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  • Bladt Starts Working on Beatrice Jacket Foundations

    22 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Bladt Industries has welded together the first pieces of what are to be jacket foundations which will support 30 wind turbines at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm off Scotland. The first x-braces and upper A-frames for the four-legged jacket foundations have been welded at Bladt’s Lindoe facility. Surface treatment will commence shortly, and the upper […]

  • STX France Expands Working Space as Demand Grows

    17 March 2017

    STX France has expanded its Anemos plant in Saint-Nazaire, dedicated to marine renewable energy, to meet the needs of the international market.

  • Construction of Nobelwind Kicks Off

    23 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Nobelwind has announced the beginning of construction works for Belgian Nobelwind offshore wind farm, also known as Belwind 2 or Bligh Bank II. The first activities will be performed in the port of Oostende, on the REBO site, where the first foundation components are expected to arrive today (March 23). As of the end of […]

  • Photo of the Day: Haliade Blade Heads to USA

    23 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has shared an image of a blade starting its journey from Denmark to the USA where it will be installed on one of five Haliade 150-6MW turbines on the Block Island wind farm and become one of the first blades to start spinning in US waters. The first of five nacelles has also departed GE’s factory […]

  • Half of 78 Borkum Riffgrund 1 Foundations Installed

    23 May 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is well on its way with the construction of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the North Sea. After nine months of construction work, things are now moving fast. On Friday, 16th May 2014, the team completed the first half of the foundation installation when they installed monopile foundation and transition […]

  • Atlantic Pioneer Trialled in High Winds (Gallery)

    31 March 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Pioneer, the first US-built offshore wind service vessel, will be delivered next week, after recently undergoing sea trials in gale force winds, according to Rhode Island Fast Ferry. The 21-meter crew transfer vessel was built by the Rhode Island-based Blount Boats to service a 20-year crew transfer contract with Deepwater Wind for its 30MW Block Island offshore […]

  • The Netherlands: Fugro Expects 8.8 pct HY1 Net Profit Growth

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    The year 2012 started with improved performance compared to the same period in 2011. The oil price remained on average around USD 120 per barrel (Brent). The sustained high levels of exploration and production spending by the oil and gas industry result in continued improvement of Fugro’s related activities. Geoscience Fugro has built good backlog […]

  • RWE Brings Local Partner Onboard for South Korean Offshore Wind Farm

    15 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy

    RWE has signed a joint business development agreement with Korea Western Power (KOWEPO) to build a 495 MW offshore wind project in South Korea. The Seohae offshore wind farm is located 45 kilometres off the coast of Taean County in South Korea’s Chungcheongnam Province. This is the first project for which RWE obtained an Electricity […]

  • RWE Secures Grid Connection Agreement for Polish Offshore Wind Farm

    7 January 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has signed the Grid Connection Agreement with Poland’s transmission system operator PSE for the 350 MW FEW Baltic II offshore wind farm. The project is being developed in the Polish part of the Baltic sea and is planned to be one of the first to start construction off Poland, RWE Renewables […]

  • Floating Wind Farm Offshore Portugal Overdelivers

    24 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 25 MW Windfloat Atlantic floating wind farm offshore Portugal produced 75 GWh of electricity in its first year of operation, EDP Renewables said. Located 20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castelo, the project is the world’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm which became operational in July 2020. The wind farm was developed […]

  • ABS Certifies WindFloat Atlantic Floating Turbines

    4 November 2019
    Technology

    The classification society ABS has certified the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind turbines, the first of which was installed off the coast of Portugal in October. The semi-submersible platforms, designed by Principle Power, are fitted out with 8.4 MW MHI Vestas offshore wind turbines and will be installed at a water depth of 100m. The 25 […]

  • Top News of the Week, 25 – 31 December 2017

    31 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany Confirms Two Additional Offshore Wind Farm Links The German Federal Network Agency has added two more offshore wind farm connection systems to the revised Offshore Grid Development Plan (O-NEP) 2030. 32 Beatrice Foundations In Place Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov installed the 32nd of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore […]

  • Hornsea One: And Then There Were Two

    15 February 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm is awaiting the last two monopile foundations to be installed as 172 out of 174 have been put in place. GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation installed the first monopile at the project in January 2018 and thus marked the beginning of offshore construction. EEW SPC produced all the monopile foundations for the […]

