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  • Offshore Wind Generates 9.9% of UK Energy in 2019

    27 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind generated 9.9% of total energy in the UK in 2019, largely due to new capacity coming online, according to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The UK renewable electricity capacity was 47.4GW at the end of 2019, a 3GW or 6.9% increase on the year earlier. Offshore wind farms […]

  • Boskalis Commissions New DP2 Crane Vessel

    8 March 2018
    Vessels

    Boskalis commissioned its Bokalift 1 crane vessel on 24 February in Rotterdam, where the company celebrated the milestone together with its 3,500 employees and their families. The vessel is purposed, among other things, for transporting and installing offshore wind turbine foundations.

  • Seaproof Solutions Scores Export CPS Brace off Germany

    1 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has contracted Seaproof Solutions to supply its export cable protection systems (CPS) for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm and Trianel Windpark Borkum II.

  • Inter-Array Cable Issue to Leave EUR 403 Million Mark on Ørsted

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    An inter-array cable issue on several Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in the UK and Continental Europe could have a total financial impact around DKK 3 billion (around EUR 403 million) across 2021 to 2023, the company reported in its latest financial results. A cable failure was discovered during an inspection campaign at the Race Bank […]

  • Highlights of the Month – May 2019

    4 June 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most read offshore wind news in the month of May. Vietnamese Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground Vietnam’s Tra Vinh Wind Power has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the 48MW Korea- Tra Vinh wind farm (Phase 1). Offshore Construction Starts on Moray East The […]

  • South Axholme Academy Students Learn about Offshore Wind

    26 January 2015
    Training & Education

    South Axholme Academy students were visited by the SMart Futures team last week to learn about offshore wind power and the company’s proposed Project Two at the Hornsea Zone. SMart Wind held the event with two classes, helping students understand more about interconnecting offshore wind farms and how they can help contribute to the UK’s renewable energy […]

  • Gulf Marine Services Nabs New Offshore Wind Contract

    25 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Gulf Marine Services (GMS) will deploy a third vessel from its Large Class Self Elevating Support Vessel (SESV) fleet on an offshore wind project, after the company signed a charter agreement with an unnamed client for a project in Europe.

  • DEME Tries to Take Possession of Unfinished Living Stone from LaNaval Shipyard

    25 September 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Vessels

    Belgium’s DEME Group has attempted to take possession of the advanced cable layer Living Stone, currently under construction at the financially troubled LaNaval shipyard in Bilbao, Spain, and tow the vessel to another location where the delayed construction could be completed.

  • Lloyds Register Certifies Mainstream Renewable Power (UK)

    28 November 2011

    Mainstream Renewable Power today announced that its Offshore Business has been independently certified by Lloyds Register for Quality Assurance (LRQA) for its integrated management system for Safety, Health, Environment and Quality. The certification verifies that Mainstream’s management system meets internationally recognised Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. The […]

  • Ørsted Allots Second Round East Coast Community Fund Grants

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Denmark-based Ørsted has awarded seventeen local organisations from Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk, UK, with grants from the second round of its East Coast Community Fund.

  • First CWPs for Windpark Fryslân Ready to Sail Out of Poland

    21 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Aarsleff BIZ, a Per Aarsleff company, has loaded out the first batch of concrete work platforms (CWPs) for the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands at its factory in Swinoujscie, Poland. The CWPs, each weighing 76 tonnes, will be mounted on the project’s monopiles, which are currently being installed at the project site in the […]

  • AIS Prepping Deep Ocean Crew for Offshore Wind Work

    2 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Training & Education

    AIS Training has secured a contract with offshore cable installation contractor, DeepOcean, to upskill its workers as the company prepares to deliver several new offshore wind contracts. The scope of the contract will see AIS train up to 100 of DeepOcean’s workers in mandatory global wind qualifications at its industrial training village in North Shields, which […]

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Gets Board Level Membership on OWDC in USA

    21 June 2011

      Leading offshore wind developer, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced its Board level membership of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition in the U.S. The company, which is already actively developing over 7,600MW of offshore wind projects in Europe, recently expressed an interest in developing a major wind farm as part of New Jersey’s offshore wind […]

