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  • USA: Charleston, SC, Embraces Offshore Wind

    20 June 2013
    Authorities

    On June 18, Charleston, South Carolina’s City Council passed a resolution in support of wind energy as an economic driver for the region. The resolution acknowledged that wind energy manufacturing currently employs nearly 3,000 South Carolinians and that there is a great opportunity for market growth. South Carolina Clean Energy Business Alliance (SCCEBA) applauds Charleston […]

  • DONG Changes Ticker to Orsted

    30 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy will start trading under the ticker symbol Orsted as of 31 October, after the shareholders approved the plan to change the company’s name to Ørsted.

  • BIS Bremerhaven Economic Development Company to Present a Book at EWEA Offshore 2013

    8 November 2013

    The BIS Bremerhaven Economic Development Company Ltd. will present the newly released book at the EWEA Offshore trade fair at 3.30pm on 19th November 2013. The book called “Eine Stadt im Aufwind. Mehr als 10 Jahre voller Energie: Wie Bremerhaven die Offshore-Windenergie vorantreibt” will be launched in the context of a panel discussion moderated by […]

  • UK: SSE Appoints Chief Marketing Officer

    3 July 2013

    Leading energy supplier SSE announced the appointment of Jenny Ashmore to the new position of Chief Marketing Officer. Reporting to Managing Director, Retail, Will Morris, Jenny takes up the post on 5 August 2013 and will have responsibility for all SSE’s marketing activities. Jenny’s career in marketing spans 20 years, with early roles at British […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs First Kriegers Flak Substation Foundation

    19 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has installed the first of the two gravity-based foundations that will support the offshore substations on the 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea.

  • Rampion Readies for OSS Topside Installation

    12 April 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Antwerp-based offshore marine contractor Scaldis is getting ready to install the offshore substation topside at the 400MW Rampion wind farm off the coast of Sussex, UK.

  • MHI Vestas Rolls Out 500th V164 Nacelle at Lindø

    7 December 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has assembled and rolled out the 500th V164 nacelle from the Lindø facility in Denmark. The 500th nacelle is among those being shipped to the UK for installation in 2021, the turbine maker said. MHI Vestas’ Lindø factory has been producing V164 nacelles since 2014, and currently employs 455 people. The […]

  • Scaldis Names Heavy Lifter

    19 April 2016
    Vessels

    Antwerp-based Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors N.V. has chosen the name of Gulliver for its heavy lift, DP2 vessel currently under construction in China. Gulliver, formerly known as RAMBIZ 4000 due to its lifting capacity, got its name following the keel laying ceremony held at the Hong Qiang shipyard near Shanghai on 27 February. The ship is ordered […]

  • HLV Gulliver Marks OSS Installation Debut at Norther OWF

    31 August 2018
    Vessels

    The installation of the Norther offshore substation in Belgium, carried out on 22 August, was the first task of this kind for Gulliver, the new heavy lift vessel in Scaldis’ fleet, the vessel owner said.

  • E.ON Switches Amrumbank West On, Says Time for Offshore Wind Is Now

    4 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has officially put into operation the recently upgraded 302 MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm during a symbolic ceremony held in Hamburg today. Referring to Amrumbank West as “technology at its best,” E.ON’s CEO Johannes Teyssen called for the continued expansion of offshore wind. “Every energy has its time, and the time for expanding offshore […]

  • NordLink Breaks Ground

    16 September 2016
    Grid Connection

    TenneT, Statnett and KfW (represented by KfW IPEX-Bank) launched the construction of the NordLink interconnector by driving the first spade into the ground and performing a symbolic cable pulling today in Wilster, Germany. The ground breaking ceremony for the subsea HVDC power cable which will connect Norwegian and German power grids was attended by Robert Habeck, Minister of Energy of […]

  • Zeeland Seaports, Port of Ghent Merge Into North Sea Port

    11 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Zeeland Seaports and Ghent Port Company signed a merger agreement on Friday, 8 December, after all eight shareholders of both ports agreed with the merger in recent weeks. The name of the cross-border merger port will be North Sea Port. 

