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  • Crown Estate, Atlantis Ink Largest UK Marine Energy Lease

    11 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The Crown Estate has signed a 398 MW, 25-year seabed lease with Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen. Ronnie Quinn, Head of Ocean Energy, The Crown Estate said: “Our commitment to invest in and agree a lease for the Meygen project continues our strategy to explore tidal stream energy on […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 09 – 15, 2015

    15 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    First German Floating Foundation Secures Grid Connection German engineering consultancy Gicon has received permission from a governmental agency to feed 2.3MW of grid connection capacity through the country’s first floating offshore foundation – GICON®-SOF. RWE-Led Consortium to Bid for Dutch Borssele OW Projects RWE Innogy, EDP Renewables and Macquarie Capital have formed a consortium to […]

  • Adwen Preparing Bremerhaven Site for 8MW Prototype

    29 August 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Offshore wind turbine maker Adwen has begun the civil works on the site in Bremerhaven where the first prototype of its AD 8-180 wind turbine will be installed.  The main components of the wind turbine will arrive gradually until the installation starts in the fourth quarter of the year. The turbine’s drivetrain is currently being […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 21 – 27, 2015

    26 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Umoe Ventus Sinks After Catching Fire off Langeland The Wave Craft Surface Effect Ship Umoe Ventus sank yesterday after catching fire off Langeland, while en route to Bagenkop, according to local media and the police. German Offshore Wind Farms Over 6 Times Busier in 2015 Germany’s offshore wind farms have generated 1.3% of the overall […]

  • Top News of the Week, 2 – 8 January 2017

    8 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Public Consultation for Borssele V Tender Opens Public consultation for the tender regulations related to the fifth site at the Borssele Zone in the Netherlands opened today and will close on 1 February. Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 Operational, Innovation Picks Up Galloper Monopiles On 2 January, the first four monopiles were loaded from Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 […]

  • Tidal Lagoon Power Joins Ocean Energy Europe

    2 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Tidal Lagoon Power has joined the Ocean Energy Europe association as its first tidal range member. “The tidal lagoons are an exciting technology with a lot of potential and we hope to see them create jobs, growth and low carbon energy across Europe in the coming years. The Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project is the […]

  • Ming Yang Secures Tender for 87MW of Offshore Wind in Zhuhai, China

    30 September 2013
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    China Ming Yang Wind Power (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), announced that it has secured a total of 87MW in the first tranche of tender for off-shore wind power near Zhuhai Guishan Island, Guangdong Province, China. The winning bid comprises of 29 units of 3MW super compact drive (“SCD”) wind turbine generators (“WTGs”) , which […]

  • Research and Markets Announces Report on Offshore Wind in France

    14 January 2013
    R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData’s new report Offshore Wind Sector – Can France Keep Up with the Pace? The French government has set a target of achieving 23% of its power generation from renewable sources. The 2020 power generation target from wind is 25 Gigawatts (GW), which includes 6 GW from […]

  • DanTysk to Certify All Offshore Wind Farm Components (Germany)

    10 February 2012

    DanTysk Offshore Wind GmbH, Hamburg, intends to build an offshore windfarm in the North Sea. In the first construction phase they are planning to build 80 wind turbines with a total output of 288 MW, an offshore substation and an offshore accommodation platform. The project is located in the German Bight area, around 75 km […]

  • Per Aarsleff A/S Announces Half Year Interim Report (Denmark)

    27 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      The Board of Directors of Per Aarsleff A/S have discussed and approved the Interim Report for the first six months of the financial year 2010/2011. The Interim Report has not been audited or reviewed by the company’s auditors. Results of the first six months: Profit before tax came to DKK 68 million compared to […]

  • EMO Continues Trianel Windpark Borkum Duty

    12 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has signed a charter contract for the WINDEA Three crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the operating phase of the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase I offshore wind project. WINDEA Three began the three-year charter in February, succeeding its sister vessel WINDEA One which has been operating on the project since 2013. […]

  • Termination and Testing of WindFloat Atlantic Cables Completed

    3 July 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The termination and testing of the export and array cables at the Windfloat Atlantic project has been completed, JDR Cable Systems said via social media. The third and final floating wind turbine was towed to the project site at the end of May, with connection to mooring and electrical lines then left to be carried out. […]

  • Jill Crosses the Atlantic

    15 May 2019
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s heavy lift vessel Jill has completed her cross-Atlantic journey from the United States to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The jack-up has been floated off and is now ready for her first offshore wind assignment where she will assist in suction bucket installation tests out of Frederikshavn in Denmark. Jill is equipped with 102m long […]

  • Leask Marine Finishes Work in UK Waters

    14 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Leask Marine has completed buoy activities at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea.

