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  • LS Cable & System Secures Taiwanese Submarine Cable Deal

    24 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    LS Cable & System (LS C&S) has won a contract, worth approximately KRW 110 million (about USD 85 million), to supply submarine cables to Taiwan Power Corporation (TPC) for an offshore wind farm planned to be built in Changhua County, Taiwan. By winning this contract, LS C&S secured the rights to supply all the ultra-high-voltage […]

  • Both Triton Knoll Offshore Substations In Position

    16 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second offshore substation platform (OSP) has been installed at the 857 MW Triton Knoll wind farm offshore Lincolnshire, the UK. The installation of OSP East, the last of the project’s two OSPs, was carried out by Seaway Strashnov overnight on Monday 15 June. “This is an important step in ensuring we remain on track, […]

  • Beatrice: Countdown to Jacket Installation Completion Starts

    20 June 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), using its vessel Oleg Strashnov, installed the 77th jacket foundation at the Beatrice site on 20 June, according to some media posts from those involved in the project, following the project’s Notice to Mariners from 18 June that reported 76 jackets being in place.

  • 3sun Accredited for GWO Basic Maintenance Training

    5 April 2017
    Training & Education

    DNV GL has confirmed 3sun Academy’s certification for the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Basic Maintenance Training (BMT), making the 3sun Group’s training division one of only two UK centres accredited to deliver new mandatory safety and technical training for wind turbine technicians, the company said on 4 April.

  • Wood Puts Galion Radar Through Paces

    18 February 2019
    R&D

    Wood has completed the first commercial lidar test at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine. Wood tested its Galion lidar system at the onshore met mast of the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine located on the Fife coast in the UK. According to the UK company, the test was completed ahead of schedule, in one month […]

  • Triton Knoll Fund All Set Up

    22 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. has launched its GBP 1.5 million community fund with an initial GBP 500,000 to support local projects and priorities in Lincolnshire, UK, over the two years of onshore construction of the 860MW wind farm.

  • Hornsea Two, Formosa I Firm Up Siemens Gamesa Order Book

    27 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind order intake reached a peak in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2018 with 1,368MW in firm orders, due to agreements to supply 165 turbines for Hornsea Project Two and 120MW for the Formosa I Phase II offshore wind project.

  • Global Renewables Investment Goes Down

    11 July 2019
    R&D

    The first half of 2019 saw a 14% decrease in global renewable energy investment compared to H1 2018, according to the latest report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). The H1 2019 global investment in renewables amounted to USD 117.6 billion, said to be mainly caused by the plunge in activity in China as it shifts away from government-set tariffs to […]

  • Offshore Wind, Batteries Shine in Cost Reduction Race

    26 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The benchmark levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for offshore wind has fallen 24% since the first half of 2018, according to the latest analysis by BloombergNEF (BNEF). Auction programs for new offshore wind capacity, combined with much larger turbines, have produced sharp reductions in capital costs, taking BNEF’s global benchmark for this technology below USD 100 per […]

  • Njord Freyr Undergoes Full Engine and IPS Service at James Troop

    25 May 2016
    Vessels

    Cheshire-based marine engine supplier James Troop & Co has completed a full engine and Inboard Propulsion System (IPS) service on Njord Freyr, the first UK work of its kind on a wind farm support vessel, according to Bob Troop, the company’s Chairman and Managing Director. The contract for wind farm crew transfer company Njord Offshore involved taking […]

  • All Jackets Installed at Greater Changhua 2a Offshore Wind Farm

    26 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Aegir has completed the installation of jacket foundations at the Greater Changhua 2a wind farm site offshore Taiwan and will now move on to do the same work on Greater Changhua 1, the company said via social media. This brought the entire 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a […]

  • North Scotland World Leader in Wave, Tidal Technology

    1 August 2012
    Technology

    The designation of the Pentland Firth and Orkney area as a Marine Energy Park confirms what those of us in the industry already know – the north of Scotland is a world leader in wave and tidal technology. Over the last decade, supportive government policies and the establishment of the European Marine Energy Centre have […]

  • E.ON leads in Offshore wind (Germany)

