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  • 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 […]

  • NorthWind Offshore Wind Farm Grouting Completed

    10 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The first project in the world to use a full grouting package with a compressive strength of 180-200 MPa is completed. ITW Polymers Europe (former Densit) provided the full grouting package with the use of their innovative UHPC product, Ducorit® D4 at NorthWind wind farm in Belgium. The project, which began at the end of […]

  • UPDATED: Irish Government Designates 900 MW Area for Next Offshore Wind Auction, Work on Tender Design Underway

    14 July 2023
    Authorities

    NOTE: The original article “Irish Government Designates 700 MW Area for Next Offshore Wind Auction, Work on Tender Design Underway”, published on the 14th of July, has been updated following information from the Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) that the grid capacity available for auction in ORESS 2.1 has been upgraded from […]

  • TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Starts Operating

    1 December 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has been commissioned and is now operating some 10 miles off Norway’s coast in water depths of 200 metres. 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 […]

  • USA: Secretary of Interior to Step Down

    17 January 2013

    Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that he will return to his home state of Colorado, having fulfilled his promise to President Obama to serve four years as Secretary. Secretary Salazar has informed President Obama that he intends to leave the Department by the end of March.  “Colorado is and will always be my […]

  • South Boats Launches ‘MCS Zephyr’ Latest Wind Farm Support Vessel (UK)

    26 April 2011

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 44th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MCS Zephyr’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 18m and is the first of a two boat order from Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. to be delivered. ‘MCS Zephyr’ is the first vessel in the world […]

  • Vestas introduces its newest product, the V112-3.0 MW to the Chinese offshore market

    7 June 2010
    Technology

    Vestas China is proud to once again co-sponsor Offshore Wind China 2010 in Shanghai and to participate in China’s development of offshore wind energy. Vestas, the world leader in wind energy, is ready to develop China’s rich offshore wind resources with its abundant experience in offshore wind energy projects and cutting-edge technology. This readiness and […]

  • RWE Orders Offshore Substation for Polish Wind Farm at Atlantique Offshore Energy

    11 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has selected France’s Atlantique Offshore Energy to engineer, procure, construct, install, and commission the offshore substation for the F.E.W. Baltic II wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The substation will collect and export the power generated at the 350 MW wind farm through high voltage submarine cables, while remotely controlling […]

  • Dogger Bank Wind Farm Picks Seajacks Vessel for Offshore Substation Commissioning

    29 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seajacks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneti, has signed three contracts with Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the charter of one of its NG2500X class vessels to support offshore substation platform hook-up and commissioning on all three 1.2 GW phases of the offshore wind project. The first contract will commence in the second quarter of […]

  • Total Buys Into Taiwanese Offshore Wind

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    French energy major Total has signed an agreement with wpd to acquire a 23 per cent interest in Yunlin Holding GmbH, the owner of the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The project, currently under construction, represents production capacity of 640 MW and benefits from a 20-year guaranteed-price power purchase agreement (PPA) with […]

  • Asso.subsea Completes Fécamp Inter-Array Cable Work Offshore France

    18 December 2023
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Asso.subsea has completed the inter-array cable installation and protection operations for the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy, France. Asso.subsea was contracted by Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group to execute the seabed preparation, installation, and protection works, involving four different vessels and various subsea tools. According to the company, the project was characterised by very hard […]

  • Spain and Norway Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    22 March 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Norwegian Offshore Wind (NOW) and Spain’s Basque Energy Cluster have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration between the supply chains in Norway and the Basque Country. The agreement was signed at the WindEurope Annual Event 2024 in Bilbao this week. These two offshore wind nations have different strengths that will create valuable […]

  • Geoquip Marine Fleet Deploys Off Virginia

    27 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Geoquip Marine has secured a contract to work on the development of Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW wind project off the coast Virginia, USA. Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project off Virginia Beach. The wind farm is planned to be developed in three phases and be fully operational in 2026. This contract has […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Reports EUR 56 Million COVID-19 Hit in Q2 2020

    6 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affected Siemens Gamesa’s operations and commercial activity, leaving a EUR 56 million mark on the company’s profitability in its second quarter of the fiscal year 2020 (January–March). Siemens Gamesa adjusted its operations to employ COVID-19 health and safety measures, and applied new solutions to ensure operations continue. The latter included re-routing […]

  • DEME Starts Work on Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project, Vineyard Wind Next

    22 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME has kicked off the work on Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project in the USA. As reported, Dominion Energy selected a consortium of DEME and Prysmian as the Balance of Plant (BoP) contractors in charge of the transportation and installation of the foundations and the substations, and the engineering, procurement, construction, […]

  • Ørsted and Vattenfall Being Neighbourly Offshore Denmark

    18 June 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A new eight-kilometer cable link between Horns Rev 2 and Horns Rev 3 wind farms in the Danish North Sea has recently been used for the first time while one of the export cables was undergoing scheduled maintenance, Vattenfall said. Energinet recently shut down the export cable connecting Horns Rev 2 to the grid for […]

  • Tokyo: Green Giraffe Presents European Offshore Wind Learning Curve

    26 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Green Giraffe Director Sophie Cherrier held a presentation at the 3rd Asia Offshore Wind Day in Tokyo, Japan, looking at the industry-wide lessons from Europe, bankability of offshore wind projects, and the challenges and opportunities the Japanese offshore wind sector is facing.

  • LEEDCo Looking to Set Up Icebreaker’s Local Supply Chain

    5 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Lake Erie Energy Development Co. (LEEDCo) is looking for local companies that will be a part of the Icebreaker project and will hold a supply chain event on 8 December in Cleveland. In early 2017, Icebreaker Wind Requests for Proposals will be released and each bid specification package will contain the Icebreaker Wind Regional […]

  • Palfinger’s New Blade Access System to Debut at Thornton Bank OWFs

    15 September 2016

    Palfinger Marine has secured the first order for its newly introduced Palfinger Blade Access (PBA) system with Senvion, which will use it at the Thornton Bank I, II and III offshore wind farms in Belgium. Dirk Reinhold, Head of Maintenance at Senvion, said: “Safe effective maintenance work on the rotor blades is crucial to ensure our high quality standards. By […]

  • IMCA Appoints New Technical Adviser

    29 September 2015

    John Bradshaw has joined the technical team at the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) as a Technical Adviser. Eight Technical Advisers work with the Association’s Technical Director, Technical Manager and technical committees from the global membership formulating IMCA’s work programme and developing guidance documents and reports aimed at increasing safety and efficiency within the industry. […]

  • Scottish Renewable Power Generation Evens Out with Fossil Fuels

    18 December 2014

    For the first time electricity generated from renewables in Scotland accounted for the same as fossil fuels. Figures released today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show renewables and fossil fuels both accounted for 32 per cent of total electricity generated in Scotland. Scotland also continues to be a net exporter of electricity, […]

  • UK: Knights Offshore Support Takes Delivery of CTruk’s OWSV

    26 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    New business venture Knights Offshore Support (KOS) has taken delivery of its first CTruk 20T MPC offshore wind support vessel (OWSV), Coastal Knight, which will soon join offshore wind industry service provider CWind’s growing charter fleet. Owner Paul Knight considers CTruk’s multi-role composite cats to be ‘the vessels of the future’ and hopes that the […]

  • Draka Offshore Awarded Baltic 2 Wind Farm Subsea Array Cable Contract (Germany)

    25 November 2010

    Draka announces that it has been awarded the array cabling contract for the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from Visser & Smit Marine Contracting. The Baltic 2 contract, valued at approximately € 23 million requires Draka to deliver approximately 95 kilometers of 36kV subsea power cable for use in the project. The first delivery on […]

  • 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.