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  • Wikinger Turbine No. 56 Rises in the Baltic Sea

    29 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Brave Tern has installed 56 out of 70 Adwen 5MW wind turbines on the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, Iberdrola, the owner and developer of the project, told Offshore WIND to mark a half way milestone on the project.

  • Pacific Orca in Port of Esbjerg for Final EOWDC Load-Out

    18 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up Pacific Orca has arrived in the Port of Esbjerg to load the last four MHI Vestas turbines for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in the Aberdeen Bay.

  • 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.

  • CSC Breaks Ground for Offshore Wind Foundations Plant in Kaohsiung

    16 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    China Steel Corporation (CSC) has held a groundbreaking ceremony for an offshore wind foundations manufacturing plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

  • Hywind Buoyant on French Connection

    27 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    French cable maker Nexans has awarded its compatriot, Bardot Group, with a contract to supply buoyancy modules for the power cables of Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm. The 30MW floating wind farm, located 30 kilometres off the coast of Peterhead, will be operated by Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil. Hywind will consist of […]

  • Winter Is Coming for House of Tahkoluoto

    28 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction works at the site of the 40MW Tahkoluoto wind farm off Pori, Finland, are winding down ahead of the start of autumn storms and the subsequent winter period, Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the owner and developer of the wind farm, reports. The marine construction works are scheduled to resume in April 2017, when the first wind turbine components […]

  • Gemini OWF Inauguration Under Way

    8 May 2017

    An official opening of the Dutch 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm, worth EUR 2.8 billion, is being held today, 8 May.

  • Navacel Completes Hywind Scotland Run

    24 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The final tower components for Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm have left Navacel’s facility in Bilbao and have been delivered to the assembly base in Norway.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Aero Enterprise Chopper Drone Takes Flight Offshore

    6 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Austrian-based Aero Enterprise has performed its first offshore wind turbine inspection using the in-house developed helicopter drone AERO-SensorCopter. Back in July, Aero Enterprise carried out inspection flights around the offshore wind turbines some 70 kilometers from the German/Dutch coastline of the North Sea. Prior to this campaign, So far, the AERO-SensorCopter had operated only onshore. According to the company, the AERO-SensorCopter, […]

  • Ofgem Selects Rampion OFTO Preferred Bidder

    2 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem has selected Transmission Capital Partners as the preferred bidder for the long-term license and operation of the transmission link connecting the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm to the UK grid. Transmission Capital Partners is a consortium comprising International Public Partnerships Limited, Amber Infrastructure, and Transmission Investment. The latest scheme represents the eighth Offshore Transmission Owner […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Scottish Renewables Welcomes Wave Cash

    27 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following the announcement by Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing that Wave Energy Scotland (WES) will receive a total of £14.3 million over the next thirteen months, Lindsay Leask, Senior Policy Manager, Offshore Wind & Marine at Scottish Renewables, said that this reflects Scottish Government’s continued commitment to the wave energy sector, especially after a recent challenging period. […]

  • Dong to Provide Hands-On Experience for Maersk Trainees

    15 January 2015
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has teamed up with Dong Energy to provide a course for people interested in entering the offshore wind sector. A Borrow-based 12-week course will cover working in confined spaces, electrical awareness, working at height, manual handling, sea survival, first aid and fire awareness. The course will also include several weeks of hands-on experience […]

  • Protean Wave Energy Converter Designed in Detail

    31 March 2015
    Technology

    The detailed design of the Protean Wave Energy Converter (WEC) has been completed, Stonehenge Metals Limited announced this morning.  Moore Commerce Pty Ltd has completed the detailed design of the 1.5kW peak output Protean device well within schedule and within budget, opening the way for preparation for the fabrication of the first 1.5kW device ahead of schedule, Stonehenge […]

  • WIND SERVER Starts New Job

    25 March 2015
    Vessels

    Last week, DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER commenced a new contract. The vessel has been chartered by Siemens AG to perform offshore installation support and function as accommodation vessel for Siemens’ commissioning teams on the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the German North Sea. The Borkum Riffgrund 1 project […]

  • ABB to Equip Xiangshui Offshore Substation

    14 March 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    ABB has signed a deal for 201MW  Xiangshui offshore wind farm located 10 kilometers off the coast of Xiangshui County. Namely, the Swiss company will supply full range of power equipment for  project’s 220 kV offshore substation which delivers wind power to onshore transformer stations. It includes 220 kV power transformers, medium-high voltage SF6 gas insulated switchgears, and […]

  • J/U WIND SERVER Completes Borkum Riffgrund 1 Work

    2 July 2015

    DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER has completed her first large commercial operation performing commissioning support during the turbine commissioning of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the German North Sea. The vessel has worked on more than 50 turbines during the three months’ charter for Siemens AG. “The use of WIND SERVER […]

  • ‘WIND’ Drops By Port of Oostende on Its Way to Belwind OWF

    29 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    This morning, the jack-up vessel WIND arrived at the Port of Oostende for the first time, where it will pick up parts for the Belwind offshore wind farm. The vessel is carrying out maintenance work on Belwind. The Belwind offshore wind farm comprises fifty five Vestas’ V90-3.0MW (MHI Vestas Offshore Wind). Both Parkwind, the owner of the wind farm, and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have […]

  • Belgian Offshore Wind Powers 800,000 Homes

    3 April 2015

    About 722,000 MWh of renewable energy was produced by 181 turbines located in the Belgian part of the North Sea in the first quarter this year. The produced electricity at Thornton Bank, Belwind and Northwind wind farms was enough to power around 800,000 households in the same period. With a total installed capacity of 712 MW, […]