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  • Spain: Gamesa Receives Design Certification for Its 5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    31 January 2013
    Technology

    Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has, as scheduled, made further progress on its offshore strategy, securing IEC 61400-22 design certification for its G128-5.0 MW offshore wind turbine from independent organisation Det Norske Veritas (DNV). This achievement represents a major milestone in the certification process for Gamesa’s offshore turbine, ensuring the timely launch, […]

  • Keppel Corporation Announces Another Record Year (Singapore)

    26 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Keppel Corporation announces another record year. Their net profit grew by 14% to a new high of nearly $1.5 billion. This is the fifth year running that their net profit has surpassed the $1 billion mark. Also for the fifth consecutive year, their Return on Equity has remained above 20%. Economic Value Added has also […]

  • Siemens Secures Order for Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    24 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Energy has secured another order for an offshore wind power plant in Germany. For the customer DONG Energy the company will supply up to 89 wind turbines for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the North Sea off the German coast. With a total capacity of 320 megawatts (MW) the wind power plant will […]

  • MPI Offshore Limited Announces Delivery of MPI Adventure (China)

    28 March 2011

    MPI Offshore Limited (MPI) is pleased to announce the delivery  in Qidong, People’s Republic of China, of the MPI Adventure, the first of two state-of-the art wind turbine installation vessels to be built at the Cosco Qidong Shipyard. The second vessel, MPI Discovery, is scheduled for delivery later this year. The MPI Adventure is a […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Shelves Two Offshore Wind Tenders, Plans Single Site Auction

    19 May 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Citing deteriorating market conditions, the Dutch government has delayed tenders for two offshore wind farms and will instead open a tender for one location in the North Sea later this year. The tenders for IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A and IJmuiden Ver Gamma-B were scheduled for the third quarter of this year. However, due to deteriorating market […]

  • Prysmian Wraps Up Sofia Export Cable Work

    14 April 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian has completed the installation and HV testing of the export subsea cables that connect the Sofia offshore wind farm to the UK mainland. The 1.4 GW offshore wind farm comprises more than 440 kilometres of ±320 kV offshore export cables with XLPE insulation, manufactured in Prysmian’s Pikkala plant in Finland, and 15 kilometres of […]

  • Wind farm support vessels: The Operators

    4 April 2012

    With the unenviable task of selecting the right boat goes the privilege of leading the designers and yards to build the boats they want. While the hulls are built in different materials and with beam and lengths in various dimensions, the engines, propulsion systems and the fittings remain the choice of the buyer. Even then […]

  • Ørsted Pulls Plug on 2.4 GW Hornsea 4 Offshore Wind Project in UK

    7 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has discontinued the development of the UK’s Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm in its current form. The developer said the 2.4 GW project has faced rising supply chain costs, higher interest rates, and increased construction and delivery risks since the Contract for Difference (CfD) award in Allocation Round 6 (AR6) in September 2024. In […]

  • CONNECTING OFFSHORE WIND FARMS: TSO TenneT uses German experience for Dutch offshore challenge

    12 January 2015

    In the Netherlands, the government aspires to build new offshore wind farms with a combined output of 3,450MW by 2023. The Minister of Economic Affairs recently decided that Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT will have the responsibility of building the offshore grid to accommodate these wind farms. Offshore WIND asked Mel Kroon, the CEO of […]

  • Equinor, Polenergia Secure Financing for EUR 7.2 Billion Bałtyk 2 & 3 Offshore Wind Farms

    23 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and Polenergia have reached financial close for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, for which the joint venture partners secured two project financing packages of over EUR 3 billion for each wind farm, including ancillary facilities. The finance packages will fund the capital investment and other expenses of each […]

  • Innogy Sends Drone to Inspect Nordsee Ost Turbine Blades

    10 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    At the end of the last month, innogy sent a drone to inspect the blades on a turbine at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm for the first time.

