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  • Formosa 2 Power Purchase Agreement All Set

    12 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Swancor has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Taipower for the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm.

  • MPI Enterprise Fixes Amrumbank West Foundations

    24 August 2015
    Vessels

    MPI Enterprise has completed works on E.ON’s Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm thus wrapping up its first charter under MPI ownership. MPI Offshore acquired the wind turbine installation vessel from RWE Innogy earlier this year after which the vessel embarked on its first assignment as part of MPI in May 2015. MPI Enterprise has acted as an […]

  • E.ON Earmarks EUR 1.3Bn for Renewables in 2016

    11 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    E.ON’s renewables unit recorded a 10 percent lower EBITDA in the first quarter of this year, but its Wind and Solar business’ EBITDA rose by 42 percent, mostly due to the commissioning of Amrumbank West and Humber Gateway offshore wind farms.  The company expects the two offshore wind farms to give a boost to its renewables unit by delivering earnings for this […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Nets Hohe See Contract

    1 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens AG has awarded Fred. Olsen Windcarrier with the contract to transport and install Siemens 7MW turbines at the 497MW EnBW Hohe See wind farm, with the first turbine expected to go up in the first half of 2019. EnBW Hohe See is located 90km from shore in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), in close […]

  • Openhydro to Launch EUR 40m Tidal Project in France

    1 September 2011

      IRISH TIDAL energy developer Openhydro is preparing to launch the first of four €16m turbines that will make up a €40 million project off…   (irishtimes) [mappress] Source: irishtimes, September 01, 2011;

  • Wealthy Massachusetts residents against Cape Wind (USA)

    21 September 2010
    Environment

    The Cape Wind Project, a proposal to construct the United States’ first offshore wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, has… (justmeans) [mappress] Source: justmeans, September 21, 2010;

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Farms Create Artificial Habitat for Some Species

    8 August 2011
    Environment

    A new study in Environmental Research Letters, looking at the first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands for the past two years, finds… by Matthew McDermott (treehugger) [mappress] Source: treehugger, August 08, 2011;

  • State Panel Advising Gov. Beverly Perdue to Meet at Hilton Wilmington Riverside (USA)

    17 January 2011

    Snowed out the first time, the Wilmington meeting of a state panel advising Gov. Beverly Perdue on developing a comprehensive offshore… By Gareth McGrath (starnewsonline) [mappress] Source: starnewsonline, January 17, 2011

  • Siera Club Raises Concern on How Texas Offshore Wind Farm Might Negatively Affect Wildlife (USA)

    18 August 2011
    Environment

    An environmental group outlined concerns Wednesday on how proposed offshore wind farms, poised to become the first in the Texas, might…   By Mark Collette (caller) [mappress] Source: caller, August 18, 2011

  • Moray West Offshore Substations Arrive in Scotland

    14 November 2023

    The two substations built for the Moray West offshore wind farm have arrived in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, to await their installation at the project’s offshore site approximately 22.5 kilometres from the Caithness coastline. UK-based Harlyn Solutions completed the first phase of the offshore substation transport for the 882 MW offshore wind farm. The company […]

  • NED-Project Introduces Hydrogen-Ready, Jones Act-Compliant Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    24 September 2021
    Vessels

    NED-Project, a Poland-headquartered naval architecture and ship design company with an office in the US, has developed a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which features a hydrogen-ready set-up and has the capability to install 15-20 MW wind turbines as well as to load and transport monopiles vertically. The vessel design, NP20000X ULAM, which is […]

  • Final Turbines Head to World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    31 December 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Sea Installer has left the Port of Hull loaded with the last batch of turbine components to be installed at the 1.32 GW Hornsea Two – soon to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. Sea Installer and Sea Challenger have been transporting the wind farm’s 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 […]

  • North Star Renewables to Contract UK Shipyard for Hybrid Daughter Craft

    20 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    North Star Renewables, which won the Dogger Bank Wind Farm tender for the delivery of three service operations vessels (SOVs) earlier this year, is set to sign shipbuilding contracts for the first two SOV daughter craft this September, and the company decided to build them in the UK. According to the Aberdeen-based vessel owner, these […]

