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  • Spanish Technology Gauged for New York Offshore Wind Farm

    26 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, in a consortium with Esteyco, has won a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York. The Spanish companies will analyse the feasibility of a concrete gravity-based foundation for the offshore wind farm developed by oil and gas majors BP and Equinor. Cobra […]

  • TenneT Starts Tender Process for Linking Dutch 2 GW Offshore Grids to Land

    16 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has opened a qualification period for a tender for 525 kV DC cable supply and installation on the 2 GW offshore grid projects in the Netherlands. The first upcoming cable supply and installation tender for the 2 GW offshore grid projects is expected to be launched later this year, in Q3/Q4. The scope of […]

  • Last Turbine Stands at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    3 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The final Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbine has been installed at the 1,218MW Hornsea One offshore wind farm located 120 kilometres off Yorkshire, UK, Ørsted said. The final unit completes the 174-strong array of turbines dotted over 407 km2 of North Sea. Now the final turbine is installed, the project will undergo a period of commissioning, […]

  • Vineyard Wind Goes Big Offshore New York

    15 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has officially submitted a bid in New York State’s first offshore wind solicitation for the Liberty Wind project which includes the option of up to 1.2GW of capacity to be developed. The Liberty Wind proposal includes project size options of 400MW, 800MW and 1,200MW which would be produced by turbines located 85 miles away from […]

  • China Three Gorges to Buy Majority Share in Meerwind Süd|Ost OWF

    13 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Blackstone Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its majority interest in WindMW GmbH, an offshore wind power joint-venture and owner and operator of the 288MW Meerwind Süd|Ost offshore wind farm, to China Three Gorges Corporation. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, however, sources close to the matter valued the deal at around EUR […]

  • Statoil Sets Aside EUR 214 Million for Hywind Scotland Pilot Park

    3 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy company Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the world’s first floating wind farm, offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, after Scotland gave the project the go-ahead yesterday. The decision triggers investments of around NOK 2 billion (EUR 214 million), realizing a 60-70 percent cost reduction per MW from the Hywind demo project […]

  • Maersk Training Launches New GWO Refresher Courses

    14 April 2014
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has initiated five new Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Basic Safety Training Refresher (BSTR) courses. The new courses cover Manual Handling, First Aid, Fire Awareness, Work at Height and Sea Survival and are obligatory for all GWO trained personnel who wish to continue working in the Wind industry after their initial certification has expired. […]

  • All Turbines Up at 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

    7 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The final Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbine has been installed at the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland. The installation of the 54th wind turbine was completed in the early hours of this morning (7 April) at the site located some 15.5 kilometres off the Fife coast. The work was […]

  • BOEM Links Up with US Department of Defense on Offshore Wind

    30 October 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the coordinated development of offshore wind on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The agreement calls for DOD and BOEM to find mutual solutions that support renewable energy in a manner compatible […]

  • Vard Receives Another CSOV Order from Norwind Offshore

    8 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Vard, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, has signed a contract for the design and construction of a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for Navigare Capital Partners. The new unit, based on the VARD 4 19 design, will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027 from Vard’s shipyard in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Tailor-made […]

  • OrbisEnergy to Host Subsea Engineering Workshop

    17 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Lowestoft-based OrbisEnergy will on 3 May host the first in a series of workshops tackling subsea engineering issues, ranging from corrosion and tidal scour at turbine towers, to keeping seals away from piling work.

  • HST Marine’s Parallel Hybrid CTV Nearing Delivery

    27 March 2023
    Vessels

    Singapore-based Strategic Marine announced the launch of what they describe as Asia’s first parallel hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV), named HST Swansea. Scheduled for delivery soon, the vessel will be officially handed over to Purus Wind’s High Speed Transfers (HST) Marine in conjunction with Strategic Marine’s official yard opening on 29 March. HST Marine, acquired […]

  • SMST Equipment for GC Rieber SOVs

    27 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    SMST has been awarded a contract by Cemre Shipyard in Türkiye for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment for the two newbuild Windkeeper Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) of Norwegian shipowner GC Rieber Shipping. The SMST gangway (Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series) combined with a tower and height adjustment could contribute to the operational performance […]

