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  • Vallourec Tests Its Foundation Technology at New Hannover Facility

    25 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The commercialization of the offshore foundation system PREON® marine is making progress: Vallourec is the first company to put its foundation technology to the acid test at the new Test Center for Support Structures at the Leibnitz University of Hannover (LUH). The new facility will distinctly shorten the time to market of the new load-bearing […]

  • Large Wind Farms Yield Less Energy, New Study Says

    25 August 2015
    R&D

    A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international group headed by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena evaluated the effects of large wind farms on the atmospheric flow and its implications for how much renewable energy these can generate. As every wind turbine […]

  • TC’s Energy, Seabased Inks EUR 43 Mln Wave Energy Deal

    27 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    TC’s Energy today signed a contract with Swedish company Seabased for a 14MW wave energy farm in Ghanaian waters. The contract, which is pending approval by the Swedish agency EKN, is worth over EUR 43 million. The wave farm is the first step towards total targeted installed capacity of 1000MW. The contract was signed by […]

  • Wave Energy: Swedish Scientists Study Methods for Reducing Power Fluctuations

    5 January 2015
    R&D, Technology

    After investigating methods for reducing power fluctuations in wave energy parks, five Swedish scientists published their findings in AIP Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy in July 2014. “One of the major challenges in constructing effective and economically viable wave energy parks is to reduce the large fluctuations in power output,” the scientists said in the abstract. Malin Göteman, Jens Engström, Mikael […]

  • Huisman Moves Forward with Its Jack-Up Installation System

    1 November 2022
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Huisman has completed a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for its first Jacking Gearbox, which will be part of the Jacking System that is specifically designed for wind turbine installation jack-up vessels. The Jacking System is available in two gear versions – L and XL versions – suitable for vessel designs of various independent design companies. […]

  • Pharos Offshore Readying for Offshore Works

    16 May 2016
    Vessels

    Pharos Offshore Group reported that it is preparing for 2016/2017 offshore works by mobilising the DP2 vessel Deepsea Worker.  The vessel, for which the company entered discussions with the vessel owners in early February, comprises Aleron Subsea’s Work Class ROV, an Observation Class ROV and a subsea excavation spread, and will also be equipped with a full Pre-Lay Grapnel Run spread, […]

  • France: WW2 Veterans Oppose Normandy Offshore Wind Project

    28 May 2012

    The French government plans for construction of a wind farm off the Normandy coast are being objected because of the historical significance of the area in question, writes the Toronto Sun portal. Though the government said that the turbines will hardly be visible from the beaches, the World War II veterans consider the project as […]

  • Statoil Hires Big Cat Duo for Dudgeon

    8 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Rix Sea Shuttle has won a contract to supply two crew transfer vessels to the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, currently under construction off the coast of Norfolk. The contract, with Norwegian oil-major Statoil, will see the vessels the Rix Leopard and Rix Lion carry technicians to and from the Dudgeon situated around 20 miles offshore from Cromer. The value […]

  • Jill Crosses the Atlantic

    15 May 2019
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s heavy lift vessel Jill has completed her cross-Atlantic journey from the United States to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The jack-up has been floated off and is now ready for her first offshore wind assignment where she will assist in suction bucket installation tests out of Frederikshavn in Denmark. Jill is equipped with 102m long […]

  • Greece to Get First Offshore Wind Farm

    24 June 2012
    Authorities

    Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has approved a production licence for a EUR 2 billion offshore wind project. Namely, the application for installing 81 wind turbines in the Aegean Sea northeast of Lemons Island was submitted by RF Energy’s subsidiary City Electric S.A., the AMNA news site reports. This 498.15 MW offshore wind farm will […]

  • Rix Sea Shuttle to Expand Its Fleet with Damen Vessels

    4 June 2014

    UK-based Rix Sea Shuttle will shortly take delivery of their first ever Damen vessel – a Fast Crew Supplier 2610 – to support their growing involvement in the offshore crew transfer market. The new vessel, the Rix Lion, is due for delivery on July 4th, just 6 weeks after signing the contract. “Our yards in […]

  • NOV and GustoMSC Tapped for Second Havfram Mega Jack-Up

    5 May 2023
    Vessels

    NOV has once again signed contracts with CIMC Raffles to supply a GustoMSC™ NG-20000X self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for Havfram’s second vessel on order at the shipyard. The NG-20000X-HF vessels are among the largest wind installation jack-ups in the industry, NOV said. They feature a 3,250-ton heavy lift crane and can install […]

  • Jill Departs for First Offshore Wind Work

    21 May 2019
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Jill has departed from the Port of Frederikshavn in Denmark to begin supporting suction bucket installation tests on a project. The work, which will be carried out in cooperation with Universal Foundation, represents the vessel’s first offshore wind assignment. According to Fred-Olsen Windcarrier, the aim of the project is to decrease offshore wind […]

