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  • Baltic 2 OWF Progress Marks Milestone for INROS LACKNER

    16 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    In the last week of August, the first of a total of 80 wind energy plants of the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm was erected. For INROS LACKNER this also marks an important milestone as the company is involved in the offshore wind project on behalf of EnBW. The wind farm, with a total capacity of 288 […]

  • Chancellor’s Incentive to Boost East of England

    21 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Incentives from the Budget will help steer the East of England ever closer to becoming the heart of the UK offshore wind industry. A three-year extension on business rate discounts for companies moving to the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone was among the Chancellor’s measures in what is predicted to be a pivotal year […]

  • Van Oord’s Boreas First to Use Wärtsilä Methanol System

    22 March 2022
    Technology, Vessels

    Van Oord’s wind turbine installation vessel Boreas will be the first to feature Wärtsilä’s dedicated fuel supply system for methanol, MethanolPac. The MethanolPac will complement the Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engine which will also debut on Van Oord’s mega jack-up ordered at Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in China. MethanolPac includes both the low- and high-pressure parts […]

  • U.S. Coast Guard Studies Boat Traffic in Proposed Wind Farm Areas

    29 December 2011

    In part to determine how planned offshore wind farms could affect maritime navigation, the U.S. Coast Guard is undertaking a large-scale study of government, commercial and pleasure boat traffic up and down the Atlantic coast. While the Coast Guard routinely looks at vessel traffic on a port-by-port basis, the study that’s now under way is […]

  • Spain: Iberdrola to Focus on Network and Renewables

    24 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    IBERDROLA projects average Ebitda and net earnings for the 2012-2014 period in line with the €7.65 billion and €2.8 billion recorded in 2011, enabling it to continue remunerating shareholders at a gross annual average of about €0.3 per share. The Group will achieve this through a strategy focused on moderating investments, which will be directed […]

  • TÜV SÜD and PMSS to Jointly Appear at EWEA 2013

    29 January 2013

    Presenting a complete range of services in the field of offshore and onshore wind power, TÜV SÜD and PMSS will attend the EWEA Annual Event in Vienna. By acquiring PMSS in 2012, the international provider of testing, certification services and training services has complemented its portfolio and further expanded its international network. At their first […]

  • BadaEnergy Wraps Up EIA Consultation for 1.5 GW Floating Wind Project in South Korea

    22 July 2024
    Environment, Floating Wind

    BadaEnergy has completed the environmental impact assessment (EIA) consultation with South Korea’s Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, for its Gray Whale floating offshore wind project in Ulsan. The completion of the EIA consultation is said to be a result of a more than 30-month-long consultation […]

  • Damen Receives Another Vessel Order from Taiwanese Company

    28 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The Netherlands’ Damen Group has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of a new service operation vessel (SOV) that will serve offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The SOV will be built at the Damen shipyard in Vietnam and is slated for delivery at the end of 2026. This is […]

  • ZTT to Upgrade 2023-Built Monopile Installation Vessel

    17 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Vessels

    China-based Tier 1 supplier to the offshore wind industry, ZTT, will put its flagship monopile installation vessel Zhongtian 39, launched in October 2023, through an upgrade to prepare the vessel “to take on its next mission with unmatched capabilities”. The upgrade will include the integration of a DP2 dynamic positioning system into the vessel which […]

  • EIB, Japan Bank for International Cooperation Eye Offshore Wind, Subsea Interconnector Investments

    27 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have entered into an agreement to further expand cooperation on a range of globally relevant investments, including projects contributing to carbon neutrality in the European Union, such as subsea interconnectors, offshore wind plans, battery storage facilities, and hydrogen technology development. The expanded cooperation […]

  • RVO to Launch Metocean Campaign Tender for Two IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Areas

    13 September 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued prior information notice about an upcoming tender for two meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) campaigns to be carried out at the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (IJVWFZ). The tender, expected to be launched in October, will be divided into two lots, one for each of the two campaign sites […]

  • Boskalis Greens Up Borssele Fleet

    25 September 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. will use a biofuel blend on the project to install the export cable to the Borssele offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Norwegians Pitch Hywind Tampen Floating Wind Project

    3 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and its partners in the Snorre and Gullfaks licences have secured a portion of funding necessary for the project to power these two oil and gas fields on the Norwegian continental shelf with floating offshore wind turbines. 

