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  • 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 […]

  • World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine to Debut Offshore Scotland

    23 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has been awarded the firm order for the delivery of 60 units of its SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine at the Moray West offshore wind power project. The wind turbines will have a capacity of 14.7 MW each and utilize the PowerBoost feature. A service agreement is included in the order for […]

  • Vineyard Wind to Deploy US-Based Supplier’s Bubble Curtain During Foundation Installation

    12 May 2023
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Avangrid which is building the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the US, has signed an agreement with the US company ThayerMahan for a pilot programme to deploy and test a secondary bubble curtain during the installation of foundations. A bubble curtain mitigates noise […]

  • Turbine Installation Starts at Rentel Offshore Wind Farm

    7 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up installation vessel Sea Installer left the Port of Ostend, Belgium, on 5 May with the first 7MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines destined for installation at the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Six Beatrice Foundations Down, Eighty to Go

    25 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the first six of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the owner and developer of the wind farm, said.

  • 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.

  • Final Turbine Up at Wailuo Offshore Wind Farm

    24 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of 36 Ming Yang turbines has been completed at the Wailuo offshore wind project in China. The wind farm features 36 MySE5.5-155 turbines, the last of which was installed on 18 December offshore the Guangdong Province. According to Ming Yang, the 198MW project is the first in the province to be equipped by […]

  • VIDEO: Steel in Water Boat Tour Event

    10 August 2015

    Last month saw the first steel in the water for the 30 MW wind energy project offshore Block Island. The project developer, Deepwater Wind, organised a boat tour event to mark this milestone for USA’s first offshore wind farm. Among others, the event was attended by Sally Jewell, US Interior Secretary, Bryan Martin, Managing Director […]

  • Sinovel 6MW Offshore Wind Turbines for Pilot Project in Shanghai, China

    2 February 2012

    Huaneng Renewables has selected Sinovel’s 6MW wind turbine for the first stage of a pilot offshore wind farm in Lingang waters. The company will install 17 offshore wind turbine generators, totaling installed capacity of 102MW. In May 2011, Sinovel produced the first prototype of this WTG in its production base in Yancheng. The turbine may […]

  • Two-Thirds of SeaMade Turbines Standing

    14 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Thirty-nine out of 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines have been installed at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. According to Aspiravi, one of the project owners, 36 of the Siemens Gamesa units are operational. DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Apollo installed the first turbine at the project site located some 50km off the coast in mid-June. The […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed in Utsira Nord Area to Support Norwegian Offshore Wind Development

    4 July 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    TGS has announced the deployment of the “first-ever” LiDAR buoy measurement campaign to support Norwegian offshore wind development. This represents the first industry-led investment and installation toward making large-scale Norwegian offshore wind a reality, said TGS. The buoy has been deployed in the Utsira Nord zone. Throughout the 12-month campaign, it will conduct wind, metocean, […]

  • Ramboll to Develop North Sea Energy Island’s Electrical Infrastructure

    27 June 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Research & Development

    Ramboll has won a multi-million contract to develop the electrical infrastructure for one of two offshore energy islands to be developed in Denmark. Acting as a hub, the energy island will gather the power produced by nearby offshore wind farms and distribute it to Denmark and neighboring countries. As the client, Ramboll will assist the […]

  • Highlights of the Month – August 2019

    3 September 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most read offshore wind news articles in the month of August 2019. Wison Unveils New Tower Concept for Deepwater Turbines Wison Offshore & Marine has launched a novel solution for installing offshore wind turbines in deep waters. Boskalis Feels Offshore Wind Crunch Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis […]

  • Germany: Modular Vibrating of Monopiles for Offshore Wind Farm Riffgat

    26 June 2012

    After Seaway Heavy Lifting chose to use a vibratory hammer to install monopile foundations at the Riffsgat offshore wind farm, APE Holland informed that vibrating 30 steel monopiles started mid-June. The piles will be driven with the Super Quad Kong (SQK), a modular vibratory driver/extractor consisting of four APE vibros, which are connected to four […]

  • Ofgem Chooses Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty as Preferred Bidders for High-Voltage Link (UK)

