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  • Top News of the Week, 27 February – 5 March 2017

    5 March 2017

    GeoSea to Build Large Offshore Wind Farms with New Next-Gen Vessel As of 2019, GeoSea will use a next generation vessel – named Orion – for the construction of the large offshore wind farms, after its mother company DEME placed an order for the 216.5m DP3 installation vessel with COSCO shipyard in China. TenneT Consulting […]

  • Offshore Wind Vessel on Wheels Completes Land and Sea Trials – Video

    2 February 2023

    CRC Walrus, a 12-metre amphibious crew transfer vessel (CTV) has completed land and sea trials and is ready to start servicing the 60 MW Scroby Sands wind farm offshore the UK. RWE, the owner and operator of the Scroby Sands wind farm, will deploy CRC Walrus at the end of this week, Commercial Rib Charter […]

  • RWE Building ‘World’s First’ Amphibious Vessel for Shallow Water Offshore Wind Farms

    3 March 2022
    Vessels

    German renewable energy company RWE has joined forces with Commercial Rib Charters (CRC) to build an amphibious crew transfer vessel (CTV) for reaching offshore wind farms in shallow waters, for which RWE said was a world-first. The vessel, currently being built by Diverse Marine and set to be operated by CRC for RWE under a […]

  • Bladt Reports First Net Loss in Decade

    5 June 2015

    Danish steel contractor, Bladt Industries, has reported its first net loss in a decade due to “large projects that have gone wrong.” In spite of increasing revenue by 8%, to Dkr3.2bn in 2014, the company reported a net loss of Dkr6.7m, compared with a profit of Dkr186.2m the year before. “While the majority of Bladt […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Contracted on Seven More Offshore Wind Farms

    11 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Deutsche Windtechnik has signed contracts for seven additional offshore wind farms on which the company will carry out underwater inspections, with more than 300 annual inspection reports to be generated in the next two years. The company will, among other things, conduct back-to-back inspections on Trianel Windpark Borkum I, Sandbank, DanTysk, and Butendiek wind farms […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 21 – 27, 2013

    27 October 2013

    UK: World’s Largest Wind Turbine Construction Complete  The world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine is now standing at Energy Park Fife. GL Garrad Hassan Reviews Offshore Wind Over Last 10 Years  GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a […]

  • Second Windea SOV Named and Ready for Sandbank

    2 March 2017
    Vessels

    Windea Leibniz, the second service operation vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte Offshore and ICBC Leasing from Ulstein, will start working for Siemens at the Sandbank wind farm in April, after being named at a ceremony held today.

  • Amrumbank Met Mast Decommissioned

    22 August 2016

    Amrumbank West’s meteorological mast was removed from the site in February 2016, as reported by SGS, a Hamburg-based inspection and certification company that supervised the decommissioning at the 302MW offshore wind farm. Prior to the dismantling, the met mast had been gathering data on wind conditions at the site since April 2005, when it was installed by Hochtief and Germany-based […]

  • Photo of the Day: Spot the Jack-Ups

    5 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg is currently a proverbial beehive of activity as major offshore wind turbine makers are working on a number of projects located in the North Sea and the English Channel. The photo above was taken on August 02 and gives an overview of the installation projects currently being carried out at the port. Siemens Wind […]

  • VIDEO: 3D Flythroughs of Navitus Bay Offshore Wind Farm Released

    1 February 2013

    Videos of 3D flythroughs have been released for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm, the project that recently gathered its proponents in pro-wind demonstration. Starting today, and until April 5, public consultation on the latest plans of the wind farm are open. Here are the Navitus Bay videos that show the project from different locations: View […]

  • IPC Accepts Application for Galloper Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    20 December 2011
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Suffolk could see thousands of jobs created by Galloper offshore wind farm. Yesterday, Independent Planning Commission (IPC) accepted the application from Galloper Wind Farm Ltd for the wind farm development off Surffolk coast. GWF submittedthe Development Consent Order (DCO) to the IPC in November 2011. The Offshore wind farm consists of up to 140 turbines […]

  • UK: Iceni Marine Bags GBP 2 Million Contract for Greater Gabbard

    20 April 2012

    The Great Yarmouth-based offshore wind, farm support services company, Iceni Marine Services, signed a five-year contract worth nearly GBP 2 million, for its newly built vessel „Iceni Pride“ reported EDP 24. The GBP 600,000 vessel will be used for the Greater Gabbard wind farm as a fast response craft with a 24/7 support. Greater Gabbard […]

