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  • Germany: Windreich Continues as Planned

    30 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Windreich AG, the successful project management and developer of the offshore wind park in the German North Sea will implement the three wind parks – Global Tech I, MEG 1 and Deutsche Bucht – as planned. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Windreich AG, industrial engineer Willi Balz, explained that “The chances for the […]

  • MPI Resolution Wades Into Deeper Waters

    25 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    MPI Offshore’s wind-turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, is currently undergoing installation of leg extensions at the company’s Tees offshore base in Middlesbrough, UK. Following these modifications, MPI Resolution will be able to operate in water depths of up to 35m, depending upon the site-specific data. This represents a gain of up to 7m on […]

  • Great Yarmouth experiences boost from wind energy (UK)

    23 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Great Yarmouth is already experiencing the positive effects of a wind energy revolution likely to bring 7,000 jobs to the area.That was the… By Stephen Pullinger(eveningnews24) [mappress] Source: eveningnews24, August 23, 2010;

  • INTPOW Renewable Energy Forum 2013 Held in Norway

    10 September 2013

    Tuesday last week, 200 Norwegian and international experts on renewable energy, business development, investment and government governance met at INTPOW Renewable Energy Forum to discuss the global energy revolution and its implications for business and Norway. Consensus opinion was that demand is soaring in new developing regions and climate change considerations boost demand for renewable […]

  • Belgium: MPI Resolution to Work on GeoSea’s Offshore Wind Projects

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    MPI Offshore announces the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Resolution by GeoSea N.V., subsidiary of the Belgian based DEME Group.  MPI Resolution is scheduled to commence work on a series of GeoSea projects situated in the North Sea and Baltic Sea area as from the middle of June 2013 for a […]

  • Report on Evolution and Economics of Wind Power Available

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Evolution and Economics of Wind Power” report to their offering.  Chapter 1 The wind resource and global wind generating capacity Wind is the movement of air generated by the earth’s rotation and by the heating of the atmosphere by the sun. The wind resulting is […]

  • Merseyside Will Get Chance to Host GBP 25 m Technology and Innovation Center (UK)

    26 May 2011
    Authorities

    MERSEYSIDE will be offered the chance to lead Britain’s offshore wind energy revolution today – as the home of a new £25m cutting-edge… [mappress] Source: liverpooldailypost, May 26, 2011

  • Bubbles to Reduce Offshore Wind Turbine Noise Pollution (Germany)

    9 August 2011
    Environment

    As Germany forges ahead with its energy revolution, offshore wind parks are becoming increasingly important. But construction clatter… (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, August 09, 2011

  • Ocean City Council Says No to Visible Offshore Wind Turbines

    6 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City have unanimously approved a resolution in opposition to offshore wind turbines visible from this coastal town in the state of Maryland, US.

  • Photo of the Day: MPI Resolution’s Night Shift at BOW Terminal

    14 May 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: MPI Resolution arrives at BOW Terminal for the next load of offshore wind foundations.  The offshore wind turbine installation vessel is currently loading the next sequence of foundations for the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. Last month, Damen upgraded the feet of all the jack-up vessel’s six legs. The upgrade was necessary to enable the MPI Resolution to work on the […]

  • APEM to Survey Potential Offshore Wind Areas off the Carolinas

    6 November 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    APEM will carry out ultra-high resolution aerial digital surveys of offshore wildlife off the coast of North and South Carolina on behalf of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

  • MPI Resolution to Remove RWE’s IJmuiden Met Mast

    15 January 2016
    Vessels

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) MPI Resolution has been contracted by RWE for the removal of the IJmuiden Met Mast. In 2011, RWE installed the 100m high met mast in waters up to about 26m, approximately 85 km off the Dutch coast. The mast was built on a monopile foundation consisting of a […]

  • RNLI Helps Disabled Wind Farm Guard Vessel

    6 February 2017
    Authorities, Vessels

    The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Cromer station received a report from the Coastguard of a wind farm support vessel in distress off the Dudgeon offshore wind farm on Saturday, February 4, at around 5 am local time.

