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  • Canada: FORCE, Nortek Scientific to Develop Technology for Tidal Measurement

    21 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), in partnership with Nortek Scientific, has announced the construction of the world’s first instrument to provide high-resolution, real time measurements of turbulent water flow at turbine hub height – called the Vectron. A leap forward in site characterization technology, the Vectron is able to capture highly accurate […]

  • Liebherr-LTR 11200, Solution for Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance (Germany)

    13 December 2011
    Technology

    The Liebherr LTR 11200 crawler crane was developed pri-marily for operations involving wind farms, and it has since proved its value in that sector many times over. The most powerful telescopic crane in the world has now also mas-tered its first commitments on the high seas – and has shown itself to be a champion. […]

  • Mainprize Offshore Orders Its New CTV from Manor Marine

    21 July 2021
    Vessels

    Mainprize Offshore has signed a shipbuilding contract with Manor Marine for a 26-metre Supa-Swath catamaran designed by Walker Marine Design. The MO8 vessel, due for delivery in Q2 2022, will be the sixth crew transfer vessel (CTV) constructed by Manor Marine, but the first the company will build for Mainprize Offshore. The 24-pax vessel features […]

  • EDS HV Completes Hohe See Cable Gig

    13 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has completed cable installation, termination and testing work at the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm in Germany. The work was carried out as part of a contract with Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTT) signed at the beginning of last year. Back in March 2017, ZTT won a contract by TenneT to supply and construct a […]

  • Acta Marine Preparing to Install BlueTec Tidal Platform

    15 June 2015
    Vessels

    Acta Marine’s Coastal Chariot will soon install the floating BlueTec platform, south of the island of Texel in The Netherlands. Acta Marine has coincided the installation process with Van Oord Offshore. In June, the Coastal Chariot will tow and hook-up the platform. The DP1 Ultra Shallow Draft Multipurpose Support Vessel will then attach it to the […]

  • UK: Navalu to Exhibit at Seawork

    4 May 2012

    The company will be exhibiting at Seawork at stand B-201 on May 22 – May 24. French Builder NAVALU, located on the French Atlantic Coast, in the Vendée region have just taken the first delivery of the aluminium for the structure for the NxS 24 our WFSV. The performance numbers for the vessel are better […]

  • Andrie Specialized to Deploy WindSentinel at Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake (USA)

    30 September 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Andrie Specialized will be deploying the WindSentinel at various locations throughout Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake. The WindSentinel will be used to help conduct a comprehensive Great Lakes wind assessment review that features offshore wind assessment and related environmental studies on Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake. The buoy will provide near real-time wind data […]

  • Teco Electric, CSMC Form Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    15 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    On May 13, Taiwanese company Teco Electric and Machinery and China Steel Machinery (CSMC) have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture dedicated to offshore wind energy.  The primary task of the joint venture is to use TECO’s wind power generating technology and CSMC’s steel construction expertise to develop its own brand of domestic offshore wind […]

  • Suzlon Explores Indian Offshore Wind, Senvion’s New Turbine in the Game

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Suzlon Group is about to start a study off the coast of Gujarat, India, to determine feasibility of setting up an offshore wind farm there, according to the country’s media.  The company plant to install an offshore wind farm of a total capacity between 100MW and 300MW. Furthermore, Suzlon could use offshore wind turbines from its subsidiary […]

  • Denmark to Host OWIB 2014 Next Week

    28 August 2014

    Next week, Denmark will play a host to Offshore Wind International Business2Business Event 2014, held on 3-4 of September. The first day is reserved for Pre-booked Business2Business meetings. Every attendee can arrange up to 17 meetings lasting 15 minutes each. Participants include companies from a large range of offshore wind countries spanning all levels of […]

  • Horns Rev 3 Transition Pieces In Position

    23 October 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has installed all 49 transition pieces on Vattenfall’s 406.7MW Horns Rev 3 wind farm in the Danish North Sea.

