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  • GE Haliade-X 12 MW Prototype Breaks Rotterdam Ground

    1 April 2019
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    Future Wind has organized a ground-breaking event in Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, to mark the start of preparatory activities to host GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine prototype. Earlier this year, GE Renewable Energy and Future Wind, a joint venture between Pondera Development and SIF Holding Netherlands, signed an agreement to install the first Haliade-X 12 MW wind […]

  • Thirteen Respond to Polish Offshore Wind Partnership Call

    30 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Thirteen potential partners have responded to PGE Group’s invitation to develop offshore wind farm projects in the Polish Baltic Sea, Poland’s state-owned power company said. PGE intends to sell up to a 50% stake in two special purpose vehicles that are preparing the offshore projects with a combined capacity of up to 2,545MW, and to operate […]

  • DONG Energy and TenneT Make Borssele 1&2 Link Official

    7 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    TSO TenneT and DONG Energy have signed a grid connection agreement for the  Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm off the coast of the Dutch province Zeeland.

  • Senvion Cashes In On Offshore Wind

    15 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion more than tripled its revenue from the sale of offshore wind turbines in the third quarter of 2016, which the company attributed to progress on the Nordsee One and the Nordergründe offshore wind projects. Offshore wind turbines brought Senvion EUR 88.3 million in revenue in the third quarter of 2016, a […]

  • Vestas Nets Another 50 MW Order for Hoa Binh 1 Project in Vietnam

    12 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vestas has secured a 50 MW wind turbine order for the second phase of th Hoa Binh 1 intertidal wind farm in Vietnam. The wind turbine supplier received an order for the project’s first 50 MW phase in December 2019, which included 13 V150-4.2 MW turbines, with ten of them delivered in 3.8 MW and […]

  • DeepOcean Installs WindFloat Atlantic Export Cable

    25 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    UK-based DeepOcean has, on behalf of Hengtong Group, completed export cable installation for the first floating wind farm project in the Atlantic Ocean, the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic. DeepOcean’s scope of work included project management, engineering, and execution of all marine activities associated with the installation of an 18-kilometre static and dynamic submarine cable offshore Portugal. […]

  • New Jersey Getting Monopile Factory

    23 December 2020
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    The State of New Jersey is investing USD 250 million in a monopiles manufacturing facility that will serve the U.S. offshore wind industry. The facility will be located at the Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County and is said to be the largest industrial offshore wind investment in the U.S. to date. EEW, Ørsted, as […]

  • Carnegie Uses SRP’s Mooring Connector for Perth Wave Project

    14 May 2015
    Technology

    Subsea Riser Products Ltd (SRP), an Acteon company, has completed the third and final installation using the SRP Rocksteady™ mooring connector for the Perth Wave Energy demonstration project, offshore Western Australia. Summarising the original sourcing decision, David Kessel, Carnegie supply chain and IMS manager, said: “As part of the ground-breaking Perth Wave Energy Project, a […]

  • Community Consultations for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck (UK)

    17 November 2011

    Forewind, development partner for the Dogger Bank Zone, potentially the world’s largest wind energy project, announces its first community consultation events to present proposals for its first development: Dogger Bank Creyke Beck. Dogger Bank Creyke Beck is planned to connect into the national grid at an existing substation at Creyke Beck, near Cottingham in the […]

  • China: Goldwind Publishes H1 Results

    27 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Goldwind”) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2012 (the “reporting period”). According to unaudited financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, the Group generated revenues of RMB3,451.01 million, net profits of RMB72.07million, basic earnings per share of RMB 0.03 […]

  • Smulders, Equans Start Building Hollandse Kust West Beta Topside, Sif to Deliver Jacket Piles

    12 December 2022
    Grid Connection

    Smulders and Equans, joined by TenneT, have cut the first steel for the topside of the Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore substation, one of the two substations that will connect the wind farms from the Hollandse Kust West area in the North Sea to the Dutch grid. The steel cutting ceremony took place at the […]

  • Highlights of the Month: October 2016

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

    Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (Interview with Vattenfall) When you are talking with people working in real estate, there is a […]

  • Damen Delivers Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier to Sure Wind

    20 January 2014

    The first of two Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers has officially been handed over to British company Sure Wind. A specialist in the German offshore wind market, Sure Wind already has work for the two newbuild FCS 2610 vessels. The first vessel Sure Star will head straight to Esbjerg and will then be deployed […]

  • Royal Haskoning Helps Vattenfall to Extend Kentish Flats Wind Farm (UK)

    30 November 2011

    Royal Haskoning plays a key role in helping Vattenfall become the first offshore energy company to be cleared for examination by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), and move a step closer to achieving its plan to extend an existing offshore wind farm. Following an extensive community consultation and Environmental Impact Assessment, Vattenfall plans to extend […]

  • Formosa 1 Completes Financial Close

    8 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Formosa 1, Taiwan’s first offshore wind farm, has reached financial close.

