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  • Borssele III & IV Tender Specifics Revealed

    12 July 2016
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    On 8 July, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs published the Ministerial Regulation providing subsidy tender details for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the Loyens & Loeff law firm has reported. The new regulation is similar to the one for the first Borssele tender, won by DONG Energy at a tender price of €7,27cts/kWh. The […]

  • NORCOWE Mapping Offshore Winds at FINO1

    12 July 2016
    R&D

    NORCOWE has reported that it gathered an extensive data set of both point and remote measurements of the wind field in and around the Alpha Ventus wind farm as part of the Offshore Boundary-Layer Experiment (OBLEX-F1) at the German wind energy research platform FINO1, which is running since May 2015. “To our knowledge, a measurement […]

  • Offshore Wind Giants to Invest EUR 7.5 Million in OWA’s Cost-Cutting R&D

    11 July 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    DONG Energy, RWE, E.ON, Iberdrola, Vattenfall, Statoil, SSE, EnBW and Statkraft have joined Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, bringing in GBP 6.4 million (approx. EUR 7.5 million) to help reduce the cost of offshore wind power below GBP 100/MWh by 2020. The fund of EUR 7.5 million that the companies will jointly invest in […]

  • StormGeo Service Helps Cable Layers Avoid Bad Weather

    8 July 2016
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Bergen-based StormGeo has launched a new weather forecasting service aimed at providing operators, owners and supporting agencies engaged in cable laying operations with tools to assess weather risks related to operations at sea and identify suitable weather windows for all operations. StormGeo’s Cable Lay Service provides a Common Operating Picture (COP) with an intuitive portal interface which allows users to control […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd Passes DNV GL’s Certification Audit

    7 July 2016
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd, the UK-based subsidiary of Deutsche Windtechnik AG, passed the certification audit performed by DNV GL in June. The auditors examined quality, industrial safety and environmental management at company headquarters in Edinburgh and two complete wind farms. The certificates attest that Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd fulfills all the quality, health, safety and environmental protection (QHSE) […]

  • Trelleborg to Carry Out BorWin Gamma Floatover Installation

    7 July 2016
    Grid Connection

    Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has been awarded a contract by Petrofac for its first floatover installation of an offshore converter platform – BorWin3 (BorWin Gamma) wind farm project. A consortium between Siemens and Petrofac has been contracted by TenneT to design, build and install the 900MW Offshore HVDC converter platform BorWin gamma. The platform will be […]

  • C.S. Sovereign Ready for Wikinger Job

    6 July 2016
    Vessels

    Global Marine Systems’ cable installation vessel, C.S. Sovereign, is currently dry docked in Bremerhaven port, in readiness for her forthcoming work at the the Wikinger offshore wind farm in Germany. Last year, Prysmian signed a charter contract with Global Marine Systems to use the cable-laying vessel for the installation of inter array cables at the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm […]

  • Vattenfall and CS Wind UK to Sign Co-Operation Agreement

    6 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall and Scotland-based wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK will today sign a co-operation agreement on the potential supply of components for Vattenfall’s onshore and offshore wind projects in the UK. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will allow CS Wind UK to tender for Vattenfall’s future UK-based wind projects, is […]

  • Germany to Curb New Offshore Wind Capacity

    5 July 2016

    German government plans to limit the installation of offshore wind farms in the period between 2021 and 2025 to 3.1GW and hold a tender for 1.7GW of offshore wind in 2017 and 1.4GW in 2018 to adjust the offshore wind development to that of the high-voltage transmission grid, according to Reuters. Previously, it was agreed that two offshore wind tenders […]

  • Siemens Rolls Out 8MW Wind Turbine

    5 July 2016
    Technology

    Siemens has expanded its portfolio with an 8MW offshore wind turbine.  The first SWT-8.0-154 will be installed in early 2017 and will allow for up to 10% higher annual energy production (AEP) under offshore wind conditions as compared to the 7MW model, the company said. Type certification for the 8MW turbine is expected to be obtained at the beginning of 2018. […]

