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  • Last Nobelwind Foundation Pieces Arrive to Port of Ostend

    13 July 2016
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The last 10 foundation components for the Nobelwind project arrived onboard the vessel Drago J to the port of Ostend on 7 July. The REBO terminal at Energy Port Oostende has been in full operation for a few months now. As of March, foundation components have been arriving on the REBO site every 2 to 3 weeks for final assembly. […]

  • Rentel Gets Air Support

    18 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The NHV Group has secured a new contract with Siemens Gamesa to provide helicopter services in support of the Rentel offshore wind farm project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • All SeaMade Foundations In Place

    7 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group has completed the installation of 58 turbine foundations and two substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation installed the last monopile foundation at the project site some 50km off the coast from Ostend on 2 January. According to the company, a new monopile gripper was deployed onboard […]

  • Workshops on Energy Efficiency and Offshore Energy to Be Held in Ostend, Belgium

    30 June 2014

    Energy Knowledge Platform Power-Link organizes two energy workshops under the event named “Clustering the Future”, one on energy efficiency and the other on blue energy (offshore wind, wave and tidal energy). The event, which will focus on business cases for professionals, will take place at the Science Park of the University of Ghent in Ostend […]

  • UK: Greater Gabbard Expects Latest Windcat Workboat

    6 April 2012

     The Windcat 28, an 18 metre long aluminium catamaran, fresh from Kuipers Woudsend shipyard in the Netherlands is about to head to Greater Gabbard wind farm off the coast of eastern England, North Sea, Break bulk informs. The wind farm, located 25 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk, comprising of 140 wind turbines, is under […]

  • Offshore Wind Sparks Recruitment Drive at DEME

    3 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Training & Education, Vessels

    Belgium’s DEME Group is recruiting more than 200 new employees in 2017 to meet the demand driven by the growth in offshore wind energy.

  • A2Sea Installs Last Rentel Turbine

    3 September 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has completed the installation of all 42 turbines at the Rentel offshore wind farm in Belgium.

  • Demowfloat to Hold Workshop in Ostend, Belgium

    2 July 2014
    Training & Education

    Demowfloat will have its second workshop (English spoken) in Ostend, Belgium today (July 2), in the frame of the event Clustering the Future – a new opportunity for business development: current practices & strategies (Flemish spoken) organized by Greenbridge and Power-Link Universiteit Gent.  The Demowfloat project was set up by a consortium of 12 entities who […]

  • Dalby Acquires Oz Vessel

    14 August 2015
    Vessels

    Dalby Offshore have acquired a high specification Damen 2610 mark 2 Twin Axe vessel from Bhagwan in Australia, where the vessel was operating since delivery in 2013. The vessel has completed upgrade and warranty work in Damen’s yard in Ostend, Belgium where it was also renamed the ’Dalby Ribble’ registered in Whitby, Yorkshire and painted in […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Sends Off First Rentel Nacelles

    21 March 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has shipped out the first nacelles for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm from Cuxhaven, Germany, to the installation port in Ostend, Belgium.

  • First Turbine Up at Northwester 2

    18 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has installed the first turbine at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project in Belgium. Northwester 2 will comprise 23 MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines, making it the first wind farm to feature this turbine model. According to MHI Vestas, all major turbine components have been assembled and pre-commissioned […]

  • Sea Installer Gets 5G Network for Rentel Works

    15 May 2018
    Technology, Vessels

    Belgium-based nCentric has installed its wireless communication systems onboard A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer for offshore installation works at the Rentel wind farm.

  • Denmark and Germany Sign Bornholm Energy Island Agreement, First Legally Binding Cooperation on Joint Offshore Renewable Energy Project in EU

    2 June 2023
    Authorities

    German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, and Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard, have signed an agreement for the Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea. This is the first legally binding cooperation agreement in Europe on a joint offshore energy project under the EU Renewable Energy Directive. The new […]

  • DEME, Oostende Port, and PMV Launch Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Project

    27 January 2020
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    The goal of the project, HYPORT® Oostende, is to build the green hydrogen facility in the Plassendale 1 port area and have it up and running in 2025.

