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  • Offshore construction: It takes a giant to know a giant

    8 August 2016

    For the second 2016 edition of the Offshore WIND Magazine, we spoke to Blair Ainslie, CEO of Seajacks, on the company’s past and future projects, as well as the industry in general. Seajacks made its first dive into the offshore wind industry in 2009, when its jack-up vessel Seajacks Leviathan carried out the installation of Siemens’ 3.6MW turbines […]

  • Japanese Vessel Owners Team Up on Offshore Wind Vessel Management

    25 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    “K” Line Wind Service and Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) have entered into an agreement on future collaboration on vessel management in the offshore wind sector. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the companies plan to draw on their expertise in each respective area and management resources to collaborate on the management (operation, maintenance and crewing) of […]

  • French Companies to Form Floating Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    6 July 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

    France’s BW Ideol and its compatriot ADEME Investissement have entered into a final agreement for a funding injection to set up a new floating offshore wind company. Under the contract, BW Ideol will transfer its co-development project portfolio to BW Ideol Projects Company with ADEME investing an initial EUR 17.85 million at the first financial […]

  • TLSB Shortlists International Sculpture Commission

    29 May 2014

    Artists from Wales, England, Scotland, USA, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Norway, France, Spain, Germany and Japan are leading an international response to a ground breaking zero carbon energy project in Swansea Bay, Wales. Mags Harries, Lajos Heder, Ingrid Hu, Andy Pink, Peter Wall, Timo Von Kreigstein, Vesta Kroese and Manja Van De Worp are just […]

  • France: Reportlinker Announces Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 Report

    27 April 2012
    Business & Finance

      GBI Research, a leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research, “Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 – Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment”. The report gives an in-depth analysis of the wind energy maintenance market in four global regions, namely Asia Pacific, Europe, North […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind Eyes New Areas and Scotland’s Oil & Gas Electrification Tender

    18 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    Aker Offshore Wind is looking at the Scottish oil & gas electrification tender as one of the opportunities for bidding and is also eyeing France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Vietnam as further prospective markets, according to the company’s latest presentation on annual results. Aker Offshore Wind’s net portfolio jumped from 1.5 GW in 2020 […]

  • Corio and Fecon to Jointly Build Wind Farm Offshore Vietnam

    22 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Corio Generation has signed a joint development agreement with Fecon, a Vietnamese construction and infrastructure group, for a proposed 500 MW offshore wind farm in Ba Ria, Vung Tau province, Vietnam. The proposed 500 MW Vung Tau offshore wind farm, located 23-35 kilometres from the coast, could be among the first large-scale offshore wind projects […]

  • Tocardo Enters Korean Market With Korwind Dealership Agreement

    3 April 2012

    Tocardo International, the leading producer of hydro-power turbines, has signed an exclusive dealership agreement to sell its renewable energy technology into South Korea. Tocardo signed the deal with the German-Korean corporation Korwind. The company has extensive experience with the South Korean renewable energy market, and a strong track record of building trade links between Korea […]

  • Survey Association and Techwise Offshore Consultancy to Provide MWS Services in Vietnam

    2 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Danish-based Survey Association of 1914 has entered a strategic alliance with Singapore-based Techwise Offshore Consultancy Pte. Ltd. to provide Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services in the Vietnamese offshore wind market. They are set to work together to enhance the risk management of offshore wind farm construction projects in Vietnam. “We’re looking forward to sharing our […]

  • Highlights of the Month – February 2021

    1 March 2021

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most-read articles on the site for the second month of 2021. Vestas Launches 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has introduced the V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine. Siemens Gamesa Rolls Out Record-Breaking Wind Turbine Blade Siemens Gamesa has completed the first Siemens Gamesa […]

  • Saipem Presses Ahead with Floating Pendulum Wind Turbine Foundation

    30 November 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Italian offshore specialist Saipem and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) have signed an agreement to collaborate on the HEXAFLOAT floating wind foundation project. The HEXAFLOAT floating pendulum concept, patented by Saipem, is currently undergoing validation. The CNR research project will include the evaluation of the concept via the development of appropriate numerical models, a model […]

  • Taiwan Debut for Siemens Gamesa Giant

    26 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Hai Long Offshore Wind intends to use Siemens Gamesa’s new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine at the upcoming 300 MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan. The deployment of the new turbine for the rest of the 1,044 MW Hai Long pipeline is also being considered, Siemens Gamesa said. The exact number of units […]

