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  • Installation Work at Kentish Flats Extension to Start in May

    14 April 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of foundations and wind turbines at the Kentish Flats Extension will start on May 1, subject to weather conditions.  On behalf of Vattenfall, GeoSea’s offshore wind installation vessel Neptune will be carrying out installation works approximately 8.5 to 13 km north of Herne Bay and Whitstable in Kent. The installation will take place on commencement of favourable sea conditions […]

  • 15+ MW Floating Wind Turbines to Be Tested at Norway’s METCentre

    8 October 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Three companies have signed contracts with Norway’s Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) to test new technology aimed at reducing the costs of floating offshore wind by demonstrating floaters equipped with 15+ MW turbines. According to Norwegian Offshore Wind, this is the turbine size that will be relevant for future floating offshore wind farms. The test […]

  • FLiDAR Nominated for ‘Best of 10 Years’ Industry Award

    28 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    FLiDAR N.V., a joint venture established between 3E and DEME group, has been nominated for “Best of 10 years” technology award of Industrie magazine for its floating LiDAR concept. For the realization of this project, a stabilized buoy had to be developed and algorithms that allow reliable measurement from a moving platform were written. The […]

  • Welsh Lib Dems Welcome Swansea Tidal News

    18 March 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Welsh Liberal Democrats have welcomed reports that plans for the world’s first tidal lagoon based in Swansea Bay were unveiled in the Budget today. Jenny Willott, Welsh Lib Dem MP for Cardiff Central, said: “This is fantastic news for anyone who believes in green energy. The Liberal Democrats remain the only major party that puts tackling […]

  • Highlights of the Month – May 2019

    4 June 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most read offshore wind news in the month of May. Vietnamese Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground Vietnam’s Tra Vinh Wind Power has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the 48MW Korea- Tra Vinh wind farm (Phase 1). Offshore Construction Starts on Moray East The […]

  • TWP Picks COWI for Pre-FEED Work on Scottish Offshore Wind Farms

    5 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    COWI has been awarded a contract by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a partnership between DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, to conduct pre-front-end engineering design (FEED) studies for the Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms in Scotland. Under the contract, COWI will carry out a Pre-FEED study for TWP’s Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms, which are […]

  • First SeaMade Offshore Substation Touches Down

    5 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm has been installed at the project site in the Belgian North Sea. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. The 1,200t topside, which has four decks and is 14m tall, has been installed […]

  • Blade Crashes Into Apollo’s Gangway Offshore Belgium

    9 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    A blade from one of SeaMade’s wind turbines collided with the gangway on DEME Group’s jack-up Apollo, after which the gangway detached from the vessel and fell into the sea. The accident happened on 2 July in the morning and no injuries were reported as there were no employees on the gangway at the time of […]

  • 16 Turbines Standing at SeaMade

    7 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Sixteen out of 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines have been installed at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. According to Otary CEO Mathias Verkest, the 9th turbine load-out is currently being prepared at the Port of Oostende. DEME’s Apollo installed the first turbine at the project site located some 50km off the coast in […]

  • Ørsted Orders Hornsea Two TPs at EEW

    26 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has placed an order with the Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH for 30 transition pieces for the 1,386MW Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The transition pieces will be manufactured at EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) in Teesside, the UK. Production will start in September 2019. According to Sascha Hofmeister, Managing […]

  • Sparrows Handles Hornsea One Cables

    4 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Sparrows Group Cable and Pipe Lay Solutions (CPLS) division has delivered its largest renewables project through three contracts related to the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The three contracts were awarded through Boskalis (formerly VBMS), DEME Offshore (formerly known as Tideway), and DeepOcean. The work scope saw Sparrows provide equipment and personnel to […]

  • Highlights of the Month – April 2020

    1 May 2020

    Three Injured after CTV Hits Turbine at German Offshore Wind Farm Three persons were injured, one seriously, after a crew transfer vessel (CTV) allided with a wind turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Vestas to Lay Off 400 People, Close Temporary Offshore Wind Facility Vestas will stop […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News of 2015

