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  • USA: DOE Releases Small Business Innovation Research Funding Opportunity Announcements

    27 November 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The Department of Energy announced a series of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA).  In the area of Wind Power development, the Department seeks to award funding for the development of a met-ocean package for offshore wind. Awarded under Topic 10a, this funding opportunity seeks proposals that can cost-effectively develop a met-ocean […]

  • Granada Material Handling to Supply Beatrice Davit Cranes

    13 September 2016

    Bladt Industries A/S has awarded a contract to Manchester-based company Granada Material Handling for the design, manufacturing, delivery and commission of 30 davit crane units for the Beatrice offshore wind farm. Each of the Granada ‘Python’ crane units has been specifically designed for Beatrice and the marine environment in which it will operate. One ‘Python’ crane […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Secures Funds for Offshore Wind Turbine Test Field

    21 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has awarded Fraunhofer IWES with an EUR 18.5 million grant for the development of an offshore wind turbine test field in Bremerhaven. The test field is set to start operating in early 2017, the German research institute said, with construction works already underway. The site will be used to […]

  • Oil & Gas Company to House Offshore Wind LiDAR on Its New Zealand Gas Platform

    24 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Australian oil and gas company Beach Energy will install a Doppler Light Detection and Ranging system (LiDAR) on its Kupe platform in the gas field located offshore South Taranaki, New Zealand, and will share the obtained data with multiple offshore wind developers. On 23 August, the consortium between BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate and Elemental Group […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Pioneer Buys Two Subsea Services Providers

    17 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    UK offshore wind pioneer Venterra Group is acquiring two compatriot companies as part of its goal to build a service offering across the wind farm lifecycle, including engineer, build and support services. Venterra revealed it is buying Balltec, a provider of high-integrity connectors for subsea and marine engineering in the renewable energy sector, and Partrac, a provider […]

  • First Building Blocks Set for World’s First Artificial Island in Belgian North Sea (Video)

    30 April 2025
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    Construction has begun on the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island, in the Belgian North Sea, with the first two of 23 caissons already submerged at their final location. The work is being carried out on behalf of grid operator Elia Transmission Belgium by TM Edison, a joint venture between DEME and Jan De […]

  • Driven by data. A vessel monitoring system on the FCS 2710

    20 September 2019

    When it was first introduced to the maritime market, Damen’s Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 – the successor to the FCS 2610 – hit the headlines for many reasons. Stepless and safe crew transfers, increased passenger capacity and an optimised hull are all pieces of the puzzle that illustrate the evolving design. All in all, […]

  • Energy Transition Becoming Visible in Netherlands

    9 October 2014

    The Dutch National Energy Report reveals that the objectives for renewable energy and energy savings have not yet been achieved, but the climate objective has, and employment in the energy sector is shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy and savings.  Thanks to energy savings and the increasing production of renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions […]

  • Avangrid Shareholders Approve Iberdrola’s Takeover

    27 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry, Outlook & Strategy

    Avangrid’s shareholders have approved Iberdrola’s acquisition of the remaining 18.4 per cent of Avangrid’s capital, through a merger operation. The acquisition was supported by approximately 99 per cent of the votes cast, compared to just 1 per cent of votes cast against. The percentage of support amongst the voting shareholders, if the votes of Iberdrola […]

  • Germany: Regions’ Renewable Energy Competition Could Cause Overcapacity

    7 June 2012
    Authorities

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a meeting with state premiers next week to discuss regional competition in producing electricity from renewable sources that could cause overcapacity in the future. The point of the meeting is to achieve better collaboration in coordinating the transition process  from nuclear and coal power to renewable energy, says the Bloomberg. Namely, […]

  • Osiris Projects Gets ISO14001 Accreditation (UK)

    4 December 2013

    Osiris Projects, company specialized in hydrographic and geophysical survey, has announced that it got ISO14001 accreditation certified through NQA for its environmental management system. ISO14001:2004 is a global specification designed to measure and limit environmental impact through significantly reducing energy and raw materials consumption, while lowering production of waste. As part of these improvements, the […]

  • ESVAGT Gets New Owners

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    3i Infrastructure and AMP Capital have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire 100% of Danish company ESVAGT from Maersk Group. 3i Infrastructure will be investing approximately £109 million to acquire a 50% interest in ESVAGT and will have an equal shareholding with AMP Capital. Headquartered in Esbjerg, Denmark, ESVAGT provides emergency rescue and response […]

  • Two Bombs Found at Rampion Site

    24 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    During the unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys at the Rampion offshore wind site, two unexploded items have been found. The bombs, possibly from the Second World War 2 or even earlier, were located within close vicinity of each other within the offshore site. Nevertheless, the offshore construction is not affected by the UXO discovery. E.ON has issued a notice to […]

