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  • Denmark Backs TetraSpar Floating Wind Project

    19 October 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The TetraSpar floating wind foundation, brought forward by Henrik Stiesdal – a Danish inventor and former Chief Technology Officer at Siemens Wind Power – has won a DKK 9 million grant (approx. EUR 1.2 million).

  • EEEGR, Orbis, UK DIT Discuss Offshore Wind Opportunities Over Breakfast

    18 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Managers from companies in the local supply chain met for breakfast on Tuesday morning at the Orbis Energy building in Lowestoft to hear a presentation delivered over a video link from Michiel Hendrickx, the UK Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Senior Trade Advisor in the Netherlands.

  • Windcarrier’s Bayard CTV Fleet Marks 1000 LTI-Free Days

    16 October 2017
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s fleet of seven Bayard class crew transfer vessels (CTVs) reached 1,000 days without a lost time incident (LTI) on 12 October.

  • SHL Chooses RED Engineering Monitoring Tech for Beatrice

    12 October 2017
    Technology

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has chosen RED Engineering’s new monitoring technology for the installation of jacket foundations for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Fully Commissioned, Starts Receiving CfD Payments

    12 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm entered full operation in October and has started receiving difference payments on generated electricity. 

  • EA1 Leads to One of Europe’s Largest Archaeological Digs in 2017

    12 October 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore works for East Anglia ONE underground cable have unearthed a historical treasure for the Suffolk area. So far evidence from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman period, Anglo-Saxons and into the medieval period has been found, making this one of Europe’s largest archaeological digs this year, according to ScottishPower Renewables.

  • BOW Terminal to Open New Logistics Hub in Eemshaven

    11 October 2017

    BOW Terminal has signed a letter of intent to open a new logistics hub in the Port of Eemshaven, in the northern part of Groningen, the Netherlands.

  • Port of Brest Prepares for Offshore Wind

    5 October 2017
    Ports & Logistics

    The French port of Brest has started upgrading its quay areas to enable accommodating the offshore renewables industry.

  • Semco Maritime to Open Office in Grimsby

    4 October 2017

    Following media reports that Danish-based Semco Maritime will open an office in Grimsby, Offshore WIND contacted the company who confirmed and said the opening reception will be held on Thursday, 12 October, in Grimsby.

  • MPI Offshore to Install Triton Knoll Foundations and Substations

    3 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    UK-based MPI Offshore has won the contract for the transportation and installation of 92 monopile foundations and transition pieces and two offshore substations at 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.

  • First Horns Rev 3 Monopiles Ready to Leave Esbjerg

    2 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile foundations have been scheduled for shipping from the Port of Esbjerg to the site of Vattenfall’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm on 9 October.

  • Top News of the Week, 25 – 31 December 2017

    31 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany Confirms Two Additional Offshore Wind Farm Links The German Federal Network Agency has added two more offshore wind farm connection systems to the revised Offshore Grid Development Plan (O-NEP) 2030. 32 Beatrice Foundations In Place Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov installed the 32nd of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore […]

  • Photos of the Year: 2017 in Pictures

    1 January 2018

    GE’s Haliade Nacelles Waiting for Merkur GE Renewable Energy has published a photo showing its Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm being assembled at the company’s Saint-Nazaire site in France. Galloper Nacelles Start Clicking in Esbjerg The first complete nacelle built by Siemens for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm underwent its […]

  • Photo of the Day: Dragados Lines Up Hornsea One Jackets

    27 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has shared a photo of four substation jacket foundations currently under construction at Dragados Offshore’s yard in Spain for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • TRIG Enters Offshore Wind Picture with Sheringham Shoal Buy

    27 December 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    London-listed investment company The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) has acquired a 14.7% indirect equity interest in the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm located off the coast of Norfolk, UK.

  • EEW SPC Sends Off First Hornsea One Monopiles

    21 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first six monopiles EEW SPC produced for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm were loaded onboard SAL Heavy Lift’s crane vessel Svenja in the Rostock port and will now be on their way to Able Seaton Port in the UK, where they will be stored until the installation starts.

  • Second Turbine Up at Nissum Bredning

    21 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The second Siemens 7MW wind turbine was installed at the Nissum Bredning site on 17 December, with all the transition pieces now placed on their corresponding gravity jacket foundations.

  • Spain: 5MW Floating Wind Turbine Taking Shape

    20 December 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch heavy transportation and lifting company ALE has lifted the second section of a telescopic tower of the first self-installing telescopic offshore wind turbine at the Arinaga port, Gran Canaria. The works are being carried out under the Horizon 2020 Elisa/Elican project, which will result in installing the structure with a 5MW wind turbine off Gran Canaria next year.

  • Using Acoustic Deterrent Devices Protects Minke Whales, Study Says

    15 December 2017
    R&D

    Using Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) during offshore wind farm construction is as an effective method for protection of minke whales, according to a study conducted through a joint industry project.

  • Merkur Substation Topside Loaded Out in Hoboken

    14 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    An offshore substation topside built by Engie Fabricom-Tractebel and Iemants for the Merkur offshore wind farm has been loaded out at ENGIE Fabricom’s yard in Hoboken, Belgium.

  • Ørsted Sees Maximum Impact of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Sale on Its 2017 Annual Figures

    12 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    After completing the transaction with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for the sale of 50% of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm yesterday, 11 December, Ørsted now expects its EBITDA in 2017 to materialise at some DKK 21 billion (approx. EUR 2.8 billion), compared to the previously guided range of DKK 19-21 billion.

  • Sparrows Group Buys Alpha Offshore Service

    12 December 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Global equipment and engineering services provider Sparrows Group has acquired Danish wind energy specialist Alpha Offshore Service. 

  • Two Kriegers Flak OSS Foundations Ready for December Ride (Photos)

    11 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul and Iemants have completed the two gravity-based foundations for Kriegers Flak substations. The steel structures, designed and built by Iemants (Smulders), have been placed on top of their corresponding concrete structures and the foundations are now being prepared to be transported from the port of Ostend in Belgium to Denmark by the end of December. 

  • Ampelmann Balanced Gangway Coming Before Summer 2018 (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    6 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Ampelmann will introduce a new balanced gangway system, the S-type, in the first half of 2018, Jan van der Tempel, Ampelmann’s CEO said.

  • HB Rentals Nets Walney Contract

    29 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Aberdeen-based HB Rentals has won a contract to provide stand-alone temporary living quarters and auxiliary support equipment for two separate jack-up barges operating on the Walney offshore wind farm off UK.

  • VBMS Boosts Subsea Cable Storage Capacity in the Netherlands

    29 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    VBMS has expanded its subsea cable storage and handling capacity with new facilities at the port of Vlissingen and at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.