    21 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    E.ON is leading the European offshore business. According to new statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) 118 new offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 333 megawatts, were connected to the grid in the first half of 2010. A massive 64 percent of all new capacity was developed by E.ON Climate & […]

  • OutSmart to Open Offshore Wind Operations Control Centre in Emden, Germany

    30 October 2013

    OutSmart will officially open the first offshore wind Operations Control Centre in Emden, Germany, on the 31st of October. The operations centre will be staffed 24/7 to operate offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and coordinate all maintenance and logistic activities. Launching customer is Trianel for wind farm Borkum West II, which is […]

  • Floating Offshore Wind Project Attracts Major Backers

    8 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    KfW IPEX-Bank, together with Crédit Agricole CIB, Banco Santander, S.A., Mizuho Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF), has decided to finance the 30 MW Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project offshore France. KfW IPEX-Bank is the first German bank to finance a floating offshore wind […]

  • Wind energy could hit a new record this year

    30 July 2010
    R&D

    In the first six months of 2010, 118 offshore wind turbines totaling 333 MW were fully grid connected in Europe and overall, 16 offshore…   by Energy Matters (energymatters) [mappress] Source: energymatters, July 30, 2010;

  • Brave Tern Loading Horns Rev 3 Turbine Kit

    10 July 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Brave Tern has arrived in Esbjerg, Denmark, and is loading the first set of wind turbine components to be installed on Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm.

  • Bibby WaveMaster 1 Gets Its Galloper Groove On

    21 September 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Bibby WaveMaster 1 undertook its first significant charter this week as the vessel departed from Harwich to support the construction of the Galloper offshore wind farm, innogy informed via social media. 

  • Half of Triton Knoll OWF Up

    9 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 45th wind turbine has been installed at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm site in the UK, bringing the installation on the 90-turbine project to a halfway mark. According to the latest update from the project, the 857 MW offshore wind farm remains on track to complete offshore construction by the end of the […]

  • LOC Secures More Work Offshore Vietnam

    16 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    LOC has secured a contract to provide marine warranty services (MWS) and consultancy for the Tra Vinh No. 3 intertidal wind farm in Vietnam. LOC will support the development of the first phase of the project, including the review and approval of the loadout and marine transportation operations of components between local ports and the […]

  • Second Triton Knoll Topside Ready to Move

    10 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second Triton Knoll offshore substation platform (OSP) topside has been loaded onto a barge and fastened in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The Triton Knoll OSP East topside was seafastened onto the Greenbarge 3 at Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen. The Greenbarge 3 and the topside will be towed offshore the UK to be installed on the accompanying […]

  • EMO to Build Merkur Service Base in Eemshaven

    23 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Merkur Offshore, the developer of German Merkur offshore wind farm, has signed a long-term contract with the Dutch subsidiary of EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) for the construction of a service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.

  • Trianel Windpark Borkum II Gets Go-Ahead

    7 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    As of spring 2018, the construction of Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) in the German sector of the North Sea will start, after 20 shareholders from Germany and Switzerland agreed to build the project on 7 April.

  • Carnegie Installs 2nd CETO 5 Wave Energy Device Off Australia

    27 January 2015
    Technology

    The second of Carnegie Wave Energy’s (CWE) CETO 5 units has been installed at its Perth Wave Energy Project site off Garden Island, Western Australia. The unit has been operational for a little over a week now.  The sea state conditions experienced during the initial operational period have included waves up to 3.5m in height. […]

  • JBA Supports Swansea Bay Development

    15 June 2015

    JBA Consulting, an environmental engineering company, is backing Tidal Lagoon Power in the development of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project. The company is supporting the project in the preparation of evidence for the discharge of the environmental DCO and Marine Licence conditions. They are also advising the Chinese Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) on the implementation […]

  • Next Year’s Seawork Moves to Mayflower Park

    17 June 2015
    Vessels

    There is a new home for the annual Seawork International, which has been running this week in Southampton. Organisers, Mercator Media, has reached an agreement in principle with Southampton City Council to move Seawork to Mayflower Park, which will allow the exhibition to grow both on the water and on land.  Associated British Ports has hosted […]