  • HORIZONS – The Application of Blockchain in the Energy Sector

    5 February 2019

    The potential for the use of blockchain within the energy sector is in focus of the third video in the Horizons series, co-produced by DOB-Academy and Offshore WIND with an aim to cover offshore wind topics in an easily digestible way. Blockchain remains a hard to understand concept. Some say it will change the way […]

  • NIRAS Keeps an Eye on Kriegers Flak Seals and Birds

    12 October 2015
    Environment, R&D

    Birds and seals have got GPS transmitters on them, and the birds are monitored with radar in preparation for the establishment of Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. It is a requirement for large construction projects such as ports, bridges and wind farms, that they must not affect the nature significantly. This requirement is particularly important […]

  • Improving subsea cable detection

    26 January 2015

    One of the major cost elements in developing an offshore wind farm is to be found in the area of cabling and grid connection. There are significant costs incurred with the production of the inter array and export cables, their installation and the related connection activities ensuring the transfer of the energy produced to the […]

  • Alstom to Exhibit at WindEnergy Hamburg

    29 July 2014

    From September 23-26, 2014, Hamburg will become the gateway to the world of wind energy. WindEnergy Hamburg unites major global onshore and offshore players under one roof. It brings together a high-calibre, professional audience and more than 1,000 exhibitors demonstrating their innovations and solutions from across the entire value chain of the industry. This new […]

  • HelWin Beta Topside Ready to Go

    9 June 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Heerema has successfully loaded the HVDC topside of Siemens’ HelWin beta platform onto a seagoing barge. On Saturday, the HelWin beta topside was loaded onto the H-542 barge, operated by Heerema Marine Contractors, a sister division of Heerema Fabrication Group, which built the platform. In October 2012, Heerema started the construction of the 10,200-ton HVDC […]

  • Pulse Completes Monitoring Project for Dong

    1 May 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse) has completed a subsea integrity monitoring project for a Dong Energy offshore wind farm. Pulse supplied a system to measure the motion of a number of unsupported sections of subsea cable at the Gunfleet Sands wind farm in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea. The investigation was to determine the impact […]

  • DOE Deploys AXYS WindSentinel Buoy off Atlantic City

    10 December 2015
    Authorities, R&D

    The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) recently deployed the AXYS WindSentinel buoy off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, to gather necessary data needed to plan future offshore wind deployments. The buoy is one of the two the Energy Department owns. In December 2014, researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory deployed the other buoy near Virginia […]

  • 3i, AMP Complete ESVAGT Acquisition

    21 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    3i Infrastructure plc and AMP Capital have completed the joint acquisition of 100% of Danish company ESVAGT A/S from Maersk Group, following clearance from the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulation. The transaction was announced in July this year, where by 3i Infrastructure invested £111m to acquire its 50% interest. “The sale to 3i Infrastructure […]

  • Gulf of Thailand Could Host 7GW of Offshore Wind Power

    13 April 2015
    R&D

    Researchers from Thailand and Canada have published a paper on offshore wind potential in Thailand.  The paper presents offshore wind resource maps of the Gulf of Thailand. The offshore wind resource maps are validated using measured wind speeds obtained from 28 meteorological towers installed along the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. The study shows that the Bay of […]

  • PKN Orlen Kicks Off Geological Surveys Offshore Poland

    29 October 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    PKN Orlen has commenced geological surveys at its offshore wind farm license area in the Polish Baltic Sea. The vessel sailed from the port of Gdansk to carry out the surveys at the circa 131km2 area located some 23km from the coast which will accommodate up to 1.2GW of offshore wind. The collected soil samples will be […]

  • Spica Technology Secures Burbo Bank Extension Contract

    29 May 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Spica Technology is to deliver 32 remote maintenance platforms to be installed on the wind turbines of Ørsted’s Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in Liverpool Bay, UK. The 258MW wind farm comprises 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines which have been in operation since May 2017. The remote maintenance platform is an add-on data collection system […]

  • Finland: AW-Energy to Test Power Take Off Systems

    5 December 2013

    AW-Energy sets up natural size, dry land testing facilities for Power Take Off Systems used in its WaveRoller wave energy converters. A rental agreement is now signed for huge industrial premises to house these facilities in Jarvenpaa, Finland. The testing facilities are going to be unique globally and contain an electro-hydraulic system to generate “dry” […]

  • Germany: TenneT Needs Underwater Ordnance Disposal Services

    22 February 2013
    Grid Connection

    TenneT Offshore GmbH is seeking a contractor to provide underwater ordnance disposal services for an offshore wind farm. The work is expected to be completed by July 01, 2014. The work covers evacuation of munitions along the proposed submarine cable route to connect the Nordergründe offshore wind farm. The 28 km long route runs along […]