  • Europe Straying Off Course to Meet Offshore Wind Targets, New Report Says

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D

    A report into the state of Europe’s offshore wind sector by international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed how uncertainty around subsidies and the need to unlock new capital are holding back investment in the development of European offshore wind farms. The report ’European Offshore Wind 2013: Realising The Opportunity’, published on June 26, […]

  • UK: Marubeni, Riverstone Holdings Acquire Seajacks

    19 March 2012

    Marubeni Corporation, one of the largest Japanese trading companies, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a government-sponsored private equity corporation, and Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading conventional and renewable energy focused private equity firm, today announced jointly that Marubeni and INCJ have agreed to acquire Seajacks International from funds controlled by Riverstone Holdings. The terms […]

  • Acteon: Breathing New Life Into Floating Wind Using Digital Response Twin

    14 December 2023
    Innovation, Technology

    By using new technologies such as digital response twin, one of the tools developed and used successfully in the oil and gas sector, we can extend the life of floating wind farms, Tim Eyles, Vice President of UK-based company Acteon revealed. At this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), Eyles, together with Ben Andrew, […]

  • Global Floating Wind on Path to Miss 2030 Targets, Report Says

    14 November 2022
    R&D

    A new report, published by 4C Offshore, has revealed that many countries are falling behind their 2030 floating offshore wind targets, but there could be still a chance to meet them. According to the latest 4C Offshore’s Global Floating Wind report, targets for 2030 wind production from floating, rather than fixed, wind farms are set […]

  • Carbon Trust Throws Down Subsea Inspection Innovation Challenge

    13 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched a competition targeted at finding new ways to inspect offshore wind substructures and reduce the cost of offshore wind.

  • Vestas to Supply 43 Offshore Wind Turbines for Dutch Project

    27 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vestas will supply 43 V112-3.0 MW offshore-turbines for the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. Eneco Luchterduinen is owned by Dutch energy company Eneco and Mitsubishi Corporation from Japan. Construction of the project will begin in July 2014. The order with a total capacity of 129 MW includes supply, installation […]

  • Denmark: GL RC Discusses Influence of Cyclones on Wind Turbine Design

    18 April 2012
    Technology

    As wind energy production expands around the world, an increasing number of onshore and offshore wind farms are proposed which would lie in cyclone-affected areas, mainly in China, Korea, Japan and the U.S. A properly designed wind farm should be able to withstand the tropical storms that are likely to affect it within its lifetime. […]

  • Powerhouses Clash Offshore California in Bid to Build Wind Farms

    6 December 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding a live auction, starting on 6 December, for the rights to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in five areas off the California Coast. This is the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US Pacific coast and the first-ever through which the country is […]

  • Marco Polo Marine to Outfit Its Offshore Wind Vessels with Ammonia-to-Power Systems

    18 April 2023
    Vessels

    Singapore-based offshore wind vessel owner and operator, Marco Polo Marine, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Amogy, under which the New York company’s ammonia-to-power systems will be installed on Marco Polo Marine’s offshore wind vessels. The system will be installed on Marco Polo Marine’s existing or newly built wind vessels, the company said in a […]

  • Atlantis and Ideol Join Forces on UK Floating Offshore Wind Project

    26 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Marine renewables developer Atlantis Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French floating foundations designer Ideol to collaborate on a floating wind project off the UK. The collaboration will seek to initiate the development of a floating offshore wind project of up to 1.5 GW, with a pre-commercial phase of up to 100MW […]

  • 20 Countries Pledge to Double Clean Energy R&D Investment

    30 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    20 countries have launched Mission Innovation in Paris today, committing to double their governmental and/or state-directed clean energy research and development investment over five years and make clean energy widely affordable. The countries participating in the new initiative include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Republic of Korea, […]

  • French, Scottish Firms Team Up to Accelerate Marine Renewables Development

    8 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    French company Open Ocean SAS and Orkney-based Aquatera Ltd. have committed to working together to support the acceleration of marine renewable energy developments in France. Jérôme Cuny (CEO, Open Ocean) and Gareth Davies (MD, Aquatera) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the recent International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This strong […]

  • Austria: TÜV Rheinland Presents Comprehensive Services for Wind Energy Industry

    25 January 2013

    TÜV Rheinland, the global top ten provider of technical services, will be presenting its expertise to the global wind energy industry at this year‘s EWEA trade fair from February 4-7 in Vienna, Austria. With its international network as well as strong and long-standing presence in countries such as Japan, Korea, India, and China, TÜV Rheinland […]

  • UK: SMD Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise

    23 April 2012

    SMD has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for its growing presence and success in global markets. This is the second Queen’s Award the company has won in the last two years. In 2011, SMD was presented with the Queen’s Award for Innovation for its work-class remotely […]