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  • Harren & Partner Group Adds Thor to Jack-Up Fleet

    22 April 2022
    Vessels

    German shipping and logistics group Harren & Partner has acquired the 108 metres long jack-up vessel Thor from the Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME, for an undisclosed fee. The vessel, which sails under the Madeiran flag, has a 500-tone capacity, a high-outreach offshore crane, and a fully equipped accommodation block for up to 56 […]

  • German Partners Shake Hands for Autonomous Offshore Wind Surveys

    14 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy

    German offshore wind services provider WINDEA Offshore and marine data acquisition company Subsea Europe Services have entered a strategic sales partnership to provide autonomous surveying for the offshore wind industry. The two companies plan to deliver hydrographic survey and underwater inspection technology and related services for the European offshore wind market, including marine data acquisition […]

  • Hardware for 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project Arrives in US

    20 October 2023
    Foundations, Supply Chain

    The first monopile foundations have arrived at the Port of Virginia for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US. In September, the first eight monopile foundations, which are single vertical, steel cylinder, set sail from EEW SPC’s factory in Rostock, Germany, to the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in the US. The German […]

  • RWE, GWS Establish Fleet Servicing Team at Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm

    9 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance

    Global Wind Service (GWS), appointed by RWE to establish dedicated teams under the developer’s new Fleet Servicing model, said on 6 August that the first phase was completed at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in Germany, where the Fleet Servicing Team now entered the next phase of operations. In February 2024, RWE announced it […]

  • Half of Saint-Brieuc Wind Turbines Now Generating Power

    11 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ailes Marines, an Iberdrola subsidiary, has achieved a milestone by initiating power production from half of the wind turbines at the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. The commissioning of the project is gradual and will continue until spring 2024, said the developer. Located 16 kilometres off the northwest coast of France in […]

  • New German Study Calls for 20GW of Offshore Wind by 2030

    13 December 2017
    R&D

    Fraunhofer IWES has released an updated study, commissioned by German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation (Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie), which shows that the availability of offshore wind farms has increased compared to the investigations in the previous version of the study, and points out that the Federal Government should raise the installed capacity target to at least 20GW for 2030, and at least 30GW for 2035 to achieve the energy transition goals. 

  • GlobalData: Offshore to Contribute 18.4% to Wind O&M Market by 2025

    21 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The global wind operations and maintenance (O&M) market is set to grow from just over USD 13.7 billion in 2016 to around USD 27.4 billion by 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0%, according to GlobalData.

  • China Spearheads Offshore Wind Growth in 2018

    26 February 2019
    R&D

    The global offshore wind market has grown by 0.5% as 4.49GW of new capacity was installed in 2018, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) reported. According to the latest Global Wind Report, there is now 23GW of offshore wind capacity installed, which represents a 20% boost compared to the end of 2017. The main contributor was […]

  • China Takes Lead in 2018 Offshore Wind Investments

    17 January 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Offshore wind attracted USD 25.7 billion of clean energy investment in 2018, a 14% increase compared to 2017, with China being the main contributor to the rise, according to a report by BloombergNEF (BNEF). The increase in 2018 numbers is largely attributed to 13 Chinese offshore wind projects beginning construction for a total of circa USD […]

  • CWind to Care For Vattenfall Cables

    24 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Swedish offshore wind power developer and operator Vattenfall has signed a five-year cable repair framework agreement with power cable and asset management services provider CWind covering Vattenfall’s European assets.

  • Ørsted Sells Half of Hornsea One

    19 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed an agreement to sell 50% of its 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).

  • IRENA: Boosting Global Share of Renewables Is a Win-Win-Win Scenario

    18 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Dramatically scaling up renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase global gross domestic product (GDP), social welfare and employment worldwide, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics, finds that achieving a 36 per cent share of renewable energy in the global energy mix […]

  • Industry, Researchers Studying Power Converter Failures

    8 January 2019
    R&D

    Fraunhofer IWES has launched a research project called ReCoWind (Reliable Power Converters for Wind Turbines) that aims to bring forward effective protection measures for power converters.  The three-year project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), joins a consortium comprising operators and manufacturers of wind turbines, semiconductors, and converters with research and academic […]

  • HB Rentals Wraps Up Three OW Jobs

    21 May 2014
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Offshore accommodation and workspace specialist HB Rentals has completed a number of contracts for on-going work in some of Europe’s most prominent wind farm developments. The three contracts, which have a combined value of over £2million, has seen the company successfully provide temporary living quarter complex solutions for operations in the Prinses Amalia Windpark, located […]

  • Adwen Employees Hit as Siemens Gamesa Plans Up to 6000 Lay-Offs

    8 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Siemens Gamesa’s ongoing integration of legacy structures will affect up to 6,000 employees and, being part of Siemens Gamesa, Adwen is no exception with some of its people soon to lose their jobs after negotiations with the works council began in May.

