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  • Carbon Trust Issues Suction Caissons Guideline

    20 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Carbon Trust has published guidelines on the use of suction caissons on offshore wind farms with an aim to increase their usage. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Suction Installed Caisson Foundation Design Guidelines features research and understanding to provide clarity and guidance for engineers looking to design suction buckets. According to The Carbon Trust, the […]

  • British Wind Energy Marks New Record

    12 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind energy has hit new records in Great Britain as 15.32GW of capacity was produced on Friday, 8 February, according to the UK National Grid. The 15.32GW provided 36% of Britain’s electricity demand between 12:15 and 1:45 p.m. local time beating the previous record of 15.04GW set on 18 December 2018. “At one of the […]

  • Ørsted Freezes Ongoing Supply Chain Contracts in Taiwan

    21 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has suspended the execution of contracts with Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, China Steel Corporation (CSC) and Century Iron and Steel Industrial (CISI) for the developer’s offshore wind projects in Taiwan, Taiwanese media reports. OffshoreWIND.biz has contacted Ørsted to confirm this, with the company yet to respond. The suspended contracts were already ongoing, while for those that […]

  • Denmark – Wind Energy Hub

    20 December 2010

    Denmark is the first country in the world to pursue a climate plan for how to build an energy system that is independent of fossil fuels and wind power already accounts for more than 20% of the total power consumption. It is widely agreed that wind turbines will become the backbone of Denmark’s future electricity […]

  • Dutch offshore wind experience shows Japan way forward

    13 March 2017

    By Kjeld Duits The remarkable success of offshore wind development in the Netherlands has caught the attention of the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA). The Japanese organization believes the small European country is a much better model for Japan than the far larger markets of Germany and the UK. “Japan has learned a lot from […]

  • 1.2 GW Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Granted Development Consent

    4 April 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK has granted development consent to Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex. The Development Consent Order (DCO), issued by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on 4 April, will come into force on 28 April. RWE signed a seabed […]

  • Fugro Surveying Site for RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas Wind Farm Offshore Japan

    27 June 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Survey operations are underway at an offshore wind farm site near Japan after Fugro signed a contract with the project developer, a consortium comprising RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas. The fieldwork started in May 2024 and is being performed from Fugro’s self-elevating platform (SEP), the Amberjack, and two of the company’s vessels, the Equator and […]

  • US Company Gets “World’s Largest” Electrolyser Order for Danish Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    18 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    US-headquartered Plug Power Inc. has received an electrolyser order from H2 Energy Europe for the 1 GW offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark. According to Plug Power, this is the world’s largest electrolyser order to date. Plug’s 1 GW electrolyser technology will enable the production of up to 100,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year, supplying the fuel needed […]

  • Edda Wind Takes Delivery of Dogger Bank CSOV

    9 February 2023
    Vessels

    Offshore wind service vessel company Edda Wind has taken delivery of Edda Boreas from Gondan Shipyard in Spain. The commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) is the second of six sister vessels to be delivered from Gondan. Edda Boreas will start the installation of the motion-compensated gangway, and the crane system after leaving the yard in […]

  • New Technology Reduces Noise During Installation of Offshore Wind Turbines (Denmark)

    10 January 2012
    R&D, Technology

    With a new and innovative technology, it is now possible to comply with exciting legislation on noise reduction during installation of offshore wind turbines. According to legislation from the EU the sound emissions from the installation of windmills at sea must be reduced so the threat to the marine mammals are minimised. Traditionally, the water […]

  • Blue Water Shipping Grows Along with Offshore Wind Sector (Denmark)

    4 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The number of offshore wind farms will expand in the years to come. With Wind Logistics being one of Blue Water Shipping’s major business areas, the company is represented by own offices in Denmark, France, Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Germany. “The offshore wind sector is in an exciting development, and is rapidly moving forward […]

  • Palfinger Receives Crane Order for German Offshore Wind Farms

    25 October 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger Marine has secured a large scale order of 151 cranes in total for Trianel windpark Borkum II, Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms located in the German part of the North Sea.

  • Estonian Company Looking to Join Double-Digit MW Turbine Race

    23 October 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Estonian wind technology company Eleon is aiming to develop a wind turbine with a capacity of more than 10MW and has filed an application with the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme to develop its technology.

