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  • 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 […]

  • Nordsee Ost Ready for Winter after Annual Maintenance Campaigns

    27 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Innogy has completed the annual maintenance of its 295MW Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany, including inspection of wind turbine blades and foundations, and maintenance of the offshore substation.

  • 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 […]

  • Vole au vent Heads to Borkum Riffgrund 2

    5 March 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s wind turbine installation vessel Vole au vent has left the port of Eemshaven loaded with the first set of monopiles and transition pieces to be installed on the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Wind Execs Seek Clear EU Vision

    10 January 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    A group of 25 wind industry executives have called for market scale and visibility on renewables deployment volumes in order to sustain the current cost reduction pathway during the first meeting of the European Commissions’ Clean Energy Industrial Forum dedicated to renewables.

  • Dajin Heavy Industry Secures Monopile Contract for French Offshore Wind Project

    12 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    China-based Dajin Heavy Industry has secured a contract for the supply and manufacturing of all monopiles for the Iles D’Yeu et Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Following the Moray West offshore wind project, this is the second monopiles project to be supplied by Dajin Heavy Industry to the European wind industry and the first […]

  • ZTT Delivers Subsea Cable for 500 MW Wind Farm Offshore China

    6 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ZTT Submarine Cable & System has completed the factory acceptance test and loaded out the subsea cable for the Shanwei Jiazi​-One offshore wind project in China. The Chinese company was in charge of delivering 66 kilometres of 220 kV subsea cable for CGN Engineering, with installation scheduled to be completed by August. Shanwei Jiazi​-One is located […]

  • DEME Installs Saint-Nazaire OSS Foundation

    23 April 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the foundation for the offshore substation of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The installation of the four subsea foundation piles was completed on 21 April, in record time despite having to be drilled into rock, according to DEME. The company added that its vessel Innovation […]

  • Teesworks Offshore Wind Manufacturing Site Secures Planning Permit

    8 December 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Planning permission has been granted for an offshore wind manufacturing site at Teesworks on the site of the former SSI steelworks in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England. The development of the 4.5 million sq ft manufacturing space will see more than 430 acres of land alongside the River Tees remediated and developed into a manufacturing zone […]

  • Orion Crane Collapse Probe Points to Hook Failure

    5 May 2020
    Vessels

    The investigations into the collapse of the heavy-lift crane onboard the installation vessel Orion are ongoing, with the first findings indicating that ”the accident had to do with a failure of the crane hook”, a spokesperson for DEME Group told Offshore WIND. However, further investigations will need to be carried out to confirm the cause, […]

  • Windpark Fryslân Turbine Hardware Starts Arriving in Amsterdam

    1 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first shipment of wind turbine blades for the Windpark Fryslân project has been unloaded at the TMA Terminal in the Port of Amsterdam, TMA Logistics said. Located in the IJsselmeer Lake and some six kilometres off the Frisian coast, the 382.7MW Windpark Fryslân will comprise 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbines. Siemens Gamesa selected TMA […]

  • Moray East OSP1 OTM Jacket In Place

    31 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the third offshore transformer module (OTM) for Moray East offshore wind farm has been installed at the site off the Scottish coast. According to the project’s latest Notice of Operations, the jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla installed the OSP1 jacket on 30 August. Meanwhile, the OSP1 topside was scheduled to sail out […]

  • Bosch Rexroth and Barge Master Reveal New Autonomous Landing System

    20 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Bosch Rexroth and Barge Master have introduced a new autonomous landing system for motion compensated gangways. The system is said to automatically attach the landing to the required site without the need for manual input through a combination of radar technology, cameras and sensors. Once connected, the landing uses the usual motion compensation which works […]

  • Metocean Survey Starts Offshore Ireland

    29 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Metocean devices will be deployed in the Irish Sea in late July or early August to collect data on waves and currents at the site of the proposed Arklow Bank offshore wind project. Four separate devices will be deployed off the East Coast of County Wicklow, Ireland, using either the AMS Retriever or Husky, a […]

