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  • Belgium’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated

    20 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 487 MW SeaMade offshore wind farm was officially inaugurated at an event in the Hippodrome in Ostend, Belgium, on Wednesday, 20 October 2021. SeaMade NV, a joint venture between Otary, Ocean Winds, and Eneco, is responsible for the simultaneous development of both the Mermaid and Seastar offshore wind farms, resulting in the largest wind […]

  • Belgian Energy Island Gets EUR 99.7 Million Boost, Foundation Work to Start in 2024

    15 December 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Belgian Federal Government and Elia Transmission Belgium (Elia) have signed an agreement on a EUR 99.7 million grant that Elia will use to build the foundations for the Princess Elisabeth Island, deemed a key link for unlocking offshore wind potential in the Belgian North Sea. The grant is part of the financial support offered […]

  • Belgian TSO Seeks HVDC Converter Stations and Maintenance

    24 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia is in the market for two (High Voltage Direct Current) HVDC converter stations and the associated maintenance. The tender covers a detailed design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, transport, installation, construction, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of two HVDC converter stations with a DC voltage level of +-525kV. One HVDC converter station will […]

  • Boa Barge 33 Hired for World’s First Energy Island

    6 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    TM Edison, a joint venture between Jan De Nul and DEME that was just awarded the tender to build the world’s first artificial energy island in Belgium, has contracted Norwegian company BOA for the launching of 23 concrete caisson foundations for the energy island. For the work, BOA will provide the semi-submersible Boa Barge 33, […]

  • UK: Mantsbrite Wins New Tidal Transit Wind Farm Vessel Contract

    22 March 2013

    Mantsbrite Limited, one of the UK’s leading distributors of electronic marine navigation and communication products, has won the contract to fit out the next Tidal Transit offshore wind farm personnel transfer vessel ‘Tia Elizabeth’. All the navigation and communication equipment for the first two vessels in the Tidal Transit fleet – ‘Ginny Louise’ and ‘Eden […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit’s Vessel Completes Its Maiden Voyage

    13 September 2013

    Just after Tidal Transit’s third personnel transfer vessel sailed from a shipyard in Cartagena, Spain to Grimsby, it made its maiden voyage this week, writes the Lincolnshire Echo. Namely, the Tia Elizabeth, under a contract with RES Offshore, had sailed from Grimsby with twelve technicians heading for maintenance work on Hornsea met mast, where they […]

  • Tia Elizabeth Goes Straight to Work on Arrival in UK

    3 September 2013

    The crew of Tidal Transit’s third personnel transfer vessel, the Tia Elizabeth, flew out to the shipyard in Cartagena in Spain in late August to sail her up from the Mediterranean. She left Cartagena for the port of Grimsby on 22 August. Tia Elizabeth has immediately gone to work on a short contract for RES […]

  • IGERT Students Discuss Offshore Wind Energy in Washington

    6 May 2014
    Training & Education

    The IGERT students participating in Prof. Elisabeth Hamin’s Regional Planning course “Wind Energy and Society” visited Washington, D.C. over spring break to discuss offshore wind energy policy with various organizations. The organizations included the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), U.S. Department of Energy, American Bird Conservancy, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). One […]

  • Tidal Transit Equipping Its CTVs with Marfle Diagnostics

    4 October 2017
    Technology, Vessels

    Tidal Transit’s crew transfer vessels (CTVs) Eden Rose and Tia Elizabeth are the first two in the company’s fleet to be fitted with Marfle data collectors, after the UK CTV operator signed an agreement with the marine fleet productivity specialists Marfle.

  • Tidal Transit Celebrates 20,000 Safe Passenger Transfers

    16 December 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    On 10th December 2013, Tidal Transit celebrated the completion of 20,000 safe passenger transfers from its three personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. Announcing this achievement, Tidal Transit Commercial Director Leo Hambro said: “I suspect that very few people realise the scale of offshore wind farm operations that now […]

  • Offshore Wind Work Discussed at NORCOWE’s Work Package Meetings (Norway)

    4 June 2013
    Training & Education

    Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy’s (NORCOWE) Work Package Meetings 2013 were hosted by the University of Stavanger and gathered almost 70 participants. Apart from presenting the newest results from the various work packages, speakers from the industry were also invited to give related talks. Statoil, one of NORCOWE’s industrial partners, was well represented with three talks. Elizabeth Baumann […]

  • Sheringham Shoal Extends Tidal Transit Contract

    24 March 2015
    Vessels

    Tidal Transit has recently received an extension of the contract for its vessel Ginny Louise from Statkraft, the Norwegian company that running the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. This follows the current extension for its sister vessel, Tia Elizabeth. For almost three years one or more of Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) have been […]

  • NordLink Breaks Ground

    16 September 2016
    Grid Connection

    TenneT, Statnett and KfW (represented by KfW IPEX-Bank) launched the construction of the NordLink interconnector by driving the first spade into the ground and performing a symbolic cable pulling today in Wilster, Germany. The ground breaking ceremony for the subsea HVDC power cable which will connect Norwegian and German power grids was attended by Robert Habeck, Minister of Energy of […]

  • Block Island Turbine Out of Action Until Second Half of February

    26 December 2016
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    One of the General Elecetric’s (GE) Haliade turbines installed at America’s first offshore wind farm will be out of action at least until the second half of February, according to a statement issued by Block Island Wind Farm’s Fisheries Liaison, Elizabeth Ann Marchetti. The wind farm’s turbine number two did not go online together with […]

  • Brazil: DNV COO Calls for More Research & Innovation

    21 June 2012
    R&D, Technology

    DNV COO Elisabeth Tørstad calls for more research and innovation to better serve the transition to a low-carbon economy.  “We must invest more in research and innovation in order to continuously improve the key renewable technologies. This will drive down life cycle costs and make renewable energy more competitive,” said Elisabeth Tørstad, Chief Operating Officer […]

  • Tidal Transit Thanks Sheringham Shoal with a Painting

    16 October 2015

    As a ‘thank you’ to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm for the continuous employment of Tidal Transit’s vessels, Leo Hambro has commissioned a painting by local artist John Hurst. One or more of Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessels have been on charter to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm for three years. They have played […]

  • Top News of the Week, 26-31 December 2016

    1 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea Installs First Foundation at Galloper Offshore marine engineering specialist GeoSea installed the first of fifty-six turbine foundations at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm on Wednesday, 28th December. Block Island Turbine Out of Action Until Second Half of February One of the General Elecetric’s (GE) Haliade turbines installed at America’s first offshore wind farm […]

  • Bipartisan Offshore Wind Act Introduced in USA

    13 July 2015
    Authorities

    U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act, which would provide critical financial incentives to encourage investment in offshore wind energy. The legislation would create an investment tax credit that is redeemable for the first 3,000 megawatts of offshore wind facilities placed into service, amounting to […]

  • Kitty Petra Sails to Westermost Rough

    3 October 2014

    As a result of the intense wind farm activity around the shores of the UK, Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) are being kept fully employed. Within a week of finishing her contract in the seas off North Wales and returning to the UK’s east coast, Kitty Petra will begin work on Westermost Rough Wind […]

  • USA: National Science Foundation Awards USD 1.97 Million to Massachusetts Research Institutions

    15 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representative and Senator-Elect Edward Markey, and U.S. Representatives James McGovern and William Keating announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.97 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Tufts University for research projects in science and engineering. “These awards from the National Science Foundation are […]

  • SECWC to Lead DOE’s Southeast Regional Resource Center

    14 March 2014

    The Southeastern Coastal Wind Coalition (SECWC) will lead the efforts for a U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Regional Resource Center (RRC) focusing on the Southeastern states. As one of six new Wind Energy Regional Resource Centers recently announced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Southeastern RRC will work to advance the wind industry […]

  • Tidal Transit Wins ‘Small Growing Business’ Award

    11 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Tidal Transit has won the ‘Small Growing Business’ section of the 2014 Mayor’s Business Awards. Tidal Transit is one of North Norfolk’s most vibrant small businesses, having built a fleet of three state of the art personnel transfer vessels [PTVs] which are currently on long-term charter to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. A fourth […]

  • Belgian Offshore Wind Farms Underperform as Lower Wind Speeds Hit

    6 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The 399 wind turbines spread over nine zones in the Belgian North Sea produced approximately 6.77 TWh of electricity in 2021, a 0.6 per cent increase compared to 6.73 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. This corresponds to the annual electricity demand of almost two million households, or eight per cent of the total electricity […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Achieves Its First 10,000 Safe Transfers

    17 June 2013

    Tidal Transit has just celebrated the completion of 10,000 safe passenger transfers from its two personnel transfer vessels to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. The Ginny Louise and Eden Rose sail to the wind farms on most days from either Wells-next-the Sea or Great Yarmouth to transfer wind farm maintenance technicians and their […]

  • MHI Vestas Launches Safety Training App

    20 December 2019
    Technology, Training & Education

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has launched Safety’N’Mind digital training app developed to streamline safety refresher training courses for offshore wind turbine technicians. Basic Safety Training, as governed by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO), is required of all turbine technicians. And that training needs to be refreshed every other year, which traditionally takes three full days. […]

  • InterOPERA Project Aims to Improve Offshore Wind Interconnection

    23 January 2023
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    A project, funded by the European Union and the industry, that will help define the future interoperability standards of the multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grids in offshore electricity has been launched in Lyon, France. The project “Enabling interoperability of multi-vendor HVDC grids” (InterOPERA), funded by the EU programme for research and innovation, unites more […]