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  • UK, Swedish Academics Study Wind Turbine Fire Incidents

    18 July 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Researchers from the University of Edinburgh, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden and Imperial College London investigated fire incidents on wind turbines and released their findings under the title: “Overview of Problems and Solutions in Fire Protection Engineering of Wind Turbines”. Authors of the study, S. Uadiale, E. Urban, R. Carvel, D. Lange and G. […]

  • Mott MacDonald Advises Lenders on Westermeerwind Project

    27 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The 144MW Westermeerwind wind farm in the north east polder of the Netherlands recently reached financial close. Mott MacDonald is lenders’ technical advisor to ING Bank N.V. and Eksport Kredit Fonden for the project, which requires a total investment of over €400 million of which €320 million will be funded by lenders. Westermeerwind wind farm will consist […]

  • Kitty Petra Heads Out to First Charter after Seawork

    24 June 2014

    Tidal Transit’s newest personnel transfer vessel (PTV), Kitty Petra, began the first of her planned charter contracts after making her debut at Seawork International earlier this month. She started working for RWE Innogy UK at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm on 20th June 2014. Gwynt y Môr is a £2 billion+ project consisting of […]

  • HelWin Beta Topside on the Move

    16 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    HVDC topside of Siemens’ HelWin beta converter platform left Heerema Fabrication Group’s (HFG) yard in Zwijndrecht on Saturday, June 14. The topside was transported to Schiedam for the last fabrication activities. Last week, the HelWin beta topside was loaded onto the H-542 barge, operated by Heerema Marine Contractors, a sister division of Heerema Fabrication Group. […]

  • Ampelmann Celebrates One Million Safe Transfers

    7 January 2015
    Vessels

    Ampelmann is celebrating another significant achievement in the operation of their systems: one million safe transfers. The milestone was reached within 6 years after the start of Ampelmann Operations B.V. and reasserts their slogan: making offshore access as easy as crossing the street. The first transfer with an Ampelmann system was done in 2007 in […]

  • No Fire on ‘Beaumaris Bay’

    4 November 2015
    Vessels

    Following the news about fire breaking out on one of the WFSVs at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, Offshore WIND communicated with both the German Maritime Search and Rescue Association (DGzRS), which received the distress call, and Turbine Transfers, the vessel’s operator.  Turbine Transfers contacted Offshore WIND to report that there had not been a […]

  • GE Finalizes EUR 9.7 Billion Alstom Power and Grid Deal

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    U.S. conglomerate General Electric (GE) has completed the EUR 9.7 billion (USD 10.7bn) purchase of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, GE’s largest ever industrial acquisition, following the regulatory approval of the deal in over 20 countries and regions including the EU, U.S., China, India, Japan and Brazil.  GE reached an agreement with Alstom in April 2014 to […]

  • Clean Energy Council to Award Innovation and Community Engagement

    19 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has called on the best in the business when it comes to innovation and community engagement to nominate for the Clean Energy Council Awards, to be presented at the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney in July. The awards recognise those companies that have demonstrated excellence over the last 12 months, with […]

  • MD of World’s Largest Wind Farm to Speak at SNS2015

    3 March 2015

    The managing director (MD) of what is to be the world’s largest wind farm is to speak at next week’s energy conference in Norwich. Jonathan Cole, managing director of Scottish Power Renewables, announced as winners of the government’s first renewables auction on Wednesday, will tell the more than 400 delegates at at the East of […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Helps Out with Sabella D10 Installation

    9 July 2015
    Vessels

    Blue Water Shipping Brest has assisted French company Sabella SAS with installing their D10 tidal turbine on the seabed off Ushant Island, which is located 30 kilometers off the western tip of Bretagne, France. The installation of the tidal turbine took place during May and June and Blue Water Brest assisted Sabella on the full […]

  • Top News of the Week, 13 – 19 February 2017

    19 February 2017

    The Netherlands Opens Door to More Offshore Wind by 2023 The House of Representatives of the Netherlands has voted in favour of carrying out further research to determine if new offshore wind zones can be added to increase the country’s target of having a total of 4.45GW of offshore wind generation capacity commissioned by 2023. […]

  • Aberdeen Uni to Monitor Dolphins & Porpoises at Beatrice OWF

    10 February 2017
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    From 15 February to 15 March, Aberdeen University will deploy seabed-mounted scientific equipment at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site, as well as outside its borders in the Moray Firth, to monitor marine mammals.

