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  • Safety: At what risk?

    9 October 2012

    With offshore wind having become a busy and fast emerging business over the past few years, in which money seems to be present in abundance, the industry seems to be blind for lessons learned. Even to the point that fatal accidents have been accepted at a very early stage, in the development phase. Recent fatalities […]

  • Two Monopiles to Go at Dogger Bank B Offshore Wind Farm

    3 January 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore installation vessel Seaway Strashnov has installed all but two monopile foundations at the Dogger Bank B offshore wind site in the UK and will return in the second quarter of 2025 to complete the installation. Five more transition pieces (TPs) are also left to be installed, according to the latest notices to mariners […]

  • CIP Secures Another Power Purchase Agreement for Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    19 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) for Taiwan’s 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm. UMC will purchase more than 30 billion kWh of power from Fengmiao I over 30 years, marking the largest renewable energy transaction in the company’s history, UMC said. This […]

  • Atlas Professionals Sets Up Renewables Unit in Australia

    10 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Atlas Professionals has established a renewables division in Australia to support the development of the country’s first offshore wind farm.

  • Two OOS Offshore Wind-Friendly SSCVs Under Construction

    25 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    China Merchants Heavy Industry started building OOS International’s new semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) OOS Walcheren on 24 May at its Jiangsu yard, while the first of the two ordered SSCVs, OOS Serooskerke, is already under construction in Haimen and due for delivery in mid-2019.

  • Buchan Floating Wind Project Submits Offshore Scoping Report to Scottish Marine Directorate

    2 October 2023
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has submitted the Offshore Scoping Report for the 1 GW Buchan floating offshore wind farm to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate. This represents the project’s first major step within the consenting process, the consortium says. The report contains project details and the approach […]

  • SMST Equipment for Edison Chouest Offshore’s SOV Newbuild

    18 September 2023
    Vessels

    Scotland-based Marine Procurement Ltd (MPL) has awarded SMST a contract for the delivery of a 5-tonne motion-compensated crane for Edison Chouest Offshore’s (ECO) service operation vessel (SOV). The motion compensated crane (M-Series) for the newbuild vessel will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2024.  “SMST has an impressive track record and we are convinced that the […]

  • Sif Starts Work to Expand Manufacturing Facilities

    11 April 2023
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The construction work has started on Sif’s EUR 328 million expansion of manufacturing facilities in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. According to the Netherlands-based offshore foundations manufacturer Sif Group, key contracts with contractors and equipment suppliers were signed. For civil and building works, Sif contracted DURA Vermeer. Steelworks are contracted to Iemants Eiffage. All parties operate in collaborative contracting […]

  • BlueFloat, Energy Estate to Increase Greater Gippsland Capacity to 2.1 GW

    8 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spain-based BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate have expanded the proposed capacity of the Greater Gippsland wind project offshore Australia from 1,275 MW to 2,085 MW. Initially, the two companies planned to develop a 1.3 GW bottom-fixed offshore wind project located off the coast of the Gippsland region in Victoria. The increase in the capacity of the […]

  • Ofgem Selects Hornsea Two OFTO Preferred Bidder

    5 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has selected Diamond Transmission Partners as the preferred bidder for the offshore transmission of the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The company now has to resolve certain matters before being granted the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) license for the 1.3 GW project. Diamond Transmission Partners has to establish the necessary arrangements […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Goes into Operation

    31 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has fully commissioned its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two project in the UK, which has now become the world’s largest wind farm in operation, taking over that title from its sibling project, the 1.2 GW Hornsea One. The 1.3 GW offshore wind farm, located 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast, alongside Hornsea One, comprises 165 […]

  • Norwind Offshore Orders Two More CSOVs at Vard

    14 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s Norwind Offshore has declared options for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) at Vard. The options for the two CSOVs were part of the contract signed between the two companies back in October 2021. Norwind Offshore and Vard, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, have also agreed on new options for […]

  • Ocean Winds to Apply for Consent for 1.6 GW Irish Project

    3 June 2022
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has opened public consultation for the development of its proposed Réalt na Mara wind farm offshore Ireland, for whose Maritime Area Consent (MAC) the developer plans to apply early next year. The first phase of the wind farm’s public consultation started in May and is […]

