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  • RWE Partners with Masdar for 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Projects

    4 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has signed an agreement with UAE’s Masdar as a partner for its 3 GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects in the UK. The partners acknowledged the signing of the new partnership during a ceremony at COP28 in Dubai. Masdar will acquire a 49 per cent stake in the landmark renewables projects while […]

  • Construction Works Start on Quayside for GE’s Blade Facility in UK

    6 October 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Construction works on the quayside at the Teesworks site, where GE Renewable Energy will build its manufacturing plant for offshore wind turbine blades, have started. UK contractor Graham has been appointed to work on the development of the new South Bank Quay, a 1.2-kilometre heavy-lift quay along the banks of the River Tees which will […]

  • China’s First 2,000-tonne Wind Farm Installation Vessel Nears Completion

    9 May 2022
    Vessels

    China’s first 2,000-tonne offshore wind farm installation vessel, named Baihetan, was launched in April in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province. Built by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), the 126-metre long, 50-metre wide vessel has a full load displacement with a total capacity of 37,000 tonnes and integrates functions such as transport, self-elevating, self-propulsion, lifting, and […]

  • Maersk Training Story: Carload of Hopes

    28 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    When you believe in something, how far would you go to sustain that belief?  Maersk Training has released a story about three men making every effort to grab one of the opportunities that the renewable energy industry offers. At 27 Jonny Chung has already put his money where his mouth is. In the past he’d gained a […]

  • Vattenfall Tables Thanet Extension Plans

    6 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has started developing a proposal for an extension to the existing and operational Thanet offshore wind farm located approximately 12 kilometres from the shore at Margate in Kent, UK. The extension would comprise addition of up to 34 turbines on the edges of the existing 300MW wind farm which has been operational since 2010. Using the […]

  • Maersk Supply Service to Install Turbines on 1.2 GW US Offshore Wind Farm

    14 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Maersk Supply Service has signed a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) with the joint venture of Equinor and BP to install the wind turbines at the Beacon Wind offshore wind farm in the United States. Located 60 miles east of Montauk Point and 20 miles south of Nantucket, the Beacon Wind offshore wind farm was selected […]

  • Ampelmann Nets Six US Offshore Wind Contracts

    29 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed six new contracts in the US offshore wind market for 2023, 2024, and 2025. In the coming year, Ampelmann’s motion-compensated gangway will assist in the hook-up, cabling, and commissioning of turbines on Vineyard Wind and South Fork Wind offshore wind farms, two of the first commercial-scale wind […]

  • Photo of the Day: Atlantic Pioneer Connects to 1st BIWF Foundation

    24 May 2016
    Vessels

    The Atlantic Pioneer vessel has connected to ‪Block Island Wind Farm’s‬ foundation no. 1 to deliver workers preparing to pull in the submarine export cable that will ultimately send the power generated from all five turbines to a substation on Block Island. Atlantic Pioneer is the first offshore wind support vessel built in the United […]

  • Top News of 2017 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2018

    The Offshore WIND editorial team brings you a list of what, in our opinion, were the most significant developments in the offshore wind industry in 2017. Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for […]

  • Iceni Marine Services Takes Delivery of WFSV ‘Iceni Defiant’ from South Boats (UK)

    20 February 2012

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of its 53rd offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Iceni Defiant’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 17m designed to operate from the locks at Grimsby Fish Dock. This vessel is the third built for Iceni Marine Services Ltd. with a further three in build […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Grants Lease for Seabed Near Lynmouth

    27 April 2012
    Authorities

    Pulse Tidal, the Sheffield based tidal power provider, has been awarded an Agreement for Lease by the Crown Estate for an area of seabed near to Lynmouth in Devon. The company plans to deploy a 1.2MW tidal power generating machine – England’s largest – in 2014, following consultation, environmental studies and permitting.  Pulse chief executive […]

  • Deep Wind Offshore to Use Spoor’s AI Bird-Tracking Tech in Sweden, South Korea

    22 March 2024
    Business development, Environment, Floating Wind, Innovation, Technology

    After completing the first full-year bird survey in Norway using the AI bird-tracking technology developed by the Norwegian start-up Spoor, Deep Wind Offshore will introduce the technology to the Swedish and South Korean offshore wind markets. Spoor has been tracking birds at the Utsira Nord floating wind area in Norway on behalf of Deep Wind […]

  • CS Wind UK Starts Building First Offshore Wind Towers

    30 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK has started producing first offshore wind towers at its facilities in Machrihanish, Scotland.

