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  • DONG Energy Seeks Consultancy Services for French Offshore Wind Projects

    5 November 2012

    DONG Energy, in a joint venture with EDF EN, is developing offshore wind farms in Northern France. These projects are in their early preparation phases where extensive feasibility studies are conducted. The company is looking for partners, companies or individuals, who can supply highly skilled project specialists to staff up with project managers to its […]

  • New Wind Farm Immersion Suit from Survitec Breaks New Ground (UK)

    22 August 2013

    Visitors to this year’s Offshore Europe exhibition, can find out more about the new 1000 Series Offshore Wind Farm Immersion Suit from Survitec Group. The suit breaks new ground in the renewables industry, by providing customers with a one-suit option for equipping personnel travelling over water to offshore wind farms, whether by helicopter or supply […]

  • Sheringham Shoal OWF Celebrates Its First Anniversary (UK)

    27 September 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Friday 27th September 2013 marks the first anniversary of the official opening ceremony of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, owned by Statoil and Statkraft. To date, total electricity generation from the wind farm is 1.2 TWh. One year ago Norfolk’s majestic Holkham Hall was the setting for the official opening of this 317 MW […]

  • UK: Mantsbrite Presents Innovative Marine Communications for North Sea Safety

    16 April 2013

    When Mantsbrite became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was Tidal Transit, a fast growing North Norfolk company providing a new generation of personnel transfer vessels for use by offshore wind farm developers. Some years earlier. Tidal Transit had realised that […]

  • Innovative Marine Communication Systems Contribute to North Sea Safety (UK)

    23 May 2013
    Technology

    When Mantsbrite (stand A173 at Seawork 2013) became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was fellow Seawork exhibitor Tidal Transit (V32). Some years earlier, Tidal Transit had realised that offshore wind farm development off the east coast of England was going […]

  • RWE Wraps Up Gwynt y Môr Foundation Installation

    28 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of all 160 foundations at the world’s second largest wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, has been successfully completed. The final transition piece was installed on Wednesday 23rd April more than eight miles off the North Wales coast by RWE’s jack up installation vessel, Friedrich Ernestine. The vessel has now completed its scope of […]

  • UK: New Safer Vessel Transfer System Chosen for Sheringham Shoal

    13 June 2012

    Scira Offshore Energy, operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, will utilise a new UK designed vessel transfer system to provide its wind farm technicians with safe and reliable access to wind turbines in a range of weather conditions. The safe transfer of wind farm technicians from vessels to the turbines is a key […]

  • Satellites Could Solve Some Key Offshore Technology Challenges

    9 June 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) and Satellite Applications (SatApps) Catapults have joined forces to explore ways in which satellites can be used to drive forward the development of the UK’s offshore renewable energy industry. According to the Catapults, satellites present possible solutions to some of the sector’s key technology challenges. The UK’s nine Catapult centres are actively […]

  • Cargo Ship-Hit Gode Wind 1 Turbine Went Back Into Service in 24 Hours; Vessel Said to Have Been Kilometres Off Course

    30 May 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The turbine at the Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm in Germany that was hit by a cargo vessel last month was put back into service around 24 hours after being taken out of operation for inspection, Ørsted tells offshoreWIND.biz. According to reports by German media, the vessel, which sustained major damage, was on autopilot […]

  • RWE Submits Bids in Hollandse Kust West Tender

    16 May 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Industry, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE is participating in the Dutch offshore wind tender for the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) sites VI and VII. The areas are located in the North Sea, about 53 kilometres off the Dutch coast. The sites will each deliver more than 760 MW of offshore wind capacity. In addition, RWE’s proposed design […]

  • EC Fines Offshore Cabling Cartel with EUR 302 Mln

    2 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Commission has found that 11 producers of underground and submarine high voltage power cables operated a cartel, and has imposed fines totalling €301,639,000. Such cables are typically used to connect generation capacity to the electricity grid or to interconnect power grids in different countries. Large infrastructure and renewable energy projects such as offshore […]

  • UK: DECC Congratulates OSBIT Power on Success

    13 July 2012
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Within a one month period OSBIT Power (OP) has received orders for their MaXccess wind turbine access system from both Siemens and Scira Offshore Energy (Scira is a joint venture between Statoil and Statkraft and owns the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm), positive feedback from E.ON following trials, and a message of congratulations from the […]

  • Preparation for Rampion Construction Begins

    14 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Work will begin this week at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, in readiness for the first foundation installation in January. This will include clearing boulders on the seabed along the cable route and around each of the 116 foundation positions to allow safe and effective installation. Chris Tomlinson, E.ON Development Manager for the Rampion Offshore […]

