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  • First He Dreiht Transition Pieces Ready for Final Assembly

    12 May 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first transition pieces (TPs) for the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind project were transported last week from Smulders’ yard in Hoboken, Belgium, to Newcastle, England. At Smulders’ Newcastle yard, the company will do the outer welding, coating, and final assembly of the transition pieces. On behalf of EnBW, the joint venture Sif-Smulders is […]

  • Kraken Robotics Bags Boulder Detection Survey Contract

    19 October 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Kraken Robotics has received a USD 3 million (approximately EUR 2.8 million) contract to carry out boulder detection subsea survey services as part of an offshore wind farm project in Europe. The survey campaign will be executed in the fourth quarter of 2023 with Kraken’s Acoustic Corer technology providing accurate, high-resolution 3D imaging of 24 […]

  • Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm Hits Major Construction Milestones

    21 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s Formosa 2 offshore wind farm has passed two significant construction milestones, completing the installation of twelve turbines and transmitting power to the national grid. According to Formosa 2, the offshore wind farm has now completed more than half of the foundation installations and more than a quarter of the wind turbines have been installed […]

  • 15 ScotWind Areas Attract 74 Offshore Wind Applications

    22 July 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Crown Estate Scotland has received 74 applications from offshore wind developers looking to secure rights to build projects across the 15 areas of seabed available for development through the Scottish Government’s Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy. The Scottish seabed manager confirmed this on 21 July, together with the timeline for next steps, including […]

  • An Industry First: Dutch Gas Platform to Run Entirely on German Offshore Wind Power

    30 April 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch oil & gas exploration and production operating company ONE-Dyas plans to power a platform at a North Sea gas extraction field solely by the electricity from the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. ONE-Dyas, together with partners Hansa Hydrocarbons and EBN, aims to extract natural gas from the […]

  • Global Maritime Finishes MWS for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 and 2a in Taiwan

    10 April 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    In February 2024, Global Maritime completed its task of providing marine warranty services (MWS) for the installation of 111 wind turbines on Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Ørsted awarded the MWS contract to Global Maritime Singapore in March 2021. The Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project is […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • New UK Collaboration Targets Offshore Wind Energy Loss Reduction

    6 November 2020
    R&D

    The University of Southampton and Flightform Insights have teamed up to develop a novel wake and wind generation model to minimize energy losses from offshore wind farms. The aim is to help offshore wind developers optimize the turbine layout of their wind farms by minimizing the losses caused by the influence of the turbine wake on […]

  • US Lawmakers Call For Prompt Vineyard Wind Decision

    20 August 2019
    Authorities

    A group of U.S. senators and representatives are calling on federal agencies to move ahead with the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, after the delay of its Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, Senators of Louisiana Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, as well as Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise and Massachusetts […]

  • Petrobras Starts UK Offshore Wind Tour

    22 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    A delegation from the Brazilian multi-national oil and gas company Petrobras is visiting the North East England to meet with major supply chain companies in the offshore wind sector.

  • Albatross Joins Safeway Flock

    27 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Safeway BV has introduced a new type of its motion-compensated walk-to-work gangway said to be designed to offer increased flexibility.

  • Boskalis Greens Up Borssele Fleet

    25 September 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. will use a biofuel blend on the project to install the export cable to the Borssele offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Crown Estate: Met Mast Data Crucial to Offshore Wind Industry

    11 November 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    The Crown Estate published a report today, one of the largest of its kind, which compares the data used from satellites against that of meteorological data gathered by offshore masts, which are both used to inform investment and design decisions for offshore wind farms.  The ‘UK MERRA offshore validation’ study provides fresh insight into whether […]

  • Proeon Introduces New Communication Tech for Offshore Industry

    15 June 2016
    Technology

    Proeon Systems has presented an integrated solution to complement changes in offshore working practices providing multi-level lines of communications to the shore. The company yesterday held an open event at their facilities in Norfolk, to showcase a technology collaboration with Danish company SAABand BARTEC. Dorian Hindmarsh, Proeon’s Business Development Manager, said: “The offshore industry is really starting […]

