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  • Scaldis Names Heavy Lifter

    19 April 2016
    Vessels

    Antwerp-based Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors N.V. has chosen the name of Gulliver for its heavy lift, DP2 vessel currently under construction in China. Gulliver, formerly known as RAMBIZ 4000 due to its lifting capacity, got its name following the keel laying ceremony held at the Hong Qiang shipyard near Shanghai on 27 February. The ship is ordered […]

  • Vattenfall Prepping Kentish Flats Extension Inauguration

    6 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall is getting ready to inaugurate the 49.5MW Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm on the southern side of the Outer Thames Estuary at noon local time today. The wind farm comprises 15 MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW  turbines and is located next to the 90MW Kentish Flats offshore wind farm which has been operational since 2005. The site boundaries adjoin […]

  • German Consortium Wins Contract to Build Berth 4 at Europakai Cuxhaven

    1 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    German public seaports operator Niedersachsen Ports has awarded a contract for the reconstruction of a harbour area in Cuxhaven to a German consortium which includes Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems GmbH, Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser, Nordsee Nassbagger, and Tiefbau GmbH. The Erweiterung Europakai Cuxhaven LP 4 consortium will carry out construction works to expand the port’s Europakai (Europe Quay) with the addition of […]

  • Teras Offshore’s Jack-Up Accommodation Rig Deployed at Race Bank

    23 September 2016
    Vessels

    Teras Offshore, in collaboration with Attollo Offshore, has secured a 16‐month charter contract with DONG Energy for its jack‐up accommodation rig Atlantic Amsterdam, which will support the construction of the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Atlantic Amsterdam was mobilized to Race Bank from the port of Hirtshals in northern Denmark and has been on the location since 27 […]

  • SMC, Maxmart Shipping, China Marine Surveyors Team Up for Taiwan’s Offshore Wind

    9 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC), Maxmart Shipping and China Marine Surveyors & Sworn Measurers (CMS) have teamed up to provide integrated solutions to the Taiwanese offshore wind industry. 

  • 3sun’s Business Shifts to 85% Renewables

    14 November 2017
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    3sun Group has invested more than GBP 1.4 million in staff training to fulfil existing contracts and in anticipation of a record work pipeline for 2018. 3sun Group said its business shifted from 50% oil & gas and 50% renewables in 2015 to about 85% renewables and 15% oil & gas in 2017.

  • CIP Fund Nears EUR 3 Billion Mark

    28 December 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) fund Copenhagen Infrastructure III (CI III) had its sixth close on 27 December with total commitments reaching approximately EUR 2.8 billion after nine months of fundraising.

  • Fugro Bags Two Ørsted Contracts in US

    1 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has won contracts by Ørsted to undertake geotechnical investigations at Bay State Wind and Ocean Wind offshore wind farms in the United States.

  • Siemens’ Wind Orders Up, Profit Down

    26 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    In its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, Siemens reported the revenue in its wind and renewables business was down 19% at EUR 1.2 billion, compared to almost EUR 1.5 billion in the same period last year.  Siemens said “timing effects related to project execution” partly affected the revenue. The company’s wind and renewables unit also […]

  • Iberdrola Invests €145 Million in R&D

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    IBERDROLA invested €145 million in the field of Research and Development (R&D) in 2013, a 10% increase on the previous financial year. Most of the investment went to offshore wind power project, smart grids, clean generation and new technologies and business models. Thanks to this unwavering commitment to remaining at the forefront, the company has […]

  • Atlantis Gets EUR 7.7 Mln for MeyGen Tidal Energy Project

    20 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Atlantis Resources Limited has successfully secured €7.7 million in grant funding from the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. The EC funding will support deployment of multi tidal-turbine arrays at the business’ MeyGen tidal energy site and will be supported by DHI, Royal HaskoningDHV and the University of Edinburgh. Scheduled to […]

  • USA: Subsea Cabling Software Sells Good in Offshore Renewables Market

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Makai Ocean Engineering has recently made multiple sales of their full-featured GIS route engineering software, MakaiPlan, to power cable installers who serve the offshore renewable energy market. “We have been monitoring the offshore renewables market closely,” said Dr. Jose Andres, CEO of Makai, “and we are excited that our planning and installation tools are being […]

  • Dong Receives ‘Leadership in New Energy’ Award

    3 November 2014

    At the annual “Oil & Money” conference DONG Energy received the “Leadership in New Energy” award. David Pike, Editor of Energy Intelligence’s carbon and renewables information service, described DONG Energy as a company “at the forefront of the energy transition.” Jakob Askou Bøss, Vice President in Corporate Strategy & Stakeholder Relations in DONG Energy, received […]

