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  • Top Five Offshore Wind Premium Articles on Offshore Energy in 2021

    3 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Throughout the last year, some of our Premium articles published on Offshore Energy sparked significant interest. Here, we are bringing the top five offshore wind Premium articles on Offshore Energy in 2021: A new method to install offshore wind turbines is said to cut installation time by 89 per cent, minimise noise pollution and vibrations, […]

  • Asia’s First Newbuild SOV Completes Sea Trials – Video

    9 February 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first service operation vessel (SOV) built for the Asian offshore wind market completed six days of sea trials offshore Vietnam back in January. The SOV, to be named TSS Pioneer, is being built by Vard at the Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. The vessel will soon be delivered to Ta San Shang Marine, a […]

  • Two Piriou WFSVs Fully Built and Ready to Go

    21 July 2015
    Vessels

    Two Piriou wind farm service vessels (WFSV 21w) are now fully built, the company reported.  The vessels are 21m aluminum catamarans, intended for the carriage of 12 technicians and small cargoes to and from offshore wind farms. Propulsion is provided by two MAN diesel engines with two HAMILTON water jets. Electrical power is provided by alternators clutched on […]

  • COSCO Nantong to Build Wind Farm Support Vessel for Everbright

    24 January 2017
    Vessels

    China’s COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard has won a contract to build one multi purpose wind farm support vessel (WFSV) for the Hong Kong-based Everbright Int’l (HK) Offshore. The contract has now been declared effective, COSCO said, and the parties have agreed to keep the contract price confidential. The unit is expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter […]

  • Piriou Delivers WFSV Tandem to North Sea Logistics

    9 November 2015
    Vessels

    Piriou has delivered two wind farm support vessels (WFSVs), the Challenger and Excalibur, to North Sea Logistics. Built by Piriou’s shipyard in Vietnam, the two vessels will operate at the North Sea offshore wind farms. Dave Armstrong, managing director of North Sea Logistics, said: “I am delighted with the performance of the new boats. They have proved on […]

  • Highlights of the Month – December 2018

    4 January 2019

    Offshore WIND’s ten most read news in December 2018.

  • Offshore Wind FIDs to Increase by 57 Per Cent by 2022 – Westwood

    27 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind energy projects final investment decisions (FIDs) will grow 57 per cent in the next 18 months, compared to the 2019-20 period, according to a new analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group. The global analysis, excluding mainland China, states that the FIDs growth represents an additional 20.4 GW of new capacity with just under […]

  • Orient Cable Cracks Vietnamese Offshore Wind Market

    11 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable has secured its first engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for an offshore wind project in Vietnam. Orient Cable has been contracted to provide and install a 185-kilometre, 35 kV subsea cable system for the Binh Dai offshore wind farm. The project is located in the Binh Dai […]

  • Fugro Wins Work on 3.5 GW Offshore Wind Project in Vietnam

    20 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium between Vietsovpetro, PTSC G&S and Fugro has won a contract for offshore geotechnical survey services for the 3.5 GW La Gan offshore wind project in Vietnam. As part of the contract, Fugro will carry out offshore geotechnical surveys using its geotechnical vessel Fugro Mariner and deliver onshore soils laboratory testing and engineering studies. […]

  • LOC Renewables Inks Taiwanese Offshore Wind MoU

    7 September 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four other parties to work together on furthering offshore wind farm development and construction in Taiwan.

  • Goldwind’s New Offshore Wind Turbine Smashes Rotor Diameter Record

    18 October 2022
    Technology

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind and China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation held a ceremony in the Fujian offshore wind industrial park on 13 October as Goldwind rolled out the nacelle for its first 13.6 MW turbine that will have a rotor diameter of 252 metres.  While Vestas’s and Siemens Gamesa’s currently largest offshore wind turbines […]

  • North Star Orders Two Hybrid CSOVs at Vard

    9 May 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norway-based shipbuilding company Vard has signed new contracts for the design and construction of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for the UK support vessel operator North Star. The ships are of VARD 4 22 design, produced in collaboration with Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway. The vessels feature the latest hull design optimised for low […]

  • Floating Wind Not Only Deepwater Option – Enterprize Energy

    20 April 2021
    Technology

    The acceleration of deepwater offshore wind development is being held back by a singular focus on floating wind, while innovative fixed-bottom or buoyant foundations provide an immediate route to large-scale, cost-effective deployment at many high resource sites, Enterprize Energy said in its latest press release. The company, which is behind one of the largest offshore […]

  • White & Case Takes Advisor Role in Yunlin Financing

    19 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Law firm White & Case LLP has advised the export credit agencies (ECAs) and the syndicate of commercial banks on the financing of the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. A financing group comprising 19 banks and three ECAs from Denmark (EKF), Germany (Euler Hermes) and the Netherlands (Atradius) closed the EUR 2.7 billion (NTD […]

  • WEM Sisters Start First Offshore Wind Charters

    20 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Sunderland-based Wind Energy Marine Limited has taken delivery of two wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) which have since started their first offshore wind charters in the German North Sea.

  • MHI Vestas Appoints Asia Pacific Regional Manager

    8 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas has appointed Masato Yamada as the Regional Manager Asia Pacific, to oversee the company’s growth across the Asia Pacific region. Yamada was formerly the company’s Chief Strategy Officer based in Aarhus, Denmark, and will now be based in MHI Vestas’ Tokyo office. He initiated Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ pre-joint venture […]

  • North Star Launches World-First Hybrid Daughter Craft

    24 August 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    North Star has launched the first of four hybrid-powered daughter crafts that will be used on the Dogger Bank wind farm offshore the UK from next year. The vessel was launched at a naming ceremony held at the RoyalNorfolk and Suffolk Yacht club in Lowestoft, England, adjacent to the firm’s regional operations hub. It was […]

  • Formosa 1 Turbine Parts Start Arriving in Taiwan

    15 April 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    DHL Industrial Projects has delivered first wind turbine components for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm to the Taichung Port in Taiwan. The first three vessels have been loaded in Aalborg, Denmark, Cuxhaven, Germany, and Phu My, Vietnam. The vessels are carrying 75-metre blades, 378-tonne nacelles, and tower sections up to 37 metres long. The two vessels carrying blades […]

  • First Taiwan-Flagged SOV Launched (Video)

    17 November 2021
    Vessels

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Ta Tong Marine have launched the first-ever Taiwan-flagged service operations vessel (SOV), chartered by Ørsted for its Greater Changhua offshore wind farms. The vessel, informally named TSS Pioneer, is being built by Vard at its Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam, from where it will be delivered early next year to […]

  • Norwind Offshore’s CSOV Hull Arrives in Norway for Final Outfitting

    10 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Vard has revealed that the first newbuild hull 949 for Norwind Offshore’s commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) has arrived at Vard Brattvaag in Norway. The vessel was launched at Vard Braila in Romania and will now be finalised in Vard Brattvaag. Norwind Offshore signed a contract with Vard for two newbuild CSOVs in October 2021. […]

  • Rem Offshore’s CSOV Hull Arrives in Norway for Final Outfitting

    28 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Vard has announced that its first hull for the Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV), ordered by Rem Offshore, arrived at Vard Søviknes in Norway. The hull was launched at Vard Braila in Romania in July and will now be finalised at Vard Søviknes. The CSOV is 85 metres long and has a beam of 19.5 […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee Provides Designs for Njord’s WFSVs

    31 March 2014
    Technology

    BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design and engineering consultancy won a design for the construction of up to eight advanced 26m Windfarm Support Vessels (WSV), to be built by the Australian shipbuilder, Strategic Marine. The vessels are to be built for Njord Offshore Ltd who has already […]

  • Piriou Delivers Two Wind Farm Support Vessels

    12 May 2016
    Vessels

    France-headquartered shipbuilder Piriou has delivered two 26W wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) built at the company’s shipyard in Vietnam to their European owners. The 27.4-metre Rix Leopard was delivered to Rix Sea Shuttle. From August 2016 to around September 2017, the vessel will carry the crews of up to 24 to and from Statoil’s 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm […]

  • Airswift Ventures Into Taiwan

    9 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Global workforce solutions provider Airswift has formed a joint venture with Taiwan-based HR and payroll software specialist Take5People to tap into Taiwan’s burgeoning offshore wind industry. Airswift said that the joint venture will allow the company to deliver its full spectrum of services within the region with immediate effect, while accommodating local regulations and legislation. […]

  • MDL Energy to Invest into New Line of OSVs

    31 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Vessels

    New Delhi-based offshore services provider MDL Energy plans to invest in a new series of offshore support vessels based on its proprietary new design – V 4910. The new OSV will be equipped with a heave compensated offshore crane, and is designed to serve both the Oil&Gas inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) market including walk to work, diving and ROV […]

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Reveals 1.4 GW Offshore Wind Project in Vietnam

    12 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ireland-headquartered Mainstream Renewable Power, in a joint venture with the Phu Cuong Group, has submitted an application for a 1 GW offshore wind project in Vietnam, adding to the 400 MW already in development within the same project. The joint venture applied for a site survey license on 7 July, for an increased capacity of […]