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  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • Global Tech I Transformer Station Successfully Installed (Germany)

    9 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Yesterday, the transformer station for the offshore wind farm Global Tech I was successfully installed. The offshore platform is a core element of the North Sea wind farm: The power from its 80 wind turbines is gathered here and transformed from 30 to 155 kilovolts. The transmission grid operator will subsequently draw power from the […]

  • ENECO: Touring the Dutch offshore wind farms

    22 December 2014

    On a bright Sunday morning August 31st around 450 persons gathered in the Felison terminal of the DFDS Seaways in the port of IJmuiden where the Princess Seaways cruise liner was waiting to take them on a day trip to the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, Dutch utility Eneco’s second offshore wind farm in Dutch […]

  • Bentley Expands SACS Offerings for Floating Structures

    8 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Be Inspired: Thought Leadership in Infrastructure – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of FormSys, based in Perth, Australia. This software development company has a proven, twenty-year track record in 3D design, analysis, and construction software for structural engineering, offshore engineering, and […]

  • Europe’s First 10 MW Wind Turbine Stands Offshore Scotland

    8 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbine has been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm. The installation of the first Vestas turbine in the North Sea off the Scottish coast heralds the start of the turbine installation phase which will see a total of 114 […]

  • Germany: Experts Discuss Future of Wind Power at HUSUM WindEnergy

    21 September 2012

    Trade and conference organisation Messe Husum organised a chaired round of discussions on the future of wind power as part of the HUSUM WindEnergy exhibition. Politicians, power suppliers and manufacturers from Germany, Denmark and China discussed some of the industry’s most important topics. Heading the talks was Professor Dr. Jochen Twele, wind power expert and […]

  • Major UK Project to Unlock Untapped Potential of Ocean Renewable Energy Fuels

    23 July 2021
    Technology

    An innovative GBP 10 million research project, led by the University of Strathclyde, has been set up to investigate the potential of harnessing offshore wind and marine renewable energy to produce zero-carbon hydrogen and ammonia fuels. The multi-disciplinary Ocean-REFuel: Ocean Renewable Energy Fuels project will explore ways of converting ocean energy into fuels for use […]

  • France: DCNS Turns to Harnessing Ocean Energy

    31 July 2013

    World leader for naval defence, DCNS has turned its knowledge of the sea and its unique experience of new technologies into an advantage to position itself on the renewable energy market. An ambitious plan that is already well on its way to being implemented. The theoretical potential of marine energy is unparalleled. Each year, the […]

  • Noise mitigation system: First commercial operation…

    15 February 2013

    There are different restrictions for maritime pile driving operations in place in the North European countries to protect the local sea life. It is quite right and proper that there should be restrictions. However, it could be argued that it is probably not so right and proper that the individual legislation for each country for the restrictions is not […]

  • The Netherlands: Rotormotor Stabilises Offshore Operations

    17 October 2013
    Technology

    A new era in offshore working has begun, with the launch last December of Barge-Master: a unique invention of motion-compensation platforms to be used on board of flat top barges and supply vessels. The platforms prove a stable base for cargo during vessel to platform transfers. They can also be used as a steady foundation […]

  • Wind Power — Even without the Wind (USA)

    28 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Innovative storage system could enable offshore wind farms to deliver power whenever it’s needed.    Written by David L. Chandler, MIT News Offshore wind could provide abundant electricity — but as with solar energy, this power supply can be intermittent and unpredictable. But a new approach from researchers at MIT could mitigate that problem, allowing the […]

  • A2SEA Story: Coastal Challenges Borkum Riffgrund 1

    22 September 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    For CT Offshore, planning Borkum Riffgrund 1 from a cabling installation point of view has required more than a little creativity. For A2SEA, getting to and from DONG Energy’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm development, located 45 km off the German coast, is pretty much a straight-lined round trip from the port of Esbjerg in Denmark, […]

  • Scottish Government Gives Consent for EOWDC Development

    26 March 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish Government today announced consent for the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay. The development consists of 11 wind turbines and their connecting cables, sited between two and 4.5 km off the Aberdeenshire coast, capable of generating up to 100 MW, providing enough energy to meet the needs […]

  • Elia and IFM to acquire the German Transmission System Operator 50Hertz Transmission from Vattenfall

    15 March 2010
    Grid Connection

    Elia System Operator (Elia), the Belgian transmission system operator (TSO), and Industry Funds Management (IFM), one of the largest global infrastructure investment managers, announced on 12 March the signing of an agreement under which they will acquire the German regional transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (50Hertz) from Vattenfall Europe AG, Germany’s third largest electricity […]

  • Comfort in Offshore Wind Working Conditions

    2 October 2017

    Europe is the leader of the growing market for the offshore wind energy. Most of the activities take place in the wet conditions of the North Sea. As the people work in varying temperatures and under dire weather conditions, it is most important that their personal protective equipment (PPE) is not only up-for-the-job and in accordance with all regulations, it should also raise the feeling of comfort for the user. While it is true that wet or sweat drenched PPE is not one of the main problems for offshore operators, many small issues can lead to bigger ones.

  • WIND FARM SUPPORT VESSELS: The Class of 26

    4 May 2015

    It was only 4 years ago at Seawork International 2011 that a completely new class of offshore wind farm vessels was defined when a new vessel, 26 metres long with a 10 metres beam, was named Marineco Shamal and handed over to the owner Marineco. So began the class of 26. As this article is […]

  • TotalEnergies, Rise Reveal Plans for Offshore Wind Port Investments in New York

    10 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Shortly after the news that their proposed 1.4 GW offshore wind project in New York could bring over USD 25 billion in benefits to the state and a new GE manufacturing facility, TotalEnergies and Rise Light & Power announced plans for two offshore wind port facilities in New York Harbor. For their Attentive Energy One […]

  • France: IDEOL Announces USD 1.4 M Funding Round and Strengthens its Board with New Appointments

    12 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    IDEOL announces it has closed the financing of its innovative solutions development, and strengthened its advisory board with recognized experts from the offshore industry. Offshore wind is a buoyant sector: France is about to launch a first bidding for a 3 GW round, the United-Kingdom forecasts the installation of 32 GW before 2030, Germany sets […]

  • Installation Vessels: Reaching the Limit and Beyond

    27 March 2017

    Fourteen years ago in 2002 the Sif Group made 80 monopiles for the Horns Rev wind farm off the Danish coast near Esbjerg. These piles were four metres in diameter, the thickness of the steel was five centimetres, and they weighed between 180-230 tonnes depending on their length. In 2016, Offshore WIND was invited to visit the new Sif Group production, storage and load-out terminal built on Maasvlakte 2, the new area of reclaimed land extending the Port of Rotterdam even further out into the Southern part of the North Sea.

  • First graduate in Minor Offshore Wind in the Netherlands

    22 August 2013

    Offshore WIND was present when in February this year graduate Bram Zijlstra received his degree in Mechanical Engineering specialising in offshore wind. This was the first specific offshore wind graduation on higher education level. Bram Zijlstra (22) studied mechanical engineering at the NHL Hogeschool in Leeuwarden, in the North of the Netherlands. By 2012, after […]

  • ‘Build Back Better Act’ Reaches US Senate Floor. Bill Would Mobilise Federal Funds to Back Offshore Wind Development

    3 August 2022
    Authorities

    The Build Back Better Act, a comprehensive legislative package proposed in the US that also includes funding for governmental bodies to speed up offshore wind permitting and buildout, was introduced in the US Senate on 2 August. The package, which was first proposed to cost USD 3.5 trillion and later got cut to USD 1.7 […]

  • Canada: Tidal Energy Holds Great Potential

    27 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Minas Basin Pulp and Power Co. Ltd. (MBPP) is paving the way for coastal communities in Nova Scotia to compete in a growing industry. In 2008, the provincial government gave MBPP, a Hantsport-based pulp and power production company, the go-ahead to develop North America’s first tidal power observation facility — a multi-million dollar project that […]

  • TIME Initiative to Measure Turbulence Off Pentland Firth

    8 September 2014
    R&D

    The most extensive science and engineering research project to take place in Caithness for many years is occurring this month (September, 2014) from a base at Gills Harbour, on the shores of the ‘s Inner Sound. Expensive high-tech equipment, under the TIME initiative, has been laid on the Sound’s seabed from the 25-metre-long ‘multi-cat’ vessel […]

  • Corrosion and fouling prevention

    21 June 2013

    Corrosion to many people is the mysterious manifestation that those in the maritime industry all have to deal with at some point or other. It is often misunderstood and because it appears at first sight – in theory at least – a somewhat simple to explain electro-chemical action its understanding and methods of dealing with […]

  • Wind farm support vessels: The Builders

    3 April 2012

    The one sector of the whole offshore wind energy industry where the British Isles stand in a commanding position is in the building of wind farm support vessels, of all shapes and sizes. The name “British Isles” is used because it includes the Republic of Ireland, and the yards there, including Arklow Marine, and Safehaven Marine, are just as much […]

  • Offshore Wind in UK – Roadmap Required

    26 October 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The following article is a guest post by Maren Strandevold, an energy lawyer and an associate at the international commercial law firm Haynes and Boone. In response to the recent offshore wind announcement by the UK’s Prime Minister, Maren Strandevold discusses the need for adequate funding allocated in the correct areas, a streamlined regulatory regime, and […]