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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.

  • 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.

  • Fred. Olsen Shows Wikinger Turbine Installation (VIDEO)

    29 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has recently posted a video showing the turbine installation process on Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

  • 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.

  • Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Forges Ahead

    2 December 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb today (2 December) welcomed progress towards the world’s first power generating tidal lagoon potentially being built in Wales. It follows today’s announcement in the National Infrastructure Plan that the government will start closer discussions with Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd who want to build a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Secretary 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 […]

  • Trump to Take EOWDC Battle to the Next Level

    8 June 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Following the decision by the Court of Session to reject Donald Trump’s latest legal action against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the Trump Organization announced it will take the case to the UK Supreme Court and European courts, saying that it was “impossible to have a fair hearing” in Scotland, Press and Journal informs.  Furthermore, the Trump […]

  • 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, […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Organises Free OW Course

    19 June 2013
    Training & Education

    The unemployed people in the North East England have been given a chance to take advantage of the expanding offshore wind industry. Namely, Maersk Training, based in Newcastle, has announced that they will offer a free training course in working at height, manual handling, sea survival and fire awareness which are required for working on […]

  • Denmark: Jacket Production Under Way at Bladt

    29 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt’s new facilities at Lindø Industrial Park are nearly all set and the production of the 41 jackets for ENBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm is well under way. At the moment, almost 100 men are in full swing in the workshops where they have spent the last months preparing these with the so called […]

  • Dutch Watchdog Okays Offshore Grid Connection EIR

    28 January 2019
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection

    The Netherlands commission for environmental assessment has issued a positive recommendation on the Environmental Impact Report of the Hollandse Kust (noord) and the Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) grid connections. Pondera Consult, together with Arcadis, provided the EIR and the necessary studies. The Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm will be located about 18.5 kilometers offshore. The Hollandse […]

  • More Vineyard Wind Meetings Shelved Due to US Government Shutdown

    15 January 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will postpone public meetings on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project originally scheduled for 15-17 January. The public meetings were scheduled to take place in Hyannis, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The postponement is due to the government shutdown, BOEM said. The […]

  • Half of Trianel Borkum II Foundations Settled

    5 September 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Stanislav Yudin has installed 16 out of 32 monopile foundations at the Trianel Windpark Borkum II in the German North Sea.

  • Last Hornsea One Substation Topsides Take Off

    30 July 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has sent off the last two offshore substation topsides for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm from its site in Aalborg, Denmark.

  • Borssele Alpha Topside Sets Off – Video

    10 May 2019
    Grid Connection

    The topside for the Borssele Alpha substation has departed from HSM Offshore in Schiedam towards the project site in the Dutch North Sea. The topside will travel through the Nieuwe Waterweg and Hoek van Holland where it will enter the North Sea. Upon arrival to the project site, it will be placed onto its jacket foundation, […]

  • 100th Turbine Up at Hornsea One

    5 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 100th Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbine has been installed at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bold Tern is in charge of installing 88 out of the project’s total 174 turbines, with A2SEA’s Sea Challenger responsible for installing the remaining 86 units. According to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, Bold Tern recently […]