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  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Passes into History

    15 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has started dismantling the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby located in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland.

  • SHL Installs Half of Beatrice Foundation Piles

    21 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the wind turbine foundation piles have been installed at the Beatrice offshore wind site, the developer informed via social media. The piling is being carried out by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) with their heavy lift vessel Stanislav Yudin.

  • Greensolver Merges with PLY Energy

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has merged with Dutch based developer and asset manager, PLY Energy. Under the terms of the agreement, PLY Energy will join the Greensolver brand to deploy joint services that include procurement and contracting, due diligence, construction and asset management. Greensolver Chief Executive Guy Auger will continue […]

  • Virginia DMME and Old Dominion Uni Sign Offshore Wind Deal

    31 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Old Dominion University (ODU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the state’s offshore wind projects. The agreement, signed between ODU President John R. Broderick and DMME Director John Warren, is based on providing research and support for Virginia’s offshore wind, with focus on the Coastal Virginia project. […]

  • UK: Second London Array Export Cable Completed

    20 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    The installation of the second of the four export cables on London Array Offshore Wind Farm that will connect the onshore substation at Cleve Hill to the two offshore substations in the outer Thames Estuary has been successfully completed. Specialized cable-laying vessel, Stemat Spirit, installed all the 4,400 tonne cables in the Swale. London Array […]

  • Eden Rose Wraps Up Dogger Bank and Hornsea Gigs

    15 November 2016
    Vessels

    Tidal Transit’s crew transfer vessel (CTV), Eden Rose, has completed its latest charter contracts for Dogger Bank and Hornsea offshore wind farm sites, where it supported upgrade works on met mast monitoring equipment. According to Tidal Transit, Eden Rose’s deployment on the two projects, which included five visits to the sites, has given the company a chance to prove […]

  • DEME Installs Saint-Nazaire OSS Foundation

    23 April 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the foundation for the offshore substation of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The installation of the four subsea foundation piles was completed on 21 April, in record time despite having to be drilled into rock, according to DEME. The company added that its vessel Innovation […]

  • LS Cable & System to Acquire Largest Subsea Cable Laying Barge in Korea

    13 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    LS Cable & System has revealed the plan to buy the largest submarine cable laying barge in Korea to increase participation in domestic and overseas offshore wind projects. The company is planning to acquire its first submarine cable laying barge and prepare for offshore wind power generation projects. With the acquisition of the 8,000-ton GL2030, LS […]

  • MERIKA Finds New Partners Overseas

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    The recent International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Halifax, Canada provided members of the EU-funded MERIKA project with the opportunity to form new partnerships with researchers and institutions on the other side of the Atlantic. MERIKA, run by the University of the Highlands and the Islands (UHI) in the north of Scotland, aims to […]

  • Boskalis Secures First Floating Wind Project

    2 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has won the contract to transport and install five floating wind turbines for the Kincardine floating wind farm in Scotland. For Cobra Wind International Ltd, Boskalis will transport and install the MHI Vestas 9.525 MW floating wind turbines at the site fifteen kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen. This will be Boskalis’ first floating […]

  • GE Pulls Plug on Two French Offshore Wind Projects

    17 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eolien Maritime France (EMF) to provide and service Haliade 150-6MW turbines to the first French EMF offshore wind farm to be cleared of any legal recourse. This memorandum of understanding terminates GE’s exclusive supplier status on the two other projects carried out by EMF for […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Picks DHSS IJmuiden as Hollandse Kust Zuid Commissioning Hub

    15 March 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has selected DHSS’s offshore logistics terminal in Port of IJmuiden as the marshalling, storage, and logistics facility for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone. This logistics hub of DHSS will be used during the commissioning phase for Siemens Gamesa 140 SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines which will be installed at […]

  • SSE Chief: UK Should Raise Offshore Wind Ambition

    24 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The UK should aim at building as many offshore wind projects as needed to help deliver decarbonization targets in the power, heat and transport sectors, according to Chief Executive of SSE, Alistair Phillips-Davies. Phillip-Davies states that it is time the UK raises its offshore wind ambition, as the current goal of adding 1-2GW per year during the […]

  • Wick Harbour’s Offshore Wind Development Enters Planning Stage (UK)

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    After receiving a GBP 450,000 boost to dive in offshore wind industry, Wick Harbour Authority is currently planning to install heavy lifting equipment and to dredge the channel to the harbour’s commercial quay. This development will enable the port to become an offshore wind construction base for two large projects proposed for the Moray Firth […]

  • Windpark Fryslân Monopiles Halfway There

    9 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has reached a halfway point on the installation of monopiles at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake, the Netherlands. In total, the 382.7 MW Windpark Fryslân will comprise 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations and scheduled for commissioning in 2021. Van Oord installed the first monopile […]

  • Virginia Affirms Offshore Wind Ambitions

    3 October 2018
    Authorities

    Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has released the 2018 Virginia Energy Plan which calls for the development of 2,000MW of offshore wind capacity by 2028.

  • Norstec Academy to Take Part in RenewableUK 2014

    13 October 2014

    The Norstec Academy will be exhibiting in the Careers Fair at RenewableUK 2014 in Manchester. On Thursday 13th November 2014, at the Manchester Central Convention Complex, the Norstec Academy will be hosting the following: 13.30-14.15 Exchange Room 10 FREE Networking lunch for students interested in finding out about offshore renewables and the Norstec Academy 14.30-15.45 Charter […]

  • Vattenfall Shelves Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Project in Sweden

    2 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has chosen to put the 640 MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm on hold until further notice because the investment conditions in Sweden are not feasible at this time, according to the developer. Vattenfall said that the investment prerequisites for offshore wind in Sweden are currently not viable, and the company has therefore decided […]

  • Top News of the Week, 1 – 7 August 2016

    7 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Breaking: First US Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall Deepwater Wind’s CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has shared images of the the jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern as it attaches the final blade and completes the installation of the first offshore wind turbine in US waters, and the first of five wind turbines to be installed on the […]

  • BW Ideol Starts Trading on Euronext Growth Oslo

    18 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    As announced recently, BW Ideol started trading on Euronext Growth Oslo today (18 March). Upon admission to trading on the stock market, BW Ideol has several shareholders, with BW Offshore controlling about 50 per cent of the shares and thus maintaining a significant influence over matters requiring the approval of the board of directors or […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Pipeline Blows Past 400 GW – RenewableUK

    29 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Industry

    The total pipeline of offshore wind projects around the world now stands at 413 GW, new research by RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team has shown. The pipeline includes projects which are fully operational, under construction, consented or being planned. The UK has a total pipeline of 63.2 GW of offshore wind capacity. China is slightly ahead […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting on Schedule at Sheringham Shoal (UK)

    17 May 2011
    Wind Farm Update

      Although the project had faced a critical preparation and mobilisation schedule on Wednesday 20 April 2011, the newly built 5000 mT Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Oleg Strashnov sailed on schedule for its maiden trip to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm location. The vessel was loaded with 4 220 Ton, 25-meter-high transition pieces, each […]

  • Master Fined for Wind Farm Vessel Collision with Floating Military Target

    31 October 2014
    Authorities

    The master of a wind farm passenger transfer vessel has today been ordered to pay £9,702 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Michael Gallagher was in charge when the workboat catamaran Windcat 9 with 15 people on board when it hit a large floating military […]

  • Irish Vessel Operator Orders Second Incat Crowther CTV

    24 March 2021
    Vessels

    Farra Marine has ordered a second Incat Crowther crew transfer vessel (CTV) from Penguin Shipyard. The Irish vessel operator ordered its first vessel from the Windflex-27 series last year, with the CTV already nearing completion and set to become the first catamaran wind farm service vessel operating under the Irish flag. The second vessel is scheduled […]

  • DONG Tables Hornsea Project One Offshore Construction Schedule

    24 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is currently undertaking the necessary preparations to begin offshore works on the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm which are scheduled to start in September.

  • Taiwan Gets First Locally-Assembled Offshore Wind Pin Piles

    14 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Century Iron & Steel Industrial has completed the first pin pile assembly for the offshore wind sector in Taiwan. A ceremony to mark the completion of the first pin pile assembly was held on 12 October at the Port of Taipei. According to Lai Wen-hsiang, Chairman of Century Iron & Steel Industrial, the company invested NT$6 billion […]