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  • Oldbaum Launches Floating LiDAR Certification Services

    10 March 2015
    Technology

    Wind energy consultancy Oldbaum Services has added floating LiDAR certification services to its portfolio. The first two certification buoys being tested by the wind energy consultancy were deployed on March 8, 2015 offshore in the UK. The certification process involves full system checks, power communications and wind data acquisition to assess suitability for remote deployment for […]

  • Pontis Engineering to Exhibit at China Wind Power

    20 October 2014

    Next week Pontis will exhibit at China Wind Power for the 5th time in a row. The China Wind Power exhibition is ranked among the top three global wind events in terms of scale. As its influence grows, international wind power equipment manufacturers and service providers are regarding it as their first choice for business […]

  • Photo of the Day: Nordsee One Foundations Falling into Place

    26 January 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    RWE AG has shared a photo of the world’s biggest jack-up vessel in operation, Innovation, installing one of 54 foundations at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German waters of the North Sea. The installation work is being carried out by GeoSea, part of DEME Group. The contract includes the installation of all monopile foundations and […]

  • NEDO Backs Two Wind Farm Projects off Japan

    19 January 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) will subsidize portions of project costs related to the development of two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 270MW. The first project NEDO will back is a 170MW offshore wind farm near the Port of Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, developed by Marubeni Corporation and Obayashi Corporation. The […]

  • Boskalis Reports 6% Drop in Q3 Order Book

    13 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has reported a drop in the order book of 6.1% for the third quarter. Also, operating profit was lower than results in the first half of the year, as well as the same period last year. According to the company, the result was in line with expectations. “Market conditions remain challenging, particularly […]

  • Atlantis Finalises MCT Acquisition

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Atlantis has completed the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines Limited (MCT) from Siemens AG in an all share deal, conditional upon admission of the consideration shares. Accordingly, as consideration for the acquisition, Atlantis has issued 9,911,577 new ordinary shares of no par value in the Company to Siemens AG, increasing the Company’s total number of […]

  • Windcarrier to Install Wikinger Turbines

    25 September 2015
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier International Ltd. has been awarded a contract with Adwen for the transport and installation of 70 units of Adwen 5 MW wind turbine generators for the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm project located in the Baltic Sea within the German exclusive economic zone. The contract will commence during the first quarter of 2017 […]

  • Babcock to Build Beatrice Offshore Transformer Modules

    12 September 2016

    Babcock, a UK engineering company, has won a contract from Siemens to build two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) for the Beatrice offshore wind farm.  This follows the award of a contract from DONG Energy in May, when Babcock has been hired to build the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind […]

  • Dudgeon’s OSS Topside Preparing for Take-Off

    15 July 2016

    Dudgeon offshore wind farm’s substation topside is getting ready to sail, according to Siemens’ social media pages.  The four-deck topside has been built by Sembmarine SLP, and will go through weighing and load out this month before it sails away from the yard  in August. The jacket for the substation was also built by Sembmarine and loaded onto […]

  • Jan De Nul to Install Borkum Riffgrund 2 Monopiles & TPs

    13 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Jan De Nul with a contract for the transport and installation of 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany, Jan De Nul reported today. Jan De Nul will also be in charge of the supply, transport and installation of scour protection for all foundations. The works […]

  • Japanese Insurance Company to Invest EUR 30 Million in German OWF

    5 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Japanese insurance company Dai-ichi Life informed this morning that it will participate in an offshore wind project financing in Germany with EUR 30 million (approx. JPY 3.5 billion).  The company said the wind farm is expected to be built and operational “in the years ahead” and did not disclose the project’s name or any further details. Dai-ichi […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Set Up Borkum Riffgrund 2 Turbines

    30 June 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install 56 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm. The turbine installation is set to start in the second quarter of 2018. “This is our second contract signed with DONG Energy and our first project installing the Vestas 8MW turbines, it is an exciting project and one […]

  • East Anglia Three Moves Through the System

    25 May 2016
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A preliminary meeting of a panel forming the Examining Authority (ExA) for East Anglia Three’s Development Consent Order (DCO) application will be held on 28 June, to discuss the examination procedure. On 29 June, an Issue Specific Hearing will be held, relating to the definition of the project and draft Development Consent Order (DCO) matters. The application was […]

  • UK: ABC Launches 19m Catfish CrewCat Vessel

    9 October 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    ABC Marine has announced that it has successfully completed sea trials for the latest launch of ‘Channel Chieftain VI’, which is the first in class 19m Catfish CrewCat. This unique design allows for a semi elevated helm yet still retaining full forward visibility for the lower cabin. Powered by twin Doosan 20L diesels producing 1000BHP, […]

