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  • Triton Knoll Fund Awards Round Three Grants

    3 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Triton Knoll Community Fund has allocated a windfall of GBP 101,670 to thirteen community projects as part of the third funding round.

  • MHI Vestas Books Acta Centaurus for Borssele III and IV

    23 December 2019
    Vessels

    Acta Marine and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have signed a charter party for the deployment of the Acta Centaurus on the 731.5MW Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Acta Centaurus will assist MHI Vestas with the commissioning of the 77 V164 9.5 MW wind turbines at the site […]

  • Corrosion BV to Take Care of Yunlin Foundations

    9 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch-based Corrosion BV has won a contract to provide corrosion protection systems for the wind turbine foundations on the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Corrosion will deliver Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) systems for the wind farm’s 80 monopile foundations. The systems will protect the foundations both externally and internally. The first units are expected […]

  • EMO Guarding Trianel Windpark Borkum II During Construction

    30 November 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) deployed one of its specialist vessels at the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm site in early November 2018 to secure the shipping traffic during construction. 

  • BASF’s MasterFlow 9800 Grout Obtains DNV GL Type Approval

    21 February 2017
    Authorities, Technology

    MasterFlow 9800 from Master Builders Solutions, a brand of BASF, has achieved Type Approval Certification (TAC) from DNV GL after a validation of this offshore grout according to the applicable DNV GL Offshore Standard.

  • Offshore Wind Expands Manor Renewable Energy

    21 March 2017

    After recently signing several contracts for offshore wind projects, Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) is expanding its teams both in the UK and across Northern Europe, and plans to surpass 100 staff by Q3 2017.

  • Smulders Kicks Off Beatrice Works

    12 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has completed the first jacket foundation section for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, for which the company is building a total of 28 jackets. according to Beatrice project’s social media pages.  Smulders Projects was awarded the contract for 28 Beatrice jacket foundations by Seaway Heavy Lifting, which is in charge of the engineering, procurement, construction, transport and […]

  • Elia Seeks Offshore SwitchYard Platform Fabricator

    2 May 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for the fabrication of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • All Borkum Riffgrund 2 Monopile Foundations Stand Tall

    28 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has installed the last monopile foundation at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Smulders Ships Milestone Transition Piece to Hohe See

    19 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Smulders loaded its 1,500th transition piece at the yard in Hoboken, Belgium, on Wednesday, 18 April, which is destined for the Hohe See offshore wind farm.

  • Swire Blue Ocean CEO and Director Steps Down

    20 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Lars Blicher, CEO and Director at Swire Blue Ocean, resigned from the position on 16 November.

  • Ørsted Completes Deepwater Wind Takeover

    8 November 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. competition authorities have approved Ørsted’s acquisition of a 100% equity interest in Deepwater Wind, taking the takeover to completion.

  • Jan De Nul Settles in Taichung Port

    6 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) to establish a logistics hub at the Taichung Port for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 project.

  • Photo of the Day: East Anglia ONE Transition Pieces on Happy Ride

    26 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Belfast Harbour has published a photo showing the heavy lift vessel Happy River arriving at the port with 12 transition pieces for the 714WM East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

  • Timelapse: Borkum Riffgrund 2 Rising

    14 August 2018
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has shared a timelapse video of the jack-up vessel Bold Tern installing an MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW wind turbine on a suction bucket jacket foundation at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Nordsee Ost OWF Covered with WiFi

    4 July 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Belgium-based company nCentric has delivered a wireless solution to provide internet at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany and the vessels working on it.

  • ST3 Offshore Hands Over Final Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets

    14 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Poland’s ST3 Offshore has sent off the last shipment of suction bucket jacket foundations built for Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • UK Plans to Phase Out Coal Power Stations by 2025

    18 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    The UK government has announced plans to close all unabated coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023. The government will consult early next year on when to close all unabated coal-fired power stations. Announcing the decision ahead of a speech which will set out a new direction for the country’s energy […]

  • Joulz Scores Eneco Luchterduinen O&M Deal

    27 October 2015
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Joulz has won a contract for the management and maintenance of Eneco Luchterduinen OHVS (offshore high-voltage station). Joulz will also take on the responsibility for keeping the wind farm operational, by taking over responsibility for the installation and maintaining a 24/7 emergency service, among other things. Anja Vijselaar, Managing Director of Joulz: “Joulz came out […]

  • UK, China Form Joint Offshore Wind Industry Advisory Groups

    26 October 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK and China signed the Clean Energy Partnership agreement on Friday, vowing to work together to transition to the low carbon economy. This follows a number of other collaboration agreements announced at last week’s UK-China Fourth Annual Energy Dialogue. Along with the first ever Chinese investment in the UK offshore wind market with China Three Gorges (CTG) agreeing to […]

  • Borssele Tender Attracts 38 Bids, Cost Reduction Main Priority

    23 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The tender for the 700MW Borssele I&II offshore wind farm zones has attracted 38 bids and the first impression is that the wind developers have put a lot of effort in driving down the costs, the Dutch media cited Henk Kamp, the country’s Minister of Economic Affairs, as saying. The bids show that the cost of building the two […]

  • OPUS Marine Puts Freshly Named CTV Pair Straight to Work

    19 May 2016
    Vessels

    Hamburg-based OPUS Marine held a naming ceremony for its two newbuilding 26-metre Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) at Wilhelmshaven on 9 May, which have commenced their first charters directly after being named. The vessels were given the names Presto and Vivace as per the company’s tradition to name its vessels after classical musical movements. The German-flagged sister vessels of the […]

  • Big Max Starts Laying Block Island Subsea Export Cable

    16 May 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The CLB Big Max has started laying the subsea cable which will export power generated by the first US offshore wind farm, the 30MW Block Island developed by Deepwater Wind, to Block Island. The Big Max started laying the eight-mile-long cable from Town Beach on Block Island to the wind farm last week, and the work will take about ten days. […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension OFTO Tender Kicks Off

    7 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has launched a tender to enable prospective bidders to compete to own the transmission assets of the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in the Bay of Liverpool. The Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round Four (TR4) started on 7 April, Ofgem said. Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm is indirectly owned by DONG Energy A/S (50%), KIRKBI […]

  • Siemens to Deliver EnBW Hohe See Turbines & Foundations

    22 February 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has signed a contract with Siemens AG for the supply and installation of 71 wind turbines and foundations for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm. The order, combining the supply and installation of both foundations and wind turbines in one contract, represents the first such deal in German offshore market, according to EnBW. Siemens will provide its […]

  • USA: Dominion Gets Final Approval for Offshore Wind Project

    9 October 2013

    After winning the lease for 112,800 acres of federal land off the coast of Virginia to develop an offshore wind turbine farm last month, Dominion Virginia Power has received final approval for the project, writes the Associated Press. The bid was submitted to the U.S. Justice Department for a review, to which they had no […]