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  • Taiwan’s First Offshore Substations Stand

    9 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy-lift vessel Aegir has installed the two substation topsides at Ørsted’s 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a wind farms offshore Taiwan. Manufactured in Singapore by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, the two topsides are the first-ever to be installed in Taiwan’s waters. ”Installation for our Greater Changhua 1&2a project goes on. […]

  • ScotWind Offshore Wind Leasing Round Kicks Off

    10 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland has launched the ScotWind seabed leasing round for offshore wind projects. Investors and developers can now register interest in obtaining an option agreement with Crown Estate Scotland, which can then lead to the signing of leases for areas to be outlined as suitable in the Scottish Government’s Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy.   As part of […]

  • SgurrEnergy Reveals Hywind Role

    20 January 2017
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, acted as technical advisor for the investment in the 30MW Hywind floating wind farm being developed by Statoil off Scotland. Located off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Hywind is the world’s first multi-turbine floating offshore wind farm. Consisting of five Siemens SWT6MW-154 wind turbine generators, the wind […]

  • Statoil Throws Down Offshore Wind Turbine O&M Innovation Challenge

    24 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Statoil is seeking proposals for equipment and procedures to facilitate efficient heavy maintenance operations on floating and far offshore wind turbines without the use of jack-up vessels or large floating crane vessels.

  • Offshore Wind Expert Support Team Helping Scottish Businesses Tap Into GBP 60bn Market

    5 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands & Island Enterprise (HIE) and BVG Associates (BVGA) are continuing their collaboration within the Offshore Wind Expert Support framework, and are launching a new phase of this programme designed to support Scottish companies in making the most of renewable energy opportunities, valued at GBP 60 billion. The Offshore Wind Expert Support framework was developed by SE and […]

  • Jan De Nul Starts Formosa 2 Construction Work

    5 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has kicked off construction works in Taiwan for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm. Nearshore and onshore construction works have started at the landfall site in Miaoli County and Taichung port, Jan De Nul said. Offshore installation works will commence later this year. At the landfall site in Miaoli County, […]

  • Jan De Nul Selects Formosa 2 Staging Post

    11 May 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul will set up a logistics and operations hub for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project in the Port of Taichung, Taiwan. Jan De Nul and a subsidiary of the Taiwan International Port Corporation (TIPC) signed a lease and operating agreement covering a total of around 15 hectares of land. […]

  • Ingeteam Kit for Jan De Nul’s Giant Jack-Up

    4 February 2020
    Vessels

    Ingeteam has secured a contract to provide an electrical power system as well as an Integrated Automation System for Jan De Nul’s offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire. Currently under construction at COSCO Nantong shipyard in China, the Voltaire is said to be the largest wind farm installation vessel in the world. Standing taller than the […]

  • Jan De Nul and Hitachi Team Up Offshore Changhua

    30 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group and Hitachi Ltd. have signed the contract with overall work for the manufacturing and installation of 21 5.2MW wind turbines for the Changhua offshore wind farm project in Taiwan.

  • Jan De Nul’s Tiger Protects Butendiek OWF Monopiles

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group is in charge of the installation of scour protection for the 80 monopiles of the offshore wind farm Butendiek,  located in the North Sea west of Sylt. The filter rock, approximately 71,000 tonnes, was loaded at the quarry and installed by the Fall Pipe Vessel Simon Stevin before installation of the monopile. […]

  • Jan De Nul Wins Burbo Bank Extension Wires

    21 April 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group has secured two contracts with Dong Energy to execute cable installation works for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. Jan De Nul Group will install and bury a 25km long export cable between the wind farm’s offshore transformer platform and the beach, as well as 32 infield cables between […]

  • Andrew Jamieson: ORE Catapult Works to De-Risk Innovation

    27 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    With an aim to raise awareness of Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s existence and to highlight benefits the organisation will bring to the offshore renewables industry, Andrew Jamieson, CEO of Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has wrote the following article: The Technology Strategy Board’s Catapult programme has created seven technology and innovation centres where technical and […]