  • ‘Dalby Swale’ Prepares for Greater Gabbard Wind Farm

    1 July 2014

    ‘Dalby Swale’, the new wind farm support vessel, is preparing for its first assignment on the Greater Gabbard wind farm. In final acceptance trials yesterday the vessel achieved 34 knots top speed with noise level at under 60 db in the accommodation. ‘Dalby Swale’, the new 23m vessel built by Alicat, was delivered at the Seaworks […]

  • Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Ready for Grid Connection

    6 November 2013
    Grid Connection

    Since the opening of the Riffgat offshore wind farm in August there was still work to be done on the connection of the wind turbines. Now the offshore wind farm is prepared for fast and smooth network connection to the grid. As soon as there is a suitable weather window, a regular sonar survey will […]

  • MV Ginny Louise Comes to Yarmouth for Sea Trails (UK)

    4 January 2012

    The first of a potential fleet of ten vessels, MV Ginny Louise is currently in Yarmouth on its tour through the UK’s East Coast. Tidal Transit will perform sea trails over the next few days and will likely head to Grimsby early next week. Ginny Louise and its sisters are designed to provide up to […]

  • ENGIE Fabricom to Carry Out Grout Remediation at Greater Gabbard

    2 December 2016

    SSE has awarded ENGIE Fabricom the first phase of a project to remediate grout connection subsidence between the pile and transition pieces on the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. Initial development work will take place in the last quarter of 2016 at ENGIE Fabricom’s Middlesbrough facilities to develop working methods before mobilisation to Lowestoft for […]

  • Deepwater Wind Seeking Summer Interns

    7 April 2015
    Training & Education

    US offshore wind developer, Deepwater Wind, is currently accepting applications for paid 2015 summer internships. The internships will take place from June 15 to mid-August and will be based in Providence, Rhode Island. Deepwater Wind is interested in students who have completed their junior year or recently graduated with an engineering or environmental studies/science degree. […]

  • Vos Prodect Wins Cabling Deal for Korean 30MW Project

    1 June 2015
    Grid Connection

    Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries has appointed Vos Prodect Innovations as preferred supplier for engineering, testing and supply of cable hang-off systems for the Tamra offshore wind power plant in the Republic of Korea. Vos Prodect will design and supply the systems for the infield cables of 30MW project. Vos Prodect cable hang-off systems will […]

  • Dalby Swale Goes to Work

    7 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance

    Dalby Swale has helft Alicat Workboats in Great Yarmouth and is now heading for Lowestoft, where she will begin her first job on the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm. Dalby Swale, the new 23m vessel built by Alicat, was delivered to Dalby Offshore at the Seawork Exhibition last month. The 500MW wind farm is located 23 kilometres […]

  • Two Companies Eye Polish Energy Partners

    13 August 2012

    Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) expressed its interest in acquiring the Polish Energy Partners (PEP), writes Power Engineering news site. PGE plans to install a total of 1,000 MW of onshore wind capacity by 2015. The company also received three permits to construct the first Polish offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. By acquiring PEP, […]

  • GWEC to Exhibit at China Wind Power in Beijing, Japan

    11 October 2013

    Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) will be exhibiting at China Wind Power in Beijing next week. They have an interesting programme lined up for what is the industry’s biggest global event of the year, starting next Wednesday 16th October. Wind development in China with the latest topics will be discussed with key players of the […]

  • Marine Renewables Canada Releases State of the Sector Report

    28 November 2013

    Marine Renewables Canada has released its first “State of the Sector” report which provides an overview of the current status of Canada’s marine renewable energy sector in context with global activity. It details Canada’s perceived strengths and weaknesses in contrast to challenges and opportunities presented by the advancement of the global sector. Analysis presented in […]

  • Belgium: Pacific Osprey to Deploy 6MW Turbine at Belwind OWF

    13 June 2013

    In the first half of July, the Pacific Osprey, operated by Swire Blue Ocean will bring the 6MW haliade of Alstom from the REBO-site to the Belwind wind farm. As announced in 2011, Belwind NV, the leading Belgian producer of alternative energy from offshore wind farms made part of its latest wind farm concession site […]

  • Statoil to Present Hywind Scotland Project in Peterhead

    13 January 2016

    To provide local communities with information about the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, Statoil will hold a public exhibition on 20 January in Peterhead. The exhibition will take place at the Palace Hotel, starting with an oral presentation at 6 p.m. Representatives from the project will be present to answer questions. Statoil has made the final investment decision […]

  • Borssele I & II Site Data Ready for Developers

    4 September 2015

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has announced that the geotechnical survey of seabed, wind and water conditions for the Borssele I and II areas has been completed. In 2014 the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs ordered the RVO to carry out the work and as this was the first carried out by the Dutch Government […]

  • 18 Borssele 1+2 Foundations Stand

    13 February 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Innovation has installed 18 out of 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Innovation is loading the monopiles and the transition pieces at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam and installing them at the site some 22 kilometres off the coast of […]

  • Final Dudgeon Turbine Takes Shape

    5 September 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the last of the 67 Siemens 6MW wind turbines on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm.