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  • GWS Secures TWBII Contract

    4 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group has awarded Global Wind Service (GWS) with the installation and completion scope for the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Muehlhan Wind Service Opens UK Office

    1 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Muehlhan Wind Service has launched an office in the UK by taking a floor in Myton Law’s offices in Hull.

  • Wpd to Hook 1GW of Offshore Wind to Taiwanese Grid

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded German-based wpd with 1GW of grid connection capacity for two of the developer’s offshore wind projects in Taiwan: a 708MW wind farm off Yunlin and a 350MW project off Taoyuan.

  • Investors Showing Great Interest in Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    5 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Funding for wpd’s Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan is close to completion and negotiations with a group of investors and banks will be finalised in a few weeks, the German developer said.

  • 8.2 Consulting and Aarufield Form Renewables Consultancy in UK

    21 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    German renewables specialists 8.2 Consulting AG has joined forces with the offshore wind advisory, Aarufield, to announce an integrated UK-based consultancy offering technical, commercial and financial advice to wind, solar and biomass industry players – 8.2 Aarufield. Both 8.2 Aarufield partners bring teams with turbine, supply chain and original equipment manufacturer experience. Chairman Julian Brown, who is also […]

  • JDR Nabs Beatrice Inter-Array Cables Contract

    29 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has chosen the UK-based JDR Cable Systems Ltd.  to design, manufacture and supply inter-array grid cables for the 588MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland. Beatrice comprises 84  Siemens 7MW wind turbines, which will be inter-connected by 91 x 33 kV medium voltage alternating current submarine composite cables. JDR will manufacture around 163km of […]

  • DBR Delivers Power Pack for Amrumbank West

    8 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    DBR Generatorsets has successfully completed commissioning and start-up of its custom-built auxiliary power package for E.ON’s Amrumbank West wind farm substation. DBR delivered and installed two 1,250kVA diesel generator sets and one 250kVA set. Cofely Fabricom is assembling the topsides at its Hoboken, Belgium yard before installation in the German Bight. “This was a challenging […]

  • South Korea: UL Selected as Sole Foreign Testing Center for Large Scale WTG Systems

    20 August 2013
    R&D

    UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, was recently selected as the only foreign testing center for wind turbine generation (WTG) systems over 750kW by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a division within the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MTIE). This designation by the Korean MTIE will allow global […]

  • Maritime Research Institute Netherlands Tests GICON SOF

    26 June 2013
    Training & Education

    The GICON® SOF floating offshore foundation is an exceptional innovation and provides new opportunities for offshore wind park development. Final wind and wave tank tests were conducted at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) from June 17th to June 24th, 2013, to confirm the final design prior to construction of a full-scale prototype which is […]

  • Ming Yang Installs SCD 6.5MW Turbine

    3 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Chinese company, Ming Yang Wind Power has installed super compact drive (SCD) 6.5WM wind turbine at Longyuan Rudong Intertidal Wind Farm in Jiangsu province. Zhenhua Heavy’s construction vessel carried out the installation in calm weather. Longyuan Rudong wind farm is used as a testing ground for 9 domestic manufacturers where they will test their turbines. […]

  • Hitachi Considers Expanding Its Offshore Wind Portfolio

    2 September 2015
    Technology

    The Japanese conglomerate, Hitachi Ltd, has announced plans to further expand its involvement in the offshore wind industry. Namely, the Tokyo-based company said it plans to add a nacelle production line for its 5MW wind power system by the end of March 2016, reported Bloomberg. The line will be built in Ibaraki prefecture where the […]

  • 1,000 European Cities Support 30 Pct Renewables Target

    24 February 2014
    Authorities

    Over 1,000 European cities have written a joint open letter to the European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, calling for a 30% renewable energy target for 2030, alongside a 40% energy efficiency target. Energy Cities, the alliance representing the 1,000 cities, is hoping the EU Heads of State, who meet on the topic on 20-21 […]

  • Nordic Offshore Marine Hires Former Siemens Employee

    6 May 2014

    Nordic Offshore Marine has strengthened its personnel department through the employment of Lena Klüver as new Offshore Personnel Manager. Lena Klüver is educated machine engineer and has a strong experience with sales and SHEQ from previous jobs within the maritime and renewable industries. Lena comes from a position as Sales Supporter in Siemens Wind Power and […]

