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  • HBC Wraps Up Ørsted Subsea Inspection Campaign

    10 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    HBC Group has completed the Ørsted Subsea Inspection Campaign on four offshore wind farms in the UK and the German North Sea.

  • Eight-Year-Old Names Latest Alicat Vessel (UK)

    11 June 2012

    For eight-year-old Cerys Jones it was the thrill of choosing the name for the newest Alicat Workboat built in Great Yarmouth – for the company it was the latest leg in a £10.5m contract to provide crew transfer vessels for the London Array windfarm. Thanks to Cerys, the new boat will be called Ellida Array […]

  • Two Dalby Offshore’s Vessels Working at Gwynt y Mor

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Dalby Offshore’s wind farm support vessel ‘Dalby Esk’ has started work on RWE’s Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm, and will soon be joined by the ‘Dalby Tees’. Following a strategic move into the Renewables sector in 2010, Dalby Offshore now owns 7 wind farm support vessels, which have worked on the following wind farms Greater Gabbard UK, […]

  • Offshore Wind Record Breaker Coming Online in Q3

    26 April 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm is expected to be commissioned in the third quarter of 2018, Ørsted, the developer of the wind farm off Cumbria, UK.

  • Masdar Evaluates Prospect of its Entry into German Offshore Wind Market

    23 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Abu Dhabi based Masdar is assessing the prospect of its entry into the German offshore wind farm market. In 2008, the company bought 20% of UK’s London Array offshore wind farm. “We have been conducting many negotiations in German offshore wind market,” said Frank Wouters, head of the energy division of the State Ökokonzerns, reports […]

  • UK: LiftRig and Manor Marine to Handle London Array Subsea Power Cables

    28 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Portland in Dorset may be an Olympic site this year, but it is also the location of LiftRig Consulting’s latest subsea power cable handling and storage project. LiftRig are working with Manor Marine to provide safe and cost-effective handling and storage of spare power cables for the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The project involves […]

  • Bruce Stevenson Appointed to Work With Ofgem (UK)

    22 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Edinburgh-based insurance broker Bruce Stevenson Risk Management has been appointed to work with Ofgem as part of the UK government’s support for offshore wind generation. BSRM has been selected, along with Grant Thornton, to advise on the tender process appointing Offshore Transmission Owners. The initial 15-month contract will focus on the insurance provisions for the […]

  • CWind Deploys Crew Vessels to London Array, Teesside Offshore Wind Farms (UK)

    12 November 2012

    CWind now has more CTruk 20T multi-purpose catamarans operational on the London Array wind farm and Teesside wind farm, bringing the 20T fleet now deployed to seven vessels. These 2 new vessels are working on crew transfer and join a fleet already involved in rescue response, generator management and crew transfer tasks. Vessel capability is […]

  • Future of London Array Offshore Wind Farm Depends on Red-throated Divers (UK)

    6 October 2011
    Environment

    Plans to build the second phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm could be binned because of thousands of rare birds found… By Jessica Shankleman (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, October 06, 2011

  • RenewableUK Disappointed with Recent Offshore Wind Setbacks

    19 February 2014

    Dong Energy announced that the London Array Phase 2 is not proceeding, while Forewind stated that the capacity of Dogger Bank is being scaled back. Reacting to these announcements, RenewableUK’s Director of Offshore Renewables, Nick Medic, said: “The overall project pipeline for UK offshore wind is still healthy, although obviously it’s disappointing when projects don’t […]

  • UK: East Coast Charters Secures Contracts for Entire Fleet

    11 July 2013

    East Coast Charters Ltd has sourced contracts for its fleet of crew transfer vessels on the London Array Offshore windfarm. ECC Opal and ECC Topaz were already working on site and the company’s new 18m vessel ECC Challenger has now joined them on a short term contract. General Manager Sam McNamee commented: ” In a […]

  • Scottish National Party: ‘Baffling Hypocrisy’ of Tories Regarding Wind Farms

    5 July 2013
    Authorities

    Following the official opening of London Array, the Scottish National Party (SNP) today published the following release:   The SNP has pointed out the ‘baffling hypocrisy’ of the Tories after David Cameron opened the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, at the same time his party attacks Scotland’s renewables industry.   The Prime Minister opened […]

  • UK: Two New Installation Vessels Bring MPI Extra Capacity

    31 May 2012

    MPI Offshore’s new generation of offshore wind turbine installation vessels are expanding the envelope of the renewables industry, taking it into deeper water and harsher environments. With a new generation of offshore windfarms under construction in more remote locations and harsher environments, MPI Offshore has started operating two new advanced wind turbine installation vessels. These […]

