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  • WINDEA CTV Hybrid-Ready Quartet Delivered

    3 July 2024
    Vessels

    WINDEA CTV, a partnership between Hornblower Group and MidOcean Wind, has completed the delivery of four US-built, hybrid-ready crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for operations supporting large-scale commercial offshore wind projects along the East Coast. The four CTVs include the previously delivered WINDEA Courageous and WINDEA Intrepid, as well as the recently completed and delivered WINDEA […]

  • Faulty Towers Set World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Back

    13 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 11-turbine Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm under construction, will be completed in 2023 and not by the end of 2022 as initially planned, Equinor said. The first seven Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW wind turbines will come on stream this year as planned. The final four will be installed next spring, […]

  • US DOE Seeks Input on Aqua Ventus I Environmental Assessment Scope

    16 February 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) is requesting public input on the scope of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 12MW New England Aqua Ventus I floating offshore wind demonstration project in the Gulf of Maine, being developed by the University of Maine.

  • Offshore Wind Brings Together Beothuk and Iron & Earth

    14 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Beothuk Energy and Iron & Earth have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further facilitate the apprenticeships and retraining necessary for oil and gas workers to move into the offshore wind sector. Beothuk Energy is proposing six offshore wind farms in Atlantic Canada with a combined capacity of more than 4,000MW, while Iron & Earth […]

  • Carnegie Wave Uses MathWorks’ Model-Based Design

    17 September 2015

    MathWorks has announced that Carnegie Wave Energy used Model-Based Design, MATLAB and Simulink, to design and build the world’s only operating wave farm. As part of the Perth Wave Energy Project (PWEP), Carnegie needed to demonstrate the viability of its CETO technology, which generates power from ocean swells via submerged buoys. Engineers needed to analyze loads […]

  • BOEM Starts Environmental Review of New York Bight Lease Areas

    14 July 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct a regional environmental review of six lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey, in an area known as the New York Bight. Leases for these six areas were awarded through BOEM’s February 2022 auction that brought in over USD 4.3 billion, a record amount […]

  • 6 Alpha Associates Secures Contract with TenneT

    28 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    6 Alpha Associates, the strategic advisor for managing high risk offshore initiatives, has signed a long-term framework contract with TenneT, the European grid operator responsible for connecting offshore wind projects to the German electricity network. The agreement will see 6 Alpha Associates provide complex survey and risk management advice for unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk in […]

  • UK: IEA Releases Report on Status of Clean Energy Technologies

    26 April 2012
    R&D

    The International Energy Agency (IEA) launched its 2012 Tracking Clean Energy Progress report at the third Clean Energy Ministerial in London. The report measures progress in the global development and deployment of energy-efficient and clean energy technologies in the industry, building, power generation, and transport sectors. The report also analyzes each technology’s chances of achieving the Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 2°C […]

  • USA: BOEM Seeks Industry Interest in Wind Energy Development Offshore North Carolina

    13 December 2012

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it is publishing a Call for Information and Nominations to gauge the offshore wind industry’s interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in three areas offshore North Carolina and to request comments regarding site […]

  • Norway: Statnett Reports Profit After Tax of USD 45 Million

    14 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Statnett Group reports profit after tax of NOK 265 million for the first quarter of 2012. The corresponding figure for the same period in 2011 was NOK 394 million. The reduction was due to downward adjustment of tariffs for 2012 and lower congestion revenues in the period. In the first quarter of 2012 total […]

  • BOEM Orders Study on Block Island Wind Farm’s Impact on Tourism

    6 February 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has contracted the University of Rhode Island (URI) to document the effects of the Block Island Wind Farm, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, on recreation and tourism in Rhode Island.

