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  • Offshore wind farm create artificial reef (Germany)

    22 September 2010
    Environment, R&D

    A slew of non-native marine species have made their home on the Alpha Ventus wind turbines off the German coast in the North Sea. Scientists say the oysters and crabs, among others, have not affected the structures.

  • Finance Secretary to Promote Scottish Businesses in Japan and South Korea

    13 April 2012
    Authorities

    Finance Secretary John Swinney will next week visit Japan and South Korea to promote Scottish businesses. Mr Swinney will visit Tokyo, Osaka, Pusan and Seoul where he will showcase the innovation and skills of Scotland’s energy sector and promote Scotland’s food and drink. He will use his visit as a chance to meet with representatives […]

  • Scroby Sands OWF Equipped with Sealite Navigation Aids

    5 March 2014
    Technology

    A Sealite Nautilus ocean buoy with 3-5NM+ marine lantern was recently installed at the Scroby Sands Wind Farm, 2.5km off the coast of Great Yarmouth in eastern England.   The North Sea has some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, and with on-going development of energy resources in the area, reliable aids to […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Farms Keep Four Rix Vessels Busy During Winter

    9 December 2016
    Vessels

    Four out of five Rix Sea Shuttle crew transfer vessels will keep operating during the winter as they are contracted to work on major wind farm offshore wind projects in the UK. James Doyle, managing director of Rix Sea Shuttle, said: “Normally December is the quietest month by far with most of the crew transfer vessels laid up […]

  • Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon to Generate GBP 300 Million Spending for Wales

    4 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Welsh Economy Research Unit at Cardiff University has published a report on the economic potential of Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The report predicts that capital investment would be £756 million of which £300 million will be spent in Wales (40%). This could result in a total additional £454m of additional output in Wales. The […]

  • Vineyard Wind 1 Becomes Largest Operating Offshore Wind Farm in the US

    26 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Vineyard Wind 1 project is now delivering more than 136 MW to the electric grid in Massachusetts, making it the largest operating offshore wind project in the US. Vineyard Wind 1, the first large-scale offshore wind project in the US, now has ten turbines in operation totalling approximately 136 MW, enough to power 64,000 […]

  • Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Generates First Electricity (UK)

    19 August 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall yesterday evening generated the first electricity from its wind farm off Barrow-in-Furness with Barrow’s Mayor hailing the achievement as an endorsement of Cumbria’s low carbon energy strategy. Vattenfall started offshore construction of the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm in 2010 and a little over a year later has exported power to the National Grid for […]

  • Norway Postpones Floating Wind Tender to 2025 as Gov’t Establishing ‘Common State Aid Model’

    25 March 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The award of 1.5 GW of floating wind capacity in Norway, which was planned for this year, will be held in 2025 as the Norwegian government plans to have the subsidy model in place and announced before allocating the Utsira Nord (Utsira North) offshore areas for development. In this article: The government says the decision […]

  • Giving a Push to Energy Transition at Offshore Energy 2019

    10 October 2019

    Is the energy transition moving fast enough? Not yet. We can gain pace and we need to. Creating the opportunity to discuss collaboration, showcasing the necessary innovations, and learning from each other is what Offshore Energy set out to do this year. Combining oil, gas, marine energy, and offshore wind at one event, Offshore Energy […]

  • DanTysk Ready for Take Off

    9 April 2015

    Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) will commission DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea later this month. The construction started in February 2013 with the installation of the first foundation pile 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt, and now the wind farm is connected to the German electricity transmission grid. The launching […]

  • Senvion Installs 6.2MW Wind Turbine

    5 December 2014
    Technology

    Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, has erected the prototype of its new 6.2M152. Located onshore near Langen-Neuenwalde, the wind turbine, owned by EWE Erneuerbare Energien subsidiary EWE AG, is scheduled to be fully commissioned by the end of the year. With the rotor star 152 meters in diameter, energy yield will be […]

  • SEPA to Map Scotland’s Marine Environment

    20 May 2014
    Environment

    Marine ecologists and oceanography experts from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have yesterday (19 May) embarked on a four week survey as part of ongoing work to improve scientific understanding of Scotland’s natural marine environment. Utilising SEPA’s survey vessel, the Sir John Murray, data and samples will be collected from locations across Scotland’s west coast, […]

