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  • Germany: NAVALU to Introduce Its WFSV in Frankfurt

    5 November 2013

    NAVALU, French workboat builder, will introduce its new catamaran SeaFox at the EWEA Offshore 2013 in Frankfurt Messe, Germany.  NAVALU launched the SeaFox in September. The vessel is an offshore wind farm service vessel (WFSV) with a total length of 24 meters and width of 9.90 meters. The SeaFox is designed to remain on location offshore […]

  • Shimizu Corporation Takes Delivery of Mega Jack-Up

    21 March 2023
    Vessels

    The Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard delivered the GustoMSC designed and equipped offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to Shimizu Corporation at the end of January. Shimizu unveiled plans to build a wind farm installation vessel back in 2019. The vessel, which is of GustoMSC SC-14000XL design, is 142 metres long, 50 metres, wide, and […]

  • European Offshore Wind Sees Record Investments in 2016

    27 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    The European offshore wind industry attracted a record EUR 14 billion in new investments during the first six months of 2016, WindEurope reports. Seven projects reached final investment decision this year, financing a total of 3.7GW of new capacity, with the UK accounting for nearly three-quarters of the new investments. However, the volume of new grid-connected […]

  • Offshore Wind Powers Ørsted’s Green Switch

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted reported a 74% jump in wind power division’s operating profit (EBITDA) in 2017, largely due to farm-downs of 50% of the Walney Extension and the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farms.

  • Second Race Bank OSS En Route to UK

    6 March 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The second offshore substation for the Race Bank offshore wind farm set sail to the UK on 5 March, ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants reported.

  • USA: Bentley Releases New SACS Version for Offshore Wind Platforms, Vessels Analysis

    29 November 2012
    Technology

    Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, has announced the release of SACS version 5.5 – software that expands installation capabilities, integrates new wind turbine platform design functionality, and introduces floating analysis for offshore vessels. Leveraging Bentley’s November 2011 acquisition of Perth-based FormSys and its Maxsurf technology, […]

  • TTS and Ulstein Secure First Colibri Crane Order

    31 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    TTS Group and Ulstein have received the first order for the jointly developed TTS Colibri crane which will be installed on a wind service operation vessel (WSOV) currently under construction in Turkey for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA).

  • Salt Ship Enters Offshore Wind Market with DONG’s New SOV

    8 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered a new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) based on a design from Salt Ship Design. The new vessel will be built by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey and will be operating for DONG Energy after it is delivered in Q4 2018.

  • Ørsted Set to Launch Tender Qualification for Wind Turbine Supply for Polish OWFs

    5 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has released an update on its tender qualification system for the upcoming wind turbine procurement for two offshore wind farms in Poland, developed jointly with PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. The company said it would use the Achilles Utilities Nordics and Central Europe (UNCE) qualification system for procurement, and that it expected to launch the […]

  • Converting PSVs for Offshore Wind support – creating a pathway

    2 September 2020

    By Liviu Galatanu, BD&I Director, GLO Marine The apparently long-term decline in oil prices has undoubtedly hit the offshore oil & gas (O&G) industry hard. Suppliers of platform / offshore supply vessel (PSV / OSV) services to the sector in particular find themselves with excess assets and the need to either sell them or put […]

  • Dong Hits 3,000MW Offshore Wind Mark

    22 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Today, with the installation of turbine number 76, at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany, DONG Energy reaches a total of 3,000MW of installed offshore wind capacity. The total capacity of 3,000MW – of which approximately half is installed in the UK – can supply enough electricity to cover the consumption of […]

  • Gallery: MHI Vestas Turbines Basking Under Dutch Sun

    12 February 2016

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has recently posted several photos showing some of its 43 V112-3.0MW turbines installed at the 129MW Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The wind farm is situated some 23 kilometres off the coast of Zandvoort and Noordwijk and has been in full operation mode since September 2015. The wind turbines were installed on monopile […]

  • Ørsted Reaches 7 GW Offshore Wind Capacity with Turbine No. 1500

    11 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has installed its 1,500th offshore wind turbine with which the world’s leading offshore wind developer reached 7 GW of capacity installed. Ørsted achieved this milestone recently after installing the 25th Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbine on the 752 MW Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Before construction start […]

