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  • Elia Awards HVAC Contracts for World’s First Energy Island

    20 June 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Belgium’s transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has awarded contracts to several companies for high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) components of Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island. The artificial energy island will be built some 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast, within the Princess Elisabeth offshore wind farm zone, and span about five hectares above […]

  • Deepwater Wind Considering Brooklyn for NYC OW Base

    26 February 2016
    Authorities

    Deepwater Wind, the company behind the first U.S. offshore wind farm, is looking into using South Brooklyn Marine Terminal as a staging area for one of its potential offshore wind projects. In addition, the developer is considering a partnership with two local companies, a freight-transport facility Red Hook Container Terminal and Industry City, an innovation and manufacturing […]

  • Sarens, Empire Energy Offshore Team Up for US Offshore Wind Projects

    1 October 2024
    Business & Finance

    Belgium-headquartered Sarens has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) framework agreement with Empire Energy Partners’ Offshore Division to support the development of offshore wind projects in the US. The collaboration, which combines Empire Energy’s engineering, procurement, and construction capabilities with Sarens’ knowledge in large-scale heavy lifting and transport, aims to create a unified solution for […]

  • Semco Maritime to Serve Vineyard Wind’s Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farms

    1 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vineyard Wind has selected Semco Maritime as the preferred supplier for maintenance of the foundations and electric service platform (ESP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, and has also signed an agreement which will see Semco Maritime setting up a service and maintenance hub in New Bedford for the Commonwealth Wind project. The […]

  • UK: Dong Holds Exhibitions on Wind Turbine Prototype

    25 June 2012

    Last weekend, Danish power company, DONG Energy, held two exhibitions at the Greensward Cafe, in Marine Parade West. Namely, the company is planning to test two wind turbine prototypes at the Gunfleet Sands wind farm. This is the first time the 6MW wind turbines from Siemens will have been tested offshore. The new turbines will […]

  • Denmark: DONG Uses ‘Floating Hotel’ to Utilise Periods with Good Weather

    18 December 2012

    While the installation activity at Anholt wind farm is intensified, the personnel logistics is also optimised in the week before Christmas. On 1 December 2012, the floating hotel Wind Perfection arrived at Grenaa Harbour to be ready to take its position in the wind farm to act as floating hotel for the many technicians involved […]

  • US to Start Federal Permitting Process for Sunrise Wind OWF

    30 August 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to start an environmental review of the Sunrise Wind project offshore New York, the US Department of Interior (DoI) said on 30 August. The project, developed by Ørsted and Eversource, is proposed to be built in a lease area in federal waters approximately 31 miles (around 50 […]

  • 3E to Study Strike Prices for Belgian Princess Elisabeth Zone Tender

    26 October 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    3E, a Belgium-based technology and SaaS company for the wind, solar and energy storage industries, has been awarded a contract for a strike price study for the offshore wind tender(s) in the Princess Elisabeth zone. Under the contract signed on 20 October, 3E will analyse both the maximum strike price and the strike price range […]

  • LOC Expands Its Activities in Asia Pacific

    21 February 2012
    R&D

    London Offshore Consultants (LOC), one of the world’s leading independent marine and offshore industry consultancy firms, is set to expand its activities and office network in Asia Pacific, it announced today. LOC provides a range of specialist consultancy services on planning, design and execution of high value, complex marine and energy based operations through to […]

  • Germany: Global Tech I Construction to Start Punctually

    10 September 2012

    The company Windreich AG, the wind power pioneer and leading builder of wind farms in the German North Sea, congratulates Bremen HOCHTIEF subsidiary HGO InfraSea Solutions on the launching of the ‘INNOVATION’ construction vessel. The Global Tech I wind farm initiated by Windreich was the initial trigger for the planning and realisation of this installation […]

  • Interview: US Offshore Wind Industry – Seeing is Believing

    1 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Training & Education

    The most compelling action to encourage offshore wind development in the United States is to have real live examples of successful offshore wind projects, Charles Nordstrom, a Senior Associate and Head of the US team at BVG Associates, told Offshore WIND in an interview. The first offshore wind farm in US waters, currently under construction off […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Charters Marco Polo Marine’s CTVs for Offshore Wind Projects in Taiwan, Korea

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Vessels

    Marco Polo Marine’s Taiwanese subsidiary company PKR Offshore has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa for crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that will serve offshore wind projects in Taiwan and South Korea. The agreement will go into effect this year, including a CTV charter in Korea that will start in the fourth quarter of this […]

  • Catapult and Advance Northumberland Plan New OW Turbine Test Facility

    20 August 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Advance Northumberland have established a partnership to develop a new facility for testing the next generation of offshore wind turbines. The Energy Central Offshore Wind Demonstrator will be designed to host one large prototype turbine for testing and will be locally managed by ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre […]

  • Ørsted Orders First US CTVs

    9 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Ørsted has placed an order with WindServe Marine for two purpose-built crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the U.S. offshore wind market. The first CTV will be built by U.S. Workboats and deployed for Ørsted’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, followed by subsequent service on Northeast projects. WindServe’s affiliate shipyard Senesco Marine will construct the second vessel […]

  • Full Power at Humber Gateway; Completion 2 Months ahead of Schedule

    5 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    With the final turbine at Humber Gateway recently becoming operational, the entire offshore wind farm is now generating electricity. This major project in the UK’s North Sea is in the final phase of construction and will be completed this summer, two months ahead of schedule, E.ON reported. Humber Gateway, which is located eight kilometers off […]

  • Eni Firm and CIP to Build Floating Wind Farms Offshore Italy

    6 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    GreenIT, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and CDP Equity for the production of energy from renewable sources, and CI IV, a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), have signed an agreement to develop two floating offshore wind farms in Sicily and Sardinia. Both projects are located more than 35 kilometres from the coast […]

  • Tideway Nets Hornsea One Cable-Laying Contract

    14 June 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway BV has been awarded a Design and Build cable installation contract by DONG Energy for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.  For the project, Tideway, a subsidiary of DEME, will deploy the new DP3 cable-laying vessel Living Stone, which is currently being built by the Spanish shipyard LaNaval and is scheduled to be delivered in April […]

  • Ørsted’s Swedish Project Could Feature 27 MW Offshore Wind Turbines?

    30 December 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s Skåne Havsvindpark (Skåne Offshore Wind Farm) project offshore Sweden is planned to enter construction in 2026, subject to permitting process and final investment decision, and it looks like the developer expects to see wind turbines of more than 20 MW on the market by that time. Namely, a consultation document Ørsted issued before submitting […]

  • CS Wind UK Laying Off 54 People

    20 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK has announced to its staff at the factory in Machrihanish, Campbeltown, that it intends to let go of more than 50 workers due to challenging market conditions.

  • Siemens Takes Step Forward with Crown Estate’s Agreement

    8 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The Crown Estate, manager of the UK seabed, announced today that it has agreed seabed rights for new demonstration zones and project sites around the UK’s coast. The rights include six new wave and tidal current demonstration zones and five tidal current project sites each with the potential to deliver a project of between 10 […]

  • European Energy Gets Green Light for 240 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark

    15 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved the feasibility study report for European Energy’s Jammerland Bay (Jammerland Bugt) offshore wind farm, a 240 MW project off the Danish coast that is soon to be majority-owned by TotalEnergies. The feasibility study report now greenlighted by the DEA consists of an environmental impact report with associated annexes. The […]

  • Havfram Studying Transport and Installation for Equinor’s South Korean Floating Wind Project

    30 March 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has awarded Havfram a contract for a transport and installation study on the 800 MW Firefly floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The scope of the study includes transport and installation activities offshore as well as the supply and procurement of the inter-array cables and the mooring systems. Havfram has already started working […]

  • Bill Aiming to Relocate Aqua Ventus I Dismissed

    11 May 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A bill aiming to prohibit the permitting of an offshore wind energy project within the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area, or within 10 nautical miles of the area, was dismissed by the U.S. State of Maine’s Energy, Utilities and Technology committee.

  • RVO Picks Fugro for Hollandse Kust Zuid Soil Investigation

    9 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO), part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, has awarded Fugro Survey B.V. with a contract to carry out geophysical soil investigations for the proposed offshore wind farm sites at Hollandse Kust Zuid (South). Fugro Survey was one of nine applicants to the tender released back in December 2015. The company […]

  • Cadeler Inks Wind Turbine Installation Deal for Wind Scylla

    27 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Denmark’s Cadeler has signed an offshore wind turbine installation contract for the vessel, Wind Scylla, with an undisclosed client. The contract has a value between USD 75 million and USD 150 million, including both the firm period and potential options. The installation work is planned to commence in 2025. During the project duration, spanning between […]

  • UK Energy Secretary to Decide on Rampion 2 by Early February 2025

    7 November 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate has submitted its recommendation report on Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the existing 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex, to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who now has three months to issue a decision. The inspectorate closed the examination period in […]