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  • Shell Starts Up Green Hydrogen Electrolyser at German Refinery

    5 July 2021
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Shell has started production of green hydrogen at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Germany. As part of the Refhyne European consortium and with European Commission funding through the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the fully operational 10 MW plant is the first to use this technology at such a large […]

  • Belgium, Germany to Explore Building Hybrid Offshore Wind Link

    3 June 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Belgian energy minister Tinne Van der Straeten and German energy state secretary Philipp Nimmermann have agreed to investigate the development of a hybrid interconnection between the offshore wind farms of both countries. Although the two countries don’t share a direct sea border because the Netherlands is situated between them, they have announced plans for future […]

  • Aeolus Starts Installing Saint-Brieuc Hardware

    4 May 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus is starting the installation of the first of 62 jacket foundations for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm project. The 496 MW wind farm is located 16.3 kilometres off the coast of Brittany, France. Van Oord is using the port of Cherbourg as the pin pile marshalling port. The pin […]

  • Australian Govts Urged to Fast-Track Star of the South Processes

    10 April 2020
    Environment, Jobs & Recruitment

    Australian division of the environmental network Friends of the Earth said building renewable energy could be key to post-COVID recovery effort.

  • East Anglia ONE O&M Base Opens in Lowestoft

    18 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    ScottishPower Renewables has opened the new operations and maintenance building for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm at the Port of Lowestoft, UK. Located at Associated British Port’s Hamilton Dock, the O&M building is part of a GBP 25 million investment made by ScottishPower Renewables into the Port of Lowestoft. The site is now the […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Monopile Foundations All In

    8 January 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH has completed the installation of all 31 monopile foundations on the 269MW Deutsche Bucht wind farm in the German North Sea. The milestone concludes the first phase of construction within the planned timeframe, the developer said. “Installation work on the construction site, which is more than 100 kilometers off the coast, […]

  • E.ON and Statoil to Jointly Build 385MW Arkona Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s E.ON and Norwegian energy company Statoil have teamed up on a EUR 1.2 billion project to build the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German waters of the Baltic Sea. Statoil will have a 50-percent stake and will be involved in the project from the start. E.ON, the holder of the remaining 50% stake, will have […]

  • Wind Innovation Ready for Gemini Gig

    18 February 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    C-bed Floating Hotel’s advanced Service Operation Vessel (SOV), MS Wind Innovation, has successfully completed all offshore testing and is now ready to engage in the commissioning phase of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of The Netherlands. The last stage of testing equipment and systems took place offshore the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, […]

  • HeavyLift@Sea Keeps Burbo Bank 2 Blades Safe at Sea

    3 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has contracted the Hamburg-based design and engineering company HeavyLift@Sea GmbH to design grillages for the sea fastening of wind turbine blades built for DONG Energy’s 258 MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The 80-metre-long blades are part of the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbines, the first components of which have […]

  • SHL Covers Difficult Beatrice Angles with Ampelmann’s Angular Boom Tip

    7 December 2017
    Vessels

    After being awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), Ampelmann has designed and created an Angular Boom Tip that SHL is now using during the installation of the jacket foundations at the Beatrice offshore wind farm to ensure the workers safely access the wind turbine structures. 

  • Cathie Associates Helps Make Arkona Works Less Noisy

    8 March 2018

    Cathie Associates have performed a study which enabled the reduction of noise in the water column created by monopile driving at the Arkona offshore wind farm site in Germany, the company informed after all the 60 foundations were installed.

  • GE Goes Into Haliade-X 12 MW Details (Infographics)

    10 May 2018
    Technology

    GE Renewable Energy has revealed additional details on the size and power of the Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine.