  • AREVA Partners with CGN in Renewable Energy

    9 December 2013

    During the visit of the French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in China, AREVA participated in the celebration of the 30 years of cooperation between France and China in civil nuclear energy. This visit included, notably, a stop by Mr. Ayrault to the construction site for two EPR reactors at Taishan, a symbol of this successful […]

  • Supacat Rebrands

    11 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Supacat has rebranded under a new SC Group identity as it expands into new markets and provide a clear customer focus for the company’s products and capabilities. The Supacat name remains in place for the company’s core defence business, SC Innovation is the new brand for all engineering solutions for non-defence customers, Proteum the new […]

  • Scaldis Trying Out Gulliver’s Mooring Capabilities

    4 April 2018
    Vessels

    The new self-propelled DP2 crane vessel Gulliver, owned and operated by Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors, is undergoing mooring trials in Alexiahaven in the Netherlands, according to Royal IHC’s social media pages.

  • Kockums delivers its first CarboCAT® (Sweden)

    29 September 2010
    Technology

    CarboCAT® is a catamarn built with carbon fibre composite technology. It can be built in many sizes and adapted to suit many different purposes – from sea ambulances to large passanger ferries. Kockums first CarboCAT®, named CarboClyde, is adapted to the maintenance of off-shore wind power stations. The ship was delivered to the buyer Fintry […]

  • Ørsted Opens Big Apple Office

    26 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Global offshore wind farm developer Ørsted has officially opened an office in New York, the U.S. The new office will initially house approximately 10 team members, including one of the U.S. executive team members, with room for more as the New York-based operations grow. “We are thrilled to expand our global footprint and open our […]

  • Dutch Enable Offshore Wind Testing in Borssele Zone

    10 June 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Today, the offshore demonstration wind farm in the Dutch Borssele offshore wind zone was launched. The objective is to accelerate cost reduction of offshore wind energy in the long term and to stimulate innovation in the Dutch offshore wind sector. Peter Terium, Chair of the Executive Board of the TKI Wind op Zee and CEO […]

  • GCube Launches Report on Wind Turbine Fires

    17 November 2015

    GCube Underwriting Ltd. (GCube) today launched a report on wind turbine fires. The report, Towering Inferno, analyses the root causes, impact and mitigation of wind turbine downtime events, the company explained. Despite the increasing use of fire suppression throughout the industry, turbine fire incidents typically result in the total or near-total loss of a multi-million dollar asset. GCube […]

  • Northern HeliCopter Nets Global Tech I Crew Transfer Deal

    6 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Emden-based Northern HeliCopter GmbH (NHC) has won a contract to transport crews working on the 400MW Global Tech I far shore wind farm in the German Bight. NHC, an ambulance and air rescue services specialist, has bought an Airbus H155 helicopter specifically for providing the new service. Crew changes at the wind farm take place once a week, scheduled […]

  • ABP in Search for Contractors to Expand Hull’s Docks (UK)

    13 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Associated British Ports is searching for contractors to expand its docks in Hull to allow construction of offshore wind turbines. Plans for a huge expansion of the docks, known as Green Port Hull, were first drawn up with the idea of enticing a wind turbine or offshore company to the region. The big gamble […]

  • Gulliver Leaves Shipbuilding Yard in China

    5 July 2017
    Vessels

    Gulliver, Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors’ heavy lift, DP2 vessel, has left the ROC shipyard in Qidong, China, Royal IHC reports. The vessel is now en route to the Huisman yard in Xiamen for the installation of two cranes, each capable of carrying 2,000 tonnes. Scaldis ordered Gulliver, formerly known as RAMBIZ 4000, to further support […]

  • Rampion Set For Flurry of Offshore Works

    2 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s multi-purpose offshore vessel Saltire is expected to start burying inter-array cables at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm on Sunday, 4 September. The Saltire will use a Q1400 trenching system to bury the 122 cables. Another Fugro vessel, the offshore support vessel Symphony, has been installing the inter-array cables at the site some 13km off the […]

  • Kriegers Flak Foundations Arrive in Denmark

    17 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A barge loaded with two gravity-based foundations (GBFs) for the high voltage station of the 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm has arrived in Koge, Denmark, Blue Water Shipping (BWS), the port agents for the project, told Offshore WIND.

  • UK: Another Wind Farm Support Vessel Catches Fire

    20 January 2014

    A crewman has been airlifted to hospital this morning after a fire on board a wind farm support vessel 4 nautical miles off Great Yarmouth. Humber Coastguard received a call from the vessel Norfolk Tern just after 8am reporting they had a fire in their starboard engine. They had managed to bring it under control, […]

  • E.ON Keeps Arkona Foundations Rust Free with TSA Coating

    21 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON will protect all 60 steel foundations of the Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea with a special anti-corrosion coating developed in cooperation with Rambøll Germany and in coordination with the relevant authorities.