link the two offshore wind farms Nordsee Ost and Meerwind to the mainland. Using the Siemens technology installed on the platform, the alternating current power generated by the wind […]

  • Heerema’s Thialf Lowers Baltic Eagle Topside Into Place

    23 February 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the offshore substation topside for Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The substation topside, which was completed last month, was installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Thialf. The jacket foundation had been placed on the construction site in October 2022. The installation involved the heaviest lifting […]

  • DEME Places Order for Arcadis Ost 1 Hardware in Poland

    2 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has signed a contract with Poland’s Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia (EPG) for the fabrication and delivery of equipped secondary steel structures for the Arcadis ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. EPG will deliver 27 sets of equipped secondary steel structures for turbine foundations, and for one offshore substation transition piece. The […]

  • Orion Ready to Install XXL Monopiles at Arcadis Ost 1

    30 May 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of 28 XXL monopiles for 27 wind turbines and one substation of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm is about to begin as DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion has arrived at the Port of Roenne, the project’s storage and marshaling port. According to available AIS data, Orion arrived at the port this […]

  • Oleg Strashnov to Install Arkona OSS in April

    27 March 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    At the beginning of April, Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov will install the 4,000-tonne Arkona topside onto its jacket foundation.

  • Germans Issue Offshore Wind Geological Modelling Tender

    17 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie) has issued a tender for geological modeling and reporting on wind areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender is part of preliminary geological investigations on the N-3 zone in the German North Sea, and the O-1 zone in the German […]