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  • Photo of the Day: Block Island Turbine Towers Lined Up in Providence

    8 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has shared a photo showing offshore wind towers for the 30MW Block Island wind farm being arranged in a line in Providence after completing their journey from Europe to Rhode Island, US. The five-turbine offshore wind farm is being developed by Deepwater Wind some three miles off the coast of Block Island. Once commissioned in […]

  • Siemens, DEME Team Up with EnBW on Kriegers Flak Bid

    7 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    DEME Concessions Wind and Siemens Financial Services have joined Kriegers Flak ApS, a project company set up by EnBW for participating in Kriegers Flak tender procedure.  The project company submitted an indicative offer for the construction of the Danish offshore wind farm on 5 April – as was stipulated by the Danish government in the tender procedure. This […]

  • Bachmann Monitoring 22% of German Turbines Installed in 2015

    30 March 2016
    Technology

    Bachmann Monitoring’s condition monitoring system (CMS) is covering 22 percent of German offshore wind turbines installed in 2015. The company is planning to equip further projects in 2016, said Ulrich Oertel, head of the Monitoring Technologies Development department at Bachmann. “This includes, for example, the extension of the conventional power train CMS and structure monitoring.” All 80 turbines at the Global Tech I […]

  • LM Wind Power Starts Implementing APQP4Wind Framework

    13 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Blade manufacturer LM Wind Power has earlier this month released the APQP4Wind framework to be followed by its suppliers of direct materials.

  • German Government Urged to Raise the Bar to 20GW by 2030

    12 September 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    On 11 September, a group of economic and energy ministers and senators of five northern German states, together with representatives of the coastal cities and the industry, signed the Cuxhaven Appeal 2.0, calling for an expansion goal of at least 20 gigawatts in the North and Baltic Seas by 2030, and at least 30 gigawatts by 2035.

  • Offshore Structures Britain Ships Out Final Walney Extension Transition Pieces

    4 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) has shipped out the last six transition pieces built for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • Zaratan: 3 Monopiles in 36 Hours (Germany)

    21 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Following the news that almost 60 monopiles had been completed on 18 March, specialised jack-up vessel Seajacks Zaratan continues installation at a rapid pace at the Meerwind Offshore Park, installing 3 monopiles in just under 1 and a half days. Zaratan collected the three 675t steel structures from the construction port of Cuxhaven on the […]

  • Ten Devices Installed at Swedish Wave Energy Park

    18 August 2014
    Technology

    In early July 2014, Seabased installed the first ten wave energy converters (WECs) outside Smögen/Kungshamn, Sotenäs Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden.  The operation took two days and the generators are now installed in the southeastern part of the park. In the next few months, a further thirty units will be installed and anchored with buoys. The units will then be connected to […]

  • OrbisEnergy Hosts Offshore Renewables Conference

    13 February 2014

    OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft’s innovation centre for offshore renewables, is hosting a special gathering next Tuesday when leading industry players will offer the latest news along with expert advice and support to regional businesses. The programme includes a first opportunity in the region to hear from the new Glasgow-based Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. Terry Hogg, technology commercialisation […]

  • Vestas Makes Major Progress in Wind Industry

    7 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vestas has received a record number of wind turbine orders per month in December, which amount to 1,346 MW. The record was triggered by wind energy developers in the United States, who were under pressure to meet the deadline to qualify for a tax credit, Reuters informs. A year ago, the U.S. Congress extended the […]

  • James Fisher Supports Balfour Beatty’s UK OFTO Assets

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, announces the signing of a strategic agreement with Balfour Beatty to become the exclusive integrated marine service provider for its OFTO asset portfolio in offshore wind farms around the UK. The agreement will see James Fisher provide a fully managed service for the […]

  • ‘Cable Enterprise’ Good to Go

    20 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Croatian Viktor Lenac Shipyard, specialised in ship repair and conversions, successfully completed the conversion of the cable laying barge Cable Enterprise and delivered it to Prysmian on March 13, 2015.  Viktor Lenac Shipyard won the project worth more than EUR 22 million in February 2014. The conversion has transformed the Cable Enterprise from a moored cable laying barge into a DP2 cable laying […]

  • China Three Gorges Joins Tianjin Offshore Wind Project

    29 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    China Three Gorges New Energy signed an investment cooperation agreement with the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) to develop an offshore wind project in the Nangang Industrial Zone.