  • China: COSCO Nantong Shipyard Starts Keel Laying of Sea Installer

    23 February 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Recently, COSCO Nantong Shipyard commenced keel laying of Sea Installer, hull number N370. This will be the first offshore vessel to be built to meet the PSPC (Performance Standard for Protective Coating) standard. The steel cutting ceremony for the Sea Installer was held on November 15th in COSCO Nantong Shipyard facilities. This jack-up vessel SEA INSTALLER, specially designed for the […]

  • UK: Sheringham Shoal Opens with Great Celebration

    28 September 2012

    Norfolk’s majestic Holkham Hall was the setting for yesterday’s official opening of the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm by His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. The Crown Prince arrived via helicopter with representatives from the wind farm’s owner companies, Statoil and Statkraft, and Norwegian and British Ministers and Ambassadors. He was greeted […]

  • Statoil: Dudgeon Comes In On Time and Under Budget, All Turbines Now Producing

    7 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    All 67 Siemens 6MW turbines on the 402MW Dudgeon wind farm off Norfolk are now producing electricity, according to Statoil, the operator and part owner of the offshore wind farm.

  • UK: Dong Submits Walney Extension Application

    5 July 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Danish Dong Energy has submitted an application for Walney Extension offshore wind farm to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) on 28 June 2013. The proposed Walney Extension offshore wind farm development consists of an area of 149km2 and an estimated capacity of up to 750 MW, generating enough energy to meet the average needs of over […]

  • Starting shot fired for work on RWE’s first own offshore installation ship (Germany)

    9 September 2010
    R&D, Technology

    After successful completion of the detailed planning, construction has begun of RWE’s first own offshore installation ship with today’s steel cutting ceremony at the Korean shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. The first steel sections of the 100 metre long and 40 metre wide ship were cut to size under the eyes […]

  • Australia: Carnegie Wave Energy’s Chairman Addresses Shareholders

    2 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited Chairman, Grant J Mooney, releases the following statement for the shareholders: Since we last met in 2011, Carnegie has continued to progress towards development of the Perth Wave Energy Project off Garden Island, here in Western Australia. In an era when global financial markets are reluctant to support investments in emerging […]

  • First Wind Turbine Apprenticeship Programme and Training Centre Officially Open in Wales

    11 December 2012
    Training & Education

    The First Minister of Wales, the Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM has officially opened the country’s first wind turbine technician apprenticeship programme and dedicated training centre. The new programme, launched by RWE npower renewables (RWE NRL) in partnership with Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, has created six new apprenticeships in North and Mid Wales – a clear […]

  • Five Turbines Spin at America’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    23 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, has begun delivering energy to the New England grid from five of its planned 62 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines. The units are currently generating 68 MW of energy, enough to power 30,000 homes in Massachusetts, according to the developers of the project, Avangrid and […]

  • Jersey Met’s Offshore Wind Project Gets Thumbs Up

    29 April 2013

    The Planning Applications Panel has given the go ahead to Jersey Met’s three-year offshore wind project. The Met Department wants to find out more about the wind around Jersey’s territorial waters to inform future planning for renewable energy. It applied for permission to put a mast and weather monitoring equipment on outlying rocks three kilometres […]

  • Scottish Port Expands with New Site Acquisitions

    22 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Scotland’s Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has decided to expand its offshore wind infrastructure by acquiring two new sites. MPA is set to embark on a major expansion with the acquisition of Montrose Commercial Park and the adjacent former Charleton Maternity Home site, increasing the port’s footprint from 59 acres to 104 acres. The purchase from […]

  • Trianel Generates Electricity at Borkum West

    3 February 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Trianel has produced first power from its 200MW Borkum West offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The first turbine was commissioned on Sunday and is now undergoing trial operation. “After the permanent power connection was successfully established by the substation DolWin Alpha in December, the first plant is now in trial operation,” said […]

  • Happy New Year 2019!

    1 January 2019

    Offshore WIND wishes you a happy and prosperous 2019!

  • MacGregor Steps Closer to TTS Group Acquisition

    28 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a clearance decision from the South Korean Fair Trade Commission for its acquisition of the marine and offshore businesses of TTS Group ASA.

  • Canada: T’Sou-ke Nation, AOE to Jointly Develop Wave Energy Project

    23 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    AOE Accumulated Ocean Energy Inc. (AOE) and T’Sou-ke Economic Development Limited Partnership (TED LP), a T’Sou-ke Nation-owned partnership, have completed an agreement to pursue business opportunities located in the traditional territory of the T’Sou-ke Nation (located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada) called the T’Sou-ke Ocean Energy Limited Partnership (TOE LP). AOE is working toward […]