  • Ampelmann Commissions World’s First Fully Motion Compensating Crane

    25 August 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Last week, the Cargo Transfer System (CTS), the latest innovation of the Ampelmann fleet, has been successfully tested. Besides the traditional Ampelmann gangway which provides safe people transfer, the CTS is equipped with a crane that allows safe cargo transfer from a moving vessel to any fixed or floating structure at sea. The CTS is […]

  • K2 Management, Xrgia to Develop Quality Management System for Statkraft

    19 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Xrgia and Danish K2 Management have together landed a contract for the Norwegian utility, Statkraft. Winning a bid contest, the two consultancy companies will in a joint team establish a Quality Management System for Statkraft’ offshore wind operations. Over the years, Xrgia and K2 Management have worked for Statkraft several times, where Xrgia has been […]

  • DeepOcean Reorganises the Company

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    DeepOcean Group Holding B.V. (DeepOcean) started a reorganisation of the company today. Effective 1 January 2015 DeepOcean is organised in two main regions, the Greater North Sea (“GNS”) region and the International region. Ottar Mæland will head up the GNS region as Group EVP GNS. Group support functions such as IT, Procurement, Asset Management, Ship […]

  • IMCA Issues Guidance for Small Workboats

    8 June 2015
    Vessels

    Following a number of incidents involving small workboats operating in the wind farm sector during 2012 and 2013, a need was identified to set out the elements of competence required for crews operating and working on small workboats. ‘Guidance on Competence Assurance and Assessments: Marine Roles for Small Workboats’ (IMCA C 017) has now been […]

  • Windea La Cour Crew Sharpens Offshore Rescue Response Skills (Photos)

    31 August 2016
    Training & Education, Vessels

    Early August saw an initial training session in the North Sea involving Bernhard Schulte Offshore GmbH’s new service operation vessel (SOV) Windea La Cour, chartered out to Siemens Wind Power, and the Northern Rescue 01 offshore rescue helicopter, Northern HeliCopter GmbH reports. The training was focused on the communication between the bridge of the SOV and the […]

  • SAITEC Unveils New Floating Wind Platform

    27 November 2015

    Spanish engineering company SAITEC presented its floating platform for offshore wind applications – SATH© – at EWEA Paris 2015 on 19 November. SATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) is a floating solution made of concrete, comprising two twin hulls bonded to a single point, with a bearing that allows the platform to swing around this point. The Single Point […]

  • IEA Supports EU 2030 Renewable Energy Target

    12 March 2014
    Authorities

    Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), stated that the Agency supports an EU renewable energy target for 2030. Van der Hoeven said this at the European Wind Energy Association’s 2014 annual event in Barcelona, explaining that this would reduce policy risk and so “bring down costs and put us […]

  • Norway: ULSTEIN Designs Nominated for Innovation Awards

    19 July 2012

    Three ULSTEIN developed designs were appointed as nominees for innovation awards in 2012, the ULSTEIN Windlifter, the Northern Light Drill Tower and the Polarcus Amani. The ULSTEIN Windlifter, developed by Dutch companies Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions and Ulstein Sea of Solutions, is a turbine installation vessel suitable for single lift installations. Unlike jack-up units, the […]

  • Belgium: Five Grid Initiatives Call for Supergrid Action

    21 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    Five grid initiatives, representing a range of global energy actors, today called on decision makers to accelerate the transition to a pan European electricity infrastructure. At their inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012”, the Friends of the Supergrid today signed a Joint Declaration with representatives of Medgrid, the Renewable Grid Initiative and the Desertec Industrial Initiative as […]

  • TAG Energy Solutions CEO Urges Davey to Commit to Offshore Wind Power (UK)

    7 February 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    TAG Energy Solutions CEO and Energi Coast Chairman Alex Dawson has urged the new Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change to maintain the Government’s commitment to offshore wind power. Immediately following the resignation of Chris Huhne and subsequent appointment of Ed Davey as the new Energy Secretary, more than 100 Conservative MPs wrote […]

  • WFS Technologies Partners with Omni Instruments (UK)

    23 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    WFS Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, announces a new industry partnership with UK supplier of instrumentation and data loggers, Omni Instruments, based in Dundee, Scotland. Omni Instruments Ltd. Established 1996, specialises in providing measurement and data acquisition systems in the UK, Europe and […]