  • Sif Solidifies Offshore Wind Deal with South Korean Company

    20 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The Netherlands-based Sif Group has signed the final agreement with GS Entec to provide support to the South Korean company with manufacturing foundations for the Asian market. The two companies inked a framework agreement for a strategic partnership in July last year. Under the agreement, Sif grants GS a ten-year mutual exclusive license for the Asian region […]

  • Shell Returns for More Floating Wind Offshore Ireland, 18 MW Turbines In Play

    18 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Shell has signed an agreement with the Irish blue economy developer Simply Blue Group to acquire a 51 per cent share of their Western Star venture which seeks to develop a floating wind farm off the Clare coast in Ireland. This follows a similar agreement between Shell and Simply Blue Group earlier this year to […]

  • Oil & Gas Company to House Offshore Wind LiDAR on Its New Zealand Gas Platform

    24 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Australian oil and gas company Beach Energy will install a Doppler Light Detection and Ranging system (LiDAR) on its Kupe platform in the gas field located offshore South Taranaki, New Zealand, and will share the obtained data with multiple offshore wind developers. On 23 August, the consortium between BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate and Elemental Group […]

  • BOEM Moves South Fork Offshore Wind Farm Closer to Approval

    17 August 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the South Fork offshore wind farm and plans to issue a record of decision on whether to approve the proposed project in October. If approved, the 130 MW wind farm planned to be built off the coasts of Rhode Island and […]

  • Seajacks Scylla En Route to Great Yarmouth

    17 February 2016
    Vessels

    Seajacks has confirmed that Seajacks Scylla’s voyage recommenced. The vessel is scheduled to arrive in Great Yarmouth Port in time for her naming ceremony on Thursday, 3 March. In early December, Seajacks Scylla started her journey from a Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea to the Port of Rotterdam on-board the heavy load carrier vessel […]

  • Ocean Researcher to Survey Bay State Wind Area

    16 August 2016
    R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Multi-role vessel Ocean Researcher, part of  Gardline Marine Sciences’ fleet, has arrived at the Marine Commerce Terminal in New Bedford, Massachusetts, ahead of a planned geophysical survey in an area south of Martha’s Vineyard leased by DONG Energy for its Bay State Wind offshore wind farm. The survey is expected to last for 35 days, Bay State Wind said in a […]

  • Offshore Marine Academy Trainee Awarded JTL Apprentice of Year

    19 October 2012

    Offshore Marine Academy trainee has been awarded JTL Apprentice of the Year. James Grant joined Offshore Marine Academy in September 2010 having already started his studies towards an apprenticeship in Electro Technical Science and was able to continue and subsequently complete the programme during his time with OMA. Support to enable him to achieve this […]

  • PTEC Submits Application for Tidal Energy Project Off Isle of Wight

    8 January 2015
    Authorities

    The Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has applied to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Isle of Wight Council (as Local Planning Authority) for permission to construct and operate a tidal energy demonstration site off St Catherine’s Point to the south of the Isle of Wight. If consent is granted, PTEC will be the first […]

  • Corio, TotalEnergies Award FEED Contract for 504 MW Floating Wind Farm in South Korea

    17 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Corio Generation and TotalEnergies have selected a consortium comprising Technip Energies, Subsea 7, and Samkang M&T to perform Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for their 504 MW floating wind project in South Korea. The contract covers engineering for the floating foundation, mooring, and inter-array cable in collaboration with a wind turbine supplier. The design of the […]

  • Korean-Dutch Consortium Puts Model MSPAR Floater Foundation Through Paces

    25 May 2022
    R&D, Technology

    The MSPAR floating wind turbine foundation has passed model tests and is now ready for Approval in Principle (AIP) and a full-scale prototype, according to South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Netherlands-based Monobase Wind, which plan to roll out the prototype in 2023/2024. The tests were conducted on a 1/44 scale MSPAR model at the Océanide facilities in South-East […]

  • UK: Atlantic Array Public Exhibitions to Start

    10 July 2012

    From July 12 a series of public exhibitions starts along the North Devon and South Wales coasts, regarding revised plans for the Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm. The new proposal from RWE npower renewables includes asmaller number of turbines, from the initially proposed 417 to the currently presented 278, thus the horizontal spread and density […]

  • Wind of Change: Youth Survey Thumbs up for Renewables (UK)

    3 December 2010

    Research published today shows huge support for renewable energy among young people with 94 per cent of those questioned saying that offshore wind was the ‘fairest’ energy technology, 81 per cent saying onshore wind, and 94 per cent supporting solar energy. This is compared to 2.2 per cent for coal energy. These figures are part […]

  • South Koreans Aim for Global Supply with Opening of New Offshore Wind Cable Plant

    5 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has opened the first phase of its submarine cable plant that will supply the offshore wind industry. The submarine cable plant, covering around 44,800 square metres behind Godae Pier at Pyeongtaek’s Dangjin Port, is being constructed in two phases. The first phase, which focuses on producing inter-array cables, was […]