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  • Cable Works at Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm in Full Swing

    9 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group has installed thirty inter-array cables at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France. The cabling contracts for the 500 MW offshore wind farm were awarded to Prysmian, which is in charge of supplying and installing both the inter-array cables and the export cables for the wind farm. To carry out this operation, four ships are currently […]

  • Correll to Back Prysmian on Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Correll Group has been awarded a contract from the Prysmian Group to provide support for the pull-in and installation of High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) export cables to the offshore substation platform for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, the Correll Group will provide support for the pull-in and installation […]

  • Atlantique Offshore Energy Sends Off Calvados Substation

    6 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Atlantique Offshore Energy, in a consortium consortium with GE Grid Solutions and SDI (DEME Group), has sent off the offshore substation for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind project in France, also known as the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm. The offshore wind farm is being built by a consortium comprising EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge, CPP Investments […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Awards Fécamp Pre-Assembly Contract to GWS

    14 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has picked Global Wind Service (GWS) as a partner for the complete pre-assembly scope for the 497 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France. The offshore wind farm, also known as Parc éolien en mer de Fécamp, will feature 71 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines. The Global Wind Service’s scope […]

  • Scotland and Brittany Discuss Partnership on Floating Wind Turbines

    9 February 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    A delegation of fifteen Scottish companies met in Rennes, France, with companies from the Brittany offshore wind and marine energy sector to discuss the development of partnerships around floating wind turbines. Scotland and Brittany are two players at the forefront of floating wind development in Europe. The two territories have the advantage of having floating […]

  • Calvados Offshore Wind Farm’s O&M Base Open for Business

    12 April 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The operations and maintenance (O&M) base of the French Calvados offshore wind farm was inaugurated on 11 April in Ouistreham. According to Éolien Maritime France (EMF), the consortium behind the offshore wind project, this marks a major milestone between now and the commissioning of the wind farm, which is scheduled for 2025. The O&M base […]

  • All Gravity-Based Foundations Stand at Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

    4 October 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    All 71 gravity-based foundations have been installed at the Fécamp wind farm offshore France, the project developer said. The installation of the foundations started on 1 August and was completed on 17 September with the installation of the final gravity-based foundation at the site located between 13 and 22 kilometres off Fécamp. The consortium of […]

  • German TSO Seeks Export Cable System Provider

    7 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has issued a contract notice seeking a submarine and land cable system for the OST-6-1 grid connection in the Baltic Sea. The contract covers the design, engineering, construction, supply, installation, burial, handling, and commissioning of the 220 kV submarine and land cable systems from the onshore substation i.R. Gnewitz […]

  • Buoy for Ocergy’s Data Collection Platform Rolled Out, Destined for French A06 Floating Wind Area

    18 November 2022
    Technology

    Croatian shipyard Brodosplit has completed the fabrication of the buoy ordered by Ocergy, which will equip it with a LiDAR and systems to collect metocean and biodiversity data, both aerial and marine, before deploying the platform in the French A06 offshore area, for which the floating wind tendering procedure is underway. Ocergy’s French subsidiary Ocergie […]

  • Romanian-Bulgarian Energy Island Would Unlock Large-Scale Offshore Wind Deployment in Black Sea, Report Says

    12 January 2023
    Grid Connection

    An energy island in the Black Sea developed jointly by Romania and Bulgaria would facilitate deployment of multi-gigawatt offshore wind capacity while avoiding grid challenges that both countries face in this regard, according to a new report from the Energy Policy Group (EPG), a Bucharest-based independent think-tank focused on energy and climate policies. Titled Offshore wind […]

  • Sif Readying to Deploy Skybox Prototype for Offshore Testing

    14 July 2021
    Technology

    Dutch offshore wind foundation manufacturer Sif Group is set to deploy the first prototype of its Skybox solution for TP-less monopiles for offshore testing this autumn. The company has already completed the proof-of-concept process for Skybox and will now test and demonstrate the feasibility of manufacturing the Skybox using slip-joint technology.  The first demonstrator, called […]

  • Considerations When Moving to TP-Less – Guest Post

    12 September 2022
    R&D, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Michel Kurstjens, Product Strategy Director at Sif Group Sif’s Skybox development has reached its halfway landmark. Started in 2020 and planned to deliver a solution to the market in 2024, the Skybox project started as a technology to optimize going “TP-less”. The project has three main benefits. […]

  • Kykon is Suspending Payments (UK)

    27 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Skykon has today filed for a suspension of payments. The creditors will shortly receive additional information from the supervisor on the further course of events. “The wind turbine industry is project based and very cyclical, and it is currently being affected by a number of negative factors in the wake of the financial crisis. These […]

