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  • Vroon and Rhenus Keeping German Offshore Substations Supplied

    2 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has started cooperating with the German-based Rhenus Offshore Logistics on the provision of offshore supply services to wind farms on the German Continental Shelf. According to the agreement, Vroon is in charge of delivering bulk, containerised and project cargo to wind farm offshore substations off Germany, the company announced via social media. The operations are performed […]

  • SgurrEnergy to Take Part in EWEA 2014

    21 February 2014

    SgurrEnergy will be presenting their renewable energy expertise next month at Europe’s premier wind energy event, EWEA 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Mechanical engineer, Markos Asimakopoulos, will be giving a podium presentation at the conference discussing measurement and visualisation of an offshore wind turbine compression zone. A poster authored by data analyst, Daniel Gallacher, will be […]

  • VolturnUS 1:8 Launched: Maine Brings U.S. Offshore Wind Dream to Reality

    1 June 2013
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine in the U.S., was officially launched by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners yesterday at 11 am (5 pm CET/CEST). The 65-foot-tall VolturnUS prototype was lifted by a crane from the dock and lowered into the Penobscot River in Brewer. […]

  • EOLINK Floating Prototype Goes Into Operation

    20 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    EOLINK anchored and connected its 1/10 scale 12MW floating wind turbine prototype to the French grid on 19 April.

  • UK: Port of Tyne Takes Big Steps toward Renewables

    24 January 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Tyne is stepping up the pace in the race to provide clean, green renewable fuels for the future with £180m investment plans for its south bank estate in South Tyneside. On the back of several years of record growth, the Port has focussed its business strategy for further growth on renewable energy […]

  • Damen Refits ‘Cable Innovator’

    16 April 2015
    Vessels

    Global Marine Systems Limited’s vessel Cable Innovator has recently left Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion) after extensive work including the installation of a ballast water treatment (BWT) system and items required for the vessel’s 5-year survey. Global Marine Systems has been active on the cable-laying market since the industry’s earliest days […]

  • GeoSea Installs All Galloper Foundations Two Months Early

    29 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea’s jack-up vessel Innovation has installed all 56 turbine foundations at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm two months ahead of schedule, Galloper Wind Farm Ltd. reports.

  • EOLINK Tests +10MW Floating Wind Concept, Expects 25% LCOE Reduction

    6 October 2016
    R&D, Technology

    EOLINK is performing tank testing of a 1:50 scale model of its floating wind turbine, which would allow for the utilization of +10MW wind turbines and reduction of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of 25%. So far, the tests validated that the floating wind turbine is able to withstand very harsh seastates with low mooring lines tensions (Hs>12m) and also that […]

  • REpower UK Head Welcomes ROC Banding Announcement by UK Government

    21 October 2011

    Despite fears of sweeping cuts, Rick Eggleston, Managing Director of REpower UK, believes today’s ROC banding announcement by DECC is welcome and will ensure growth remains healthy across the wind sector. Reductions include a fall of 1 ROC to 0.9 ROC in 2013 for onshore wind, and from 2 ROCs to 1.9 ROCs from April […]

  • Dalby Equipping Its Entire Fleet with Newly-Developed Fender

    14 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Dalby Offshore, in collaboration with Plymouth-based company Manuplas, has developed a new modular honeycomb bow fender to bring greater stability to its vessels in high seas, enabling wind turbine technicians to work longer in challenging sea conditions.

  • Bill Supporting Offshore Wind Port Infrastructure Introduced in California

    10 February 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    A new bill has been introduced in California’s state legislature that would add an assessment of funding opportunities for offshore wind port infrastructure to the Governor’s Five-Year Infrastructure Plan. Introduced on 6 February, Assembly Bill 472 would amend the definition of “infrastructure” in the California Infrastructure Planning Act to include offshore wind port infrastructure as […]

  • Low Carbon Energy (Scotland)

    27 September 2011
    Authorities

      A raft of inward investment decisions to develop offshore renewable technology in Scotland over the last year is a sign of greater things to come for the country’s growing clean-tech sector, First Minister Alex Salmond said today on the eve of a major international conference on financing green energy and other low carbon sectors. […]

  • Investment of EUR 72 Million in Lower Saxony Seaports

    18 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Lower Saxony seaports’ managing director announced that the total budget for dredging, construction and maintenance of port facilities in Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Stade and Wilhelmshaven for 2014 amounts to €72 million. Offshore wind is in the centre of Lower Saxony’s ports plans for the development. Despite the crisis in the offshore wind industry, the management […]

