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  • Ireland: DCNS Takes Part in International Conference on Ocean Energy

    18 October 2012

    DCNS participates in the 4th International Conference on Ocean Energy. This conference gathered global industry and academic experts in marine renewable energy. They share on this growing new industry. DCNS, a world leader in naval defence and an innovative player in energy, showcases its developments in the emerging world market of ocean energy, in which […]

  • IPC Accepts Galloper Wind Farm for Examination (UK)

    6 February 2012

    On 19 December, the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) confirmed acceptance for examination of a Development Consent Order application for Galloper Wind Farm – an up to 504 megawatt (MW) extension to the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm that is currently under construction – with much of the environmental assessment work completed by Royal Haskoning on […]

  • BP Withdraws Beacon Wind Transmission Application

    21 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    BP has withdrawn the application for the transmission system that would connect its Beacon Wind offshore wind project, planned to be built off New York, to the grid on land. The application, submitted in 2022, concerns the transmission infrastructure that was planned to run from the boundary of New York State territorial waters to a […]

  • The Borssele series: Making of

    18 May 2021
    Contribution

    Over the next few months, Offshore Energy will be taking a closer look into the now operational Borssele offshore wind projects: Borssele 1 & 2, Borssele 3 & 4, and the Borssele innovation site. The three projects – one developed by Ørsted, one by the Blauwwind consortium, and one by the Two Towers consortium – […]

  • Geotechnical Investigations Begin Offshore North Carolina

    10 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Horizon Geosciences has started geotechnical investigations at the Kitty Hawk offshore wind project off North Carolina, U.S. The six-week work will be carried out by Kommandor Susan and will consist of geotechnical borehole drilling and sampling. In May 2017, Avangrid Renewables secured the rights to develop the 122,405-acre lease area. It has a potential generating capacity of […]

  • ESVAGT FARADAY Goes to Work (Gallery)

    8 April 2015
    Vessels

    Esvagt’s latest service operation vessel (SOV), ESVAGT FARADAY, goes to work for Siemens Wind Power Service today. The first SOV, ESVAGT FROUDE, left on contract on February 18th, also to work for Siemens Wind Power. Siemens has chartered ESVAGT FROUDE for a five year contract to service the field and transport personnel during the constructing and operation of the […]

  • TNEI Completes Studies for ORE Catapult

    6 October 2015
    R&D

    TNEI Services have completed a series of studies on behalf of ORE Catapult into Marine Energy Electrical Architectures. Three reports have been produced that take a detailed look at marine energy converter components and how these place constraints on how a multi-device array can be implemented. The first report consists of a landscape map and […]

  • Breman Machinery Hands Over Monopile Gripper to Van Oord

    23 June 2015
    Technology

    Breman Machinery recently delivered a second monopile gripper to Van Oord. After a success with the first gripper, Van Oord ordered a second gripper at the end of October 2014. The second gripper, measuring 14,5x29x13,5m and weighing 560t, was assembled and tested at Breman’s facility in Ijmuiden. The gripper was partially welded, machined and painted at Breman’s […]

  • Windfarm Update: Veja Mate

    8 December 2014

    The 400MW wind farm Veja Mate has recently been bought by Laidlaw Capital Group from previous owners BARD Group. Veja Mate is located 129 km off the German North Coast. It received planning approval from the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in August 2009 and has also secured grid connection. Financial close is expected […]

  • SeaRenergy to Participate in Windforce 2014

    16 May 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    This year the team of SeaRenergy will have its own booth for the first time at the Windforce 2014, which will take place from 17 – 19 June 2014 in Bremen, Germany. The company’s specialists of the fields of offshore personnel, logistics, engineering and HSE will be located at the booth. In April, SeaRenergy positioned the BorWin […]

  • VIDEO: Laying the FORCE Subsea Data Cable

    19 December 2013
    Technology

    Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has installed a data cable designed to connect to a recoverable underwater research platform – the first subsea cable ever installed in the Minas Passage. The cable installation provides valuable knowledge and experience in planning the deployment of four subsea power cables in 2014, which will connect tidal […]

  • Germany: Sandbank Seeks Contractors for Offshore Wind Farm Works

    1 February 2013

    Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH has invited tender for offshore wind farm works. The whole project consists of 96 wind turbine generators, foundations, inter-array cables and an offshore substation. The wind farm is located in the German Bight offshore area, 90kms west of the island of Sylt, in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with water […]