  • EWE, Trianel Reach Preliminary Investment Decision for TWB II

    9 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    EWE AG and Trianel have made a preliminary investment decision and agreed to jointly bring the Trianel Wind Farm Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm to realisation with each having a 37.5% stake in the project.  For the remaining 25% of the project, talks are currently being held with interested third-party investors before the final investment […]

  • Aberdeen Harbour Inks 24-Year Deal with Vattenfall

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has signed leases totalling 24 years with Aberdeen Harbour Board, as the company will use the location to support the construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance (O&M), and eventual decommissioning phases of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. Vattenfall said it is set to establish its construction […]

  • SES to Fit Electronics on Board MMS Crusader

    21 November 2014
    Vessels

    Ships Electronic Services (SES) are working with the Humber’s premier shipyard, MMS Ship Repair, to supply and install comprehensive electronics systems on the yards new OSV “MMS Crusader” which has been designed to service offshore windfarms in the North Sea and other European waters. MMS has also launched a new company, MMS Offshore Renewables, which […]

  • Peter Lonsdorfer Conducts Offshore Wind Oil Change

    22 May 2014

    Peter Lonsdorfer was the first company worldwide to carry out a vessel mounted combined gear and hydraulic oil change on an offshore wind turbine using its specialised vessel mounted pumping system. This self-contained method is proving to be of huge benefit to the industry as the system makes the essential process of offshore wind turbine oil exchange […]

  • USA: O’Malley Testifies in Favor of Offshore Wind

    14 February 2013
    Authorities

    The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, Senate Bill 275, was put before the Senate Finance Committee yesterday, where Governor Martin O’Malley gave his testimony in favour of offshore wind. The first thing that Governor O’Malley highlighted was the offshore wind’s impact on employment in Maryland. Governor O’Malley told the Committee: “Off-Shore wind would […]

  • Belgium: Renewables, Gas Companies Create Partnership for Europe’s Energy Future

    31 October 2012

    “The Energy Partnership – The European Coalition for Renewable Energy and Gas” has been launched today, bringing together energy companies in a major initiative with the support of European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger. The Energy Partnership is a unique alliance of companies from the energy sector which aims at creating the conditions for a […]

  • wpd Set to Invest into Finland’s Offshore Wind Power

    5 September 2011

      The newly elected government of Finland has recently decided to promote offshore wind power. The wpd Group management team is meeting today with several Finnish ministers and state secretaries to discuss the Suurhiekka offshore wind farm which is currently in the pipeline and set to be realised in the coming years. Dr. Gernot Blanke, […]

  • Vestas Ends Turbine Factory Plans at Port of Sheerness, UK

    22 June 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    Port of Sheerness and Vestas have jointly announced that further development of a Vestas facility at the port will not proceed at this stage. Port of Sheerness and Vestas thank both the local council and community for their great co-operation to date.  Vestas comments on this announcement: ”Vestas’ strong commitment to the development of both […]

  • 16 Turbines Left to Go at Borssele 1&2

    12 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    78 out of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines have been installed at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up tandem Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are in charge of installing the turbines at the site located 22km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. According to Ørsted, the […]

  • Saint-Nazaire Construction Base Inaugurated

    5 February 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Eolien Maritime France (EMF) has inaugurated the construction base for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The construction base is located at Quai De Kribi in Saint-Nazaire and will be used to coordinate the construction of the wind farm. Saint-Nazaire, also known as Parc du Banc de Guérande, will comprise 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW […]

  • Leask Marine Completes Hornsea One Job

    24 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Leask Marine’s vessel C-Fenna has completed wave buoy works on the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. The vessel completed wave rider recovery and deployment operations for Fugro GB, who performed a variety of maintenance service operations on each buoy at the 1.2GW offshore wind project. Each buoy was retrieved onto the deck for servicing and […]

  • Photo of the Day: Wikinger Jackets Falling in Line

    27 May 2016

    While the installation of the first foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind site started at the end of the last month, Bladt Industries is lining up further jackets at its Lindø Facility in Denmark.  In total, Bladt will deliver 41 four-legged jacket foundations for the Wikinger offshore wind farm, being built by Iberdrola off the coast of the island of […]

  • Ocean RusEnergy Upgrades Its Wave Energy Generator

    1 August 2013

    The company has released an upgraded version of the Ocean wave generator 160. The new generator weighs 35 kg, with diameter of 160 mm and a length of 2 meters. The previous version of the generator was weighing 45 kg, with a diameter of 180 mm and a length of 1.5 meters. The new generator […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset at Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm

    17 June 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sunset at Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The photo was posted by Tekmar Energy on their social media page, celebrating the installation of the first Teklink cable protection system at Westermost Rough offshore wind farm Tekmar was awarded a cable protection contract by DONG Energy in September 2013. In […]