  • Deutsche Offshore Consult Stays at Bard Offshore 1

    19 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Offshore Consult (DOC) has won a follow-up contract to manage vessels used by the German wind farm operator Ocean Breeze Energy (OBE) on the 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm from 2016 until 2017. Following a selection process for the operation & maintenance campaigns in 2016/2017, OBE and DOC chose the vessels of Siem Offshore Contractors […]

  • EU Heads of State Show Support for Renewables

    24 March 2014
    Authorities

    In a last minute addition to the European Council’s conclusions, Europe’s leaders stated the need for a “supportive EU framework for advancing renewable energies.” Despite delaying on an agreement, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said in a press conference that the Council would have a deal on the climate and energy framework by “no […]

  • CWind Boosts Its Sales Team

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    CWind has appointed Ben Hooker as Sales Manager UK and Stefan Marschner as Sales Manager Germany. Both Ben and Stefan will play key roles in developing CWind’s customer relationships and will support the delivery of the business’s portfolio of services, which includes continuing the development of integrated solutions across the development, construction and O&M phases […]

  • Report on Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 Available (Ireland)

    28 June 2013

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 – Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment” report to their offering. The report gives an in-depth analysis of the wind energy maintenance market in four global regions, namely Asia Pacific, Europe, North […]

  • UK: Siemens Teams Up with Tidal Energy Limited

    6 June 2013
    Technology

    Siemens Mechanical Drives has supplied pioneering tidal technology company Tidal Energy Limited (TEL) with gear units that will be part of the DeltaStream tidal stream generating device due to go on a 12-month trial in Ramsey Sound early in 2014. It will be Wales’ first commercial-scale turbine. The three Siemens gear units were recently successfully […]

  • Denmark and Taiwan Join Forces for Offshore Wind Education

    14 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), National Taiwan University (NTU) and DTU Wind Energy have partnered up to work on local offshore wind education in Taiwan.

  • Norther OHVS Gets Its Own Wireless System

    23 August 2018
    Technology

    The Norther offshore high-voltage station (OHVS), which was installed at the offshore wind farm site on 22 August, has been equipped with an nCentric system providing wireless access for monitoring the substation from land.

  • TenneT Proposes Additional German Offshore Wind Auction, Dutch Link-Up

    12 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has called for the optimisation of the German offshore wind grid through an additional capacity auction and through linking future wind farms in the western German North Sea to the Dutch grid.

  • OutSmart and Kongsberg Digital to Jointly Develop Wind Farm Management System

    17 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Independent wind asset operations management specialist OutSmart BV has selected Kongsberg Digital AS to provide an integrated management system on the Kognifai digital platform and ecosystem which will be used to manage OutSmart’s onshore and offshore wind turbine portfolio.

  • New UK Program Targets Offshore Wind Supply Chain Boost

    22 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) and the Sharing in Growth program have joined forces to develop a new program that aims to improve the competitiveness of the UK offshore wind supply chain. The GBP 1.5 million Sharing in Growth – Offshore Wind program is expected to support the industry in meeting the targets laid […]

  • Equinor Talks Norwegian Floating Offshore Wind

    2 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has met with the supplier industry in Norway to discuss cost-effective solutions for floating offshore wind farms on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Equinor got together with Global Center of Expertise (GCE) NODE companies in Agder to talk about finding cost-optimal solutions related to designing floating foundations for turbines in the 10-15MW range. Additionally, the meetings were […]

  • UK: All-Energy Opens in Seven Weeks

    9 April 2012

    All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, opens in Aberdeen in under seven weeks (Wednesday-Thursday 23-24 May 2012) and it is set to be a true milestone event with world-class speakers in the conference, helpful sector trails around the show and important new zoned feature areas, country specialists from 14 nations on hand […]

  • Nexans Provides Specialized Trenching Service for Baltic 1 Offshore Wind Farm Subsea Power Export Cables (Germany)

    26 January 2011
    Grid Connection

    Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been called in by EnBW (Energie Baden-Wurttemberg) to use its specialized Capjet trenching system to protect the HV (high voltage) subsea power export cables for Baltic 1, Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm. Nexans provides specialized trenching service for Baltic 1 offshore wind farm subsea power […]