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  • Industry Shows Interest in Dutch Zero-Subsidy Offshore Wind (Interview)

    5 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch government did not just single-handedly decide to go forward with zero-subsidy tenders, serious developers tell and show it is possible, and as long as this is the case the government will not provide unnecessary subsidies or other forms of market protection, Ruud de Bruijne from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) said in an interview with Offshore WIND.

  • First US-Flagged Offshore Wind Service Operations Vessel Taking Shape

    5 April 2023
    Vessels

    Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has marked the 50-per cent completion milestone on ECO Edison, the first-ever US-flagged, Jones Act-compliant offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV), chartered by Ørsted and Eversource for their South Fork Wind, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind projects. The construction of the SOV, being built by ECO’s in-house shipyards in Louisiana, Mississippi, and […]

  • The Netherlands: VSMC Secures Over EUR 150m in New Orders

    11 September 2011
    Grid Connection

      Visser & Smit Marine Contracting, a VolkerWessels company, has recently signed four contracts related to the installation of cables for offshore wind parks with a combined value of over € 150 million. This underlines the excellent qualities of VSMC as one of the leading European companies in the field of electrical energy connections for […]

  • Statkraft Company Seeks Permit to Probe Wind Site Offshore Ireland

    12 February 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    If approved, the surveys would start in the summer of 2020 with a geophysical survey and run until 2024 when the final geotechnical campaigns and the final engineering is completed.

  • Germany: Global Tech I Construction to Start Punctually

    10 September 2012

    The company Windreich AG, the wind power pioneer and leading builder of wind farms in the German North Sea, congratulates Bremen HOCHTIEF subsidiary HGO InfraSea Solutions on the launching of the ‘INNOVATION’ construction vessel. The Global Tech I wind farm initiated by Windreich was the initial trigger for the planning and realisation of this installation […]

  • Geophysical Survey Underway at Irish Offshore Wind Project

    21 November 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    A geophysical survey has commenced at the Oriel Wind Park project off County Louth in the Irish Sea. The ultra-high-resolution geophysical survey started in November and is expected to be completed by mid-December, subject to weather and operational constraints. The goal of the survey, which will be carried out by the shallow draft vessel Fastnet […]

  • Mainstream and Maple Power to Team Up Ahead of Celtic Sea Floating Wind Tender

    29 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Mainstream Renewable Power and Maple Power are jointly exploring the upcoming Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Tender in the UK, which will be launched in 2023. The Crown Estate is advancing the Celtic Sea seabed leasing tender for floating wind, which is anticipated to deliver a total of 4 GW of renewable energy by 2035. […]

  • New York Bight Lease Sale Day 1

    23 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    This is an article following Day 1 updates of the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale. To read the updates from Day 2 and Day 3, or news on the final results of the lease sale, go to the articles below: The biggest offshore wind lease sale ever organised in the US is resuming […]

  • Export Cable Installation Starts at Hollandse Kust (zuid)

    23 September 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has started installing the export cables which will connect the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm to the Dutch grid, TenneT said. For the first ten kilometres of the cable route at sea, the four export cables will have to be buried more than 5,5 metres into the seabed in order […]

  • Geophysical Survey to Start at Clogherhead Offshore Wind Farm

    17 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Alpha Marine is set to commence a geophysical survey campaign at the Clogherhead offshore wind farm site in Ireland, off the coast of County Louth. The survey, to be carried out by the vessel Baltic Explorer, will start around 25 May and will last until 27 July, subject to weather conditions. Alpha Marine will utilise […]

  • US to Start Federal Permitting Process for Sunrise Wind OWF

    30 August 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to start an environmental review of the Sunrise Wind project offshore New York, the US Department of Interior (DoI) said on 30 August. The project, developed by Ørsted and Eversource, is proposed to be built in a lease area in federal waters approximately 31 miles (around 50 […]

  • Doosan Secures O&M Work Offshore South Korea

    13 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) has signed a maintenance service contract with Korea Offshore Wind Power (KOWP) for the 60MW Southwest Offshore Demonstration Wind Farm.

