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  • EU, Taiwan Settle Dispute Over Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Localisation Measures

    8 November 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Foundations, Industry, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The European Union and Taiwan have reached an understanding on a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that was initiated by the EU over Taiwan’s offshore wind auctions, more specifically, the requirements for domestic content. In July this year, the EU requested consultations at the WTO concerning Taiwan’s use of local content criteria for offshore […]

  • Chartwell Marine, Vard Collaborate on 55-metre Offshore Wind Vessel

    3 October 2023
    Vessels

    UK-based Chartwell Marine has partnered with Vard to introduce the Midi Service Operations Vessel (Midi SOV), a 55-metre offshore wind craft that is coming to both the US and European markets in 2024, according to the companies. The vessel is said to be designed Jones Act-compliant, Americanized, and ready for production in the US shipyards. […]

  • Singaporean Company Enters European Offshore Wind Market with SOV Acquisition

    21 July 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Singapore offshore wind newcomer Cyan Renewables has acquired a 100 per cent interest in the service operations vessel (SOV) Groenewind from Belgium-based DEME Group. This transaction marks Cyan’s first acquisition in Europe. Delivered in 2021 to DEME Group, the SOV is operating under a 17-year long-term contract to service offshore wind farms in Belgium. The […]

  • RTE Wins Work on Danish Bornholm Energy Island

    5 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    RTE international (RTEi) has been entrusted with the modelling and simulation requirements and the specifications to de-risk the multi-vendor multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) functionalities for the Bornholm Energy Island (BEI) project in Denmark. Planned by the Danish and the German TSOs, Energinet and 50Hertz, BEI will be set up in the Baltic Sea by […]

  • Fugro Secures Danish Geotechnical Survey Contract

    16 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has signed a contract with Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator, for geotechnical site investigation for the North Sea I offshore wind development. The Danish government plans to expand offshore wind capacity by 4 GW by 2030, and the geo-data acquired by Fugro will be used to inform future bids in the area. Fugro’s […]

  • Saipem and Seaway7 to Jointly Tackle Offshore Wind Projects

    24 February 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Equipment, Industry, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Saipem and Seaway7 have entered into a commercial collaboration agreement to jointly identify, bid and execute fixed offshore wind projects. Saipem and Seaway7 will pursue selected projects where the combined utilisation of the companies’ complementary assets, technologies, products, and competencies will generate significant synergies and improve project economics, the companies said. Saipem and Seaway7 plan […]

  • ORE Catapult and Vattenfall Extend Test Facility Agreement in Scotland

    2 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Vattenfall have signed a three-year extension on their testing and demonstration collaboration at the 96.8 MW Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland. The partnership at the 96.8MW offshore wind test and demonstration facility first began in 2019. Since then, technologies that […]

  • Shell to Power Large-Scale Dutch Hydrogen Plant with Offshore Wind

    10 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Energy giant Shell has signed a supply contract with thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers for the Hydrogen Holland I large-scale project in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Under the contract, thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers will engineer, procure and fabricate a 200 MW electrolysis plant based on their large-scale 20 MW alkaline water electrolysis module. The […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Secures New Contracts, Orders New Crane for Brave Tern

    4 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) has signed three new contracts and reservation agreements with a combined revenue of up to EUR 80 million, with two contracts linked to projects in which the company is already involved. The new agreements will cover approximately 300 days in 2022 and 200 days in 2023, in both Europe and the […]

  • JDR Reveals Plan for New Subsea Cable Manufacturing Facility in UK

    28 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems is planning to open a new GBP 130 million subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland, the UK. The project is subject to final agreements, with the construction of the 69,000 square metre facility expected to begin next year and opening in 2024. When complete, the facility will include a […]

  • Weaker Winds Deflate RWE’s Numbers

    12 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    German energy company reported an adjusted EBITDA of EUR 297 million in the Offshore Wind segment in the first quarter of 2021, a 31 per cent drop compared to EUR 431 million reported for the same period in 2020. A key factor here were wind volumes in Northern and Central Europe, which were well below […]

  • Correll to Back ZTT on German Offshore Wind Farms

    1 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    China’s Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT) has awarded Correll Services with contracts related to subsea cables at the Kaskasi II and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind projects in Germany. Correll Services will provide platform cable routing, termination and testing of 155kV subsea cables for the AC grid connection systems on the two wind farms. To […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

