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  • Work Begin on Expansion of Belgium’s Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    22 April 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    Installation of the first foundation structures marks the start of works to extend the Thornton Bank wind farm, located off the Belgian coast. In recent weeks, the underwater area has been prepared. Now works are starting to drive the first steel piles into the sea bed. Each pile is about 40 metres long, and four […]

  • Tidal Stream Project in Welsh Waters Gets Full Backing of County Assembly Member (UK)

    13 June 2011
    Authorities

    THE development of the first ever tidal stream project deployed in Welsh waters has got the full backing of a county Assembly Member. (westerntelegraph) [mappress] Source: westerntelegraph, June 13, 2011;

  • E.ON Plans to Invest GBP 2.6 Billion in Renewables Through 2013 (Germany)

    6 April 2011

    Today E.ON installed and successfully tested the first of 94 turbines of Settlers Trail wind farm. Located in Illinois, Settlers Trail will… (eon) [mappress] Source: eon, April 06, 2011

  • East Anglia One Now Officially Fully Operational

    3 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The final phase of East Anglia One has started to receive payments under the project’s Contract for Difference (CfD), thus passing the milestone of Operational Conditions Precedent (OCP) to officially start generating electricity under the CfD scheme. The final, third phase of East Anglia One has an installed capacity of 250 MW and achieved its […]

  • NIRAS Bolsters Offshore Wind Activities in APAC

    2 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Denmark-headquartered consultancy NIRAS has revealed plans to enhance its presence in the Asia-Pacific offshore wind market. In line with this, NIRAS appointed its first company member in Japan, Seiko Toki, who took over the role of senior consultant to further expand the services. Toki will spearhead the company’s activities in Japan, as well as work with […]

  • MMA Offshore Cracks Offshore Wind Market with Taiwan Contract

    17 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Australian marine services provider MMA Offshore has won a contract to support foundation installation for an offshore wind farm project off the coast of Taiwan. MMA Offshore said that the contract is with ”a top tier construction contractor”. The company will deploy its multi-purpose support vessel, the MMA Vigilant, to provide integrated subsea services to […]

  • European Commission Okays Support for Six French OWFs

    26 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved the support for six French offshore wind farms selected in the country’s first two tendering rounds. The projects include Courseulles-sur-Mer, Fécamp, Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Brieuc from the Round 1 tender in 2012, as well as Round 2 winners Dieppe-Le Tréport and Ile d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier from 2014. The selected offshore wind farms will receive support in […]

  • EDS HV Concludes Rampion Works

    5 March 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has completed cable termination and testing works at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm located off Sussex, UK.

  • Borkum Riffgrund 2 Awaits Second Batch of Turbines

    11 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has returned to the port of Esbjerg in Denmark to pick up the second batch of wind turbines for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Beatrice Turbines One Third Done

    18 October 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    A third of wind turbines has now been installed on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) said.

  • Deep BV to Investigate Seabed at Borssele Wind Farm Zone

    13 January 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Deep BV, a Dutch company specializing in hydrography, geophysics and oceanography, has been awarded a five-year framework agreement to undertake geophysical soil investigations for offshore wind farm zones in the Netherlands. Furthermore, the company has sealed the deal for its first job within the agreement, which will be to carry out geophysical soil investigations at […]

  • Senvion Takes Second Place in Germany

    31 July 2015

    Senvion installed wind turbines with a total capacity of over 285 megawatts (MW) in the first six months of the calendar year 2015 in Germany. With the installation of exactly 100 turbines in the period from January 2015 to June 2015, Senvion is the second largest manufacturer of wind turbines in Germany for the first […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy Taking Its Offshore Wind Case to Court

    25 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has rejected Fishermen’s Energy’s appeal on the BPU’s decision to deny the construction of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City. The company said that it will take the case to the court. “We are disappointed in this decision, but not surprised,” stated Paul […]

  • Kincardine Reveals 50MW Floating Project

    16 May 2014

    Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited, KOWL, has revealed plans for, what could be, the world’s first floating wind array. KOWL, a joint venture between Pilot Offshore Renewables and Atkins, wants to deploy eight wind turbine generators, with individual capacity no less than 6MW, on semi-submersible floating platforms near the Dog Hole off Aberdeen. The wind farm […]

  • Seatrium to Build Heavy Lift Vessel for Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction

    11 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Seatrium has revealed that its subsidiary has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) to build a heavy lift vessel to serve the Japanese offshore wind market. Seatrium’s subsidiary signed a LoI with the Japanese company to carry out early engineering work for a 5,000-tonne fully-revolving heavy lift vessel. Subject to the […]

  • Scottish Company Completes Formosa 4 Site Characterization Survey in Taiwan

    9 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland-headquartered Sulmara has completed a site characterization survey for the Formosa 4 offshore wind project in Taiwan, developed by Synera Renewable Energy (SRE). To overcome challenging environmental site conditions, Sulmara said it employed an industry-first, multi-platform approach running the sensors to meet the specified data coverage and data quality requirements. “When we began assessing the […]

  • Chinese Fabricator Delivers Final Batch of Moray West XXL Monopiles

    23 November 2023
    Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s Dajin Heavy Industry has delivered the final batch of eight XXL monopiles for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. In June 2022, Dajin Heavy Industry was contracted by the wind farm’s developer, Ocean Winds, to supply 48 XXL monopiles for the project. The units weigh about 2,000 tonnes and have […]

  • SSE Awards Inspection Framework Agreement for Beatrice and Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farms

    23 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    SSE has awarded UK-based Stowen a framework agreement to provide inspection services to the Beatrice and Greater Gabbard offshore wind farms in the UK. Following a successful tender process, Stowen was awarded the frameworks requiring inspection services to cover offshore foundations for the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland alongside Greater Gabbard onshore […]

  • Stiesdal TetraSub Floating Foundation Gets DNV Statement of Feasibility

    26 November 2021
    R&D, Technology

    DNV has presented Stiesdal with a Statement of Feasibility for its semi-submersible floating wind foundation TetraSub, demonstrating the technical feasibility and commercial readiness of the technology. TetraSub is part of Stiesdal’s modular, industrially manufactured Tetra foundation concept. It is suited for floating wind installations at water depths ranging from 50 metres and up. Issuing a […]

  • Vattenfall and Hellenic Cables Open Offshore Wind Tab

    1 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Hellenic Cables has secured its first contract with Vattenfall under which it will deliver the inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms in Denmark. The Greek company will design, manufacture, test, and supply approximately 70 kilometers of 66kV XLPE insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories for the projects. The cables will be manufactured […]

  • DEME Affiliate to Install Foundations on CIP’s Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

    18 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), a joint venture between Belgium’s DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, has secured a new offshore wind contract in Taiwan. CDWE has been selected by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to transport and install foundations for the 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project. The deal marks the first foundation installation contract signed […]

  • Good Wind Brings EnBW H1 2019 Numbers Up

    25 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    EnBW reported an operating result of EUR 204.9 million in the Renewable Energies division in the first half of 2019, a 24.3% rise on the previous year. According to EnBW, the increase in adjusted EBITDA is mainly due to the overall improvement in wind conditions at offshore and onshore wind farms in Germany. A further increase is expected […]

  • French, Indonesian Companies Sign Renewables Deal

    12 February 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    An Indonesian state-owned company engaged in oil, gas, new and renewable energy, Pertamina, and Akuo Energy, a French independent renewable energy power producer, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of new and renewable energy for electricity throughout Indonesia.  This collaboration between Pertamina and Akuo Energy aims to carry out solid partnership to do […]

  • Boskalis’ Q1 Revenues Up

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Boskalis, global maritime services company operating in the dredging and inland infrastructure, and offshore energy sectors, realized a higher revenue in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. Adjusted for the acquisition of Dockwise, which was only included in the consolidated figures from the second quarter of 2013, revenue was […]

  • Alstom Acquires 40 pct Equity Stake in AWS Ocean Energy (UK)

    21 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Power major Alstom has acquired a 40 per cent equity stake in Inverness-based wave energy company AWS Ocean Energy in its first investment in the marine energy sector. Financial details were not disclosed. AWS said the investment will give it the financial strength to expand its operations and accelerate the development of its third-generation wave […]

  • TC Barrow OFTO to Operate High Voltage Link to Barrow Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    27 September 2011
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem E-Serve has today confirmed that TC Barrow OFTO Limited (Transmission Capital Partners) has secured a licence to operate the high voltage link to the 90 MW Barrow offshore wind farm, near Barrow-in-Furness. TC Barrow OFTO Limited has taken over ownership of the £33.6m link from Dong Energy and Centrica, owners of the wind farm […]