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  • Top News of the Week May 5 – 11, 2014

    11 May 2014

    GDF Team Wins French Offshore Wind Tender Following a national public tender process, the French State has selected the group comprising GDF SUEZ, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine and AREVA to install and operate offshore wind farms in the areas of Tréport (Upper Normandy, 500MW) and the Isles of Yeu and Noirmoutier (Pays de la Loire, […]

  • Austria: Vienna to Host EWEA 2013

    5 November 2012

      Chief executives, energy ministers, international journalists and energy experts from all around the world will meet in Vienna at the EWEA 2013 annual event from 4-7 February 2013, to discuss Europe’s energy policy and the future of wind energy. Last year 150 journalists, 10600 visitors and 523 exhibitors from 83 countries attended EWEA 2012. […]

  • The Netherlands: Engineers in Final Stage of Testing Floating Wind Turbine Concepts

    5 May 2011

      Engineers at the Maritime Research Institute in the Netherlands (MARIN) are in the closing stages of testing three different floating wind turbine concepts — a spar, a tension-leg platform and a semi-submersible — for the DeepCwind Consortium, led by the University of Maine. Researchers there claim that it is the first time in the […]

  • NNDC Could Face GBP 100,000 Fine (UK)

    21 February 2012

    North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) rejected the plans to place offshore wind farm power cables throughout the countryside and now a fine of £100,000 might be imposed on the Council in case it opposes the appeal filed by Warwick Energy. The council’s members stated that they do not have the financial assets necessary for proceeding […]

  • Wind Energy Will Provide 100 mil. EUR Savings For Irish Power Consumers in Future

    3 March 2011

    Wind energy will provide savings of up to €100 million for Irish power consumers in the next ten years, a new study has claimed. This is equivalent to an 11.5% reduction in wholesale power prices and is based on wind meeting 45% of Ireland’s power demand in 2020, up from 12% today.   These savings […]

  • Scottish Government Gives Full Consent to Aquamarine Power’s 40 MW Wave Farm

    22 May 2013

    Aquamarine Power has received full consent from the Scottish Government for a 40MW wave farm off the north-west coast of Lewis, Scotland – making it the world’s largest fully-permitted ocean energy site. The announcement was made by the Scottish Government’s Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus Ewing at the All Energy conference in Aberdeen. […]

  • Dong Energy in Norddeich, Germany: Building the O&M base for the Borkum Riffgrund and Gode Wind projects

    22 July 2014

    It is always good when you can go to a pretty village on the coast on a bright summer’s day; just imagine how good this is when you do this every day for your work. DONG Energy were probably not too concerned about this aspect when they chose the small North German port of Norddeich […]

  • UK: Winners of Humber Renewables Awards 2012

    13 March 2012

    EVER since Siemens announced its intention to build a £230 million wind turbine factory in Hull in December 2010, the region has been waking up to the wealth of opportunities that the renewables industry will offer. But renewables is about so much more than wind power alone, and many companies have already started devising new […]

  • Offshore wind in France – The state of the industry

    13 January 2012

    The last major economy in Europe that is not a member of the offshore wind club is due to knock on the clubhouse door this year. France will be joining the club with a huge 3GW enrolment fee. This month, to be precise, 11 January 2012, was the deadline for the tenders to be submitted […]

  • Alstom Grid pioneers

    2 January 2012

    Alstom Grid has been pioneering the way for offshore wind grid connections from the very early days when it built the first substations for both UK and Germany. Alstom Grid has over 100 years of expertise in electrical grids and ranks among the top three in the electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover […]

  • Nexans, TenneT Sign EUR 1 Billion LanWin2 Offshore Grid Connection Contract

    15 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Nexans has secured the contract for the LanWin2 offshore grid connection in Germany, valued at EUR 1 billion, under the framework agreement TenneT awarded the French subsea cable supplier in May 2023. The project involves the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of 250 kilometres of 525 kV high-voltage direct current, cross-linked polyethylene (HVDC XLPE) […]

  • Keppel Sends Off Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Substation Topsides

    1 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The topsides for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore substations have set sail from Singapore to the installation site in the Taiwan Strait, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd said. Keppel O&M is in charge of the engineering, procurement, and construction of the two 600 MW unmanned offshore wind farm substations, which comprise the topside […]