  • Twenty Turbines Installed at Beatrice

    25 September 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s Pacific Orca has installed 20 out of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Bladt Sends Off Last Five Arkona TPs to Germany

    26 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has shipped the remaining five transition pieces (TPs) for the Arkona offshore wind farm from the Port of Aalborg to Sassnitz, Germany.

  • Taiwan Power Opens Offshore Wind Unit

    12 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Taiwanese state-run energy company Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) has established a department dedicated to development of offshore wind farms.  The company’s Offshore Wind Power Construction Office is based in Taichung Power Plant in central Taiwan, and it will be in charge of Taipower’s first offshore wind farm project off the country’s Changhua County. The first phase of the project is valued […]

  • Perth Project: Earthworks Commenced on Garden Island (Australia)

    25 September 2013

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced that the construction earthworks for the Onshore Power and Desalination Plants has commenced on Garden Island, Western Australia. The earthworks for the Perth Wave Energy Project commenced this week providing visible confirmation of the significant level of planning and permissions that have been established for the project. […]

  • Tidal Energy Advancing in USA

    1 April 2013

    Verdant Power founders are planning to install up to 30 turbines with the total capacity of 1MW in the East Channel of the East River, writes The Day news portal. Ron Smith, co-founder of Verdant Power said for The Day: “The 1 megawatt these will generate is trivial.” “But by 2020 to 2040, these kinds […]

  • Great Yarmouth to Host UK and Ireland Vessel Co-Operative Conference

    18 December 2012

    Offshore Marine Support Ltd and Energy Marine Services will host for the first time The UK and Ireland Vessel Co-Operative Conference next year. The first Conference will be held at the Furzedown Hotel, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4EN, on the 26th February 2013 09.30. The Event is designed to bring owners, energy companies and organisations together […]

  • Greater Changhua Turbine Towers Start Arriving in Taichung Port

    17 March 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine tower section built for the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farm has arrived at the Port of Taichung, Taiwan, Ørsted, the developer of the project, said. This is the first of 333 tower sections in total that are being manufactured locally by the consortium of CS Wind […]

  • GE Sets Date for Official Haliade-X 12MW Inauguration

    3 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy is holding an official inauguration ceremony for the first Haliade-X 12MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine, on 17 December. The event will be held in the Futureland Museum at Maasvlakte Rotterdam in the Netherlands, next to where the GE Haliade-X 12MW is installed. To remind, the third and final LM […]

  • Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm Enters Home Stretch

    11 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Commissioning of the Siemens 4.2MW Siemens turbines and erosion protection of foundations is in full swing at the 42MW Tahkoluoto wind farm off Pori, Finland.

  • Block Island Construction Starts in 9 Months

    8 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater wind provided an update on their wind farm project off the coast of Block Island at AWEA Offshore Windpower 2014 event yesterday . Jeff Grybowski, CEO of Deepwater Wind said: “We are nine months away from the installation of our first foundations.” According to some media, Grybowski has just returned from the negotiations for […]

  • Centrica Presents Results for Period Ended 30 June 2011 (UK)

    28 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Operating and financial overview: *On track to deliver full year earnings growth in 2011, despite commodity price volatility, challenging economic environment and higher UK upstream gas and oil tax rates *shift in profits from the downstream to the upstream *UK residential energy operating profit* halved from the exceptional levels recorded in 2010 *progress in challenging […]

  • Opinion | Union Carpenters Are America’s Offshore Wind Workforce, New Jersey Is Our Training Ground

    26 June 2025
    Business development, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Written by: Olaf OlsenEASRCC Regional Manager for Pile Drivers, Commercial Divers, and Dockbuilders Over the past decade, America’s offshore wind sector has grown from a promising industry in the Northeast to an economic powerhouse spanning over 40 states and supporting tens of billions in domestic investments. This rapid growth has brought thousands of new job […]