  • Romania: Hidroelectrica Reveals 300–500 MW Offshore Wind Farm Plan

    19 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Romania’s power producer Hidroelectrica has outlined plans for what could be the country’s first offshore wind farm, and the first project of its kind to be installed in the Black Sea. The offshore wind farm, planned to be built by 2026, will have a capacity of between 300 MW and 500 MW, subject to results […]

  • Bibby HydroMap and ORE Catapult Put DriX Through Paces

    23 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Bibby HydroMap has conducted a demonstration of DriX, an 8-metre Autonomous Unmanned Survey Vessel (AUSV), at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult facility in Blyth. The key purpose of the demonstration was to showcase DriX being used in the offshore renewables sector to capture essential information at all stages of renewable projects. During the demonstration, two Blyth offshore […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Shows Strong H1 2019 Numbers

    7 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has reported a 6% year-on-year increase in revenue to EUR 4,651 million in the first half of the 2019 fiscal year, said to be supported by strong performance in the Offshore and Service segments. The company saw a 7% increase in revenue in the second quarter of FY 2019, to EUR 2,389 million, also […]

  • Highlights of the Month: July 2015

    4 August 2015

    Eneco Says It Will no Longer Invest in Renewables Dutch energy company, Eneco, said it will no longer invest in renewable energy projects since that is not possible without losing money and jobs, the Dutch media reported. France Ready to Issue Floating Wind Call for Tenders French wind industry group (FEE) announced Tuesday that the […]

  • Van Oord Orders SMD QTrencher for Offshore Wind Work

    25 April 2017
    Technology, Vessels

    Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) has signed a contract with Van Oord for the manufacture and delivery of a QTrencher 1600.

  • Ballast Nedam Re-Entering Offshore Wind Sector

    22 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    A few years after the sale of its offshore wind activities, the Netherlands-based construction company Ballast Nedam is re-entering the wind energy market with Ballast Nedam Renewables.

  • DONG Unveils U.S. Offshore Wind Project Details

    13 November 2015

    DONG Energy has released project details for its offshore wind farm proposed to be built off Massachusetts, USA.  DONG Energy’s first project in the U.S. has been named Bay State Wind and will be located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, with turbines installed in water depths of 130-165 feet (approx. 40-50m). A period of additional feasibility […]

  • Japan: Marubeni-led Group to Conduct Floating Wind Farm Feasibility Study

    6 March 2012

     A consortium made up of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu and Mizuho Information & Research are participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. This experimental […]

  • Correll Group Strikes Again in Taiwan

    21 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Correll Group, Electrical Engineering Division has been contracted by Seaway 7 to complete the termination and testing of inter-array cables (IAC) and export cables on the 298 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, the Correll Group will be responsible for the termination and testing of 29 66 kV inter-array […]

  • Germany to Open Tender for Avifauna and Marine Mammal Surveys in Two Offshore Wind Areas

    28 January 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a prior information notice for a tendering procedure the agency plans to organise to procure ecological studies of avifauna and marine mammals in the N-9.5 and N-12.5 offshore wind areas in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. BSH plans to issue an […]

  • Navantia-Windar Loads Out Two Hywind Floating Foundations (Photos)

    9 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The Navantia-Windar consortium has loaded out the first two of the five SPAR-type floating foundations built for Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm.

  • BOEM Schedules Public Scoping Meetings on South Carolina OW Development

    30 December 2015
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The U.S. Bureau of Energy and Ocean Management (BOEM) will hold three public scoping meetings in the first week of January to inform stakeholders of its environmental review process for the proposed wind energy development in federal waters offshore South Carolina. The first meeting is scheduled to take place on 5 January in Charleston, the second meeting will be held […]

  • Gravity Based Foundations for Blyth Demo Taking Shape

    13 January 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Gravity based foundations for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project are well under construction at the Neptune dry dock on the Tyne in Newcastle, UK. Lower shafts have been placed, with roof panels set to be mounted this month, according to BAM Infra’s social media pages.