  • Ørsted Selects Ordtek for US and Taiwan Offshore Wind Projects

    12 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Norfolk-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) specialist Ordtek has won contracts to support Ørsted on offshore wind farm projects in the United States and Taiwan. Ordtek will be supporting Ørsted on two offshore wind farms to be developed off the US east coast, Bay State Wind and Ocean Wind, as well as on the Formosa 1 and […]

  • US Wind to Install Maryland Offshore Met Mast in August

    24 April 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    A meteorological tower for US Wind’s 268MW offshore wind farm in Maryland is scheduled to be installed at the offshore project site in August 2018. The met mast will be delivered by Gulf Island Fabrication, which signed a contract with US Wind in March.

  • UK: Hull to Host North Sea Offshore Wind Conference

    27 August 2012

    Hull will host the North Sea Offshore Wind conference on October 10, reports Yorkshire Post. The Yorkshire and Humber is home to over 20 wind energy projects and centrally located to Britain’s three largest Round 3 offshore wind development zones – Dogger Bank, Hornsea and Norfolk. The event will consist of a conference, brokerage event […]

  • EEW SPC Secures 176-Monopile Order for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind

    5 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has won a contract to manufacture 176 monopiles for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. EEW SPC had already delivered two monopiles for the 12 MW CVOW pilot project in April 2020, which were the first monopiles to be installed in US federal waters. Now […]

  • SPT Offshore Signs Korean Offshore Wind Deal

    20 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SPT Offshore has made its first entry into the Korean offshore wind industry by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Wind Energy on 15 June 2017.

  • Bold Tern and Brave Tern to Use Speedcast Communication Tech

    30 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has contracted Speedcast International Limited to provide a communication solution for its jack-up vessels Bold Tern and Brave Tern. According to Speedcast, the solution will combine VSAT and 4G/LTE to deliver data and voice services for the corporate, operator and crew welfare networks. Under the multi-year contract, the company said it will also deploy […]

  • Sea Worker Installs First Two Turbines at Array Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    7 February 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s Sea Worker has successfully installed the first two of 175 turbines at Array Offshore Wind Farm, and it is expected for them to start producing power in March, reports Businessgreen. They are the Siemens’ 3.6MW machines, which were tested at Hornsea zone and are already being used at the Burbo bank. The plan is […]

  • Kongsberg and NorSea Taking Offshore Wind Logistics to Digital Realm

    13 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    Kongsberg Digital is purchasing a 34 per cent ownership share in NSG Digital, a subsidiary of the NorSea Group. The two companies will now collaborate on digitalising the supply chain in the oil and gas and offshore wind industries.

  • Louis Dreyfus Unveils First SOV for Ørsted

    8 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has launched its service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change destined to operate for Ørsted.

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2016

    1 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media on 18 August. Bilfinger Exits Offshore Wind Foundations Business Germany’s VTC Group Munich has bought Bilfinger’s share in Bilfinger Mars Offshore, a Poland-based manufacturer of steel foundations for offshore […]

  • Maritime Partner to Build Daughter Boats for DONG’s SOVs

    31 October 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian boat builder Maritime Partner AS has signed a contract with the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan for the delivery of four boats which will be stationed onboard two new Service Operation Vessels (SOV) working for the offshore wind power industry. The SOV’s are ordered by the Norwegian ship owner Østensjø Rederi to service DONG Energy’s […]

  • UK Adds 2GW of Offshore Wind in 2018

    17 December 2018

    The UK is marking a record this year as it added more than 2GW of offshore wind capacity to the grid, which can produce enough clean electricity to power over 2,300,000 households per year. 

  • Ørsted Devising ‘Band-Aid’ Solution for EUR 403 Million Cable Issue

    15 June 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted is developing a solution that could potentially save the company from spending as much as EUR 403 million to repair damaged inter-array cables across up to ten of its offshore wind farms. As previously reported, Ørsted discovered an issue with Cable Protection Systems (CPSs) on the Race Bank wind farm off the UK earlier […]