  • Nominations Open for First Offshore Energy Awards

    5 July 2016

    The offshore energy industry is constantly moving forward. Despite challenging times in the industry, there are impressive achievements that require celebration. During the first Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner on Monday October 24th, Navingo brings the industry together to celebrate some of these successes by presenting three industry awards. Nominations for the awards are now […]

  • London Array: A Three-Year-Old Holding Records

    4 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    London Array today marks three years of operation, after it was inaugurated on 4 July 2013 in Margate, Kent. In April 2013, the London Array broke the Guinness world record by becoming the largest wind farm worldwide. During the first full winter of generation, the offshore wind farm produced 1.5TWh of clean power. The second full year of generation […]

  • Octra Transports Haliade Parts to Osterild

    4 July 2016

    French transport engineering company, Octra, and her Madrid home-based sister company, Coordinadora, have transported GE’s ‪Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbine to its onshore testing location in Osterild, Denmark.  Three tower sections embarked the journey in Northern Spain, where the manufacturing facility is located, while the nacelle was picked up in France. The Heavy Lift Vessel sailed out […]

  • Albatros OWF Capacity Reduced, EnBW Prequalifying Contractors

    1 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    EnBW is examining basic economic and technical conditions for a possible implementation of its Albatros offshore wind project and has thus recently initiated tenders for the supply of wind turbines, foundations and offshore substation, as well as inter-array cabling, for which potential suppliers had until last night to prequalify”.  “By initiating tendering procedures we will determine in the next few […]

  • 8.2 Consulting Inspection Work Framed by ISO 17020 Accreditation

    13 June 2017

    8.2 Consulting’s inspection portfolio regarding wind turbine generators and conformity checks along grid connection certification activities have been accredited as inspection body by DAkkS (German Accreditation Body) according to DIN ISO/IEC 17020.

  • University of Malta Developing Floating Compressed Air Energy Storage System

    13 June 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The University of Malta is currently developing a compressed air energy storage technology integrated into a floating platform that can support a number of offshore systems, including wind turbines.

  • Jan De Nul Installs All Foundations at Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm

    12 June 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has installed all ten gravity base foundations at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm off Pori, Finland, Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the developer of the 40MW project, told Offshore WIND.

  • Triton Knoll to Start Archaeological Survey in Lincolnshire

    12 June 2017
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm will shortly begin an archaeological trial trenching programme along the full route of the 900MW wind farm’s onshore export cable corridor in Lincolnshire.

  • Estonian Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

    12 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The council of the Hiiu municipality in Estonia has approved a cooperation agreement with Nelja Energia and Hiiumaa Offshore Tuulepark, developers of the Loode-Eesti offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea near Hiiumaa Island.

  • RenewableUK: New UK Government Should Prioritise Renewables

    9 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    RenewableUK has urged the new UK government and opposition parties to put the development of renewables at the heart of energy policy, so that consumers can benefit from cheaper power.

  • James Fisher Launches MultiROV

    8 June 2017
    Technology

    James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has launched a new MultiROV system designed for excavation requirements in the offshore oil & gas and renewable energy sectors.

  • Peel Ports and A&P Team Up in Great Yarmouth

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    UK port operator Peel Ports Group and A&P Group, a ship repair, defence, conversion and marine specialist, have announced a strategic partnership at the Peel Ports Great Yarmouth to bolster the service offering to East of England’s thriving offshore energy sector.

  • Deep C to Keep Beatrice Piles Soil Free

    7 June 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian seabed intervention specialist Deep C has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) to perform soil plug removal inside subsea piles, as part of the development of the 588MW Beatrice wind farm off Scotland.

  • MHI Vestas Launches 9.5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    6 June 2017
    R&D, Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has launched the V164-9.5 MW wind turbine to re-affirm the company’s drive to lower the cost of energy for offshore wind.

  • Offshore Wind Turbine Inspection Co-Op Ticks All Boxes

    5 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Natural Power, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and SubC Partner have joined forces to launch www.Offshorewindspect.com – a new collaboration in offshore wind turbine inspections dedicated to reducing downtime.

  • Hexatronic Cable Heading to Rampion

    5 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Swedish fiber optic cable infrastructure provider Hexatronic is delivering 17.5 kilometres of its double armored 96 fiber submarine cable to the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK.