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  • Germany: Sanmar Delivers The Navtug Flattop ‘TORSTEN’ to Schramm Group

    8 March 2012

    M/T TORSTEN is a powerful handy-sized multipurpose anchor-handling and assistance tug with a large flat deck area. Its main scope of service is providing assistance at any offshore and nearshore construction sites, as well as anchor-handling and aiding cable-laying vessels. Sanmar has been involved in building standard series tugboats for many years, always stating that […]

  • Benj Sykes from DONG Energy to Discuss UK’s Energy Situation

    4 March 2014

    On Thursday evening, March 6, DONG Energy’s Benj Sykes will be part of a panel debate at Durham Energy Institute discussing whether the UK can keep the lights on. Here, he explains part of his opening arguments around offshore wind, one of DONG Energy’s key business areas and how the technology will contribute to UK […]

  • Welsh Marine Energy Project Gets GBP 1 Mln from EU

    12 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    An EU scheme pioneering collaborative research projects in marine science between business and universities has been given a £1m EU boost, Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt has announced.  Bangor University’s £23.6m SEACAMS project, delivered in partnership with Aberystwyth and Swansea Universities, is helping to develop the coastal marine economy in Wales. It has already worked […]

  • 80 Pct of Irish People Support Wind Developments, Poll Finds

    27 March 2013

    The Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA), the national body representing the wind energy sector in Ireland has today (27 March) strongly welcomed an opinion poll conducted on its behalf by Ipsos MRBI which revealed that 80% of the Irish public support wind developments. This opinion poll was taken from 916 respondents. Reacting to this opinion […]

  • Fugro Completes Two Tasks at Gwynt y Mor

    10 September 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has undertaken two key tasks at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, successfully completing the trenching and burial of inter-array cables for CT Offshore and providing unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey support. Once complete, RWE Innogy’s 160-turbine Gwynt y Môr, in the Irish Sea off the North Wales coast, will be the second largest […]

  • Danish Yachts to Launch SeaStrider

    31 January 2012

    Danish Yachts is to launch its advanced new range of commercial vessels – SeaStrider. Designed for high-speed passenger transport, SeaStrider is groundbreaking both in terms of design technology and build and is the first carbon fibre SWATH to be built. The first boat under construction in the range is the SeaStrider SWATH for carrying service […]

  • LEEDCo Signs Revenue Sharing Agreement in Offshore Wind Project With Four Counties (USA)

    27 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      LEEDCo, the non-profit, private corporation spearheading the development of a Lake Erie wind farm, and its four-county members — Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake and Lorain — today announced the signing of a revenue-sharing agreement that will give each county a percentage of income generated by the annual submerged land lease payment. “This first-of-a-kind revenue-sharing agreement […]

  • Maryland Governor Testifies to Support Offshore Wind Act (USA)

    4 March 2011
    Ports & Logistics

    Governor Martin O’Malley today appeared before the House of Delegates’ Economic Matters Committee to testify in support of the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2011, which will require that public utilities leverage Maryland’s outstanding offshore wind resources by entering into long-term purchase agreements with wind power generation facilities off of the Mid-Atlantic coast. The […]

  • ABS Releases Guide for Offshore Wind Turbine Installations (USA)

    30 December 2010

    Classification society ABS announces the release of a Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Wind Turbine Installations, the first Guide to address design considerations for the bottom founded support structure of an offshore wind turbine situated in tropical storm prone areas on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) such as the Gulf of Mexico and […]

  • TotalEnergies, Avangrid, Hexicon Eyeing Gulf of Maine for Their Next (Floating) Offshore Wind Bids

    11 January 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Gulf of Maine, whose US waters lie off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, has already attracted several (floating) offshore wind developers as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) continues its process towards designating Wind Energy Areas which will be put up for a lease sale in 2024. After BOEM issued a […]

  • Another Offshore Wind Tower Factory Announced in Poland

    18 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    Following the news that Spanish wind turbine tower manufacturer, Windar, will build a factory in Poland, Polish Offshore Wind Energy Society (PTMEW) said via social media that there was another agreement for a factory of this kind in the country between its supporting member Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu (Industrial Development Agency; ARP) and the Spanish company GRI Renewable […]

  • Subsea Cables Account for Over 50 Pct of Total Claims Spend in Offshore Wind – GCube Insurance

    9 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    Combined market losses in offshore wind grew from GBP 124 million (around EUR 145 million) in 2010-2015 to GBP 500 million (around EUR 585 million) by 2020, with the average insurance claim nearly doubling from GBP 1.67 million (around EUR 2 million) to GBP 3.08 million (around EUR 3.6 million) in the same period, according […]

  • Optimising Safety for the Renewable Energy Sector

    1 November 2021

    A culture of care is the foundation By Mark Walker Renewable sources of energy—wind, water, solar, geothermal—are widely viewed as the engines that will power the world one day, and companies specialising in renewables are already making headway toward that goal. But no matter how innovative or new, every industry has to consider safety, and […]

