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  • USA: Fugro to Showcase at AWEA’s Offshore WINDPOWER 2012

    4 October 2012

    Following Fugro Renewable Services’ successful attendance at the Husum WindEnergy exhibition two weeks ago, the multidisciplinary team is back on the road and looking forward to introducing their latest developments at not one but two trade shows next week. Fugro will be exhibiting at: American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) annual Offshore Wind conference and exhibition […]

  • UK: Latchways Delivers 3000th Offshore Fall Arrest System

    19 August 2013

    Having supplied fall protection systems to over 27 European offshore wind farms, and with another major offshore project successfully secured, Latchways plc continue to position themselves as the undisputed market leader in offshore fall protection—with the ManSafe® Sealed SRL for vessel to turbine transfer. The ManSafe Sealed SRL (Self Retracting Lifeline) is a fall arrest […]

  • The Netherlands: Central Industry Group Enters Offshore Wind Market

    23 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Central Industry Group (CIG) is a group of 10 companies, all providing industrial goods and services to the international shipbuilding market and to complex architectural projects. Tailored to the client’s requirements, CIG’s high-quality products are renowned for their added value. While operating independently in their own product market combinations, CIG companies complement each other to […]

  • Spain: Gamesa Receives Design Certification for Its 5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    31 January 2013
    Technology

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has, as scheduled, made further progress on its offshore strategy, securing IEC 61400-22 design certification for its G128-5.0 MW offshore wind turbine from independent organisation Det Norske Veritas (DNV). This achievement represents a major milestone in the certification process for Gamesa’s offshore turbine, ensuring the timely launch, […]

  • Shipping Companies Joint Venture to Meet Needs of UK’s Growing Renewable Industry Sector

    31 August 2011

      A brand new UK logistics company has been launched specifically designed to meet the needs of the renewable industry sector, combining over 30 years experience. The new company -Blue Water Danbrit Shipping Limited- is based on the Humber. The company combines the well established, UK logistical expertise of Danbrit Shipping Ltd with that of […]

  • New Partnership to Develop Next-Gen SOV for Floating Offshore Wind Projects

    9 October 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Vessels

    North Star, a service operations vessel (SOV) operator in the UK’s renewable industry, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MO4, Principle Power, SMST, Vard, and Voith Group to form a working group aimed at developing a new SOV concept for floating offshore wind. The six organisations have committed to developing a detailed, high-performance […]

  • Netherlands to Launch New 4 GW Offshore Wind Tender in Q3 2025; 1 GW Projects Possibility Due to Market Conditions

    10 June 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch government plans to invite tenders for two new offshore wind areas, IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek 1, by the end of the third quarter of 2025. The two areas will add a further 4 GW of offshore wind capacity to the grid in the Netherlands. The procedure for granting permits for the two […]

  • CIP Closes EUR 7 Billion Renewable Energy Investment Fund

    19 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) held a final close on its global greenfield renewables energy fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), one year after the start of fundraising. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at the hard cap of EUR 7 billion having reached the target fund size of EUR 5.5 billion back in December 2020. […]

  • Sif Posts H1 2020 Results, Reports Exclusive Talks for Two Offshore Wind Projects

    28 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Netherlands-based foundation manufacturer Sif Group is in exclusive negotiations for two new projects in the offshore wind sector. The company left the project names and other details undisclosed, however, it said one of them is in Europe, more specifically in the North Sea. For the European project, Sif would produce 70 Kton of structures, […]

  • Damen Targets US Offshore Wind with New Vessel Design

    26 November 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group has designed a new Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 3410 service accommodation and transfer vessel (SATV) with features that are said to ensure its suitability for operations in the developing offshore wind market in North America.

  • Siemens, deugro Launch New Offshore Wind Logistics Concept

    17 November 2015

    Siemens presented a new offshore logistics concept at EWEA 2015 in Paris. The company has signed a long-term framework contract with transport service provider deugro Danmark A/S, utilizing two purpose-built transport vessels to efficiently link Siemens’ existing production locations in Denmark with the new production facilities in Cuxhaven in Germany and Hull in the UK. Instead of loading […]

  • The Netherlands: Ulstein Delivers Pile Gripper Frames to Offshore Wind Force

    5 June 2013

    Dutch ULSTEIN subsidiary Ulstein Idea Equipment Solutions completed the delivery, installation and testing of two pile gripper frames (PGF) to Offshore Wind Force JV on 2 June 2013. The PGF’s will be used by DONG Energy West of Duddon Sands (UK) Limited and Scottish Power Renewables (WODS) Limited for the installation of mono-pile foundations in […]

  • 2000 Students Gain Insight into Offshore Wind Career Opportunities (UK)

    5 July 2013

    More than 2000 students from Hull, East Riding and Teesside secondary schools have now gained an insight into the career opportunities offered by the offshore wind industry after the completion of the second year of an innovative education initiative, Champions for Wind. Teachers from almost 20 schools have developed and implemented wind energy careers related […]

