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  • Top News of the Week Dec 14 – 20, 2015

    20 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Samsø Turbine Broke Off Due to Welding Crack A fracture in the welding that connects the tower top flange with the tower had caused the breaking of the turbine Number 7 at the Samsø (Paludans Flak) offshore wind farm, Siemens said in a statement. Offshore Wind Trumps Trump This morning, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled […]

  • Amber Rudd: “From Small Seeds, Orchards Grow”

    25 June 2015
    Authorities

    The UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has delivered the keynote political speech at the RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind Conference, highlighting the importance of the sector and noting the massive progress UK’s offshore wind industry has made from its beginning to this day.  Rudd looked back to the UK’s first offshore wind farm: “With just two turbines, the largest turbines […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 8-14, 2015

    14 June 2015

    Siemens Nets Massive Offshore Wind Turbine Deal ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Bladt Reports First Net Loss in Decade Danish steel contractor, Bladt Industries, has reported its first net loss in a decade due to “large projects that have gone wrong.” Three […]

  • ENSM Starts Engineering Course on Offshore Structures

    10 October 2016
    Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Training & Education

    France’s National Maritime School (the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Maritime or ENSM) has just welcomed the first class of a new course focused on offshore systems, including systems used for offshore renewable energy projects. The course, titled ”Deployment and maintenance of offshore systems”, is being held in Nantes and it aims to train engineers in the specificities of offshore renewable […]

  • Block Island Turbine Out of Action Until Second Half of February

    26 December 2016
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    One of the General Elecetric’s (GE) Haliade turbines installed at America’s first offshore wind farm will be out of action at least until the second half of February, according to a statement issued by Block Island Wind Farm’s Fisheries Liaison, Elizabeth Ann Marchetti. The wind farm’s turbine number two did not go online together with […]

  • RenewableUK Comments on Tidal Lagoon Research

    16 July 2014
    R&D

    RenewableUK has today commented on new research on tidal lagoon technology. The research shows that if six tidal lagoons were constructed around the coasts the sector could supply as much as 8% of the UK’s electricity needs and during peak of construction employ nearly 71,000 people. The paper, authored by Centre for Economics and Business […]

  • Denmark Initiates Nearshore Wind Tendering Process

    20 February 2015
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a call for pre-qualification to bid for the construction of wind farms in six areas off the Danish coast. A maximum of 200 MW could be proposed for each area, except the one off the island of Bornholm, where a project of up to 50 MW is planned. The country aims to install […]

  • Mixed Feelings over Navitus Bay Project

    4 July 2014

     The deadline to register as an interested party with the Planning Inspectorate for the Navitus Bay wind farm proposal has passed. According to Daily Echo, the majority of 2,700 participants who applied have a negative opinion about the project. “What is striking when you look at the comments is that the vast majority of businesses, […]

  • Dropsafe and Van Dam Ink Deal for European Offshore Wind

    5 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dropsafe has signed a distribution deal with the Dutch fire and blast protection specialist Van Dam for dropped objects prevention solutions for the European offshore wind market. According to Dropsafe, the offshore wind sector is subject to significant dropped object risks, with personnel transferring from vessels and engineers and other staff routinely carrying out maintenance operations at […]

  • Damen to Deliver Fourth HST Fast Crew Supplier in December

    31 October 2019
    Vessels

    The fourth Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 for High Speed Transfers (HST) – to be named HST Euan – is taking its final steps toward completion and will be delivered to its owner and operator in December. The HST Euan delivery will follow the recent handover of HST Harri, the third FCS 2710 ordered by […]

  • Rampion Gives Back

    15 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Rampion and the Sussex Community Foundation has announced that the second round of grants has been distributed from the GBP 3.1 million community fund set up by the Rampion offshore wind farm last autumn.

  • Tideway Books Normand Jarstein for Merkur Works

    18 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway B.V, part of the DEME Group, has entered into a charter agreement with SolstadFarstad ASA for the DP2, accommodation and walk-to-work vessel Normand Jarstein.

  • Photo of the Day: Thialf Installs Hohe See OSS Jacket

    7 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Heerema’s vessel Thialf has installed the jacket foundation for the EnBW Hohe See offshore substation (OSS) at the project site in the German North Sea.

