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  • OWC Wraps Up East Anglia ONE Cable Route Investigation

    27 October 2015
    Environment, Grid Connection

    Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC), part of the Aqualis Offshore group, has completed the supervision and management of the onshore and overwater cable route site investigation for the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm off the east coast of the UK. The investigation was carried out over the summer onshore, overwater in the Deben estuary, and […]

  • China Three Gorges to Invest in Moray Offshore Wind Project

    26 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    EDPR has entered in an Investment Cooperation Agreement with China Three Gorges (CTG), by which the Chinese company proposes to invest in and develop the Moray wind offshore project alongside with EDPR and other potential investors. Pursuant to the agreement, CTG intends to acquire up to 30% of the equity and shareholder loans directly or indirectly owned […]

  • Nobelwind OWF Good to Go

    23 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Belgian Nobelwind offshore wind project has reached financial close, securing approximately EUR 655 million from investors and financial institutions, the project company Nobelwind SA confirmed to Offshore WIND this morning. The company, comprising Belgian offshore wind developer Parkwind NV, Japanese Sumitomo Corporation and Dutch investment fund Meewind, said the project is now ready to enter the construction phase, which is […]

  • TenneT Launches EIA for Dutch Southern OWF Connection

    22 October 2015
    Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT has signed a contract with the engineering consultancy Witteveen + Bos in consortium with Mott MacDonald, and Altenburg & Wymenga and IMARES Wageningen UR as subcontractors, for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the connection of wind farms planned off the south Dutch coast.  The EIA needs to be in place before […]

  • JDR Takes More Space at Port of Hartlepool

    21 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    JDR has expanded its service footprint with PD Ports in Hartlepool to support its continued growth in the oil and gas and renewables sectors, the company reported today.  JDR has been a tenant at the Port of Hartlepool since first acquiring 97,000 square foot (sq.ft.) of warehouse space in 2008 and subsequently transformed it in […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Launches Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory

    21 October 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Fraunhofer IWES’ Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory (DyNaLab) has started operating.  After an 18-month construction period, a 100-tonne generator of a 3 MW wind turbine was set in motion on the new test stand. Fraunhofer IWES said the EUR 35 million infrastructure will boost the competitiveness of quality-conscious manufacturers on the international market and also significantly increase turbine availability and further reduction of the […]

  • Damen to Build Renewables Service Vessel for Delta Marine

    21 October 2015
    Vessels

    A Scotland-based offshore wind service provider, Delta Marine, recently awarded Damen a construction contract for a new vessel specially designed for the offshore wind industry, looking towards a launch in early 2017. A cooperation between the two companies has produced a new vessel design, called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315. “For the last couple of years […]

  • Cable Route Survey Required for VIKING Link

    21 October 2015
    R&D

    National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited and Energinet.dk, which are jointly developing a new HVDC power cable between Great Britain and Denmark known as VIKING Link, have invited tenders for a cable route survey extending across the North Sea between the two countries. The cable route survey will include geophysical survey, geotechnical investigations, cable-crossing investigations with ROV […]

  • Mojo Maritime Launches Mermaid

    20 October 2015
    Technology

    Mojo Maritime, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has launched its marine operations planning and risk optimisation system, Mermaid. Mermaid (Marine Economic Risk Management Aid) gives companies involved in marine operations increased understanding of the impact of weather and tidal forces on a project’s schedule. By accurately simulating marine operations against historical weather and tidal […]

  • Wello Testing Its 2nd Penguin

    20 October 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Wello has started testing its wave energy converter prototype Penguin II at Plocan Test Site, off Gran Canaria north-east coast.  The 1/5 scale device arrived to Taliarte harbour in August and was assembled during September to prepare it for the sea trials. The tests are expected to last three months, although the duration might be modified following the obtained results. […]

  • Mainstay Marine Delivers 20m WFSV to Turbine Transfers

    20 October 2015
    Vessels

    The boat building specialist Mainstay Marine Solutions has delivered the 20m vessel Porth Nefyn to transfer vessel operator Turbine Transfers. The Porth Nefyn will work principally on offshore European wind farm sites between the Baltic and Irish Seas. The vessel is an extended version of the existing 18m CE class vessel Porth Eilian. It has […]

  • Horns Rev 2 Subsea Cable Out of Order

    19 October 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A subsea cable that runs from the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm to the onshore grid is out of operation, Energinet.dk reported.   After an error occurred on the cable at 01:56 last night, Energinet.dk went to the site to locate the faulty part and will start the repair work if necessary. It is still too early to say how the error occurred, […]

  • New Foundation Project under Development

    15 October 2015

    A cooperative of the Bremen based Maritime Offshore Group GmbH, the steel construction company Conferdo GmbH & Co. KG, the Technical University of Middle Hessen and the Franzius-Institute for Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering at the Hanover University has begun with the development project for a new offshore foundation, the TEXBASE. The project will be finished in mid-2017. […]

