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  • USA: LEEDCo Changes Wind Turbines Supplier

    16 July 2012

    Since GE has abandoned plans to develop products for the Great Lakes, Lake Erie Energy Development Company, LEEDCo, has switched suppliers, reports WKSU news portal. Namely, Siemens will be supplying turbines for the wind energy project in the Lake Erie instead of GE. Siemens’ wind turbines are smaller than GE’s and are less expensive to […]

  • Long Pause Blurs Balance of Wind Farm Baltic 1 (Germany)

    26 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The four-week break in the fall accident has marred the balance of the first German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea “Baltic I”. “Generating electricity from the September 17th to October 15th was very good and was on schedule, “said the spokeswoman of the energy group EnBW, Friederike Eggstein. In November there was very […]

  • Poles Join Bladt on Kaskasi Offshore Substation Project

    12 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Bladt Industries has selected Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia (EPG) as a subcontractor for the prefabrication of the offshore substation topside and sea fastening for the Kaskasi offshore wind project in Germany. The Polish company started the production of steel structure in July in Gdynia. Bladt is in charge of the construction of the offshore substation, including the […]

  • Dong Energy to Officially Open Westermost Rough in July

    17 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Dong Energy has announced on its social media pages that the inauguration of its Westermost Rough offshore wind farm will be held on July 1st.  The last of the 35 turbines was lifted into position in March and the full power output has been achieved at the end of May. Westermost Rough, located off the UK’s […]

  • China Lagging in Offshore Wind Industry

    17 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    China is lagging behind its plans to build 5 GW of offshore wind power by 2015. Having only 10 per cent of that capacity realised, China is three years behind its schedule, according to Bloomberg. In 2011, the Chinese government set the 5GW goal for the next four years which would secure enough clean power […]

  • Dalby to Exhibit at Renewables UK Event in Birmingham, UK

    30 October 2013

    Dalby Offshore will be exhibiting at the Renewables UK event at Birmingham on Stand 138 5th – 7th November in partnership with Team Humber Marine Alliance. The event is attended by over 500 delegates, 300 exhibitors and 190 speakers. Dalby Offshore was founded in 2007 and initially focused on the management of anchor handling tug/supply […]

  • Wolfe Island Shoals Offshore Wind Farm to Create 1,900 Jobs (Canada)

    13 January 2011
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Windstream’s Wolfe Island Shoals Offshore Wind Power Project will create 1,900 jobs during its five-year development and construction period. A study conducted by AECOM to explore the employment and economic impacts of the project in Ontario also indicates that 175 long-term jobs will be created during its subsequent operational period. The project will generate over […]

  • Japan: Hitachi to Develop 5MW Downwind Ocean Wind Turbine

    16 July 2012
    R&D, Technology

    As the Japan Times reports, Hitachi Ltd. has announced plans to develop the world’s first 5 MW “downwind” ocean wind turbine. The downwind type turbine is a wind turbine that is installed with its rotor under the lee of the tower. Hitachi plans to test the new wind turbine at a plant in Hitachi, Ibaraki […]

  • Norway: INTPOW Wins ONS Press Award

    31 August 2012

    INTPOW won the ONS 2012 Roger Vielvoye Memorial Award on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Managing Director Geir Elsebutangen accepted the award from Darius Snieckus, technology editor of Recharge. “The Vielvoye committee was impressed by INTPOW’s spearheading this year of two high-level seminars: one looking at development of the offshore wind power sector based on technology […]

  • VIDEO: DNV GL’s WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer Array Planning Software

    27 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer, DNV GL’s array planning tools were launched yesterday at the RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference in Belfast. These are the world’s first marine energy planning tools to be made commercially available, which allow users to model wave and tidal energy converters when operating in ‘farms’ of multiple devices. WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer are […]

  • Beatrice Jackets All Done

    11 July 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the 86th and final jacket foundation on the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Ten Turbines to Go at Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm

    10 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Enterprise has installed 44 out of 54 Senvion 6.2M126 wind turbines at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Canada’s Northland Power reports.

  • Bibby Wavemaster 1 Completes Sea Trials

    10 August 2017
    Vessels

    Bibby Wavemaster 1, Bibby Marine Services’ service operation vessel (SOV), has completed her sea trials in the Black Sea and is getting ready to set sail to the Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK.  