  • Rotra Mare Brings First Rentel Turbine Parts to Ostend

    14 February 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Today, 14 February, Siemens’s Rotra Mare roll on/roll off (Ro-Ro) vessel brought the first Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbine components for the Rentel offshore wind farm to the REBO site in Ostend. Two blade sets and six top towers have been shipped from Esbjerg.

  • Wind Farm Owners Set Up Online O&M Platform

    30 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Wind farm owners representing 12 % of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peer online platform called o2o WIND International, dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and experience on operation and maintenance issues. The o2o (as in owner to owner) wind forum aims at fostering wind farm O&M best practice through a collaborative approach. […]

  • Nobelwind Starts Producing

    9 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first MHI Vestas wind turbine has started producing power at the Nobelwind offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea on Monday, 9 January, Parkwind reported via social media. The 165MW offshore wind farm is expected to be completed in 2017 and will feature 50 MHI Vestas V112-3.3MW turbines installed some 45 kilometres off the coast […]

  • Northwester 2 Reaches Financial Close

    8 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Northwester 2 has reached the official close of financial agreements with all key stakeholders and banks for the construction of the 219MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Jan De Nul’s ‘Vole au Vent’ Christened and Ready for Nobelwind OWF

    28 April 2016
    Vessels

    Her Majesty the Queen of Belgium christened the new offshore installation vessel of the Jan De Nul Group today. The vessel, named Vole au Vent, was christened in the Port of Ostend – the base port of Jan de Nul’s team for the Nobelwind (Bligh Bank Phase 2) project – in the presence of the family and employees of […]

  • Top News of the Week Sep 22 – 28, 2014

    28 September 2014

    Suction Bucket Installation (VIDEO) Suitable for water depths of 30-60m with a height of 57m and weighing roughly 850 tonnes. The suction bucket jacket is installed at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in Germany. 2nd Generation Vessels: Hype or Hallelujah? (A2SEA Story)  Often, new technology doesn’t live up to expectations – and there […]

  • High Wind Names New Head of Business Development

    3 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Ole Jacob Wang Nielsen has joined High Wind NV as Head of Business Development. He will continue the commercialisation of the Boom Lock which allows for safe installation of wind turbine components in higher wind speeds. Ole Jacob has worked in the maritime industry since 2001 and brings with him 8 years of offshore wind experience […]

  • Sea Installer Ticks 33 Turbines Off Rentel List

    15 August 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed 33 of 42 turbines at the Rentel offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea, a spokesperson from Otary told OffshoreWIND.biz.

  • Top News of the Week Nov 18 – 24, 2013

    24 November 2013

    The Netherlands: Damen Unveils Walk to Work Vessel Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new Wind Farm Service Vessel (WSV) to support and accommodate turbine maintenance crews at sea and allow them to ‘Walk-to-Work’. DONG Energy to Build Gode Wind 1, 2 Offshore Wind Farms (Germany) DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind […]

  • HST Harri En Route to Belgium

    29 October 2019
    Vessels

    High Speed Transfers’ (HST) new fast crew supply vessel HST Harri is on its way to Ostende, Belgium, to begin work on the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm. HST Harri sailed out today for the long voyage towards the 219MW project, where it will carry out a five-year charter with MHI Vestas, according to HST. The vessel will […]

  • Blade Crashes Into Apollo’s Gangway Offshore Belgium

    9 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    A blade from one of SeaMade’s wind turbines collided with the gangway on DEME Group’s jack-up Apollo, after which the gangway detached from the vessel and fell into the sea. The accident happened on 2 July in the morning and no injuries were reported as there were no employees on the gangway at the time of […]

  • Triodos Steps Into Belgian Offshore Wind Market

    11 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Triodos Bank has entered the Belgian offshore wind market with a financial loan for the Northwester 2 project.