  • Survey on Schedule at Arklow Bank 2

    23 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The Ireland-based Alpha Marine is set to kick off a reconnaissance survey at the Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 located off the Wicklow coast in the Irish Sea. The goal of the survey is to provide background information to inform future site investigation works for the 520 MW project. Works, which will include magnetometer surveying, are […]

  • TetraSpar Demonstrator Floater Hooks to Norwegian Mainland

    26 August 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has been connected to the Norwegian mainland, RWE said. The fully-assembled floating wind turbine, comprising the TetraSpar floating foundation and a 3.6 MW Siemens Gamesa direct-drive wind turbine, was towed from Denmark and installed at the METCentre test site off the island of Karmøy near Stavanger in late July. […]

  • Akrocean Wins French Offshore Wind Data Collection Gig

    2 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Operating for the Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC), Météo-France has selected Akrocean to collect offshore wind, wave, and current data for potential offshore wind farm sites in France. The framework contract won by Akrocean includes several measurement campaigns that will be conducted on all the French coastlines over four years, according to the […]

  • NKT Secures Dogger Bank Bounty

    20 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and SSE Renewables have signed an agreement with NKT for an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable systems to be installed on the Dogger Bank Wind Farms Creyke Beck A/B. With a combined capacity of 2,400MW, the wind farms are being developed through a joint […]

  • WindFloat Atlantic Enters Turbine Assembly Mode

    17 July 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the first WindFloat Atlantic turbine on its floating platform will begin on Wednesday, 17 July in the outer harbor of Ferrol, Spain. The fabrication and load-out of this first WindFloat platform, developed by Principle Power, was completed last week in Fene, and the platform has been moored to the quayside in Ferrol, […]

  • Boskalis to Take Over Bohlen Doyen’s Cable Laying Business

    21 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Boskalis and German SPIE SAG Group have entered an agreement under which Boskalis will acquire the offshore cable installation activities and assets of Bohlen Doyen. 

  • Industry Majors Back 3GW by 2030 French Mediterranean Floating Wind Goal

    25 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    More than 70 companies and institutions, including some of the leading offshore wind developers and equipment manufacturers, have called for the development of 3GW of floating offshore wind in the French Mediterranean by 2030.

  • SgurrEnergy to Supervise Beatrice Construction

    31 May 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    SgurrEnergy has been awarded a three-year construction monitoring contract for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The construction monitoring appointment follows a one-year role as lenders’ technical advisor for Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Limited and participating lenders, in which SgurrEnergy supported the project to financial close. SgurrEnergy will also be providing operational support for the […]

  • Top News of the Week, 11 – 17 December 2017

    17 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Oleg Strashnov to Stay on Beatrice Until New Year Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov – which left the Beatrice site after installing the 24th jacket foundation in late September and returned to the job in November – has put the 25th jacket in place and thus officially resumed the works after more than […]

  • VIDEO: Significance of Local Supply Chain for EOWDC

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    On 9 September, a supply chain event was held to enable potential bidders for work on the 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as Aberdeen offshore wind farm, to meet main contractors and to discuss available work packages and local opportunities. Tier One contractors, J Murphy & Sons, MHI Vestas and Boskalis, gave […]

  • Reef Subsea Engages in Global Tech I Construction

    8 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Reef Subsea has been awarded a contract with AREVA Wind GmbH to provide field support in the Global Tech I wind farm. The charter commences early October and is anticipated to continue until at least February 2015, with the option to extend the contract further. This significant project will utilise the Reef Despina, a multi-purpose, […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 20-26, 2015

    26 July 2015

    BREAKING: Offshore Construction of First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Kicks Off Block Island Wind Farm, the U.S. first offshore wind project, has entered the offshore construction phase, according to Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO. UK Offshore Wind on Way to Become Subsidy Free Statkraft has welcomed the latest report by BVG Associates, which outlines how […]

  • Van Aalst Reveals Motion Compensated Gangway System

    13 May 2015
    Technology

    Van Aalst Group has introduced a new motion compensated gangway system under the brand name Safeway. Thanks to several innovations, the Safeway gangway bridge makes it possible for vessels to land at a broad range of offshore constructions, varying from small unmanned installations in the Southern North Sea to large offshore production units in the […]