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  • 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;

  • Powering up at Sea (Norway)

    10 November 2010

    Statoil has resolved to concentrate even more strongly on offshore wind turbines as part of its strategy for renewable energy. This decision reflects the strong international growth in this segment, combined with the group’s unique offshore experience from the oil and gas industry. As part of its commitment to marine turbines, the group will make […]

  • Ulstein Establishes New Company, Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions (Norway)

    10 August 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

      ULSTEIN has established a new company, Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions. This company will take over the activities of former IDEA Heavy Equipment b.v, a Dutch company that ULSTEIN has cooperated with in recent years. Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions will be engaged in the development and manufacturing of innovative mission and interface equipment on board […]

  • Sway Tests Prototype in Hjeltefjorden (Norway)

    3 November 2011

    Sway is currently testing its concept in real life conditions in Hjeltefjorden outside Bergen, Norway. The conditions are harsher than for the full-scale, which provides good verification for the concept, according to the company. The testing has fulfilled expectations so far, both in terms of motions of the system and power production, Sway said.

  • Aibel Appoints Director of its New Business Area (Norway)

    6 December 2011

    Tore Engevik has been appointed director of Aibel’s new business area, Wind. Engevik was previously CEO of Vestavind Offshore AS. “Engevik has long and relevant experience. He therefore has the best point of departure for heading the company’s new business area,” says President and CEO Jan Skogseth in Aibel. Solid qualifications Engevik has a degree […]

  • OWO 2012 Program Committee Calls for Presentations (Norway)

    24 January 2012

    Offshore Wind Operations is an international conference focusing on all operational aspects related to planning, installation and operation of an offshore wind farm. OWO 2012 is the 2nd OWO conference and takes place in the city of Bergen, Norway on May 15th 2012. The venue is at Grieghallen centrally located in downtown Bergen. OWO 2012 […]

  • Aibel Appoints New Chairman (Norway)

    1 February 2012

    Gert W. Munthe has been elected Chairman of Aibel AS, with immediate effect. Munthe has already served on the Board of Aibel for several years. “Aibel is a company in a fantastic period of development. As Chairman, I am looking forward to helping this excellent progress continue,” he says. Broad experience Aibel is owned by […]

  • Statkraft Achieves Profit of USD 521 Million in 4Q 2011 (Norway)

    16 February 2012

     In the fourth quarter of 2011, Statkraft achieved an underlying1 operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) of NOK 3028 million, compared with NOK 5686 million in the corresponding quarter in 2010. As a result of unrealised changes in value for energy contracts and write-downs on production assets, the posted result after tax was a loss of […]

  • Swire Pacific Acquires Seabed AS (Norway)

    22 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited (SPO) today announced the acquisition of Seabed AS, based in Bergen, Norway. Seabed AS was founded in 2008 by Mr Hans Martin Gravdal, who has more than 30 years of experience within a wide range of subsea operations. Mr Gravdal and his experienced team will continue with the company […]

  • Norway: Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Declares Option for Three Crewboats

    7 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, which is indirectly owned 50/50 by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has today declared options at Båtservice Holding AS for the construction of three crewboats for transport of service technicians to and from offshore wind turbine installations. The mentioned options are related to the contract of four similar vessels ordered […]

  • Norway: Sway Turbine to Present at Korean Conference

    10 May 2012

      CEO of Sway Turbine, Ingelise Arntsen, will contribute with a presentation during the business conference on offshore wind opportunities between Korea and Norway, to be held in Seoul on May 15th, 2012. Korea has ambitious plans to develop offshore wind in the multi-gigawatt scale, creating the opportunity for research, policy and technology cooperation between […]

  • Norway: TTS Purchases Heavy-Lift Crane Company

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    TTS Group ASA has entered into an agreement to purchase Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik GmbH (NMF), located in Hamburg, Germany. Closing is expected to be finalized in the first half of August 2012. Expected turnover of NMF in 2012 is 660 MNOK (88 MEUR). The last 5 years NMF has delivered marine cranes for a value of […]

  • Norway: Oceanteam Shipping and WIND B.V. Enter Joint Venture

    12 September 2012
    Grid Connection

    Oceanteam Shipping has announced a joint venture with WIND B.V. from the Netherlands to offer a complete range of submarine cable storage and handling services to cable manufacturers, contractors and operators. OceanWind Cable Storage Solutions joint venture provides, at its cable facility in Velsen, The Netherlands, submarine cable storage and handling services, such as: – […]

  • Norway Puts Its First Offshore Wind Farm on Hold

    5 December 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Norway’s first licensed offshore wind farm, Havsul, is on hold until further notice. Vestavind Offshore AS, which owns the project, sees no possibility for investment in offshore wind power in Norway within the current regulatory framework. Chairman of Vestavind Offshore Board Wenche Teigland, said in the company’s press release that the reason behind the setbacks […]

  • Norway: Sesam Brings Together DNV and Fedem Technology

    29 January 2013

    Two forces in the software industry, Fedem Technology and DNV Software, have joined forces to produce a new module for coupled analysis in Sesam Wind. The module for coupled analysis is an integration of FEDEM Windpower and Sesam. Fedem Technology, which has been developing software for more than 20 years, produces the leading software for […]

  • Statkraft to Increase Investment in Renewables

    9 February 2015

    Statkraft, a Norwegian state-owned electricity company, reported lower fourth quarter EBITDA of NOK 3486 million (EUR 404 million) compared to the last year’s NOK 3843 million (EUR 445 million). Substantial currency effects resulted in a net loss of NOK 3097 million (EUR 359 million) for this period. “In a quarter where the market was still […]