  • EMO Wins Deal for Vattenfall’s Marine Coordination Center

    7 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has won a contract to provide nautical personnel for Vattenfall’s Marine Coordination Center in Esbjerg, Denmark. Under the three-year contract, EMO will provide up to ten marine coordinators who will begin supporting Vattenfall’s offshore wind projects 24/7 during the construction and operation phases from 1 March. The team will also be in […]

  • Sweden: Vattenfall to Invest EUR 4.2 Billion in Offshore Wind Projects

    21 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall will invest a quarter of its planned EUR 16.6 billion into European offshore wind projects through the 2012-2016 period. Probably, the most of the EUR 4.2 billion amount will be invested in offshore wind sector in Germany and the UK, the Windpower Monthly news site informs. While waiting for the DanTysk offshore wind station’s completion, […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    31 August 2015

    Nordergründe The 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm reached financial closure. The project developer WPD announced that it has secured funding for the next €410m phase of the wind farm. The funding includes loans from KfW IPEX-Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and equity from WPD. Nordergründe will have 18 Senvion turbines installed 16km off the German coast in the Weser Estatuary, in water depths varying from […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Wins Three Dong Energy OWF Jobs

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) with offshore substation transportation and installation contracts for Burbo Bank Extension, Race Bank and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. The contracts cover the transportation and installation of up to 5 platforms that will support the power transmission of the three offshore wind farms. For the execution of […]

  • Bilfinger to Install Foundations for Sandbank OWF

    14 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The engineering and services group Bilfinger has won an order for the installation of a total of 72 foundations for the new Sandbank Offshore Windpark. The foundation elements will be installed in the seabed with the help of an installation ship in waters that are up to 34 meters deep and 90 kilometers west of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Maintain DanTysk Turbines

    2 June 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has won a contract to provide turbine maintenance services at the 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In operation since 2015, the DanTysk offshore wind farm comprises 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines. The contract, awarded to Siemens Gamesa by DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH, covers the maintenance […]

  • Ulstein Tries Out Second Siemens SOV at Sea

    1 December 2016
    Vessels

    Ulstein’s yard number 310, the second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte (BS) Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service, is currently undegoing sea trials. “The first reports state that the progress is good and testing so far has been successful,” Ulstein said via social media. The SOV, currently going as […]

  • Top News of the Week, 22 – 28 August 2016

    28 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GE Tabling Bid for Adwen This Week? General Electric (GE) plans to submit a bid to buy the offshore wind turbine maker Adwen, a 50 -50 joint venture between Gamesa and Areva, this week, according to the French magazine La Lettre de l’Expansion. HeavyLift@Sea Unveils Upgraded Wind Farm SOV Design German designer of offshore and […]

  • Tekmar Notches CPS Order for German Offshore Wind Farm

    7 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for an undisclosed offshore wind farm in Germany. The UK-based cable protection specialist will supply the CPS ”for a remedial campaign on a major offshore wind farm located in the Sylt Offshore Cluster of the German North Sea.” The units will […]

  • Top News of the Week Jan 12 -18, 2015

    18 January 2015

    Siemens, Bernhard Schulte Sign Deal for Two New SOVs Siemens has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Bernhard Schulte for two new service operations vessels (SOV) to be purpose-built for the long-term service and maintenance operations of the Gemini and Sandbank/Dan Tysk offshore wind power plants in the North Sea. RWE Cuts Renewables Budget […]

  • Danish Companies Vying for Horns Rev 3 Work

    31 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Danish companies are turning their attention to Hvide Sande which is expected to become the centre of activities related to what is to be the largest offshore wind farm in Danish waters – Vattenfall’s 406MW Horns Rev 3, the Danish Wind Energy Association (DWIA) said. The Swedish energy company and its main subcontractors should in the near […]

  • Vattenfall’s New German Offshore Wind Farm No Longer Just a Number

    14 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has named its new offshore wind project in Germany Nordlicht I (Northern Light I). The project has been referred to as N-7.2 so far, after the government’s identifier of the development area. The developer secured the area by exercising its step-in-rights for the N-7.2 zone in the German North Sea after RWE won the […]

  • Vattenfall Building Accommodation Platform (Gallery)

    4 February 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has used knowledge from oil and gas industry regarding work shift schedule on its renewable energy project. Namely, the company is building world’s largest accommodation platform dedicated to an offshore wind farm. Standing on a 40-meter tall jacket foundation, the platform will be able to accommodate up to 50 people 70 […]

  • Ulstein Launches Second Windea SOV (Video)

    18 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norway’s Ulstein launched the ”Windea TBN”, a wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service, from the Ulstein Verft dock hall on 15 October. The soon-to-be-named SOV will service two of Vattenfall’s German offshore wind farms, the 288MW DanTysk and the 288MW Sandbank, starting in 2017. The […]