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  • Moray East Becomes Scotland’s Largest OWF

    13 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    According to the latest update from the Moray East project, there are now 64 wind turbines installed at the site off the Aberdeenshire coast, which puts Moray East ahead of Scotland’s Beatrice offshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity. With each Vestas turbine having an output of 9.5 MW, Moray East is now on […]

  • Moray East Wind Turbine Installation to Start Soon

    29 December 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation at the Moray East offshore wind farm is scheduled to start in the first days of the next year, around 5 January. The wind turbines will be installed by the Bold Tern jack-up vessel, with the commissioning work to be done from Acta Centaurus, supported by two crew transfer vessels, HST Harri […]

  • Keel Laid for Second Atlantic Wind Transfers Jones Act Compliant CTV

    24 January 2023
    Vessels

    St. Johns Ship Building has held a keel laying ceremony for the second of the series of aluminum crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that the company is building for Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT). The company placed an order for the vessels in August 2022, saying that the first two CTVs are expected to be delivered in […]

  • BlueTEC Tidal Energy Platform Inaugurated

    10 April 2015
    Technology

    The first BlueTEC Tidal Energy platform was formally named by the Mayor of Texel, the Netherlands yesterday. The floating platform, which holds tidal turbines below the sea surface, will soon be positioned near the island of Texel – supplying clean electricity to the Dutch grid. This first BlueTEC will serve as a demonstration platform targeted […]

  • Nass & Wind, Siemens Team Up for French Offshore Wind

    13 September 2013

    The French renewable energy company Nass & Wind is about to finalise its deal with Siemens to join forces on the next French offshore wind tender. There is a possibility of a third partner in this consortium, however, Nass & Wind did not want to disclose any details concerning the name of the third party […]

  • TenneT Responds to Dutch Senate’s Decision

    23 December 2015
    Grid Connection

    Following the Dutch Senate’s decision to dismiss the ‘Stroom’ bill, TenneT said that it will work with the Ministry of Economic Affairs to come up with a customized schedule as soon as possible, since the first grid connection of wind farms in the waters off Borssele will now be delayed.  Mel Kroon, TenneT’s CEO, said that as of the 1st January no offshore grid […]

  • Bureau Veritas: Norstec Academy’s Initiative Invaluable in Bringing the Best into the Industry

    25 June 2014
    R&D, Training & Education

    John Macaskill, Head of Renewables (Europe) at Bureau Veritas has given his view on the Norstec Academy, launched on May 15.  “I am proud to be part of this industry, helping to create a sustainable clean energy sector and exploiting our significant natural resources. However we are only at the start of this evolution and it will have […]

  • China: Golwind Working on 10 MW Wind Turbine

    1 May 2012

    Beijing-based wind power company Goldwind announced in its 2011 annual report that it is undertaking activities on development of a 10MW turbine, aside to considerable number of other wind turbines, Wind Power Monthly informed. According to the Monthly, the company is also testing a medium-speed model fitted with a locally made gearbox, a system described […]

  • Japan Tests Floating Wind Turbines

    30 August 2012

    As the UPI reports, Japanese officials have announced that the country’s first floating wind farm is operational from Wednesday. The wind farm is located about a half mile off the coast of Kabashima island, one of the Goto Islands. Next summer, the 100-kilowatt turbine will be replaced by a larger 2-megawatt generator after collecting performance […]

  • French Floater Sparks Into Life

    26 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The 2MW Floatgen wind turbine, the first offshore and floating wind turbine to be installed off the French coast, has produced its first electricity in the port of Saint-Nazaire while undergoing tests.

  • Netherlands Awaits Zero Subsidy Bids as Offshore Wind Tender Opens

    15 December 2017
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands is opening the first phase of the tender for sites I and II in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind zone on Friday, 15 December.

  • EnBW Launches Bond, Green Bond

    25 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    German energy company EnBW has launched its first green bond on the capital market, with an issue size of EUR 500 million.

  • Nexans Readying for Cable Pull-In to Beatrice OTM 1

    21 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans is scheduled to carry out the pull-in of the export cable 1.2 to the first Offshore Transformer Module (OTM)  at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. The works are scheduled to start on 24 February and to be completed by 2 March. 