  • Palfinger Marine Unveils 3D-Compensation Module for Offshore Cranes

    31 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Palfinger Marine has launched a new 3D-compensation module designed for mounting on the company’s knuckle boom, telescopic boom or stiff boom cranes to transfer goods between the service operation vessels (SOVs) and wind turbines or other fixed offshore installations.   The 3D-compensation enables positioning of the cargo on the wind turbine or substation/installation despite movements of the vessel due to […]

  • SCHOTTEL Propulsion for Les Alizés Crane Vessel

    17 April 2020
    Vessels

    German propulsion supplier SCHOTTEL will deliver a full propulsion package for Jan De Nul’s new offshore installation vessel Les Alizés.

  • Oceanlinx Goes Under

    23 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Oceanlinx has gone into liquidation, costing its shareholders around EUR 53 million (AUD 80 million), writes Australian news site. Namely, Australian wave energy developer went into administration earlier this year preceded by incident that affected the company financially. During the transportation of company’s prototype generator greenWAVE the buoyancy failed leaving the device stranded approximately one […]

  • Belgium: Vestas’ V112s Installation to Begin during Summer

    28 June 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Following the ‘offshore world premiere’ of the V112-3.0MW from Vestas when it was installed in May at the Swedish Kårehamn site, 72 V112s are now to be installed in Belgium at the Northwind site. The installation will begin over the summer and the site is expected to be in commission next year. The development of […]

  • VIDEO: First Fully Autonomous Flight of Airborne Wind Generation System

    24 May 2013
    R&D, Technology

    On May 3rd, 2012, Makani drafted specifications for a ground station from which its 30 kW airborne wind turbine could be deployed. On May 9th, 2013, after a year of mechanical design, fabrication and testing, the team completed the first-ever fully autonomous flight of a kite power system. The airborne wind turbine eliminates 90% of […]

  • FOSG: Market Design for Renewables and Development of Supergrid Is Possible Now (Belgium)

    2 July 2013
    Grid Connection

    “We need an EU internal market that enables the generation and transmission of renewable electricity to consumers across the continent”, say the Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG).Without a functioning internal electricity market, and new market structures, the objective of decarbonising the European energy sector and its economy while at the same time reaching clean energy […]

  • MHI Vestas Receives Firm Seagreen 1 Turbine Order

    16 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Seagreen Wind Energy has finalised the wind turbine supply contract with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, following the preferred supplier agreement signed at the beginning of June. Under the contract, MHI Vestas is in charge of manufacturing and installing 114 of its V164-10 MW turbines for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind project, which will be built […]

  • Horns Rev 3 Monopiles Stand Ready (VIDEO)

    9 January 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea’s heavy-lift jack-up Innovation installed the 49th and final monopile on Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea just after the New Year. 

  • 2013 Best Financial Year Ever for PNE WIND

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    German wind farm developer PNEWIND AG has published its annual report for 2013, which turned out to be the most successful fiscal year in the company’s history. At the same time, the company has significantly expanded its operational activities in the first quarter of 2014. “2013was not only an outstanding year financially for PNE WIND […]

  • Vestas’ V112-3.0 MW Wind Turbine Receives More than 1GW in Orders (Denmark)

    6 October 2011

      With a series of orders from customers around the world, the V112-3.0 MW turbine has already won more than 1 GW of firm and unconditional orders since it was released for sale about one year ago. Over the last year, more than 30 customers have chosen the V112-3.0 MW turbine. The size of the […]

  • DONG Orders Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply and maintenance of 94 8MW turbines at the 752MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms being developed in Dutch waters.

  • DONG Energy Takes Over Three Dutch Offshore Wind Projects

    20 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has acquired the remaining 50% interest in three Dutch offshore wind development projects from its joint venture partner SSE. The projects, Den Helder 1, Breeveertien II and West-Rijn, have a total consented capacity of up to 1,050 megawatt and are located in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. The purchase […]

  • France Sets 2030 Offshore Wind Target, Industry Not Impressed

    28 November 2018
    Authorities

    The French government presented a multiannual energy programme on 27 November, revealing plans to increase onshore wind capacity from the current 14.3GW to some 35GW by 2030 and to add further 2.2GW of offshore wind, on top of the 3GW already tendered and waiting to be built.