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  • Nordsee Ost Foundation Installation Complete

    14 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    All foundations of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been successfully installed some 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland. A total of 48 jacket foundations were installed for the wind turbines and one for the substation in water up to 25 metres deep. Each of the foundations for the wind turbines is […]

  • Global Tech I Construction Wrapped Up

    29 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Construction of the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is complete: 100 kilometres from the German coast and occupying an area half the size of Bremerhaven the offshore wind power station now stands with 80 turbines of the 5 megawatt class (AREVA Wind M5000-116) and the farm’s own transformer station. At present, only the […]

  • FibreMax: Next Level Synthetic Mooring & Supply Chain Solutions for Floating Offshore Wind

    7 February 2024
    Cables, Floating Wind, Innovation, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology, Vessels

    FibreMax has launched a comprehensive range of global supply chain solutions tailored to the needs of floating offshore wind technologies. Established in 2004 as SmartRigging, FibreMax has emerged as a trailblazer in the field of lightweight precision cables. Evolving from a focus on yacht rigging, we transitioned to industrial applications and founded FibreMax in 2009. […]

  • IHS Releases Report on Wind Converters

    26 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The global market for utility-scale onshore wind converters continues to be led by doubly fed (DFIG) converters, according to a new report entitled “The World Market for Wind Converters – 2013” from IHS Inc., a leading global source of critical insight and information. DFIG converters are forecast to outpace full-conversion products by a compound annual […]

  • Denmark: GE to Deliver One of World’s Most Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facilities

    15 March 2013
    R&D, Technology

    GE’s Power Conversion business  has signed a turnkey contract with the Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center (LORC), a Danish center for test of renewable energy technology, for the construction, commissioning and handover of one of the world’s most advanced facilities to test wind turbine nacelles with an output power of up to 10 Megawatts (MW). The […]

  • The Netherlands: SeaZip to Christen Two New Catamarans

    21 March 2013

    In Harlingen, two newly-constructed ‘Twin Axe’ catamaran ships will be officially christened on Friday 22 March, at 11 AM. In the near future, these ships will be deployed in the completion stage of a large-scale wind farm on the North Sea, 90 km north-west of the island of Borkum. This off-shore wind farm is being […]

  • Schoeller Holdings and DOS Order Four CSOVs for Offshore Wind, Offshore Energy Markets

    24 September 2024
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    A joint venture (JV) between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DOS) has ordered four commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) for deployment in the offshore wind and other segments of the offshore energy sector, marking its entry into the market which is, according to Philipp Maracke, Managing Partner of DOS, ‘desperate for new players and […]

  • Greece’s Largest Power Utility Buys Into Offshore Wind

    27 December 2023
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC), the largest electric power company in Greece, has agreed to acquire the developer of a 216 MW wind farm located in the offshore area of Alexandroupolis. PPC Renewables, the utility’s renewables arm, and the Copelouzos and Samaras Groups have signed an agreement for the acquisition of shares of the […]

  • Orion’s Crane Repair Starts

    29 September 2020
    Vessels

    Liebherr has started preparations for the recovery of its HLC 295000 offshore crane on board the Orion vessel, whose hook broke this May, leaving several people injured and damaging the crane and the vessel’s deck. The repair project, which will be completed in the course of 2021, is starting this month with crane salvage and […]

  • Kaskasi Monopiles to Be Hammered In with CAPE Holland’s Vibro Tool

    8 April 2020
    Technology

    Seaway 7 has signed a contract with CAPE Holland for the supply of Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) for the installation of monopile foundations at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm.

  • Trianel Borkum Issues Subsea Maintenance Call

    25 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has opened a tender seeking CPS retrofit and bolt exchange services for the Trianel Windpark Borkum offshore wind project. The awarded company will be in charge of subsea works on CPS retrofits and subsea bolt exchanges at diffusor plates, i.e. steel plate under the central column of the tripod foundation. The scope […]

  • Deutsche WindGuard Consulting Cleared to Calibrate Nacelle Lidars

    4 March 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH testing laboratory has been accredited for the calibration of nacelle mounted lidars. Accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, the laboratory can now calibrate all kinds of wind remote sensing devices. According to Deutsche WindGuard Consulting, nacelle lidars have gained in importance in the last years – especially with regards to […]

  • Four States Race to Install First Offshore Wind Turbines in USA

    22 July 2011

    Cape Wind, the offshore wind farm famous for its 10-year fight against Cape Cod’s most prominent NIMBYs, will likely be the first U.S. project in federal waters. But there are three smaller pilot projects slated for state waters off Rhode Island, New Jersey and Ohio that are more likely to settle regulatory, permitting and finance […]