  • JDR Wraps Up Hornsea One East Section Cable Work

    13 May 2019
    Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems has completed the termination and testing of east section inter-array cables at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. JDR conducted the work from the service operations vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral and will now focus on completing the western cluster of the 1.2GW project, which represents the final phase. Ørsted and JDR […]

  • Nordsee One Turbines Taking Shape (Gallery)

    8 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    innogy SE has shared several photos showing the installation of the first and the second Senvion 6.2M126 turbine at the 332ME Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Taste a Drop of OEEC Spirit at Navingo’s Official Closing Drinks

    4 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    Listen to what the visitors of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) had to say about this year’s event as Navingo’s Live studio host Coco Kossmann takes a stroll during the official closing drinks. Coert van Zijll Langhout, managing director at Navingo, says he is very proud of the event, especially after the coronavirus pandemic took […]

  • 100 Turbines Up at Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    8 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has installed 100 turbines on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, with 65 more of Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW units left to be put into place. The jack-up vessel Sea Challenger installed the first wind turbine at the end of May and in less than three months later the project had 50 wind turbines installed […]

  • New Jersey Offshore Wind Safety Training Challenge Kicks Off

    31 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    New Jersey’s Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) has kicked off the New Jersey Offshore Wind Safety Training Challenge. The winner will get a USD 3 million grant to help establish a GWO-accredited safety training program and facility to prepare New Jersey workers for jobs in offshore wind. The goal of the challenge is […]

  • TPC Changhua Phase 1 Foundations All In Place

    29 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of jacket foundations at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Aegir, chartered by Jan De Nul, was responsible for installing the 1,100 metric tonne jackets at the site some 10km off the coast of Fangyuan in Changhua County. Earlier this […]

  • DHSS Opens New Support Base at IJmuiden Port

    25 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    DHSS has opened a new support base in the Port of IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Bold Tern visited DHSS’ new base at Volendamkadea, marking the start of the terminal’s first offshore wind project. The installation vessel is preparing for a maintenance campaign at a closeby offshore wind farm. Additionally, two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) will make […]

  • EWE Picks Crew Transfer Provider for German Offshore Wind Farms

    26 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    EWE Offshore Service & Solutions (OSS) has awarded Reederei Norden–Frisia with a contract to provide crew transfer services for offshore wind projects in Germany. The contractor is in charge of providing transport for personnel and material from the base port in Borkum and the Riffgat and Alpha Ventus offshore wind farms, and possibly other projects. […]

  • HST Euan Ready for Northwester 2

    10 January 2020
    Vessels

    High Speed Transfers (HST) has taken over HST Euan, its fourth FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel, from Damen Shipyards. HST Euan, built by Damen Shipyards in Antalya, Turkey, is now ready for its voyage to Belgium, HST said. Once there, the vessel, and its sister HST Harri, will be deployed on the Northwester 2 […]

  • CTVs Sought for Trianel Windpark Borkum

    14 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision of two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to service the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum I in the German North Sea and nearby offshore wind farms. The wind farm operator is looking for a provider or providers of two CTVs, one with a capacity of at least twelve persons […]

  • Buss and IDEA Join Forces for French Offshore Wind

    7 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The German Buss Offshore Solutions and French logistics services provider IDEA Groupe have officially entered into a joint venture dedicated to the offshore wind market in France. The news follows the signing of a declaration of intent for establishing the Buss IDEA Offshore joint venture which took place in September last year. Buss IDEA Offshore will be […]

  • GE Haliade-X 12MW on UK Tour

    26 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy is holding a series of supply chain engagement events in the UK for its Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine. The events are part of GE’s supply chain plan for the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine and will welcome potential suppliers that have suitable products or services that could support its production. GE […]

  • Vattenfall Opts For Esvagt SOV

    25 March 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has chartered the newbuilding Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Esvagt Dana for work on the 406.7MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea. Esvagt Dana entered into the contract with Vattenfall mid-February, Esvagt said. The contract is described as ”short-term”  compared to the type of long-term charters Esvagt’s other SOVs are […]