  • Great Yarmouth Inks O&M Base Deal for Dudgeon Offshore Wind

    3 June 2014

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd and Great Yarmouth Port Company Ltd have signed an Agreement for Lease giving Dudgeon the right to 1,7 acres of land on South Denes Road, a warehouse on the demise and access to the river harbour quay. The Lease will have an initial period of 25 years and will be exercised […]

  • Israel, El Salvador Form Alliance to Execute Wave Power Projects

    29 July 2012
    Technology

    Israel’s SDE Wave Power Plants company and El Salvador’s El Esplendor Development Corp have announced an alliance to execute Wave Power Technology in El Salvador and California. SDE is a world leader in the planning, building and marketing of power stations that produce power from sea waves. SDE was recently selected by a team of […]

  • Hollandse Kust Noord & West Alpha Export Cables Installation Coming Up

    4 March 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul is getting ready to start cabling work on the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind farm grid connections in the Netherlands, developed by the transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT. The cable laying vessel (CLV) Isaac Newton loaded the first batch of subsea cables at the LS Cable & System fabrication […]

  • RWE Starts Construction on Flagship Offshore Wind Farm

    11 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE has begun construction of its 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, the largest project currently in construction across the company’s entire renewables fleet. The official construction will start with onshore activities, which are also known as enabling works. UK firm Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has been contracted to carry out the work. These […]

  • Hundreds Call for Offshore Wind Jobs in Georgia, USA

    6 September 2012
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Approximately 300 people attended a rally last Friday on Tybee Island to promote offshore wind energy. The event, called the “Wind Works: for Jobs, for Georgians” rally was sponsored by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) and the Sierra Club. The coalition of groups and individuals came together on Labor Day weekend to promote […]

  • Eni Firm and CIP to Build Floating Wind Farms Offshore Italy

    6 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    GreenIT, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and CDP Equity for the production of energy from renewable sources, and CI IV, a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), have signed an agreement to develop two floating offshore wind farms in Sicily and Sardinia. Both projects are located more than 35 kilometres from the coast […]

  • Vineyard Wind Adds Fisheries Liaison Officer to Its Team

    30 July 2018
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Vineyard Wind has appointed Crista Bank as Fisheries Liaison to lead the project’s regional engagement with fishing industry representatives on Cape and Islands, the South Coast, Rhode Island, and along the East Coast in the US.

  • BREAKING: SSE, Equinor Plan 1.3 GW Dogger Bank D Offshore Wind Project

    6 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables and Equinor are looking into building what would be the fourth part of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, whose three phases (A, B and C) are currently under construction. Surveys are now underway at an offshore site where the partners want to develop Dogger Bank D, which would […]

  • UK: Construction Starts on OREC’s HQ

    1 August 2012

    Scotland’s flagship International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) is starting to take shape following the start of construction on Scottish Enterprise’s £10 million Industry Engagement Building in Glasgow – the future headquarters of the UK’s new Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC).  The ITREZ, which already incorporates Strathclyde University’s £89 million Technology Innovation Centre, aims […]

  • EEW Pipes for Formosa 2 Jackets

    16 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Group is producing the steel pipe components for the 47 jacket foundations to be installed on the Formosa 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. The production of the steel pipes for the jackets started in January at EEW Korea, EEW KHPC, and EEW Malaysia and is expected to be completed in October 2020. With a […]

  • TEPCO Testing Japanese Seabed

    12 November 2018
    R&D

    Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has begun a seabed survey off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, Japan, to ascertain the bedrock structure of the seabed for a possible offshore wind farm.

  • Bill Aiming to Relocate Aqua Ventus I Dismissed

    11 May 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A bill aiming to prohibit the permitting of an offshore wind energy project within the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area, or within 10 nautical miles of the area, was dismissed by the U.S. State of Maine’s Energy, Utilities and Technology committee.

  • UK: 10,000 Jobs for Renewable Energy Industry Within Next 8 Years

    5 April 2012
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    The latest research from Renewable UK, the leading renewable energy trade association in the UK, has revealed that approximately 10,000 jobs could be created in the wave and tidal industry within the next eight years. The study also highlighted the current dearth of talent in the renewable energy sector, with many employers struggling to find […]

  • Geophysical Survey Underway at 1 GW Irish Offshore Wind Farm Site

    30 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    A geophysical survey campaign has started at the project site of SSE Renewables’ Braymore Wind Park in the north Irish Sea. The campaign will involve the deployment of towed equipment from survey vessels and is expected to be completed by early November 2022, subject to weather and operational constraints. The survey, being conducted by two […]