    26 May 2011
    Grid Connection

      Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty Consortium Appointed as Preferred Bidder for High-Voltage Link to Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm Green Energy Transmission (GET), a consortium comprising Equitix Ltd and AMP Capital Investors, together with Balfour Beatty Capital Limited has been selected by Ofgem E-Serve as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high […]

  • Aquamarine Power Prepares for Installation of Second Oyster Wave Energy Converter (UK)

    21 June 2011

      Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took the first step towards installation of its second full-scale Oyster wave energy converter last week [15 June] with the arrival of the „Excalibur‟ jack-up barge in Orkney. The vessel is now stationed at the European Marine Energy Centre‟s (EMEC) Billia Croo site, where the Oyster will be installed […]

  • Germany: EnBW Q1 EBITDA Reaches EUR 874.5 Million

    7 May 2013

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG generated € 5.75 billion of revenue in the first three months of its current 2013 fiscal year (+12.8 percent), and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation adjusted for non-operating effects) of € 874.5 million (+1.8 percent). At 33.5 billion kWh, EnBW’s electricity sales were down by 3.5 percent […]

  • US Interior Dept Orders Halt on Empire Wind 1 Construction

    17 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI), through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), has paused the building of the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which is currently under construction in federal waters off New York. According to community and mariner updates issued by the Empire Wind project, seabed preparation work started this […]

  • UK Launches Offshore Wind Inquiry

    7 April 2020
    Authorities

    The UK Environmental Audit Committee has launched the Technological Innovation and Climate Change inquiry, with first focus on offshore wind power. Following the Government’s Offshore Wind Sector Deal in March 2019, the Committee will consider the opportunities that will maximize the industry’s potential and the challenges it faces in delivering greater capacity. The Committee is inviting written […]

  • Finns Seek CTVs for Icy Seas

    24 March 2020
    Vessels

    Suomen Hyötytuuli Ltd. is seeking new service vessels and operators for maintenance teams working on the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Finland. Tahkoluoto is the world’s first offshore wind farm built for icy conditions and comprises 10 Siemens 4.2MW turbines and one 2.3MW unit. The 42MW project is located outside the City of Pori, and […]

  • Zhanjiang Wailuo Foundations Stand

    7 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    GEDI, a subsidiary of China Energy Engineering Group, has completed the installation of foundations on the 198MW Guangdong Yudean Zhanjiang Wailuo wind farm offshore China’s Guangdong Province.   In total, GEDI (Guangdong Electric Power Design & Research Institute), the EPC contractor for the project, installed 36 single-pile foundations at the site. This is the first time […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2015

    1 March 2015

    Anholt OWF Down, Error Found on Subsea Cable Anholt Offshore Wind Farm has been offline since Saturday, February 21, due to a fault on the subsea cable connecting the wind farm to the grid on land, Energinet.dk reported today. IHC to Build 4.000-Ton Crane Vessel for Scaldis Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has ordered […]

  • North Sea Wind Feeds German Grid with 5.18TWh in H1

    30 September 2016

    In the first half of 2016, German wind power generation amounted to 41.1TWh with a significantly increased share of offshore wind, according to TenneT. TenneT transmitted 5.18TWh of wind power from the North Sea in the first six months, which is 2.3 times as much as in the same period of 2015 when 2.26TWh of offshore wind […]

  • Construction Starts at DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm

    2 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The main DanTysk construction campaign in 2014 has kicked off as of Friday. The harbor of Esbjerg is currently a hub of activities, as the vessel Pacific Osprey has arrived there – timely for loading of the first turbines. The first 3.6 MW turbines from Siemens were loaded onto the installation vessel. Vessel and harbor crew ensured safe and […]

  • MeyGen Tidal Array Approved by Scottish Government

    16 September 2013
    Authorities, Technology

    Development of the largest tidal array in Europe today can now progress after Scottish Ministers awarded consent to build the first tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth. MeyGen Limited, a competitor in the Scottish Government’s Saltire Prize, has been given the go ahead to install the tidal array in stages, beginning with a nine […]