  • Damen Shipyards Working Full Steam on Aker Solutions’ HVDC Topsides

    21 February 2023
    Equipment, Grid Connection, Infrastructure

    Damen Shipyards Group has announced that the company is currently working on delivering two High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore transmission projects with the first one being 70 per cent completed at its Damen Shipyards Mangalia (DSMa) facility in Romania. DSMa, the group’s largest facility, is equipped with a semi-automated panel line, modern blasting and painting […]

  • Norway Adds Phases, Interconnection Limits to Offshore Wind Auctions

    10 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The Government of Norway has revealed further details about the upcoming offshore wind auctions at the Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord zones with a combined capacity of 4.5 GW. The 3 GW of fixed-bottom capacity at the Sørlige Nordsjø II zone will be auctioned off in two 1.5 GW phases. The auction for the […]

  • UK: Hat-trick for CTruk With Delivery of CWind Challenger

    15 October 2013

    CTruk scored a hat-trick with the delivery of its 12th 20T multi-purpose catamaran, CWind Challenger. As well as being the first of these popular offshore wind support vessels to be designed, built and classed to Bureau Veritas (BV) rules, the 18.5m multi-role workboat is also the first Category 1 vessel built by the company under […]

  • Offshore wind heads for record year (Belgium)

    21 July 2010
    R&D

    118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid in the first half of 2010 according to new statistics released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Those 118 turbines have a capacity of 333 MW – well over half the 577 MW installed offshore last year – showing continuing strong growth […]

  • Ørsted Picks Onshore Substation Team in Taiwan

    6 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation (TCC) to build two onshore substations, cable corridors, landfalls and transition joint bays for the first 900MW Greater Changhua projects.

  • Dogger Bank Wind Farm Onshore Cabling Work Starts

    9 July 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Delivery of onshore cables for Dogger Bank Wind Farm has started, according to Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK, the company responsible for installing the cables for the first two phases of the offshore wind project. The first drum with the cables has already arrived and Jones Bros are set to commence installation this month. In […]

  • Highlights of the Month – March 2021

    1 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Here are the ten most-read articles on Offshore WIND in March 2021. World’s First Floating Wind Farm Best Performer in UK With an average capacity factor of 57.1% in the twelve months to March 2020, Hywind Scotland set a new record in the UK. Offshore Wind-to-Whisky Project Launches in Scotland The power would be supplied […]

  • Corio Applies for Maritime Area Consent, Completes Geophysical Survey for Irish Offshore Wind Project

    23 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Corio Generation has completed a geophysical survey at the site of its 450 MW offshore wind project in Ireland, after applying for Maritime Area Consent (MAC) in June this year with an aim to compete in Ireland’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme which opens in early 2023. The project is the Sceirde Rocks offshore […]

  • Vertical Lay-Up Machine Commissioned at TKF’s New Cable Factory

    13 May 2024
    Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The new cable factory Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) built in Eemshaven is preparing for full operation as the company completed a type test run in March, producing a three power core-type test cable, and with the vertical lay-up machine (VLM) delivered by PASSER now commissioned and undergoing final tweaks. “Our scope of work at TKF’s new […]

  • Nigg Attracts £6.5 Mln Investment and Potential OW Development

    2 May 2014
    Authorities

    Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has announced £6.5 million for the development of the new quayside during a visit to Nigg Energy Park to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) and Global Energy Group. The MoU will see the two companies enter discussions on a wide variety […]

  • VIDEO: Siemens Showcases Precision Work at Westermeerwind

    20 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has released a video showing what level of precision was needed to install 48 foundation posts at the 144MW Westermeerwind offshore wind farm, situated in the Ijsselmeer, an artificial lake in the central Netherlands. Siemens installed the first monopile foundation in March 2015, and proceeded to install the remaining 47 throughout April and May. The 35-meter long foundation piles, […]