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  • Lamprell Plans Facility Upgrade to Meet Offshore Wind Surge

    19 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Lamprell is set to make incremental investments in equipment and operational set-up at its Hamriyah facility in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to a growing number of planned offshore wind projects. According to Lamprell, the decision comes as a number of significant offshore wind projects are expected to be sanctioned over the coming 5-10 years. […]

  • Rampion Shakes Off Bad Weather

    25 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Rampion offshore wind farm project remains on schedule with the installation of the first turbine foundation due to start this week, despite adverse weather conditions disrupting enabling works to prepare the seabed, according to E.ON. The 400MW project, being built by E.ON, the UK Green Investment Bank and Canadian energy company Enbridge, 13km off the Sussex […]

  • Carnegie Demonstrates CETO Units Swap

    8 September 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Carnegie Wave Energy has demonstrated the ability to swap CETO units during plant operation by retrieving the second CETO 5 unit and deploying CETO unit #1 in its place last week. The retrieval of the second CETO 5 unit was informed by lessons learnt during the retrieval of the first CETO 5 unit earlier this year. As with […]

  • E.ON Renewables on Upward Path in H1 2018

    8 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    E.ON saw an EUR 31 million increase in sales at its Renewables segment in the first half of 2018, mostly influenced by higher output due to the commissioning of new offshore and onshore wind farms.

  • Mobile Offshore Wind Units Project Secures Enova Grant

    18 August 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Odfjell Oceanwind has secured a pre-project grant from Enova, Norway’s fund for climate and energy technologies, to mature its first commercial contracts for Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) and WindGrid for the electrification of oil and gas installations. The grant is awarded under Enova’s full-scale innovative energy and climate technology program, and the potential funding […]

  • World’s Deepest Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Construction Milestone

    23 September 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    50 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 wind turbines are being transported from Vestas’ turbine marshalling base at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool and installed at the site by Cadeler’s wind […]

  • Atlantic Wind Transfers Orders Two Chartwell CTVs

    3 December 2019
    Vessels

    US-based Atlantic Wind Transfers has signed an order for two Chartwell 24 Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to be deployed in support of new wind farms off the US East Coast. Developed by Chartwell Marine, the vessels will be built by Blount Boats for delivery in 2020. Charles Donadio, CEO of Atlantic Wind Transfers, said: “Our […]

  • Denmark: Ramboll Announces H1 2012 Results

    24 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ramboll’s revenue grew by 11% to DKK 3.9 billion during the first six months of 2012. Operating profit before goodwill amortisation (EBITA) was DKK 231 million, which was 63% higher than the same period last year. Ramboll achieved all-time high revenue of DKK 3,886 million during the first six months of 2012 (DKK 3,504 million […]

  • Business Focus: IBG Companies in the News

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    With Offshore WIND heading towards the launch of its International Business Guide 2017, the new Business Focus articles will update you on the companies that appeared in the news every two weeks. A2SEA A2SEA’s vessel Sea Installer has installed the first of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind […]

  • 8 Turbines Left to Go at Deutsche Bucht

    9 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    25 out of 33 MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines have been installed at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany, according to Northland Power. The company emphasized that the construction of the project is progressing according to schedule and is on budget. Deutsche Bucht produced first power to the German grid at the end of July, when the […]

  • OCTRA Hired for Floatgen Works

    5 October 2016

    French transport engineering company, OCTRA, has been contracted to supply the construction barges as well as associated equipment and skilled staff for the first building phase of the Floatgen project. The company will also work on the full float out of the 5,000-tonne caisson. OCTRA is supporting the Floatgen project together with her sister company Coordinadora and […]

  • Northern HeliCopter Inks North Sea Contract

    3 April 2015

    Northern HeliCopter will provide its rescue services to several offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The contract, awarded by EWE Offshore Service & Solutions, covers Global Tech I, Trianel Windpark Borkum, Riffgat and Alpha Ventus. The company is the centre of the EWE Group’s offshore expertise. It is a services company that advises and […]

  • India Aims High with Plans for Tendering 5GW of Offshore Wind in 2018

    18 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    India’s New & Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh stated on 14 December that the government will invite the first tenders for building offshore wind farms in 2018 and plans to auction as much as 5GW, according to Times of India.

