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  • Germany: Voith Turbo Appoints New President and CEO

    15 June 2012

    Voith has announced the appointment of Carsten J. Reinhardt as Member of the Corporate Board of Management of Voith GmbH and as President and CEO of Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG. As of July 1, 2012, Reinhardt will succeed Dr. Hubert Lienhard who had held this function since January 1, 2012 in addition to […]

  • Eight Mainstream’s Renewables Projects Start with Construction in 2014

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power today unveiled eight utility-scale wind and solar projects which are to reach financial close and begin construction works this year. The projects, which are spread across four continents, have a combined capacity of over 1,000 megawatts (MW) and will generate enough electricity to power more than half a million homes. The largest […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Services BV to Celebrate ‘Offshore West Hinder’ Hand Over

    18 May 2012

    Offshore Wind Services BV (OWS) will celebrate the hand over of their second 19m crew transfer vessel “Offshore West Hinder” from South Boats shipyard during the Seaworks workboat show in Sothampton on the 23rd of May. The first of the two newbuild vessels “Offshore Wandelaar” was handed over today and will start operating next week […]

  • Van Oord Cracks US Market with Offshore Wind Contract

    28 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Van Oord has won a contract to transport and install wind turbines at an undisclosed wind farm offshore the East Coast of the USA. The company will deploy the offshore installation vessel Aeolus on the project. The turbine installation work is scheduled to start in 2023. Van Oord said that this is the first contract […]

  • First Flight Wind Delays Geophysical Survey

    11 April 2014
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    First Flight Wind Ltd has announced that a geophysical survey off the south east coast of County Down, which was due to start later this month, is being delayed to later in 2014 or early 2015. “In the areas we were intending to survey we had agreed disturbance payments with fishermen for them to remove […]

  • Seacat Enterprise Starts Sea Trials

    16 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seacat Enterprise, a 27-metre High Speed Utility Vessel (HSUV) built for the Cowes-headquartered offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services, has started sea trials on Thursdat, 16 February, according to South Boats IoW, the builder of the vessel.

  • Vårgrønn and Energia Renewables Join Forces on Irish Offshore Wind

    1 August 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

    Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, and Energia Renewables have formed a partnership to develop offshore wind projects in Ireland, with the potential to deliver up to 1.8 GW of new capacity by 2030. The partnership said that it will initially focus on Ireland’s south and east coasts, where Energia Renewables have […]

  • Seajacks Scylla Held Up by Bad Weather

    26 January 2016
    Vessels

    Bad weather has delayed the arrival of the world’s largest offshore wind farm installation vessel, the Seajacks Scylla, to the Port of Rotterdam, initially scheduled for the end of January, the Dutch port said in a release. In early December, Seajacks Scylla started her journey from a Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea to Rotterdam on-board […]

  • Ireland: Arklow Marine Services Successfully Launches Wind Farm Service Vessel

    26 June 2012

    On the longest day of the year Arklow Marine Services successfully launched its second 20 metre wind farm service vessel into the River Avoca at Arklow.  The vessel looking splendid in her Alicat colours has again been delivered ahead of the scheduled delivery date. Local people crammed the quaysides, both north and south to witness […]

  • The Netherlands: Workships Contractors and Doeksen Family Expand into Offshore Wind Industry

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Dutch offshore and ferry operating companies Workships Contractors and the Doeksen family announce their continued expansion into the service sector of the offshore wind industry by signing a Heads of Agreement for an Anglo-Dutch co-operation with Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd, one of the longest serving companies in the wind farm transfer vessel market. […]

  • RWE and Hyundai Partner on Offshore Wind and Green Hydrogen in South Korea

    15 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Green Hydrogen, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X, Research & Development

    RWE and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C), a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the field of offshore wind and green hydrogen. The partners said they will work together to jointly develop offshore wind projects in South Korea in line with the country’s […]

  • UK: UltraJet Announces JetMaster 2 Electronic Control System for WFSVs

    29 May 2012

    Ultra Dynamics (UltraJet) in partnership with South Boats and Rotec Hydraulics announce the introduction of the New UltraJet JetMaster 2 DNV Class approved electronic control system for South Boats Wind Farm Support vessels (WFSV). The New UltraJet JetMaster 2 electronic control system can be seen down on the Pontoon on 19m South Catamaran WFSV’s named […]

  • South Koreans Form Floating Wind Alliance

    19 November 2020
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and SK Engineering & Construction have signed a technical cooperation agreement for floating offshore wind farm projects. The two companies have agreed to implement a One Team Operation (OTO) cooperation system for the floating offshore wind farm business carried out by SK E&C. Under the agreement, SK E&C […]

