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  • Windfarm Update: Burbo Bank Extension, Dudgeon OWF, Hornsea Two & Three, Humber Gateway, KFE

    3 November 2015

    Burbo Bank Extension Works for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind project are already underway, with Offshore Structures (Britain), a joint venture between EEW Special Pipe Construction GmbH and Bladt Industries, completing the first can for one of the wind farm’s transition pieces in late August. OSB will fabricate 144 cans for 16 transition pieces. […]

  • WindFloat Atlantic Launch: A New Era for Offshore Wind and the Blue Economy

    22 October 2019

    By João Metelo, CEO of Principle Power The first WindFloat Atlantic unit, with the turbine fully installed, has just sailed from Ferrol, Spain, towards its destination, 20 km off the coast of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. It will soon be joined by two more units, which by the end of the year will produce […]

  • China: Ming Yang Announces Q1 Financial Results

    4 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (Ming Yang), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, announces its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.  First Quarter 2012 Financial Highlights: Total wind turbine generators (“WTGs”) for which revenue was recognized amounted to an equivalent wind power project output of 120MW, or […]

  • Barrett Steel Invests GBP 1 Mln to Serve Offshore Wind Industry

    30 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Barrett Offshore Tubes, part of the Barrett Steel Group, has recently invested over £1m at its Scunthorpe site as part of the company’s commitment to the renewable energy market, particularly the offshore wind turbine industry. The investment, which has resulted in the creation of six jobs, includes a 12 metre capacity loading system and an […]

  • OEEC 2018: Keep Exploring, Keep Inspiring, Keep Transforming

    26 October 2018

    Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2018 brought together 550 exhibitors and over 10,000 unique visitors in halls 1, 2 & 3 of Amsterdam RAI. The conference and side events attracted over 1,000 delegates. The next Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference takes place on 7, 8 and 9 October 2019. Offshore Energy 2018 kicked off […]

  • Poland Getting Offshore Wind Energy Competence Centre and Academy

    16 November 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Polenergia, Equinor, Rumia Municipality, and Rumia Invest Park have signed a Letter of Intent on the plan to cooperate as part of the Pomerania Offshore Wind Energy Competence Centre, with an aim to reinforce the labour market necessary for offshore wind development in Polish Baltic Sea. The agreement sets out the activities the parties will […]

  • OEEC 2015: Constructive, Anti-Cyclical and Energetic

    15 October 2015

    With 658 exhibitors, 23,000m2 floor space and visitors representing 86 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 (OEEC) was not only a big success, the event also grew compared to last year. A remarkable achievement in this turbulent and challenging year for the offshore industry. 11,865 visitors came to Amsterdam RAI to meet up with […]

  • CARGO TRANSFER SYSTEM: Paving the way for the transfer of larger cargos

    15 December 2014

    In the very first edition of Offshore WIND we reported on access systems as the means for safe transfers of personnel to offshore wind turbines. At that time it was still a relatively new topic in this industry. We discussed the systems by Dutch company Ampelmann Operations B.V. and by Offshore Solutions. Now, five years […]

  • Polish Baltic Should Feature 1.5 GW of Offshore Wind Farms by 2020

    17 April 2013

    Poland is the biggest wind energy market in the EU’s newer Member States, but wobbles in government support have made investors nervous. EWEA spoke to Ewa Kurdyła, Director of the Polish Wind Energy Association. The following is EWEA’s interview with Ewa Kurdyła: Poland’s National Renewable Energy Action Plan indicates that cumulative wind capacity should increase […]

  • Construction to Start on ‘Net-Zero Carbon’ O&M Base for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    14 September 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Construction works on the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank project, are expected to start this month. Announcing that the O&M base will be constructed and operated in line with the UK Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework on […]

  • France: GDF SUEZ, VINCI, CDC Infrastructure and AREVA Set for Offshore Wind

    26 March 2012

    In Normandy today, GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gérard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaïd and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan connected with the call for bids to site 3,000 MW of wind power off France’s coasts starting in 2015. They were greeted during the […]

  • UK: Lincs Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated

    1 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Centrica Energy’s Lincs offshore wind farm has today (Thursday) been officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The last of the wind farm’s 75 wind turbines was connected to the National Grid on Wednesday 24th July, bringing the 270MW project up to full strength for the first time. Lincs is now capable of […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    10 August 2015

    Gwynt y Môr The 576MW Gwynt y Môr wind farm, located 8 miles offshore in Liverpool Bay in water depths of over 28 metres, was officially inaugurated by Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales on 18 June. The offshore wind farm is the world’s second largest, with 160 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines on monopile foundations and 2 offshore substations in an area of over 80km². […]