  • Top News of the Week, 09 – 15 January 2017

    15 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall Buys 584MW Offshore Wind Project in German North Sea Swedish utility Vattenfall has bought the 584MW Atlantis I offshore wind project in the German North Sea from PNE Wind AG. Sea Mine Found at Gode Wind 2 Goes Kaboom The sea mine which was found floating near the Gode Wind 2 wind farm site […]

  • 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 […]

  • UPDATE: Riffgat OWF Back Online Since May

    7 July 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    EWE, the owner and operator of the Riffgat offshore wind farm in Germany, has confirmed to Offshore WIND that the export cable is repaired and that the wind farm has been back on the grid since 22 May.  UK-based Dalby Offshore yesterday reported that its barge, ASV Pioneer, recently supported the successful completion of an export cable repair on the […]

  • GWEC: 2014 to Blow Better Winds

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Global wind power capacity has reached a total of 318,137 MW, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) informed in its market statistics released today.  Even though this marks an increase of nearly 200,000 MW in the past five years, the annual market dropped by almost 10 GW to 35,467 MW. According to GWEC, this is a […]

  • Dolwin Beta Entering Final Phase of Construction

    25 April 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    The Dolwin Beta project is now entering its final phase of construction at the Drydocks World yard in Dubai, with 2.5 million man hours without lost time incidents. This outstanding HSE result has been celebrated at Aibel’s subcontractor Drydocks World. “Behind the result is a lot of hard work. But even though we’re excited about […]

  • Denmark: Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Substation on Its Way to Construction Site

    5 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first great milestone in the construction of the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 is about to be fulfilled: The shipping of the offshore substation. With a total capacity of 3,500 tonnes and a total height of 65 metres, it is in terms of logistics a tremendous achievement to load the topside and the […]

  • PKA Pension Fund to Provide EUR 120 Mln for Gemini Offshore Wind Farm

    2 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    PKA will provide EUR 120 million in the form of a subordinated loan to Project Gemini, Typhoon Offshore announced today. It is the first time that a pension fund finances an offshore wind park in The Netherlands ahead of construction. The 600MW offshore wind farm that is currently being brought to  financial close. Michael van […]

  • Report on Offshore Wind Monopile Foundation Available at Fast Market Research

    6 September 2013
    R&D

    Fast Market Research recommends “Monopile Foundation: Dominance in Offshore Wind Foundation Industry” from GlobalData, now available in its offering. The global offshore wind power industry has grown rapidly in recent years. Countries looking to increase their dependency on wind energy are increasingly looking to offshore wind projects due to high capacity factors and high wind […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 21 – 27, 2013

    27 October 2013

    UK: World’s Largest Wind Turbine Construction Complete  The world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine is now standing at Energy Park Fife. GL Garrad Hassan Reviews Offshore Wind Over Last 10 Years  GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a […]

  • PNE WIND AG Gets Creditworthiness and Sustainability Rating of BBB

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Euler Hermes Rating has given the wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG a creditworthiness and sustainability rating of BBB- (equivalent to “investment grade”). With the realisation of the planned (foreign) projects and a corresponding stabilisation of income and cash flows, Euler Hermes Rating anticipates a positive development in the rating. According to Euler Hermes […]

  • Belgium: European Commission Needs to Encourage Maritime Space Planning

    21 June 2012

    The European Commission needs to encourage EU Member States to carry out maritime spatial planning, and co-operate on how they use their sea space, due to the growing number of users of Europe’s seas – including offshore renewable energy – a new report, co-financed by the European Commission’s Intelligent Energy Europe programme, finds. The report […]

  • UK: Offshore Marine Group Launches New Personnel Company

    15 June 2012

    Offshore Marine Group, owners of Offshore Marine Management (OMM), has announced that due to the growth and success of its personnel department it has launched a separate company called Main Source Offshore People Ltd (MSOP) with the existing team.  There will be no change to the personnel team or management and MSOP will continue to […]

  • Germany: BWE to Publish Market Overview on Wind Energy Financing

    27 August 2012
    R&D

    Compared to its European neighbours, Germany is still the most successful in building onshore wind energy. This is due to the favourable wind energy financing opportunities. The wind project financing is a complex and multifaceted issue withalarge number of project participants. This is why the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) will publish another publication from […]

  • UK Might Lose Leading Position in Offshore Wind Energy

    28 March 2012
    Authorities

    As informed by Reuters, the uncertainty of market reforms in the UK, which are supposed to be very favourable for various forms of low-carbon energy, might result in taking over of the UK’s leading role in offshore wind production by France or Germany. Namely, France is about to disclose results of its first offshore wind […]