  • Scottish Renewable Energy Targets Possible, Says CEO of NgenTec

    15 December 2011

    Dr Makhlouf Benatmane, CEO of supplier of direct drive and slow speed permanent magnet generators NgenTec, said that the Scotland can meet its renewable energy targets. Scotland showed its potential at EWEA’s event. EWEA Offshore 2011 was the largest event in the offshore wind industry, with more than 480 exhibitors, and 8,200 visitors. Mr. Benatmane […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs All Formosa 1 Phase 2 Foundations

    20 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of all 20 turbine foundations at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Seaway Yudin began installing the foundations at the beginning of June at the project site some 6km off the west coast of the Miaoli district in the Taiwan Strait. Germany’s EEW SPC produced the monopiles and Thailand’s CUEL Limited manufactured […]

  • Smulders Projects to Build Dudgeon OWF Transition Pieces

    5 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    On July 3, Smulders Projects was awarded the contract for the supply of 67 Transition Pieces for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.  The Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm will be constructed on the coast of Norfolk, South East England. The wind farm comprises 67 monopile foundations on which 6 MW turbines will be placed. This large capacity […]

  • VIDEO: Belgian Offshore Wind Industry

    22 November 2013

    Belgian offshore wind industry is gaining momentum, especially after OWI-Lab invested in new wind turbine test facility and Alstom completed the installation of its new-generation offshore wind turbine. In September, the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in the Belgian North Sea was officially opened. Also, the construction of the Northwind offshore […]

  • Industry Urges Dutch Gov’t to Secure Offshore Wind Buildout to 21 GW with CfDs, Industrial Electrification

    2 June 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    Offshore wind developers, suppliers, ports, and industry associations have called on the Dutch Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth to safeguard the deployment of offshore wind capacity to reach 21 GW under the Netherlands’ roadmap by accelerating the electrification of Dutch industry and implementing two-sided Contracts for Difference (CfDs). In a call-to-action pamphlet signed by 21 companies […]

  • Researchers Investigate Hearing of Marine Mammals

    1 April 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Researchers from the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation (TiHo) are investigating the hearing of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) under the leadership of Professor Dr. Ursula Siebert and Dr. Andreas Ruser. They published the first results in the online specialist magazine Plos one. The investigations were […]

  • Edda Wind’s Newbuild CSOV Sets Course for Sea Trials

    4 May 2022
    Vessels

    Edda Wind’s Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) Edda Breeze has sailed out to perform sea trials, said Astilleros Gondán S.A, the Spanish shipyard that built the vessel. The CSOV, the first of five vessels Astilleros Gondán S.A is building for Edda Wind, left the Eo estuary this weekend for the Port of Gijón, where it will remain for […]

  • Norwegian Company Secures Crane Deal with Windward Offshore

    1 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Norway-based Seaonics has been chosen to deliver 3D Electric Controlled Motion Compensated (ECMC) cranes to the German shipowner Windward Offshore. The cranes are set for installation of Windward Offshore’s two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The 87.5-metre vessels will be delivered by VARD under a contract signed with Windward Offshore, a company founded by Blue […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Forms Offshore Wind Ties in Japan

    5 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Tsubasa Windfarm Design (TWD), Fraunhofer IWES, and Kobe University have started collaborating to provide wind farm design services for projects offshore Japan. Fraunhofer IWES is specialized in offshore layout optimization and has been actively developing its own wake models which take into account atmospheric stability conditions. According to the German research centre, Prof. Dr. Teruo […]

  • East Anglia One Milestone Destination for New Peterson Terminal

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Peterson Offshore Passenger Terminal in the Netherlands has marked its 100th flight, which departed for the UK East Anglia One offshore wind project. The milestone flight, which took off on 3 January, is part of a contract that German helicopter operator Northern HeliCopter (NHV) secured for supporting the 714MW offshore wind farm. According to Peterson Terminal, […]

  • Bold Tern Multitasking on Borkum Riffgrund 2

    31 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has devised a solution which allows the jack-up Bold Tern to simultaneously perform bunkering and loading of wind turbine components for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 project at the Port of Esbjerg.

  • Wight Shipyard Cracks Wind Farm Support Vessel Market

    18 June 2019
    Vessels

    The UK-based high-speed craft and aluminium ship builder Wight Shipyard Co Ltd (WSC) is breaking into the wind farm support vessel (WFSV) market with the launch of its new Vortisea brand. The Vortisea brand, designed in collaboration with Australia’s Incat Crowther, is specifically geared towards European and UK wind farms, particularly those further offshore, WSC […]

  • Top News of the Week, 7 – 13 November 2016

    13 November 2016

    Vattenfall Wins Kriegers Flak Tender with EUR 49.9 per MWh Bid Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the tender to build the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea with the lowest ever bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh, 58% below the original cap of EUR 120 per […]