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  • Dutch Not Fond of Offshore Wind Turbines

    17 November 2011

    When the Netherlands built its first sea-based wind turbines in 2006, they were seen as symbols of a greener future.   By Ivana Sekularac (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 17, 2011

  • Rambøll Bags Cable Route Survey Contract for Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm

    6 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Rambøll will carry out cable route survey work for the Hesselø offshore wind farm in Denmark. According to a recently issued tender award notice, Rambøll signed a contract for the work with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet on 18 September, following a tendering procedure. This summer, the Danish Energy Agency instructed Energinet to […]

  • MMS Offshore Takes Delivery of MMS Superior

    30 October 2019
    Vessels

    UK-based MMS Offshore Renewable Services Ltd has taken delivery of a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 from Damen Shipyards Group. The new vessel – to be called MMS Superior – will be deployed in a variety of roles in the offshore renewables, oil & gas, and marine civil engineering sectors. MMS Offshore Renewable Services is […]

  • Tideland Signal Introduces New Company Logo

    19 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Tideland Signal Corporation (Tideland) has revealed a new company logo at IALA-SPAIN 2014 as part of the on-going evolution of the company’s brand.  Tideland has grown and evolved over the last six decades, and IALA-SPAIN 2014 was the perfect venue to introduce a refreshed logo to reflect who we are today and to symbolize Tideland’s […]

  • SCALDIS SMC: Lifting at a higher level

    27 October 2015

    Based in Antwerp, Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors has just celebrated its 20th anniversary as an offshore marine contractor, specialising in transportation and installation works, civil constructions and salvage jobs. Since entering the offshore renewable market in 2007, there has been no looking back for Scaldis. The company has played a role in nearly all […]

  • UK Supreme Court to Decide on Robin Rigg Case on 3 August

    31 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    On 3 August, the UK Supreme Court will hand down the judgement in the case of MT Højgaard vs. E.ON Climate and Renewables regarding the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm.

  • UK: Saint-Gobain Announces Composite Bearings Technology for Renewables

    23 July 2013

    An early glimpse into the 2013 Annual Energy Outlook from the US Energy Information Administration reveals that increased generation from renewable energy is expected to account for 32 percent of the overall domestic growth in electricity generation from 2011 to 2040. With this insight and reports of global growth forecasts in renewable energy from both […]

  • MARIN: Free Testing for Six Innovative Concepts

    13 February 2014
    R&D

    Half a year ago, MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) launched an initiative to offer six free slots for invited maritime start-ups. This way the Institute encourages maritime innovation in the Netherlands, said MARIN director Bas Buchner. Out of twenty applicants, six received a symbolic cheque as winners. Each basin testing is worth € 40,000, which […]

  • Perth Amboy Could Become Wind Energy Hub (USA)

    28 November 2011

    Perth Amboy officials are pursuing state help to turn a 100-acre waterfront site into a hub of wind turbine manufacturing… By Bob Jordan (mycentraljersey) [mappress] Source: mycentraljersey, November 28, 2011

  • Government Must Support Offshore Grid Development, MPs Say (UK)

    22 September 2011
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics

    The Government must act quickly to support the development of an offshore grid for wind and wave-generated electricity if its “big gamble”… (The Press Association) [mappress] Source: The Press Association, September 22, 2011

  • JDR Reveals Plan for New Subsea Cable Manufacturing Facility in UK

    28 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems is planning to open a new GBP 130 million subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland, the UK. The project is subject to final agreements, with the construction of the 69,000 square metre facility expected to begin next year and opening in 2024. When complete, the facility will include a […]

  • Kriegers Flak OSS Topsides Touch Down in Baltic Sea

    4 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift vessel Rambiz has installed the Kriegers Flak substation topsides in the Danish Baltic Sea, Energinet reports.

