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  • Bard Offshore 1 Hits 2TWh Mark

    10 November 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Bard Offshore 1 has produced more than 2TWh of electricity since the inauguration in 2013, which makes it the first offshore wind farm in Germany to achieve this. From January to October, the wind farm produced 700 gigawatt hours, while in October alone it produced 100 gigawatt hours – enough to power a medium-sized city like […]

  • Vole au vent Heads to Borkum Riffgrund 2

    5 March 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s wind turbine installation vessel Vole au vent has left the port of Eemshaven loaded with the first set of monopiles and transition pieces to be installed on the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Ireland Gets Wind and Wave Atlas

    11 November 2014
    R&D

    Researchers in the UCD School of Mathematical Sciences, in collaboration with Met Éireann, have created a new wind and wave atlas for Ireland for the period 2000-2012. The study was supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) through the Renewable Energy Research Development & Demonstration Programme. Ireland is uniquely placed in terms of […]

  • 50 Hertz Makes Progress with Baltic Offshore Transmission System

    18 December 2013
    Grid Connection

    50 Hertz is taking another important step for the offshore wind energy off the German Baltic coast. The Northeast German transmission system operator submitted on Monday a request for approval of establishment and operation of six submarine cable systems to the Department of Energy of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The systems would connect to the […]

  • Ocean Breeze Sticks With Siem Offshore

    18 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s Ocean Breeze Energy has awarded Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., with a new contract for the provision of a walk-to-work (W2W) service operations vessel (SOV) for the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm.  The contract will involve the deployment of the MV Siem Marlin, followed by the MV […]

  • Windfarm Update: Amrumbank West

    17 November 2014

    Foundation installation work at the 288MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm is in full progress. At the end of September Ballast Nedam Offshore completed their contract for 19 foundations, using their heavy-lift vessel Svanen after which the MPI Discovery, which was previously working on the Humber Gateway wind farm, continued installing the remaining foundations. The […]

  • Deep Scores Offshore Wind Doppelpack

    15 May 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Amsterdam-headquartered Deep BV, Hydrography & Geophysics has won contracts to carry out subsea surveys at Northland Power’s Deutsche Bucht and Nordsee One offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The duration of the two service contracts is five years, Deep BV said without providing any further details. The 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm started commercial operation […]

  • EMO to Watch Over Veja Mate

    23 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) and Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH signed a contract for guarding the offshore wind farm with its fleet of guard vessel. Starting in January 2016, the vessel provided by EMO will evaluate if any risk of collision or unauthorised entrance from non project-related traffic is likely to occur and […]

  • Maine Offshore Wind Jobs Potential Probed

    8 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Offshore wind could support 2,144 Maine jobs annually through 2030, according to a report released by the American Jobs Project.

  • Industry Leaders Commit to Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event (UK)

    13 January 2011
    R&D

    The North West and North Wales Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event on Tuesday 8 February 2011 will offer workshops, seminars and exhibition viewing to 500 delegates. The offshore wind industry is showing significant growth with substantial business opportunities for suppliers across the UK and internationally. Engaging local supply chains will be critical in enabling the […]

  • The Netherlands: Imtech Bags HVAC Contract for HelWin2

    29 March 2013

    On 27 February Imtech Marine Netherlands signed a large HVAC contract with Heerema Fabrication Group (Zwijndrecht, Netherlands). Imtech Marine will provide the Offshore Wind Energy project HelWin2 with all Heating, Ventilation and Airconditioning (HVAC). It is one of the largest platforms built at this moment. The platform connects an enormous wind park cluster in the […]

  • VOS Sugar Gets Down to Business at BARD Offshore 1 (Gallery)

    24 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Subsea support vessel (SSV) VOS Sugar, the newest addition to Vroon’s fleet, has started work on the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm, supporting dive operations and maintenance work on wind-turbine foundations for NDE Offshore. NDE Offshore, a Sweden-based provider of subsea services, will conduct a combined topside and subsea campaign for the first time. The campaign comprises of […]

  • Wind Minds to Engage in 2.5GW Korean Offshore Wind Project

    13 June 2016

    On 15 June, Korean state-owned company Korea Offshore Wind Power (KOWP) and Dutch offshore wind consultancy Wind Minds will sign a letter of intent on cooperation in developing one of the first offshore wind projects in Korea. The Southwest Offshore Wind Project is planned to have a total capacity of 2.5GW, with 60MW installed in the […]

  • Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    2 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium comprising EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd has launched the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, following the finalisation of agreements with its financial partners. French transmission system operator RTE will start onshore construction works this month. RTE is responsible for connecting the wind farm from the substation to the coast, […]

  • MV Siddis Mariner to Soon Replace MV Siem Marlin at BARD Offshore 1

    23 February 2017
    Vessels

    Ocean Breeze Energy will replace MV Siem Marlin, the vessel currently in service at the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm, with MV Siddis Mariner in the first quarter of 2017, according to Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), the owner of the two vessels.

  • Doosan to Deploy 5.5MW Turbines at Korea’s Southwest Project

    6 November 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has acquired the prototype turbine, design, and rights to manufacture and sell a 5.5MW wind turbine developed by Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems and AMSC. Doosan will supply the 5.5MW units – the country’s most powerful domestically produced offshore wind turbines – to the first phase of the Southwest Offshore Wind Project.

  • Belgium Seeks Geological Studies for Princess Elisabeth Offshore Wind Zone

    31 August 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Belgium’s Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes, and Energy has issued a contract notice seeking theoretical geological studies for the Princess Elisabeth offshore wind zone. Interested parties have until 27 September to respond to this contract notice. Belgium’s first offshore wind zone was fully constructed with the commissioning of the Northwester II and the […]

  • Siemens Hands Over BorWin2 to TenneT

    30 January 2015
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has handed over the first North Sea grid connection, BorWin2, to TenneT following successful completion of test runs. The offshore platform of the BorWin2 grid connection is located around 100 kilometers off the German coast – northwest of the island of Borkum, after which the project was named. “This is the first offshore grid […]

  • Bladt Displays Arkona Transition Piece

    28 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has published a photo of one of the 60 transition pieces that the company will manufacture for the Arkona offshore wind farm. EEW SPC and Bladt are in charge of supplying the foundations for the project, with EEW delivering 60 monopiles and Bladt providing the transition pieces. Both companies started working on the project […]

  • Siemens’ Semi-Offshore Turbines Generate 400Mln kWh

    14 August 2014
    Technology

    Four Siemens semi-offshore wind turbines in Denmark have reached the significant milestone of having each generated 100 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity since being installed in 2003. This is also a world record for the company. The combined production of 400 million kWh is enough clean energy to power over 100,000 average Danish households […]

  • Siemens Hands Over HelWin1 to TenneT

    9 February 2015
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has now handed over HelWin1, the second North Sea grid connection in quick succession, to TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission system operator has now also put this grid connection into commercial operation. Located around 85 kilometers off the German coast, northwest of the island of Helgoland, the grid connection can transmit up to 576 megawatts […]

  • Albatros Topside Has Landed

    27 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy-lift jack-up vessels Pacific Osprey and Innovation have transported and installed the offshore substation topside on the EnBW Albatros offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Pacific Osprey had loaded the topside in Rotterdam. In the construction area, the Innovation lifted the topside on the monopile foundation. The Pacific Osprey will be jacked up […]

  • EEW SPC Rolls Out World’s Heaviest Monopile

    3 March 2016
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The heaviest monopile ever produced for an offshore wind project left the production site of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock on 2 March, and will be ready to be installed at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm within the next few months. This monopile weighs a total of 1,302.5 tons, its diameter is 7.8 […]

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to Map Wind Patterns Off Oregon Coast, USA

    19 December 2012
    R&D

    Mapping the wind patterns off the Oregon coast is just one part of the innovative work that scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will be performing in a new demonstration project just announced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). As part of the U.S. government’s “all of the above” strategy to develop more secure, […]

  • MAKE: North America to Add 2.2GW of Offshore Wind by 2026

    2 May 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Developers in the US will install approximately 2.2GW of offshore wind capacity by 2026, MAKE Consulting said in its latest report.

  • K2 Management Bags New Deutsche Bucht Contract

    29 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Northland Power has awarded K2 Management with a lump sum service agreement involving full scope construction management on the 252MW Deutsche Bucht (DeBu) offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea.