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  • Finnish Shipbuilder Enters Offshore Wind Market with MCS CTV Order

    1 November 2023
    Vessels

    The Finnish shipbuilder, Uudenkaupungin Työvene OY (Työvene), has secured an order for three hybrid-ready SWATH crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from the Scottish company Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS). The first of Työvene’s SWATHs will be delivered to Maritime Craft Services in the spring of 2025. “The major advantage of the SWATH design and its […]

  • DONG Energy Pumps Up Power Production of Borkum Riffgrund 1 OWF

    14 March 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will boost the capacity of its German offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund 1, by upgrading the 3.6MW turbines to produce more power and by installing an additional turbine. Initially planned 77 Siemens’ turbines would have produced 277MW of electricity, but with the optimization of turbines and adding one more, the capacity of Borkum […]

  • Danish Ambassador Visits Belfast Harbour (UK)

    17 February 2012

    Today the new Danish Ambassador to the UK was welcomed by DONG Energy at Belfast Harbour. The Harbour is currently being completely rebuilt so that it can be used for offshore wind installation. Henrik Scheinemann, Senior Director at DONG Energy was on site wrapped up warm to welcome Anne Hedensted Steffensen. She was taken around […]

  • Bibby HydroMap Completes Export Cable Ops at Burbo Bank Extension

    8 May 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Bibby HydroMap has completed the depth of burial operations over the newly installed export cable of DONG Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.

  • Global Offshore Wind Capacity Reaches 83 GW, 100 GW More to Be Awarded in 2025-2026, New Report Says

    1 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    According to a new market report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), there are now 83 GW of offshore wind capacity installed globally, with 48 GW more in the construction phase worldwide as of May this year. “Our report finds that there is now already 83 GW of offshore wind installed worldwide, keeping the […]

  • Ireland Raises 2030 Offshore Wind Target to 7 GW Through Agreement on Sectoral Emissions Ceilings

    29 July 2022
    Authorities

    The Irish Government has increased the country’s offshore wind target for 2030 from 5 GW to 7 GW after reaching an agreement on Sectoral Emissions Ceilings that set maximum limits on greenhouse gas emissions for each sector of the Irish economy to the end of the decade. The Sectoral Emissions Ceilings have been set for […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall Award East Anglia Contracts Worth GBP 17 Million

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall have today awarded contracts worth over £17m for the fabrication, installation and operation of two weather monitoring stations for the 7200MW East Anglia offshore Wind zone off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The contracts have been awarded to Aberdeen based Wood Group, with Steel Engineering of Renfrewshire being awarded the key […]

  • German Wind Energy Association Prepares for Hannover Messe

    16 March 2015

    German Wind Energy Association (BWE) will be present at Hannover Messe from 13 to 17 April 2015 to demonstrate the power of innovation and the industry, which employes 138,000 people in Germany and has a high export share of 70 percent.  The Association will underline its position as the first point of contact along the entire supply chain of the industry […]

  • XSI Wins Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Order

    17 August 2015
    Vessels

    Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry (XSI) has signed a shipbuilding order with local investment firm Xiamen Fuchuan Investment. According to Chinese media, this would be XSI’s first wind turbine installation vessel. The contract also includes an option for additional vessel. With a total length of 108.5 metres and width of 40.8 metres the vessel will be able […]

  • Denmark: KattegatCentret to Host Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Exhibition

    19 June 2012

     In connection with the builing of the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, an exhibition is open to the public at KattegatCentret in Grenaa. The exhibition shows the entire building of the wind farm from installation of foundations and turbines to laying cables. The building of the wind farm will take place in 2012 and 2013, and […]

  • VIDEO: Block Island OWF Local Construction Launch

    8 May 2015

    Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first U.S. offshore wind farm, has published videos of the construction phase launch.  The kick-off was celebrated on April 27 at Specialty Diving Services, a company in charge of manufacturing components of the wind turbine foundations. The Block Island offshore wind farm, comprising five Alstom’s Haliade 150 6 MW wind turbines, is expected to […]

  • MarineSpace to Report on London Array’s Post-Construction Environmental Monitoring

    12 February 2015
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    MarineSpace Ltd has recently been awarded the contract by London Array Ltd to produce the Year 1 Post-Construction Environmental Monitoring Annual Report for the London Array Offshore Wind Farm.  Environmental issues have been a key focus of this project from the EIS stage to date, and publication of the Annual Report summarising the key findings […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Services BV to Celebrate ‘Offshore West Hinder’ Hand Over

    18 May 2012

    Offshore Wind Services BV (OWS) will celebrate the hand over of their second 19m crew transfer vessel “Offshore West Hinder” from South Boats shipyard during the Seaworks workboat show in Sothampton on the 23rd of May. The first of the two newbuild vessels “Offshore Wandelaar” was handed over today and will start operating next week […]