  • OEEC 2015: Constructive, Anti-Cyclical and Energetic

    15 October 2015

    With 658 exhibitors, 23,000m2 floor space and visitors representing 86 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 (OEEC) was not only a big success, the event also grew compared to last year. A remarkable achievement in this turbulent and challenging year for the offshore industry. 11,865 visitors came to Amsterdam RAI to meet up with […]

  • ERSG Opens Dutch Office

    24 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    ERSG (Future Energy Recruitment) has announced the opening of its new office in the Netherlands. The company said the new location will allow it to focus on an increasingly important market and better facilitate in-country compliance and candidate care. Hans Slootweg has been appointed as ERSG’s Country Manager. ERSG Managing Director, Jim Ryan said: “The opening of […]

  • VIDEO: FLiDAR 6M Braving North Sea Winter Storm

    24 February 2016
    Technology

    Canada-based Axys Technologies has recently shared a video showing its FLiDAR 6M, formerly known as the WindSentinel, navigating the rough seas at the Fino1 Met Mast off the coast of Germany.  The FINO1 Met Mast is situated in the North Sea, approximately 45 kilometres to the north of Borkum,and in an immediate vicinity of the 60MW Alpha Ventus, […]

  • Photo of the Day: Tidal Transit Sisters All Dolled Up

    23 February 2016
    Vessels

    Tidal Transit Limited has shared a photo of two of its crew transfer vessels (CTVs), Ginny Louise and her sister Eden Rose, looking ‘‘clean and ready for a busy spring” the company said in an Instagram post. The sisters have been employed on the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm on and off for the past four years, […]

  • UK Bankrolls Kite Power Developers

    22 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A British engineering consortium led by Kite Power Solutions Ltd (KPS) has secured a GBP 1 million grant from the UK Government’s Innovate UK Energy Catalyst to accelerate the development of its kite power generation technology. The GBP 1m Innovate UK grant will be used to scale-up KPS’s technology to a 500kW kite turbine and validate the […]

  • Met Office to Monitor Weather over Veja Mate and Nordsee One

    19 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, has signed new contracts to provide forecast services during the construction of the 322MW Nordsee One and the 402MW Veja Mate, the two offshore wind farms to be built in the south west of the German Bight area of the North Sea. The Nordsee One OWF will […]

  • IHC to Kit Out Maersk Connector with Plough System

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels

    IHC has secured an order for a cutting edge power cable plough system, destined for the recently launched cable installation vessel, Maersk Connector, chartered to DeepOcean. The equipment to be provided by IHC comprises a 3.3m trench depth power cable plough, a sea state 5 LARS and tow winch. The provision of 300kW of jetting and 150t […]

  • Port of Dundee Gearing Up for Offshore Wind

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Forth Ports Limited plans to invest more than GBP 10 million to build a new quayside at the Port of Dundee and turn this port on Scotland’s east coast into a center for the North Sea offshore wind industry. This privately funded investment will result in the development of the quayside at the east end of […]

  • Photo of the Day: SgurrEnergy Looking After ORE Catapult’s 7MW Turbine

    17 February 2016

    The photo was taken by Matthew Kelly, a site manager from SgurrEnergy, which is responsible for operations and maintenance of ORE Catapult’s 7MW offshore wind turbine in Levenmouth. In December 2015, ORE Catapult acquired the 7MW demonstration offshore wind turbine from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), and then awarded SgurrEnergy with an O&M contract. The 7MW turbine was installed 50m off the […]

  • RWE Sinks to Red in 2015 Despite Booming Renewables Division

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    RWE’s Renewables Division more than doubled its earnings in 2015 compared to a year earlier, but EUR 3 billion in write-downs and impairments have resulted in the German utility posting EUR 200 million net loss for the year. Based on unaudited pro-forma figures, RWE posted an operating result of EUR 3.8 billion, as well as EUR 1.1 […]

  • DOC Takes Care of Sandbank’s Lifting Ops

    17 February 2016

    Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH (DOC) has been actively supporting the construction of Vattenfall’s Sandbank offshore wind farm since late last year, the company reported. Working on the project, DOC has been delivering services from developing a study of first lifting processes, over the optimal use of so-called Tack-Lines, to 3D models and storyboards for installation and loading operations of the […]

  • 8.2 Consulting Expands to Denmark

    16 February 2016

    German company 8.2 Consulting AG has established a new subsidiary in Denmark. “With the lowest prices ever, the Danish offshore market is again in the frontlines and we are happy to be part of this revolution,” said Benjamin Quader, Head of Offshore at 8.2 Consulting AG. The new company will be managed by Rasmus Ilum Nielsen, who […]

  • Aeolus on Site with Gemini Wind Turbines

    15 February 2016
    Vessels

    On 12 February, offshore wind installation vessel Aeolus left the Port of Esbjerg for the Gemini offshore wind farm, carrying six turbines to be installed at the site.  According to vessel’s AIS, the Aeolus has reached its destination, and is now in the company of Havila Phoenix and Acta Orion, which are also working at the site. The last of 150 […]