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  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • NPCC Replaces Sapura Energy on Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    18 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has won a contract to install the remaining monopiles on the 640 MW Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan some two and a half months after Sapura Energy decided to leave the project mid-construction. The contract was awarded to NPCC by Yunneng Wind Power and is valued at […]

  • Taiwan: Ørsted Starts Building Transition Piece Mock-Up

    3 August 2018

    Ørsted and the Taiwanese Century Wind Power (CWP) have cut the first steel for the jacket foundation transition piece mock-up.

  • Gondan Launches Race Bank Service Operation Vessel

    28 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish shipbuilder Gondan has launched the first of two Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) ordered by Østensjø Rederi and chartered by DONG Energy.

  • Navantia and Windar Resume Jacket Foundation Delivery for Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm

    19 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The Navantia-Windar consortium has started shipping the remaining jacket foundations for the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, being built by Iberdrola through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. Each batch will comprise four jackets of the 38 that are still in the Navantia Seanergies Fene shipyard. All 62 foundations […]

  • East Anglia One Completes Final Commissioning

    28 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 714 MW East Anglia One offshore wind farm has completed the final commissioning, with all 102 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW turbines now operational. Around 20% of the turbine installation and around half the turbine connection work was completed during the lockdown, ScottishPower Renewables said. According to the company, this included a number of changes […]

  • Sunday Windy Sunday in Denmark

    18 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbines covered all the electricity consumption in Denmark on 15 September, marking a new record, according to Energinet. For the first time ever, wind turbines generated power all 24 hours and provided 130% of electricity during the day, much more than the Danes need for daily consumption, Energinet reported. Between 2 and 3 a.m., up […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 14 – 20, 2015

    20 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Samsø Turbine Broke Off Due to Welding Crack A fracture in the welding that connects the tower top flange with the tower had caused the breaking of the turbine Number 7 at the Samsø (Paludans Flak) offshore wind farm, Siemens said in a statement. Offshore Wind Trumps Trump This morning, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled […]

  • Friesland Council Approves Offshore Wind Investment

    20 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Council of the Dutch Province of Friesland has approved the proposed EUR 127 million investment in the 320MW Friesland offshore wind farm (Windpark Fryslân), according to local media.

  • Dozen Borkum Riffgrund 2 Turbines Left to Go

    7 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed 44 out of 56 turbines at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Gode Wind Foundation in Water

    15 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The first foundation was successfully installed at the Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea yesterday. With this project, DONG Energy is building Germany’s biggest offshore wind farm 45km from the mainland and around 33km from the islands Juist and Norderney. Trine Borum Bojsen, Managing Director from DONG Energy in Germany said: […]

  • MHI Vestas Deck Carrier Launched in China

    29 November 2019
    Vessels

    Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard has launched the first specialized deck carrier, which will be used by MHI Vestas to transport offshore wind turbine components, at its yard in Zhenjiang, China. The 148.5-metre deck carrier, named Boldwind, is the first in a series of two vessels ordered by Germany’s United Wind Logistics, with an option for two additional […]

  • Foundation Transport and Installation Wanted for 900 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    19 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has opened a tender looking for a company to transport and install the foundations for the He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The selected company will be in charge of the transport and installation of the transition pieces and monopiles, including the anode cages and grouted connection at the German project. The scope also includes […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 8-14, 2015

    14 June 2015

    Siemens Nets Massive Offshore Wind Turbine Deal ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Bladt Reports First Net Loss in Decade Danish steel contractor, Bladt Industries, has reported its first net loss in a decade due to “large projects that have gone wrong.” Three […]

  • Spain: G11X Chief Engineer Named Wind Innovator 2012

    17 May 2012
    Technology

    Fermin Catalán, Chief Engineer for the Gamesa’s new G11X offshore turbine, a 5-MW platform, has been named the wind innovator 2012, Windpower Engineering news portal reports.  “My first experience with renewable energy came from my brothers who built a parabolic solar collector for fun,” says Mr Catalán. Mr Catalan explained that he spent most of […]

  • 50th Turbine Up at Gemini

    10 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch maritime contractor Van Oord installed the 50th turbine at the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands over the last weekend, according to Gemini Windpark.  The installation of the 150 4MW Siemens turbines started in February 2016 when Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel, Aeolus, transported the first six turbines from the […]

  • Ørsted Seeks Wind Turbine Installation Vessels

    14 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted plans to issue a contract notice in the coming weeks seeking wind turbine installation vessels for the Baltica 3 and Baltica 2 offshore wind projects in Poland. Ørsted will use the Achilles Utilities Nordics and Central Europe (UNCE) qualification system for procurement. The tender will be launched in the last […]

  • ‘Innovation’ Starts Westermost Rough OWF Work

    13 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Innovation, a heavy-lift jack-up vessel owned by HGO InfraSea Solutions, has been working at the UK’s Westermost Rough offshore wind farm as of January 2014, the owner informed on its official website. For this project, the Innovation is managed by GeoSea, which holds 50% shares in HGO. The contract, signed last year between GeoSea and […]

  • Twenty Six Meters of Comfort ‒ ‘Seacat Intrepid’ (Video)

    26 November 2014
    Vessels

    Seacat Intrepid, the first DNV GL certified 26m-crew transfer vessel to profit from a unique workboat tank-testing programme, is currently working from Helgoland (Germany) on Wind MW’s Meerwind offshore wind farm.  The vessel left Isle of Wight to work on the German wind farm at the end of October, a day after it was officially unveiled by the […]

  • Denmark: New Bedford Delegation Visits Anholt OWF

    30 April 2013

    The delegation from a small port city on the East coast, New Bedford, Massachusetts, led by Mayor Jonathan Mitchell, visited the Anholt offshore wind farm on Friday. After they arrived in Grenaa, two boats took them to the wind farm site. “This is the first time we’ve all seen a wind farm in construction. We’re […]

  • USA: MassCEC to Hold a Public Meeting Regarding New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal

    30 August 2013

    The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will host an informational meeting regarding the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, 6 – 8 p.m. The public meeting will include a presentation regarding construction and project updates and a question and answer session. The meeting also will feature a presentation by the project’s engineers […]

  • WWII Bomb Detonated at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    25 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Ramora UK and 6Alpha have detonated the first of three unexploded WWII bombs which were found on the seabed within the construction area of the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, writes the Daily Post. RWE Innogy UK first discovered the bombs in January and they acquired licenses for disposals earlier this month. Toby Edmonds, […]

  • Government Awards GIF Funds (UK)

    7 October 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    £11 million of Government matched funding, awarded following the first round of bids to the Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF), will enablel… Read more at 7thspace. [mappress] Source: 7thspace, October 07, 2011

  • Cape Wind Fights Supreme Judicial Court (USA)

    4 September 2011
    Authorities

      In one corner, we’ve got Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration and the would-be developer of the country’s first offshore wind farm.   By Jon Chesto (patriotledger) [mappress] Source: patriotledger, September 04, 2011

  • Old College Capital Invests GBP 200,000 Into NGenTec (UK)

    9 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Old College Capital, the newly-created investment arm of the University of Edinburgh, has made a first investment in offshore wind … By Todd Cardy (growthbusiness) [mappress] Source: growthbusiness, March 09, 2011