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  • Report: GE Makes an Offer Areva Can Refuse

    2 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    French nuclear and renewable energy company Areva has turned down a non-binding offer made by General Electric (GE) for the offshore wind turbine maker Adwen, a 50 -50 joint venture between Areva and Spain’s Gamesa, Reuters reports. GE is said to be interested in some of Adwen’s technology and its French order book, but the company […]

  • Belgians Bundle Offshore Wind Projects

    20 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Developers of the Mermaid and the Seastar wind farms in the Belgian North Sea have merged the two projects into one – the 487.2MW Seamade.

  • Inch Cape’s Met Mast almost Done at East Lothian Steel Company

    3 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Components of Inch Cape Offshore Limited’s met mast are nearing completion at East Lothian based steel fabrication company Had-Fab. The specialist fabrication company is responsible for the manufacturing of the innovative lattice mast to be used for measuring wind speeds at the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm site. Had-Fab has been contracted to produce the […]

  • Dutch Start Time-Based Green Electricity Certification Project

    19 May 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Dutch companies Eneco, CertiQ, and FlexiDAO will for the first time be carrying out tests with time-based green electricity in the Netherlands. The pilot project involves a digital link between the Princess Amalia offshore wind farm and an electrode boiler connected to The Hague’s Ypenburg district heating network. The production and the consumption of green […]

  • VIDEO: AXYS WindSentinel™ Deployment

    7 February 2013
    Technology

    The WindSentinel™, developed by AXYS Technologies Inc., is the world’s first wind resource assessment buoy capable of measuring wind data at heights of conventional offshore wind turbines. Today, AXYS announced that it has been contracted by the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan to supply the WindSentinel™ wind resource assessment buoy. Hence, we are bringing […]

  • UK: Delays on Jersey Met Mast

    1 October 2012

    Concerns were raised regarding the monitoring mast offshore Jersey coast, writes BBC. Namely, the 9 meter mast is supposed to measure the wind speeds during the two-year project. The installation work has been postponed while the consultations are being held. Willie Peggie, director of the Environment Department, “We’ve got perhaps a fair way to go […]

  • HiWave Project Makes Progress

    18 March 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The final phase of testing the HiWave technology is complete and the HiWave project can now focus on tackling the deployment of the technology at a full scale, KIC InnoEnergy informed. The HiWave project aims to industrialise a wave energy converter with five times higher energy density compared to existing technologies. The real size prototype of […]

  • TGS Covers New York Bight with Wind Resource Data

    6 September 2021
    R&D

    Norway-based energy data and intelligence provider, TGS, has expanded its coverage of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model data to include areas in the New York Bight, and will add the NWP model into a comprehensive atlas of public and proprietary wind data resources. The wind energy model, produced in collaboration with Vaisala, covers a 400,000-square-kilometre […]

  • Fugro on Survey Duty Offshore South Korea

    30 November 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, has been picked by KREDO Offshore to support its offshore wind development in South Korea. Fugro will carry out a metocean and wind resource measurement campaign on the west coast of South Korea, offshore Yeonggwang County. The project site is currently in the initial investigation stage to assess its suitability for investment, […]

  • Germans Issue Geophysical Survey Tender Call

    4 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie) has issued a tender for a geophysical survey at the N-6 offshore wind area in the German North Sea. The survey will be carried out in spring/summer 2020 as part of the geological pre-exploration for the N-6.6 and N-6.7 offshore wind areas. The investigations […]

  • Blue Hammer Nails Lloyd’s Register Noise Test

    21 November 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has assessed Fistuca’s BLUE Hammer technology showing that it has the potential to produce “far less” underwater noise during the installation of offshore wind foundations compared to hydraulic hammers.

  • Vattenfall Shows Higher Underlying Operating Profit

    4 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Despite challenging market conditions Vattenfall grew its 2013 underlying operating profit. Electricity generation rose, with a high level of availability especially for nuclear power, and further reductions were made in operating expenses. However, net profit for the year experienced a severe negative impact from impairment losses. Report highlight: Net sales rose 2.6% to SEK 171,684 […]

  • Germans Select Offshore Wind Survey Team

    15 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected the companies to carry out geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys at the N-10.1 and N-10.2 wind energy areas in the German North Sea. Fugro Germany Marine GmbH is the winner of Lot 1 which covers geophysical subsoil investigations, including the measurement of a given profile grid […]