  • UK: Njord Offshore’s Vessels Head to Lowestoft

    4 February 2013

    Offshore windfarm crew transfer vessels Njord Avocet and Njord Kittiwake arrived to Rotterdam two days ago from Singapore. The vessels were shipped together on the deck of a heavy lift vessel MV Wiebke. They are intending to sail for Lowestoft today but given the forecast (force 7-8) they may head to a marina in the […]

  • USA: South Terminal Project Advancing

    21 January 2013
    Environment

    After consulting Vincent Manfredi of the Division of Marine Fisheries, anti-fish barriers were installed two weeks ago in New Bedford Harbor, said Assistant Harbormaster Victor Fonseca for South Coast Today news site. “This is the first physical step towards that offshore wind energy future for Massachusetts,” said Catherine Williams, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Clean […]

  • Denmark: Anholt OWF Receives New Service Vessel

    8 July 2013

    Hvide Sande Skibs- & Baadebyggeri has just supplied the third service vessel to Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The vessel was named Kattegat Wind. The vessels are custom-designed for transport of service technicians and spare parts for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The vessels are two single-hulled service vessels seating 12 passengers and up to three crew […]

  • UK: Goodchild Delivers ORC 171 Vessel to Estuary Services

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Goodchild Marine Services Limited announced the handover of their newest breed of vessel, ORC 171, duly named Estuary Elan to the proud new owners Estuary Services Limited whilst at the Seawork Boatshow in Southampton. Upon speaking with Alan Goodchild he pronounced “We are delighted to handover the first of our unique high speed pilot vessel […]

  • France Reduces Nuclear Power Dependence with Offshore Wind

    16 May 2012

    France’s first offshore wind farm tender, won by EDF in partnership with Alstom and Dong, will help reduce country’s dependence on nuclear power and catch up with the three leading countries in renewable energy capacity, according to PowerEngineering. Based on EWEA’s report published in November, even with the planned offshore wind projects, France has a […]

  • India: MNRE to Publish Offshore Wind Draft Guidelines Within Month

    8 May 2012
    Authorities

    As ET reported, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is likely to publish draft guidelines for offshore wind energy within a month, said Gomathi Nayagam, executive director of the Centre for Wind Energy Technology and chairman of the technical committee for offshore wind. Experts are forecasting the Dhanushkodi, Tamilnadu to install the first […]

  • France: WW2 Veterans Oppose Normandy Offshore Wind Project

    28 May 2012

    The French government plans for construction of a wind farm off the Normandy coast are being objected because of the historical significance of the area in question, writes the Toronto Sun portal. Though the government said that the turbines will hardly be visible from the beaches, the World War II veterans consider the project as […]

  • USACE Approves Offshore Wind Farm in Atlantic City

    20 July 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer, Fishermen’s Energy, has now got all the necessary federal and state documentation to start building the first U.S. demonstration offshore wind farm. Namely, the developer has announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) gave a Clean Water Act permit for the project, the NJ.com, a New Jersey based news portal […]

  • European Space Agency Meets Offshore WIND Conference

    24 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Offshore WIND Conference is proud to announce a first for the event: the final speaker of the conference will be two distinguished guests from the European Space Agency.

  • BlueFloat and EOLOS Team Up on Eight LiDAR Campaigns

    14 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    BlueFloat Energy and EOLOS have signed a five-year global frame agreement for turn-key floating LiDAR campaign services, with the immediate contract award for eight campaigns. BlueFloat Energy awarded a supply frame agreement for the delivery and operation of site-specific wind and metocean campaigns to EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions. “A move to frame agreements is a […]

  • Lithuania Mulls 300-Metre Offshore Wind Turbines, Seeks Feedback

    15 February 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy is seeking input from the industry and the interested parties on the elements relevant to the draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the country’s first offshore wind project. Lithuania plans to start the auctioning procedure for a 700 MW offshore wind project in 2023. The Ministry of Energy has concluded an […]

  • CWind’s Endeavour Changes Hands

    10 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    CWind has completed the sale of its crew transfer vessel (CTV) Endeavour to Wood Marine, a port services operator based in Suffolk. The sale of the 18.5m catamaran is said to be part of CWind’s strategic plan to remodel its CTV fleet and enables the company to pursue new vessels. To remind, CWind has recently […]