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  • Seahorse Dumps Rock at West of Duddon Sands (Video)

    10 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis Offshore worked on the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm located 14 kilometers off Walney Island. The company was responsible for the post-lay installation of scour protection around 108 monopiles. 92,000 TE of 9 – 18” armour rock was installed through the side dump unit of DP fallpipe vessel Seahorse. [mappress mapid=”14722″] Offshore WIND […]

  • James Fisher Showcases Its Business & Offshore Support Vessel

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    James Fisher Marine Services Ltd (JFMS), and Fendercare Marine, both subsidiaries of James Fisher and Sons plc (JFS) – the UK’s leading marine services provider, yesterday held an open day to demonstrate the capability of their shoreside support base and the offshore support vessel, the Dart Fisher.  The Dart Fisher, which was berthed in the […]

  • GEV to Launch Turbine Maintenance Structure at RenewableUK Event (VIDEO)

    6 November 2014
    Technology

    GEV Wind Power, a division of the GEV Group, is launching its pioneering turbine maintenance structure at this year’s RenewableUK show. Visitors to the show will be the first to experience the structure in action through GEV’s virtual reality simulation, enabling attendees to access the platform, be cocooned in the transparent habitat and undertake their […]

  • Innovative Monobase GBF to Undergo Testing at MARIN

    5 November 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Monobase Wind BV will be performing model test from 17-28 November at the MARIN, in co-operation with Royal Haskoning DHV. The tests are to demonstrate the behavior of the Monobase Gravity Based Foundation (GBF), a novelty in the industry, fully equipped with tower, turbine and blades. The tests will cover all the essential steps of […]

  • Dalby Humber Assists in Emergency Towing Exercise

    5 November 2014
    Training & Education, Vessels

    Dalby Humber has assisted SSE in an emergency towing exercise for new RNLI Lowestoft Lifeboat.  The new Lowestoft all weather lifeboat (ALB) called the Patsy Knight was put through its paces during an emergency towing exercise off the beach at Lowestoft. The ALB was called to assist Dalby Offshore’s Dalby Humber who was needing a […]

  • CTruk’s Offshore Wind Business Gains Momentum

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    CTruk recently signed the lease on a 6400m2 site on the Colne Estuary, a few miles upriver from its current Brightlingsea base. The company plans to use the Fieldgates site in Haven Road, The Hythe, East Colchester to build larger vessels required for offshore wind farm projects further out to sea. CTruk is pressing on […]

  • Wirescan Tests TenneT’s Offshore Export Cables

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    During the two first weeks of September, Wirescan had been performing LIRA measurements on three different export cables in the German North Sea.  The assignments were both baseline measurements (fingerprint) and second measurement for condition monitoring. The tests were performed from both the onshore and offshore substation of three different wind farms. The LIRA system can be used […]

  • Linklaters Advises on 270MW Wind Farm Connection Funding

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Linklaters advised a consortium of Transmission Investment LLP, Amber Infrastructure and International Public Partnerships (together, Transmission Capital Partners) in relation to the acquisition and financing by the European Investment Bank of the offshore transmission assets connecting the 270MW Lincs wind farm to the onshore distribution network. The £307 million transmission link is the fifth offshore […]

  • Red7Marine Offshore Appoints Its First CEO

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Company operating in the offshore energy sector, Red7Marine Offshore, has appointed its first chief executive. Martin Myhill Sisley joins the UK’s leading independent air diving provider as its new specialist vessel, Red7 Alliance, arrived at its Great Yarmouth base. The vessel – part of the company’s £25m investment in equipment this year – sailed into […]

  • Iberdrola’s Offshore MD Chairman of ORE Catapult’s Industry Advisory Group

    4 November 2014
    R&D

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has appointed Iberdrola’s Offshore Managing Director Jonathan Cole as Chairman of its Industry Advisory Group. The Industry Advisory Group (IAG) is made up of senior representation drawn from across the offshore renewables sector, including utilities, manufacturers, supply chain and marine organisations. It provides clear, consistent and representative industry advice […]

  • Germany Makes Plans for Better Offshore Wind Future

    4 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    German coordinator for the Maritime Industry and State Secretary for Economy and Energy, Uwe Beckmeyer, yesterday opened the “OffWEA” specialist conference “The Future of Offshore Wind Energy According to the EEG amendment 2014” in Berlin.  The specialist conference was organized by Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie, under the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy’s “Technical support of the Federal Government in developing and implementing […]

  • Dogger Bank 3D Simulation Ready to Go

    3 November 2014
    Technology

    Forewind’s 3D computer generated simulation of the proposed Dogger Bank offshore development can now be downloaded by anyone with a keen interest in visualising, or navigating through the wind farms. The model, which was developed to enable fishermen and offshore authorities to better understand and see how the development will look once constructed, can be […]

  • ECN, AIST Sign Renewable Energy Letter of Intent

    3 November 2014

    The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and the Renewable Energy Research Center (AIST) have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on research in a range of renewable energy-related technologies. AIST has recently opened a new research facility in Koriyama, Fukushima, named the Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, to contribute with high level internationally […]

