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  • Italy: 40South Energy Readies for Wave Device Deployment

    19 September 2013
    R&D

    40South Energy undertook several tests last week to prepare for the deployment of its wave energy technology at Punta Righini, Italy. The company recently announced that it had performed trials at the harbor in Navicelli, Pisa. The first activities tested were practicing the connection procedures in sheltered waters, so they can later be carried out […]

  • Photo of the Day: Taking Care of Lincs Offshore Wind Farm

    3 November 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: a crew in charge of the wind turbine maintenance at Lincs Wind Farm. On Friday (October 31), wind turbine technicians carried out their job at the offshore wind farm site. The photo shows a moment during the maintenance of blades on the LS28 turbine, from Turbine Transfers’ vessel Cymyran Bay. Lincs Wind Farm, comprising 75 […]

  • Tenth Eneco Luchterduinen Foundation Installed, Visitors Witness Piling Work

    4 September 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    On August 31, a ferry from DFDS, which commutes between IJmuiden and Newcastle, had a special day-trip to Dutch wind farms. The highlight was the visit to the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, currently under construction, where at the Aeolus was busy driving the tenth foundation pile into the seabed.This is the first time that […]

  • Siemens Late with Turbine Delivery for Borkum Riffgrund 1

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dong Energy’s 312MW offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 has encountered an obstacle, as Siemens cannot deliver the 77 wind turbines on time, Danish media reported. The 4 MW turbine is an upgraded version of Siemens’ bestseller 3.6 MW, which was originally slated to be used at Borkum Riffgrund 1. In the spring, Dong announced […]

  • CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Awarded Guishan OWF Work

    28 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for Lot 2 of wind turbine installation and foundation construction of Guishan offshore wind farm demonstration project in Zhuhai, with a contract value of some 220 million yuan (35,696,980.00 US dollars). Located in the waters of the Lingding Sea at […]

  • OrbisEnergy Opens Two Offshore Renewables Tenders

    15 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    NWES Property, management operator of OrbisEnergy, is tendering two opportunities to support the delivery of its Supply Chain innovation in Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE) grant investment project. Specialist innovation and incubation centre OrbisEnergy is delivering a £2.5 million grant investment support project, part financed by the European Regional Development Fund, which will support small to […]

  • Australia: Perth Wave Energy Project Progresses Well

    18 December 2013
    Technology

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) provided an update on the progress of key components for the Perth Wave Energy Project. All components are on track for delivery in either first or second quarter 2014 with Project commissioning on track for Quarter 2, 2014. For example, the CETO Unit Buoyant Actuators (BAs) have progressed through the […]

  • India Picks Offshore Wind Sites at Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

    12 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    After a feasibility study of Indian offshore wind potential, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have been selected as ideal to feature the first Indian offshore wind farms. The two planned projects will have a 100MW capacity and will fit right into plans of the country’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to harness 1GW of renewable […]

  • Ed Davey Responds to Lima Climate Deal

    15 December 2014

    UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey has responded to the new agreement reached by UN members to tackle climate change.  Ed Davey said: “This is an agreement that unites all nations, unlocking the door to the world’s first global climate deal in Paris next year. “The talks were tough but the […]

  • CT Offshore Installs Borkum Riffgrund 1 Cables

    11 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Last week, CT Offshore completed the installation and burial of 44 inter-array cables at the DONG Energy wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. “The valuable experience gained from the West of Duddon Sands and Gwynt y Môr projects earlier this year has played an important role to secure a smooth running project,” Hans Peter Johannsen, Director of […]

  • GRS Expands to UK

    16 June 2015

    Hamburg-based Global Renewables Shipbrokers has established a new branch office in Aberdeen. “The new UK office is an important step for us as part of our growth strategy,” said Matthias Mross, GRS Managing Partner. The decision to set up its first branch abroad was a real milestone for the company geared towards international business. From Aberdeen David Gault will […]

  • Blue Water Handling Sandbank Foundations

    20 August 2015

    In the German part of the North Sea, Bilfinger is installing 72 foundations for the Sandbank Wind Farm. Blue Water’s stevedore department in Esbjerg is responsible for the loading operations. The foundations, consisting of a monopile and a transition piece, are transported to Esbjerg on Bilfinger’s barges and picked up again by the installation vessel Pacific […]

  • CT Offshore Awards Cable Pull-In Job to CWind

    20 May 2015

    CWind has won a contract to supply rigging and cable pull-in services to CT Offshore to support their cable laying project at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. Under the contract, CWind will support the pull-in of the cables at all 97 turbines as well as those connecting the array to […]