    23 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm, soon to be the largest of its kind in Scottish waters, has produced first power on 22 August, when the first wind turbine was commissioned and connected to the grid. The GBP 3 billion (approx. EUR 3.6 billion) project, owned by SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, is located 27 […]

  • MHI Vestas Bolsters Taiwan Supply Chain with Switchgear Deal

    23 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    MHI Vestas has finalised a purchase agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Europe to source switchgear for upcoming offshore wind projects in Taiwan through the participation of the local manufacturer, Shihlin Electric and Engineering Corporation (SEEC). The purchase agreement, first announced in April 2019, is expected to enable Mitsubishi Electric and SEEC to build expertise through supplying […]

  • UK Firm to Design Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    15 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PKN Orlen has selected the UK-based Offshore Design Engineering (ODE) to carry out preliminary technical and construction design of an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. As part of the contract, ODE has agreed to work with Polish companies on the project. The project will include, among others, a preliminary turbine […]

  • Vattenfall Wind Chief Takes WindEurope Chair

    7 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    WindEurope has appointed Gunnar Groebler, Vattenfall’s Senior Vice President for Business Area Wind, as the new Chair. The Board of Directors elected Groebler for an 18-month term, succeeding Ivor Catto, CEO at RES Group. Tony Adam from Nordex will become the association’s new Vice Chair, taking the place of Juan River Abbad from Iberdrola. “We’re delighted to have Gunnar […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Electricity (Video)

    9 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Up to 6,000 homes in UK are now receiving electricity from the first producing wind turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil reports.

  • May: Good Post-Brexit UK-EU Relationship in Both Sides’ Interests

    19 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    In her keynote Brexit speech – Plan for Britain – which includes 12 priorities that the UK government will use to negotiate Brexit, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has made clear her support for renewable energy and said that the UK is at the forefront of fields such as science, innovation, and clean energy.

  • Senvion Joining GE in Race to Buy Adwen?

    8 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The Hamburg-based wind turbine maker Senvion is reportedly getting ready to throw in its bid for Adwen, a 50-50 offshore wind joint venture between Gamesa and Areva, Reuters cited people familiar with the matter as saying.  Senvion would thus compete against General Electric (GE), who reportedly entered into talks with Siemens, Gamesa and Areva to buy Adwen back in […]

  • Van Oord to Wire Ørsted’s Borssele

    16 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has won a contract to install inter-array cables on Ørsted’s Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Norther Substation Heads Home

    16 August 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Norther Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS) built at the Hoboken yard of ENGIE Fabricom by the consortium partners ENGIE Fabricom, Smulders and CG, has set sail towards its destination in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Hornsea One Chopper Squad Takes to the Air

    25 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    CHC’s first flight for the initial phase of Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm left the Humberside Airport, UK, on 24 January.

  • SCiBreak Joins PROMOTioN Offshore Grid Project

    21 September 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Swedish company SCiBreak has joined the PROMOTioN consortium, which aims to develop and demonstrate diode rectifier offshore converters, HVDC grid protection system, and HVDC circuit breaker prototypes. PROMOTioN will also deliver a regulatory and financial framework, including an offshore grid deployment plan for the future offshore grid system in Europe.

  • LM, ORE Working on Reducing Blade Test Time

    20 November 2015
    R&D

    LM Wind Power and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult are collaborating on a new blade testing method that could help reduce overall blade test times by up to 25% and potentially almost halve the time for the fatigue-testing alone.  Testing of critical components, like wind turbine blades, often lasts several months to simulate 20-25 years of […]

  • EU to Discuss North Sea Offshore Wind Cooperation

    2 February 2016
    Authorities

    The Netherlands EU Presidency will hold a high-level meeting on regional maritime cooperation on sustainable energy on 4 February, 2016. The meeting will be attended by Directors-General whose portfolios include energy policy, and will focus on regional cooperation in the North Sea. In the context of the EU’s transition to a more sustainable energy supply, the cost benefits […]

  • DNV GL Acquires Swedish Power System Analyst

    21 January 2016

    DNV GL has acquired Gothia Power, a Swedish provider of advanced analysis and measurements for power production, power transmission and power consumption. DNV GL President and CEO Remi Eriksen said: “This company’s expertise and services are a perfect match for DNV GL’s existing portfolio in the renewable power, transmission and distribution industries. I am therefore happy to announce this acquisition, […]