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  • Trump Receives Anti-wind Support (UK)

    27 January 2012

      Donald Trump has received support from two big players in his fight to block the offshore wind farm development in Aberdeen bay. The Scottish Golf Union, Aberdeen City and Shire Hotel Association joined one of the oldest golf clubs in the world saying that the wind farm could have a negative effect on the […]

  • Rem Ocean Scheduled for O&M Work at Sheringham Shoal

    7 July 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    “Rem Ocean,” the IMR (Inspection Maintenance Repair) vessel is scheduled to arrive at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm to undertake some essential retrofit operations throughout the site on 9th July 2014. Subject to weather condition, the arrival date may be delayed. The vessel is expected to remain on the site for 4-6 weeks, but will […]

  • Japan to Commence Wind Farm Construction Offshore Fukushima

    21 January 2013

    Japan is planning to begin the construction of the world’s largest wind farm in July, placing it 16 kilometers off the coast of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, reports RT news portal. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, Japan turned off all of their 54 nuclear reactors and turned to renewable resources, […]

  • Kajima Consortium Lands Kashima Port Offshore Wind Project

    7 July 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Ibaraki Prefectural Government in Japan has selected the Kajima offshore wind power consortium comprising Wind Power Energy and Hitachi Wind Power to develop the 93.6MW Kashima Port offshore wind project.

  • Ofgem Announces GBP 46.4 Mln for Eight Projects

    24 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ofgem has confirmed funding of £46.4 million for eight projects as part of its cutting-edge innovation competitions for the network companies that deliver energy to homes and businesses. Ofgem runs three innovation competitions to help Britain’s energy networks become smarter and more cost-efficient. The Low Carbon Networks (LCN) Fund, the Gas Network Innovation Competition (NIC) […]

  • James Fisher, ExtremeOcean Innovation Ink Deal for Pioneering WFSV Concept

    17 June 2014

    James Fisher Marine Services Ltd, part of James Fisher and Sons plc – the UK’s leading marine services provider, today announces the signing of an exclusive market entry agreement with Canadian company ExtremeOcean Innovation Inc. (EOI), the designers of the TranSPAR craft. The arrangement will last for twelve months, with the option of a further twelve-month extension. […]

  • VIDEO: Nautricity CoRMat Tidal Turbine

    18 February 2013
    Technology

    Recently, Airborne Marine has announced the first two successfully manufactured 1-shot RTM Tidal blades with embedded insert technology for Nautricity. These first two blades are part of a series of seven 4 metre blades for the 250KW test turbine. Nautricity will make the Mull of Kintyre the first test site for its innovative CoRMaT tidal […]

  • VIDEO: AREVA M5000 Offshore Wind Turbine

    20 February 2013
    Technology

    The AREVA Wind M5000 is  lightweight despite its output of 5MW. The nacelle and rotor together weigh approximately 349 tons. This relatively low weight facilitates the transport and erection of the turbines; a crucial factor when working on the open sea. The nacelle is assembled onshore by qualified technicians from AREVA Wind, so that it […]

  • VIDEO: Connecting Offshore Wind Energy to Grid ‒ DolWin3

    26 February 2013
    Grid Connection, Technology

    DolWin3 is the eighth grid connection project to be implemented by TenneT using direct current technology. Together with three projects based on AC current technology, TenneT TSO, which is responsible for the North Sea, will then deliver a total of around 6.2 GW of offshore wind energy to the mainland. Alstom has just been awarded […]

  • VIDEO: Lowestoft College – Offshore Wind & Marine Safety Training

    8 March 2013
    Training & Education

    Lowestoft College is a leading provider of training and competence services to the maritime, offshore and energy industries. It has joined forces with the National Wind Farm Training Centre (NWFTC) to launch a one-stop training centre for workers in the wind farm industry. Under one roof, the College and NWFTC provide generic and bespoke courses to meet […]

  • VIDEO: Narec 3MW Tidal Turbine Drive Train Testing

    11 March 2013
    Technology

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland, completed its 3MW Drive Train Test Facility in spring last year. The Atlantis programme at Narec included full load-running testing on its AR1000 turbine; by doing this Atlantis has secured performance data equivalent to several months of operation in the sea. The following is a video […]

  • VIDEO: SeaGen, Generating Electricity from Tides

    15 March 2013

      Dr. Peter Fraenkel invented the tidal power plant SeaGen. His idea? To plunge a windmill (headfirst) into the water. Fraenkel shows just how it works by using household items – all in just 60 seconds. A mini windmill, an aquarium and a cup of tea are used to demonstrate. [mappress] Offshore WIND staff, March […]

  • VIDEO: MPI Dulcinea Transfers Technicians onto D4 at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm

    25 April 2013

    MPI Dulcinea, built in 2011, is a 17m wind farm service vessel that was designed specially for MPI Workboats Ltd. A couple of days ago, Scira Offshore Energy celebrated the move from the ‘Prepare for Operations’ stage to long term ‘Operation and Maintenance’ stage of the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm, which is located in the […]

