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  • France Launches Second Offshore Wind Tender

    9 January 2013
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho announced launching of a new tender for construction of offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 1GW, the Ministry said in a press release. This second tender for wind turbines generating electricity at sea should allow the construction of offshore wind farms off […]

  • Queen Elizabeth II Visits Siemens Gamesa Blade Factory in Hull

    16 November 2017
    Authorities

    Siemens Gamesa welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to its offshore wind turbine blade factory at Alexandra Dock in Hull, UK, on 16 November.

  • France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders

    16 May 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s energy regulator Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) has pre-selected ten bids for the development of an offshore wind farm project off Dunkerque, according to local media.

  • Maersk Training to Hold Open Evening in Newcastle

    23 December 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    Maersk Training in Newcastle has invited North East residents aged 15 or over to attend an Open Evening event on 18 January and learn more about the company’s range of accredited Career Transition Training Programmes. The Open Evening will be held at Maersk Training Newcastle Ltd, 2 Mercury Court, Orion Business Park, from 4 pm to 6:30 […]

  • IRENA: Offshore Wind Could Reach 100GW Capacity by 2030

    31 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind power has the potential to grow from 13 gigawatts (GW) in 2015, to 100GW in 2030, driven by technology advancements and further cost declines, according to new analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). ‘Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind’, launched at the World Wind Energy Conference in Tokyo, provides an overview of the […]

  • Dogger Bank Lidar Cuts the Mustard

    2 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    A ZephIR 300 wind lidar installed at Dogger Bank for the Forewind consortium has provided data which shows the technology has advanced to the stage where it can be used in future as an alternative to meteorological masts for wind data collection, according to Zephir Lidar. The Dogger Bank projects being developed by the Forewind […]

  • New Jersey: Offshore Wind Economically Non-Viable

    26 November 2015
    Authorities

    An update to New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan has shown a non-enthusiastic and careful approach to offshore wind, referring to it as not being economically viable at this time.  On 20 November, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection released a draft update to the 2011 New Jersey […]

  • PNE Wind Upbeat Despite Posting Q3 Loss

    9 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German wind farm project developer PNE Wind AG is optimistic about the future on the account of a well-filled development pipeline for offshore and onshore wind projects, Markus Lesser, the company’s Interim CEO and COO, said in the company’s financial report for the quarter ended September 30. At the end of the third quarter 2015, the Cuxhaven-based […]

  • HR Wallingford’s Fast Flow Facility Wraps Up a Busy First Year

    30 October 2015
    R&D, Technology

    UK-based specialist engineering consultancy HR Wallingford today marked one year from the official opening of their Fast Flow Facility, a 75-meter-long flume designed to simulate the interaction of waves, currents and sediments at large scale and in more detail than was previously possible. Since its official opening on 30 October 2014, the Fast Flow Facility has been involved in several […]

  • EU to Use Ocean Resources for Further Growth

    13 May 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The EU has presented an action plan to help make better, responsible use of Europe’s ocean resources. With two thirds of the planet covered by water, the sea’s resources can help to meet food, medicine and energy needs. The “blue economy” could also contribute to sustainable growth. The Commission identifies a number of hurdles to […]

  • MHI Vestas Orders ABB Transformers for Portuguese Floating Giants

    26 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has contracted ABB to deliver its WindSTAR transformers specifically designed for floating wind turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project offshore Portugal.

  • Van Oord’s Giant Jack-Up to Feature ABB Tech

    24 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    ABB has secured a contract with Yantai CIMC Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China to supply Van Oord’s wind turbine installation vessel Boreas with power, automation, and propulsion systems. Under the contract, ABB will provide four Azipod propulsion units with a combined propulsion power of 16 MW, offering significant space and weight savings as well […]

  • First Gravity-Based Foundation Loaded and Ready for Fécamp Site

    1 July 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 71 gravity-based foundations for the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm has been placed on its transport barge at the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France, ahead of transport and installation at the project site off the coast of Normandy. The consortium of Boskalis, Saipem, and Bouygues Construction […]

  • Dominion Gathers Jones Act Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Team

    21 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    The Houston-based National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has secured contracts to design, and deliver equipment for the GustoMSC™ NG-16000X-SJ offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessel ordered by Dominion Energy. Designed by GustoMSC, a business unit within NOV, this first Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind is being constructed by Keppel AmFELS at its Brownsville shipyard in […]

