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  • French Floater Sparks Into Life

    26 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The 2MW Floatgen wind turbine, the first offshore and floating wind turbine to be installed off the French coast, has produced its first electricity in the port of Saint-Nazaire while undergoing tests.

  • Nordsee One Refinances Loan Facility

    25 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Nordsee One GmbH, the owner and developer of the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm, has closed the restructuring of its term loan facility, significantly improving pricing conditions, according to Green Giraffe.

  • Vattenfall Seeks Offshore Project Certification Services for Danish OWFs

    21 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has invited tenders for the provision of offshore project certification services for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm and its nearshore wind projects Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd. 

  • Nordsee One Gets Into Commercial Operation Mode

    21 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea started commercial operation on Thursday, 21 December.

  • Irish Marine Institute Gets Galway Bay Test Site Approval

    20 December 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    The Irish Government has approved a foreshore lease to the Marine Institute for the installation of a quarter-scale renewable energy test facility that will also see floating wind testing. However, the approval came with a limit for only one floating wind device being tested at a time.

  • Hampidjan Expands Its Playing Field with Offshore Wind

    19 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Iceland-based manufacturer of high-tech ropes and nets – Hampidjan – sees more room for doing business in the offshore wind sector after a contract with Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) for the supply of fibre slings that SHL used during the Beatrice piling works, completed earlier this month.

  • Triton Knoll to Support Local Communities with Two Funds

    19 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. is setting up two funds to support the local communities living close to the onshore infrastructure of the 860MW wind farm located some 32km offshore Lincolnshire, UK.

  • EU Council Backs 27% by 2030 Target

    19 December 2017
    Authorities, Environment

    On 18 December, the European Council adopted its position on a directive of reaching at least 27% of renewable energy share in the European Union’s energy consumption by 2030.

  • A2SEA Installs All Race Bank Turbines

    18 December 2017
    R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the last turbine at Ørsted’s 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm located off the North Norfolk coast in the UK.

  • Top News of the Week, 11 – 17 December 2017

    17 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Oleg Strashnov to Stay on Beatrice Until New Year Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov – which left the Beatrice site after installing the 24th jacket foundation in late September and returned to the job in November – has put the 25th jacket in place and thus officially resumed the works after more than […]

  • NKT: Turnkey Approach Leads to Cost Reductions (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    18 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Turnkey solution approach is one of the ways the power cable industry can help the offshore wind industry achieve further cost reductions, Leo van der Pols, Business and Sales Development, NKT, said.

  • Oceaneering to Survey US Offshore Wind Ground

    15 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Oceaneering International has won a contract by US Wind to conduct high-resolution marine geophysical surveys at the 248MW Maryland offshore wind project starting in the second half of 2018.

  • Netherlands Awaits Zero Subsidy Bids as Offshore Wind Tender Opens

    15 December 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands is opening the first phase of the tender for sites I and II in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind zone on Friday, 15 December.

  • Equitix Buys Statkraft’s 40% of Sheringham Shoal for GBP 558 Million

    15 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK fund manager Equitix will buy Statkraft’s 40% stake in the 316.8MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm for GBP 558 million, with the transaction expected to be completed by the end of December. 

  • Vattenfall Picks Kriegers Flak O&M Base

    14 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has chosen Klintholm Harbour in Denmark as its base for the servicing and maintenance of the 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm.

  • New Offshore Wind Tower Plant Rises in Port of Bilbao

    14 December 2017
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    The temporary consortium of INBISA Construcción, Gaimaz and Intxausti has completed the first phase in the construction of the new offshore wind tower manufacturing plant for Haizea Wind Group in the Port of Bilbao, Spain.

  • Norwegian Floating Wind Demo Sites Get Green Light

    13 December 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The Norwegian government plans to open one to two offshore areas for the development of floating wind power demonstration projects.

  • SeaZip: Next Generation Crew Transfer Vessel Is In The Pipeline (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    13 December 2017
    R&D, Vessels

    We are working with several shipyards on developing a new, larger crew transfer vessel (CTV) which could operate for up to 14 days offshore, Jan Reier Arends, Owner and Managing Director of SeaZip Offshore Service, said.

  • Kongsberg and NorSea Taking Offshore Wind Logistics to Digital Realm

    13 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    Kongsberg Digital is purchasing a 34 per cent ownership share in NSG Digital, a subsidiary of the NorSea Group. The two companies will now collaborate on digitalising the supply chain in the oil and gas and offshore wind industries.

  • New UK-France Interconnection Project Moves Forward

    13 December 2017
    Grid Connection

    The IFA2 (Interconnexion France-Angleterre) interconnector attained all of the required UK statutory consents, and Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has now issued a comprehensive decision for the project under the TEN-E Regulations.

  • ASM Industries Inaugurates New Tower Production Line

    12 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    ASM Industries (ASMI) has established a new wind tower production line in Sever do Vouga, Portugal, which will be able to support the company’s new offshore tower production unit in Port of Aveiro, if required.

  • LORC Opens New Offshore Wind Test Facilities

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

    Denmark-based Lindø Offshore Renewables Center (LORC) has inaugurated its new test facilities Lindø HALT Test Facility and Lindø Component and Structure Testing (LCST).

  • BVGA, InnoEnergy Update Report on Future Offshore Wind Costs

    7 December 2017
    Ports & Logistics, R&D

    BVG Associates (BVGA) has published an updated report on future costs of energy for offshore wind for InnoEnergy, examining how technology innovation is anticipated to reduce the cost of energy from European offshore wind farms up to 2030.

  • SHL Covers Difficult Beatrice Angles with Ampelmann’s Angular Boom Tip

    7 December 2017
    Vessels

    After being awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), Ampelmann has designed and created an Angular Boom Tip that SHL is now using during the installation of the jacket foundations at the Beatrice offshore wind farm to ensure the workers safely access the wind turbine structures. 

  • Offshore Wind Innovators Unveils 2017 Award Winners

    7 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Offshore Wind Innovators announced the Offshore Wind Innovators Award 2017 winners at the Netherlands Offshore Wind Q-meeting organized by Siemens and Van Oord on 6 December.

  • Ørsted Names Seacat Safety Champion

    7 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has given Seacat Services a Safety Champion award for safety standards set by its crews and operations personnel working at the 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm located off the North Norfolk coast, UK.