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  • 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 – […]

  • 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. 

  • 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 […]

  • BOEM Releases Environmental Assessment of New York Offshore Wind Lease Area

    8 June 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for commercial wind lease issuance, site characterization activities, and site assessment activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf offshore New York. The EA considers the potential impacts of the proposed action and an analysis of reasonable alternatives to the proposed […]

  • France’s First Offshore Substation Preps For Final Journey

    13 August 2021

    The jacket foundation and the topside of the Saint-Nazaire offshore substation are scheduled to depart from the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port to the installation site in the coming several days. The jacket foundation will leave the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port on Saturday, 14 August. The topside will follow soon and set off in the evening hours of […]

  • LOC Wins Contract for Hornsea Two Marine Warranty Services

    6 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has contracted LOC Group to carry out Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the 18-month agreement, LOC London and LOC Singapore will execute all MWS work on the project’s substations. “Hornsea Two is a game-changing renewable energy project in terms of both scale […]

  • Ofgem Selects West of Duddon Sands Cable Assets Preferred Bidder

    9 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem appointed Blue Transmission as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission links to the West of Duddon Sands windfarm. Blue Transmission, a consortium comprising Macquarie Capital Group Limited, 3i BIFL Investments Limited and Frontier Power Limited, was selected by Ofgem through a competitive process in which bidders compete to become offshore […]

  • Offshore Wind Lifts E.ON’s Renewables

    7 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    E.ON’s Renewables division saw a EUR 39 million increase in adjusted EBIT in the first half of 2019, primarily said to be due to the commissioning of offshore wind farms in the UK and Germany. The renewables adjusted EBIT equals EUR 275 million in the first six months, with the primary reason being the increase […]

  • Deepwater Wind Teams Up with Tesla for 144MW OWF in Massachusetts

    1 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind unveiled plans for its newest project off the American coast yesterday, 31 July. The 144MW Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm that would be paired with a 40MWh battery storage system provided by Tesla, is proposed to be built in Deepwater Wind’s federal lease site off the coast of Massachusetts.

  • New Jack-Up Arrives at Moray East, 40 Wind Turbines Now In

    24 May 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    40 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The 40th turbine was installed at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on 20 May, the project’s latest Notice of Operations shows. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern installed […]

  • Greece’s Largest Power Utility Buys Into Offshore Wind

    27 December 2023
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC), the largest electric power company in Greece, has agreed to acquire the developer of a 216 MW wind farm located in the offshore area of Alexandroupolis. PPC Renewables, the utility’s renewables arm, and the Copelouzos and Samaras Groups have signed an agreement for the acquisition of shares of the […]

  • Extended Rotra Mare Back in Action

    14 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens’ roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Rotra Mare has completed her first delivery of wind turbine components since being upgraded and extended to be able to transport the ever-increasing turbine parts. The vessel, which docked at Sif’s new terminal at Maasvlakte 2 on Wednesday 09 March, transported tower sections for Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind […]

  • Ridderflex Equips GeoSea for Inter-Array Cable Connection

    9 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch company Ridderflex has produced and delivered about 180 customised polyurethane hang-offs and plugs to GeoSea, the company now using these tools to connect the inter-array cables to the wind turbines at Belgian Rentel offshore wind farm.

  • GeoSea Installs Rentel OSS Foundation

    27 September 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The foundation for the offshore substation (OSS) at Belgian Rentel offshore wind farm was installed at the project site last week, STX Europe Offshore Energy reported yesterday, 26 September. 

  • SeaRoc Group to Talk Health and Safety in Japan

    30 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    SeaRoc Group has won contracts for its Health and Safety services to provide advice and support to players involved in the offshore wind industry in Japan. The company will provide a full day training course to an expected 100 attendees consisting of developers, banks, insurance companies, EPCI contractors and members of industrial associations such as JWPA and […]

  • Saint-Nazaire Export Cable Installation Kicks Off

    11 August 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian has started installing the export cables which will connect the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. The Italian cable manufacturer deployed its cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise on the project. The cable pull-in operations started off the Courance beach on Sunday, 9 August, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE), the French transmission […]

  • 35 Wind Turbines Installed at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    6 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Two-thirds of wind turbines have been installed at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland, which produced its first power in October. According to notices to mariners from the project issued on 20 November and 3 December, 35 wind turbines are up at the project site with three more partially installed. Owned by […]

  • ALL NRG Group Acquires WTG Partners

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    ALL NRG Group has acquired WTG Partners, a Danish wind turbine advisory and inspection company.  WTG Partners is the fourth company acquired by ALL NRG Group, which says it aims to set up a one-stop-shop for wind turbine manufacturers and wind farm owners by bringing together suppliers in both offshore and onshore wind industry. “For ALL NRG Group, the acquisition of WTG Partners is […]

  • Virginia’s Offshore Wind Turbines Now Generating Power

    29 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project has started generating power, according to social media posts from Ørsted, which developed the project together with Dominion Energy. The 12 MW CVOW, located some 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach, is meant to provide the operational, weather, and environmental experience needed for a 2.6 […]

  • Seacat Extends Vessel Inspection Deal with SMC

    25 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Seacat Services has extended the vessel inspection agreement with Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC). The agreement marks the second year that SMC has been contracted to carry out the Marine Inspection for Small Workboats (eMISW) of Seacat Services’ 14 vessels. According to the UK-based company, through the eMISW inspections, SMC ensures that each vessel continues to meet the […]

  • E.ON to Build 10MW Lithium-Ion Battery for UK Grid

    14 September 2016

    E.ON will build a 10MW lithium-ion battery for the UK grid, after being awarded a contract from the National Grid to support the power network’s stability with a battery system that will help balance power demand and supply in real time and allow for an increase in the share of renewable energy in the grid. With the strong growth of weather-dependent renewable sources […]

  • Conference on Wind Turbine Rotor Blades Held in Bremen

    4 March 2014

    The 3rd international conference “Advances in Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines” was held in Bremen at the end of last month. Rotor blades are decisive in the race for lower cost of energy, and although much progress has been seen in structural design and manufacturing over the past few years, there is still plenty of […]