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  • Top News of the Week Sep 28 ‒ Oct 4, 2015

    4 October 2015

    Photo of the Day: Seajacks Scylla Preparing for Take-Off Seajacks Scylla, which is scheduled to be delivered by the end of the year, is nearing its trip to Europe from Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) Geoje Yard in South Korea. Study Shows Installation Method Strongly Influences Fatigue Damage of Foundations ECN (Energy research Centre of the […]

  • Australian State Bankrolls Offshore Wind Projects

    23 November 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The government of Australia’s state of Victoria is providing a funding boost of AUD 40 million (around EUR 25.7 million) divided between three offshore wind projects aimed at driving jobs and bringing forward the next wave of renewable energy opportunities. As part of the Energy Innovation Fund, the Victorian Government is kickstarting three major offshore […]

  • The Netherlands: Successful Audits and Efficiency Stimulate Jack-Up Barge to Award New Contracts to MirTac

    1 September 2011

    Jack-Up Barge awarded MirTac new contracts for consultancy and Star IPS implementation for 4 locations: 1 monohull and 3 modular self elevating platforms. The assignment includes business consulting to optimize the efficient organisation of office-barge processes, the translation of daily practice into the Star IPS software and the set-up of all required documentation, procedures, planned […]

  • Waves to Power Pacific Region

    1 April 2014

      Speaking at the ADB Pacific business media summit last week in Sydney, Australia, ADB’s senior Pacific energy specialist Anthony Maxwell stressed the fact that renewables are becoming more viable for Pacific Island countries, writes Solomon Star news site. He said that wave energy is in a similar position as solar power 10-15 years ago, […]

  • Saipem and Divento Join Forces on Two Floating Wind Projects Offshore Italy

    6 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Italy’s Saipem and its compatriot Divento have signed a collaboration agreement for the application of STAR 1, Saipem’s proprietary technology for floating offshore wind, in support of the 7 Seas Med and Ichnusa Wind Power projects. The companies will focus on the two projects with the aim of supporting their participation in the first auction […]

  • New Geotechnical Investigation Contract to Keep Fugro Busy Offshore Australia

    10 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has been awarded a contract for soil investigation services for Parkwind’s Blue Mackerel offshore wind farm in Australia. Fugro will execute offshore geotechnical investigations to support the Blue Mackerel project being developed by Parkwind, part of JERA Nex. For this project, the company will deploy its specialist geotechnical vessel, Fugro Mariner, to collect […]

  • DCN Rids Gode Wind 1 & 2 of Grouting Hoses

    22 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch subsea services provider DCN International Diving and Marine Contractors has completed the removal of all grouting hoses at the Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms located in the German sector of the North Sea. DCN visited a total of 97 locations to remove the 5,5 grouting hoses, which were cut and removed with in house […]

  • London Marine Consultants to Design SeaTwirl Spar

    19 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    London Marine Consultants (LMC) has secured a contract to perform the detailed design of the spar for the full-scale SeaTwirl 1 MW S2 floating wind turbine. SeaTwirl is a floating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWTT) with a tower placed on an underwater structure, which consists of a buoyancy component and a keel at its lowest point. The […]

  • Jan De Nul and Hitachi Shift into Overdrive Offshore Taiwan

    13 August 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has installed nine of the 21 jacket foundations at the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration offshore Taiwan. Offshore installation vessel Aegir, which Jan De Nul Group chartered from Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors, is installing the 1,100 metric tonne jackets at the site some ten kilometres off the […]

  • Pacific Green and SINOPEC Join Hands for Offshore Wind

    27 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Pacific Green Technologies (Shanghai) has entered into a framework agreement with SINOPEC Star to work on a portfolio of projects that includes offshore wind, among others. Under the agreement, the Chinese companies will provide design, development engineering and consulting services for projects in the areas of offshore and onshore wind power, photovoltaic power and comprehensive […]

  • Parkwind’s First Move Outside Europe Made Down Under

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Parkwind is entering the offshore wind market in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, and has made its first move outside of Europe by naming a country manager in the two countries. The Belgium-based offshore wind developer, which says its move reflects the high potential in the region, has appointed Peter Lars Spencer as country manager […]

  • Gondan Begins Construction of Østensjø Rederi CSOVs

    28 April 2020
    Vessels

    Gondan Shipbuilders has started the construction of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for Østensjø Rederi. In October 2019, Østensjø Rederi signed a letter of intent for the construction of four CSOVs to meet the increasing demand in the offshore wind market. According to the latest information from the Norwegian company, that order is now for […]

  • The Netherlands: Engineers in Final Stage of Testing Floating Wind Turbine Concepts

    5 May 2011

      Engineers at the Maritime Research Institute in the Netherlands (MARIN) are in the closing stages of testing three different floating wind turbine concepts — a spar, a tension-leg platform and a semi-submersible — for the DeepCwind Consortium, led by the University of Maine. Researchers there claim that it is the first time in the […]