  • G9 Issues Report on Offshore Wind Transfer Design Issues

    19 August 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    A report resulting from the G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9)’s first Safe by Design workshop is now available. The report explores a number of key topics associated with the transfer of personnel from a Crew Transfer Vessel to a transition piece via the traditional push on method (including design of the transfer […]

  • EWEA Calls for Construction of 500 MW OWF in Poland

    8 December 2014
    Authorities

    Europe must tear down the barriers that are hindering the free flow of electricity and drastically increase interconnection to push Member States toward an Energy Union, according to a paper released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). EWEA has today published a position paper that outlines the wind industry’s vision of an Energy Union […]

  • OWIB 2014 Open for Registration

    19 June 2014

    Offshore Wind International Business2Business is an international forum for the international wind sector and preparations are well under way. Morten Holmager, Development Manager with Offshoreenergy.dk, says: “We’re organising this unique B2B event for the 8th year running, and OWIB has evolved into a strong business-generating forum for energy companies, manufacturers, consultants and sub-suppliers, who meet […]

  • UK: ADC Launches Code of Practice at 2012 Oceanology Exhibition

    20 March 2012

    Following a period of development, ADC launched the new Code of Practice at the 2012 Oceanology Exhibition, recently held at the Excel Centre in London. The Code deals with all matters relating to Conducting Diving Operations on Renewable Energy Projects up to 12 miles offshore, in water depths up to 50m depth, using air or […]

  • Crown Estate Accelerates Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Surveys

    20 December 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    The Crown Estate has announced the awarding of the first contracts for its first major investment in surveys to help with the construction of floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. The awarding of the first contracts marks an important step in what is anticipated to be a multi-million pound series of technical and […]

  • New Marine Noise Research to Inform Offshore Wind Farm Rollout (UK)

    29 November 2011

    A new study of the impact of noise on the behaviour of fish and crustaceans is to inform the development of offshore wind farms around the UK. The innovative new University of Hull research project uses underwater television, high frequency sonar and playback system to replicate and monitor the effect of any artificial noise in […]

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr OWF Exports First Electricity

    30 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has officially generated and exported its first electricity, on track to become the second largest operational offshore wind farm in the world. The milestone builds on other recent good news for developer RWE npower renewables (RWE), its project partners, and the wider offshore wind industry. First generation at Gwynt […]

  • Cadeler F-Class Newbuild Booked Until 2030

    12 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler has announced an agreement with an undisclosed customer that secures the utilization of the company’s F-class vessel for a period of up to four years. The agreement comes with a minimum guaranteed utilization and a high level of flexibility for the client to freely choose to […]

  • Orion to Feature Safeway W2W System

    31 May 2019
    Vessels

    Dordrecht-based Safeway BV has won a contract to deliver its Osprey-type motion compensated offshore access system for DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion.   According to Safeway, the most unique feature of this custom made Safeway walk-to-work system is that the gangway is vertically integrated in a specially designed staircase, which means that the ‘plug and play’ […]

  • Scotland: Vattenfall to Conduct Environmental Assessment for Ocean Energy

    23 March 2012
    Authorities

    Monitoring the environment at sea in a region where waves are usually some five metres high is obviously challenging. That is what Vattenfall plans to do off the coast of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, the site of the company’s first wave-energy farm. The location for the wave energy farm was chosen because of the […]

  • Voith Turbo Marine Engineering Develops Voith Offshore Shuttle for Wind Parks (Germany)

    7 June 2011
    R&D, Technology

    Voith Turbo Marine Engineering has developed the Voith Offshore Shuttle for wind parks. Its special feature: the so-called MOTS-system (Momac Offshore Transport System) is installed at the bow. The new system consists of a swivel arm robot, which allows safe transfers of people and goods from vessel to vessel or from vessel to offshore wind […]

  • OSBIT Power’s MaXccess System Begins Trials in Norway

    5 March 2012
    Technology

    UK-based, OSBIT Power (OP) announced today it has begun offshore trials of its innovative offshore wind access system, MaXccess. OP has agreed with Siemens Wind Power and Statoil to conduct trials at Statoil’s Hywind demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The MaXccess system has been developed by OP, with the first production MaXccess unit, MX11/01, […]

  • Safe Methods of Working under EWEA Offshore Conference Spotlight

    4 November 2013

    Effective sharing of marine construction experience, safe methods of working and recommended practice for offshore installation will lie at the heart of presentation by Alan MacLeay at EWEA Offshore 2013 in the ‘Synergies with other maritime technologies’ session on 20 November in the ‘Industrialising the supply chain’ track. The offshore wind energy industry does not […]