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  • MingYang to Supply Wind Turbines for Vietnam’s Largest Intertidal Wind Farm

    25 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    MingYang Smart Energy has secured a supply contract with PowerChina International Group for the 375 MW Ca Mau offshore wind project in Vietnam, currently the country’s largest intertidal wind power project. The Chinese wind turbine manufacturer will deliver 75 of its MySE 5.0-166 offshore wind turbines for the Ca Mau 1 project, which will be […]

  • StormGeo Providing Weather Forecasting Services for Changfang & Xidao OWFs

    24 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    StormGeo has been selected as the provider of weather forecasting services for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The company will be providing metocean forecasting and typhoon warning for the two-year installation phase and the first three years of operations. StormGeo began delivering its services for the projects in January, in support […]

  • UHL Transporting Akita Noshiro Hardware to Japan

    20 January 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Hamburg-based United Heavy Lift (UHL) has been contracted to transport 20 monopiles and 22 transition pieces for the Akita Noshiro wind farm, Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind project. In December 2020, F900 Eco-Lifter MV UHL Fame completed the loading operation of 14 monopile foundations at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The […]

  • IHC IQIP Supplying Equipment for Akita-Noshiro OWF Construction

    22 December 2020
    Technology

    IHC IQIP will deliver equipment for the installation of the wind turbine foundations on the Akita-Noshiro offshore wind project, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Japan. For these construction activities, the company will supply its S-1400 Hydrohammer with Pile Inclination Measuring Equipment, a UT-700 Upending tool, and three Transition Piece Lifting Tools. The Akita-Noshiro […]

  • Kaskasi Monopiles to Be Hammered In with CAPE Holland’s Vibro Tool

    8 April 2020
    Technology

    Seaway 7 has signed a contract with CAPE Holland for the supply of Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) for the installation of monopile foundations at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm.

  • TenneT Reveals Borssele Beta Topside Sail-Out Date

    20 March 2020
    Grid Connection

    The Borssele Beta offshore substation topside will sail out from HSM Offshore’s yard in Schiedam to the installation site in the Dutch North Sea on 22 March, TenneT said. The 700MW offshore grid connection is scheduled to be operational on September 1. From then on, the 731.5MW Borssele III and IV wind farm that is […]

  • MHI Vestas and CIP Confirm 589MW Order in Taiwan

    26 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have finalized the commercial agreements for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Changfang and Xidao will have a joint installed capacity of approximately 589MW on completion, comprising a total of 62 MHI Vestas V174-9.5MW turbines. The orders represent MHI Vestas’ first projects in the Asia […]

  • Top News of the Week, 1 – 7 January 2018

    7 January 2018

    Most read articles on Offshore WIND from 1 to 7 January 2018.

  • Mott MacDonald Stays on Formosa I

    20 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald is reviewing the design of the anchor bolt system on the second phase of the 128MW Formosa I offshore wind farm in north-west Taiwan.

  • German TSO Wades Offshore

    5 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator Amprion plans to build two offshore grid connection systems in the North Sea with a combined capacity of around 1.9GW by 2029.

  • Equinor Taps DEME for Hywind Tampen Foundations Study

    26 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has signed an agreement with Equinor to carry out a study examining potential floating concrete substructures for the planned Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea. The agreement was signed early December 2018 with a five-month duration, and the study is a part of the engineering works before the final investment […]

  • Kajima to Handle Construction at 700 MW Japanese Offshore Wind Farm

    12 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Japanese consortium developing the Akita Yurihonjo offshore wind farm has selected Kajima Corporation as the project’s contractor in charge of construction. The consortium, led by Renova, is developing the Akita Yurihonjo project through the special purpose company – Akita Yurihonjo Offshore Wind GK (AYOW). Members of the consortium also include Cosmo Eco Power, JR-EAST Energy […]

  • Triton Knoll O&M Base Breaks Ground

    18 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Work to construct a new offshore construction and operations base for Triton Knoll has officially started at Grimsby’s Royal Dock as UK based contractor Tolent gets started on site. Having been awarded the contract last month, Tolent has now begun work to construct control room, office and warehouse facilities that will become the new operations […]

  • Ørsted Signs Greater Changhua Green Loan Facility

    20 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a guaranteed five-year syndicated green revolving loan facility for its Greater Changhua offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The NTD 25 billion (circa EUR 714.3 million) green facility attracted 15 banks to join in less than two months, which represents the first time local state-owned banks are involved in financing offshore wind projects, Ørsted said. Ørsted will now […]

  • MHI Vestas to Open Lindø Factory Doors to Danish Delegation

    7 November 2017

    MHI Vestas will host the Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Energy Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt and Mayor of Kerteminde Hans Luunbjerg at the company’s nacelle factory in Lindø today, 7 November, for a factory tour and discussion of the country’s offshore wind market.

