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  • Jack-Up Barge Presents New Installation Method

    17 March 2014
    R&D

    Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has pioneered a new cost-effective installation method that promises to revolutionise offshore wind turbine construction. The Netherlands-based based company, one of the world’s leading suppliers to the offshore energy markets, successfully completed seatrials at the beginning of March, on a new, first-of-its-kind, portable DP2 system. The new system, […]

  • Natural England, RenewableUK Co-Host Offshore Wind Seminar

    17 March 2014

      The independent body which advises the Government on environmental issues, Natural England, and the trade association representing wind, wave and tidal energy, RenewableUK, are holding a joint Offshore Wind Industry Seminar – the first event of its kind. More than 60 delegates, including offshore wind companies and representatives from the Department for Environment, Food […]

  • IMarEST Guides on Offshore Renewables Metocean Procedures

    25 September 2015
    R&D

    The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) has published a seminal Metocean Procedures Guide for Offshore Renewables, which is the first of its kind. Developed by the IMarEST’s Offshore Renewables Special Interest Group (SIG), the guide highlights the meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) information required to support all phases of an offshore renewable energy […]

  • Germany: GL Garrard Hasan Presents Great Potential of Baltic Sea Region

    18 September 2012

    The Baltic Sea has great offshore wind potential. The development of offshore wind resources will be vital for many of the Baltic nations, as they look to meet their commitments to boost renewable energy generation. GL Garrad Hassan, part of the GL Group’s renewables business segment, has presented a new report outlining the potential for […]

  • Germany: BARD-Group Completes Realignment of Management Team

    13 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      BARD, Germany’s offshore pioneer seated in Emden, has completed the realignment of the management team which began early 2011. Olaf Struck (46) will join Bernd Ranneberg (50, CEO) and Manuel Althoff (47, CFO) from the 1st of October 2011 as new chief technical officer (CTO) of BARD Holding GmbH. Olaf Struck is a versed […]

  • All-Energy 2013: Post-Show Facts and Figures (UK)

    20 June 2013

    With two Ministers both making powerful and highly significant statements, All-Energy got off to a flying start when the thirteenth in the annual series was held 22 and 23 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Rt Hon Ed Davey MP, Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was able to announce […]

  • UK’s Tidal Lagoons to Have Cheaper Power than Offshore Wind

    21 March 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    An economic study into the cost profile of power from tidal lagoons has found that a portfolio of three UK tidal lagoons, in operation by 2021, would deliver large-scale low carbon power at a significantly cheaper price than offshore wind. The study, conducted by energy economists at Pӧyry, a management consultancy, identifies a volume-weighted levelised […]

  • Three 21m Austal WFSVs Head to UK

    18 May 2012

    Three recently completed 21 metre Austal wind farm support vessels are heading to Europe, where they will shortly commence operations for UK operator Turbine Transfers. The Wind Express 21 catamarans will be used to transport service crews and equipment to the many offshore wind farms that are located off the coastlines of several European countries. […]

  • EnBW Discontinues He Dreiht Monopile Installation Tender

    31 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    EnBW HeDreiht GmbH has discontinued the tendering procedure for a vessel and equipment sought for the installation and subsequent dismantling of up to two monopiles at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm zone in Germany. Offshore WIND has contacted EnBW for more information and comments on the matter but has not yet received a reply. […]

  • Bladt Closes Horns Rev 3 Chapter

    17 October 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has shipped off the last four transition pieces built for Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm.

  • Semco Wins Hornsea One Deal

    1 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Semco Maritime has signed a service contract for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the two-year agreement, Semco will service and maintain the project’s reactive compensation station (RCS) and the three offshore substations (OSS). The contract runs until the beginning of 2020 and will be carried out from Semco’s office in Grimsby, […]

  • Zaratan Geared Up for Formosa 1 Phase 2

    22 March 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seajacks’ self-propelled jack-up vessel Zaratan has departed for Taiwan ready to begin installation of the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project. Zaratan will install all 20 Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 turbines on the 120MW wind farm in the Taiwan Strait in what is the first renewables contract for Seajacks outside Europe. The project is located around six kilometers off […]

  • Second WindFloat Atlantic Turbine Heads Home

    2 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The structure comprises a floating platform developed by Principle Power and an MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbine, the largest wind turbine ever installed on a floating structure.