  • VBMS Installs Its 1000th Inter-Array Cable at Sandbank

    29 April 2016
    Grid Connection

    VBMS has reached a major milestone by installing its 1,000th inter-array cable during its works for Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm this week. In 2008, when the company was founded, VBMS installed its first inter array cables in Belgian waters for Thornton Bank Phase I. Through the years, VBMS has been contracted for a number […]

  • Masdar Plans Further Investment in UK’s Renewables

    8 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s state-backed renewable energy company, is eyeing further opportunities to invest in the UK’s renewable energy projects. Following the official opening of the London Array offshore wind farm on July 4, in which Masdar invested a significant amount of money and is 20% stakeholder, the company’s CEO Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said […]

  • Cianbro Subcontracted for Cape Wind Project (USA)

    24 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Maine-based Cianbro Corporation has been subcontracted for the Cape Wind offshore project, after Cape Wind and Siemens entered into a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) contract for the project.   Cianbro will be designing and building the electrical service platform (ESP) for the project at the company’s modular manufacturing facility in Brewer, Maine. The ESP is […]

  • Sea Worker, Sea Jack Soon to Work at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)

    13 November 2012

    At the beginning of December, the jack-up installation vessel Sea Worker will arrive at Grenaa Harbour to assist with the installation and will work in parallel to Sea Power. At this time, the vessel is located at the Port of Esbjerg. The jack-up installation vessel Sea Jack, which is currently at the Harwich port, is […]

  • Carbon Trust: Why Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Must Now Take Precedence (UK)

    8 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    In the following article, Phil de Villiers, Head of Offshore Wind at the Carbon Trust, looks at why the UK offshore wind industry must embrace cost reduction to reduce uncertainty:  It’s been a busy few weeks for the UK’s offshore wind industry. David Cameron provided a welcome boost by generating some long overdue positive headlines […]

  • 1,000-Tonne-Capacity Main Crane Installed on MPI Adventure (UK)

    16 November 2010

    MPI Offshore celebrated a further milestone in the construction of the state-of-the-art wind turbine installation vessel MPI Adventure: installation of the 1,000-tonne-capacity main crane. The main crane, which was designed by Gusto MSC of the Netherlands, was constructed in China and transported to Cosco Nantong Shipyard by barge. Following arrival at the Shipyard, the construction […]

  • Ørsted and HBC Group Resume Subsea Inspection Cooperation

    10 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded HBC Group with another contract to conduct subsea inspection campaigns at an undisclosed number of its offshore wind farms.

  • Masdar to Invest in 1.5GW of European Offshore Wind Projects?

    16 August 2016

    8.2 Consulting today informed that it had carried out due diligence services for Masdar, which is considering an investment in a 1.5GW portfolio of different offshore projects in the European market. “8.2 Consulting is very glad to have supported Masdar with its expert team during the assessment of the projects,” the company stated on its official website. […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Farm Workers ‘Strip Off’ in Heat Wave

    19 July 2013

    WORKERS on the world’s largest offshore wind farm, London Array, which opened earlier this month in the Outer Thames Estuary, have been taking advantage of the prolonged heat wave to strip off their drysuits. As the hot weather continues and sea temperatures rise well above the required minimum of 10 degrees Celsius, workers on many […]

  • UK: Humber Gateway and Race Bank Qualify Under ‘Enduring Regime’

    4 June 2012
    Authorities

    Humber Gateway and Race Bank transmission assets will now be able to qualify under the “enduring regime”, says reNews Europe news site. According to the regulator Ofgem, developer’s construction programme schedules the assets to be completed by August this year. Based on that, Ofgem expects to grant an Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) licence and complete […]

  • Gardline’s New 23m Vessel to Hit the Water

    20 January 2016
    Vessels

    Gardline’s new vessel MV Bittern will be undergoing sea trials in Great Yarmouth this week prior to her launch. Once the sea trials are complete, the 23m vessel will be launched and delivered to Ramsgate and begin operational trials at the London Array offshore wind farm before heading back to Great Yarmouth to begin work on her first […]

  • Pontis Engineering: How to Score in Brazil?

    2 July 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Brazil is hot. Right now the whole world is glued to the television because of the World Cup. But also business wise all eyes are on the home of samba.  The Dutch government is exploring possibilities of collaboration between The Netherlands and Brazil in the field of on- and offshore wind energy. Brazil has one […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Make Sediment Plumes in North Sea

    8 November 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Offshore wind turbines installed in the North Sea have been giving rise to sediment plumes, satellite images taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) show. For at least the past decade, satellites have spotted white dots cropping up in the North Sea. If viewed from Earth’s surface, you would see that these dots are actually wind […]