  • Equinor Plans to Deploy New Floating Wind Foundation Offshore Scotland

    1 November 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor plans to deploy a new floating foundation design offshore Scotland if the company comes out as one of the seabed lease winners in the ScotWind auction and builds its proposed 1 GW floating wind project. The Wind Semi, a semisubmersible wind turbine foundation, has been designed with flexibility, specifically to allow for fabrication and […]

  • Heerema Develops Floating to Floating Offshore Wind Installation Method – Video

    21 April 2022
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has developed a new method for offshore floating wind installations that is said to eliminate the need for wet-tows and marshalling yards. Using the Floating to Floating installation method, floaters can be constructed on land before being dry-towed on a transport vessel to the location, Heerema said. After arrival, they are installed […]

  • Amprion Breaks Ground on DolWin4 and BorWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

    19 July 2022
    Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator Amprion has started construction work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems with a groundbreaking ceremony on Norderney Island’s North Beach. The drilling to cross below the island of Norderney marks the start of construction work for Amprion’s first offshore projects, which are scheduled to go into operation in […]

  • Denmark Pushes North Sea Energy Island Tender Back by One Year

    5 July 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has pushed back the start date for the tender to build the North Sea Energy Island (Energiø Nordsø) by up to twelve months, as the Agency wants to perform more preparatory work after receiving feedback through market dialogues. The tender is expected to be announced in September 2023 and, in […]

  • Offshore Wind Majors Tackle Monopile Buckle

    24 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    A collaborative project designed to investigate the effect of increased monopile size on the stability of the structures is underway, the Carbon Trust said. The Verification of Buckling Assessment and Behaviour in Large Monopiles (VERBATIM) project is a EUR 3 million joint industry initiative, due to be completed by early 2023. As turbines continue to […]

  • Repsol and Ørsted to Jointly Develop Floating Wind Projects Offshore Spain

    5 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Madrid-based multi-energy company Repsol and Ørsted have signed an agreement to identify and, where appropriate, jointly develop floating offshore wind projects in Spain. According to Repsol, both companies have the ambition to together become a leading developer in Spanish floating offshore wind by combining their strengths. The alliance will combine Repsol’s experience as a global […]

  • Ørsted Agrees to Multi-Million South Fork Community Benefit Package

    14 September 2020
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted, East Hampton Town, and the East Hampton Town Trustees have reached agreement on the terms of a contract which would allow the installation and maintenance of the South Fork offshore wind farm’s export cable. When finalized, the contract, known as a “Host Community Agreement,” would provide for payment in exchange for the granting of […]

  • Offshore Energy 2015 Registration Open. Extra Day for Offshore WIND Conference

    21 May 2015

    The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 is now open. With over 13,500 offshore professionals and more than 650 exhibiting companies another great event is expected. Next to the exhibition that covers 4 massive halls at Amsterdam RAI more than 80 speakers representing some of the biggest players in the offshore energy industry will […]

  • Trillium Sues Ontario Govt for Destroying and Burying Evidence

    10 June 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Canadian offshore wind developer Trillium Power has filed a spoliation motion with the Ontario Superior Court, scheduled to be heard by a Master of the Court on June 18th, the company’s CEO John Kourtoff confirmed to Offshore WIND. The latest legal action, added to their $500 million legal action, claims Ontario government officials have intentionally […]

  • DeepOcean Takes New Equipment for Subsea Cable Works

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Long-standing SMD customer DeepOcean have now received delivery of their 1000hp QTrencher (QT) 1000 and successfully completed a number of projects. The recently upgraded T-3200 heavy duty trenching tractor is set to sit alongside the industry‐leading free flying, jet trenching ROV on DeepOcean’s Havila Phoenix vessel. Paul Davison, SMD’s Deputy MD commented: “We are particularly […]

  • Wind Servant – Gripping the wind

    30 August 2012

    After long delays caused by harsh winter conditions and ice around their shipyard in Turku, Finland, Mobimar’s trimaran wind farm support vessel. Wind Servant, is at last able to prove its worth. After the final completion of the sea trials the vessel will be handed over to the Finnish shipping company Meriaura also based in […]

  • Researchers Working on Blade Bearings Improvement

    17 February 2016
    R&D

    A research project has been launched to establish the foundations for the further development of blade bearings. The HAPT (Highly Accelerated Pitch Bearing Test) project has gathered researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES Nordwest, the Institute of Machine Elements, Engineering Design and Tribology (IMKT) at Leibniz Universität Hannover […]

  • Taiwan Gets Complete Offshore Wind Development Guidelines

    7 February 2017
    Authorities, R&D

    ITPEnergised (ITPE), Ramboll and BMT Asia Pacific (BMT) have delivered their third and final set of best practice guidelines for development of offshore wind farms in Taiwan and presented them to the local industry.