    31 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Offshore WIND staff thought that the New Year’s Day would be the perfect time to let you – our readers – be editors and compile a list of news you found the most interesting and worth a read in 2015. DONG Energy Seeks Technical and Consultancy Staff for Danish Projects DONG Energy has invited tenders for temporary […]

  • Belgium: MPI Resolution to Work on GeoSea’s Offshore Wind Projects

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    MPI Offshore announces the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Resolution by GeoSea N.V., subsidiary of the Belgian based DEME Group.  MPI Resolution is scheduled to commence work on a series of GeoSea projects situated in the North Sea and Baltic Sea area as from the middle of June 2013 for a […]

  • Construction Heats Up at France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    30 August 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    21 of the 80 monopile foundations have been installed at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire wind farm off the Guérande peninsula in France, EDF Renouvleables said. The turbine foundations are being installed by DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation which installed the first unit at the site between 12 and 20 kilometres off the coast of the […]

  • Belgium: THV Mermaid to Construct Final North Sea Offshore Wind Farm

    29 June 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    On Wednesday 27 June, Mr Wathelet, State Secretary for Environment, Energy, Mobility and Institutional reforms has awarded a concession to THV Mermaid for construction of the seventh and final wind farm in the North Sea in the region provided by the Royal Decrees of 12 December 2000 and 3 February 2011 for development of installations […]

  • Arcadis Ost 1 Readies for Wind Turbine Installation

    3 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME has completed the installation of the secondary steel on all the XXL monopiles at Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea, with the project now ready to enter the next stage of construction. The offshore construction specialist installed the final XXL monopile, manufactured by Steelwind, at […]

  • Mott MacDonald Wears Many Rentel Hats

    6 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald will assume a new role within the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm project, after the EUR 1.1 billion project in the Belgian North Sea reached financial close earlier this week. Mott MacDonald is lenders’ technical advisor on the project and will now provide construction and operational monitoring in an ongoing […]

  • France to See Its First Commercial Offshore Wind Turbines Installed in April

    31 March 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of wind turbines at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is set to start in April. ”All the teams, at sea and on land, are mobilized to load the towers, nacelles and blades which will allow the installation of the first wind turbines at sea from April. As a […]

  • Tenth Offshore Wind Conference Officially Opens

    7 October 2019

    The tenth annual Offshore Wind Conference (OWC) officially kicked off today, 7 October, at Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands. OWC, part of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), is held on 7 and 8 October and brings together the offshore wind value chain to discuss current and future sector developments and innovations. The conference was opened by Hugo […]

  • Dorsalys to Build Onshore Substation for 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm

    25 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has commissioned Dorsalys to build an onshore substation which will enable the Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm to be connected to its grid. The transformer station, located on land three kilometres from the subsea cable landing point, is scheduled for delivery in spring 2025. The substation […]

  • Belgium to Decide on Wind Energy Storing Island in 2015

    17 December 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Belgium will have their say in early 2015 about a project that would see excess energy stored and used later when needed. The project aims to store energy produced by offshore wind farms when there is low demand, or storing it for when there is no wind,  writes Reuters. It comprises a donut-shaped island, located […]

  • US Discussing Oil & Gas-Like OCS Leasing Programme for Offshore Renewables

    26 June 2018
    Authorities

    On 26 June, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources will hold a legislative hearing on a bill that would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for a leasing programme for offshore renewable energy.

  • Third Windea Catamaran Launched

    18 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    On December 15, 2014, a launching ceremony was held at the terminal in Emden’s outer harbour for a further Windea catamaran that is entering service under the German flag. The ship’s godmother Miranda van Laar-Prikkel, wife of co-partner Paul van Laar from IJmuiden in the Netherlands, gave the “Twin Axe Bow” type catamaran from Damen […]

  • Maersk Connector Named in Newcastle

    11 May 2016
    Vessels

    DeepOcean and Maersk Supply Service held a naming ceremony for the advanced cable installation vessel, the Maersk Connector, in Newcastle, UK, on 3 May. The Maersk Connector was built by Damen to a bespoke DeepOcean specification. She was delivered in cooperation with the vessel owner, Maersk Supply Service, and is on a long term charter to […]

  • Highlights of the Month: May 2017

    1 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders France’s […]