  • Twin Hub Floating Wind Demo Gets Marine Licence

    14 January 2022
    Authorities, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Twin Hub floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea has now been awarded a marine licence for a renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The marine licence is the latest consent for the project which was awarded a Section 36 consent in 2020. Hexicon AB completed the acquisition of the consented […]

  • Axess Group to Certify Dogger Bank A Offshore Substation’s Lifting Equipment

    17 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Axess Group has secured an Enterprise of Competence service contract with Aibel for the lifting equipment on the Dogger Bank A offshore substation. Under the contract, Axess will provide engineering review, inspection, testing and certification of the lifting appliances on the platform, to ensure statutory compliance and delivery of the asset to regional operational standards. […]

  • GE Renewable Energy Plans Hiring Spree at Blade Manufacturing Plant

    16 March 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    GE Renewable Energy plans to recruit 300 employees at its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade manufacturing site in Cherbourg, France, in 2021. The expanded production workforce will allow LM Wind Power to meet the growing industry demand for offshore wind equipment, the company said. The factory currently has more than 450 employees, with 34 […]

  • Danes Kick Off Public Hearing for Hesselø Environmental Assessment

    12 February 2021
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency are holding a five-week public hearing concerning the environmental assessments for Hesselø offshore wind project. The public, companies, authorities and other interested parties are invited to submit ideas on the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the onshore part […]

  • Octopus Renewables Invests in Floating Wind Developer

    9 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc has invested EUR 7.5 million into Simply Blue Holdings Limited, the parent company of the Simply Blue Group. Simply Blue Group has developed a pipeline of over 9 GW of floating offshore wind projects to-date, primarily in the waters of the UK and Ireland. With a background in marine development, […]

  • Lithuanian Parliament Gauging New Offshore Wind Scheme

    30 September 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A draft offshore wind bill in Lithuania that recently began its journey through the system to get approved is now before the Lithuanian parliament (the Seimas), which is considering its amendments to the current laws that would set up conditions for the development of offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea. Early this summer, the […]

  • Finnish Offshore Wind Developer Probing up to 500 MW Extension Project

    21 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Finland’s Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy is exploring the possibilities of expanding the 44.3 MW Tahkoluoto wind farm offshore Pori. The extension project is in a preliminary study phase, with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure and the zoning about to begin, the developer said. The proposed extension project would have a capacity of between 300 MW […]

  • COVID-19 Adds to Kriegers Flak CGS Launch Delays

    5 May 2020
    Grid Connection

    The launch of Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) has been delayed until the end of August. Movement and travel restrictions currently in effect in Denmark, Sweden and Germany in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the CGS commissioning procedures, according to Danish Energinet. “As far as can be seen now, due to these […]

  • Lamprell to Close Sharjah Yard after Moray East Work Done

    14 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The UAE-based Lamprell plans to close its Sharjah facility after completing the portion of work on the Moray East offshore wind project currently carried out at the location. Lamprell already mothballed the Jebel Ali facility in January 2020. The Sharjah yard will close later this year. The Hamriyah yard, the company’s largest facility, will remain […]

  • Belgian Wind Power to Gas Project Moves Forward

    27 February 2020
    Technology

    A consortium comprising the Belgian offshore wind developer Parkwind, Fluxys, and Eoly, is moving forward with a project to build a power-to-gas installation in Zeebrugge to convert renewable electricity into hydrogen through electrolysis. The developers gathered around the Hyoffwind project aim to install a 25MW electrolyzer in Zeebrugge to produce hydrogen on an industrial scale. […]

  • Moray East’s Third OTM Ready to Go Home

    28 August 2020
    Grid Connection

    OSP1, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) that will be installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm, is ready to leave Belgium this weekend (29 – 30 August). The OTMs, for which Siemens Energy secured a contract in 2018, were fabricated by Smulders and ENGIE Solutions in Hoboken, Belgium. “This milestone – three […]

  • Ørsted Allots Seventh Round Burbo Bank Extension Fund Grants

    21 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has awarded ten local organizations around Liverpool Bay, the UK, with grants from the seventh round of the Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund.

  • Baker Consultants Welcome Borkum Riffgrund 1 Opening

    12 October 2015

    Last week saw the inaugural opening ceremony of Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, for which Baker Consultants provided noise and marine mammal monitoring services. “This is a fantastic achievement for all involved and we are proud of Baker Consultants’ role in this,” Baker Consultants said. In August 2013, the construction of the wind farm started with the […]