  • Safety Technology Opens New Humber Wind Energy Training Facility

    10 September 2014
    Training & Education

    Safety Technology Ltd this week announced the training of its first trainees at the flagship CATCH facility near Immingham, North Lincolnshire. Based in a wind energy hot spot, both onshore and offshore, candidates have travelled from all over the UK to this world class facility to gain RenewableUK and Global Wind Organisation (GWO) certification to […]

  • Damen Delivers Second Vessel to OWS

    26 August 2014

    Offshore Wind Services’ (OWS) latest Damen vessel – the Fast Crew Supplier 2008 ‘Offshore Waddenzee’ – was officially named at Damen Oranjewerf Amsterdam, on August 22. The FCS 2008 is the second vessel the Dutch company, which is a specialist in the provision of crew transfer vessels to the offshore wind industry, has ordered this […]

  • DONG’s UK Chairman Announces Retirement

    6 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy’s UK Country Chairman Brent Cheshire will retire in June after 13 years with the company. Matthew Wright, who comes from a position as CEO of Southern Water, has been appointed to succeed Brent Cheshire and will become the new Managing Director of DONG Energy UK effective of 1 June 2017. Brent Cheshire was […]

  • Top News of the Week, 13 – 19 March 2017

    19 March 2017

    Siemens-Gamesa Merger Clears Final Hurdle The European Commission has cleared unconditionally under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa by Siemens. World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Passes into History DONG Energy has started dismantling the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby located in the Danish Baltic Sea near […]

  • Erie County Council Joins LEEDCo

    23 April 2015
    Authorities

    On April 21, the County Council of Erie County, Pennsylvania voted unanimously to join the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), the non-profit organization based in Northeast Ohio leading the effort to develop the offshore wind industry in Lake Erie. Erie County becomes the first county outside of Ohio to join the public-private partnership. Membership […]

  • LM Wind Power Sees Near Ninefold Increase in Annual Net Profit

    28 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Danish blade designer and manufacturer LM Wind Power reported EUR 51.7 million net profit for the Fiscal Year 2016, a 776 per cent increase compared to EUR 5.9 million net profit recorded in FY 2015 driven by higher sales and better operating performance.

  • Gemini Chopper Ready for Work

    29 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Emden-based HeliService International has taken delivery of its first Leonardo AW169 helicopter which will be used to support Siemens’ personnel during maintenance operations on the 600MW Gemini wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. The aircraft is on a 5-year contract for winching maintenance personnel onto Gemini’s  wind turbines and is equipped with a UTC Goodrich winch. The […]

  • ENGIE and Iemants Team Up on Merkur OSS EPC Contract

    29 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    ENGIE Fabricom-Tractebel and Iemants have joined forces to carry out engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of an offshore substation and an associated jacket for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.  ENGIE Fabricom is in charge of the overall integration of all systems of the offshore substation which will be built throughout 2016 […]

  • Photo of the Day: Ndurance Loading Galloper Export Cable

    26 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    RWE Innogy has shared a photo of the first 45-kilometre export cable for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm being loaded onto the carousel of VBMS’ multipurpose vessel Ndurance. In October 2015, VBMS signed a contract for the export cabling scope in a consortium with nkt cables, consisting of supply and installation of two 45-kilometre-long export cables […]

  • Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 December 2016

    18 December 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Oil & Gas Giant to Build Dutch Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farms The Dutch government announced that a consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi / DGE won the second Borssele tender. Following the announcement, the consortium revealed that the preferred supplier for the wind turbines is MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. Shell […]

  • Carnegie Releases Quarter Figures

    31 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie, released its results for quarter ended on 30th June 2014. During the quarter Carnegie Wave Energy Limited focused primarily on its Perth Wave Energy Project (the Perth Project) with the CETO unit assembly and test phase, delivery of the desalination plant to the Garden Island onshore site and the construction of […]