  • Turbine Installation Kicks Off at Westermeerwind

    20 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of offshore wind turbines has started at Dutch 144MW Westermeerwind site with the erection of turbine tower. The towers are transported from the port of Amsterdam to the construction site in Ijsselmeer in two parts, with a height of 50 and 40 metres, via ‘De Schelde’ pontoon. Equipped with the 11350 Liebherr crane, […]

  • Barge Accident Scars Foundation Off Rhode Island

    31 July 2015

    Following the commencement of Block Island offshore wind farm construction, the developer was struck by a hazard. Namely, one of the barges being used during the construction hit the installed jacket foundation making a dent in one of four legs, writes The Providence Journal. “This is the kind of thing that can happen in construction […]

  • All-Energy Kicks Off

    6 May 2015

    All-Energy conference and exhibition opened its doors today at Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow.  The move from Aberdeen to Glasgow has been greeted with enthusiasm by exhibitors, visitors and speakers. The event plays an important role for Glasgow during its Green Year. All-Energy is expected to bring a GBP 4.6 million boost to Glasgow’s economy, […]

  • Con4Mare Named Marine Warranty Surveyor at Merkur OWF

    27 February 2017

    GeoSea has appointed Con4Mare to provide marine warranty survey services for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm (formerly known as MEG I), located 45km north of Borkum, Germany, in the North Sea.

  • Siemens Takes Delivery of RoRo Custom-Built for Turbine Parts

    7 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Siemens has recently taken delivery of a heavy cargo “roll on/roll off ” (RoRo) coaster specifically designed for the transportation of wind turbine parts. The Rotra Vente, delivered and commissioned by The Concordia Group, is 141 meters long and 20 meters wide. The vessel has a specially developed bow and the extendable ramp controlled by hydraulic systems. […]

  • Haliade Components Arriving to Port of Providence (Gallery)

    29 June 2016
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Rotor blades for the ‪Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines that will make up the Block Island Wind Farm‬ arrived to the Port of Providence yesterday, Deepwater Wind reported via social media.  Furthermore, the developer of the first offshore wind farm in the United States has informed that GE readied the second nacelle for shipment to the […]

  • Repsol Sells Its UK Offshore Wind Assets for EUR 238 Million

    25 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Repsol will sell its offshore wind power business in the United Kingdom to China’s SDIC Power for EUR 238 million, the company reported this morning. The sale includes the Inch Cape project (100%) and Repsol’s share in the Beatrice project (25%), both of which are located on the east coast of Scotland. The company said the […]

  • UMass IGERT Student Presents Environmental Research

    19 November 2014
    R&D

    The International Conference on Ocean Energy was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 4-6 November, 2014. Over 600 hundred participants from 28 countries, representing industry, governments, and academia participated in the presentations, poster sessions, exhibition, and networking events. Kendra Ryan, student at UMass IGERT Offshore Wind Energy Program, participated in the session on Impact of […]

  • Tecade Completes Italian Paint Job

    11 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Sevilla-based Tecade has completed the painting of the platforms and boat landings destined for the Beleolico offshore wind project in Italy. The Spanish company secured a contract in June by Haizea Wind Group to provide ten external access platforms, ten airtight platforms and ten boat landings for what will be the first offshore wind farm […]

  • W2POWER Prototype Completes Tests Offshore Spain

    18 October 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The W2POWER prototype, the first multi-turbine wind floating platform in Spain designed by the Spanish company ENEROCEAN S.L., was decommissioned from the PLOCAN’s test site on 17 October. The testing of the 1:6 scale prototype was carried out between June and October with an aim to collect information from different parameters that will allow further development […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting to Install Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform

    6 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has secured a contract to install the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Sea Challenger Loads Final Dudgeon Turbine Parts in Hull

    29 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has loaded the final set of wind turbine components for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm project at the Port of Hull.

  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Deadline Looming

    21 May 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Massachusetts state regulators and utilities are to decide this week which of the three proposed offshore wind projects is moving forward.