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  • Waters Near Rome Attract Multiple Floating Wind Applications

    4 January 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A patch of the Tyrrhenian Sea near Civitavecchia, a city in the Rome metropolitan area, has become a point of interest for several developers who submitted eight concession applications for floating offshore wind projects to the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, currently being processed by the Port Authority of Civitavecchia. The eight projects, […]

  • Swedish Company Submits Application for 101-Turbine Offshore Wind Farm

    20 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Swedish company OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm within the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg. The permit application, which includes an environmental impact assessment (EIA), is handled by the County Administrative Board of Halland. The project, called Galatea-Galene, would comprise 101 turbines […]

  • The Netherlands: Naming Ceremony for ‘Offshore Wenduine’ Held in Rotterdam

    3 June 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Following alterations to the bow and accommodation at the  Den Breejen shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the re-vamped Crew Transfer Vessel “Offshore Wenduine” was renamed at a ceremony at the Koninklijke Roei en Zeilvereeniging “De Maas” in Rotterdam on Wednesday.  Related: The Netherlands: Offshore Wenduine Converts into Multi-Purpose Catamaran Work Boat The Champagne bottle was released onto […]

  • Osiris Projects to Survey Cable Route for Offshore Wind Turbine (Germany)

    25 October 2011
    Grid Connection

    TenneT Offshore, the fellow subsidiary of the electricity transmission system operator TenneT TSO, awarded Osiris Projects a contract to supply a series of detailed cable route surveys related to offshore wind farm sites in the German Bight region. The work included detailed geophysical surveys, ROV inspection surveys and shallow geotechnical investigations; making use of the […]

  • Denmark: Poseidon combining wind and waves

    27 April 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Since offshore wind turbines generally work best in the world’s worst seas, you might as well try to generate wave power at the same time. [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, April 26, 2010;

  • Siemens Gamesa Extends Charter for Acergy Viking

    25 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has extended the charter agreement for Eidesvik Offshore’s vessel Acergy Viking for a period of two years.

  • Shanghai Electric Rolls Out First EW8.X-230 Offshore Wind Turbine

    27 June 2022
    Technology

    Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group has produced the first EW8.X-230 offshore wind turbine generator at the Putian manufacturing facility in China on 10 June. Based on the Poseidon platform, the EW8.X-230 is a generator designed for the medium-low wind speeds normally experienced just above the sea surface off the Chinese shoreline, as well as the […]

  • Siemens Sticks With Acergy Viking

    13 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded another contract with Siemens Wind Power for the service operation vessel Acergy Viking. The Acergy Viking will commence a new six-month contract plus options for Siemens Wind Power in the German offshore wind sector in June 2017. The two companies signed the first charter agreement for the Acergy Viking in […]

  • Denmark: Poseidon P37 Back for Offshore Test Phase

    30 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    In the early morning of September 25th 2013, Poseidon P37 was put back in operation at the test site off Onsevig Harbor, at the north coast of Lolland. This is test phase nr. 4. Test Phase 1, conducted 2008/09, had the purpose of documenting platform stability including the impact of the moving wave absorption floaters […]

  • Offshore wind heads for record year (Belgium)

    21 July 2010
    R&D

    118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid in the first half of 2010 according to new statistics released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Those 118 turbines have a capacity of 333 MW – well over half the 577 MW installed offshore last year – showing continuing strong growth […]

  • Belgium: OWA Names First Maintenance Vessels for Wind Farms

    9 November 2012

    Amongst great public interest, the vessels ‘Aquata’ and ‘Arista’ were named at the port of Ostend. Ms Evi Van Acker, Belgian sailor and bronze medal winner at the London 2012 Olympics, accepted to be godmother to the ‘Arista’. Mrs Sabine Cartrysse, spouse of Mr Kris Vanmassenhove, accepted to be godmother to the ‘Aquata’. The christening […]

  • New Offshore Wind Study Aims to Deliver Net Gain for Marine Biodiversity

    24 May 2022
    Contribution, Environment

    A new international project, led by The Crown Estate and the Dutch Rich North Sea programme, has gathered seabed data in one place to identify how biodiversity net gain can be delivered in tandem with the expansion of offshore wind. According to The Crown Estate, the North Sea Net Gain study aims to ensure that decisions […]