  • Photo of the Day: MPI Resolution Ready for Deeper Waters

    11 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    MPI Offshore’s wind-turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, is ready to operate in deeper waters after works to extend the vessel’s six legs have been completed. The leg extensions are now class approved and fully operational, Vroon said. The upgrade work took place over a 60-day conversion programme carried out at MPI Offshore’s Tees offshore base […]

  • MPI Resolution Heads to Amrumbank West

    16 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, has been contracted by E.ON Climate & Renewables for the first gearbox exchange on the 302MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm located some 35 kilometers north of the Heligoland in the North Sea. The scope of work includes the exchange of a single gearbox, accommodation and supporting […]

  • Germany: Schleswig-Holstein Government Goes Offshore

    28 September 2012

    The state government of Schleswig-Holstein is interested in its ports particularly with regard to the energy revolution and its emphasis for offshore energy development. Demand for port areas in the German North Sea coast to supply the offshore wind turbines is expected to grow strongly. With this in mind, government of Schleswig-Holstein is requesting Expressions […]

  • Wind of Change (USA)

    14 January 2011

    Winds of change have swept through South Carolina, and they carry the seeds of a revolution. A decade into the 21st Century, the United… (thesunnews) [mappress] Source: thesunnews, January 14, 2011

  • HiDef Super HD Imagery to Address Perennial Problems (UK)

    6 February 2012

    In an attempt to address the perennial problems of land access and intensive labour requirements for infrastructure surveys, HiDef has developed a video inspection survey service which has been employed by Forewind, the developer of the UK’s largest windfarm Dogger Bank. HiDef deployed its super HD camera technology from fixed wing aircraft in a similar […]

  • Mediterranean Offshore Wind Pioneer Presses Ahead

    15 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has installed the fourth wind turbine at the Beleolico offshore wind farm in Italy. Last month, the jack-up finished the installation of the first wind turbine to be fitted on a commercial offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean sea. The 30 MW Beleolico offshore wind farm, also known as Taranto, […]

  • First Mediterranean Sea Wind Turbine Rises – Gallery

    1 February 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has started installing wind turbines at the 30 MW Taranto wind farm offshore Italy, the first wind farm to be built in the Mediterranean Sea. In the photos provided by Renexia SpA, the developer of the wind farm, MPI Resolution is seen installing the first of the ten MySE 3.0-135 […]

  • Foundations Stand at First Mediterranean Offshore Wind Farm

    13 January 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has installed the ten monopile foundations at the first wind farm to be built in the Mediterranean Sea – the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm. The Taranto offshore wind farm, also known as Beleolico, is located in Italy’s Apulia Region near the Taranto harbour. The wind farm will comprise […]

  • CWind Taiwan Expands CTV Fleet for Yunlin Work

    4 June 2020
    Vessels

    CWind Taiwan has acquired two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from Seacat Services to support the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. Seacat Resolute and Seacat Vigilant will be chartered to support Siemens Gamesa during the development and construction of the 640 MW wind farm. The two 24m CTVs are both class-certified South Catamarans that have […]

  • Breeze, GWEC Show Evolution of Wind Power on Interactive Map

    13 February 2015

    A Swedish renewable energy software company, Breeze, in cooperation with Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), has created The Evolution of Wind Power – an interactive map showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country, continent and the world as a whole between 1981-2014. China accounted for the largest growth in terms of number of MW last year […]

  • MPI Resolution to load replacement blade for one turbine at Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 September 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    The world’s first purpose-built vessel for installing offshore wind turbines, foundations and transition pieces, the MPI Resolution weighs… [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, September 01, 2010;

  • EGS Wraps Up Offshore Survey at Skipjack Wind

    23 December 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EGS has completed an offshore geophysical and hydrographic survey for Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland’s Delmarva Peninsula, USA. EGS was contracted by Ørsted to conduct, process, and interpret high-resolution geophysical and hydrographic survey data of the nearshore sections of the export cable routes for Skipjack Wind, currently in development. […]

  • Offshore Wind Advancement Requires Bigger, Improved Vessels (UK)

    26 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    As developers and utilities construct, develop and deploy offshore wind turbines in increasingly isolated locations, vessel operators must challenge established industry thinking and rapidly respond to charter feedback, if they are to win future work.   This will require a commitment to invest in equipment and personnel, as well as a sustained expansion and build […]