  • Deepwater Wind Puts Forward New Offshore Wind Project for Long Island

    9 December 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first US offshore wind farm is proposing a new offshore wind project with two new battery energy storage systems for Long Island’s South Fork. Deepwater ONE – South Fork project includes a 90MW offshore wind farm comprising 15 turbines, and represents the first phase of a regional offshore wind farm the company is developing some 30 […]

  • Deepwater Wind Names LOC as Marine Surveyor

    28 July 2015

    LOC Houston has been named marine surveyor for America’s first 30 MW offshore wind farm offshore Block Island. This project will connect Block Island to the mainland grid for the first time, reducing island electric rates and diversifying Rhode Island’s power supply, while creating 300 local construction jobs. Andrew Hughes, LOC’s Vice President of Energy said: “This represents […]

  • Norwegian Wave Energy Technology Developer on the Right Track

    10 December 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Norwegian wave power developer Havkraft recently launched its first prototype of a wave power system. One and a half year after Havkraft received NOK 4.5 million (approximately EUR 506,015) in funding from Innovation Norway, the prototype of the wave power device was installed off the Norwegian municipality of Selje. Since the project began in 2012, everything has been going […]

  • Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 December 2016

    25 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    S-2000 Hydrohammer Hammers Formosa 1 Monopiles Into Seabed IHC IQIP informed its S-2000 Hydrohammer was used to install two monopiles for the first two Formosa 1 offshore wind turbines in Taiwan. Danes Developing Drone UXO Hunter Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has teamed up with compatriot drone company Sky-Watch to develop a drone with magnetometers […]

  • Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 November 2018

    18 November 2018

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 12 to 18 November 2018.

  • UK: NIRIG Welcomes Crown Estate’s Announcement

    11 October 2012
    Authorities

    The Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG) has welcomed the announcement by the Crown Estate of the first round of leasing agreements for Northern Ireland, with the agreements going to First Flight Wind, Tidal Ventures and DP Marine Energy with partner DEME Blue Energy. This will open the way for Northern Ireland to benefit from […]

  • All Turbines Stand at Nanpeng Offshore Wind Farm

    26 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    All wind turbines have been installed at China General Nuclear Power Corporation’s (CGN) Nanpeng offshore wind farm off the coast of Yangjiang City, China. The 401.5 MW project, also known as CGN Yangjiang Nanpeng Island offshore wind farm, features 73 MySE5.5MW hybrid-drive wind turbines supplied by MingYang Smart Energy. The first turbine was installed at the site […]

  • Malta Hosts FP7 Meeting

    17 January 2012

     Demonstration of first ocean energy farms, is now open. DEXAWAVE had the first and initial consortium meeting in Malta in week 2. The target is to collaborate with up to 18 different partners across Europe, and involving smaller and larger companies, universities and other RTD’s. In particular, this project aims at continuing and accelerating the […]

  • Work Starts on Westermeerwind’s Connection to Land

    5 May 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the first electricity cable between the Westermeerwind offshore wind farm and the high voltage station being built within the dike in Espel began on May 1st. A total of six cables (up to 15 cm thick) will run under the dike through the tubes built last year. The construction of a total of 44 kilometers of cables […]

  • RTE Looking for Assistance on Offshore Wind Connections

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    French transmission system operator, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) is seeking contractor for connection of four offshore wind projects. Namely, the company is inviting tenders for project ownership assistance (AMOA) for the preparation and support of connections works for Fécamp, Saint-Nazaire, Calvados and Saint-Brieuc wind farms. The four projects, covered by this tenderc are four […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • Norwegian Gov’t Plans Q1 2023 for Floating & Offshore Wind Auctions, Drafts Tender Frameworks

    6 December 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Norwegian government aims to tender Utsira Nord and the first phase of the Southern North Sea (Sørlige Nordsjø II) offshore wind areas by the end of the first quarter of 2023, according to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, which has now issued frameworks for the tendering processes and opened consultation. Commenting on the […]

  • Former Star of the South Executive Team Members Launch Offshore Wind Consultancy

    8 March 2023
    Business & Finance

    Three former members of the Star of the South project’s executive team have launched a consultancy company focused on offshore wind and are now recruiting with an aim to grow the team to more than ten people by the end of this year. The company, named Energise Renewables, has been founded in Melbourne by Naomi […]