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  • Top News of the Week Jul 6-12, 2015

    12 July 2015

    ABB Wins French Multi-Million Offshore Wind Job ABB has won a contract worth around $25 million from the electrical transmission system operator RTE France to supply transformer products and services for grid connections for ongoing French offshore wind power projects. Bilfinger Wins the Race Bilfinger Mars Offshore has won an order for the production of […]

  • Seacat, Siemens Gamesa Add a Bit of Mischief and Magic to Beatrice Works

    3 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seacat Services has been awarded a new charter agreement for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, following two previously signed contracts under which two of its vessels are already supporting the works at the project site off Scotland.

  • Aqualis Offshore to Back A2SEA’s Horns Rev 3 Work

    7 December 2016

    A2SEA has contracted Aqualis Offshore to perform engineering consultancy services for wind turbine installation works at the Horns Rev 3 wind farm offshore Denmark. Aqualis Offshore’s London-office will provide structural site assessments at the locations where A2SEA’s SEA INSTALLER jack-up vessel will install 49 MHI Vestas 8.3MW wind turbines. “We have recently supported A2SEA and […]

  • JDR, Tekmar Join Forces to Deliver Subsea Cable Solutions

    10 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    JDR and Tekmar Energy have signed an agreement to jointly deliver offshore wind subsea cables and accessories.  The companies said they will work together on technology and value engineering projects to support the industry drive for cost, risk and lead time reduction. JDR and Tekmar’s products have been combined on projects such as Wind MW’s Meerwind in Germany, […]

  • Edda Mistral Heads Out for Sea Trials

    17 August 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral has left the Ria del Eo, Spain, to head towards the Port of Gijón where the vessel will complete her sea trials over the next weeks. 

  • Size Matters for Dong

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    In an effort to cut down the cost of offshore wind energy as much as possible, Dong Energy is investing in bigger offshore wind turbines and plans to take it to the next level. Apart from using massive high-capacity wind turbines, Dong also aims to diversify its supplier list, on which Siemens has been its Number One so far, […]

  • DONG Picks Steelwind to Build 36 Borkum Riffgrund 2 Foundations

    31 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham with a contract to manufacture 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. This is not the first time Steelwind Nordenham was contracted by DONG to build foundations for an offshore wind project, but it is the first time the company will produce transition pieces […]

  • Acta Auriga Arrives at Ulstein Verft for Final Construction

    17 November 2017
    Vessels

    The Ulstein SX195 hull of Acta Marine’s new walk-to-work (W2W) vessel Acta Auriga has arrived from Crist shipyard in Poland to Ulstein Verft in Norway, where the vessel will be outfitted, commissioned and tested before joining Acta Marine’s fleet.

  • Tidal Transit’s Vessel Hired for Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Washing

    10 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Tidal Transit’s vessel Katie Louise and her crew will work on washing the towers of the 88 wind turbines which make up the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, located between 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk in the Greater Wash. “This is an industry cleaning project of different scale,” said Tidal Transit’s Commercial Director […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension OSS on Its Way to the Site

    16 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Topside and jacket of the high voltage offshore substation (OSS) for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm left ENGIE Fabricom’s Hoboken yard yesterday, as they start their journey from Antwerp towards the site off the west coast of England.  By the end of this month, the jacket and topside will be installed at the construction site of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Freezes Production at Hull Factory

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has paused production at its blade factory at Alexandra Dock in Hull, UK, following the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent governmental recommendations.

  • Semco Maritime to Open Office in Grimsby

    4 October 2017

    Following media reports that Danish-based Semco Maritime will open an office in Grimsby, Offshore WIND contacted the company who confirmed and said the opening reception will be held on Thursday, 12 October, in Grimsby.

  • Ecosse Subsea to Prepare Hornsea One Seabed for Export Cable

    20 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Tideway, a subsidiary of DEME, has awarded Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) a seabed clearance contract for Hornsea Project One export cables. ESS will deploy its SCAR2 Seabed System along a 25-metre corridor from an anchor handling vessel. 

  • Ofgem Selects Transmission Capital Partners as Dudgeon OFTO

    24 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has appointed Transmission Capital Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high-voltage transmission link to the Dudgeon offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.

  • Manor Settles at Siemens Gamesa’s Hull Facility

    14 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Manor Renewable Energy has established an operational hub at Siemens Gamesa’s manufacturing and port facility in Hull, the UK. Manor said its new offices and presence on the Siemens Gamesa 450,000m2 site means the business is geographically closer to its offshore wind customers. “The Siemens Gamesa port in Hull offers us excellent services and facilities, to […]

  • JDR Wins Hornsea Project Two Inter-Array Cable Deal

    30 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded a multi-million pound contract to JDR Cables for the supply of inter-array cables and termination work for Hornsea Project Two, which will become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, once operational in 2022.

  • DONG Sticks With SeaRoc’s Communication Hubs

    27 June 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has signed a new contract with SeaRoc Group for the deployment of two SeaHub communication containers for its Hornsea Project One Offshore wind farm construction phase.

  • SMC Marks 1 Million Safe Transfers Milestone

    5 April 2017
    Technology

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) informed that the company had completed 1 million safe transfers in March 2017, with the number increasing daily.

  • RCG Bolsters US Ranks

    12 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has made several new appointments at its New York office to support the accelerating offshore wind market in the United States and renewable energy projects worldwide.

  • Tekmar to Provide Northwester 2 Cable Protection

    31 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Tekmar Energy has secured a contract by Jan De Nul to provide its cable protection system (CPS) for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium. Under the agreement, Tekmar will supply its TekLink Mechanical Latch Generation 8 CPS for all of the project’s inter-array and export cables. The system will be produced at the company’s manufacturing […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 12 – 18, 2015

    18 October 2015

    DONG Gets Rid of WWII UXO off Norfolk (VIDEO) Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. GeoSea Proves Jack-Up Vessels’ Workability under Extreme Tidal Conditions […]

  • Ofgem Shortlists Galloper and Walney Extension OFTO Bidders

    3 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has announced shortlists of bidders competing to own and operate transmission links to the Galloper and Walney Extension wind farms off the coasts of Cumbria and Suffolk.

  • Top News of the Week, 24 – 30 April 2017

    30 April 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Belgium Considers Hitting Offshore Wind Reset Button Belgium’s Secretary for the North Sea Philippe De Backer has suggested that the government should revoke concessions granted to three offshore wind projects and instead carry out a tendering procedure similar to those in Germany, Denmark or the Netherlands, according to local media. Bourbon to Install First French […]

  • Hornsea One TPs Keep BIC Electric and Resolux Busy

    13 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has contracted a partnership of BIC Electric and Resolux to take part in the outfitting of 124 transition pieces built for Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Top News of the Week Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2015

    5 April 2015

    DEME Joins MEG I Crew DEME Concessions has entered into a partnership with Nordsee Offshore MEG I GmbH to co-develop the MEG I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea last Thursday. Last 6MW Turbine Up at Westermost Rough The last of the 35 turbines was lifted into position by A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Generation on the Rise in 2017 Q2

    29 September 2017

    In the second quarter of 2017, offshore wind generation in the United Kingdom increased by 22 percent or 0.7TWh to 4.0TWh in comparison to the same period in 2016.