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  • UK: Energy Minister Recognises East of England’s Contribution

    10 March 2014
    Authorities

    The East of England’s crucial role in helping meet the UK’s future energy needs won praise from Energy Minister Michael Fallon at the SNS2014 Conference gala dinner at Norfolk Showground, Norwich, last week. He said it was important for Government and industry to work together to maximise benefits from vast energy potential in the region […]

  • How to plan and execute reliable and cost effective offshore installation projects in hostile, farshore, deepwater environments (UK)

    6 September 2010
    Grid Connection

    Despite a buoyant European offshore wind market, offshore construction & installation contractors that fall short of budget and technology challenges risk falling by the wayside. Utility scale developers at the forefront will be seeking out only companies capable of providing and meeting the necessary challenges imposed on the industry today. With a total of 2,396 […]

  • NOV Design and Equipment for Cadeler F-Class Jack-Up

    28 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    NOV has been awarded contracts for the equipment and design of Cadeler’s first F-class jack-up vessel. The new F-class is a bespoke version of the GustoMSC™ NG-20000X model specially designed as a hybrid wind turbine and foundation installation jack-up vessel. In addition to the first two X-class units, this will be Cadeler’s third GustoMSC-designed jack-up […]

  • Sif Reaches Refinancing Deal

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Sif Holding N.V. has reached a EUR 350 million refinancing deal due to come into force in mid-2019. The agreement was signed with RABO bank, ING, ABN AMRO, Euler-Hermes and Tokio Marine and is set to replace the current EUR 250 million facility. According to Sif, the new facility consists of a revolving credit facility of […]

  • Rix Sea Shuttle Expands Its Fleet with New CTV

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Rix Sea Shuttle is expanding its fleet of crew transfer vessels. The company – part of J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd – will take delivery of a 27.4 metre ship made by French company Piriou in April, 2016. The boat will be the largest in Rix Sea Shuttle’s fleet with the capacity to carry a crew of […]

  • Erasmus Uni, Royal Haskoning DHV Advise on Optimal Bidding Strategy in Dutch OW Auctions

    2 December 2015
    R&D

    Erasmus University Rotterdam and Royal Haskoning DHV have studied the optimal bidding strategy in Dutch offshore wind auctions. Bidders might bid too high and lose the auction, or bid too low and don’t get the expected return they planned. One can minimize these risks by basing their offer on knowledge about auctions combined with valuation skills […]

  • RWE Completes Nordsee Ost Operations Base

    6 June 2014

    RWE Innogy has completed its service and operations station on Helgoland. A two-storey building with warehouse, offices and workshops has been built in around a year on a site of around 3,000 square metres in size at the island’s southern harbour. The offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost will be operated and maintained from here for […]

  • Dutch HKW Tender Could Serve as Blueprint for Other Countries and Developers, Industry Says

    22 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Industry

    The requirements for the Dutch Hollandse Kust West (HKW) tender could serve as an example to other countries and as an impetus to developers to add ecological measures in their future offers, according to speakers from RWE Renewables and TotalEnergies at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. Both RWE Renewables and TotalEnergies have placed […]

  • Sif’s Half-Year Results Confirm Anticipated Slowdown

    24 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    What Sif Group had been expecting and preparing for when it comes to this year has been reflected in the company’s results for the first half of 2018.

  • EolMed Floating Wind Project to Feature MHI Vestas 10 MW Turbines

    5 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Qair, formerly known as Quadran Énergies Marines, has signed a preferred supplier agreement with MHI Vestas for three 10 MW offshore wind turbines for the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France. This will be the second floating wind project in which the company’s V164 turbine’s nominal capacity is brought to 10 MW, following Eoliennes […]

  • UK Marine Industry to Target Growth beyond Eurozone Horizons

    15 January 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Exciting opportunities to export to countries like China, Brazil and South Korea have been identified and must be grasped by the British marine industry to help them deliver growth, Business Minister Michael Fallon said. Mr Fallon was speaking at the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show as he unveiled a joint Government and industry-led plan to […]

  • Ocean Winds Sticks with Principle Power’s Floating Wind Tech for French Tender

    16 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables, has entered into a collaboration agreement with the floating wind technology developer Principle Power, which will see the two companies cooperating on the design of the floating platforms for France’s first commercial-scale floating wind tender. In September, the French government selected Ocean Winds and several […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Team Studies OW Financing Side

    6 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Energy Finance team (Leon Pulles, Johan Schoone) of Royal HaskoningDHV has executed research to reduce one of the offshore wind cost sources – the financing costs. The financing costs are defined as those costs arising from attracting debt and/or equity in order to finance the wind farm. The largest part of these costs arise […]

