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  • Valemo to Support Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm Commissioning

    21 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy and Endiprev have selected Valemo to commission the 80 GE Haliade 150-6 MW wind turbines for the Saint-Nazaire wind farm offshore France. This move followed after GE picked Endiprev to be the main engineering service supplier for the commissioning of the first commercial offshore wind farm in France, the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind […]

  • Vestas SOV Named in Spain

    20 June 2022
    Vessels

    Norwegian offshore wind service company Edda Wind has held a naming ceremony for its latest service operation vessel (SOV) Edda Brint at Astilleros Balenciaga shipyard in Spain. This is the first of two SOVs Astilleros Balenciaga is building for Edda Wind. The second SOV (build number C416) will be launched in July while the delivery […]

  • World’s Deepest Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Farm Taking Shape

    3 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ten out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The first wind turbine was installed at the site some 27 kilometres off the Angus coast in early December. This marked the first time a […]

  • DONG’s UK East Coast Community Fund Up for Grabs

    16 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK community fund administrator GrantScape has, on behalf of DONG Energy, opened the first round of applications for the East Coast Community Fund available to coastal communities on the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and North Norfolk coasts. The East Coast Community Fund has been set up to ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two of DONG’s offshore […]

  • Windfarm Update: Dudgeon

    8 December 2014

    In August Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, a joint venture of Statoil and Statkraft, announced it had awarded a contract to Siemens for the supply of 67 turbines for their 402MW Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. Siemens will be providing their SWT-6.0-1 54 6MW turbine. This was soon after followed by thecontract for the grid connection. Siemens […]

  • O&M Building for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm on its Way (Denmark)

    5 October 2011
    Wind Farm Update

      The personnel are working flat out to complete the O&M buildings at Grenaa Harbour. The assembly of the elements for the future welfare and administration building is almost complete, and the shape of the building now looks like the outline on the site sign. The next step is the light external wall on the […]

  • Sif Gathers Steam in 2017

    18 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dutch foundation components manufacturer Sif has recorded a total throughput of approximately 57 Ktons of steel in the first quarter of 2017, a 23.9% increase compared to a 46 Kton throughput reported for the first quarter of 2016.

  • Top News of the Week, 3 – 9 April 2017

    9 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Wind Power CEO to Head Siemens-Gamesa Offshore Business Markus Tacke, previously CEO of Siemens Wind Power, will head the Offshore business at the new company established by Siemens and Gamesa – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. GE Rolls Out First Merkur OWF Nacelle The first out of the total of 66 GE Haliade 6MW nacelles […]

  • Offshore Wind Market Bringing New Opportunities to Boskalis

    18 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    In its financial results for the first half of the year, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) said it remains focused on market segments that show structural growth in the longer term while also providing short-term opportunities, including offshore wind. The company explained that the greater focus on climate-related issues and ensuing opportunities in the field of […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sea Challenger Carrying One of Last Turbine Sets to Borssele 1 & 2

    25 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Sea Challenger has left the port of Esbjerg with one of the last batches of turbines for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm. DEME’s vessel is working in tandem with its sister vessel Sea Installer on the installation of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the site in the Dutch part of […]

  • Bold Tern Begins Hornsea One Turbine Installation

    6 February 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has arrived at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK ready to install the first turbines. According to the UK-based company, the vessel left the Alexandra Dock in Hull yesterday morning after picking up the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines. Bold Tern is in […]

  • Trianel Generates Electricity at Borkum West

    3 February 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Trianel has produced first power from its 200MW Borkum West offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The first turbine was commissioned on Sunday and is now undergoing trial operation. “After the permanent power connection was successfully established by the substation DolWin Alpha in December, the first plant is now in trial operation,” said […]

  • Towers Rising in Aberdeen Bay

    9 April 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Pacific Orca has started installing wind turbine towers on Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in the Aberdeen Bay.

