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  • GE Offshore Wind CEO Talks Haliade-X 12MW (Video)

    19 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy’s Offshore Wind business John Lavelle has revealed details about the Haliade-X 12MW turbine to the Offshore WIND team during the inauguration ceremony held on 17 December in Rotterdam. The Haliade-X 12MW prototype set a new world record the past weekend by being the first wind turbine ever to generate 262MWh […]

  • USA: MassCEC to Inform Public about New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal Plans

    4 June 2013

    The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, in partnership with the City of New Bedford, will host an informational meeting regarding the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal. Once constructed, the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal will be the first facility in the nation designed to support the construction, assembly, and deployment of offshore wind projects. The terminal […]

  • Beatrice Puts Pedal to the Metal

    31 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Beatrice offshore wind farm has produced 587.9MW of capacity, which represents the highest output from renewable sources in Scotland to date. According to Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the 588MW project reached the double milestone this week. To remind, the last of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines at the Beatrice wind farm was commissioned in the […]

  • All Beatrice Turbines Now Standing

    14 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up vessel Pacific Orca has installed the last of the total of 84 turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. According to the project’s latest Notice to Mariners, 78 of the 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines have so far been commissioned. Commissioning works are being carried out using a combination of […]

  • Teddy Enters Herman Sr. Fleet

    22 April 2019
    Vessels

    Dutch marine services provider Herman Sr. has held a name giving ceremony for the newly-built Damen Shoalbuster 2308 S Teddy. Teddy is the thirteenth Damen vessel in the Senior BV fleet and will allow the Dordrecht-based company to expand the services that it offers to the dredging, offshore wind and other sectors. According to Damen, […]

  • ReWind Offshore’s Representatives Visit Cleveland, USA

    9 December 2012
    Training & Education

    Tore Wizelius and Ake Frykberg, of ReWind Offshore, came to Cleveland to share their experience of installing the world’s first freshwater wind farm. The recent visit to Cleveland by two representatives of the Swedish company, ReWind Offshore, which created the world’s first freshwater wind farm, generated much excitement. In a presentation at Case Western Reserve […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Secures Environmental Approval for Offshore Wind Farm (USA)

    7 April 2011
    Environment

    A Cape May County company took another step Wednesday toward building the nation’s first offshore wind farm off Atlantic City.   By Michael Miller (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity, April 07, 2011

  • Millom Port Docks Great Potential (UK)

    12 May 2011

    PORT MILLOM is a 16-acre site on the Duddon Estuary which was first used to transport pig iron from the town and bring iron ore to be…   By Ann McVea (nwemail) [mappress] Source: nwemail, May 12, 2011;

  • USA Needs Its Alpha Ventus to Kick Start Offshore Wind Industry

    13 October 2011

    The U.S. needs its own version of Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, to drive the industry on this side of the Atlantic, wind… By Will Wade and Charles Siler (businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek, October 13, 2011

  • Photos of the Day: Sea Installer Off to Race Bank

    8 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Installer left the Port of Hull on Sunday, 7 May, with the first load of wind turbine components for DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm.

  • Deutsche Bucht Mono Bucket Installation Hits a Snag

    27 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the first of two mono bucket foundations at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm has been paused due to a technical issue and for further evaluation, according to Northland Power. Northland Power has emphasized that the pause does not impact the 31 turbines on monopile foundations since the mono bucket installations are […]

  • Northwester 2 Foundations All In Place

    18 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has completed the installation of all monopile foundations at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project, a spokesperson from Parkwind told Offshore WIND. According to Parkwind, Vole au vent completed the installation of all 23 monopiles on 13 November and is currently preparing for the installation of turbines. […]

  • Tern Duo Tag Teams Hohe See Turbines

    15 April 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Blue Tern has left the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark carrying the first load of turbine components to be installed by this vessel on the EnBW Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea. Another Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up, Bold Tern, has returned from the Hohe See to the Port of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Orders Seasight Davit Cranes for SeaMade

    30 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens Gamesa has placed an order with Seasight Davits for 58 davit cranes for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. The cranes will be manufactured by Seasight Davits’ parent company Hvide Sande Shipyard, Steel and Service and will have an outreach of 3.2m and a one-ton lifting capacity. According to the Danish davit crane supplier, the […]