  • IMCA Names Technip Man as President

    27 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Bruno Faure, Group Senior Vice President Subsea Projects and Operations at Technip, has taken over the role of President of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the association representing the interests of over a thousand offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies in more than 60 countries. In addition to becoming President of IMCA, having served […]

  • Subsea operations – An overview

    13 February 2013

    Any activity underwater and on or under the seabed in the various offshore energy sectors can usually be prefixed by the word “subsea”. Subsea activities began in earnest in the 30’s and 40’s of the last century with the first offshore oil wells. It was, however, the Victorian engineers laying communication cables across the seas and building ports to […]

  • Maersk to Install 10 MW Turbines at Floating Offshore Wind Farm in France

    12 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Maersk Supply Service has been contracted to transport and install three 10 MW wind turbines at the Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind farm in France, developed by Ocean Winds and Banque des Territoires (groupe Caisse des Dépôts). Awarded by EPCI contractor Eiffage Métal, Maersk Supply Service’s scope of work includes the […]

  • Seacat Ranger Heads to Westermost Rough after Naming Ceremony

    10 June 2014

    Following completion of inaugural sea trials in May, Seacat Ranger will embark on a string of European offshore wind farm charter contracts that will keep her under continuous, active charter until May 2015. Seacat Ranger is the latest 24-metre catamaran to join Seacat Services, a class leading offshore energy support vessel operator that now operates […]

  • OWIC Pinpoints Prime Supply Chain Growth Areas in UK

    4 February 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Turbine blades, towers, monopile foundations, and power cables are the prime areas in which the UK can secure new investment to boost its domestic manufacturing capabilities, the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) said. These are the priority areas in which OWIC is working with the UK government to support the development of the rapidly growing […]

  • UK: Severn Barrage Could Be Cheaper than Offshore Wind

    4 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    On 30th January, Hafren Power – which plans to build an 18km (11 mile) tidal power station across the Severn Estuary to generate zero carbon electricity – pledged to work with all stakeholders to protect ports and wildlife. Tony Pryor, Hafren Power’s Chief Executive, said: “We will deliver green, safe, secure and ultimately the cheapest […]

  • Dieppe Le Tréport Offshore Wind Project Nearing Final Investment Decision

    6 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The final investment decision (FID) for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm is expected to be made in the coming months and set the construction activities on the 496 MW French project in motion this year. This is according to Grzegorz Gorski, Chief Operating Officer at Ocean Winds and chairman of the Board of Directors […]

  • Floating Offshore Wind Project Attracts Major Backers

    8 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    KfW IPEX-Bank, together with Crédit Agricole CIB, Banco Santander, S.A., Mizuho Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF), has decided to finance the 30 MW Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project offshore France. KfW IPEX-Bank is the first German bank to finance a floating offshore wind […]

  • Norwind’s Newly Delivered SOV Chartered for Hornsea Two

    31 May 2022
    Vessels

    Norway-based Norwind Offshore has taken delivery of Norwind Breeze, a former Platform Suply Vessel (PSV) that was converted into a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) by Vard. The vessel will soon be deployed on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm under a contract with Ørsted, according to the vessel’s owner and operator. Hornsea Two, which is […]

  • Reportlinker Announces ‘Global and China Marine (Offshore) Engineering Industry Report, 2012’

    31 October 2012
    R&D

    Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report “Global and China Marine (Offshore) Engineering Industry Report, 2012” is available in its catalogue. The shipbuilding industry has been sluggish since H2 2011. In contrast, the offshore engineering industry is in a much better condition. In H1 2012, the fulfilled orders of global offshore engineering market totaled […]

  • Nucor Unveils New Sustainable Steel Product for America’s Offshore Wind Market

    19 January 2023
    R&D, Technology

    Nucor has introduced Elcyon, the company’s new sustainable heavy gauge steel plate product made specifically to meet the growing demands of America’s offshore wind energy producers. Nucor will manufacture Elcyon at the firm’s new USD 1.7 billion Nucor Bradenburg steel mill in Kentucky, which produced its first steel plate at the end of December 2022. […]

  • Norstec Academy Takes Students on Offshore Wind Tour

    7 July 2014
    Training & Education

    Today, students from universities around the UK and one from the Netherlands will kick off their tour of the offshore wind industry as part of the Norstec Academy skills pilot. Launched in May this year through a student competition, winners will participate in a one week tailored tour visiting sites and meeting experts across the […]

  • Highlights of the Month – November 2019

    2 December 2019

    We are bringing you a list of ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of November 2019. Japanese Trio Orders Big Wind Turbine Installer Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capable of installing foundations and turbines with a capacity of between […]