  • Norwegian Joint Venture Sets Sight on Mass Producing Floating Wind Foundations

    29 February 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    Norway’s Odfjell Oceanwind and its compatriot Prodtex have set up a joint venture, named Windsteel Technologies, to establish the production capacity necessary to meet the need for hundreds of floating wind foundations per year in Europe. The joint venture is planning to have its first facility operational by 2027. According to Odfjel Oceanwind, the joint […]

  • German Constitutional Court Rules on Complaints Against Offshore Wind Energy Act

    20 August 2020
    Authorities

    The First Senate of Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled on constitutional complaints filed against the country’s existing Offshore Energy Act (WindSeeG). On the matter of the Act not providing for any compensation for the planning and site investigation expenses incurred by developers whose projects were initiated under previously applicable law but were terminated when […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Wins Two Offshore Wind Contracts

    4 April 2022
    Vessels

    Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has won two contracts, one with Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) to supply two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with integrated equipment solution, and the other with Sembcorp Marine to supply the Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) with comprehensive technology package. Under the contract with IWS, KM will supply CSOVs with an integrated […]

  • USA: Tidal Energy Company Wins International Pioneer Award

    24 June 2012

    ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest, leading tidal energy company, receives the “International Pioneer Award“ during the 9th Energy Ocean International Conference & Exhibition held in Boston, USA for their contribution and efforts in exploring marine energy. ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest is a is a world market leader in technologies for energy generation from tidal currents occurring in coastal […]

  • Voith Hydro Wavegen Hand Over Wave Power Plant into Commercial Operation (UK)

    17 November 2011

    Voith Hydro Wavegen, the Inverness-based marine energy company, has cause to celebrate after successfully handing over the world’s first full life wave power plant into commercial operation. An emerging industry, marine energy has a number of prototypes and small scale devices being tested in various locations across the world. But now the industry is moving […]

  • VOS Start Almost Ready for Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm

    6 June 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vroon’s first DP2 subsea-support walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, VOS Start, has arrived from China to Amsterdam and is currently preparing for her first venture into offshore wind.

  • Ørsted Sets Up Offshore Wind Trust in New Jersey

    22 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has launched a USD 15 million fund to support businesses in New Jersey to enter the offshore wind industry. The Pro-NJ Grantor Trust will offer New Jersey-based small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses support in re-tooling their businesses to enter the offshore wind industry. It will also provide funding for infrastructure resiliency improvements critical to […]

  • Polish Draft Offshore Wind Bill Moving Through Parliament

    16 December 2020
    Authorities

    Poland’s Parliamentary Commission for Energy, Climate and State Assets has completed the first reading of the draft offshore wind bill. The draft bill supporting the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea was adopted by the Council of Ministers at the end of November and shortly after submitted to the Sejm. The bill […]

  • Ampelmann Scores Five Offshore Taiwan

    31 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands-based Ampelmann has secured contracts to provide its offshore access systems for five undisclosed offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The contracts were signed in the first quarter of the year and include various Ampelmann systems to be used. According to the Dutch company, one of the milestones is the first use of the Ampelmann […]

  • Ørsted: Walney Extension Brings UK Installed Offshore Wind Capacity to 7.5GW

    7 February 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has installed nine out of 47 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines on the 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, bringing the total installed offshore wind capacity in waters off the UK to 7.5GW.

  • Race Bank Update: 4 Turbines Up, 87 to Go

    19 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The fourth wind turbine has been installed at the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK, A2SEA’s spokesperson told Offshore WIND this morning (19 May).

  • Eqin Gives Merkur a Boost

    10 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of 30kVA power generators built by Eqin for the Merkur offshore wind farm’s turbines is now in place, the Dutch manufacturer said.

  • Avangrid Submits Kitty Hawk Construction and Operations Plan

    15 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables has submitted a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the first phase of its Kitty Hawk offshore wind project. The COP also includes findings from an economic impact study (EIS), which anticipates that Kitty Hawk will generate USD 2 billion in economic impact between 2021 […]