  • FORCE Technology to Present Rotor Blade Scanner at Husum, Germany

    17 August 2012
    Technology

    FORCE Technology has announced the latest development in automated ultrasonic scanning for non-destructive onsite inspection of rotor blades: the fully integrated P-scan AMS-64 scanner for rotor blades. It is a portable scanner system which can be mounted on rotor blades of all types in all worldwide locations. It provides a complete, deep penetration into the […]

  • Wind Minds Involved in First Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

    29 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    MECAL, founding member of Wind Minds, has announced the signature of a Framework Agreement with Swancor Ltd. regarding the provision of its services for Formosa 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan.  Formosa 1 OWF is expected to be Taiwan’s first offshore wind farm with installed capacity of approximately 130 MW. MECAL has provided consultancy services to […]

  • Petrofac Taps Linxon for Seagreen 1 Work

    24 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Linxon, a joint venture between ABB and SNC-Lavalin, has won a contract to support Petrofac in delivering the substations for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Linxon is supporting Petrofac, the EPCI contractor for the wind farm’s substations, to deliver the turnkey onshore substation, and supply, install and commission the HVAC equipment for the […]

  • Two Co-Founders of Australia’s First Offshore Wind Farm Eye Building 4 Floating Wind Projects

    17 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    A company founded in 2020 by two of the co-founders of the Star of the South, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind farm, is planning to build five offshore wind projects in the country and three in New Zealand. Oceanex Energy, which says on its website that it is “progressing the development and construction” of up […]

  • Nordlicht 1 Offshore Wind Turbine Order Lands on Vestas’s Desk

    1 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has secured a firm order for the Nordlicht 1 offshore wind project in Germany, for which the Danish OEM will deliver 68 of its V236-15.0 MW wind turbines. The total order of 1,020 MW for Vattenfall’s wind farm that has a grid connection capacity of 980 MW includes an additional 40 MW to use […]

  • Ørsted Awards Onshore Substation Contract for Greater Changhua 2b & 4

    27 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation (TCC) a contract to build the onshore substation for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms. The contract award follows Ørsted’s final investment decision on the offshore wind farms last month. Under the contract, Star Energy Corporation (SEC), 100 per cent owned by TCC, will […]

  • Germany: Brave Tern Working on Bard Offshore 1 from Eemshaven

    15 April 2013

    The Brave Tern, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s 132 metre long and 39 metres wide jack-up installation vessel, berthed alongside the Wagenborg quay in Eemshaven last week, 11th of April 2013. On the Wagenborg Stevedoring terminal mobilisation will take place before the vessel will start with the installation of a number of complete wind turbines generators for […]

  • Greater Changhua 1&2a Onshore Works Moving Full Speed Ahead

    17 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Construction of the onshore substations and transmission system for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan is moving full speed ahead, according to Ørsted. Ørsted stated it is working with Star Energy Corporation (SEC), a subsidiary of EPC contractor Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, to implement the highest Quality, Health, Safety and Environment […]

  • ORE Catapult: ‘Decision tree’ to Help Lower Marine Energy Costs

    8 September 2015

    A new research project looking at optimum layouts for offshore electrical connections for marine energy farms has developed a ‘decision tree’ to help guide designers and developers towards the most cost effective array configuration for their development. The Optimum Electrical Array Architectures report, produced by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult with support from energy […]

  • Space Technology Could Reduce Renewable Energy Costs

    4 May 2015
    Technology

    Space-based radar technology could be harnessed by the renewable energy sector to drive down costs, according to academics at the University of Strathclyde. The SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) technology is currently used to help protect and manage marine environments, to detect illegal logging in tropical forests, and to aid disaster relief efforts. However, its use […]

  • Denmark: DHI Tests Floating Wind Turbines in Its Wave Basins

    12 November 2012
    R&D, Technology

    As a member of the HYDRALAB-IV consortium, DHI offers access to research groups to conduct experimental studies in its wave basins. One of the projects selected by HYDRALAB’s user selection panel for Transnational Access to the facilities concerns ‘Dynamic Response of Floating offshore Structures under Random Waves and Wind Action’. The project was formulated by […]

  • Comfort in Offshore Wind Working Conditions

    2 October 2017

    Europe is the leader of the growing market for the offshore wind energy. Most of the activities take place in the wet conditions of the North Sea. As the people work in varying temperatures and under dire weather conditions, it is most important that their personal protective equipment (PPE) is not only up-for-the-job and in accordance with all regulations, it should also raise the feeling of comfort for the user. While it is true that wet or sweat drenched PPE is not one of the main problems for offshore operators, many small issues can lead to bigger ones.

  • UK Vessel Operator Starts Fleet-Wide Offshore Wind Recruitment Drive

    20 December 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    UK infrastructure vessel support operator, North Star, has launched a recruitment drive for crew ahead of its first hybrid-powered offshore wind fleet arriving in UK waters early next year. The company, which has facilities in Aberdeen, Lowestoft, and Newcastle, is aiming to hire 42 qualified seafarers in the next couple of months, the beginning of […]