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  • Evolution of Offshore Foundations

    2 February 2021

    By Dario Mulazzani, DAVI Product & Market Specialist Wind Energy & Heavy-Duty Division. Located in such a dynamic and extremely powerful element as the sea, foundations represent one of the main elements of any offshore wind farm, accounting for over one-fourth of the total equipment cost. As they must support the wind turbines, absorbing all […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Reports 15% Revenue Increase in Q1 2021

    25 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has reported a revenue of EUR 2.3 billion for the first quarter of the financial year 2021, a 15% increase said to be supported by strong offshore growth. In the announcement of its preliminary results for Q1 FY2021, Siemens Gamesa reported an order intake of EUR 2.3 billion, a decrease compared to EUR […]

  • Jan De Nul Adds Connector to Offshore Installation Fleet

    10 December 2020
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has agreed to acquire the offshore construction and cable-lay vessel Connector from Ocean Yield ASA. The vessel will be officially transferred during the fourth quarter of 2020. The acquisition is part of Jan De Nul’s strategic investment programme in the offshore installation fleet. It follows the last year’s orders of the new-build […]

  • EU to Set 2050 Offshore Wind Target at 300 GW?

    16 November 2020
    Authorities

    Rumour has it that the European Commission is considering a massive increase in installed offshore wind capacity by 2050, with as much as 300 GW to be in place by that time. According to media reports from Reuters and Euractiv, a draft of the EU Commission’s Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy, expected to be published on […]

  • Optimarin Kit for Edda Wind Newbuilds

    26 October 2020
    Vessels

    Norway’s Østensjø Rederi has tapped Optimarin to provide ballast water treatment systems to four wind farm service vessels currently under construction at Spanish shipyards. The Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS) will be installed on Østensjø Rederi’s two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) and two service operations vessels (SOVs). The four vessels will be operated by Edda […]

  • SMST Gangway for DEME’s First SOV

    23 October 2020
    Vessels

    SMST will deliver its next-generation gangway system for Groene Wind, DEME’s first dedicated service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farm maintenance. The gangway, the so-called Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series (TAB-L), is currently under construction and will be installed on the vessel at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey later this year. Groene Wind features a Small […]

  • Jan De Nul and Huisman Elevate Offshore Lifting Game

    29 April 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    Huisman cranes onboard Jan De Nul’s next-generation installation vessels, Voltaire and Les Alizés, will feature a specially designed type of clamp – the Universal Quick Connector (UQC). For these cranes, which will be the largest in their class, Huisman developed the UQC based on the expertise of Jan De Nul’s operational and engineering team. The […]

  • SCHOTTEL Propulsion for Les Alizés Crane Vessel

    17 April 2020
    Vessels

    German propulsion supplier SCHOTTEL will deliver a full propulsion package for Jan De Nul’s new offshore installation vessel Les Alizés.

  • EU Seeks Feedback on Offshore Renewables Roadmap

    17 July 2020
    Authorities, Environment

    The European Commission has published a Roadmap to the development and integration of offshore renewable energy by 2030 and 2050. As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission identified the importance of agreeing on a new approach for exploiting Europe’s offshore renewable energy potential in a sustainable and inclusive way. The revised Commission […]

  • UK Urged to Exempt Offshore Workers from COVID-19 Quarantine Restrictions

    12 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Industry Group is urging the UK Government to exempt all offshore energy sector workers from the recently introduced 14-day quarantine restrictions. The group, comprising IADC, IAGC, IMCA, IOGP and ISOA, is calling upon governments to recognize offshore energy sector workers as “key workers”. This allows regular crew movements during mobilization and demobilization and […]

  • Navigant Wins North Sea Wind Power Hub Contract

    28 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Navigant Netherlands has secured a contract to provide assistance in structured discussions with policymakers to realize the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH). The Dutch company will provide support services to assist in structuring, initiation, and management of structured discussions with policymakers to realize the first hub-and-spoke project in the early 2030s. The overall goal […]

  • Coronavirus: an unprecedented challenge to the manufacturing industry

    1 April 2020

    by Dario Mulazzani, Davi Product specialist Heavy duty and Wind department. The COVID-19 outbreak is becoming a global stress test. As the number of people infected with the virus continues to rise around the world, uncertainties about global economic growth increase. As an example, China hosted the first outbreak and, after more than 1 month […]

  • Orion Sports Giant Liebherr Crane Boom

    28 February 2020
    Vessels

    The 145-metre main crane boom has been installed on DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion at Liebherr’s facility in Rostock, Germany. The Liebherr HLC 295000 crane has a lifting capacity of 5,000 tonnes and an outreach of more 35 metres. It could lift nine fully loaded Airbus A380 aircraft in one go, DEME said. […]

  • ENGIE-EDPR Offshore Wind Joint Venture Clears Another Hurdle

    26 February 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The European Commission has approved the acquisition of EDPR Offshore España by ENGIE and EDP Renovaveis. EDPR Offshore España is a Spain-headquartered subsidiary of the EDP Group active in the offshore wind industry globally. The company would be the exclusive vehicle of both parties for offshore wind farm activities worldwide. The European Commission has concluded […]

  • Wärtsilä Gear for Bokalift 2

    24 February 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received an order for a thruster solution for Boskalis’ Bokalift 2 crane vessel. According to Wärtsilä, the thruster solution will enable Boskalis to convert an existing hull into the crane vessel Bokalift 2. The order was placed in December 2019. Wärtsilä will supply four retractable steerable thrusters and thruster […]

  • Mermaid Offshore Substation Ready for Installation

    24 February 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium of ENGIE Fabricom, Smulders and DEME Offshore has loaded out the offshore substation destined for the Mermaid offshore wind project in Belgium.

  • Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Production Spikes in 2019

    5 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms generated 6.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2019, a near 31 percent increase compared to 5.2TWh generated in 2018. The increase was mainly attributed to the full commissioning of the 407MW Horns Rev 3 wind farm in the Danish North Sea. Vattenfall’s operating offshore wind capacity at the end of 2019 […]

  • MO4 and Seaqualize Take Home Offshore Wind Innovation Awards

    12 December 2019
    R&D, Technology

    MO4 and Seaqualize have been declared winners of the Offshore Wind Innovation Award 2019, Offshore Wind Innovators said. During the Q-meeting of Van Oord and Siemens Gamesa, the audience of 240 wind energy professionals awarded Seaqualize with the public prize. The prize of the professional jury went to MO4. MO4 has developed a software that […]

  • 10 years of life as a Lidar, much of it offshore

    30 November 2019

    2010, ZephIR HQ, Worcestershire, U.K.:  the ZephIR 300 Lidar – a remote sensing wind measurement tool capable of collecting wind data remotely from its installed location by use of a infra-red laser – was born, following an 18 month product development program that focused on improving the ‘usability’ of remote sensing devices. The resultant product […]

  • Ulstein Unveils Hydrogen-Powered Construction Support Ship Design

    14 November 2019
    Vessels

    Ulstein’s first hydrogen-powered offshore construction support ship design is now market-ready, the Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder said. The ULSTEIN SX190 Zero Emission DP2 construction support vessel is Ulstein’s first hydrogen-powered offshore vessel, featuring a Nedstack fuel cell power system. Sea trials of a newbuild ULSTEIN SX190 Zero Emission could happen as soon as 2022, […]

  • Wikinger, East Anglia ONE Boost Iberdrola’s Numbers

    30 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola’s offshore wind farms generated 1,493 GWh of electricity in the first nine months of 2019, a 37.9% increase compared to the same period last year. The increase is due to the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm’s contribution over the full nine-month period this year and the partial commissioning of the 714MW East Anglia ONE […]

  • NKT to Service TenneT’s Offshore Cable Joints

    22 October 2019
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    German-Dutch power grid operator TenneT has awarded NKT with a three-year service agreement contract covering the cable jointing part of a larger offshore service agreement. The contract covers the cable jointing work for seven power cable systems and includes a tailored preparedness plan designed by NKT to ensure minimum downtime in case of damages to […]

  • Block Party for Nexans Aurora

    17 October 2019
    Vessels

    Nexans has marked the next step in the construction of its Nexans Aurora cable installation vessel with a grand block ceremony. The vessel’s hull is currently being built at the CRIST shipyard in Poland. It will be completed at Ulstein Verft in Norway, with delivery planned for 2021. The grand blocks are the major components […]

  • Tractebel Unveils Hydrogen-Producing Offshore Platform

    2 October 2019
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Tractebel Engineering GmbH and Tractebel Overdick GmbH are developing a concept for an offshore platform which makes it possible to produce hydrogen from offshore wind energy at an industrial scale using electrolysis. Delivering up to 400MW, this kind of plant exceeds the output of previous technologies many times over and it could already be put […]

  • RWE Takes Over E.ON’s Renewable Energy Assets

    1 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    E.ON has transferred its renewables business, E.ON Climate & Renewables, to RWE as part of the transaction to acquire and integrate innogy. Back in March 2018, RWE and E.ON entered into an agreement by which E.ON is taking over RWE’s 76.79% stake in innogy, whereas RWE is obtaining among other things all of E.ON’s major renewable energy […]

  • Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition Opens

    11 September 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind. The Carbon Trust, the project lead, together with 14 offshore wind developers represented by the Floating Wind JIP, will select the best ideas with a particular emphasis on mooring systems and […]