  • VIDEO: Greater Gabbard ‒ World’s 2nd Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    12 August 2013

    The recently inaugurated Greater Gabbard is the second largest offshore wind farm in the world. It was officially opened on August 7 by Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP.  Located 23 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk, the wind farm is a 50-50 joint venture between SSE and RWE Innogy. The project is worth £1.6bn and […]

  • VIDEO: Belgian Offshore Wind Industry

    22 November 2013

    Belgian offshore wind industry is gaining momentum, especially after OWI-Lab invested in new wind turbine test facility and Alstom completed the installation of its new-generation offshore wind turbine. In September, the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in the Belgian North Sea was officially opened. Also, the construction of the Northwind offshore […]

  • VIDEO: Damen FCS 2610 at Work

    28 January 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Damen recently said that it was building the FCS 2610 for stock to keep up with demand and that the company would soon have 40 of these vessels built in just three years.  The first of two Sure Wind Marine’s Damen FCS 2610 vessels was handed over on January 8th 2014 and was named ‘Sure […]

  • VIDEO: Alstom’s 6MW Turbine Spinning at Belwind Site

    7 April 2014
    Technology

    Last year in November, Alsom installed 6-MW Haliade™ 150, off Ostend harbour at the Belwind site in Belgium. This is the largest offshore wind turbine ever installed in sea waters. It consists of 150-metre rotor, and can power around 5,000 households. Check out this video of the most powerful offshore wind turbine made by Alstom. […]

  • VIDEO: Seajacks’ Work on Meerwind Project

    19 May 2014

    Last month, Seajacks completed the installation work at the Meerwind project, a German offshore wind farm. Seajacks Zaratan worked alongside Seajacks Leviathan, self-propelled jack-ups, on the project, where they installed 80 wind turbines, including monopiles, transition pieces, towers and nacelles. Seajacks also managed the scour protection installation around the monopiles. The rock material, which was loaded […]

  • VIDEO: Innovation and Advances in Offshore Wind Farm Boats

    11 July 2014
    Technology

    The International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS), organisation promoting the professionalism, recognition and training of marine surveyors worldwide, held its 2014 Conference and AGM last month. One of the speakers was Jim Cutts, CTruk’s Director of Engineering, who assessed the innovation and advances in vessel construction for offshore wind farm boats. CTruk designs and builds […]

  • BEEAs: IHC’s Trencher Nominated for Mechanical Product of the Year (VIDEO)

    8 October 2014
    Technology

    IHC Merwede’s Hi-Traq subsea trencher, specifically designed for offshore wind farm operations, has been nominated for the Mechanical Product of the Year Award at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs), which will take place tomorrow in London.  The company introduced its innovative trenching technology in June as the world’s first four-tracked subsea trencher. The trencher is specifically developed for shallow […]

  • VIDEO: Introduction to MERIKA Initiative

    20 October 2014

    MERIKA (Marine Energy Research Innovation and Knowledge Accelerator) is an initiative by UHI (University of the Highlands and the Islands), located in Scotland and the UK’s outermost region. Funded by the European Union FP7 (REGPOT) programme, the project seeks to establish a marine energy research and innovation hub in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, […]

  • Video: Officials from RWE, Statkraft Talk about Triton Knoll OWF

    24 February 2015

    Triton Knoll offshore wind farm will be jointly built by RWE and Statkraft, as it has been recently announced.  The proposed offshore wind project is located off the east coast of England, approximately 20 miles off the coast of Lincolnshire and 28 miles from the coast of North Norfolk. Triton Knoll could generate up to 900MW […]

  • VIDEO: Installation of 6MW Wind Turbine at Westermost Rough

    6 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has recently installed the last 6MW turbine at Westermost Rough. Developed by Dong Energy the wind farm, comprising 35 turbines, can produce enough power to cover the annual electricity consumption of more than 150,000 households. The wind turbines have three blades of 75 metres each and a total height of 177 […]

  • VIDEO: DolWin Beta Installation

    11 August 2015

    ABB has installed the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea, which has a 916 MW power transmission capacity,enough to power more than 1,000,000 households. The offshore converter station is part of the DolWin2 project, which will be operated by transmission system operator TenneT and will connect offshore wind farms in the North […]

  • HORIZONS – Baltic InteGrid

    2 October 2018
    Grid Connection

    Baltic InteGrid, a project exploring the potential of meshed offshore grids in the Baltic Sea region, is in focus of the second video in the Horizons series, co-produced by DOB-Academy and Offshore WIND with an aim to cover offshore wind topics in an easily digestible way. 

  • Volvo Penta IPS1050 Commercial Introduction for Multi-Purpose Wind Power Support (Sweden)

    8 November 2010

    The offshore wind workboat Performer will soon be delivered to Northern Offshore Services in Sweden and will go straight into duty in an… By Jocelyn Redfern (maritimepropulsion) [mappress] Source: maritimepropulsion, November 08, 2010;