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  • RWE and E.ON Complete Asset Swap Deal

    1 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    RWE has taken over innogy’s activities, meaning the asset swap deal with E.ON is officially completed. The wind, solar and hydropower businesses, as well as the biomass, biogas and gas storage activities are now transferred to RWE. About 2,700 employees are transferring from innogy to RWE in the course of the takeover. “This is the […]

  • Radac Wave Monitoring Radar

    3 September 2020

    Fixed & Floating Wind Farms While more and more fixed offshore wind farms benefit from Radac Directional Wave Radar, we are taking the lead implementing our newest system, motion compensated directional radar for the floating wind designs, taking the dynamics of the structures into account. This is no easy task and that is why we […]

  • New Offshore Wind Service Vessel Coming to Market

    31 August 2020
    Vessels

    Coastwise Offshore Services and Next Generation Shipyards have signed a contract to build a new type of service vessel for the offshore wind market. According to the parties, the new vessel combines the stability of a catamaran with the speed and fuel efficiency of a monohull. The Monomaran Crewtender- Endurance class NG2727 will be delivered to Coastwise […]

  • Xodus Kicks Off Collaborative Floating Wind Research Project

    13 August 2020
    R&D

    Xodus Group has launched a three-year collaborative research project on the costs around floating offshore wind. The Improving the Bankability of Floating Offshore Wind Projects study, led by Xodus through the IDCORE program, is a collaborative partnership between the Universities of Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Exeter, as well as the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS). […]

  • Marine Performance Systems Wins Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge 2019

    10 December 2019
    R&D

    Marine Performance Systems is the winner of the Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge 2019 with its solution for noise reduction during piling, Offshore Wind Innovators said. The three other finalists were Arc Marine, Witteveen & Bos, and Tribosonics. They came up with solutions to optimize a cage construction for flat oysters and to measure torque of […]

  • Hi5Jack Aims at Lighter, Cheaper Jacket Foundations

    15 November 2019
    R&D

    The EUDP (Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program) is funding a newly established project collaboration that seeks to reduce the weight and cost of jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines using a high strength steel tubular joint design. Jacket foundations are characterised by having tubular main legs and in between smaller cross stiffening tubulars welded […]

  • EIB to Ditch Fossil Fuels, Focus on Clean Energy Investments

    15 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to support EUR 1 trillion of investments in climate action and environmental sustainability from 2021 to 2030 as part of a new energy lending policy. Following the approval of the revised energy lending policy, the EIB stated it will no longer consider new financing for unabated, fossil fuel […]

  • Chartwell Rings CTV Shortage Alarm Bell

    29 October 2019
    Vessels

    Chartwell Marine is warning that there is a looming shortage of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) as the European offshore wind market continues to expand with larger and more ambitious projects. The European CTV fleet is “thinly stretched” as the industry continues to expand, with Round 4 UK projects in build, development starting in France and […]

  • Vattenfall Feels Wind Bump

    29 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s Wind Business Area saw an increase in net sales and the underlying operating profit during the first nine months of the year, mainly owing to new capacity and higher production due to stronger winds. In the last twelve months, Vattenfall commissioned two wind farms, the 29MW Slufterdam onshore wind farm in the Netherlands and 373MW out […]

  • ABB Targets Optimal Vessel Missions with OCTOPUS Software

    12 November 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    ABB Marine & Ports has been selected as a key technology partner for the EU-funded ATLANTIS project exploring the use of remote offshore inspection and maintenance techniques for wind farms. ABB is supplying a new module of the ABB Ability™ Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS optimization software – for the project funded through Horizon 2020. […]

  • Offshore Players Seek Power Cable Jointing Crew

    4 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Pipeline Repair and Subsea Intervention (PRSI) Pool is seeking providers of contingency equipment and services for jointing of high voltage subsea cables. The PRSI Pool is a cooperation of operating companies organized as a non-profit membership club. The pool includes 20 companies. Some of these companies such as Equinor, Statnett, Aker BP, Shell, and […]

  • Seaway 7 Adding New Cable Lay Vessel to Fleet

    30 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Seaway 7 is converting Seven Phoenix into a dedicated inter-array grid and export cable installation and trenching support vessel. According to Seaway 7, the vessel will operate under its new name Seaway Phoenix on the first assignment with the company. It was originally constructed as a dedicated trans-oceanic submarine fiber optic cable lay vessel, Subsea […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Signs Hornsea Two Bank Guarantee Line

