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  • First Foundation Up at Borssele 1&2

    13 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group has installed the first foundations at Ørsted’s Borssele 1&2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation loaded the first set of monopiles at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 earlier this month and transported them to the wind farm. “The first monopile installed was also the heaviest and tallest on the wind farm, […]

  • RWE Lines Up EUR 5 Billion for Renewables Switch

    15 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    German energy company RWE has secured a EUR 5 billion credit agreement in preparation for the integration of the renewables activities of E.ON and innogy. The line of credit, provided by 27 international banks, was significantly oversubscribed, RWE said. Under the agreement reached in March 2018, E.ON is to take over RWE’s 76.79% stake in innogy, whereas RWE is […]

  • Spain: International Growth Helps Iberdrola Maintain Stable Profits During Crisis

    25 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    IBERDROLA is one of the Spanish industrial groups that has best managed the effects of the current economic crisis. This reflects a strategy initiated just over a decade ago focused on international growth, with 54% of Ebitda originating outside Spain in the first quarter of this year, and also on core businesses of generation, networks […]

  • StormGeo, Vissim Win Seagreen 1 Contract

    13 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    StormGeo and Vissim have been contracted to provide vessel management and weather forecasting services for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm in Scotland. The collaboration between StormGeo and Vissim will see live, on-site measurement data from Vissim’s wave devices being sent to StormGeo, which then creates live weather forecasts for Vissim’s vessel management system. These […]

  • Australia’s Maritime Union Launches Offshore Wind Campaign

    24 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Maritime Union of Australia has launched a petition calling on the State and Federal Governments to support offshore wind and fund a just transition.

  • PNE Wind Appoints New CEO

    8 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    German wind farm developer PNE Wind AG has selected Markus Lesser to be the company’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Lesser, the company’s current Chief Operating Officer, will take over the position from Per Hornung Pedersen, who served as interim CEO since December 2015, at the annual general meeting of the company on May 25, 2016. During his 25-year […]

  • Hollandse Kust Noord WRA Team Selected

    10 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium consisting of Oldbaum Services, Pondera Consult, Whiffle and Deltares will support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) by conducting a Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) for the Hollandse Kust (noord) (HKN) wind farm zone.

  • Anholt OWF: Ripple Effect among Suppliers (Denmark)

    7 March 2013

    The construction of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm has a ripple effect among the suppliers – and not least the local suppliers. Already before the Anholt project was launched in Grenaa in 2010, activists in the local area decided – supported by visionary local business development politics – to establish a network organisation of the local […]

  • CRCC Entering Offshore Wind Market, Orders Jack-Up Vessel at COSCO

    14 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    On 11 May, China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has placed an order with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry for a jack-up vessel with a lifting capacity of 1,300 tonnes that will be deployed on the construction of offshore wind farms. 

  • EOLOS and OceanPact Join Forces for Offshore Wind in Brazil

    8 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Spain-based EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions has signed an agreement with OceanPact to secure business in the Brazilian offshore wind market. Under the agreement, EOLOS FLS200 technology, which recently achieved Stage 3 rating under the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap, will be combined with OceanPact’s environmental marine services expertise. EOLOS will provide OceanPact with the […]

  • BSH Approves Suction Bucket at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    26 August 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved the suction bucket jacket foundation, which is installed without noisy pile driving. “We were particularly pleased with this foundation,” stated the President of BSH Monika Breuch-Moritz. “It shows that the authorities, academia and industry are continuously looking for solutions that strike a balance between protection […]

  • Vallourec Structural Tubes for Borssele OSS

    29 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The France-headquartered Vallourec is supplying structural tubes for the Borssele Alpha and Beta offshore transformer stations in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Acta Marine Orders Methanol-Powered CSOVs

    14 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    The Netherlands-based maritime support provider Acta Marine has signed a contract for the construction of two next-generation, Methanol MDO/HVO powered DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. Acta Marine has also reserved options for two additional CSOVs for delivery at a later stage. The vessels are primarily aimed at the […]

  • Offshore Wind in Northeastern USA Powerful but Unstable

    15 August 2016
    R&D

    University of Delaware (UD) researchers, who studied wind conditions at the Cape Wind offshore site, have found that offshore wind in the northeastern United States may be more powerful, yet more unstable than expected.  The findings could have important implications for the future development of offshore wind farms in the U.S., including the assessment of how much […]

  • Offshore Wind Market Size to Surpass 60GW by 2024, GM Insights Report Says

    30 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Offshore wind market size will surpass 60GW by 2024, according to the latest report by Global Market Insights.

