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  • UK: HiDef Completes Testing of Its ‘Next Generation’ Surveying Technology

    28 August 2012

    HiDef has recently completed its 12 month long development and testing programme for its ‘next generation’ of imaging technologies. HiDef uses its patented technology to provide an aerial survey and mapping service to large scale infrastructure developers.  John Martin, Managing Director of HiDef, said “we couldn’t be more delighted with the development and testing phase […]

  • Photo of the Day: MPI Enterprise Shows Her Vroon Colours ahead of Nordsee One Work

    7 February 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s jack-up vessel MPI Enterprise has recently undergone her periodic drydocking in Hamburg prior to heading out to install Senvion wind turbines on the 322MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm. During her stay in dock, she was painted in Vroon red and labelled with Vroon’s white letter V. In the next couple of weeks, MPI […]

  • Ørsted Launches Its ‘Largest-Ever’ Apprenticeship Campaign in UK

    1 March 2023
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has opened its largest-ever apprenticeship recruitment campaign for its UK East Coast offshore wind farms. The announcement is for the first phase of 2023 applications for roles located on the East Coast. The second stage will see positions available on the West Coast. By the end of 2023, 18 apprentices […]

  • Van Oord Wins Major O&M Contract with Vattenfall

    22 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has selected Van Oord for planned and unplanned maintenance work at its offshore wind farms in Europe that together comprise around 600 wind turbines. Under a four-year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract, which has a one-year extension option, Van Oord-owned MPI Offshore will provide jack-up and associated lifting services for main component exchanges across […]

  • Spectrum Offshore Lands Hornsea Project One Contract

    12 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Spectrum Offshore with a contract for the offshore construction support survey on the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm located some 120km off the Yorkshire coast, UK. According to Spectrum Offshore, the works are being carried out onboard the crew transfer vessel Rix Leopard. The company said it has mobilized its in-house, custom […]

  • Beatrice Enters Final Quarter

    25 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    63 out of the 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines have been installed on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland, according to Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). 59 out of the 63 units installed have been commissioned, BOWL said. The turbine installation is expected to be completed in Spring 2019. Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up is loading […]

  • RSPB Scotland Welcomes Offshore Wind Plan for Scottish Water

    18 March 2011

    The Scottish Government’s Plan for Offshore Wind in Scottish Waters, published today, is key to delivering renewables in the right places, say RSPB Scotland. The plan considers the potential of Scotland’s offshore environment to accommodate wind energy developments from a national perspective, making proposals for the short and medium term development of offshore wind energy. […]

  • Geophysical Surveys Coming Up for Shell’s Floating Wind Project in Ireland

    8 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Green Rebel Marine will undertake a geophysical site survey campaign at the site of the Emerald floating offshore wind project in the North Celtic Sea, off the south coast of Ireland. The surveys will be conducted by the vessel Roman Rebel, using multibeam echosounders and ultra-high-resolution survey equipment, and will start on 13 July and […]

  • DTU Launches Global Wind Atlas 3.0

    24 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    DTU Wind Energy has launched Global Wind Atlas (GWA) version 3.0, a free web-based application containing new data about wind resources worldwide. According to DTU, GWA 3.0 continues to help policymakers, planners and investors identify global, national, regional and local high-wind areas for wind power generation. For this latest atlas, Vortex was commissioned by ESMAP to carry out 10 years of mesoscale […]

  • MPI Selects Teesport Commerce Park as UK Base

    18 February 2015
    Vessels

    MPI Offshore will use  Teesport Commerce Park in Middlesbrough to use as its UK base over the next six years. The lease agreement, signed with PD Ports, will see MPI Offshore establish a base for its fleet of installation vessels, which include the MPI Adventure, Resolution, Discovery and Enterprise. Peter Robinson, MPI’s Managing Director, commented: “Establishing a permanent […]

  • Nexans Signs Export Cable Contract for BP and Equinor US Offshore Wind Project

    6 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans has landed a significant contract for phase one of the Empire Wind offshore wind project developed by a 50/50 partnership between BP and Equinor. This contract follows the preferred supplier agreement signed in March 2021 and covers the design and manufacturing, as well as the laying and protection of export cables for the project. […]

  • E.ON Confirms Investment Decision for EUR 1.9 Bln Rampion OWF

    18 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Today, E.ON confirmed the investment decision for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The total investment is approximately EUR 1.9 billion. The UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has acquired a EUR 327 million stake in the project. The project is located in the English Channel, 13 kilometers from the Sussex coast due south of […]