  • Infographic: South West England 2030 Outlook

    8 May 2015

    The South West Marine Energy Park has released a paper outlining the longer term opportunities and ambition for the development of marine energy in South West England. According to the report, the longer term opportunity for the South West will be through the development of new foundation and installation technologies – including floating wind – which will open up […]

  • Sustainable Marine Energy Calls Dibs on EMEC’s Test Berth

    20 April 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) Ltd is making a strategic move into the Scottish tidal energy sector having signed a long term testing contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd. SME will be taking on one of the berths at the Fall of Warness tidal test site where it will deploy five PLAT-O systems […]

  • Atlantic’s Mothership to Undergo DP2 Fitting

    8 April 2015
    Vessels

    Atlantic Marine & Aviation’s new vessel, Atlantic Enterprise, will arrive in Tilbury Docks today where the DP2 system will be installed. The 6,400 GRT Atlantic Enterprise is the first in a series of Atlantic Marine’s vessels to operate as an offshore mothership, accommodation and floatel. It was designed as a solution for the Round 3 […]

  • Bladt Loads Out Last Baltic 2 Jacket Foundation

    21 January 2015

    Bladt Industries loaded out the last of 41 jacket foundations for EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm yesterday. After receiving the order, Bladt established a production site at Lindø Industrial Park where they created dedicated production line for serial production of jacket foundations. The first jacket was manufactured in May last year, after which it […]

  • Vattenfall Launches SEK 15 Bln Hybrid Bonds

    13 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall has launched hybrid bonds of SEK 6 billion and EUR 1 billion (approximately SEK 15 billion combined) in order to refinance an existing hybrid bond of EUR 1 billion, issued in 2005. The excess amount will be used for general corporate purposes. The issue of corporate hybrid bonds in Swedish kronor is the first […]

  • E.ON Eyes Norway, Sweden for Large Wind Energy Projects

    12 February 2013

    Norway and Sweden seem to be good places for E.ON’s wind energy plans, as the company intends to develop onshore and offshore wind farms with the capacity to generate hundreds of megawatts of electricity. In Norway, the company has proposals for nine onshore farms with a total capacity of 1,500 MW, while it also plans […]

  • Second 20m WFSV Under Construction (Ireland)

    10 January 2012

    While the launch of the first 20 metre wind farm service vessel will take place next week a second 20 metre wind farm service vessel is also under construction. All frames and longitudinal stiffening is being fitted at present. Delivery date is July, 2012. Also at their Yard they are constructing a 24 metre steel […]

  • Ireland: Arklow Marine Services to Launch Gardian 10 in June

    31 May 2012

    Ireland-based boat building company, Arklow Marine Services, has almost completed the second 20 metre wind farm service vessel, Gardian 10. The company said the outfitting of vessel is progressing well. Painting has commenced and the vessel is due to be launched on 22nd June, 2012 Recently, the company has built its first-ever 20-metre Wind Farm […]

  • US Wind Granted Air Quality Permit-to-Construct for Maryland Offshore Wind Project

    9 June 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Maryland Department of the Environment’s Air and Radiation Administration (ARA) has issued an air quality permit-to-construct, New Source Review (NSR) approval, and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) approval to US Wind for its offshore wind project off Maryland, which received federal go-ahead at the end of last year. US Wind applied for the permit and […]

  • Bigger Picture: Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Backbone of EU’s 2050 Goal

    23 November 2020
    Authorities

    European Union’s Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy, published on 19 November and targeting as much as 300 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2050, also outlines the goal of supporting green hydrogen production. In anticipation of the launch of the new Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, it is ever so evident that EU’s (offshore) wind and hydrogen […]

  • The Crown Estate Issues Invitation to Tender for Pre-Qualified Celtic Sea Floating Wind Bidders

    13 August 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. On 13 August, The Crown Estate said the second phase of the leasing process got underway on 8 August, following the conclusion of […]

  • WindEurope Expects Over 10 GW of Floating Wind in Operation by 2030

    3 June 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Based on current targets and tendering activities for floating wind in several European countries, WindEurope expects the continent to have more than 10 GW of installed floating wind capacity by 2030. “Floating wind energy is about to take off big time in Europe. Over 100 MW is already in operation. Governments see it’s working well […]

  • RWE Wins Danish ‘Luck of the Draw’ Offshore Wind Tender

    1 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities and the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) have announced that Thor Wind Farm I/S (owned by RWE AG, RWE Renewables GmbH, and RWE Renewables Management UK Limited) has won the tender for the 1,000 MW Thor project, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date. Earlier this year, the Danish […]