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  • UK: CTruk Expertise Save Time and Money

    21 May 2012

    Accidents do happen of course but for wind farm service vessels one critical performance is minimising ‘down time’. This can be measured by: – the speed of response; – the speed of repair; – the repair integrity; – the facilities required. The damage seen in the first photo resulted from a collision at speed with […]

  • France: Progress towards Clean Energy Stalled, IEA Says

    18 April 2013

    The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) yesterday. “The drive to clean up the world’s energy system has stalled,” IEA Executive Director […]

  • Construction Starts on Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Offshore Substation

    16 August 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Seatrium has held a strike steel ceremony at its Pioneer Yard in Singapore to mark the start of construction of the offshore substation for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Seatrium said that this project is the latest under construction by Seatrium New Energy (a member of Seatrium Group) for […]

  • RWE and DHL Sign Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement

    29 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    German logistics company DHL Group has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with RWE Supply & Trading for electricity generated at the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm, located in the German North Sea. Under the ten-year agreement, DHL will be offtaking around 104 GWh of electricity produced by Kaskasi per year, starting in […]

  • Sif Pairs Skybox Foundation with Get Up Safe System

    6 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pict Offshore to integrate the Get Up Safe (GUS) system, as standard, into its Skybox TP-less monopile foundation. The GUS system is a heave compensated personnel lifting solution that is said to transform the way in which maintenance technicians access offshore wind […]

  • Wind Power Grows in Europe’s Electricity Mix

    22 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind energy provided 14% of the EU’s electricity in 2018, which is an increase from 12% in 2017, according to statistics by WindEurope. Last year, wind power capacity rose by 11.3GW in Europe, with 2.65GW offshore and 8.6GW onshore. According to WindEurope, continued growth in capacity and the use of more powerful turbines are helping to increase wind’s share […]

  • Boskalis Ends Fugro Shareholding Story

    1 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Boskalis has sold all of its remaining shares in Fugro on 28 February by placing the last 9.38% of shares with institutional investors at EUR 14.50 per share.

  • Carbon Trust Delivers New York Floating LiDAR Plan

    19 July 2017
    R&D

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has published “The Metocean Plan”, authored by the UK-based Carbon Trust, which was supported by Frazer Nash Consultancy. The plan aims to support developers and financiers with the deployment of floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) solutions.

  • Carbon Trust Invites Bids for OW Subsea Cables R&D

    8 December 2015
    R&D

    The Carbon Trust has invited tenders for Dynamic Thermal Rating of Subsea Cables (DTR), as part of its major technology accelerator initiative focussed on reducing the cost of energy (GBP / MWh) from offshore wind by more than 10 %. The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) is funding large-scale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects to unlock technological […]

  • Prysmian, Siemens Win “Sword of Honour” Award

    8 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The consortium between Prysmian and Siemens, currently constructing the Western HVDC Link project, has received the “Sword of Honour” award from the British Safety Council (BSC). The 2015 Sword of Honour scheme was open to specific business units and sites that achieved a five star outcome – the highest score – in the Five Star […]

  • DNV GL Celebrates Double Milestone

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    DNV GL, the world’s leading ship classification society and one of the world’s leading risk and sustainability service providers, is celebrating a double milestone: The Foundation DNV’s 150th anniversary and DNV GL’s first year as a merged company. “This year marks 150 years of proud past for the Foundation Det Norske Veritas and that in […]

  • UK Electricity Reform Proposals Get Concerned Response

    21 December 2010
    Authorities

    UK electricity reform proposals to abolish the Renewables Obligation in place of a new Feed in Tariff have been met with a concerned response. The new UK electricity reform ‘Feed in Tariff with Contract for Difference’ (FIT CFD) announced last week is set to replace the Renewables Obligation (RO) for renewable energy projects built after […]

  • Japan Awards Fourth Site from 2023 Tender to JRE-Iberdrola-Tohoku Consortium

    26 March 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    A consortium comprising Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE), Iberdrola, and Tohoku Electric Power has secured the fourth site in Japan’s latest offshore wind tender. Three of the four sites put up for auction were awarded in December 2023, when the government said the results for the fourth site would be announced in March this year. […]

  • PCS Green Line to Present Power Converters at Hanover Fair (Germany)

