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  • Poland: Shorter response time can save millions of Euro’s

    22 April 2010
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    April 20, 2010 Rockwell Automation’s EtherNet/IP-based Wind Park Management solution offers a speed of response so fast that not only does it remove the need for millions of euro’s worth of capacitor banks, but it also surpasses the requirements of proposed 2013 utility-end-user requirements

  • Smulders, Equans Start Building Hollandse Kust West Beta Topside, Sif to Deliver Jacket Piles

    12 December 2022
    Grid Connection

    Smulders and Equans, joined by TenneT, have cut the first steel for the topside of the Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore substation, one of the two substations that will connect the wind farms from the Hollandse Kust West area in the North Sea to the Dutch grid. The steel cutting ceremony took place at the […]

  • Jan De Nul Orders Imeca Pile Gripper for Les Alizés

    6 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has selected Imeca for the delivery of an electrical motion-compensated pile gripper for its new floating installation vessel – Les Alizés. The tailor-made gripper, with an integrated X-Laboratory guidance and survey system, will allow safe and efficient installation of next-generation monopiles with pin-point accuracy, JDN said. The delivery of the gripper delivery […]

  • Top News of 2017 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2018

    The Offshore WIND editorial team brings you a list of what, in our opinion, were the most significant developments in the offshore wind industry in 2017. Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for […]

  • MHI VESTAS OFFSHORE WIND: Off to a Flying Start

    27 April 2015

    As the first anniversary of the creation of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind approaches the company looks back on a pretty good year as it lands its first commercial order for the much heralded V164-8.0 MW® and is named the preferred supplier for the Walney Extension project. The company has already seen employee numbers grow and […]

  • Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Hits Major Construction Milestones

    21 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, soon to be the world’s largest, has reached several significant construction milestones, with more to come in the coming days. All of the wind farm’s turbine foundations have now been installed, as well as the project’s offshore substation at the North Sea site 89 kilometres off the […]

  • WIND FARM SUPPORT VESSELS: The Class of 26

    4 May 2015

    It was only 4 years ago at Seawork International 2011 that a completely new class of offshore wind farm vessels was defined when a new vessel, 26 metres long with a 10 metres beam, was named Marineco Shamal and handed over to the owner Marineco. So began the class of 26. As this article is […]

  • OMS Sets up Operating Base at Steubenhoft Terminal (Germany)

    5 September 2011

    Cuxport is expanding its logistics services in the offshore sector by the addition of a service port component: The port operator and Offshore Marine Services (OMS) signed an agreement covering the use of the Steubenhöft Terminal as the operating base for maintaining and servicing the wind farms in the North Sea on 1 August 2011. […]

  • Trawlercat Marine Developing Two Improved W2W Vessel Models

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Trawlercat Marine Designs (TMD), a specialised power catamaran design company, officially entered the 2010 UK Carbon Trust OWA competition with a very innovative 20m “North Sea-Cat” vessel design. However, the company has revised its 2010 competition entry design with two new models.  The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) competition was initiated by the UK Carbon Trust to encourage and […]

  • Ørsted Allots GBP 75,000 in Skills Fund First Round

    11 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Ørsted has announced the winners of the first round of its new GBP 75,000 Skills Fund, a part of the company’s GBP 465,000 East Coast Community Fund.

  • UK: DONG to Build Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Westermost Rough in the North Sea on the British east coast. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 billion including the construction of the transmission assets. When the wind farm goes into operation, the transmission assets will be sold to an […]

  • Belgium: Europe Leads Offshore Wind Market with 90 Pct of Total Installation in 2012

    12 February 2013

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with annual market growth of almost 10%, and cumulative capacity growth of about 19%. A record year for US installations and a slower market in China mean that the two countries all but tied for the top […]

  • UK: Eden Rose Joins Tidal Transit Windfarm Service Vessel Fleet

    10 April 2012

    Eden Rose, the second of Tidal Transit’s fleet of windfarm service vessels, was launched on 30 March 2012 by its Spanish boat builder, Mercurio Plastics. Like its sister Ginny Louise, it is a state-of-the-art, purpose designed vessel for use by companies involved in the planning, development and construction of offshore wind farms in the Greater […]

  • Developers Unveil Plans for Wind Farm off East Yorkshire Coast (UK)

    11 November 2011

    PLANS for a huge wind farm to be built off the East Yorkshire coast have been unveiled to the public reports the Grimsby Telegraph. With the firm behind the scheme promising hundreds of jobs to people in North East Lincolnshire if the scheme goes ahead. Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures are leading the […]