  • Dan Tysk Offshore Substation Leaves Strukton Hollandia Yard

    23 July 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Dan Tysk Offshore substation and jacket has left the Strukton Hollandia yard and is currently passing Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The substation is headed 70km offshore, to the location west of the Island of Sylt, where it will form the heart of the DanTysk wind park. The jacket will provide a platform for the 155/33-kilovolt substation 45m […]

  • VIDEO: ‘Jumbo Javelin’ Installs Transition Pieces at Anholt OWF

    14 February 2013

    In spring of 2012, Jumbo’s DP2 heavy lift vessel Jumbo Javelin successfully installed the first Transition Pieces (TPs) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. By the end of the summer, all TPs have been installed on 111 monopiles. Jumbo Javelin installed the TP’s with a record-breaking installation rate of 3 TP’s per day. The transport, […]

  • The Netherlands: Bluestream Offshore Christens VOS Shine Vessel

    6 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    On June 28 the namegiving ceremony for VOS Shine took place in Den Helder, the Netherlands. The Vos Shine was christened by Mrs Gwen Klaphake, wife of Mr Rolf de Vries, Managing Director of Bluestream Offshore B.V. Bluestream Offshore B.V. is the first charterer of the vessel. VOS Shine is a DP-2 Subsea Support Vessel, built at Fujian […]

  • EIB Approves Borssele 1&2 Financing

    6 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 500 million financing for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. At the beginning of the year, Ørsted applied for a loan with the EIB which will finance the construction and the operation of the 752 MW wind farm. The estimated value […]

  • Sabik Presents Marking for European Offshore Wind Farms

    29 January 2014

    Sabik has presented the first standardised marine aids to navigation solution for European projects. With the new NAi product range (Navigation Aids Interface) Sabik provides the complete solution for the permanent marking of offshore wind farms. It consists of an intelligent control and monitoring unit, the LightGuard NAi Controller, and individually selectable components, which are […]

  • IWS Reports Busy Time for Its CSOV Vessels

    23 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Norway-based vessel operator and service provider, Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), has reported revenue for its business unit providing offshore wind vessels, IWS Fleet, of EUR 14.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 (Q1 2025) and new contracts and contract extensions that were signed during the quarter. IWS Fleet marked a revenue increase in Q1 […]

  • PGE Wins Three Offshore Wind Permits in Poland

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    As it was announced earlier this month, the Polish government has awarded PGE SA three permits to build offshore wind farms, according to Bloomberg. These will be the first of their kind in Poland. The government has awarded five permits with a total capacity of 4,500 MW. Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy received […]

  • Seaway 7 Adding New Cable Lay Vessel to Fleet

    30 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Seaway 7 is converting Seven Phoenix into a dedicated inter-array grid and export cable installation and trenching support vessel. According to Seaway 7, the vessel will operate under its new name Seaway Phoenix on the first assignment with the company. It was originally constructed as a dedicated trans-oceanic submarine fiber optic cable lay vessel, Subsea […]

  • German Partners Reveal Plans for 10 MW Offshore Electrolyzer Demo at Alpha Ventus

    27 November 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Green Hydrogen, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    German offshore wind and hydrogen developers plan to build an offshore electrolyzer demonstrator at the Alpha Ventus wind farm in the North Sea.

  • Vattenfall Reveals Offshore Wind Research Projects

    20 June 2017
    Environment, R&D, Training & Education

    Swedish utility company Vattenfall has announced the first successful projects for its EUR 3 million research programme aimed at examining the environmental and socio-economic impacts of offshore wind farms.

  • Block Island Wind Farm Tracking Birds and Bats

    19 September 2017
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Deepwater Wind has installed a wildlife tracking station on the easternmost foundation platform at the Block Island wind farm, America’s first offshore wind farm, to assist researchers in their studies of bird and bat activity off the Atlantic Coast.

  • Semco Maritime Wins Work on Taiwan’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Project

    17 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Semco Maritime has received an order for a conceptual design study for a 500 MW offshore substation, including a jacket foundation, for Swancor Renewable Energy’s Formosa 4 offshore wind project in Miaoli County, Taiwan. The Danish company will carry out the scope of work with assistance from partners PTSC M&C in Vietnam, ISC Consulting Engineers […]

  • Sif Expects to Greenlight Production Capacity Expansion Plan in July

    12 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Netherlands-based offshore foundations manufacturer Sif Group is on track to take a Final Investment Decision on the investment plan to expand its production capabilities in July. According to Fred van Beers, CEO of Sif Group, market demand has made the need to increase the production of foundations, both in size and quantity, ”more obvious […]