    21 March 2011

    Visitors to the 2011 Hanover Fair will have a chance to see the expanded centrepiece of the new generation of PCS Green Line power converters: In addition to the extremely compact IGBT power module inside the power cabinet, PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH from Berlin presents an incoming feeder cabinet with smart DCU control unit […]

  • Bosch Buys Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Power

    21 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 MW of power from the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm with the Stuttgart-based technology and services company, Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch). The output is equivalent to around 200 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year. The power purchase agreement (PPA) runs for a term of […]

  • Two MOVE Project Vessels Begin Sea Trials

    6 December 2016
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Sea trials have begun on two Falmouth-based pilot vessels which will provide data for the Innovate UK funded MOVE (Monitoring for Operational Vessel Efficiency) project. The MOVE system is deployed on the two pilot vessels, which have been made available by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners. Data will be collected whilst the vessels carry out their daily duties, […]

  • Germany: Siemens to Build EUR 200 Mln Offshore Wind Turbine Factory

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Siemens will invest around €200 million to build its first production facility for offshore wind turbine components in Cuxhaven, Germany, the company reported today. The factory, expected to create up to 1,000 new jobs, will accommodate the final assembly of generators, hubs and nacelle back-ends, which are all connected to form complete nacelles, the core of Siemens 7 MW wind […]

  • Forewind Investigates Harbour Porpoises in North Sea

    9 December 2014
    Environment, R&D

    Forewind is one of five international offshore wind energy developers to jointly initiate an ambitious research programme into how the harbour porpoise population in the North Sea is likely to be affected by the construction of offshore wind farms. The programme, called Disturbance Effects on the Harbour Porpoise Population in the North Sea (DEPONS) will […]

  • Strainstall Wins Hywind Mooring Monitoring Contract

    19 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Strainstall, a monitoring solutions developer and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the 30MW Hywind pilot park – the world’s first floating offshore wind farm being developed by Statoil off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland. The site will consist of five, 6MW floating turbines, with […]

  • Berg Propulsion Scores Contract With Nostag Gmbh (Sweden)

    9 December 2010
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Continuing rising demand for sustainable wind-based energy plants in the North Sea has led Nostag Gmbh to contract Berg Propulsion to upgrade its cable layer, Nostag 10, by equipping the vessel with two azimuthing thrusters. Nostag, a consortium comprised of German companies Ludwig Freytag, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH and Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser, has been operating the […]

  • Doosan to Develop Korea’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

    29 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has been chosen as the main contractor to develop an 8MW offshore wind turbine within a 48-month long Large-Capacity Offshore Wind Power System Development project in South Korea, worth KRW 55 billion (approx. EUR 42 million).

  • UK: SeaHold Signs Charter Contract with Otto Marine for MPSV

    21 March 2012

    Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine company which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, announces that it has secured a bareboat charter contract from SeaHold GEOSHIPS LIMITED (A UK based. ISO 9001 certified Marine and Subsea services shipping company supporting offshore oil and gas and renewable […]

  • University of Oldenburg Wins EUR 3.8 Million for Offshore Wind Research Project (Germany)

    30 December 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) will sponsor the new research project, GW Wakes, on offshore wind energy at the University of Oldenburg, with 3.8 million euros over the next three years. The aim is to study the wind currents and wakes in large offshore wind farms with hundreds of […]

  • Competitive Industry

    24 February 2017

    What can be done to achieve lower costs? Which technology is required and where can companies and industries collaborate? Offshore WIND spoke to ECN’s expert in wind energy Peter Eecen on new insights that follow from ECN’s work within FLOW, the Far and Large Offshore Wind collaborative research programme.

  • Seaway7 Bags Inter-Array Cable Contract Offshore Poland

    25 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by Equinor and Polenergia for the inter-array cables of the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. Seaway7’s scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of 100 66 kV […]

  • Equinor, Polenergia Tap RockWave for Polish Offshore Wind Project

    7 March 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Equinor and Polenergia have awarded RockWave a contract for subsurface data reprocessing for the 1,560 MW Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract scope involves the reprocessing of sparker ultra-high resolution seismic (UHRS) data to create an optimised subsurface image. The new data will play a “crucial role” in upgrading the engineering ground […]