  • USA: Funding for Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research & Development

    6 September 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Department of Energy announced that they will fund projects to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) renewable energy technologies. Those topics receiving support from this funding announcement include: Advanced Controls Next-Gen Power Take-Off Projects Advanced Structures Projects Marine & Hydrokinetic Environmental Projects Projects Analyzing Environmental Effects of Surrogate Technologies Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) members […]

  • UK: Seacat Volunteer Hits the Water

    6 January 2014

    Class-leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator Seacat Services and South Boats Isle of Wight, the UK’s foremost manufacturer of state of the art Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSV) today launched the latest of a string of vessels to benefit from a long-standing development relationship. Seacat Volunteer, a 24m South Catamaran designed and built at the […]

  • UK: Humber Firms Urged to Join Floating Turbine Development

    25 April 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Renewables businesses in the Humber are being urged to get involved with a new development in wind technology. Ambitious plans have been unveiled for floating wind turbines to harness more offshore wind power at potentially lower cost.  The UK and US are set to work together to develop floating wind turbines to harness more offshore wind […]

  • Germany: HOCHTIEF Acquires Four Offshore Wind Farms in AWZ

    20 March 2012

    HOCHTIEF Offshore Development Solutions has acquired the four offshore wind farms, North Sea Windpower 4-7 (NSWP 4-7), from the project developer Enova for an undisclosed purchase price. The joint venture founded by HOCHTIEF Solutions and Ventizz Capital Partners (50:50 share) is thus developing a total of five offshore wind farms in the German Exclusive Economic […]

  • Van Oord to Build Hollandse Kust (Noord)

    30 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has selected Van Oord as the Balance of Plant contractor for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind project. As the Balance of Plant contractor, Van Oord’s activities encompass the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the foundations, the inter-array cables, and transportation and installation of the wind turbines. […]

  • Pacific Orca Installs First Turbine at Beatrice OWF

    16 July 2018
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up vessel Pacific Orca has installed the first of the total of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland. 

  • BSH Awards Geophysical Survey Contract for German Offshore Wind Zone

    22 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fraunhofer IWES with a contract to carry out geophysical site investigation in the N-6 offshore wind area. The geophysical survey is set to be conducted this summer as part of the geological preliminary investigation at the N-6.6 and N-6.7 areas in the North Sea. The work includes the […]

  • Twenty Turbines Installed at Beatrice

    25 September 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s Pacific Orca has installed 20 out of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Spectrum Offshore Wins Five-Year London Array Contract

    5 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Spectrum Offshore has secured a five-year contract to provide combined crew transfer and survey services for the London Array offshore wind farm.

  • APEM Surveying Wildlife at Vietnam’s 3.4GW Offshore Wind Project

    7 November 2019
    R&D

    APEM Ltd has begun conducting aerial surveys at the Thang Long offshore wind project in Vietnam. Under a contract with Enterprize Energy, APEM is conducting baseline digital aerial surveys to collect data on birds and marine mammals at the project site offshore Ke Ga Cape. According to the UK-headquartered company, the surveys will be collected […]

  • Port of Tyne Sets Up Clean Energy Park

    6 November 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne has launched a new green energy park which will be used as a strategic base for UK North East’s renewable energy sector. The Tyne Clean Energy Park will provide infrastructure catering for all renewable energy production needs, with a total of 200ha of land soon to become available within its perimeters, […]

  • 3sun Recruiting Technicians in Denmark

    3 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    3sun Group has launched a recruitment drive from its Danish entity, as part of the Group’s strategy to increase its international footprint.  Commenting on the evolution of 3sun Group, CEO Graham Hacon, said: “As we continue to grow globally, it is important that we remain strategically placed within the European market. Our premises in Esbjerg […]

  • DHI Launches MetOcean Data Portal

    14 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    DHI Group has unveiled a new MetOcean Data Portal which is said to deliver validated metocean data and analytics within minutes.

  • Bay State Wind Teams Up with NEC for Energy Storage Solution

    19 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Bay State Wind has entered into a Letter of Intent to work collaboratively with Massachusetts-based NEC Energy Solutions on developing an energy storage solution for its 800MW wind / 55 MW – 110 MWh energy storage combined project offshore Massachusetts, US.