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  • MCS Signs Acceptance of MCS Maestro from South Boats (UK)

    30 June 2011

    At RenewableUK Offshore Wind 2011 today in Liverpool Nikki Kuyt of Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. signed for the acceptance of their latest vessel, the MCS Maestro, with Ben Colman from South Boats SP. The vessel, their second new build from the Isle of Wight ship yard, is an 18m South  Catamaran built to full […]

  • New Joint Venture Exploring South African Offshore Wind Market

    13 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Swedish floating multi-turbine platform designer Hexicon AB and South African wind developer Genesis Eco-Energy Developments are joining forces to explore the development of offshore wind in South Africa. The development program will be carried out via a joint venture company in South Africa named GenesisHexicon (Pty) Ltd. “This is the winning formula for large scale energy production […]

  • Three MPI Vessels to Take Care of Sheringham Shoal

    6 November 2014

    Scira Offshore Energy Ltd has chosen 3 MPI Workboats Ltd vessels to work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm on long term charters starting in 2015. The 22m South East Asia Shipyard built vessel, MPI Snowball, will start a 2 year charter in March next year. The following month, April, she will be joined by […]

  • Italy: 40South Energy Readies for Wave Device Deployment

    19 September 2013
    R&D

    40South Energy undertook several tests last week to prepare for the deployment of its wave energy technology at Punta Righini, Italy. The company recently announced that it had performed trials at the harbor in Navicelli, Pisa. The first activities tested were practicing the connection procedures in sheltered waters, so they can later be carried out […]

  • Ørsted Reveals Offshore Wind Plans in South Korea

    24 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has disclosed plans to develop South Korean offshore wind projects with a potential capacity of up to 1.6 GW off the coast of Incheon City. The projects will be located more than 70 kilometres from the main parts of Incheon City and have relatively shallow water depths at the target project site to allow […]

  • South Korea Losing Pace in Offshore Wind Race

    9 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Doosan Heavy Industries (DHI) has remained the only South Korean company interested in the state-backed project for the development of up to 2.9 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Yellow Sea region, Business Korea reports. DHI is reportedly planning to develop a 60 MW offshore wind test site, with other companies losing interest in the project due to delays […]

  • South Boats Launches Offshore Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel, ‘Porth Wen’ (UK)

    18 November 2011

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 47th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Porth Wen’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 16m and is the third of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the eighteen wind farm vessels […]

  • Italy: 40SouthEnergy Starts R115 Wave Device Deployment Activities

    25 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    40SouthEnergy has begun to work on the deployment of the R115 wave energy device at Punta Righini, Italy. On September 23, the company positioned two guiding buoys for the Meloria pontoon, which traveled the next day from Livorno to Punta Righini, where it was positioned. After the company carried out all the activities envisaged for […]

  • Survey Activities Ramping Up on Equinor and BP’s New York Wind Site

    19 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Two survey activities are planned to start this month at the Empire Wind offshore wind farm site located about 20 miles south of Long Island. The first is a short-term underwater sediment survey campaign, planned to begin in late June. The sediment survey experts will sample the seabed along the proposed Empire Wind 1 and […]

  • USA: New Bedford High School Developing New Marine Industries Program

    28 December 2012
    Training & Education

    The South Terminal project, formally known as the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, brings new possibilities to the area, one of which is the creation of a new marine industries program at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School. The program is expected to start in the fall of 2014 with about 15 freshmen, who […]

  • Equinor and BP’s 2.4 GW Beacon Wind Enters Federal Permitting

    30 June 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate its eleventh offshore wind environmental review with Equinor and BP’s 2.4 GW Beacon Wind 1 and 2 wind farms, proposed to be built offshore Massachusetts and connected to the grid in New York and Connecticut. BOEM published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an […]

  • US Approves Second Commercial Scale Offshore Wind Project

    25 November 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of the Interior (DO) has approved the construction and operations of the 132 MW South Fork wind project offshore Rhode Island. This represents DOI’s second approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project in the United States after the 804 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore Massachusetts which began construction last week. ”We […]

  • RWE Targets 1.5 GW of Floating Wind Offshore South Korea

    29 November 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    German energy company RWE and the Ulsan Metropolitan City will cooperate on the development of floating offshore wind projects off the South Korean coast with an envisaged capacity of up to 1.5 GW. A corresponding Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between RWE and Ulsan City, in support of South Korea’s Net Zero 2050 ambition. […]