  • Pronomar Rides Offshore Wind Industry Wave

    12 September 2014

    Exhibiting at SMM, Dutch specialist in the supply of innovative and efficient equipment, Pronomar, gave an insight into its business. Our reporter met Jaap Baars, Pronomar managing director, where they talked about the company’s products, market and future business plans. “We are focused on to the offshore and maritime industry, but we have noticed lately […]

  • EMEC Makes New Animations for Wave and Tidal Test Sites

    5 September 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D

    EMEC offers a range of ready-made and cost-minimising test and demonstration facilities in major wave and tidal resources. Significant infrastructure investments have been made to make it as easy as possible for technology developers to learn by doing, with full confidentiality of performance data. The center developed two new videos illustrating the infrastructure provided by […]

  • Siemens Wins NEMO Link Job

    9 June 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Siemens has been awarded an order for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system to connect the British and Belgian national grids via subsea cable. Siemens will be responsible for the turnkey installation of both converter stations using HVDC Plus technology with a transmission voltage of ±400 kilovolt (kV) DC. Customer is Nemo Link, a […]

  • Octopus Helps Oxifree Expand to Offshore Wind

    27 August 2015

    Corrosion prevention specialist Oxifree Global has secured funding from Octopus Investments enabling it to invest in expanding its offering within the offshore wind industry. The business will also supplement existing operations in Houston, Texas with additional facilities in Europe and the Far East. Ed Hall, one of the Founders and MD of Oxifree, said: “We are […]

  • UK: New Sector Lights Pave Way for Aberdeen Harbour’s Key Role in Offshore Wind

    6 December 2012

    A Vega VLS-46 sector light, supplied to Aberdeen Harbour by Hydrosphere, has played a major part in facilitating the successful completion of the harbour’s £5.2m dredging operation, paving the way for the harbour to play a key role in offshore wind developments. The harbour is already the centre of activity for the energy industry’s marine […]

  • Visser & Smit Marine Contracting and Ballast Nedam Offshore at Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance Conference Rotterdam

    22 December 2010

    Ton Geul, Business Development Manager at Visser & Smit Marince Contracting and Edwin van de Brug, Commercial Manager at Ballast Nedam Offshore will present their views during the conference Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 3011. The second edition of the conference will pay special attention to the electricity grid. Visser & Smit Marine Contracting is […]

  • The Netherlands: Dong Energy Renewables at Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance Conference Rotterdam

    9 December 2010

    Lars Thaaning Pedersen, Senior Director, Head of Operations at Dong Energy Renewables is one of the key note speakers at the conference Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 2011. Pedersen will present his views on the economic outlook for the offshore wind energy industry. The second edition of Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance, organized by Navingo […]

  • The Netherlands: Van Oord and Typhoon Offshore Reach Agreement on Construction of Offshore Wind Farm

    26 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord and the green investment company Typhoon Offshore B.V. signed a letter of intent for the construction of the BARD-Netherlands offshore wind farm. The wind farm (600 MW output capacity) will consist of two adjoining wind farms with a capacity of 300 MW each, located 55 km north of the island of Schiermonnikoog. The […]

  • UK Renewable Industry to Create 50,000 Jobs Says UK Knack Group

    11 January 2011
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Prestige executive careers consultancy UK Knack Group has announced the gathering in the Granite City of more than 30 captains of industry for a summit meeting on renewable energy. Energy Minister Alex Salmond was at pains to point out that Scotland’s offshore energy capacity could create 50,000 jobs in the next 10 years and inject […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean Orders Second Windfarm Installation Vessel (Denmark)

    9 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Swire Blue Ocean’s parent company, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd., is pleased to announce that it has executed its option with Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) in Korea to build a second Windfarm Installation Vessel. The new vessel, Pacific Osprey, will be the same specification as Pacific Orca, currently under construction at Samsung and delivering […]

  • FoundOcean Completes Substation Foundation Grouting for Walney 2 (UK)

    31 August 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    FoundOcean, contracted to Volker Staal en Funderingen BV (VSF), has completed the offshore grouting operations for Walney Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Phase 2 substation installation. The substation jacket is a four-legged steel structure with one pile sleeve per leg. The jacket was secured to the seabed by injecting grout into the annuli between the pile […]

  • UK: Yellow Admiral at Seawork 2012

    16 May 2012

    For the last two years Yellow Admiral, the specialist marine employment agency based on the Essex coast, has sponsored the Guinness Bar at Seawork. This has coincided with, and hopefully been partially responsible for, a dramatic change in Yellow Admiral’s performance within the industry. Initially the company was built up around providing staff to the […]

  • The Netherlands: Visitor Registration for Offshore Energy 2012 Now Open!

    18 June 2012

    Online visitors registration for a free visit to Offshore Energy 2012 Exhibition is open. The fifth edition of this two-day, international offshore and energy event on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012, takes place in the Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands. The 5th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference is organized by Navingo, the […]