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  • Reducing Risk of Entangling Marine Life

    19 September 2014
    Environment

    New guidance to protect large marine animals from UK marine renewable energy development has been put forward in a ground-breaking new report. The collaborative report, carried out by the University of Exeter and the Scottish Association for Marine Science, suggests moorings are likely to pose a ‘relatively modest risk’ to marine animals – particularly when […]

  • TSOs Report on Nordic Power System by 2025

    15 August 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    The Nordic transmission system operators (TSOs), Svenska kraftnät, Statnett, Fingrid and Energinet.dk, have launched a report on challenges and opportunities affecting the Nordic power system in the period leading up to 2025.  The main drivers of the changes are climate policy, which stimulates the development of more renewable energy, as well as technological developments and a common […]

  • Equinor Gets SAP Nod for Empire Wind

    29 November 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved a site assessment plan (SAP) submitted by Equinor Wind US for the OCS-A 0512 wind lease area offshore New York.

  • EU Offshore Wind on the Right Track Towards 2020

    28 September 2017

    After a likely record year in 2017 with 14GW, offshore wind energy in Europe continues its growing process with expectations that it will reach 25GW by 2020.

  • Scunthorpe to Host Two Offshore Wind Connections Events

    21 March 2014

    Grimsby Renewables Partnership have teamed up with Team Humber Marine Alliance and RenewableUK to hold two supply chain events aimed at local businesses. The intention is to give companies a better insight into what opportunities are available for them and the opportunity to partake in networking and workshops. These free events will be held on […]

  • Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Selects Lowestoft for O&M Base

    31 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Limited can confirm the signing of an agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to locate its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base at Lowestoft. The port is already home to the O&M base for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm and will now become home of the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm O&M team […]

  • UK: Centrica’s Wind Farm Won’t Affect Steam Packet

    15 April 2012

    The traits of the past seemed to be in conflict with the technological development of the future, as the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, the oldest continually operating passenger shipping company in the world objects to the Centrica’s plans for a wind farm in the Irish Sea, outside Manx waters, Iomtoday reports. Namely, the […]

  • ROVOP Signs Contracts Worth GBP 3.5 Million in January (UK)

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rapidly growing and award winning subsea specialist ROVOP has made a strong start to 2013 after expanding its management team and signing £3.5 million of contracts in January alone. The company, which provides subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Moray Melhuish as commercial director, and strengthened […]

  • Survey to Begin at Largest Irish Offshore Wind Farm in June

    26 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A geotechnical survey will begin at the Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland at the beginning of June as part of the consenting process for the project. Operations are expected to commence on 6 June at the earliest and are likely to finish on 4 July, weather permitting. The works will consist of a geotechnical […]

  • CDWE Kicks Off 2025 Installation Campaign for Hai Long Offshore Wind Project

    7 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has started the 2025 installation campaign for the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The 1,022 MW Hai Long project comprises two offshore wind farms, the 518 MW Hai Long 2 and the 504 MW Hai Long 3, and is being developed in three phases. Hai Long 2 is […]

  • Global Wind Service Marks Ten Years in Business

    5 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    On 4 January, Global Wind Service (GWS) celebrated ten years since it was founded. The company, now employing 600 people, worked on over 300 projects in 35 countries and has local business units in ten countries.

  • Van Oord Orders Mega Jack-Up for 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

    1 October 2021
    Vessels

    Van Oord has ordered a new self-elevating offshore installation vessel that will be able to operate on methanol and install wind turbines with a capacity of up to 20 MW. The vessel is being built by the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China. The design is by Knud E Hansen. The jack-up is expected to […]

  • Correll Lands Saint-Brieuc Cable Pull-in Gig

    27 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Correll Group, Cable Installation & Power Services Division has been awarded a contract with Asso.subsea for cable pull-in operations on the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. The full scope of work includes pulling high-voltage subsea cables into the 62 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines as well as the offshore substation. The project will […]

  • Goliath En Route to China

    31 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has sent off its DP2 jack-up vessel Goliath to COSCO’s shipyard near Shanghai, where the vessel will undergo some last modifications before embarking on the installation of offshore wind farms off the eastern coast of China.