  • Fugro to Monitor Offshore Wind Biodiversity by Using eDNA Samples

    3 May 2023
    Business development, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has launched the BeWild project, aimed at measuring biodiversity at offshore wind farms. Fugro, together with project partners, will focus on developing methodologies and technologies for remotely collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) samples in the North Sea. The collected data will assess the impact of offshore wind farms on biodiversity and […]

  • 30 MW French Floating Offshore Wind Project Enters Construction Stage

    26 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies, BW Ideol, and Qair, the developers behind the EolMed project, have started the construction of three floating wind turbines for the 30 MW wind farm offshore France. The arrival of the first steel blocks that will make up the three floating substructures marked the beginning of the construction of the wind turbines in the […]

  • Jan De Nul’s Mega Jack-Up Sets Sail from UAE to Europe

    29 March 2023
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul’s new jack-up vessel, Voltaire, has left Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where it underwent further commissioning and project-specific adjustments ahead of its first assignment, and is now on its way to Europe. The vessel’s first deployment will be on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project offshore the UK, the world’s […]

  • Ørsted Starts Building Hornsea Three’s Kittiwake Artificial Nesting Structures

    31 January 2023
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has commenced work on constructing artificial nesting structures for Black-legged kittiwake offshore Minsmere and Lowestoft in East Suffolk, UK, as part of a compensation scheme associated with its Hornsea Three offshore wind farm. The works were scheduled to start on 30 January for the site off Minsmere, where one artificial nesting structure (ANS) will […]

  • Jumbo Shipping Delivers 51 Monopiles to Barrow-in-Furness for Walney Offshore Windfarm 2 (UK)

    27 July 2011

    Jumbo Shipping has successfully transported 51 monopiles from EEW’s manufacturing plant in Rostock, Germany, to Barrow-in-Furness in the UK. The monopiles’ final destination was DONG Energy’s Walney Offshore Windfarm 2. When the contract was awarded, the first shipment was only seven weeks away, during which time Jumbo engineered all shipments and designed and manufactured saddles […]

  • UK: FloWave TT Builds Tidal and Wave Test Center

    31 May 2012
    Technology

    A tidal and wave testing facility that is currently under construction is expected to make testing of tidal prototypes easier. According to Onlinetes.com, the FloWave TT test center is being built at the University of Edinburgh’s King’s Buildings campus. The facility will contain the first water tank in the world capable of simulating waves of […]

  • Wind to Back National Grid’s Gone Green Scenario

    16 July 2015

    RenewableUK, the trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries has welcomed the latest update of National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios and their review of the performance of the energy sector last winter. In their annual Future Energy Scenarios, National Grid said the “Gone Green” pathway is “the only scenario to achieve all […]

  • GWEC Recommends Path for Indian Offshore Wind

    24 February 2015
    R&D

    The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has launched Offshore Wind Policy and Market Assessment Outlook report, in which it sets out recommendations for the development of the offshore wind industry in India.  The report was developed as a part of the FOWIND (Facilitating Offshore Wind in India) project launched by the GWEC-led consortium in December 2013. The […]

  • G9: 616 Reported Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry in 2013

    17 July 2014
    R&D

    The G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9), supported by the Energy Institute (EI), has published its first annual incident data report. This publication gives a comprehensive insight into the health and safety performance of the G9 members from 35 sites spread across the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. The offshore wind industry has […]

  • Mojo Maritime Opens Its French Business

    21 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Mojo Maritime, the Falmouth based marine renewable energy experts, has expanded into France, having incorporated a wholly owned French subsidiary in response to the growing French tidal energy market. Mojo Maritime France S.A.S. is headquartered in Cherbourg, Normandy, and has operations in Nantes, Western France. The company started trading on 1st May 2014 and has […]

  • DNV to Certify Wind Turbines in Korea

    10 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The Korean Energy Agency (KEA) has selected DNV to deliver Type Certification services for wind turbines selected in Korean wind farm projects. The certification will be granted according to Korean standards and the international certification scheme IEC, DNV said. ”As wind parks will increasingly be erected offshore, in greater water depths, harsh climates and remote […]

  • Ørsted Puts Focus on Sustainable East Coast Hub

    30 November 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Focus Consultants has won a contract to deliver sustainability services for Ørsted’s East Coast Hub which is currently under construction on the Royal Docks at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.