  • 40South Energy Prepares to Launch Wave Energy Device in Pisa, Italy

    7 June 2013
    R&D, Technology

    40South Energy will launch the first R115, which is a machine rated at 99kW, in Pisa on June 19th at a marina inside the “Darsena dei Navicelli”. After final assembly, most likely towards the end of July, the machine will be towed to the Punta Righini WEP (which is 40South’s test site) and stay there […]

  • BLIX Reveals New York Offshore Wind Role

    1 April 2020
    R&D

    The second phase of offshore soil investigations at the Hudson North and Hudson South wind zones off new York has started, the Netherlands-based consultancy, BLIX, said. The second stage of the investigation started in February, the consultancy said. BLIX defined a program for the offshore soil investigations commissioned by New York State Energy Research and […]

  • Equinor, South Koreans Float 200MW Wind Farm Plan

    8 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor, the Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and Korea East-West Power Corporation have established a consortium to develop a 200MW floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The Donghae 1 floating offshore wind farm would be developed near KNOC’s existing Donghae gas platform located 58km off the coast of Ulsan City. The consortium will carry out […]

  • Equinor, EWP Raise Floating Wind Stakes in South Korea to 3 GW

    17 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and its partner Korea East-West Power (EWP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on 3 GW of offshore wind projects in South Korea. Equinor said it would use its new floating wind technology, Wind Semi, for its projects in South Korea as it had been developed specifically for Korean waters and […]

  • South Boats Special Projects Ltd. Announces New CEO (UK)

    2 July 2010
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. has today announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Neil Ackroyd, commencing 1st July 2010. Neil has been given the remit to grow the business and take advantage of the huge potential in the offshore wind services sector. Speaking at an official announcement Neil stated, “South Boats is […]

  • USA: BOEM Forms South Carolina Task Force

    30 March 2012
    Authorities

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterda held its first offshore renewable energy task force meeting in cooperation with South Carolina’s Energy Office. This intergovernmental task force was established to facilitate communication between BOEM and state, local, tribal and federal stakeholders concerning commercial renewable energy leasing and development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) […]

  • South Fork Wind Onshore Cable System All Done

    16 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore cable system for the South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm under construction, has been completed. Crews have demobilized all equipment from the project’s cable route and completed restoration, including “edge to edge” repaving of the Town roads and reseeding of the grassy shoulders, Ørsted and Eversource, the owners and developers […]

  • MPI Workboats Order Two More South Catamaran 17m WFSV (UK)

    14 June 2011

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and MPI Workboats Ltd. are pleased to announce the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of a pair of South Catamaran 17m Wind Farm Support Vessels. The two craft will be built at South Boats’ new facility in Cowes and will be delivered in February and June […]

  • Second Hollandse Kust West Alpha Subsea Cable In Place

    22 June 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul, together with its partner LS Cable & System, has completed the installation of the second subsea cable for the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farm grid connection off the coast of Egmond aan Zee for TenneT. The subsea cable installation was carried out by the cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton, the work […]

  • Offshore Cabling Works to Start at Taiwan Power’s Changhua Phase 1

    12 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Installation of export and inter-array subsea cables at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind farm are set to start on 15 June. The work will be carried out by Jan De Nul’s cable-laying vessels (CLVs) Isaac Newton and Willem de Vlamingh, with the support of Volstad Maritime’s OSV Grand Canyon II. JDR Cable […]

  • US Offshore Wind Farm Entering Construction Phase

    18 January 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Construction work on the 132 MW South Fork wind farm offshore New York is scheduled to start on or about 28 January, South Fork Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource Energy, said. According to the developer, the project has now received necessary permits to install the export cable system onshore and in the […]

  • Ramboll Names South Korea Country Director

    9 February 2023
    Industry

    Ramboll has appointed Inho Cho as Country Director for the new office in Seoul, South Korea, which the company opened in 2022. With the appointment of Inho Cho as Country Director, Ramboll brings in a well-regarded senior expert, the company said. Prior to joining Ramboll, he held various senior positions in technical sales and marketing […]

  • Hyundai Heavy Industries Installs Korea’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

    18 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) today announced that it completed the installation of a 5.5 MW offshore wind turbine prototype on Kimnyeong Wind Farm on Jeju Island, South Korea. The offshore wind turbine, measuring 100 m hub height and 140 m rotor diameter, is the largest unit ever installed in South Korea. It can […]