  • Turner Iceni Fleet Grows by Two

    9 January 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Turner Iceni has purchased two vessels – MCS Maestro and Don Quixote – which return to operations later this year after full refits. MCS Maestro, an 18-metre South Boat, was purchased from Maritime Craft Services. The vessel will be refitted with Volvo IPS 900, shot blasted and repainted in Turner Iceni livery. Interior modifications include […]

  • Brazil’s Oil & Gas Major Opens Offshore Wind Tender

    11 June 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Petrobras, a Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company, has issued tenders for geophysical and geotechnical studies to explore the feasibility of an offshore wind pilot project off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The first tender covers the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of geophysical data in ultra-shallow waters near João da Barra, including electrical tomography […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Tender Pushed to January 2019, Zero-Subsidy Round Goes First

    9 October 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The tender for the Hollandse Kust (zuid/south) Sites III and IV will be opened for applications in January 2019 with a zero-subsidy opening round, according to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl).

  • Matthew Simmons, who founded the Ocean Energy Institute and embraced Maine, dies unexpectedly (USA)

    11 August 2010

    Matthew Simmons, an international oil expert who most recently focused on developing renewable energy from the waters off Maine, died Sunday…   By Tux Turkel (kjonline) [mappress] Source: kjonline, August 11, 2010;

  • Highlights of the Month: May 2017

    1 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders France’s […]

  • MOD Pushes for Wind-Farm-Friendly Radars (UK)

    13 January 2012

    The MOD has agreed a deal for energy companies to fund new wind-farm-friendly radars, with the potential to unlock more than four gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy – enough to power over two million homes. A new Air Defence Radar that is not adversely affected by wind farms has been installed and tested on the […]

  • OGN Group to Invest GBP 50m into Former Tyneside Shipyard (UK)

    6 December 2011

    THE owner of a former Tyneside shipyard is preparing to invest £50m in converting part of the site into a facility to make wind turbine foundations – creating hundreds of jobs. OGN Group is already using a section of Hadrian Yard in Wallsend to build an oil production platform for American firm Apache, a deal […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference Day Two Maps the Way Forward

    10 October 2017

    Sometimes, one can be reading a map only to end up in space, which is not a bad thing at all if that is where they want to go. However, we ought to make sure where we are and which road we need to take to reach our “outer space” goals. Luckily, the second day of the Offshore Wind Conference (OWC) in Amsterdam gathered speakers who can guide us through the offshore wind journey.  

  • US Federal Judge to Allow Multi-State Lawsuit Against Offshore Wind Halt to Proceed

    19 June 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    A US federal judge in Massachusetts has tentatively accepted the lawsuit filed by 18 state attorneys general challenging the presidential memorandum issued on 20 January that halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects, and calls for reviews of existing permits. The case is, however, likely to move forward only against the Department of the Interior […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Turbines Better with Hydraulic Pumps

    9 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Dr. Niels Diepeveen (Civil Engineering and Geosciences) has engaged in studying the future of offshore wind turbines in his PhD-research, conducted under the supervision of Professor Gijs van Kuik, both working at TU Delft, the Netherlands.  Dr. Diepeveen claims that hydraulic pumps will replace gearboxes in the next generation of offshore wind turbines. As a […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • Natural Power to Open Largest Renewable Energy Consulting Office in Scotland

    7 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has confirmed plans to open a substantial new office in Stirling, Scotland. Opening in Autumn 2013, the office is expected to be the single largest renewable energy consultancy office in Scotland, with capacity for 140 staff. Around 90 staff will transfer from the company’s current central belt locations, leading […]

  • France Requests Information on Its Floating Wind Energy Potential

    23 December 2013
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    A request for information from floating wind turbine makers was published online by the ecology, sustainable development and energy minister at the beginning of December. The aim is to define the technical and economic conditions for the development of this sector. A pre-commercial deployment of a floating wind turbine in the medium term is one […]

  • Skandi Neptune Bags Atlantic Offshore Wind Contract

    1 November 2017
    Vessels

    DOF Subsea has secured an offshore wind contract for its construction support vessel Skandi Neptune in the Atlantic region.