  • Block Island Nacelles Halfway Across the Atlantic

    25 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has reached a halfway point in its journey to deliver five GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles from Saint Nazaire, France, to the site of the first ever US offshore wind farm – the 30MW Block Island. The update on the journey was shared by Jeff Grybowski, CEO of Deepwater […]

  • Hallin Marine Reports Excellent Start of 2012 (Singapore)

    8 February 2012

    Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, reports a promising start to the year of the Dragon (2012) with four new contracts. Hallin’s West Division heads into battle in search of unexploded 1939-1945 ordnance off the German coast. A Quasar work-class remotely operated vehicle and team are being provided to support site clearance for a […]

  • BOWL Cleared to Build Beatrice O&M Base at Wick Harbour

    11 January 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has been granted consent to renovate two historic buildings at Wick Harbour which will form the new GBP 10 million Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The construction works on the O&M base is expected to start in February 2017, BOWL said. Wick Harbour has been […]

  • Offshore Wind FIDs to Increase by 57 Per Cent by 2022 – Westwood

    27 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind energy projects final investment decisions (FIDs) will grow 57 per cent in the next 18 months, compared to the 2019-20 period, according to a new analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group. The global analysis, excluding mainland China, states that the FIDs growth represents an additional 20.4 GW of new capacity with just under […]

  • Korea Selects First Offshore Wind Turbine Test Bed

    20 May 2011
    Authorities

      On May 16, 2011, Korean government announced that Young-Kwang area, located at the south west coast of the Korean peninsula, is selected as the offshore wind turbine test bed. Through this test bed, Korean government will test the offshore wind turbine performance and attract investments from wind energy private sector. South Jeolla province will […]

  • Wind farm support vessels: The Operators

    4 April 2012

    With the unenviable task of selecting the right boat goes the privilege of leading the designers and yards to build the boats they want. While the hulls are built in different materials and with beam and lengths in various dimensions, the engines, propulsion systems and the fittings remain the choice of the buyer. Even then […]

  • Asia Pacific to Become Largest Wind Market by 2016

    4 December 2013
    R&D

    With an expected addition of 221GW of new wind capacity from 2013-2020, wind development in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region remains solid. The lion’s share of capacity growth will continue to be supplied by China and India, but high growth rates will be expected from emerging markets in South-East Asia and the Pacific. Energy produced […]

  • Cable Laying Work Starts on Amprion’s BorWin4, DolWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

    18 April 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates

    The first onshore cables have been pulled at a site in Lower Saxony, Germany, for the BorWin4 and DolWin4 grid connection projects, marking the start of the cable laying campaigns, according to cable supplier Prysmian. The DolWin4 and BorWin4 grid connection systems, each with a capacity of 900 MW, will bring offshore wind energy from […]

  • U.S. Offshore Wind Developers Search for ‘Jones Act’ Solution

    30 December 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    As American offshore wind industry readies to start building large projects, developers are searching for a way around the so called “Jones Act” from 1920. According to the Jones Act, any ship that sails between two U.S. points must fly a U.S. flag and has to be registered in the country. Once an offshore wind […]

  • Ocean Winds Sticks with Principle Power’s Floating Wind Tech for French Tender

    16 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables, has entered into a collaboration agreement with the floating wind technology developer Principle Power, which will see the two companies cooperating on the design of the floating platforms for France’s first commercial-scale floating wind tender. In September, the French government selected Ocean Winds and several […]

  • Ingka, Oxan, and Avapa to Jointly Develop Two Italian Floating Wind Farms as Hexicon Sells Stake

    26 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    Ingka Investment, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the biggest IKEA retailer, and France’s Oxan Energy have partnered with Avapa Energy on two floating offshore wind projects in Italy. The combined installed capacity of the Sicily South and Sardinia Northwest offshore wind farms could total 2.45 GW. The 1,150 MW Sicily South and the 1,300 […]

  • UK: AJ Woods to Get Funding for Offshore Wind Project

    23 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    AJ Woods, an engineering company, has been shortlisted for a GBP 2.28 million of funding, which will be provided by South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP). The funding will allow the company to support its part in the offshore renewables industry by building a wind farm hub, the Harwich and Manningtree Standard news site reports. […]

  • RWE Targets 1.5 GW of Floating Wind Offshore South Korea

    29 November 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    German energy company RWE and the Ulsan Metropolitan City will cooperate on the development of floating offshore wind projects off the South Korean coast with an envisaged capacity of up to 1.5 GW. A corresponding Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between RWE and Ulsan City, in support of South Korea’s Net Zero 2050 ambition. […]