  • Vattenfall Adds Northern Offshore Services to Vesterhav Team

    24 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has won an EU tender to provide two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to support operations and maintenance (O&M) activities at the Vesterhav Nord and Syd offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea. The tender was carried out by Vattenfall Vindkraft A/S. The two CTVs will support yearly maintenance campaigns at […]

  • First Wind Turbine Foundation In Place at Greater Changhua 1 & 2a OWF

    27 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the construction site of the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project, being built by Ørsted in the Taiwan Strait, some 35 to 50 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County. According to earlier information, Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) vessel Aegir, which recently installed the two jackets […]

  • Fugro Ready With Hollandse Kust West Geotechnical Data

    20 October 2020
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed the geotechnical survey operations at the Hollandse Kust (West) offshore wind farm zone in the Netherlands. The activities included mapping the bathymetry, the shallow geology and identifying existing infrastructure. An extensive intrusive campaign followed with hundreds of CPTs, seismic CPTs and boreholes. Subsequently, a year’s worth of laboratory tests was executed, RVO.nl […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD Turbine Gets Provisional Type Certificate

    6 February 2019
    Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has secured a Provisional Type Certificate for the SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbine. The new direct-drive offshore wind turbine has a rotor diameter of 167 metres, with its B82 blades allowing for an 18% greater swept area compared to the SWT-7.0-154 unit, Siemens Gamesa said. The first prototype was installed in Østerild, Denmark in September […]

  • 13 Trianel Windpark Borkum II Turbines Stand

    14 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    13 of the 32 Senvion 6.2M152 wind turbines have been installed on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Trianel GmbH said. Eleven out of the thirteen turbines installed have been commissioned, according to Trianel. The wind turbines are being loaded by Jan De Nul’s jack-up Taillevent at Buss […]

  • DEME Places Saint-Nazaire Drill Order with Herrenknecht

    12 February 2020
    Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    This is the first wind farm in the world to use drilled XL-monopile foundations, DEME said.

  • Dutch Offshore Grid Connection Open for Comments

    14 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) are inviting the public to provide comments on the infrastructure for connecting the North of the Wadden Sea Islands offshore wind project to the grid. The parties said that by gathering feedback on the 700MW Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) project now, most promising routes are included in […]

  • Triton Knoll Kicks Off Archaeological Campaign in Lincolnshire

    2 August 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm has begun an archaeological trial trenching campaign along the full route of the onshore export cable corridor in Lincolnshire.

  • Fistuca’s Blue Wedge Connection Wins Innovation Award

    17 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Fistuca has won this year’s Offshore Wind Innovation Award for its Blue Wedge Connection, a new concept used for connecting offshore wind substructures.

  • HLV Gulliver Marks OSS Installation Debut at Norther OWF

    31 August 2018
    Vessels

    The installation of the Norther offshore substation in Belgium, carried out on 22 August, was the first task of this kind for Gulliver, the new heavy lift vessel in Scaldis’ fleet, the vessel owner said.

  • Ørsted Seeks Risk Management Services Provider

    16 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Ørsted is looking for a provider of a Software-as-a-Service solution to support a Risk management system which meets the requirements of the company’s wind power business unit.

  • BiMEP Receives Green Light for Floating Wind Research

    13 June 2018
    R&D

    The open sea test platform Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) has obtained the permit from the Ministry of the Environment to host floating offshore wind research.

  • Horizon Geosciences: Marine Community Working Together to Ensure Better Safety at Sea

    12 September 2014

    Horizon Geosciences are currently undertaking a site investigation of the seabed just off the UK South Coast, as Navitus Bay Development Limited has contracted the geotechnical survey specialists to take samples of seabed material that will help determine the most suitable type of foundation for the turbines at the proposed wind park. While carrying out geotechnical surveys, […]

  • VSMC Changes Name to VBMS

    31 August 2014

    VSMC (Visser & Smit Marine Contracting) is now VBMS. This name change is a result of the strategic joint venture between VolkerWessels and Boskalis, which was formalised in 2013. VBMS is inspired by the initialisation of VolkerWessels Boskalis Marine Solutions. Besides introducing a new name, VBMS is also rolling out a new logo and corporate […]