  • CTruk Names Latest Vessel at Seawork

    11 June 2014

    The latest offshore wind support vessel to leave the CTruk production line in Essex made straight for Southampton and is currently on show at berth V25 at annual commercial marine exhibition and forum, Seawork. Ocean Warrior, a brand new 18.5m advanced composite twin-hull CTruk 20T MPC was officially named during an informal ceremony at the […]

  • Norcom to Create ‘Google Maps’ for East Anglian Seabed

    9 April 2014

    Norwich based Norcom Technology has won £20,000 grant under the East Anglian grant programme, Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE). Norcom will develop a desktop and web based application which maps the seabed around the east coast of England. Their eChart Service will be created using data derived from material supplied by the […]

  • OMM Launches New Maintenance Support Service for Offshore Renewables (UK)

    14 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has today announced the launch of a new maintenance support service for offshore renewables operators. With little existing guidance and no legislation currently in place, operators may not be conducting the maintenance they need in order to guarantee the integrity of their assets – or they might be spending too much […]

  • Scotland: Mainstream Submits Application for 450 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    30 July 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Global renewable energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power has announced the submission of its application for Offshore Consent to Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team (MS-LOT) for its 450MW Neart na Gaoithe (“NnG”) offshore wind project in Scottish territorial waters. The application, which is now open to consultation until Monday 10 September, is a significant step towards […]

  • The Netherlands: Delta Lloyd Builds Dedicated Wind Energy Team

    26 September 2011

      Delta Lloyd has built up a tradition as an insurer of wind turbines and is now concentrating its knowledge in a dedicated wind energy team. The team will focus exclusively on this sustainable growth market. Delta Lloyd is one of the first European insurers to provide cover for offshore wind turbines and has been […]

  • GOAL Highlights Seawater Mixed Grout

    26 February 2018
    Environment, R&D

    The use of seawater mixed grout connections in offshore jacket foundations reduces costs, as well as the environmental footprint, according to a research project led by innogy and funded by the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator program.

  • Biz Network for OSW Welcomes NJ News, Calls for Maine Aqua Ventus Support

    1 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Business Network for Offshore Wind, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the development of the U.S. offshore wind industry and advancement of its supply chain, has welcomed New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s executive order that directs the state to ramp up on its path the goal of generating 3.5GW of offshore wind energy by 2030. The organisation has also called for support of the Maine Aqua Ventus project with the Maine Public Utilities Commission. 

  • SeaZip Nets Galloper Contract, Sets Up UK Office

    18 April 2017
    Vessels

    The Netherlands-based SeaZip Offshore Service has opened an office at the OrbisEnergy Centre in Lowestoft, UK, and signed a contract for the deployment of one of its service vessels to support installation work at the Galloper offshore wind farm.

  • Germany: ABB Wins USD 30 Million Orders from AREVA Wind for Global Tech I Offshore Wind Park

    23 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $30 million to supply frequency converters for the offshore wind park, Global Tech I, in Germany’s North Sea. The order was booked in the second quarter. ABB is supplying a range of medium-voltage frequency converters that are specifically designed for […]

  • Acta Marine Set to Commence Maintenance Work at Vattenfall’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    28 February 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    Acta Marine’s service operation vessel (SOV) Acta Centaurus will soon commence maintenance work at Vattenfall’s DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The entire service campaign is expected to last until October 2024. The vessel is currently making a stop in the Port of Hamburg before starting work for Vattenfall’s offshore […]

  • Finnish Company Taps Into Offshore Wind with New German Subsidiary

    11 July 2022
    Business & Finance

    Finland-based Elomatic Oy has established a design and consulting subsidiary in Wismar, Germany, called Elomatic Maritime Technologies, that will focus on ship design and offshore wind structures. According to the parent company, Elomatic Maritime Technologies will draw on the city of Wismar’s renowned shipbuilding competence and pioneering work in the offshore wind power segment. The […]