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  • Eyemouth Chopper Base Cleared for Takeoff

    2 November 2018
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Eyemouth Harbour Trust has secured planning permission for the construction of a helicopter access facility adjacent to Eyemouth Harbour, Scotland. 

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Installs Milestone Turbine at Horns Rev 3

    26 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has marked a milestone in offshore wind turbine installation as it installed the 400th unit.

  • ProCon Working on Saint-Nazaire Transition Pieces

    12 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    ProCon Wind Energy has won a contract to provide the electrical outfitting of the transition pieces for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Under the deal with Eiffage Métal, ProCon is providing the installation and commissioning of the electrical scope for the transition pieces. The company already began the work and is expected to complete […]

  • First Hornsea One OSS Topside Hits the Water

    11 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Hornsea Project One offshore substation topside Z12 has been loaded onto a barge and is awaiting sail out to the installation site some 120 kilometres off Yorkshire, UK.

  • UK: RWE Postpones Application Submission for Atlantic Array

    12 November 2012

    RWE npower renewables, the company developing the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm in the Bristol Channel has today announced a revised date for submitting their application to the Planning Inspectorate. To ensure they can give full consideration to all the feedback generated by their consultation on the proposed wind farm, the company has decided to […]

  • Norwegian Offshore Wind Industry Shines at EWEA’s Event

    18 March 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) was well represented at the EWEA Offshore exhibition by several partner stands, three presentations and four posters – of which Yngve Heggelund’s poster was declared the best in the category “Resource assessment”. The poster “A fast reduced order method for assessment of wind farm layouts” competed against almost forty other […]

  • Government’s Uncertainty Worries Hull Council Leader (UK)

    9 October 2012
    Authorities

    Steve Brady, Leader of the Hull City Council, expressed his concerns over the Government’s uncertain support for the renewables. Since Siemens is one of the signatories of the letter sent to the British Government regarding energy policies, Mr. Brady is worried about the company’s plan to build a GBP 60 million offshore wind turbine assembly […]

  • VBMS Completes Dudgeon HDD Work

    15 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has completed two 1,170-metre long horizontal directional drillings (HDDs) at the landfall for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The drillings were done in preparation for the installation of two 42-kilometre long export cables next year. To avoid worsening weather conditions later in the season, the work was carried out three months earlier. Dudgeon Offshore Wind […]

  • Shanghai Electric Targets 30 Pct in China’s Offshore Wind Turbine Market

    20 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    As offshore wind sector in China is set to grow rapidly, Shanghai Electric Group voiced its intention to become the leading company in the country’s offshore wind turbine market by taking over 30% thereof, writes the Shanghai Daily. The company will supply 28 wind turbines, with 3.6 MW capacity each, for the second phase of […]

  • Nordex Implements Cost-Cutting Programme (Germany)

    19 December 2011

    Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has now fully implemented its cost-cutting programme with which it plans to return to the black next year. After trimming its operating expenses, the company has now also made the necessary adjustments to its European workforce. All told, around 260 jobs are affected by the programme. “In the interests of industrial […]

  • Germany: Transitional Company for Sietas Agreed by Consensus

    26 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    In a few days, the first installation vessel for offshore wind turbines, designed and built in Germany, will be undocked at the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg. The completion and handover to the renowned Dutch engineering company Van Oord is scheduled for July 2013. In addition, the insolvent shipyard currently hasn’t got any new contracts. For […]

  • Offshore WIND Launches New Mobile Website

    22 December 2017

    We are happy to introduce our new and improved mobile website. You can now read our news and access other Offshore WIND content using your smartphones at mobile.offshorewind.biz.

  • Ørsted Cautions Against FiT Reductions in Taiwan

    3 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    The proposed reduction in 2019 Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) for offshore wind in Taiwan could potentially have a negative impact on Ørsted’s localisation plans and the final investment decision for the company’s first offshore projects in the country, a spokesperson for Ørsted told Offshore WIND.

  • ORE Catapult to Open Tender for Turbine Bearing Test Facility

    21 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced it will open a tender in January 2018 seeking a company to set up a wind turbine bearing test facility at its Blyth site in the UK.

  • Dalby Humber Assists in Emergency Towing Exercise

    5 November 2014
    Training & Education, Vessels

    Dalby Humber has assisted SSE in an emergency towing exercise for new RNLI Lowestoft Lifeboat.  The new Lowestoft all weather lifeboat (ALB) called the Patsy Knight was put through its paces during an emergency towing exercise off the beach at Lowestoft. The ALB was called to assist Dalby Offshore’s Dalby Humber who was needing a […]

  • Belgium: Port of Ostend Hosts Event on O&M Strategies in Offshore Wind Industry

    18 October 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education

    Robust O&M strategies are vital to the survival of offshore wind industry, especially when projects move further offshore. Moreover, it is still unclear who will dominate the O&M market in the offshore wind business. With multiple options open, it is essential to be up-to-date with the latest experiences and knowhow of key players. On November […]

  • Photo of the Day: Seajacks Scylla Undergoes Demobilization

    16 May 2018
    Vessels

    Wind farm installation vessel Seajacks Scylla has arrived at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, to undergo demobilization.

  • Scotland Unlikely to Hit Renewable Energy Targets Solo

    12 February 2013

    Scotland is unlikely to achieve its target of having all electricity produced from renewable sources, if the country becomes independent, a team of academics, specialized in energy, has warned in a report. The group, membered by researchers from Birmingham, Cardiff, Robert Gordon and Queens in Belfast, claims that Scotland alone will not be able to […]

  • Sea Challenger Answers Hornsea One Call

    18 February 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has left Hull with a first load of turbine components to be installed on the 1,218MW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. A2SEA is in charge of transporting and installing half of the wind farm’s 174 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines. The remaining half of the turbines is being […]

  • 100 Foundations in at Hornsea Two

    5 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has installed the 100th monopile foundation at the 165-turbine Hornsea Two wind farm offshore the UK. DEME installed the first foundation at the site some 89 kilometres north-east of Grimsby in early October 2020. The monopile foundations are being loaded at and transported from the Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands and installed at the […]

  • Statkraft to Buy Seagreen Electricity

    8 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Statkraft has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to purchase 50% of the output from the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Statkraft said that the deal is the largest in its UK PPA portfolio, which now stands at 10TWhs. “As part of our project financing we required an off-taker with a […]

  • Norther Nears Turbine Installation Finish Line

    22 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus has completed the installation of 40 out of 44 turbines at the Norther offshore wind project in Belgium. According to project developer Norther NV, the 40th turbine was installed yesterday morning, with the last load ahead. Aeolus began installing the first MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines at the site some 23km offshore Zeebrugge at the beginning of […]

  • UK: Extended Contracts Help Tidal Transit on Way to Reach GBP 1 Million Turnover

    17 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Tidal Transit has secured two contracts for offshore wind crew transfer for the Greater Gabbard and the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farms, which helped the company on its way to reach GBP 1 million turnover in 2012. An additional GBP 275,000 came from the contracts´ extension signed just a few days ago. As the EDP24 […]

  • Areva’s Earnings Struck by Global Tech 1 Delays

    1 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Global Tech 1, 400W wind farm in the North Sea delivered a harsh blow to Areva, according to the first quarter results of 2014 issued yesterday. The company said that additional costs were a result of “delays experienced over the winter during the offshore installation and turbine testing phase.” These were attributable “to the supplier […]

  • Gamesa Awards Prizes to Two Patents for Improving Electricity Output/recouping Energy Losses and Blade Inserts, Which Allowed it to Develop a Segmented Blade for its G10X-4,5 MW Turbine (Spain)

    16 November 2010
    R&D

    First annual 2010 Patents and Inventors Contest The company is a driver of technological development: it will open five technology centres around the world and invest 150 million euros in R&D (2011-2013) Madrid/Bilbao, 15 November 2010. Gamesa, one of the world’s leaders in the manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines and a top wind farm […]

  • 8.2 Consulting Helps Quadran with Pilot Floating Wind Farm Tender

    16 June 2016
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s 8.2 Consulting AG has supported Quadran – Énergies Libres in the planned floating offshore pilot wind farm off the coast of the French region Languedoc-Roussillon by defining the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) concept for the tendering phase. As the step from fixed offshore to floating offshore implies a technology and development leap […]