  • Breman Machinery Hands Over Monopile Gripper to Van Oord

    23 June 2015
    Technology

    Breman Machinery recently delivered a second monopile gripper to Van Oord. After a success with the first gripper, Van Oord ordered a second gripper at the end of October 2014. The second gripper, measuring 14,5x29x13,5m and weighing 560t, was assembled and tested at Breman’s facility in Ijmuiden. The gripper was partially welded, machined and painted at Breman’s […]

  • Vestas-MHI Joint Venture Approved

    7 February 2014
    Authorities

    The joint venture of Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Denmark and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd has been approved by the European Commission (EC). After the examination of the notification, the EC concluded that it falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation. Last year in September, the two companies announced the establishment of a joint […]

  • BSH to Establish Underwater Noise Information System

    16 June 2015
    R&D

    The Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) is inviting tenders for the establishment of a specialised information system for hydrophones. The development of the systems in close coordination with the acousticians is required as similar developments are missing in Europe so far. Underwater acoustics in the civilian sector focuses on research and development during […]

  • Gwynt y Môr OWF Adjusts Its Aids to Navigation

    27 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Cardinal marker buoys around the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm were removed by the THV Galatea.  The THV Galatea has removed eight Gwynt y Môr field cardinal perimeter buoys. At the same time, the Gwynt y Môr South buoy was moved to a new permanent position. After recovery of these buoys, the wind farm exhibits permanent aids to navigation. Also, […]

  • First TP Installed at Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm

    9 June 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of a total of 80 transition pieces (TP) at the Butendiek offshore wind farm has been installed.  Transition pieces, manufactured by Bladt Industries in Esbjerg, Denmark, are being installed by the DP heavy-lift vessel Jumbo Javelin from Jumbo Shipping. Each TP weighs approximately 330 tons, it measures 31m in height and has a diameter of 5.5m. To install […]

  • Cable Route Survey Underway at Vineyard Wind Site

    21 October 2020
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has partnered with Woods Hole Group to carry out current and tidal monitoring at its planned 800 MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts. The parties deployed the current measuring and turbidity monitoring devices along the project’s export cable corridor to gain insight and data that will influence the planning and engineering of the […]

  • Scottish Drone Port to Service Offshore Wind

    7 October 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    The UK government has agreed to invest in the development of a Drone Port at Montrose in Scotland. The government has set aside GBP 5.6 million out of the GBP 26.5 million Angus Fund to promote North Angus and Montrose as a clean growth zone where new technologies can be used to improve energy efficiency. […]

  • Super-Sized Wind Turbine Blades to Be Tested in Germany

    20 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The Fraunhofer IWES is now starting construction work on a third rotor wind turbine blade test bench at its Großer Westring site in Bremerhaven, Germany. Once complete, the bench will be used to test state-of-the-art prototypes measuring 115 metres in length and even more. Some EUR 19 million are set to be invested in the […]

  • Nordsee One Seeks Guard Vessel

    16 June 2015
    Vessels

    Nordsee One GmbH has invited tenders for the provision of guard vessel services, which include monitoring and safeguarding of its offshore wind farm construction area.  The services are to be provided continuously over the entire installation phase on a 24/7 basis. The vessel will observe the surrounding, but not project-related traffic, evaluate if any risk of collision […]

  • New Offshore Installation Vessel Boreas Handed Over to Van Oord

    8 January 2025
    Vessels

    The offshore installation vessel, Boreas, has been handed over to the Dutch company Van Oord during a ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard in China. Van Oord ordered a self-elevating offshore installation vessel at the Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in October 2021. The Boreas, launched in May 2024, is purpose-built for the transport and installation […]

  • New Green Port Hull Berths Put to Use

    11 August 2016
    Vessels

    The newly constructed berths built as part of the Green Port Hull development on Alexandra Dock in Hull have welcomed their first vessels, Associated British Ports (ABP) reports. The vessels, Stema Shipping’s MV Bulknes and MV Beltnes, are using the berths to deliver almost 400,000 tonnes of crushed stone from Norway, which will be used […]

  • EU Nods to German Offshore Surcharge Reductions

    28 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The European Commission has found Germany’s plans to grant reductions on an offshore surcharge to electro-intensive users and railways to be in line with EU State aid rules.

  • Fugro Presents G2+ Positioning Service

    19 March 2015
    Technology

    Fugro has introduced a high accuracy G2+ service, designed to benefit offshore operators around the globe who require positioning and measurement accuracy at centimetre level. G2+ is an enhancement of Fugro’s highly regarded G2 service (based on GPS and GLONASS) and utilises highly advanced GNSS augmentation algorithms developed in-house by its GNSS augmentation experts. The […]