  • USA: Wind Power Provides New Opportunities in Michigan

    29 February 2012

    Michigan and manufacturing go together. But it’s no secret the state has been hit hard by a generally shrinking U.S.-based manufacturing segment over the last several decades. Thanks in part to wind power, that’s changing in America, and in Michigan too. The story of recent wind power supply-chain entrant Energetx Composites of Hollland, Mich., and […]

  • DAVI iRoll eXtreme Control System : Setting new standards in off-shore foundations manufacturing

    6 October 2021

    By Dario Mulazzani, DAVI Product & Market Specialist Wind Energy & Heavy-Duty Division Located in such a dynamic and extremely powerful element as the sea, foundations represent one of the main elements of any off-shore wind farm which typically accounts for over one-fourth of the total equipment cost. Foundations must support the wind turbines by […]

  • First of Three Austal’s 27m Vessels Heads to UK

    14 April 2014

    The first of three 27 metre Austal wind farm support vessels has successfully completed sea trials at Austal’s Philippine shipyard and is heading to Europe, where it will commence operations for UK operator Turbine Transfers. Christened Church Bay, the first Wind Express 27 catamaran will arrive in the UK in late April 2014 and commence […]

  • Wind Power Picks up in 2011

    2 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Randers, Denmark) on March 30 announced the launch of its newest dedicated offshore turbine, called the V164-7.0 MW, with a rotor diameter of 164m/538 ft. According to Anders Søe-Jensen, president of Vestas Offshore, the offshore wind market is set to take off in the coming years, but more so in […]

  • Vattenfall Completes Installation of Final Turbine at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

        Vattenfall today completed the installation of the final turbine at its pioneering wind farm off the coast of north-west England. The 30th turbine at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm was installed at 3 am with the final rotor lift from A2Sea’s vessel, the SeaJack. Installation was completed four months after the first turbine was […]

  • Top News of 2019 – Editors’ Picks

    1 January 2020

    With 2019 now behind us, our editorial team looks back on what shaped the offshore wind industry in the last year of the decade. Below is a subjective list highlighting some of the most impactful events in the sector: UK Offshore Wind Strike Prices Slide Down to GBP 39.65/MWh Offshore wind projects selected in the […]

  • Ingeteam Targets 18 MW Offshore Wind Turbines with New Converter

    15 November 2022
    Technology

    Ingeteam has developed the INGECON® WIND FULL CONVERTER MV, a new product range of medium voltage full power converters already available for offshore turbines up to 15 MW and projected to be ready for 18 MW machines by 2024. This latest innovation is part of Ingeteam’s suite of full power drive train components, including the […]

  • STX Finland Oy and Gaiamare Ltd to Construct Multipurpose Deck Cargo Vessel

    23 March 2011
    Technology

    STX Finland Oy and Gaiamare Ltd signed a contract for the construction of an innovative and versatile multipurpose deck cargo vessel. The ship will be delivered during spring 2012 and has a length of 105 metres and a width of 19 metres. The environmentally friendly ship will provide work for about 300 persons. The concept […]

  • GERMANY UPDATE

    11 November 2016

    Since the last time we looked at the status of Germany’s offshore wind industry only two years ago in July 2014, the number of operational offshore wind turbines has jumped from just 141 capable of producing 616MW to 835 grid connected turbines capable of 3,552MW in July 2016 and another 54 installed turbines not yet […]

  • Mercurio Plastics Shipyard ‒ Offshore wind: A challenging market

    15 October 2012

    Spanish Mercurio Group found that attending the SeaWorks trade fair in Southampton lead to dedicated shipbuilding for the offshore wind industry. In 2011 they were commissioned by offshore logistics provider Tidal Transit to build two purpose built support vessels for this sector. The Ginny Louise arrived in December 2011 and started work on Greater Gabbard […]

  • Three Steps to Unlocking the Potential of High-Power Wind Turbines

    7 December 2022
    Industry, Technology

    This is a guest article by Daniel Gerber, Senior Vice President, Global Product Group Manager Wind, System Drives, ABB. The critical role of wind in the world’s future energy needs is clear: the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition states that 1,400 gigawatt (GW) of offshore wind power will sustain one tenth of global electricity demand by […]

  • Marylanders to State Leaders: “Double Wind and Solar Now!”

    15 January 2015
    Authorities, Environment

    As the 2015 Maryland General Assembly kicked off Wednesday, activists packed Lawyer’s Mall in front of the State House to call for action in 2015 to double the state’s use of clean electricity like wind and solar. The rally was headlined by a broad array of social justice, environmental, faith, labor and business leaders, who […]