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  • Top News of the Week, 15 – 21 May 2017

    21 May 2017

    Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders France’s […]

  • Gas Natural Fenosa promotes “Zefir Test Station” off-shore wind energy project (Spain)

    13 September 2010
    R&D

    In a joint project with other companies and organisations, the energy company is working on the development of an international R&D station off the Catalan coast to carry out research into offshore wind energy. GAS NATURAL FENOSA has signed an agreement with the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) to develop and build an international […]

  • SSE Holding Consultations for Arklow Bank 2

    20 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is holding public consultations in the South Wicklow and North Wexford areas in Ireland for the Arklow Bank Phase 2 offshore wind project. During the consultations held from 14 October to 11 November, the public will be able to provide feedback on the offshore infrastructure and onshore grid infrastructure elements of the project. […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Entering Home Stretch

    5 December 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    75 per cent of the jacket foundations have been installed at the Seagreen offshore wind farm, according to the latest social media update by one of the project’s developers, SSE Renewables. So far, there are 89 jacket foundations and 74 wind turbines installed at the project’s construction site. The three-legged jacket foundations, each weighing around […]

  • Research and Markets Release New OW Report

    25 November 2013

    Research and Markets added latest “World Offshore Wind Market Forecast 2012-2016” report to their offering. The 4th edition of The World Offshore Wind Market Forecast, by energy business advisors Douglas-Westwood, examines drivers, case studies, key players, major markets and growth prospects for the global offshore wind sector. The report builds upon previous editions with the addition […]

  • Marine Scotland Science Issues New Info Needed for Planning and Licensing

    19 December 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    Two new publications in the series “Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science” are released this week providing new spatial data adding to the evidence base for the development of marine planning in Scottish waters. The first, published today by scientists from the Marine Planning and Environmental Advice Programme at MSS presents new maps of sensitive areas […]

  • Fred. Olsen and SeaRoc Stay at Dogger Bank

    1 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Forewind has awarded a combined Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and SeaRoc team with the contract for the 2016 operations and maintenance (O&M) work on the two meteorological masts collecting data at Dogger Bank. The two masts were installed in 2013 and are located in the North Sea approximately 100 and 150 kilometres from the UK coast. The […]

  • Gwynt y Môr Construction Soon to Begin (UK)

    25 January 2012

    Construction work will soon begin on Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, announced the project go-ahead in June 2010. He said: “This is the first of what I hope will be many, examples of how we can make the most of our island’s huge renewable […]

  • CWind Taiwan’s New CTV Tandem Starts Working at Yunlin OWF

    10 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    CWind Taiwan’s two new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) Phenom and Phoenix have commenced work on their first project in Taiwan, the company reported via social media. The 12-pax CTVs are supporting Siemens Gamesa during construction work on the Yunlin offshore wind farm. “They are the first in country to obtain the passenger ship safety certificate. […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    28 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has started on Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction. The offshore works are kicking off with a geophysical pre-lay survey along the Dogger Bank Aexport cable corridor in the Southern North Sea […]

  • More Turbine Components for Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier Project Arriving at French Port

    20 January 2025
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The first turbine nacelles and masts for the 488 MW Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm have arrived at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port in France. This follows the arrival of the first blades, manufactured in Le Havre by Siemens Gamesa and delivered at the end of last year. The Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind […]

  • Beatrice Rocks On

    27 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The rock emplacement campaign for the installation of the first of two export cables in the Beatrice offshore wind farm export corridors and construction site started on 25 December, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) said in a construction update report.

  • Wärtsilä Methanol Engines Ready to Power Van Oord’s Next-Gen Jack-Up

    21 April 2023
    Vessels

    The Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engines, which will power Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Boreas, have passed the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and are on their way to the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (YCRO) in China where the mega jack-up is currently being built. Finnish technology group Wärtsilä received its first order for five methanol-fuelled engines […]

  • Van Oord Cracks US Market with Offshore Wind Contract

    28 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Van Oord has won a contract to transport and install wind turbines at an undisclosed wind farm offshore the East Coast of the USA. The company will deploy the offshore installation vessel Aeolus on the project. The turbine installation work is scheduled to start in 2023. Van Oord said that this is the first contract […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Service Senvion Turbines at Trianel Windpark Borkum II

    16 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens Gamesa will service the offshore wind turbines at the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) in Germany, which comprises 32 Senvion 6.33-MW turbines. The contract, signed in late June, is effective as of 1 August and covers full scope maintenance for five years, including extension options. The operational base for the service campaigns will […]

  • GE Orders Saint-Nazaire CTVs

    16 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has placed an order with the joint venture of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit for two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The joint venture LD Tide selected naval architects MAURIC to design the CTVs and French shipyard OCEA to construct them. Construction will start […]

  • NOS Reveals New Hybrid CTV Class

    6 June 2019
    Vessels

    Northern Offshore Services (NOS) is launching the E-class crew transfer vessel (CTV) series featuring hybrid technology. The E-class is a green power concept which has batteries installed that can be recharged from shore and from wind farms, thus using renewable energy directly from production to consumer, NOS said. The first vessel from the E-series will […]

  • Danish Pair Opens Grimsby Offshore Wind Supply Base

    20 May 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Danish Comtec Int and HeliPPE have opened a supply base in Grimsby, the UK, for personal protective equipment (PPE) and related services for the offshore wind industry. Located at Grimsby’s new GRO Centre, the Offshore Wind Supply Base will service rental PPE equipment on site, as well as carry out legally required inspections. According to the companies, […]

  • Windpark Fryslân Cables Start Falling Into Place

    19 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch contractor Visser & Smit Hanab has started installing the high-voltage cables that will connect the Windpark Fryslân offshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer to the Dutch grid. Visser & Smit Hanab will install two 25-kilometre cable sections in total to establish a connection to the high-voltage grid operated by TenneT TSO. The cables will follow […]

  • WindFloat Atlantic Gets Unspent NER300 Funds

    2 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has reinvested a portion of unspent funds from the NER300 programme to support the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project offshore Portugal. WindFloat will be the first offshore windfarm employing a floating semi-submersible platform to reach the pre-commercial stage following successful prototype testing, the Commission said. The first MHI Vestas 8.4MW wind turbine […]

  • Rhode Island’s Governor Named Vice Chair of Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition

    6 January 2016
    Authorities

    The Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition has appointed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the new chairman and Gina Raimondo, Governor of the first U.S. state developing an offshore wind farm, as vice chair for the 2016 term. “As the governor of the first state in the nation to develop offshore wind resources, I look forward to working […]

  • Sabik to Mark Nordergründe OWF

    17 July 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Carmanah Technologies Corporation’s (Carmanah) subsidiary Sabik GmbH (Sabik Offshore), which was acquired on July 2, 2015, has been awarded a contract to provide a marking system for the Nordergründe offshore wind project. The company will provide marine lights, monitoring and control for all 18 turbines. Sabik Offshore will start working immediately and plans to complete 50% this year […]

  • Brave Tern Crosses the Atlantic

    1 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern reached Newport, Rhode Island, on 31 July. The vessel, loaded with five Haliade nacelles for the 30MW Block Island wind farm, being developed by Deepwater Wind and soon to be the first offshore wind farm in US waters, has also made contact with its US colleagues onboard Rhode Island […]

  • Lower Output in UK Hurts Iberdrola

    25 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola marked a 3 percent dip in gross operating profit (EBIDTA) at its renewable energy division in the first six months of 2016, with lower production in the United Kingdom being identified as the main culprit behind the slide. The company recorded EUR 836.5 million EBIDTA coming from renewables in the first half of 2016. In the […]

  • PUMA Pounces on Rotterdam Offshore Center

    11 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    The Port of Rotterdam Authority and PUMA, a joint venture between Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and Van Oord NV, signed a contract for the construction of the the Rotterdam Offshore Center Maasvlakte 2.

  • Nissum Bredning to Start Running in January

    3 January 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Power generation at the four-turbine Nissum Bredning offshore wind farm in Denmark is expected to start at the end of January 2018. The project, which has one last turbine to install, received an electricity production licence and grant from the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) on 20 December 2017.