  • Smulders Sends Off Last Triton Knoll Transition Piece

    30 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of the 90 transition pieces for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm has been transported from Smulders’ Hoboken yard to the collection port. To remind, in September 2017, the Sif-Smulders joint venture secured a contract to manufacture the monopiles and transition pieces, as well as two foundations for offshore substations, for the 857 MW project. […]

  • 13 Foundations Up at Borssele 1&2

    30 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has installed 13 of the 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, Ørsted said. Innovation is loading the monopiles and transition pieces at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 facility before transporting and installing them at the site located some 22 kilometres off the […]

  • Turbine Installation Starts on East Anglia ONE

    21 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has arrived at the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm carrying the first load of wind turbine components. Sea Installer departed from Great Yarmouth at around noon, Thursday, 20 June, and arrived at the East Anglia ONE wind farm some four hours later, AIS data shows. Located 43 kilometres […]

  • Spectrum Offshore to Survey Vattenfall’s Danish Nearshore Wind Farms

    9 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has awarded Spectrum Offshore with a contract to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey on two nearshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea.

  • VBMS, nkt, JDR in Charge of Galloper Cables

    30 October 2015

    VBMS has been awarded two contracts with a total value of approximately €200 million for the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. VBMS has signed a contract for the export cabling scope in a consortium with nkt cables, for the supply and installation of two 45km long export cables, including route preparation, landfall operations, burial, termination and testing […]

  • Germany: MENCK to Exhibit at EWEA’s Offshore Event

    24 April 2013

    MENCK will be exhibiting at the world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition, the EWEA Offshore 2013, in Frankfurt, Germany, from 19-21 November. The company will be located at booth  30 E110 and its professionals will be there to talk about the latest projects of the offshore wind energy industry. MENCK stepped early into […]

  • ESB Seeks Interest in Wave Energy Array Installation Off Ireland

    23 December 2013
    Technology

    Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland’s electricity utility, has invited Expressions of Interest in building a 5MW wave energy array at a potential location off the west coast of Ireland. The contract award relates to supply and installation of the wave energy array, including all ancillary requirements. The project is called WestWave Project, and it aims […]

  • Northern Ireland Launches Offshore Renewable Energy Strategic Action Plan

    28 March 2012
    Authorities

    Northern Ireland’s Energy Minister Arlene Foster announced the publication of the ORESAP which presents vision for the delivery of offshore renewable energy in Northern Ireland waters to 2020 and beyond. It contains actions to facilitate the opportunities and also address the challenges of offshore development. The Crown Estate has worked positively with DETI as this […]

  • Trump Continues It’s Anti-wind Attacks (UK)

    15 February 2012

      After writing a letter addressed to First Minister Alex Salmond, Donald Trump launched another attack on SNH and VisitScotland over wind farm plans in Aberdeen bay, reports BBC. In his letter, Trump stressed that they were „pathetic“ for not acting against wind turbines. Last month, Trump stopped the work on a hotel and the […]

  • Suzlon and Partners Commission Offshore Wind Met Station in Arabian Sea

    26 December 2017
    R&D, Technology

    India’s Suzlon Group and its associates have commissioned their first operational offshore met station in the Arabian Sea.

  • E.ON to Invest in Airborne Wind Tech Demo Site. Teams Up with Ampyx Power

    11 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    E.ON has announced that it will invest in the development of a demonstration site for airborne wind technology in County Mayo in Ireland, and that it entered into a collaboration agreement with Ampyx Power as the first user of the test site.

  • Inter-Array Cable Installation Starts at Beatrice OWF

    10 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first inter-array cable installation campaign at the Beatrice offshore wind farm started today, 10 November, as the cable laying vessel Siem Aimery, supported by CSV Siem Stingray, is set to install up to 24 cables in the south part of the project site.

  • Hollandse Kust West Alpha Offshore Substation Topside Ready to Set Sail

    10 August 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The assembly of the substation topside for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farm has been completed at Equans’ yard in Hoboken, Belgium. On 5 August, the substation topside was loaded onto the barge at the Equans BeLux – Offshore Business Unit yard in Hoboken and will soon set sail towards its final destination […]

  • Dogger Bank B Offshore Substation Topside Arrives in Norway

    23 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside built for Dogger Bank B has arrived at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway. Just a little more than a month after the departure of the Dogger Bank A substation topside, the sister platform arrived in Haugesund and was transported from Aibel’s yard in Thailand by BigLift Shipping’s heavy transportation vessel BigLift Baffin. […]