  • DONG Picks Steelwind to Build 36 Borkum Riffgrund 2 Foundations

    31 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham with a contract to manufacture 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. This is not the first time Steelwind Nordenham was contracted by DONG to build foundations for an offshore wind project, but it is the first time the company will produce transition pieces […]

  • Scottish Green Energy to Keep Lights on in England

    3 November 2011
    Authorities

      Green energy from Scotland may be needed to keep the lights on in England according to the First Minister… (stv) [mappress] Source: stv, November 03, 2011

  • Ørsted’s Net Profit Up 186 Per Cent in H1 2021

    12 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted recorded a DKK 7.142 billion (EUR 960 million) net profit in the first half of 2021, a 186 per cent increase compared to DKK 2.493 billion net profit recorded in the first half of 2020. The company’s operating profit (EBITDA) for the first half year amounted to DKK 13.1 […]

  • Navacel Ships Out Hywind Transition Pieces

    11 April 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Bilbao-based Navacel has loaded out five transition pieces built for Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm.

  • Turbine Installation at Moray East Enters Final Quarter

    9 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    76 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5 MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbine installation is being carried out by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern which recently replaced Bold Tern on the project. The first turbines were installed by Bold Tern […]

  • MHI Vestas Hires Normand Fortress for Triton Knoll Work

    1 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore has signed a contract with MHI Vestas for the charter of its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Fortress. The vessel will support MHI Vestas’ walk-to-work operations at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK as of March. The contract has been signed for a firm period of 140 days with extension […]

  • Wikinger, East Anglia ONE Boost Iberdrola’s Numbers

    30 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola’s offshore wind farms generated 1,493 GWh of electricity in the first nine months of 2019, a 37.9% increase compared to the same period last year. The increase is due to the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm’s contribution over the full nine-month period this year and the partial commissioning of the 714MW East Anglia ONE […]

  • Formosa Inter-Array Cable Installation Impending

    29 May 2019
    Grid Connection

    The installation of inter-array cables at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan is scheduled to begin in June. Jan De Nul’s cable laying vessel Willem de Vlamingh will carry out the installation of 20 cables at the project site from 1 June to 30 September. The Luxembourg-based company is in charge of the design, procurement and […]

  • Seajacks Zaratan Getting Ready for Taiwan

    30 January 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The self-propelled jack-up Seajacks Zaratan is on its way to Vlissingen in the Netherlands to undergo mobilisation in preparation for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Seajacks Zaratan will install all 20 Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines on the 120MW wind farm in the Taiwan Strait. This is the first renewables contract for […]

  • Deepwater Wind Moors in Massachusetts

    12 August 2016

    Following the new Massachusetts energy legislation, which calls for 1,600MW of offshore wind capacity by 2027, entering into law, Deepwater Wind has appointed Matthew Morrissey, the managing director of Offshore Wind: Massachusetts, to head its operations in the state.  According to South Coast Today, the Marine Commerce Terminal in New Bedford, Massachusetts, could host the development of Deepwater Wind’s Deepwater ONE project, which would be […]

  • ORE Catapult Books China Offshore Wind Workshops

    4 January 2018
    R&D

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is holding three workshops in the UK in order to inform local companies on how to be involved in projects for the Chinese offshore wind market.

  • Final Gravity Based Foundation Reaches Blyth Demo

    18 August 2017
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The fifth and final gravity based foundation built for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project has arrived at the installation site and is about to undergo immersion.

  • US DoE Orders Two WindSentinel Floating LiDAR Systems

    11 June 2014
    Authorities

    After a formal RFP process attracting responses from industry leaders, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has awarded AXYS the contract to supply two WindSentinel floating LiDAR systems. The systems will be managed by PNNL to support research and development to help advance the U.S. offshore wind industry. “This award […]