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  • Dogger Bank B Offshore Substation Jacket Stands

    3 May 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Thialf has installed the offshore substation jacket for the Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm in the UK. After returning from the Baltic Sea, the vessel Thialf was deployed on the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind farms to install the jacket foundations for the project’s two offshore substations. […]

  • Energias de Portugal Renováveis Joins World Ocean Council (USA)

    14 December 2011

    Energias de Portugal Renováveis SA has become the first World Ocean Council (WOC) member from the offshore renewable energy sector, and the first member from Portugal. Energias de Portugal Renováveis SA (EDPR) is a world leader in renewable energy. The company is present in the US, Canada, Brazil, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Romania and […]

  • EU Ocean Energy Forum Commences Work in Dublin

    11 June 2014

    The European Union’s Ocean Energy Forum announced its Steering Committee members today at its first working meeting in Dublin. The Committees, composed of an all-star cast of European ocean energy actors, commenced work on a comprehensive strategy for the commercialisation of the renewable ocean energy sector. The Steering Committees for each of the Forum’s three […]

  • BREAKING: France Reveals Dunkirk Tender Winner

    14 June 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    France has selected the consortium of EDF Renouvelables, innogy and Enbridge to construct and develop the Dunkirk offshore wind project. The tariff proposed by the consortium ”was significantly lower than EUR 50/MWh”, François de Rugy, said during the launch of the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in Saint-Nazaire. The strike price for this tender was initially expected […]

  • RVO to Launch Metocean Campaign Tender for Two IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Areas

    13 September 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued prior information notice about an upcoming tender for two meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) campaigns to be carried out at the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (IJVWFZ). The tender, expected to be launched in October, will be divided into two lots, one for each of the two campaign sites […]

  • E.ON Demonstrates Offshore Wind Benefits for UK

    24 October 2011

    E.ON has released new figures demonstrating the benefit offshore wind brings to the UK economy. The report based on E.ON’s Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth highlights that 32% of the development, manufacture and construction for the site was carried out by UK-based business.  Dave Rogers, UK Regional Director for Renewables at […]

  • Galloper Leads Innogy Renewables Earnings

    9 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Innogy has reported a 29% increase in adjusted EBITDA, to EUR 415 million, in its Renewables division in the first half of 2019, partly due to the Galloper offshore wind farm. According to innogy, the positive contribution to earnings was in part due to a bonus for timely, on-budget completion of the Galloper offshore wind farm. […]

  • Rotork Valve Actuation Supports Borwin Alpha Platform (Germany)

    26 January 2012

    The Borwin Alpha platform is the first offshore installation designed to convert AC power into high voltage direct current (HVDC) for onward transmission. Built and designed by the Heerema Fabrication Group on behalf of ABB, the facility can transfer a power of 400MW at a bipolar voltage of 150kV. The converted current is carried by […]

  • Wescott Industrial Services Preps Beatrice OTM Steel

    13 March 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The UK-based Wescott Industrial Services has completed the preparation and coating of the steel surfaces for the Siemens Offshore Transformer Modules (OTM) to be used on the Beatrice offshore wind farm.

  • 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 […]

  • Belgium: Five Grid Initiatives Call for Supergrid Action

    21 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    Five grid initiatives, representing a range of global energy actors, today called on decision makers to accelerate the transition to a pan European electricity infrastructure. At their inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012”, the Friends of the Supergrid today signed a Joint Declaration with representatives of Medgrid, the Renewable Grid Initiative and the Desertec Industrial Initiative as […]

  • Ørsted Kicks Off Hornsea One Operations

    3 June 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has officially started operations on the 1,214MW Hornsea One, the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The project’s first operational team of 32 set sail from Grimsby Royal Docks to the wind farm located 120 kilometres out to sea on 31 May. They are part of two shift-based teams that are responsible for […]

  • 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.

  • ESB and Ørsted Enter 5 GW Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Partnership in Ireland; Reveal Plan to Bid in Next Irish Auction

    2 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ESB and Ørsted have signed an agreement to jointly develop a portfolio of up to 5 GW of offshore wind and complementary green hydrogen projects in Ireland, with the first of these offshore wind projects expected to compete in the next Irish auction, ORESS 2.1. The agreement also marks Ørsted’s entry into the Irish offshore […]

  • Kaskasi Officially Opens

    23 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm, located around 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland in the German North Sea, officially commenced regular operation in the presence of Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. With an installed capacity of 342 MW, Kaskasi can supply the equivalent of over 400,000 households […]

  • Belgium: OWI Lab Monitoring Offshore Wind Turbine Drive Train

    5 April 2013

    In the global search for renewable energy sources wind energy continues to experience an increasing market share. This growth drives new technological improvements which aim at increasing capacity, improving reliability and reducing the overall cost of wind turbines and correspondingly of the energy. One of the critical subsystems in this regard is the drive train […]

  • WINDFARM UPDATES: Barrow & Burbo Bank Extension, Hornsea Project One, Humber Gateway & Kentish Flats Extension

    2 March 2015

    Barrow & Burbo Bank Extension DONG Energy has become sole owner of the 90MW Barrow Offshore Wind Farm. In December the company announced that it acquired the remaining 50% ownership interest from its joint venture partner Centrica plc. The Barrow wind farm has been in full operation since 2006. Another announcement by the Danish company in December concerned the final investment decision for […]

  • Morocco Plans to Start Building 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm by 2029

    17 June 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Africa’s first offshore wind farm is set to be built in Morocco, according to plans unveiled on 10 June at the Third United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC3) in France. The project, planned to have an installed capacity of 1 GW, will be built near Essaouira, with construction beginning by 2029. This was announced by the […]

  • Limpet Technology Developing New Personnel Transfer System

    7 February 2017
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Limpet Technology, an Edinburgh-based engineering company, is developing a new offshore personnel transfer system and completed the first prototype in January.

  • MPI Workboats Expands Sheringham Shoal Fleet

    2 September 2015
    Vessels

    MPI Workboats has recently increased its presence at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm. Following a first half to the year at the site, BV Class 22m vessels MPI Snowball and MPI Napoleon have joined two 19m vessels. To remind, MPI Workboats has secured a long-term crew-transfer vessel solution working for Scira Offshore during Operations and Maintenance for the […]

  • Severn Names Its Damen 2610 Twin Axe

    27 March 2015
    Vessels

    Severn Offshore Services is holding a naming ceremony for its Damen 2610 twin axe “Severn Provider” today. It is company’s first vessels specifically designed to meet the needs of the offshore energy industry. The ceremony is being held at Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem. Ryan Hopkins Managing Director: “We are delighted to be taking delivery of […]

  • Last Turbine Up at Eneco Luchterduinen

    9 June 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Eneco announced this morning that the last wind turbine had been installed at its Luchterduinen offshore wind farm.  Van Oord’s Aeolus finished installing the 43rd turbine around 3 am this morning, only 2 months after the first one was erected at the offshore wind site located 23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk and Zandvoort. Comprising 43 Vestas’ V112-3.0 […]

  • UK: Trident to Test Floating Generator for Second Time

    15 November 2012
    R&D, Technology

    Trident Energy will test its generator prototype in the spring on a deep water pier in Scotland, trying to create electricity from wave energy. This will be the second time the company undertakes this test, because three years ago the first prototype sank before it could be tested on the sea, writes the BBC. The […]

  • MPI Napoleon Launches Baltic Sea Campaign

    19 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vroon’s crew transfer vessel (CTV) MPI Napoleon has secured a charter in the German sector of the Baltic Sea.