  • Rambiz Installs Eneco Luchterduinen Transformer Station

    19 February 2015
    Grid Connection

    Rambiz crane vessel, owned by Belgian Scaldis, installed offshore high voltage station (OHVS) in Dutch waters yesterday morning. On Tuesday, the vessel arrived to port of Ijmuiden where it picked up the OHVS which is a part of Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Weighting as much as four Boeing 747, around 900 tonnes, the station […]

  • UK Energy Minister Visits SeaGen Tidal Turbine in Northern Ireland

    27 February 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Greg Barker, the UK Minister of State at the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), payed a visit to Seagen in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, 25th February 2014. “This SeaGen tidal turbine may be a prototype but is grid connected and already powering 1500 NI homes,” Minister Barker posted on Twitter during his visit. […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 16 – 22, 2015

    22 February 2015

    Our interview with MHI’s Tadashi Asahina was the most read article on Offshore WIND this week. Nevertheless, there were other big news in the last seven days that made it to our top five weekly list: Exclusive: MHI Denies Ditching SeaAngel Following recent media writings about Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) canceling further development and giving […]

  • Pacific Osprey Installs 100th Foundation at Gemini

    18 September 2015

    Offshore wind installation vessel Pacific Osprey has installed 100th foundation at 600MW Gemini project. The 161m Jack up vessel, owned by Swire Blue Ocean, commenced the operation together with Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel, Aeolus, in July. At the end of the August, using Rambiz heavy lift, Van Oord installed two Offshore High Voltage Stations […]

  • JDR’s Rabone to Join EEEGR Offshore Wind Supply Chain SIG Steering Group

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Brad Rabone, JDR’s Head of Sales, Renewables – Europe, has been selected to join the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) Offshore Wind Supply Chain special interest group (SIG) steering group. The aim of the recently launched group is to share information and best practice, and to promote offshore wind business opportunities in the Southern […]

  • First Gemini Offshore Substation in Place (11 Photos)

    21 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The first offshore transformer station at the Gemini offshore wind farm was placed on top of the jacket foundation yesterday. After installing the jackets earlier this month, the heavy-lift vessel Rambiz is also carrying out the rest of the work on the substation installation. A joint venture between Cofely Fabricom, CG and Iemants, is in charge of the two offshore […]

  • ABB to Strengthen Norwegian Transmission Grid with Two Substations

    5 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, has won an order from the Norwegian Transmission System Operator (TSO), Statnett SF for the construction of two new 420 kilovolts (kV) transmission substations. This is part of an overall initiative to expand and strengthen the national grid. The order was received in the second quarter. […]

  • Rampion OSS Topside Touches Down off Sussex

    19 April 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Scaldis has installed the 2000-tonne offshore substation topside on the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm some 14 kilometres off the Sussex coast.

  • RWE npower to exit Inch Cape wind farm project (UK)

    20 May 2010
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    SeaEnergy plc, formerly Ramco, has revealed that RWE npower renewables wishes to exit the Inch Cape wind farm project.RWE were part of a… [mappress] Source: bfnnews, May 20, 2010;

  • Ocean Thermal’s Securities Listed on GXG Markets

    21 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation announced that its securities have been admitted to trade on the GXG Markets First Quote platform with the symbol OTEC. GXG Markets runs an SME dedicated exchange that operates a European Regulated Market, as well as two junior markets regulated under GXG Markets’ Multilateral Trading Facility authorization. Mr. Jeremy P. Feakins, […]

  • Rentel OSS Topside Touches Down

    26 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The topside of the offshore substation for the Rentel offshore wind farm has been installed in the Belgian North Sea, Rentel NV, the owner and developer of the 309MW wind farm said.

  • IREC and XaRMAE Co-Organise the Symposium on Superconducting Devices for Wind Energy (Spain)

    11 February 2011

    The Reference Network in Advanced Materials for Energy (XaRMAE), the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB) and SuperPower Inc. are organising the symposium on Superconducting Devices for Wind Energy. This symposium, which is co-directed by the lecturer Dr Joan Ramon Morante, Head of the IREC’s Area of […]

  • Belgium: Scaldis Orders Star Fleet Management System

    29 August 2012

    Antwerp-based Scaldis Salvage and Marine Contractors ordered the Star fleet management system and related implementation services with Dutch company MirTac. Scaldis, well-known for amongst others the heavy-lifting/floating crane vessel Rambiz, chose MirTac after a thorough selection process with multiple suppliers. Jules Schelkens, Superintendent, says: “We were looking for an easy-to-use but complete software solution to […]

  • Royal IHC Hands Over Heavy Lifter to Scaldis

    25 April 2018
    Vessels

    Royal IHC has handed over the fully self-propelled DP2 crane vessel Gulliver to Scaldis, a subsidiary of DEME, Jan de Nul and Herbosch-Kiere.