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  • Bladt Shares Its Formula for Success

    17 December 2013
    Technology

    This year’s EWEA Offshore in Frankfurt served as an excellent opportunity for Offshore WIND team to meet with industry leaders, including Bladt Industries. The company recently joined DONG Energy’s Gode Wind project, and we wanted to find out a little bit more about this large contract from Bladt Industries’ Tenna Horby. When asked to give […]

  • Vattenfall Bids for Borssele III & IV

    7 October 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall, a Swedish wind energy developer which could build the cheapest nearshore project off the coast of Denmark, has disclosed that it is taking part in the Borssele III and IV tender. In an interview with Offshore WIND at WindEnergy Hamburg, the company’s Head of Business Area Wind, Gunnar Groebler, said that the ongoing and […]

  • Next-Gen SOV-Gangway Combo Coming to Market

    3 November 2020
    Vessels

    Spanish engineering company Marcelo Penna Engineering and the Dutch Safeway have joined forces to design an “intelligent” service operation vessel (SOV) combined with a motion-compensated offshore access system. The parties are developing the DP2 MP625 SOV combined with the recently introduced Safeway Gannet 3D motion-compensated offshore access system that features zero impact bumpering or hover-mode, […]

  • Vattenfall Wind Chief Takes WindEurope Chair

    7 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    WindEurope has appointed Gunnar Groebler, Vattenfall’s Senior Vice President for Business Area Wind, as the new Chair. The Board of Directors elected Groebler for an 18-month term, succeeding Ivor Catto, CEO at RES Group. Tony Adam from Nordex will become the association’s new Vice Chair, taking the place of Juan River Abbad from Iberdrola. “We’re delighted to have Gunnar […]

  • Metcentre Owners Increase Share Capital

    9 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The owners of Marine Energy Test Centre (Metcentre) have increased the share capital of the test centre. After the capital increase, the owners of Metcentre are Rogaland County (35%), Statoil (35%), Haugaland Kraft (13%), Municipality of Karmøy (8%), Polytec research foundation (5%) and others (4%). Chairman of the board, Gunnar Birkeland says: “This capital increase is very […]

  • Keppel’s Subsidiary Acquires OWEC Tower

    2 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Keppel Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary KV Ventus B.V. has acquired a 50.1% equity interest in OWEC Tower, from NorWind AS, TronderEnergi AS, InnoVent GmbH, Per Bull Haugsoen and Gunnar Foss for NOK 2,8 million (approx. EUR 327,827).  As KV Ventus already holds the remaining 49.9% equity interest in OWEC Tower (AS) following an acquisition in January […]

  • Estonia Targets 2030 with Offshore Wind

    1 November 2017
    Authorities

    The Estonian Government has confirmed the Estonian Energy Development Plan until 2030 (ENMAK), that sets out a plan for renewable energy to have a share of 50% in the domestic electricity consumption and 80% in the heat generated in Estonia.

  • Date Set for Taiwan’s First Offshore Wind Supply Chain Conference

    30 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Asia Wind Energy Association and the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) are organizing the first offshore wind supply chain conference in Taiwan. The 1st Annual Asia Offshore Wind Supply Chain Conference will be held on 4 March 2020 in Kaohsiung. The event is the first conference in Asia-Pacific dedicated to the supply chain development […]

  • CIP Bolsters Taiwanese Offshore Wind Connection

    14 September 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Changhua County government and Denmak’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have signed a memorandum of cooperation to jointly promote and develop offshore wind industry in Taiwan’s most populous county.

  • USA: Council of Narragansett Against Deepwater Wind’s Transmission Line

    12 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    Last Monday, the Town Council of Narragansett voted against the Deepwater Wind’s transmission line across Block Island Sound. Council President Glenna Hagopian thinks they need more specification about this matter to make a decision. “I want to see what you are bringing to the table before we move forward,” Hagopian said to South County Independent. […]

  • Vattenfall Sets Aside EUR 5.5 Billion for Wind Development

    30 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Swedish utility Vattenfall plans to invest EUR 5.5 billion in on- and offshore wind energy development by 2020, the company’s Head of Business Area Wind Gunnar Groebler was quoted by German media as saying. The amount is equal to what the state-owned power company invested in wind power development in the past ten years. Vattenfall expects this investment […]

  • Leask Marine Completes Hornsea One Job

    24 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Leask Marine’s vessel C-Fenna has completed wave buoy works on the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. The vessel completed wave rider recovery and deployment operations for Fugro GB, who performed a variety of maintenance service operations on each buoy at the 1.2GW offshore wind project. Each buoy was retrieved onto the deck for servicing and […]

  • Unitech Offshore Wins TetraSpar Floater Contract

    7 November 2019
    Grid Connection

    Unitech Offshore has secured a contract to provide dynamic power cable and grid connection for the TetraSpar demonstration project in Norway. Unitech said it had been working together with the project partners and investors under an Early Work Agreement up to the signing of the main contract at the end of October. The FWT Zefyros, […]