  • Sif Pairs Skybox Foundation with Get Up Safe System

    6 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pict Offshore to integrate the Get Up Safe (GUS) system, as standard, into its Skybox TP-less monopile foundation. The GUS system is a heave compensated personnel lifting solution that is said to transform the way in which maintenance technicians access offshore wind […]

  • VIDEO: Sif presents latest innovation ‘Skybox’

    10 July 2020
    Industry

    Sif Group, producer of large tubular structures presents their latest innovation: Skybox, all the functionalities of the transition piece onto the monopile in one lift. Michel Kurstjens, CCO Sif Group: “We always try to be ahead of the pack and be a part of what is needed in offshore wind in order to have a […]

  • VIDEO: Sif Presents Latest Innovation ‘Skybox’

    17 July 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Sif Group, producer of large tubular structures presents their latest innovation: Skybox, all the functionalities of the transition piece onto the monopile in one lift. Michel Kurstjens, CCO Sif Group, said: “We always try to be ahead of the pack and be a part of what is needed in offshore wind in order to have […]

  • Denmark: Skykon to develop offshore facilities at Lindoe Shipyard

    22 April 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    Skykon has recently acquired facilities of 100,000 square metres at Lindoe Shipyard, the most advanced former shipyard in Europe, for the… [mappress] Source: ecofriendnews, April 22, 2010;

  • Maersk Training Launches Hub Rescue Course

    13 March 2015
    Training & Education

    Newcastle-based Maersk Training has launched its latest training course to expand its portfolio of health and safety courses for the wind energy industry. The Hub Rescue course, which is recommended for WTG Technicians, Blade Inspectors, and Installation and Maintenance Subcontractors, has been designed to provide both theoretical and practical skill sets for those required to […]

  • The Netherlands: FC Utrecht’s Offshore Lounge; Combining Business With Pleasure

    24 February 2012

    40 top managers from the offshore industry enjoyed the kick-off of the Offshore Lounge in the Galgenwaard stadium on Sunday 19 February, when FC Utrecht played AZ. The FC Utrecht Offshore Lounge is a brand new concept, located in the centre of the Netherlands, offering unique networking possibilities for the offshore industry. The Offshore Lounge […]

  • Scotland Mustn’t Back Down From the Offshore Wind

    27 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    THE Skykon factory is currently the only significant manufacturer of wind turbine towers in Scotland and is therefore a very important part… By Paul Brewer (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 27, 2010;

  • Wind Towers Acquire Skykon’s Wind Turbine Tower Manufacturing and Assembly Plant at Machrihanish (UK)

    20 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    Wind Towers Ltd, the joint venture between SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) and Marsh Wind Technology Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Marsh Global Holdings Ltd, has completed the purchase of the Skykon wind turbine tower manufacturing and assembly plant at Machrihanish, Campbeltown, from its Administrators. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has agreed to provide […]

  • Maersk Training Offers Opportunities in Newcastle

    19 June 2015
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training in Newcastle has spaces available on its Level 1 Certificate in Safe Working Practice in the Wind Turbine Industry (QCF) course starting on either Monday 22 June or Monday 29 June 2015, with further start dates later in the year, the company has announced. Stuart Cameron, Managing Director at Maersk Training said: “Tough […]

  • Three Years Investment into Port of Belfast (Northern Ireland)

    28 April 2011
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Belfast will invest in a logistics terminal for handling the offshore operations of DONG Energy in the Irish Sea and to promote Belfast’s “green economy”. The project is part of the Port Development Plan 2011-2013, the largest single investment, as reported by the Port Authority. The tender for the terminal is soon […]

  • Marco Polo Enters South Korean Offshore Wind Market

    11 January 2023
    Vessels

    Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine has formed partnerships with Namsung Shipping and HA Energy to jointly pursue offshore wind vessel projects in South Korea. The parties will work together to own and operate suitable support vessels like CTVs, SOVs, and CSOVs to service the growing offshore wind market in the region. Namsung Shipping is South Korea’s […]

  • SSE Announces Plans for Scotland’s First Offshore Wind Turbine Testing Facility

    1 April 2011
    R&D

    SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is planning to develop Scotland’s first offshore wind turbine testing facility at Clydeport’s Hunterston site in North Ayrshire. The proposed new facility will be an extension of SSE’s Glasgow-based Centre of Engineering Excellence for Renewable Energy (CEERE), and in partnership with leading turbine suppliers, will be used to develop […]

  • The Return of the Tripod – Foundation Specialists See an Opening

    28 September 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Sif, KCI, and Smulders have teamed up to jointly develop a new product line called ‘The revival of the Tripod’. The Tripod foundation concept was last deployed offshore at Global Tech 1 wind farm in the German North Sea around eight years ago. The concept on its own was abandoned as a ‘live’ foundation of […]