  • New Bill Could Jeopardise New Bedford’s OW Plans

    10 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    New Bedford officials are fighting against a bill before the Massachusetts Legislature that could, according to them, threaten the plans city has in terms of offshore wind energy, writes the South Coast Today News portal. Namely, the bill would require Massachusetts utilities to collectively purchase 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy. Besides wind energy, both onshore […]

  • Conference on Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Held in Bremen

    4 March 2014

    The 3rd international conference “Advances in Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines” was held in Bremen at the end of last month. Rotor blades are decisive in the race for lower cost of energy, and although much progress has been seen in structural design and manufacturing over the past few years, there is still plenty of […]

  • Australia to Review Renewable Energy Target

    17 February 2014
    Authorities

    The Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane and Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt have announced today that the Australian Government is releasing the Terms of Reference for a review into the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme. The review will be undertaken by an expert panel, headed by Mr Dick Warburton AO LVO and will include […]

  • British MP Backs Opposition to Rhiannon OWF Location

    11 December 2012
    Authorities

    David Morris, Member of the UK Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale has supported the residents of Isle of Man regarding disapproval of the Celtic Array’s Rhiannon offshore wind farm, which is proposed to be built in the Irish Sea. After Mr. Morris met with House of Keys Speaker Steve Rodan to discuss concerns about the […]

  • UK: Brave Tern to Install Met Masts on Dogger Bank

    8 October 2012

    The new 132m jack-up vessel Brave Tern, commissioned to install both of Forewind’s meteorological masts on Dogger Bank, has been completed and is now on her way to the Harland & Wolff fabrication plant in Belfast. Built by Fred Olsen Windcarrier at the Lamprell shipyard in Dubai, Brave Tern will arrive in Belfast in about […]

  • USA: Deepwater Wind Denies Any Similarity to 38 Studios

    8 June 2012

    Except the fact that former Governor Don Carcieri and legislative leaders backed both companies, executives of Deepwater Wind disapprove of any link to 38 Studios. WPRI.com news portal reported that Deepwater CEO William Moore said he thinks the two companies are not similar since there is no subsidy from any taxpayer or federal taxpayer until […]

  • UK: Inquiry into Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Cabling Route Begins

    25 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    The inquiry into the 28km cabling route from Weybourne to Great Ryburgh began yesterday, EDP 24 informed. Even though the North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) initiated the appeal hearing, due to a lack of money, they will not be opposing the evidence proposed by the Warwick Energy. The company decided to go with the underground […]

  • Omnisens Monitors Sheringham Shoal OWF’s Export Cables

    15 January 2014
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Long distance power cable monitoring specialist, Omnisens was selected to monitor the export cables at Sheringham Shoal windfarm. The two 132 kV cables monitored join the offshore substations to the Sheringham Shoal Salle substation, some 20 km inland, where the Omnisens DITEST interrogator is housed. Fiber optic cables integrated into the power cables are used […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Install Baltic Eagle Wind Turbines

    5 July 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vestas has contracted Fred. Olsen Windcarrier for the transportation and installation of 50 of its 9.5 MW wind turbines at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. This is one of the three new transport and installation contracts announced on 28 May 2021, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier said. The installation works, to be performed by […]

  • Aeolus Comes for First Borssele III & IV Monopiles

    18 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has arrived at the Sif terminal in Rotterdam to load the first monopiles for the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm. The load out of the monopiles for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm is currently being prepared at the Sif Rotterdam yard, a spokesperson for […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Showcases First Taiwan-Made Turbine Towers

    23 June 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s CS Wind and Chin Fong Machine Industrial have completed the first 20 locally-made offshore wind turbine towers, Siemens Gamesa said. These are the first-ever turbine towers to be made in Taiwan for a Taiwanese offshore wind project, according to Siemens Gamesa. Scheduled for delivery in 2021, the turbine towers will support Siemens Gamesa’s 8 […]

  • China’s Oil Major Taps Into Offshore Wind

    25 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd has entered the offshore wind sector with recent involvement in a project offshore East China’s Jiangsu province. The Chinese company unveiled it entered the project this month, however, details on the size or scope of the development have not been disclosed. Offshore wind aligns with CNOOC’s business due to […]

  • Borkum Riffgrund II Turbines Reach Halfway Mark

    2 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has installed the 28th MHI Vestas 8MW turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund II offshore wind farm, marking the halfway milestone.