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  • PGE, Ørsted Seek Geotechnical Engineering Services for Two Polish Projects

    7 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted and PGE have opened a tender looking to procure geotechnical investigation services for their two offshore wind projects in Poland, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3. The scope of services is related to detailed design and covers static seabed CPTU (<30 m) with seismic measurements and static down-the-hole CPTU (<45 m) with dissipation tests and geophysical […]

  • Ørsted Expects Much Lower Hit from Cable Protection System Issues than Anticipated

    29 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted now expects costs to reinstate the integrity of inter-array cables affected by cable protection issues at some of the company’s offshore wind farms to amount to up to DKK 1.3 billion (around EUR 175 million) and not up to DKK 3 billion as initially anticipated. As reported, Ørsted discovered the issue with Cable Protection […]

  • Ørsted and Tekmar Tackle Array Cable Issue at Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    4 May 2021
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and the cable protection systems (CPS) manufacturer Tekmar are jointly trying to identify the root cause of the inter-array cable issue identified at the Race Bank wind farm offshore UK earlier this year. As reported earlier, Ørsted flagged the issue in its Q1 2021 interim report, saying that apart from Race Bank, up to […]

  • Port of Rotterdam Upgrading Sif’s Marshalling Site

    22 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Rotterdam has awarded the Dutch construction company Van Hattum & Blankevoort with a contract for work on a quay at Sif’s site at the port. The contract covers quay wall construction, marine construction works, and dredging and pumping operations, which will be carried out at the 20-hectare port area for which Sif […]

  • Polish Company Reveals Plans for 820 MW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Estonia

    17 October 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Poland-based Respect Energy Holding has unveiled plans to build a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Estonia. The planned project would be located off the coast of Estonia in the Wind Energy Innovation Area. The 820 MW project will be implemented by Respect Energy Holding in cooperation with BaltiConnect, an offshore project development […]

  • Nuveen Buys Stake in Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    10 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Nuveen Infrastructure has announced an investment that will see the company acquire a 15 per cent stake in the 731.5 MW Borselle 3 and 4 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands from Partners Group. The transaction will see the fund acquire 15 per cent of the 731.5 MW offshore wind project located 22 kilometres off […]

  • Netherlands Selects Offshore Hydrogen Network Developer

    5 December 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Industry, Technology

    Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy Rob Jetten intends to appoint the energy infrastructure firm, Gasunie, to develop an offshore hydrogen network in the North Sea. According to Gasunie, the Minister announced its intention to the House of Representatives on 2 December 2022. Hydrogen produced using offshore wind energy from the North Sea is […]

  • Ørsted Taps Doosan For Monopile Foundations

    7 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Doosan Enerbility’s Vietnamese subsidiary, Doosan Vina, to cooperate on the supply of offshore wind turbine substructures. With the signing of this MoU, Doosan Vina will be supplying the monopile foundations for Ørsted’s global offshore wind power projects that are currently underway in regions such as Southeast […]

  • Foundation Installation Soon to Begin at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the wind turbine jacket foundations is soon to commence at the 450 MW Neart an Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. Ten three-legged jacket substructures will be installed onto pre-installed piles at the NnG construction site, located some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The jacket foundations will be brought directly to […]

  • Macquarie to Sell Stake in 714 MW East Anglia One

    3 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Macquarie Asset Management has reached an agreement to divest a 10 per cent stake in the 714 MW East Anglia One offshore wind farm to NTR, on behalf of the L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) Fund and the Development Bank of Japan. Following this transaction, Macquarie Asset Management will retain a 10 per cent stake […]

  • 7SeasMed Becomes First Italian Floating Offshore Wind Project to Receive EIA Approval

    25 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Environment, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    The Italian Ministry for Environment and Energy Security has approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the 250 MW 7SeasMed floating offshore wind project. This is the first EIA approval for a floating offshore wind project, said Copenhagen Offshore Partners, the lead developer for the wind farm. “The EIA Decree is the result of our […]

  • New Floating Wind R&D Project Launches in France

    5 July 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    A research and development (R&D) project focused on reusable floating wind anchoring systems, high and low connectors, and tendons for tension line systems, has been launched in France. The project is led by Technip Energies in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundation, and funded by the French State as part of France […]

  • Ampelmann and Seaway7 Partner on Their First US Offshore Wind Project

    6 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Dutch offshore access provider, Ampelmann, has received an order from Seaway7 to supply an E5000 gangway, which will support the construction of a major US coast offshore wind project. The order not only marks the first collaboration of Seaway7 and Ampelmann in the Americas but will also see the first tour of duty of the […]

  • MMT to Keep Deep Helder at US Offshore Wind Sites

    23 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    SeaMar has signed a contract extension with MMT for the Deep Helder offshore support vessel, which has been deployed off the US East Coast for survey work at Ørsted’s offshore wind sites. The new contract has a duration of two years with a one-year renewal option and follows the six-month contract under which the vessel […]

  • German Trains to Run on Offshore Wind

    9 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Innogy and RWE Supply & Trading have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Deutsche Bahn (German Rail – DB) for the supply of electricity from the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. The supplied volume comprises 25MW, which is the equivalent of four turbines, representing 8% of the total production of the 295MW offshore wind farm. This […]

  • Ørsted a Couple of Gigawatts Away from Its 2025 Offshore Wind Ambition

    2 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted’s current installed and decided offshore wind capacity accounts for almost 9GW out of its ambition of 11-12GW by the end of 2025, announced at the beginning of this year.

  • WindEurope: 10-20MW Turbines to Help EU Meet Its Energy Objectives

    27 February 2018
    R&D, Technology

    WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson has said that developing 10-20MW offshore wind turbines will be key to unleashing Europe’s offshore wind energy potential and will help the EU meet its Climate and Energy objectives. WindEurope’s central scenario projects 70GW of offshore wind energy in Europe’s energy mix by 2030, which would meet 9.7% of electricity consumption. 

  • Jumbo to Add New Heavy Lift Crane Vessel to Its Fleet

    8 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    On 8 December, Jumbo signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with China Merchants Industry Holdings (CMIH) for the provision of detailed engineering and construction of a new DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV). The new vessel – capable of installing wind turbine foundations and floating structures in deeper waters – is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020.

  • innogy Prepping Kaskasi and Triton Knoll OW Projects for April Auctions

    14 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company innogy SE is preparing to participate in two offshore wind auctions, in Germany and in the UK, in 2017 with two projects which have a combined capacity of nearly 1.2GW.

  • LOC Sets Up Renewables Division

    6 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    International marine and engineering consultancy LOC Group, comprising LOC and Longitude, has created LOC Renewables, a focused team of consultants to bring the group’s capabilities to the offshore renewable energy sector.

  • EU Commission Authorises Portugese Offshore Renewables Demonstration Projects

    23 April 2015
    Authorities, R&D

    The European Commission has found a Portuguese scheme that will support demonstration projects producing wave, tidal and offshore wind energy to be in line with EU state aid rules. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “The development of new renewable technologies is crucial to help Europe meet its environmental commitments. Today’s approved scheme is […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Report on Pentland Firth Tidal Energy Potential

    10 July 2013

    RenewableUK today welcomed new research published by Oxford University, which highlights the huge potential of tidal power in the Pentland Firth. The report says that tidal turbines in the currents between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands could generate up to 1.9 Gigawatts of power. The report is an extensive piece of research and […]

  • Coastline Surveys Wins Substantial Contract at Seawork, UK

    28 June 2013
    R&D

    Coastline Surveys has been awarded a substantial contract at Seawork this week to carry out berth seabed and cable burial surveys for a European wave energy test site. The company has invited Innovatum to provide its new Cougar XT ROV fully equipped with a magnetic cable tracking system to assist on the project. The ROV […]

  • USA: Obama Launches “Clean” Initiative

    26 June 2013
    Authorities

    President Obama launched a new initiative for the United States to lead the world in mitigating climate change and to create new jobs and obtain a cleaner environment that will accompany the shift to cleaner energy sources. Offshore wind is a substantial resource the United States can tap as part of this clean energy transition. […]

  • Delegation of Humber Offshore Wind Companies to Visit Denmark

    1 September 2013

    A delegation of Humber companies working in the offshore wind supply chain is to visit Denmark next week on a fact-finding, networking trade mission. Organised by Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), nearly 20 businesses and organisations will tour the main production facilities of Siemens Wind Power in Brande. Mark O’Reilly, […]

  • Wood Puts Galion Radar Through Paces

    18 February 2019
    R&D

    Wood has completed the first commercial lidar test at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine. Wood tested its Galion lidar system at the onshore met mast of the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine located on the Fife coast in the UK. According to the UK company, the test was completed ahead of schedule, in one month […]