  • New ECN Control System to Increase Wind Turbine Yield

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    ECN introduces an advanced control system that individually adjusts wind turbine blades. This makes it possible to construct larger wind turbines that generate up to 13% more energy. It is a well-known fact that wind energy production costs of large wind turbines are lower and the yield is higher. However, a problem with large turbines […]

  • Mitsubishi Acquires 50 pct of Walney 1 Offshore Transmission Assets (UK)

    2 December 2011
    Grid Connection

    Mitsubishi Corporation (hereafter “MC”), through its wholly owned special purpose company and its UK based subsidiary, has acquired a 50% share of the Walney 1 offshore transmission assets (hereafter “Walney 1”). The acquisition was made from Macquarie Capital Group Limited (UK Branch) (hereafter “Macquarie”), and represents the first time for a Japanese company to be […]

  • China Hails Delivery of First Offshore Wind Service Operation Vessels

    19 August 2024
    Vessels

    The naming and delivery ceremony of the first two China-built offshore wind power service operation vessels (SOVs) was held at Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) yard in Quidong, China, on 16 August. The Zhi Zhen 100 and Zhi Cheng 60 vessels were delivered by ZPMC to Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group with Schulte Marine Concept […]

  • 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 […]

  • Research Project Proves Large-Scale Oyster Reef Restoration at Offshore Wind Farms Feasible

    22 July 2025
    Business development, Environment, Research & Development

    A research project carried out by The Oyster Restoration Company (TORC) and supported by RWE has established that large-scale native oyster reef restoration at offshore wind farms in the North Sea is feasible. “Flat oysters are an important species because they can create reefs that provide food and breeding grounds for many other species. Due […]

  • Sembcorp Marine Starts Building Sofia Offshore Converter Platform

    24 September 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Sembcorp Marine and RWE have marked the start of the fabrication of the offshore converter platform for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm with an official steel-cutting ceremony at Sembcorp Marine’s yard in Batam, Indonesia. “The offshore converter station sitting at the heart of the wind farm will be one of the most powerful […]

  • RWE and Partners Secure 684 MW Japanese Offshore Wind Site

    13 December 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    RWE Offshore Wind Japan Murakami-Tainai K.K. has been selected in a consortium together with Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui) and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas) to deliver a 684 MW commercial-scale offshore wind project in Japan. The Japanese Government has appointed the consortium to develop, construct, and operate a fixed-bottom offshore wind farm off […]

  • TenneT Installs Artificial Reefs at Hollandse Kust West Alpha Offshore Netherlands

    27 October 2023
    Environment, R&D

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has placed several artificial reefs at the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore transformer platform in the Dutch North Sea. The platform will connect the Ecowende consortium (Shell/Eneco) wind farm to the high-voltage grid. In collaboration with Equans/Smulders, TenneT placed two types of artificial reefs near the offshore substation […]

  • US Federal Agencies Release North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy

    26 January 2024
    Business development, Environment, Industry, Research & Development

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries have released a final joint strategy to protect and promote the recovery of endangered North Atlantic right whales while developing offshore wind energy. North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction and approximately 360 individuals are remaining, including fewer […]

  • Adwen Prepares for Life of Service

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Adwen GmbH will shut down the production and repair plant in Bremerhaven and close the sites in Bremen and Emden, with the service operation in Bremerhaven remaining in place.

  • Smulders Orders Granada Cranes for Triton Knoll

    2 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has awarded a contract to Granada Material Handling Ltd to design, manufacture, deliver and commission 90 davit crane units for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.

  • New Jersey Pitches Offshore Wind Energy Certificate Rule

    26 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has proposed a rule that would establish an offshore wind funding mechanism known as an Offshore Wind Energy Certificate (OREC).

  • Osbit Backs Van Oord at Walney Extension

    17 July 2017

    Osbit has delivered a hybrid monopile cleaning tool to Van Oord, designed to support the installation of offshore wind turbine foundations.

  • JF Subsea Wraps Up UXO Seek and Destroy Mission at Nordergründe

    30 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    James Fisher Subsea has completed the location and excavation of unexploded ordnance (UXO) at the 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm located 16 kilometres off the North Sea coast of Germany. Of the 224 targets identified, 72 were deemed to be UXO’s and had to be detonated with minimal impact to sea life, JF Subsea said. “Due to the […]

  • Dutch Intelligence Warns Russia May Be Preparing to Sabotage Offshore Wind, Gas and Cable Infrastructure in North Sea

    22 February 2023
    Authorities

    Dutch General and Military Intelligence and Security Services (AVID and MVID) have sent a letter to the government together with an update on the latest insights into activities being covertly conducted by Russia, including those that are potentially being carried out in preparation for sabotage of the Dutch energy infrastructure in the North Sea. On […]