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  • Van Oord to Build Hollandse Kust West VI – ‘The Most Ecological Wind Farm Yet’

    8 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Infrastructure, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Van Oord and Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco, have agreed to collaborate on the construction of the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, with the contract(s) for the work to be signed later this year. This will be the most ecological wind farm yet, said Van Oord, whose contract(s) will include […]

  • DNV GL to Operate German FINO2 Offshore Wind Research Platform

    3 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    DNV GL has won a contract for the operation of the FINO2 research platform in the German sector of the Baltic Sea, which will acquire data for the development of offshore wind energy projects. The contract award comes after Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) re-issued the call for tenders in July 2020 […]

  • Ørsted Adds Acteon to Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Team

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Pulse Structural Monitoring, a brand in marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon, has signed a contract with Ørsted Taiwan to provide measurement and associated data acquisition systems for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The company, which is part of Acteon’s Geo-services business line, will be responsible for the […]

  • Forewind Deploys ZephIR 300 to Collect Wind Data on Dogger Bank (UK)

    14 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      A laser wind-profiling instrument to provide measured wind data for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development has been deployed by Forewind on a gas platform 125 kilometres from shore. The ZephIR 300 wind lidar, which will measure wind speeds at heights of up to 200m using an infrared laser, has been installed on […]

  • TÜV SÜD Helps to Speed Up Taiwan’s OW Development

    4 March 2015

    In the field of energy politics, Taiwan pursues a long-term strategy in order to reduce CO2 emissions. One part of this strategy is the development and expansion of power generation in offshore wind farms. It is planned to have 600 offshore wind turbines with an output of 3.000 MW to go into operation by 2030 in […]

  • UK Gov’t Takes Action to Curb Underwater Noise in Offshore Wind Development

    23 January 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Environment, Industry, Planning & Permitting, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled new measures to minimise underwater noise levels during the construction of offshore wind projects. As part of the government’s Plan for Change, the measures should reduce noise levels in the sea to allow new offshore wind projects to be built at pace, particularly […]

  • Adwen Takes First Step on French Factories. Building Them Depends on Other Factors

    23 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Adwen has filed applications for construction permits for two wind turbine manufacturing factories in Le Havre, France, the company confirmed to Offshore WIND following reports in French media.

  • UK: Babcock Starts Construction of LiDAR System

    20 May 2013

    Babcock has commenced construction of its innovative floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system, designed to provide critical meteorological data for offshore wind farm developers safely, reliably and more cost-effectively than has previously been feasible. While met monitoring systems, including LiDAR, are commonly used on-shore by the renewable energy industry and by military and aviation […]

  • DeepOcean to Install Inter-Array Cables at RWE’s Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Farms

    14 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected DeepOcean as the preferred supplier of inter-array cable installation for the Nordseecluster A offshore wind project, the first of the two phases of RWE’s Nordseecluster development in the German part of the North Sea. The contract could also see the subsea services provider performing the same work on the second, Nordseecluster B […]

  • Germany Rises Demand for Renewable Power with Plans for Nuclear Power Shutdown

    3 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

     The German plan to completely phase out nuclear power by 2022 announced May 30 by Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Christian Democratic… Andrew Burger (cleantechnica) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, August 03, 2011

  • Germany Opens Tender for Geophysical and Hydrographic Surveys at N-9 Wind Zone

    12 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has invited tenders for geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys as part of the geological preliminary exploration in the N-9 wind energy area. Specifically, the sites to be surveyed within the area in the North Sea are N-9.1, N-9.3 and N-9.4. The work under this tender at the N-9.1 […]

  • Mojo Maritime to Build Low Motion Floating Platform for LiDAR

    27 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Mojo Maritime Ltd, the Falmouth-based marine renewable energy experts, has secured funding to develop, build and test their low motion floating platform for offshore LiDAR measurements at sea. Concept development and tank testing of the platform performed during 2013 has resulted in a solid design, capable of withstanding the most challenging offshore conditions. The platform […]

  • Renewable Energy Deployment Possible Even with Delays in Transmission Grid Expansion (UK)

    28 August 2013

    A timely transmission grid expansion is important for the future electricity supply based on renewable energies. A recent study by Ecofys energy consultants shows that even if this expansion is delayed, the planned deployment of renewables can still take place within the next 15 years. In this case, renewable energy installations would have to be […]

  • Elia Plans Several Measures to Boost Biodiversity Around World’s First Artificial Energy Island

    13 November 2023
    Business development, Energy Islands, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Research & Development

    Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has developed seven measures to boost biodiversity around Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first artificial energy island. The artificial Princess Elisabeth Island will be an energy hub 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast connecting new wind farms and additional interconnections, to the UK and Denmark, to Belgium’s onshore power […]

  • Shell Starts Wind Measurement Campaign off South Korea, Deploys EOLOS Floating LiDAR

    25 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    An EOLOS floating LiDAR has been deployed off the South Korean coast, as part of a measurement campaign for an offshore wind project being developed by Shell and CoensHexicon. The FLS200 floating LiDAR buoy has been deployed some 60 kilometres off the coast of Ulsan in South Korea, following EOLOS being chosen to provide the […]

  • Kaskasi OWF Site to Host Research on Global Blockage Effect

    4 February 2021
    R&D

    A new joint industry project has been launched under the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator to improve understanding of the true impact of the Global Blockage Effect (GBE) in offshore wind by undertaking a first of a kind measurement campaign in real offshore conditions. The campaign will be conducted in the second half of this […]

  • EMEC to Build Subsea Tidal Monitoring Pod

    27 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The Scottish Government has awarded a share of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to support the further development of an integrated site characterisation and measurement platform for high energy marine environments. The support of the MRCF Array Technology Innovation Programme (ATIP) will enable EMEC to further develop, […]

  • EU Okays New Race Bank OFTO Ownership

    5 February 2019
    Grid Connection

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control over Diamond Transmission Partners by Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited (DTC) and by Infrared Capital Partners Limited (IRCP). Diamond Transmission Partners is the holding company of the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) for the 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, active in […]

  • Canada: AXYS Technologies to Provide Up to 24 TRIAXYS™ Wave Sensors for OOI

    9 April 2013
    R&D, Technology

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) announces a contract award from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to provide up to 24 TRIAXYS™ Next Wave Directional Wave Sensors as a component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The OOI, a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and managed and coordinated through the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, […]

  • Siemens, Netze BW to Equip Distribution Grid with Intelligence System

    14 May 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Siemens Smart Grid and distribution network operator Netze BW have started a joint project entitled “Distributed Grid Intelligence”. The project’s goal is to equip the power distribution grid in the Niederstetten region of Baden-Württemberg for the challenges of Germany’s transition to a new energy mix by implementing a distributed intelligence system. At the same time, […]

  • Germany: Innogy Venture Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds Invest in Enercast

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Innogy Venture Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds are going to invest in a first round of financing up to EUR 2.25 million in the start-up company enercast GmbH. The young technology company provides electricity generation forecasts from wind and solar which lead to significant cost savings along the energy supply chain.  “enercast addresses a fundamental problem […]

  • TÜV NORD Wins Contract for Most Powerful Siemens Gamesa Turbine

    22 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa has contracted TÜV NORD to provide certification for the SG 10.0-193 DD turbine, the company’s first 10+ MW unit. TÜV NORD will carry out turbine design checks and prototype and type testing campaigns which will include load validation measurements, safety and functional tests, as well as performance measurements. Based on the data obtained, the company will […]

  • Siemens and Gamesa One Step Away from Owning Adwen?

    12 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Areva is set to sell its stake in Adwen to Siemens and Gamesa on Wednesday, Le Figaro reported. The 50% share Areva holds in the offshore wind turbine maker Adwen, a joint venture between Areva and Spain’s Gamesa, will be sold for EUR 60 million, according to the French newspaper. As part of the merger agreement between Gamesa […]

  • Tenders Invited for EW Baltica-3 Study

    1 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Polish wind farm developer PGE Energia Odnawialna S.A. has invited tenders for a study on the EW Baltica-3 offshore wind farm project. The project is located in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea, some 33km off the coast at the border of Slupsk Bank. The aim of the study is to conduct a two-year […]

  • New Research Project Looking to Minimise Failure and Repair Costs of Floating Wind Dynamic Cables, Mooring Lines

    24 July 2025
    Floating Wind, Research & Development

    A new project has been launched in the UK to improve the effectiveness of mooring lines and dynamic cables on floating offshore wind farms. Historically, mooring repair costs for oil production assets have exceeded GBP 400 million (approximately EUR 461 million) for a single incident, while cable failures have accounted for between 70 and 80 […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension First FLiDAR-Calculated OWF to Be Built

    24 April 2015
    Technology

    DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension, located 8 km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay, is the world’s first offshore wind project to be built using energy yield calculations based on wind resource data collected from a floating lidar (FLiDAR), FLiDAR N.V. said in a press release issued today.  A FLiDAR buoy was the only […]