  • Cerulean North Sea Renewables Grid to Power Oil & Gas Platforms with Floating Wind

    4 May 2023
    Business development, Grid Connection, Research & Development

    Cerulean Winds has unveiled plans to build the North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG), an offshore integrated green power and transmission system, powered by floating wind, that oil and gas platforms could plug into for clean power. With its consortium of partners including NOV, Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy, DEME, and Worley, Cerulean Winds say they will […]

  • Van Oord Installs Final East Anglia ONE Jacket

    18 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed the last jacket foundation on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm and delivered it to client ScottishPower Renewables. This marks the marine contractor’s completion of its work for this 714MW UK wind project. As the main contractor, Van Oord transported and installed all 102 foundations. This is the largest number […]

  • Denmark: Knud E. Hansen Designs Two Wind Turbine Installation Vessels for Swire

    25 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The self-elevating and self-propelled vessels were designed for Swire Blue Ocean, Denmark, for installation of offshore wind turbines and support in the offshore oil & gas sector. The first of the two vessels was delivered from Samsung Geoje Shipyard in October 2012, and the second is expected to follow in the winter of 2013. The […]

  • The Netherlands: Interest in DP Capability Forecast Software Surpasses Expectations

    6 September 2011

      In 2010 Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-DP Capability forecast for efficient offshore DP operations was brought to the market. The OCTOPUS-DP functionality gives offshore vessels the possibility to make optimum use of a safe time window for their weather-sensitive operations. The first installation of the OCTOPUS-DP Capability forecast software was performed on the LNG Carriers Suez Neptune […]

  • Rix Does Swell Job for Beatrice

    13 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore crew transfer specialist Rix Sea Shuttle has doubled the passenger capacity of one of its vessels to fulfil a contract at Scotland’s largest wind farm.

  • LEINE LINDE SYSTEMS to Present New Product at EWEA Offshore 2013

    31 October 2013
    Technology

    Insurers, banks and construction authorities usually require wind turbine manufacturers and operators to have a certification according to the applicable guidelines. Up until now, the safety functions required within this context, for example, switching off wind turbines in case of excessive rotor speed, have been implemented with relatively costly and frequently redundant constructions. With its […]

  • UAE: GPC to Construct Levingston’s 320EX Self-Elevating MOU

    9 November 2012

    Levingston Middle East, FZE, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and Gulf Piping Company of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, announced today that they have signed a contract to build a Levingston 320EX liftboat with construction to start immediately. The Levingston 320EX Self-elevating, MOU (Mobile Offshore Unit) will be a world class liftboat with 320 feet (97.5 […]

  • Shimizu Corporation Takes Delivery of Mega Jack-Up

    21 March 2023
    Vessels

    The Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard delivered the GustoMSC designed and equipped offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to Shimizu Corporation at the end of January. Shimizu unveiled plans to build a wind farm installation vessel back in 2019. The vessel, which is of GustoMSC SC-14000XL design, is 142 metres long, 50 metres, wide, and […]

  • NOV and GustoMSC Get to Work on Havfram Jack-Up

    22 December 2022
    Technology, Vessels

    NOV has signed contracts with CIMC Raffles to supply a GustoMSC™ NG-20000X self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for Havfram, an offshore wind services company based in Norway. The NG-20000X-HF vessel will be among the largest wind installation jack-ups in the industry. It features a 3,250-ton heavy lift crane and can install foundations up […]

  • SeaVex Swings Into Action

    31 March 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Pharos Offshore Group has designed and built a customized articulation and ballast frame for its SeaVex range of subsea controlled flow excavation (CFE) systems. The new design will allow the SeaVex CFE’s to target excavate products in the vertical plain or at an angle of up to 45° during excavation operations. The articulated SeaVex unit will be […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Adds Jill to Jack-Up Fleet

    2 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has signed a long term time charter with Falcon Global for their jack-up vessel Jill. Jill will be an integrated part of the Fred. Olsen Windcarrier jack-up fleet for offshore wind, where she will be under commercial management of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier. The jack-up will be working out of Europe and mainly […]

  • First Turbine Stands at Dutch Lake Farm

    24 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbines has been installed at Windpark Fryslân, the world’s largest wind farm in inland fresh waters. Located in the IJsselmeer Lake and some six kilometres off the Frisian coast, the Netherlands, the 382.7 MW Windpark Fryslân wind farm is being constructed by the Zuiderzeewind consortium […]

  • USA: Wind Opens Wide Lead for Renewables

    1 November 2012

    In the race to transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and avoid runaway climate change, wind has opened a wide lead on both solar and geothermal energy. Solar panels, with a capacity totaling 70,000 megawatts, and geothermal power plants, with a capacity of some 11,000 megawatts, are generating electricity around the world. […]