  • DOF Subsea Equips Skandi Constructor with SMST Gangway

    13 May 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    DOF Subsea has equipped its multipurpose vessel Skandi Constructor, currently deployed on offshore wind projects in Germany, with a SMST walk-to-work system. A contract signed between the two companies for a motion compensated gangway marks SMST’s first delivery of walk-to-work equipment to the Norwegian company. DOF is already operating the gangway on board Skandi Constructor […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Reports 15% Revenue Increase in Q1 2021

    25 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has reported a revenue of EUR 2.3 billion for the first quarter of the financial year 2021, a 15% increase said to be supported by strong offshore growth. In the announcement of its preliminary results for Q1 FY2021, Siemens Gamesa reported an order intake of EUR 2.3 billion, a decrease compared to EUR […]

  • All Borssele 1 & 2 Turbines Standing

    2 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has completed the installation of the 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up tandem Sea Installer and Sea Challenger were in charge of the installation at the site located 22km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. The first turbine was […]

  • Trianel Borkum Issues Tender for Faulty Cable Replacement

    24 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the replacement of defective inter-array cables at the Trianel Windpark Borkum offshore wind farm in Germany. The subject of the contract is the replacement of defective inter-array cables between turbines and/or the offshore substation, including the provision of required vessels, equipment, personnel and project execution documentation. Furthermore, the deal […]

  • MRE Reveals East Anglia ONE Power Play

    17 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has contracted with Siemens Gamesa to provide the full temporary power package of generators, personnel and vessels during the turbine installation phase of the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The 714MW East Anglia ONE will comprise 102 Siemens SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines installed on jacket foundations at the site some 43 kilometres offshore […]

  • Beatrice Turbines Halfway There

    24 December 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    42 out of the 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines have been installed on the 588MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland, Swire Blue Ocean said.

  • SOV Crews Prefer Astern Operations at OWFs

    6 December 2016
    Vessels

    Ulstein reported today that operational feedback on Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) had shown SOV crews choose to operate the vessels in astern mode at least 50% of the time at offshore wind farms.  The company has delivered three SOVs so far, one to Siem Offshore Contractors and two to Bernhard Schulte Offshore. A vessel’s ability to back […]

  • Port of Cherbourg Preparing for French OWFs

    17 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Cherbourg is getting ready for the first French offshore wind farms, with 44ha of port land alongside a heavy-load quay with a bearing capacity of 15t/m2 already available for the marine renewable energies sector.  The new heavy-load quay has been in service since March 2015. With the ongoing extension works undertaken by Ports of […]

  • Two Offshore Wind Projects Take a Piece of France’s EMR ITE 2015 Grant

    25 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Two offshore wind-related research projects will receive a portion of a EUR 10 million grant through the Investment for the Future program (EMR ITE 2015) launched jointly by France’s Institute for Energy Transition and National Research Agency (ANR). The first offshore wind-related project that will receive part of the funds is research into modeling the role of […]

  • UK: Belfast Harbour Creates Opportunities for Future Investments

    26 July 2013

    According to the ScottishPower Renewables CEO, Keith Anderson, Belfast Harbour has created great opportunities for the future investments, writes the Belfast Telegraph news portal. Earlier this year, DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables have taken over a new £50m offshore wind terminal which covers an area of 50 acres. This first purpose-built offshore wind harbour in […]

  • U.S. Virgin Islands Could Soon See 10.5 MW Offshore Wind Farm

    1 July 2013
    Authorities, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Virgin Islands Public Services Commission approved recognition of offshore wind developer Ocean Offshore Energy, LLC as a public utility on Thursday, June 27, Virgin Islands Daily News reports. This decision has opened the way for the development of an offshore wind farm off the coast of St. Thomas, for which the company had […]

  • Dudgeon OWF’s SOV to Use Uptime’s Walk-to-Work System

    19 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Uptime International has entered into contract with ESVAGT AS for the delivery of an active motion compensated gangway including an adjustable pedestal. The walk-to-work system will be mounted during early 2016 on their wind turbine service operation vessel (SOV). This is the first dedicated wind farm vessel with an adjustable pedestal, which enables the walk-to-work […]

  • SeaGen Celebrates Its 5th Birthday in Northern Ireland

    8 April 2013
    Technology

    It’s five years ago that SeaGen was deployed by the “Rambiz” crane barge in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough.  As it was a world-first, the event attracted global media interest and a large number of people made the visit to the Lough to see the deployment take place.  SeaGen’s installation was completed six weeks later, the […]