  • Norway: Equinor to Power Oil & Gas Platforms with 88MW OWF

    28 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Norway could become the home of the first offshore wind farm directly connected to oil and gas platforms, as Equinor and its partners at Gullfaks and Snorre have decided to explore the possibilities of supplying the five platforms at the oil and gas fields with power from a floating offshore wind.

  • Siemens Gamesa Kicks Off Personnel Safety Training

    15 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has begun working with Siemens Gamesa’s Offshore business unit on training approximately 6,000 employees in developing greater risk awareness to improve safety. The companies partnered to implement DuPont Risk Factor training, as well as group leadership coaching for 275 senior and middle management staff, and a number of Safety in Engineering […]

  • Ørsted’s Skipjack Delayed Due to Permitting Issues

    23 April 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted is postponing the Skipjack Wind Farm project offshore Maryland, US by a year due to delays in the permitting procedure. The delays will push the project’s anticipated completion date from late 2022 to the end of 2023, the world’s leading offshore wind developer said. “As the federal permitting timeline evolves, Ørsted is now receiving […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Breaks Ground on Taiwanese Nacelle Assembly Plant

    16 September 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a nacelle assembly facility in the Port of Taichung in Taiwan. Construction is due to begin in 2020 and the nacelle assembly facility is expected to be operational in 2021. The parcel of land being developed in Taiwan measures over 30,000 square metres and will be used […]

  • North Sea Systems and Kongsberg Maritime Complete IoW Acoustic Job

    27 January 2014
    Environment

    North Sea Systems and Kongsberg Maritime Ltd have teamed up for the project at an Isle of Wight tidal renewables energy site. The two companies conducted a passive acoustic monitoring programme located just off Yarmouth, which is regarded as one of the prime locations in the South for potential tidal turbine development programmes. The project […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe OWF among First to Qualify for UK’s New Support Scheme

    4 December 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power today confirms that its 450 megawatt offshore wind farm in Scotland has been announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as one of the first projects eligible to apply for the UK’s new renewable energy support scheme. DECC has this morning published details of the renewable energy projects in […]

  • Germany: GL Releases WindFarmer 5.0

    29 June 2012
    Technology

    Taking another step in the development of its wind farm design software, GL Garrad Hassan has released version 5.0 of WindFarmer. The software aids the design and analysis of wind farm layouts, to give maximum energy yield with minimum environmental impact. The new release includes wind flow modelling technology, enabling wind farm analysts to calculate […]

  • GE Prepares Electrical System for French Tidal Array

    28 May 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    With EDF set to operate a tidal energy array near Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France at the end of 2015, GE Power Conversion reported that it is on track for finalization of the electrical conversion system, due for summer 2015. GE’s Belfort team is working diligently to perform relevant tests before installing the system both subsea and onshore, […]

  • Report Available: Q2 2014 Global Wind Market Update – Growth Continues

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Q2 2014 Global Wind Market Update – Growth Continues” report to their offering. Global new firm order inflow for Q2 2014 increased by around 80% over Q1 2014 levels while the same increased by around 3% over Q2 2013 levels. The Global market has improved with […]

  • Red7Marine Acquires New Diving Support Vessel

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Red7Marine Offshore, air diving provider based in Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen, will add saturation diving to its wide range of offshore and subsea services to the oil & gas and renewables markets with diving support vessel Red7Alliance. Capable of working worldwide, the vessel will operate from the company’s Great Yarmouth marine base where it is […]

  • Seafox, Ardent Decommission Dogger Bank Met Masts

    1 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Seafox informed today, 1 December, that it decommissioned two Forewind’s Dogger Bank meteorological masts at the end of September, together with Ardent as the main subcontractor for the works.

  • LM Wind Power and ECN Develop Smart Blade Tips

    31 January 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Danish blade maker LM Wind Power and the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) have developed blade tips which are said to increase offshore wind farm yields.

  • Triton Knoll Starts Cable Route Surveys in Lincolnshire

    31 October 2016
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Triton Knoll is set to start survey works on the dunes and beach at Mogg’s Eye, Anderby, Lincolnshire, as the 900MW offshore wind project moves into the design phase after consent was granted for its Electrical System in September. Up to three days of survey works are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, 3 November, using […]