  • Ming Yang Shareholders Say Yes to Going Private

    6 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Shareholders of China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited voted in favour of the proposal to authorize and approve the previously announced agreement and plan of a merger which if completed would resulted in the privatisation of the company. The merger by and among Ming Yang, Zhongshan Ruisheng Antai Investment, Regal Concord Limited, and Regal […]

  • Blue Offshore to Use Swan Hunter Shipyard for Cable Installation System Assembly (UK)

    5 December 2011
    Grid Connection

    Blue Offshore, a specialist subsea construction contractor, have today announced that they have reached agreement to use the former Swan Hunter shipyard facilities at Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK), for assembly and construction of their cable installation system. Blue Offshore will operate the facility by arrangement with North Tyneside Council. The agreement has started with preparation works […]

  • Offshore Wind Bird Risk Varies from Year to Year

    22 April 2015
    Environment

    New research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has used GPS tags to show how Lesser Black-backed Gulls breeding at a protected site in Suffolk use areas of sea where offshore wind farms already exist, and where future developments are earmarked. Dr Chris Thaxter of the BTO said, “These results indicate just how varied […]

  • MHI Vestas Safeguarding Track Record as It Ponders the Future of Turbine Innovation (Interview)

    12 October 2018
    Technology

    We have been living in a double-digit MW wind turbine era for several days now after MHI Vestas hit the market with a 10MW machine, leaving other wind turbine OEMs behind in this market race. The first two 10MW turbines will be up and running next year to test and demonstrate the new machine within its type certificate.

  • Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Push Back Offshore Wind Bidding Deadline

    22 January 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US State of Massachusetts has extended the deadline for submitting bids in its ongoing offshore wind energy solicitation until 27 March. Connecticut and Rhode Island, Massachusetts’s partner states under an agreement signed last year that allows for the procurement of multi-state offshore wind projects, have also extended the bidding deadline in their respective solicitations. […]

  • Nordex Expects Profitable Growth in 2012 (Germany)

    14 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Nordex Group achieved an increase of roughly 9 percent in sales to EUR 668.2 million in the first nine months of 2011 (previous year: EUR 614.2 million). At EUR 264.9 million, sales in the third quarter were on a par with the previous year. Growth in the first nine months was driven by the […]

  • Damen Fast Crew Supplier 2710 to Join Farra Marine’s Fleet

    24 March 2022
    Vessels

    Dublin-based vessel operator Farra Marine will take delivery of its first Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 in June this year, the Dutch shipbuilder and ship designer said. The new Damen Fast Crew Supplier 2710, named Farra Lark, will operate in Irish and UK waters getting workers and provisions to and from offshore wind farms. […]

  • Norfolk Boreas DCO Examination Period Extended Due to COVID-19

    12 May 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The deadline for the close of the examination period for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm has been pushed back to 12 October 2020. The UK Planning Inspectorate submitted a request to extend the examination period for the Norfolk Boreas development consent order (DCO) application to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) […]

  • DEME Charters Floatel to Pre-Quarantine Offshore Crews

    9 April 2020
    Vessels

    DEME Group has chartered a floatel which will serve for pre-quarantine for the company’s crews working on offshore wind and dredging vessels.

  • Otto Wulf ‒ A family running their own show

    14 August 2012

    The offshore wind industry is very much dictated by large conglomerates. How is it for smaller companies to keep on their feet in this competitive environment when the stakes are not particular in their favour? Offshore WIND visited family-run towage and salvage company Otto Wulf GmbH and heard how the fourth generation Wulf is running […]

  • All Eyes on EU as It Presents Clean Industrial Deal to Future-Proof Energy Sector

    28 February 2025
    Authorities, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Transition

    The European Union has unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal, a transformational business plan outlining concrete actions to turn decarbonisation into ‘a driver of growth‘ for European industries by supporting renewable energy sources. Specifically, the plan aims to lower energy prices, create ‘quality’ jobs and the ‘right’ conditions for companies to thrive, accelerating decarbonisation while at […]

  • VBMS Floats New Export Cable Shore Landing Method (VIDEO)

    4 November 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has recently executed the first export cable shore landing for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm utilising its newly invented method for lowering the cable onto the seabed by using a remotely controlled progressive buoyancy release system which eliminates the need for divers, wet riggers or support vessels. The company said that the new […]

  • Danish Government Postpones Tender for North Sea Energy Island, Current Concept Found to Be Too Expensive

    28 June 2023
    Authorities

    The Danish government has postponed the decision to initiate the tender for the artificial energy island it plans to build in the North Sea. The reason behind the move is that the current concept for the North Sea Energy Island is too expensive, so the government wants to look into other concepts. The government said […]