  • Seafox 5 Leaves Eemshaven with Merkur Turbine Parts

    23 February 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Seafox 5 jack-up has left the Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands loaded with the first set of turbine components to be installed on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Siemens Gamesa Books Jones Act Ship for US Turbine Installation Work

    22 December 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has chartered ​the Jones Act-compliant Walk-to-Work vessel (W2W) Paul Candies. Owned and operated by US Otto Candies, LLC, Paul Candies will assist in the installation of 89 turbines across the South Fork and Revolution Wind offshore wind farms in the United States, Siemens Gamesa said. The projects are one of the largest programs […]

  • TechnipFMC Targets Floating Wind with Magnora Tie-Up

    18 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under the name Magnora Offshore Wind. In Januray, Magnora revealed it had entered into a partnership to establish the joint venture, but at the time did not disclose the name of the partner. Magnora Offshore Wind has […]

  • Taylor Hopkinson Wins Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan

    8 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Taylor Hopkinson has secured a contract to provide client representatives for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Taylor Hopkinson will provide client representatives across all packages – foundations, turbines and cables, including onshore HDD works. The agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) began in January and will run until 2023. “With Taylor […]

  • EnBW Issues He Dreiht Inter-Array Cable Contract Call

    26 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has issued a call for the turnkey supply of inter-array cables for the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The scope of the contract includes the engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPCI) of the inter-array cables. The assumed scope will comprise between 90 and 120 kilometres of […]

  • Most Powerful Wind Turbine Installed Offshore Secures Type Certificate

    20 November 2020
    Technology

    Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) has received the type certificate from the China Quality Certification Center for its 10 MW offshore wind turbine. This is China’s first type certificate for a wind turbine with a double-digit capacity, DEC said. DEC installed the prototype 10 MW anti-typhoon offshore wind turbine at Xinghua Bay Wind Farm Phase II […]

  • Second MHI Vestas SOV Hits the Water in Turkey

    2 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard has launched the second of the three service operation vessels (SOVs) being built for MHI Vestas and Esvagt. The vessels are of the Havyard 831 L SOV design and will service the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, the Triton Knoll wind farm offshore England, and the Moray East wind farm off […]

  • LOC to Support 350 MW Chinese Offshore Wind Farm

    12 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    LOC has won a contract with China Pacific Insurance Co (CPIC) to provide marine warranty services (MWS) to support transport and installation operations for the Jieyang II offshore wind project in China. Under the agreement, LOC China will provide document review and verification of all critical marine operations and procedures, including on-site attendance to approve […]

  • Japanese Trio Orders Big Wind Turbine Installer

    20 November 2019
    Vessels

    Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capable of installing foundations and turbines with a capacity of between 10MW and 12MW. The Self Elevating Platform (SEP) ship holding company will be established as a subsidiary of Penta-Ocean Construction and will be operated jointly by […]

  • HSM Offshore Loads Out Borssele Beta Topside

    10 March 2020
    Grid Connection

    HSM Offshore has loaded out the Borssele Beta offshore substation topside at its yard in Schiedam, the Netherlands. The 700MW Borssele Beta high voltage substation will connect the 731.5MW Borssele 3 & 4 wind farm to the Dutch grid. The substation’s jacket foundation, also built by HSM Offshore, was installed at the site off Zeeland in May 2019. The […]

  • East Anglia ONE Passes CfD Milestone

    26 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The East Anglia ONE wind farm project has complied with all the Operational Conditions Precedent (OCPs) to begin receiving payments under the Contracts for Difference scheme in the United Kingdom, Iberdrola said. The added capacity at East Anglia ONE has increased Iberdrola’s installed offshore wind capacity by 77.1% year-on-year, from 544MW at the end of […]

  • Van Oord to Install Changhua 1 and 2a Cables

    18 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has been awarded the contract by Ørsted for the cable installation works at the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The wind farms have a capacity of 900MW and are located between 35 and 60 kilometres off the west coast of Changhua County. Van Oord is responsible for the […]

  • Oleg Strashnov Leaves Beatrice Site, Stanislav Yudin to Pick Up Jacket Installation

    4 October 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of jacket foundations at the Beatrice offshore wind farm is now suspended as Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov left the site on 2 October and Stanislav Yudin’s re-mobilisation for the work is awaited.

  • Acta Marine to Work with Tideway on Merkur OWF

    28 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Acta Marine has won a contract to assist Tideway B.V. with its cable pull in and testing and termination campaign on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under the contract, Acta Marine will charter its walk-to-work (W2W) construction support vessel Acta Orion, which will be performing accommodation and W2W services on the […]

  • Offshore Wind Innovators Starts Gathering Pace (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    11 December 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    A Dutch start-up Offshore Wind Innovators is gaining momentum and has reached its goal to attract 100 companies to join the network by year-end, as Martin Weissmann, Innovation Manager at Offshore Wind Innovators, hoped for.