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  • Arklow Bank Surveys to Start Next Month

    24 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Hydrographic and geophysical surveys on the proposed 520MW Arklow Bank wind farm in the Irish Sea are scheduled to start in June. The start of the surveys off the Ireland’s Wicklow coast is weather dependent. Weather permitting, the work is expected to be completed by the end of September 2019, a marine notice said. The […]

  • Hohe See and Albatros Foundations Stand Complete

    11 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the last transition piece on the EnBW Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind projects in Germany. The two projects have a combined capacity of 609MW comprising 87 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines installed on monopile foundations some 95km north of Borkum island. Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up Pacific Osprey started installing foundations at the projects […]

  • NorSea Wins Sprogø O&M Deal

    5 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    NorSea Wind has secured a contract for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Sprogø offshore wind farm in Denmark. The Norway-based company said it commenced the work on 1 January 2019, after winning the contract through a tender procedure. According to NorSea, the contract sets a milestone for offshore wind supply as it represents one […]

  • Polish Offshore Wind Farm Secures Capacity Boost

    30 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Polenergia and Equinor have secured an additional 240MW of capacity for their 600MW Bałtyk Środkowy II offshore wind project in Poland. The capacity boost is part of the terms that the two companies secured from Polish grid operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) for establishing a power link between the project and the grid, a spokesperson for Polenergia told […]

  • Rentel Substation Topside Awaiting Sail-Out

    4 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has loaded a substation topside built for the Rentel offshore wind farm onto a barge in the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port in France.

  • ERSG Secures TenneT Contract

    16 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Energy recruitment agency ERSG has won an exclusive contract to supply platform and cable client representatives for TenneT’s projects for the Dutch offshore grid system.

  • Block Island Nacelles Halfway Across the Atlantic

    25 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has reached a halfway point in its journey to deliver five GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles from Saint Nazaire, France, to the site of the first ever US offshore wind farm – the 30MW Block Island. The update on the journey was shared by Jeff Grybowski, CEO of Deepwater […]

  • EMO Prepares for Maritime Coordination Duty on Arkona

    5 June 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Emden-based EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) has won a contract to support maritime coordination during the construction phase of the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

  • Micro Shelter Solution Puts Galloper Maritime Traffic on Radar

    30 March 2017

    Micro Shelter Solution informed that it had participated to the radar/VTS equipment installation for the Galloper offshore wind farm foundations, all of which are now installed at the project site in the UK.

  • Tampnet to Cover Gemini with 4G

    22 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Tampnet has secured a contract to provide 4G/LTE coverage for the Gemini offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Tampnet will operate two base stations, one on each of the two substations, and will also provide coverage for the service operation vessel (SOV) and the crew transfer vessels (CTV) working in the wind farm area. “We […]

  • Rovco Joins CWind for East Anglia ONE Subsea Work

    4 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Rovco has secured a contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project in the UK. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey work on all subsea structures, informing the maintenance of the turbine and substation foundations. The multi-million-pound project will […]

  • IOVTEC and VOMS Sign Offshore Wind Deal in Taiwan

    17 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    International Ocean Vessel Technical Consultant (IOVTEC) and Valour Offshore Marine Services (VOMS) have formed a strategic alliance to provide services for the offshore wind market in Taiwan. The two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they will bring the DP vessel Avatar Courage, owned by Singapore’s VOMS, into Taiwan to support the market. […]

  • Omnisens on Export Cable Watch for Ørsted

    11 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Ørsted and Omnisens have signed a framework agreement for the supply of fiber optic-based power cable monitoring solutions for Ørsted’s future offshore wind farms. The 5+ year framework agreement covers the integrity and performance monitoring of export cables of all offshore wind farms that will be constructed by Ørsted in UK, USA, and Taiwan. The Hornsea […]

  • TEPCO Floats 370MW Choshi Offshore Wind Farm Plan

    5 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s power company Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) has revealed plans to build a 370MW wind farm offshore Choshi City in the Chiba prefecture. The wind farm would be built on an area of some 39km2 some 1.2 kilometres offshore, with water depths ranging between 8 and 30 metres. The wind turbines would […]