  • The Netherlands: Van Oord Records Increased Turnover in Difficult Year

    9 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord’s turnover in 2011 was EUR 1,715 million (2010 EUR 1,578 million) and was evenly attributable to activities performed by Van Oord’s divisions and areas. The net profit for 2011 amounted to EUR 118 million (2010: EUR 165 million, including an extraordinary tax gain of EUR 40 million). CEO Pieter van Oord: ‘Given the […]

  • The Conversation: The Public Health Benefits of Adding Offshore Wind to the Grid

    27 June 2018
    R&D

    New plans to build two commercial offshore wind farms near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts have sparked a lot of discussion about the vast potential of this previously untapped source of electricity.

  • American Pioneer to Undergo Cable Repairs

    5 October 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    National Grid and Ørsted have begun mobilizing teams that will work on replacing limited segments of the Block Island wind farm and sea2shore transmission cables to achieve greater burial depths. Construction-related activities will be ongoing throughout the fall and winter, with an anticipated completion date by the end of May 2021. The effort includes replacing […]

  • America’s First Offshore Wind Port Breaks Ground

    10 September 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Construction has started on the New Jersey Wind Port, the first facility purpose-built for staging, assembly, and manufacturing activities related to offshore wind projects on the US East Coast. Earthworks will begin on-site in the coming weeks and major construction is due to start in December 2021 with the goal of opening the port in […]

  • Thanet Wind Farm – a milestone of renewable energy (UK)

    22 September 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    On Thursday Vattenfall inaugurates Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. This is a milestone in the development of renewable energy for a sustainable society. For Vattenfall, it is a springboard to the future – both to the British market and to large-scale offshore wind power. Only some two years after the […]

  • WindEurope Issues Initial Assessment of Brexit Implications

    7 July 2016

    WindEurope, formerly known as EWEA, today published an initial assessment of possible Brexit implications. The full article by WindEurope can be read below. The full impact and implications of the UK referendum, and what it means for the wind industry short and long term, are impossible to assess properly at this stage. But there are some points we […]

  • Voith Turbo Marine Engineering Develops Voith Offshore Shuttle for Wind Parks (Germany)

    7 June 2011
    R&D, Technology

    Voith Turbo Marine Engineering has developed the Voith Offshore Shuttle for wind parks. Its special feature: the so-called MOTS-system (Momac Offshore Transport System) is installed at the bow. The new system consists of a swivel arm robot, which allows safe transfers of people and goods from vessel to vessel or from vessel to offshore wind […]

  • Wind Bankers III: Green Giraffe Energy Bankers

    6 February 2013

    Offshore wind deals are happening and project developers that need money are getting it, but sometimes this is overshadowed by a cloud of negativity from banks and the utilities, which complain all too often that the project finance markets are broke or the regulatory frameworks insufficient.  Jérôme Guillet, Managing Director of Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, says: […]

  • UK Commits to Offshore Wind Energy

    1 March 2013

    The UK has committed to bring 15 percent of its total energy from renewables by 2020, and has already constructed 2.67 gigawatts of offshore wind in order to reach this target (a figure included in Europe’s 4.3 gigawatt total). Previous to June 2012, offshore wind investment in the U.K. totalled 1.5 billion pounds, an investment […]

  • Germany: ESS Commences Work on Baltic 2 OWF

    16 April 2013

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has reported a successful start to a 10-week boulder clearing and trenching campaign on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project. Mobilised onboard the Siem Topaz anchor handling vessel, Ecosse Subsea’s SCAR subsea plough system is engaged on route clearing and pre-lay trenching operations on behalf of Siem Offshore Contractors. Soils […]

  • North Devon to Benefit from Atlantic Array Development (UK)

    10 November 2011

    THE man behind the Atlantic Array development has hinted North Devon would be the most likely place to benefit from jobs created by the offshore wind farm – not South Wales. Peter Crone, director of Farm Energy, spoke at a North Devon Green Party event at the Castle Centre, in Barnstaple on Tuesday night, to […]

  • World’s First Offshore Hydrogen Storage Concept Unveiled

    17 December 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Tractebel and partner companies have developed what they describe as the world’s first offshore infrastructure and processing facilities concept for the storage of hydrogen in offshore caverns. The design study, unveiled by Tractebel Overdick GmbH, is said to outline an innovative solution for large-scale hydrogen storage on the high seas: a scalable offshore platform for […]

  • USA: BOEM Announces First Ever Offshore Wind Lease Sales in Two Areas

    2 December 2012
    Authorities

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau have announced competitive lease sales for renewable energy development in two wind energy areas (WEAs) in federal waters. […]