  • Vattenfall Acquires Global Tech II Project

    10 August 2016

    Vattenfall has acquired Global Tech II offshore wind project located in the German North Sea some 85 kilometres north of the island of Borkum. The project is currently under development with up to 79 wind turbines in an area of 47 square kilometres. The realization of the project depends on obtaining a capacity contract in the […]

  • Leask Marine Completes East Anglia One Task

    19 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Leask Marine has completed a range of supporting activities for ABCO Marine at the East Anglia One offshore wind farm. The UK-based company was in charge of laying concrete mattresses and placing rock bags on the seabed, as well as supporting the Fugro 1200 jack-up. Leask Marine carried out these four-month marine operations with its vessel C-Fenna. East Anglia […]

  • USA: LEEDCo Changes Wind Turbines Supplier

    16 July 2012

    Since GE has abandoned plans to develop products for the Great Lakes, Lake Erie Energy Development Company, LEEDCo, has switched suppliers, reports WKSU news portal. Namely, Siemens will be supplying turbines for the wind energy project in the Lake Erie instead of GE. Siemens’ wind turbines are smaller than GE’s and are less expensive to […]

  • Denmak: ZephIR Dual Mode Delivers Simultaneous Measurements to DTU Wind Energy

    19 May 2013
    Technology

    Industry-leading wind lidar company ZephIR Lidar have confirmed, to the best of their knowledge, the world’s first simultaneous measurements taken upwind and downwind of a wind turbine for the Technical University of Denmark, Wind Energy department, formerly known as Risø DTU. The measurements were taken using two ZephIR Dual Mode systems deployed at the front […]

  • Vattenfall Preparing ‘Offshore Hotel’ for Sandbank and DanTysk

    3 October 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    During a press conference at WindEnergy Hamburg last week, Vattenfall stated that they will launch the Sandbank project in the summer of 2015, after they complete the DanTysk construction works. Due to their proximity and technical similarity of DanTysk and Sandbank, Vattenfall has come up with the concept to have one crew servicing both wind […]

  • Sea Worker Capsizes off Denmark

    3 February 2016
    Vessels

    Due to harsh weather, the offshore installation vessel Sea Worker has capsized during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, A2SEA reported today. No pollution has been detected from Sea Worker, but the focus remains on preventing any oils or fuels leaking from the vessel. A special operations team and vessels Esvagt Connector and Emile Robin are onsite closely […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 28, 2015– Jan 3, 2016

    3 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    US Team Developing Mega Turbines Inspired by Palm Trees A US-based team of scientists plans to use a USD 3.56 million grant to develop wind turbines able to protect themselves in severe weather by folding in their rotor blades like palm trees in a hurricane. Vattenfall Sets Aside EUR 5.5 Billion for Wind Development Swedish […]

  • First Monopiles In at Horns Rev 3

    20 October 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first four out of the total of 49 monopiles have been installed at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm site in Denmark and GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation is now set to install the next batch.

  • New Communications Director at Statnett from 2012 (Norway)

    24 October 2011

    Kristian Marstrand Pladsen has been named the new communications director of Statnett. He comes from the position as director of communications and public affairs in Energy Norway. Kristian Marstrand Pladsen has about twenty years of experience with communications work and management in Norway and abroad. He has worked with a number of trade and interest […]

  • Vattenfall Gives Its Wind Business a Strategic Boost

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall has strengthened the senior management team of its wind business with the appointment of one of the industry’s leading strategists. On 1 October, Michael Simmelsgaard will be new Vice President of Strategic Projects as well as a member of the Management Team at Business Area Wind. He has a strong track record in the energy […]

  • Vattenfall to Build Two Nearshore Wind Farms in Denmark

    12 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has won the Danish nearshore wind tender after submitting the final bid for Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord sites on 1 September and offering the lowest bid of DKK 0,475/kWh. There were five possible locations within the tender and Vattenfall bid for two sites on the west coast of Jutland. As a result, the company will now develop […]

  • Vattenfall’s Vice President of Offshore Wind Resigns

    5 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Vattenfall’s Vice President of Business Unit Offshore Wind Michael Simmelsgaard has decided to leave the company. Simmelsgaard, who joined Vattenfall in 2015, will continue his career outside the company. Head of Engineering Offshore Wind Jacob Nørgaard Andersen will take over the role as Danish Country Manager. “Vattenfall’s has developed a strong offshore business over the […]

  • DanTysk’s Last Turbine Installed

    28 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Yesterday, the last of total 80 turbines was installed at the DanTysk offshore project. The offshore wind farm, erected by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM), will have a production capacity equivalent to the consumption of up to 400,000 households. The wind farm, erected by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) 70 km west of the island of Sylt, […]