  • Hornsea One Starts Getting CfD Payments

    21 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm has begun receiving Contract for Difference (CfD) payments. The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) began allocating the payments for the first phase of the 1.2GW offshore wind project as it passed the required tests for its Operational Conditions Precedent (OCP). The first project phase, with a capacity of 400MW, achieved a […]

  • Gicon Launches Webiste for Its Floater

    11 March 2015
    Technology

    GICON Group has launched a stand-alone website dedicated to the GICON® SOF – Germany’s first floating offshore foundation. The website will closely follow the manufacturing and installation of the SOF prototype. Fabrication of the first full-scale model started in July 2014. The work is being performed by GICON Group company ESG Edelstahl und Umwelttechnik Stralsund […]

  • VolkerWessels Posts Solid H1 Results

    17 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    VolkerWessels reported that it achieved good results in the first half of 2015. The operational profit increased to €97 million and the company was also able to achieve a net debt reduction of €90 million. CFO Jan van Rooijen said: “All VolkerWessels sectors have shown a profit for the first six months. The underlying results […]

  • Wind Still Dominant in UK

    11 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Wind continued to provide the majority of power from renewable sources in the UK in the first quarter of 2016, with 46% of the electricity generated from renewables coming from the country’s wind farms, according to the data gathered by EnAppSys. The levels of generation from wind sources amounted to 8.66TWh in the quarter, an 11% […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Topside Meets Jacket (Gallery)

    2 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Engie Fabricom and Iemants completed the load-out of the topside for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm at the ENGIE Fabricom’s Hoboken yard on 30 May. The 1180-tonne topside was placed next to the 985-tonne offshore substation jacket on the pontoon. The jacket was loaded onto the pontoon on 11 May. The topside […]

  • New Bedford Becomes Cape Wind’s Staging Area

    15 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    On Friday, September 12, Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick joined Cape Wind Associate’s Jim Gordon to announce that Cape Wind has entered into a lease agreement with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to stage its historic, first-in-the-Nation offshore wind project out of the South Coast Marine Commerce Terminal located on New Bedford harbor, a project […]

  • Siemens Gamesa’s French Factory Starts Producing Offshore Wind Nacelles and Blades

    30 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa’s manufacturing facility in Le Havre, France, has started producing both the company’s offshore Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and IntegralBlades, making it the world’s first facility to encompass the production of both under one roof, according to Siemens Gamesa. The first nacelles and blades produced at the new factory are headed for the […]

  • 108-Metre Recyclable Blades to Spin on Sofia Wind Farm Offshore UK

    9 March 2023
    Environment, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected Siemens Gamesa’s RecyclableBlade for 44 SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines to be installed at the Sofia offshore wind power project off the east coast of the UK. In total, 132 individual recyclable blades will be installed at the 100-turbine offshore wind project. This is the maximum available given the current market […]

  • Ørsted Stays on Upward Path

    9 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted reported DKK 1.8 billion (EUR 241.5 million) profit from offshore wind farms in the second quarter of 2018, an 8% jump compared to the same period last year.

  • UK: Supacat to Present SMV24 Offshore Support Vessel at All Energy

    20 May 2013

    A new concept in offshore support vessels, the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV24), is being unveiled at All Energy 2013 by the innovation house, Supacat. For the first time Supacat is displaying a 1:25 scale model of the 24metre vessel. The SMV24 has been designed as ‘one boat to replace many’ to offer a flexible, […]

  • The Netherlands: Ballast Nedam’s 2012 Profit Forecast Unchanged

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ballast Nedam is holding up in the still deteriorating market conditions and has achieved a revenue and profit approximately in line with those for the first quarter of 2011. Excellent results have been achieved on several major multiyear projects and in niche markets, while the regional infrastructure companies and property development made a disappointing loss. […]

  • Hohe See and Albatros Come Through for EnBW

    30 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    German energy company EnBW’s Renewable Energies segment more than doubled its operating result in the first six months of 2020, mainly due to the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms coming into operation. The company’s renewables segment reported an operating result (adjusted EBITDA) of EUR 426 million, a 108 percent increase compared to EUR […]