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  • UMaine Connects VolturnUS 1:8 to Grid (USA)

    14 June 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    VolturnUS 1:8, a 65-foot-tall offshore wind turbine prototype, has been connected to the Central Maine Power Company yesterday, making it the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in North America. The turbine is 1:8th the scale of a 6-megawatt (MW), 423-foot rotor diameter design. It is sited off the coast of Castine, Maine. “Today will constitute […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Progresses with Wind in Its Sails

    14 May 2015

    DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm project remains on track having met a key contractual milestone. The project has demonstrated that 10 per cent of total project expenditure has now been spent, a fundamental contractual requirement which had to be met for the milestone to be delivered. This is one of the requirements […]

  • New Jersey Agreement on Offshore Wind Transmission Solicitation Greenlighted

    20 April 2022
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a State Agreement Approach (SAA) to implement New Jersey’s offshore wind transmission grid solicitation, executed by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and PJM Interconnection. The agreement allows the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) to use PJM’s competitive planning process to help the state […]

  • CIP Orders Jacket Foundations for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project in South Korea

    4 June 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has placed an order worth KRW 390 billion (approximately EUR 260 million) with South Korean company SK oceanplant for jacket foundations that will be installed on the 500 Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. CIP was awarded capacity for Fengmiao 1 in the first round of Taiwan’s Round 3 Zonal […]

  • Dr Steven Freeman Joins PMSS to Head-up Environmental Services Consultancy (UK)

    3 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Specialist renewable energy consulting firm PMSS today announced that Dr Steven Freeman is to join the company as the new head of their Environmental consultancy business. Steven Freeman has a 20 year record of achievement in environmental management, research and consultancy in coastal and marine waters globally, and has held a number of senior positions […]

  • Tocardo Enters Korean Market With Korwind Dealership Agreement

    3 April 2012

    Tocardo International, the leading producer of hydro-power turbines, has signed an exclusive dealership agreement to sell its renewable energy technology into South Korea. Tocardo signed the deal with the German-Korean corporation Korwind. The company has extensive experience with the South Korean renewable energy market, and a strong track record of building trade links between Korea […]

  • The Netherlands: Name Giving and Christening Ceremony of Service Support Vessel “DP Gezina”

    23 May 2013

    May 17th, 2013 will certainly be remembered for its outstanding atmosphere during the naming ceremony of the “DP Gezina” at Holland Shipyards’ premises in Hardinxveld – Giessendam, despite the heavy rain on the day. The naming of Service Support Vessel “DP Gezina” was performed by Mrs. Gezina Roelofs, and witnessed by the 200 guests attending […]

  • Major Developers Join New York Offshore Wind Alliance

    27 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    EnBW North America, EDF Renewables, and Vineyard Wind have joined the New York Offshore Wind Alliance (NYOWA). NYOWA gathers environmental, business, labor, wind industry and community organizations supporting the responsible development of offshore wind power for New York. The New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a target of 9GW of operational offshore wind capacity […]

  • Blyth Demo Sequel to Feature Floating Wind Turbines

    28 January 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renewables plans to build phase two of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm off the coast of Northumberland using floating offshore wind technology. The first phase of the wind farm consists of five wind turbines and was constructed in 2017. It has a generating capacity of 41.5 MW and is the first UK offshore […]

  • Proposed 50 MW Tidal Power Project in Gulf of Kutch Hits Unexpected Barrier (India)

    26 July 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The 50 MW tidal power project, proposed to come up in Gulf of Kutch, seems to have run into an unexpected barrier. The project’s developer, Singapore-based Atlantis Resources Corporation, wants the state government to hold stake in the ambitious project, the first of its kind in the country. The government, however, wants to restrict its […]

  • Crown Estate: Hornsea 1 Pins UK as Global Offshore Wind Leader

    11 December 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has welcomed the news that the consortium SMart Wind has been granted development consent for Hornsea Project One by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The project is scheduled to commence operation by 2020 when it will become the world’s first gigawatt scale far from shore wind farm. Huub […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Taps Crowley and ESVAGT for US Service Operations Vessel

    17 January 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Florida-based shipping company Crowley and Denmark’s ESVAGT will jointly build and operate a service operations vessel (SOV) under a long-term charter with Siemens Gamesa which will be deployed on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind off Virginia, USA. Under the new contract, Crowley will manage and crew the SOV to support Siemens Gamesa’s service operations on […]

  • Gael Force Wins Award for SeaLimpet Mooring Device (UK)