  • Australian Govt Seeks Input for Offshore Wind Regulatory Framework

    7 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Australian Government is seeking feedback on the proposed regulatory framework for offshore wind and other offshore clean energy technologies. The government is developing the regulatory framework to enable the exploration, construction, operation and decommissioning of offshore wind and other clean energy technologies and associated infrastructure in Commonwealth waters beyond three nautical miles from the […]

  • Sembcorp Marine Clinches Formosa 2 Jackets Contract

    2 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Singapore-based marine and offshore engineering group Sembcorp Marine has landed a contract with Jan De Nul to fabricate 15 jacket foundations for the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Located four kilometres offshore Miaoli County in the Taiwan Strait, the 376MW Formosa 2  will be Taiwan’s largest offshore wind farm once commissioned in late […]

  • Tekmar Secures Offshore Wind Remedial Work

    27 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    UK-based cable protection specialist Tekmar Energy has signed a remedial contract worth around GBP 3 million for execution on an offshore wind farm over the next six months. The contract is for bespoke remedial cable protection systems for replacement subsea cables to be installed on an existing UK offshore wind farm, Tekmar said. AgileTek, part […]

  • FPP Testing Wave PTO System of Its Wind-Wave Machine

    23 November 2018
    R&D, Technology

    Floating Power Plant (FPP) has commenced the testing of the power take-off (PTO) system of its wave energy converter at Aalborg University, FPP told our sister site MarineEnergy.biz.

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd Passes DNV GL’s Certification Audit

    7 July 2016
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd, the UK-based subsidiary of Deutsche Windtechnik AG, passed the certification audit performed by DNV GL in June. The auditors examined quality, industrial safety and environmental management at company headquarters in Edinburgh and two complete wind farms. The certificates attest that Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd fulfills all the quality, health, safety and environmental protection (QHSE) […]

  • Barge Master and Bosch Rexroth Showcase New Gangway

    7 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Holland-based Barge Master and Bosch Rexroth have jointly introduced a new motion compensated gangway to the offshore wind market.

  • French Offshore Wind Farm Gets Papers in Order

    30 October 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The French Vendee Prefecture issued authorizations for the construction of the 496MW Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm.

  • Haizea Wind Bilbao Plant Stacks Lloyd’s Certificates

    17 August 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Ports & Logistics

    Haizea Wind Group’s facility in the Port of Bilbao has obtained five Lloyd’s ISO, EN and OSHAS certificates since its inauguration a little over two months ago.

  • Kriegers Flak Foundations Buy One-Way Ticket to Denmark

    9 January 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A barge carrying two gravity based foundations (GBFs) for the high voltage station of the Danish 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm has left the port of Ostend, Belgium.

  • CGN Picks Nanpeng Island Wind Farm Cable Supplier

    7 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jiangsu Hengtong High Voltage Submarine Cable, a subsidiary of Hengtong-Optic Electric, has won a contract to provide 220kV submarine power cables for the Yangjiang Nanpeng Island wind farm offshore Guangdong province, China.

  • Adwen Moving Towards 8MW Turbine Certification

    6 June 2016
    Technology

    The testing of the drivetrain for Adwen’s 8MW offshore wind turbine (AD 8-180) has begun at IWES Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory (DyNaLab) in Bremerhaven (Germany). The drivetrain is undergoing a test campaign that will last until the end of the year, as part of the validation process, which will cover mechanical and electrical tests on the integral chain […]

  • Chinese to Invest EUR 140 Million in 300MW Puti Island Offshore Wind Farm

    28 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Three Chinese companies have signed an agreement to invest in a 300MW wind farm off the coast of Chinese province Hebei.  China Suntien Green Energy Corporation Limited, HECIC and JEI will invest in Laoting Wind Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Suntien Green Energy which is developing the Puti Island Offshore Wind Power Farm project. The offshore wind farm […]