  • Borssele Alpha Ready to Deliver

    4 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Dutch transmission system operator TenneT inaugurated the 700MW Borssele Alpha offshore high voltage substation on Thursday, 5 September. The final piece for the completion of the Borssele Alpha project was the certification provided by DNV GL, TenneT said. The Borssele Alpha will collect the electricity generated at Ørsted’s soon to be built Borssele 1 + 2 offshore […]

  • All Foundations in at World’s Largest Freshwater Wind Farm

    23 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed all of the 89 foundations at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake, the Netherlands. Van Oord installed the first monopile at the site in the Frisian part of the IJsselmeer near Breezanddijk in September. Due to the shallows in the IJsselmeer and the width of the locks, […]

  • RG Rom Gummi Joins Kriegers Flak Team

    3 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Danish rubber manufacturer RG Rom Gummi A/S has won a contract to carry out the vulcanization of neoprene on boat landing stubs for the Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind project. The 605MW Kriegers Flak will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines installed some 15-40 kilometres off the Danish coast. The turbines will be installed on […]

  • Senvion Delivers Final TWBII Turbine

    13 November 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Senvion has delivered the last turbine for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind project in Germany. According to Senvion, all components for the 200MW wind farm have been finished and shipped to Eemshaven. Trianel Windpark Borkum II comprises 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines installed on monopile foundations at the site some 40km north of the […]

  • Germany Allocates Connection Capacity to Eight Offshore Wind Farms

    28 October 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    In its first allocation of connection capacity process for wind farms at sea, the Federal Network Agency (BNA) has reviewed applications for capacity allocation process.  Eleven applications from operators of wind farms at sea were submitted by October 1, 2014. Eight of them were approved. Three were rejected because the application was not complete or the wind farm is located in […]

  • IDEOL Raises EUR 10 Mln for Floating Wind Development

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    IDEOL has secured over 10M€ in funding this last December in order to finance its accelerated domestic and international growth. Three new investment funds (HPC CAPITAL, PACA INVESTISSEMENT and CPG) as well as three existing shareholders (the DEMETER 3 AMORCAGE Fund, the Emergence INNOVATION 1 Fund and the IO Group) have invested 3.8M€. 7.3M€ were […]

  • High Interest in Siemens’ Hull Jobs

    9 January 2015
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Almost 1,000 people have submitted their applications for the first batch of Green Port Hull jobs. A month ago, Siemens kicked off recruitment for a total of fourteen jobs, which include six land-based stores and servicing jobs and eight offshore wind turbine commissioning technician positions. Project director Finbarr Dowling said: “We have been delighted with the volume of […]

  • JECS Offshore Shows What It’s Got at Gode Wind

    25 June 2015

    Some of the access equipment set up at the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms has recently deemed not fit for purpose by the Health & Safety team at DONG Energy, after which the developer contacted JECS Offshore with a request for scaffolding materials and two teams of scaffolders to work in shifts so that they […]

  • Offshore Wind Work Discussed at NORCOWE’s Work Package Meetings (Norway)

    4 June 2013
    Training & Education

    Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy’s (NORCOWE) Work Package Meetings 2013 were hosted by the University of Stavanger and gathered almost 70 participants. Apart from presenting the newest results from the various work packages, speakers from the industry were also invited to give related talks. Statoil, one of NORCOWE’s industrial partners, was well represented with three talks. Elizabeth Baumann […]

  • Germany: ENOVA to Take Part in Emden Offshore Days

    9 August 2013

    Offshore Days in Emden will, for the third time, take place on 4th and 5th September 2013. The event was initiated by the University of Emden / Leer and the Industry and Commerce Chamber of Ostfriesland and Papenburg. ENOVA, one of the main sponsors of the Offshore Days, will be present as an exhibitor and […]

  • Joint Committee to Consider Able Marine Energy Park Petitions

    19 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Following the referral to a Joint Committee (of both Houses of Parliament) of the petitions of general objection and amendment against Able’s Marine Energy Park ((AMEP) Development Consent Order 2014, it has been reported by the Chairman of Committees that the members of this Committee have now been appointed.  The Development Consent Order, which if […]

  • QED Makes New Appointment

    2 September 2014

    QED Naval welcomed a new member of staff into the ranks. Aris Zavvos who has recently joined the company has a Sustainable Energy Systems Master degree and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh. Aris has been recruited as the Electrical Systems and Turbine Integration Engineer to manage the electrical design and development […]