  • 66kV Inter-Array Connection Creates ‘Chicken and Egg’ Dilemma

    3 November 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    At its National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, ORE Catapult recently held a workshop on switching from 33kV to 66kV in offshore wind farm inter-array operating voltage. Following the workshop, ORE Catapult provided Offshore WIND with information on the industry’s work towards switching from 33kV to 66kV. Offshore wind farms have traditionally used 33kV systems for inter-array power […]

  • FloWave Launches Global Ocean Energy Prize

    3 November 2014

    The ocean energy pioneers of tomorrow have been offered the chance to compete for a week of free testing – worth £38,000 ($61,000) – at FloWave, the world’s most sophisticated ocean energy simulator. The FloWave Prize – or ‘FPrize’ – is aimed at young researchers studying for PHDs and beyond, who must put forward their […]

  • Dong Energy’s Earnings Up Thanks to Offshore Wind

    31 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy issued an interim financial report for 9M 2014, which states that the company’s EBITDA was DKK 13.0 billion for this financial period, compared with DKK 11.2 billion for 9M 2013. The increase relative to the same period last year was due to higher earnings from wind activities, including a gain from the divestment of […]

  • Master Fined for Wind Farm Vessel Collision with Floating Military Target

    31 October 2014
    Authorities

    The master of a wind farm passenger transfer vessel has today been ordered to pay £9,702 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Michael Gallagher was in charge when the workboat catamaran Windcat 9 with 15 people on board when it hit a large floating military […]

  • TEC to Survey Cockenzie Energy Park Site to Accommodate OW Industry

    31 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Scottish Enterprise has awarded The Environmental Consultancy Ltd (TEC) a contract for Inshore Ecological Surveys in Cockenzie, where it plans to create a manufacturing facility to service the offshore wind industry.  Scottish Enterprise has undertaken initial feasibility (including the preparation of a feasibility study and outline development framework) for development of an “Energy Hub” at the former Cockenzie Power […]

  • Lord Heseltine to Cut Ribbon at HR Wallingford’s Marine Modelling Facilities

    30 October 2014
    R&D

    The Rt. Hon. the Lord Heseltine CH will be amongst the first to see some of the world’s most sophisticated marine modelling facilities in operation today (30 October) when he officially opens HR Wallingford’s UK Ship Simulation Centre and the Fast Flow Facility at Howbery Business Park in Oxfordshire. Developments in the ocean can be […]

  • West of Duddon Sands Marks Its Official Opening with Full Power Output

    30 October 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Full power output has been achieved more than two months ahead of schedule from West of Duddon Sands Offshore Windfarm, a major renewable energy project which has been developed by ScottishPower Renewables and DONG Energy in the Irish Sea. The news came on the day that the 389 megawatt (MW) windfarm was officially opened by […]

  • Energinet.dk Gets Approval to Build Kriegers Flak Grid Connection System

    18 December 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    On December 16, the Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building issued an investment approval for units to be erected by Energinet.dk in order to connect the forthcoming offshore wind turbines at Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea to the onshore electricity grid. The approval allows Energinet.dk to enter into contracts for a total of […]

  • Scottish Renewable Power Generation Evens Out with Fossil Fuels

    18 December 2014

    For the first time electricity generated from renewables in Scotland accounted for the same as fossil fuels. Figures released today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show renewables and fossil fuels both accounted for 32 per cent of total electricity generated in Scotland. Scotland also continues to be a net exporter of electricity, […]

  • Siemens to Enhance Grid Reliability with Superconductors

    18 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    When fed into medium-voltage power grids, large loads of renewable or other decentralized energies – which are generated when winds are strong or the sun is very bright – can produce short circuits that endanger the power supply. Superconducting network technologies can ensure reliable grid operation even under these conditions. Siemens is installing a superconducting […]

  • Belgium to Decide on Wind Energy Storing Island in 2015

    17 December 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Belgium will have their say in early 2015 about a project that would see excess energy stored and used later when needed. The project aims to store energy produced by offshore wind farms when there is low demand, or storing it for when there is no wind,  writes Reuters. It comprises a donut-shaped island, located […]

  • Westermost Rough Team Donates Gifts to Grimsby’s Looked-After Children

    17 December 2014

    Last week, the Grimsby team at the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm donated Christmas gifts to children in the care of North East Lincolnshire Council and women in the care of the Womens Aid in Grimsby. Westermost Rough Ltd – a partnership of DONG Energy, Marubeni and the UK Green Investment Bank donated Lego to […]

  • ORE Catapult: Urgent Action Is Needed to Bolster the UK’s Wave and Tidal Industries

    17 December 2014
    R&D

    Urgent action is needed to bolster the UK’s wave and tidal industries and get investors back in play, according to a report published today by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK body supporting innovation and rapid commercialisation in offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies. The report highlights that this strategically important market could […]