  • Vattenfall, SWM to Inaugurate Sandbank with a BBQ

    21 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    On Sunday, 23 July, Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) will officially put the Sandbank offshore wind farm into operation by organising a public barbecue at the city park Stadtpark in Hamburg.

  • Transformers Land on Norther Topside (VIDEO)

    24 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Norther N.V. has shared a video showing the transformers being lifted into the Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS) for the Norther offshore wind farm located in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Last Rentel Transition Pieces Leave Smulders Hoboken Yard

    8 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group has loaded out the last two out of the 42 transition pieces built for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm at the Smulders fabrication yard in Hoboken, Belgium.

  • E.ON Cleared to Build Pontoon at Rampion’s Base Port

    28 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has granted a licence for E.ON Climate and Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind to build a temporary pontoon at Newhaven Port to support the construction of the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. As part of the Rampion OWF development, proposed by E.ON Climate and Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind Limited, an onshore operations […]

  • UK: Grimsby to Celebrate Another Step towards Offshore Wind

    7 March 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    The lock gate extension at the entrance to Port of Grimsby East is now completed, making the former fish docks ready to meet the demands of the offshore wind energy industry, This is Grimsby news site informs. Essential improvements of the infrastructure raise the port’s capacity to accommodate large vessels, which will carry out O&M […]

  • Lawsuit Filed against NSTAR’s Contract with Cape Wind, USA

    22 January 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Town of Barnstable, local businesses, residents, and the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS) filed a lawsuit to the U.S. District Court yesterday against NSTAR’s no-bid contract to purchase electricity from Cape Wind offshore wind farm. The lawsuit against Massachusetts regulators, NSTAR, and Cape Wind says that the State discriminated against out-of-state power companies – […]

  • Largest Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Nears Full Commissioning

    23 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 752 MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm is nearly fully commissioned with the last of the turbines currently undergoing tests before they start feeding the electricity to the Dutch grid. Once fully commissioned, the 94-turbine wind farm will surpass the 600 MW Gemini to become the largest operating offshore wind farm in […]

  • BASF, Mingyang Receive Approval for 500 MW Offshore Wind Project in China

    3 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Xuwen Dongsan Offshore Wind Power Demonstration Project, a joint venture between Mingyang Smart Energy and German BASF, has received approval in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China. China’s Mingyang and the world’s largest chemicals producer, German BASF, created a joint venture in July 2023 to build and operate a 500 MW offshore wind farm in China. […]

  • Race Bank SOV Getting SMST Crane

    2 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch SMST has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a 3D motion compensated crane (MCC) for Østensjø Rederi’s new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) which will be deployed at the 580MW Race Bank wind farm offshore UK. The SMST motion compensated crane is designed to transfer equipment to an offshore wind turbine using 3D motion compensation. The crane […]

  • Denmark: WiTuS Predicts Scour in Offshore Wind Farms

    31 July 2012

    DHI’s research into long-term scour predictions has borne fruit in the form of a specialty tool – WiTuS. With WiTuS, it is now possible to model long-term predictions on scouring around monopile type foundations – structures which form the bases of majority of the current and planned offshore wind farms. Offshore wind farm establishment is […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Mission to Japan and Korea Bears Fruit

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    From 25 October to 4 November, a delegation of twenty-five Dutch offshore wind companies and knowledge institutions visited Japan and Korea. The offshore wind delegation was part of the economic mission led by Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp and it ran parallel to the state visit of King Willem-Alexander and queen Máxima to Japan […]

  • Ditlev Engel: Why Would You Tax Something You Want More Of?!

    22 October 2018

    Taxation of electricity produced by offshore wind and other renewables, as well as taxing these technologies, is something the industry needs to stand up against if it wants to see even lower costs and accelerate the energy transition, according to Ditlev Engel, CEO at DNV GL Energy.