    4 October 2011

      Specialist in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture, Gael Force Group, is celebrating after winning the best subsea industry service supply title at the Energy North awards in Inverness. The company won the award for the development of its innovative SeaLimpet floating gravity-based mooring device, designed for the subsea and renewables sectors. It recently announced […]

  • Secretary Pickles Opens Humber Gateway O&M Base

    1 August 2014

    E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm Operations and Maintenance base was officially opened today by Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP. In the same week, with 61 of the 73 foundations already installed, E.ON celebrates the installation of the first two wind turbines – a major milestone […]

  • Germany: Global Tech I Opens Site Office in Bremerhaven

    13 June 2012

    Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH opened its site office in Bremerhaven. It is located at the old ferry house at the Geeste, which was built in 1912 by the Weser River Navigation Company to operate a ferry service from Bremerhaven to Nordenham. From this historic building 30-person team will build the North Sea wind farm Global […]

  • Copenhagen Offshore Partners Moves Forward with Italian Floating Wind Project

    13 June 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Ichnusa Wind Power Project to the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE). The submission marks Italy’s third floating wind farm project to reach EIA submission and the first for a floating wind project off the Sardinian coast. As a reminder, […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Adds Jill to Jack-Up Fleet

    2 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has signed a long term time charter with Falcon Global for their jack-up vessel Jill. Jill will be an integrated part of the Fred. Olsen Windcarrier jack-up fleet for offshore wind, where she will be under commercial management of Fred. Olsen Windcarrier. The jack-up will be working out of Europe and mainly […]

  • North Star SOVs to Run on Offshore Wind

    28 August 2023
    Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    Maersk’s Stillstrom, a provider of offshore charging solutions, and North Star, the UK-based offshore support services vessel operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the adoption of offshore charging and vessel electrification technologies for Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) in the offshore wind sector. Under the terms of the MoU, Stillstrom will leverage […]

  • Equinor Selects Ekwil’s Semi-Submersible Floating Foundation for South Korean Project

    19 June 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Equinor has selected Ekwil’s INOC semi-submersible floating foundation technology for its 750 MW Firefly/Bandibuli floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The project builds on early design work initiated in 2022 through the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) delivered by Technip Energies and Inocean. Engineered to support Siemens Gamesa’s 15 MW turbines, the INOC semi-submersible floating […]

  • Over Half of Sunrise Wind Foundation Components Built, Offshore Construction to Kick Off in 2025

    16 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    More than half of the advanced foundation components for the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm have already been built, as the project gears up for offshore construction in 2025. Ørsted selected Riggs Distler & Company, a union construction solutions firm with offices in Mt. Vernon and Saugerties, New York, as the general contractor […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Selects East Anglia THREE Converter Stations Team

    25 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions have signed a contract with ScottishPower Renewables with the intention to provide high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK. The delivery of this EPCI scope for the wind farm’s two converter stations is subject to the project reaching financial […]

  • Finland Sheds More Light on Major Offshore Wind Project

    7 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus plans to have the Korsnäs offshore wind farm up and running as early as 2028. Metsähallitus, which is currently in the process of selecting a partner to jointly develop the project, said that the wind farm, located some 15 kilometres off the coast of the municipality of Korsnäs, will have a […]

  • Vertical Turbines More Efficient in Large Scale Wind Farms – Oxford Brookes University

    30 April 2021
    R&D

    New research from Oxford Brookes University has found that Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) are far more efficient in large scale (offshore) wind farms than the traditional Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs). Spinning around an axis vertical to the ground, VAWTs exhibit the opposite behaviour of the traditional horizontal propeller design and increase each other’s […]

  • Ingka Investments, KEPCO Join UtsiraVIND Floating Consortium

    2 August 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, have joined the UtsiraVIND consortium, which will be bidding in the upcoming tender in Norway for the Utsira Nord area. The UtsiraVIND consortium originated as a partnership between Odfjell Oceanwind, a Norwegian provider of floating offshore wind technologies, and Source Galileo, […]

  • Huisman Monopile Installation Kit for Seaway7’s Next-Generation Jack-Up Vessel

    2 August 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Huisman has been awarded a contract by Seaway7, part of Subsea7 Group, for the delivery of the entire monopile installation spread for the jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus, which is currently being built by China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI). Under the contract, Huisman will deliver a monopile gripper, an upending frame, and two sets of monopile […]

  • Run Larger, Multi-Site Offshore Wind Tenders, French Energy Commission Recommends to Gov’t

    9 June 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has recommended that the government conducts larger offshore wind tenders, inviting bids for several sites. This is according to the latest update from CRE, which has now published specifications for the country’s AO5 tender for a floating wind farm in southern Brittany. The deadline for submitting bids under the […]