  • Petrofac Bags €40 Million Contract for Two German Offshore Wind Farms

    30 July 2013

    Petrofac has won a €40 million contract from Siemens Energy to provide support during the commissioning phase of two offshore wind converter station platforms in the German North Sea. It is the first contract win since Petrofac established Petrofac Deutschland GmbH in November 2012 to take advantage of the growing offshore wind market. Petrofac will […]

  • Demag Hosts Practical Training for Wind Turbine Industry

    1 September 2014
    Training & Education

    Terex Material Handling offers product solutions tailored to meet the needs of wind turbine maintenance. The Demag hoists and crane systems support maintenance personnel by transporting spare parts and tools to the nacelles and help to minimise installation downtimes. Smooth operation is only possible if the maintenance personnel can safely operate the lifting equipment. International […]

  • GIA Initiates Wind Power Market Research Program

    21 July 2014

    GIA announced the launch of a major research program analysing the trends impacting the market for “Wind Power”. Invited to participate in this comprehensive grassroots level global research initiative are senior industry executives, domain experts, technologists and market strategists. The new report to be issued shortly will offer an accurate assessment of global market developments […]

  • Hull and East Riding Secondary Schools Set to Become Offshore Wind ‘Champions’ (UK)

    7 February 2012
    Training & Education

    Ten teachers from Hull and East Riding secondary schools are set to become offshore wind“champions” having been selected to take part in a careers education programme launched by Forewind working together with the Humberside Engineering Training Association(HETA). Secondary school teachers from as far as Scarborough in the north to Withernsea in the south have been […]

  • Belgium: OWA Names First Maintenance Vessels for Wind Farms

    9 November 2012

    Amongst great public interest, the vessels ‘Aquata’ and ‘Arista’ were named at the port of Ostend. Ms Evi Van Acker, Belgian sailor and bronze medal winner at the London 2012 Olympics, accepted to be godmother to the ‘Arista’. Mrs Sabine Cartrysse, spouse of Mr Kris Vanmassenhove, accepted to be godmother to the ‘Aquata’. The christening […]

  • Living Stone Arrives in Vlissingen for Final Outfitting

    17 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    DEME Group’s advanced cable lay vessel Living Stone has arrived from Santurtzi in Spain to Vlissingen, the Netherlands, where the vessel will undergo final outfittings before completion, DEME’s spokesperson told Offshore WIND.

  • RWE Wins Ten-Year Contract for Greater Gabbard Wind Turbine Maintenance

    21 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has been awarded a contract for services and maintenance of the 140 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines at the 504 MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm in the UK. The 10-year agreement will commence in early 2023, taking the project through to the planned end of life. Greater Gabbard offshore wind […]

  • Donald Trump vs EOWDC at UK’s Supreme Court

    8 October 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Donald Trump has taken the fight against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project to the Supreme Court in London, which held a hearing today.  After losing a couple of times in the Scottish courts, the Trump Organization decided to file a lawsuit against the 11-turbine project to the UK’s Supreme Court, saying that it was “impossible to have […]

  • RenewableUK Dismisses AF Consulting Report ‘Powerful Targets’

    6 March 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave and tidal industry, has dismissed the AF Consulting report ‘Powerful Targets’ released today as too simplistic to contribute meaningfully to the current energy debate. The report was originally commissioned by the accounting firm KPMG, which has since refused to publish it – in part because of the […]

  • UK: 2012 Another Record Year for EMEC

    24 December 2012

    Demand for access to wave and tidal test sites at the European Marine Energy Centre has never been higher as the pioneering Orkney based facility gears up for its tenth anniversary year. All 14 of EMEC’s test berths – at its Billia Croo and Fall of Warness wave and tidal sites – are now contracted […]

  • Ulstein Design, Huisman Crane for Penta-Ocean’s New Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    27 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Penta-Ocean Construction has awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of a 5,000-tonne tub-mounted crane and a monopile handling system for its new heavy lift vessel (HLV), designed by Ulstein. The HLV is tailored for the Japanese offshore wind market and is said to be “the world’s first fully integrated heavy lift vessel.” Penta-Ocean decided […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Pipeline Now at 98 GW, Second Only to China – Report

    13 June 2023
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The UK’s pipeline of offshore wind projects has reached 97,944 MW, up from 91,287 MW a year ago, while the global pipeline topped 1.23 TW, an increase of nearly 400 GW in the last year, according to RenewableUK’s latest EnergyPulse market intelligence data report. The pipeline includes projects at every stage of development, including operational, […]

  • BVGA, UHI Launch Offshore Wind Economic Impact Assessment Tool

    12 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    BVG Associates (BVGA) and the Economic Intelligence Unit at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) have developed a benchmark standard in measuring local and national value added from offshore wind developments. Offshore wind is a maturing industry that is becoming truly global, BVGA said. For continued growth and to build local and government […]