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  • Siemens Increases its Stake in Marine Current Turbines to 45 pct (UK)

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, today announces that Siemens is increasing its share in the company to 45%.  “With this increase in its stake, Siemens is strengthening its activities in ocean power generation. We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative marine current power plants,” said Michael Axmann, CFO of the […]

  • ESB Invests in Floating Offshore Wind Mooring Tech

    12 April 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has announced that it will invest in Dublin Offshore Technology (DOT), a company specialising in floating offshore wind mooring technology. DOT has developed a technology solution for floating offshore wind mooring systems which provides significant design improvements for the wind farm, the company said. The optimised mooring system delivers these […]

  • BP to Form Global Floating Wind Team

    14 October 2022
    Business & Finance

    The original article published on 14 October has been updated following the news that BP has qualified as an eligible bidder for the first offshore wind lease sale in California. BP is advertising a new opening in its offshore wind business, this time looking for the Head of Floating Offshore Wind, who will develop and lead […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Export Cables Hooked Up to OSS Jackets

    15 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore export cables for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm have been hooked up onto the project’s two offshore substation (OSS) jacket foundations. The export cable hook up and burial campaign was completed on 2 September with the cables laid by the cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise and buried into the seabed by Normand […]

  • DP Energy Eyes 700+ MW Floating Wind Farm in Ireland

    31 March 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    DP Energy has submitted a Foreshore Site Investigation Application to Ireland’s Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG) for a potential 700+ MW floating wind project off the south coast of Ireland.

  • Second Moray East OTM Platform Installed

    18 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second offshore transformer module (OTM) of the Moray East wind farm is now at its designated location at the site off Scotland, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. OSP2, which was shipped out from Belgium on 30 June, was installed shortly after its jacket foundation and the OSP3 platform were put in place […]

  • Marine Power Systems to Deploy Its Floating Wind Platform at PLOCAN

    27 April 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) have joined forces with Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN) to deploy their floating offshore wind platform, PelaFlex, at an expected grid-connected test site on the southeast coast of Gran Canaria. PLOCAN will work with MPS regarding a pre-consented and grid-connected site for the testing of their technology and the associated export […]

  • Seaway 7 Secures Another USD 500+ Million Offshore Wind Contract

    16 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 ASA, part of the Subsea 7 Group, has signed a letter of exclusivity, and is finalising a preferred bidder supply chain agreement with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK. East Anglia THREE is located approximately 70 kilometres from shore in the Southern North Sea and is […]

  • REpower Appoints PMSS for 150MW Ormonde HSE Management Contract (Germany)

    16 December 2010

    REpower Systems AG – one of the world’s leading turbine manufacturers and renewable energy consulting firm PMSS today announced that they have concluded an agreement for Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) management of the 150MW Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm. Under the agreement, PMSS will provide REpower with a comprehensive custom HSE solution for the installation […]

  • Floating Wind JIP Picks Study Groups

    1 June 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) has kicked off a series of studies to address future challenges for the emergent floating offshore wind sector.

  • Exclusive: MHI Denies Ditching SeaAngel

    19 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Following recent media writings about Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) canceling further development and giving up on the name of its 7MW “SeaAngel” turbine, Offshore WIND spoke with Tadashi Asahina, MHI’s Deputy General Manager in charge of the offshore wind business development. He firmly denied that any of his colleagues from either Japan or the UK […]

  • Lamprell Inks USD 200+ Million Deal for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    8 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    UAE-based offshore construction and fabrication specialist Lamprell has signed a contract worth over USD 200 million for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The deal, first agreed upon in March, has now been officially signed with the wind farm’s developers Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between Spain-headquartered EDP Renewables and France-headquartered ENGIE. The […]

  • EOWDC Foundations Start Falling Into Place

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

    The floating crane Asian Hercules III has installed the first of eleven suction bucket jacket foundations on Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in the Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • Aveillant’s OW Radar System Successfully Operates at Kent, UK

    21 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Aveillant, the UK developer of 3D Holographic Radar™, has successfully installed a trial system in north Kent, England, to demonstrate its ability to mitigate wind turbine clutter from an offshore wind farm. The system was delivered to site, installed and put to operation within just eight hours. The Holographic Radar™ not only successfully identified and […]

  • EOWDC Opens Doors to Offshore Wind Innovators

    19 June 2018
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy group Vattenfall and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have formed an alliance to allow offshore wind innovators the opportunity to test and demonstrate new technology in real-world operating conditions at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen.

  • Cobra Strikes Kincardine Green Financing Deal

    25 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios has secured a GBP 380 million green loan financing for the construction of the Kincardine floating wind farm offshore Scotland. The project comprises the construction of a 50 MW wind farm some 15 kilometres south-east of Aberdeen. Kincardine will consist of six turbines, one 2 MW which was commissioned back […]

  • Mainstream Disputes Neart na Gaoithe CfD Termination

    12 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power is currently in arbitration with the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) over the terms of its CfD contract for the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in the outer Firth of Forth, Scotland. The project has supposedly lost the CfD due to an ongoing judicial review requested by the Royal Society for […]

  • Nexans Continues Export Cable Works at Beatrice

    30 October 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second campaign of the installation of two export cables in the export corridors and construction site of the Beatrice offshore wind farm will start around 2 November, according to the project’s Notice to Mariners. 

  • Burntisland Orders Granada Pythons for Beatrice

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Burntisland Fabrications Limited has contracted Granada Material Handling to design, manufacture, deliver and commission 26 davit crane units for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project. Each of the Granada Python crane units has been specifically designed for Beatrice and the challenging marine environment in which it will operate, the Manchester-based company said. One Python […]

  • Moray West OWF Set for Geophysical and Geotechnical Site Surveys

    11 July 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore geophysical and geotechnical site investigations will soon begin at the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The investigation will be carried out on the site located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, approximately 22.5 kilometres from the Caithness coastline, covering an area of approximately 225 square kilometres. The works are […]

  • Waterman Marks Leaves Good Impression at Dutch Offshore Wind Conference

    10 January 2012

    Waterman has an expanding portfolio of energy projects in the fields of conventional power generation, transmission, distribution, energy from waste and renewable energy projects. In November 2011, Waterman attended the conference on offshore wind energy, organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in Amsterdam. The event, the largest of its type in the world, […]

  • Moray Contracts Gaoh Energy to Install Meteorogical Mast in Outer Moray Firth (UK)

    27 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd. , the joint venture company owned by EDP Renewables and Repsol, today awarded a historic contract to Gaoh Energy Ltd to install the first permanent offshore infrastructure to enable the development of offshore wind energy in the outer Moray Firth. Suffolk-based Gaoh Energy Ltd are to install an offshore meteorological mast […]

  • KenzFigee Cranes for Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Substations

    10 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Dutch offshore lifting equipment provider KenzFigee has won a contract to deliver two 3-ton electric hydraulic Ram Luffing offshore cranes to be installed on the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore substation topsides. KenzFigee was awarded the contract by HSM Offshore, in close collaboration with Iv-Offshore & Energy. The heavy duty 1300 type Ram Luffing design […]

  • Ideol Finds Fresh Funds, Eyes International Growth

    26 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    France’s Ideol has secured EUR 15 million funding from energy investor Kerogen Capital in order to accelerate the commercialization of its floating foundation solution in key geographies.

  • Damen to Build Renewables Service Vessel for Delta Marine

    21 October 2015
    Vessels

    A Scotland-based offshore wind service provider, Delta Marine, recently awarded Damen a construction contract for a new vessel specially designed for the offshore wind industry, looking towards a launch in early 2017. A cooperation between the two companies has produced a new vessel design, called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315. “For the last couple of years […]

  • TenneT Issues EUR 500 Million Green Bond

    11 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Transmission systems operator TenneT Holding B.V. has issued a new, EUR 500 million Green Bond, bringing its total long-term debt in green format to EUR 3 billion. TenneT launched and priced the 17-year Green Bond issue with a coupon of 1.25% with the support of three banks, Lloyds Bank, Rabobank and Royal Bank of Scotland. The company […]