  • Denmark and Ukraine Expand Energy Cooperation to Include Offshore Wind

    26 April 2023
    Authorities

    Denmark and Ukraine have had close energy cooperation since 2014, run by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) in cooperation with the Danish embassy in Kyiv. Now, that cooperation is expanded to wind energy, including offshore wind, under a new five-year agreement signed by the two countries. The agreement, signed on 25 April by Danish Energy […]

  • Ørsted Divests Remaining Stake in London Array for EUR 829 Million

    24 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has signed an agreement with funds managed by Schroders Greencoat to divest its remaining 25 per cent minority interest in the London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. The total value of the transaction is GBP 717 million (approximately EUR 829 million). Ørsted originally owned 50 per cent of the project and divested […]

  • Denmark Getting Ready for Spring Offshore Wind Tender

    15 January 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) is doing one last check with the market before launching the offshore wind tenders for at least 6 GW of capacity that would be installed by 2030 across several sites, starting with the first auction this Spring. On 12 January, the DEA published revised draft tender documents for a follow-up […]

  • BP Posts Around 100 Offshore Wind Job Vacancies

    10 May 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    BP, which just recently entered the offshore wind market, has posted around 100 job vacancies looking for talent to support its growing offshore wind business. “bp’s ambition is to become one of the world’s leading offshore wind energy developers. To power the scale and pace of growth that we are targeting, we need the best […]

  • Oil Giant BP Announces Offshore Wind Bid in Norway

    14 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    British oil and gas major BP is joining the recently established consortium between Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind, which is preparing a bid to build an offshore wind farm in Norway. The consortium will propose to develop an offshore wind project in the Sørlige Nordsjø II (SN2) area, with a plan to also explore opportunities […]

  • TenneT CEO to Hand Over the Helm

    8 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    TenneT CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management, Mel Kroon, will resign in the second half of 2018. TenneT’s Supervisory Board has already started the search for his successor, while Kroon will continue to fulfil his role until this process is completed.

  • Denmark: Sea Consult Takes Delivery of Its First Damen Twin Axe

    30 July 2013

    Danish company Sea Consult ApS has taken delivery of its first Damen Twin Axe as the company prepares to enter the offshore wind market. Based in Marstal, Sea Consult is a new customer to Damen and this will be the first Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 to be operated by a Danish company. The vessel […]

  • Jack-Up Barge to Accommodate Nordsee Ost Workers

    30 April 2014

    RWE Innogy has awarded Dutch company Jack-Up Barge B.V. the contract to provide an accommodation platform at the construction site of the Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm. The jack-up vessel “JB 114” will temporarily accommodate up to 40 employees to carry out commissioning works at the wind farm’s internal transformer station from mid-July. “The jack-up […]

  • Belgium: Second Phase of Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm Starts Operation

    31 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Thornton Bank 2 offshore wind farm, located off the Belgian coast, was fully commissioned in January. The second phase of the wind farm consisting of 24 new wind turbines with a total output of 148 megawatts (MW) is now fully in operation and connected to the grid. The turbines are set to generate approximately 500,000 […]

  • UK: Bibby Marine Completes Acquisition of Osiris Projects

    19 March 2012

    Bibby Marine has finalised the acquisition of Osiris Projects. The two firms began to develop a relationship during the commissioning of specialist survey vessel Bibby Tethra in 2011, during which time it was recognised there was significant potential for synergies. The launch of Bibby Tethra solidifies Osiris Projects’ positioning as a key player in the […]

  • UK: Wind Farms Much More Efficient than Fossil Fuels

    10 July 2012

    Wind energy opponents who say that producing electricity using the power of the wind is not efficient would do well to take a look at the UK Government data, which shows that thermal sources of electricity – gas, coal, nuclear, waste/biomass, oil and other – lose massive amounts of energy as waste heat, compared to almost 0% […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Merwede Increases its Underwriting Capacity to EUR 1.5 Billion

    6 June 2011

      IHC Merwede has increased its underwriting capacity by more than 50 per cent to €1.5billion. Of this amount, €900 million is committed. The financial agreement has been forged between IHC Merwede and an international banking consortium made up of five banks, with the aim of facilitating international growth. Ability to differentiate The five banks […]

  • Cape Wind Completes Permitting Process (USA)

    9 January 2011
    Authorities

    Cape Wind completed its Federal permitting process today with the receipt of a final permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), continuing the project’s forward progress to creating jobs and increasing energy independence from the 468 megawatt offshore wind farm. EPA’s approval came 24 hours after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued Cape Wind […]