  • Polenergia and Equinor Seal Polish Offshore Wind Deal

    24 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s largest private energy group Polenergia and Norway’s Equinor (formerly Statoil) have officially signed the agreement to jointly own and develop two offshore wind projects in the Polish Baltic Sea with a combined capacity of 1,200MW.

  • Floating Lidars Wanted for Danish Energy Islands

    31 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Energinet has issued a tender seeking floating lidar measurements for the areas where the Danish energy islands and accompanying offshore wind farms are set to be built. The tender is divided into four lots, with the first two concerning atmospheric and oceanographic measurements for project areas in the North Sea. The second two lots are […]

  • Alnmaritec Makes Debut at Event in Hamburg

    9 September 2014

    From 9th to 12th September 2014, Alnmaritec will be exhibiting at SMM in Hamburg on stand B1.OG/602 for the first time. Alnmaritec joins over 2,100 exhibitors at the leading international trade fair within the maritime industry. “We have always exported our range of boats, and exhibited at shows outside of the UK, however SMM (shipbuilding, […]

  • Jan De Nul Scores Big in Taiwan

    17 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has won a contract for the design, procurement and installation of the wind turbine foundations for the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan.

  • Gardline to Survey German Offshore Wind Farm

    13 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    UK marine survey specialist Gardline Ltd has won a contract to carry out the main geotechnical investigation at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. A geophysical and geotechnical investigation for the project site was conducted in 2010. The target of this new investigation is to meet the governmental regulations for […]

  • UK: Torridge Withdraws Decision on Atlantic Array OWF

    24 September 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Torridge Council has backed down from allowing the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm construction. A couple of weeks ago, Torridge and Devon County councilors made no objections to the offshore wind project. However, Torridge Council voted 15:7 on Monday to withdraw their positive response to the project after a motion by an independent councilor Chris […]

  • VIDEO: Fabrication, Installation and Testing of WindFloat

    8 February 2013
    R&D, Technology

    WindFloat, a floating support structure for offshore wind turbines, was deployed at the end of 2011 off the coast of Agucadoura, north of Vila do Condo, Portugal, and inaugurated in 2012 as the first Portuguese offshore wind turbine. In December 2012, Windplus S.A., a Portuguese joint venture consisting of Energias de Portugal, Repsol, Principle Power, […]

  • Havkraft’s CEO Joins IEA Marine Renewable Board of Directors

    28 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Geir Arne Solheim, CEO of Havkraft, a Norwegian technology company which developed the H-WEC wave energy converter, has joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) Marine Renewable board of directors, it was announced yesterday on the company’s social media pages. “This is a unique opportunity to be in the forefront of the global industry, to gain experience and to […]

  • Siemens Picks SMC for Gode Wind Coordination

    4 September 2015
    Vessels

    Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) are providing offshore Marine Coordination for Siemens on Gode Wind 1 & 2. The Gode Wind 1 & 2 project comprises of 97 Siemens 6MW turbines, the first of which was installed in early August. Gode Wind, in the German part of the North Sea, is a DONG Energy project. […]

  • USA: North Myrtle Beach Plans to Use Offshore Wind Power

    15 October 2012
    Authorities

    North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is working on a program to develop offshore wind power, with 12 wind turbines along its coastline and a plan to set more of them out in the sea. These turbines are the first step of an ambitious plan to turn the city into a demonstration site for coastal […]

  • India: Chennai Port Trust Plans to Go Green

    17 April 2012

    As reported by the Asian Age, Chennai Port Trust (CPT) is looking for green port consultants with project proposals that will pave the way for the port to become self-reliant when it comes to generating energy from renewable sources such as wind and wave. In order to be able to push ahead with the 78.95 […]

  • VSMC Installs More than Half of Dan Tysk’s Inter-Array Cables

    29 May 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Last week, Visser & Smit Marine Contracting B.V. (VSMC) laid the last cable in the southern part of the Dan Tysk offshore wind farm site, meaning that half of the 80 wind turbines are ready to be connected to the offshore substation. VSMC’s work on the inter-array cable installation at the offshore wind farm continues […]

  • Siemens Helps Japan with USD 8.7 Million Donation

    22 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Siemens AG and its employees have demonstrated their profound concern for the victims of the natural disaster in Japan. The company’s international fundraising campaign has collected €4 million in monetary donations to support those affected by the earthquake and its aftermath. Employees from 45 countries contributed a total of around €2 million. The company […]