  • OP to Display MaXccess Wind Turbine Access System at Seawork 2011 (UK)

    13 June 2011
    Technology

    Safe, cost effective and efficient transfer between floating support vessels and offshore wind turbines is a ‘holy grail’ for the offshore wind industry. OSBIT Power (OP) has risen to the challenge, and developed the MaXccess system – MX11/01. The first system will be on display at Seawork 2011 on the OP stand (Q27). “We held […]

  • Slip Ring with Diagnostic System to Be Introduced at EWEA 2014

    28 February 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    LEINE LINDE SYSTEMS will present the new ADSR in detail at EWEA 2014 in Barcelona from March 10 to 13, 2014. The ADSR is the first slip ring with a diagnostic system for analyzing condition and predicting remaining service life. Service planning made more efficient Wind turbines, both onshore and offshore, are usually geographically distributed, […]

  • French Company Develops Offshore Wind Power Software (VIDEO)

    17 April 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Drawing on its considerable experience in the field of offshore oil production, which resulted in bringing to market numerous innovations, in 2011, IFP Energies nouvelles turned its attention to research aimed at coming up with technologies enabling the development of offshore wind power, along with the conversion of wave energy, tidal energy and ocean thermal […]

  • Star of the South Seabed Surveys Impending

    2 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Seabed surveys at Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project, are set to begin in March. According to the project developer, specialists will carry out the seabed studies from Lakes Entrance using the vessel Silver Star. The surveys include mapping the seafloor, measuring water depths and identifying any buried infrastructure such as cables. Data […]

  • Floating Met Mast Starts Operating Offshore Greece

    26 July 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Greek companies Streamlined Naval Architects LTD, ETME, ERGOMARE S.A., and Enalios Diving Center have completed the deployment of a FloatMast platform in the Aegean Sea. The first Floating MetMast was installed off the coast of the island of Makronissos, at a sea depth of 65 metres and at a distance of 250 metres from the […]

  • Australians Schedule Community Talks Ahead of Site Investigations

    2 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The team behind Australia’s first offshore wind project, Star of the South, is holding a series of consultations with local communities in Gippsland ahead of the site investigation campaigns scheduled to start later this year. The project team will hold a number of information sessions from 12 September to 21 September. Following the community sessions, […]

  • BMO Offshore Wins Beatrice Contract

    25 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    BMO Offshore has won a new framework contract with SSE to deploy vessel monitor measurement systems on the Beatrice offshore wind farm. 

  • Mitsubishi Rebounds with Hitachi after Alstom Bid Failed

    2 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has disclosed its plans for global growth within the energy sector, which it intends to achieve through its joint venture with Hitachi. At an annual company meeting, MHI said that the expansion of its energy business was not reliant on the Alstom bid. The company lost the race for acquisition of […]

  • Marine Energy Industry Drafts Policy Recommendations to DECC

    16 November 2015

    South West Marine Energy Industry informed today that it submitted a draft set of policy recommendations which are intended to  accelerate the commercialisation of wave and tidal energy to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) minister Andrea Leadsom, Regen SW informed. Johnny Gowdy said: “Over 20 South West business and university representatives made the trip up […]

  • BWE to Hold Special Offshore Wind Conference

    22 October 2015

    On November 3 and 4, the Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. (BWE) will hold a special conference on the topic “Offshore Wind Energy Operation – Strategies and Experiences from the First Operating Phase”. “We want to especially focus on ‘cost reduction measures’ and ‘offshore experience reports’. For this purpose, we invited some well-respected and competent specialists that […]

  • Queen’s Speech Confirms Conservatives’ Energy Plans

    27 May 2015
    Authorities

    Her Majesty The Queen today delivered the speech to the UK Parliament as part of the State Opening of Parliament 2015. The speech sets out the government’s policies and proposed legislative programme for the new parliamentary session. Regarding the new Energy Bill, it was revealed today that the UK government, led by David Cameron and the Conservative party, would […]