    18 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a bank guarantee line for up to EUR 600 million to cover the construction of components for the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. Located in the North Sea and owned by Danish utility company Ørsted, the farm will consist of 165 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines. BNP Paribas lead managed […]

  • Vattenfall Gathers Blade Squad

    14 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has signed a Framework Agreement with two UK and one Danish company to provide up-tower blade maintenance and repair at the company’s wind farms for a minimum period of two years. The Swedish energy company selected GEV Wind Power, James Fisher Marine Services, and Danish Blade Service to provide the blade maintenance and repair […]

  • Chartwell Marine and BAR Technologies Unveil Next-Gen CTV Design

    13 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Naval architects Chartwell Marine and BAR Technologies have established a partnership to support the delivery of the next generation of offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The partnership will drive forward the development of new vessel designs ranging from 30-metre CTVs through to 60-metre service accommodation and transfer vessels (SATVs), making use of BAR’s patented […]

  • EU Consulting on New Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism

    7 May 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The EU Commission has opened a four-week public consultation on draft rules to establish a new EU financing mechanism to support renewable energy projects. The new mechanism opens a possibility for the member states to collectively benefit from renewables projects funded through tenders using an EU-wide financing mechanism. The mechanism enables “contributing” member states to […]

  • Mammoet Completes ALE Buy

    8 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Dutch heavy lift and transportation company Mammoet has completed the acquisition of the UK-based ALE. The businesses will now operate as one company under the Mammoet brand across over 140 offices and branches worldwide. Over the coming months, a fully developed integration plan will be rolled out that will focus on bringing the two organizations […]

  • BP, EnBW and ORE Catapult to Investigate Use of Low Emission Vessels on Offshore Wind Farms

    27 February 2023
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    EnBW, bp, and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult will jointly investigate the use of zero- or low-emission support vessels at offshore wind farms. EnBW and bp are jointly developing three offshore wind projects in two UK locations – Morven, a potential 2.9 GW lease area off the east coast of Scotland, and Morgan and […]

  • Offshore Wind Giants Join Forces to Address Carbon Emissions

    31 January 2023
    Contribution, Industry

    Eleven offshore wind developers are partnering with the Carbon Trust to develop methodology and guidance to measure and address the carbon emissions associated with offshore wind farms throughout their lifecycle. The offshore wind developers that joined forces with the Carbon Trust are bp, EnBW, Fred. Olsen Seawind, Ørsted, Parkwind, RWE, ScottishPower Renewables, Shell, SSE Renewables, […]

  • Bombora Wraps Tank Trials of Its Floating Hybrid Energy Platform

    16 August 2022
    Technology

    Bombora Wave Power has completed tank testing of its floating foundation system suitable for the InSPIRE solution, which combines the mWave wave energy technology with a wind turbine onto a single floating offshore platform. As part of the EuropeWave project, an adapted version of the semi-submersible INSPIRE platform, developed in partnership with TechnipFMC, underwent tank […]

  • New Semisubmersible Heavy Transport Vessel Joins Seaway 7 Fleet

    25 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Seaway 7 has taken delivery of its new 50,000-ton DWT semisubmersible heavy transport vessel (HTV) named Seaway Swan. Seaway Swan is suitable for float-over operation projects, feeder duties alongside installation vessels, and subsea construction support. Seaway 7 entered into a bareboat contract with United Faith for the vessel, previously named MV Xin Qun 3. The […]

  • Ørsted Recruits Borssele Recruiters

    13 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    UK-based recruitment company Light Source People has won a contract for the supply of temporary staff for Ørsted’s Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands.

  • GODESS Gets EU Funds

    13 November 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The European Union has awarded a EUR 1.4 million research grant to the GODESS (Global Optimal DEsign of Support Structures) project aimed at optimizing the design of offshore wind turbines.

  • Esteyco and Tecnalia Wade Into Deep Waters

    12 November 2018
    R&D, Technology

    Spain’s Esteyco has teamed up with the Basque Research and Innovation Center Tecnalia to design a dynamic energy transmission cable as part of the Telwind floating wind platform project.

  • Ecology and Offshore Wind Farms Could Go Hand in Hand

    2 November 2018

    “Ecology and offshore wind power plants have the potential to go hand in hand,” Peter Eecen, Program Development Manager Wind Energy, ECN/ TNO, said at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2018.

  • Jack Up Barge Completes Kriegers Flak Mission

    2 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Jack Up Barge (JUB) has completed a support and supply contract for the hook-up and commissioning of two offshore platforms at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea.