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  • OTS and Seazip Team Up on Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm

    10 July 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Turbine Services (OTS) are, in conjunction with Seazip Offshore Service BV, providing a crew transfer vessel (CTV) – Lieutenant P – for the construction of the 42MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Finland.

  • Smulders Piecing Together EOWDC Suction Bucket Jacket Foundations (Video)

    15 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Belgian steel foundations specialist Smulders has shared a video showing the construction of the eleven suction bucket jacket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • EUR 1 Million Set Aside for Noordoostpolder Villages

    10 May 2016

    Today, five villages in Dutch municipality of Noordoostpolder received the first annual contribution of EUR 10,000 each, and will receive the sum from the of Noordoostpolder wind project over the next 20 years. The community fund will thus award EUR 200,000 per village over the 20 years, and EUR 1 million overall. The villages Creil, Espel, Nagele, Rutten […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 9 – 15, 2015

    15 March 2015

    Siemens Unveils 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Siemens has presented its new SWT-7.0-154 wind turbine at EWEA Offshore conference in Copenhagen. New Foundation Installation System Developed Conquest Offshore, together with deugro Denmark A/S, has developed a highly efficient installation system for monopiles and transition pieces, supported by the engineering knowledge and experience of Temporary Works Design […]

  • Trianel Inaugurates 200MW Borkum West 2.1

    1 September 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    One of Europe’s largest municipal utilities, Trianel, has officially cut the ribbon at its 200MW Borkum West 2.1 offshore wind farm. This is the first offshore wind project owned by municipal utilities with 50% of them coming from North Rhine-Westphalia. Johannes Remmel, Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State […]

  • Per Aarsleff to Enlarge Port of Frederikshavn

    15 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Frederikshavn Havn A/S, after an invitation to tender which involved four tenderers, expects to enter into a contract with Per Aarsleff A/S for the first phase of the port enlargement. The contract is expected to have a total value of DKK 500-600 million (approx. EUR 67-80 million). The invitation to tender was based on functional […]

  • Amber Rudd: “From Small Seeds, Orchards Grow”

    25 June 2015
    Authorities

    The UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has delivered the keynote political speech at the RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind Conference, highlighting the importance of the sector and noting the massive progress UK’s offshore wind industry has made from its beginning to this day.  Rudd looked back to the UK’s first offshore wind farm: “With just two turbines, the largest turbines […]

  • NWFTC Teams Up with Petans for Wind Energy Training

    3 October 2016
    Training & Education

    National Wind Farm Training Centres (NWFTC) will partner with Petans to provide training to the wind industry, as Petans facilities have been specially adapted for wind industry courses, which will be delivered by experienced technical safety trainers. The courses initially on offer include fully accredited GWO Basic Safety training – Working at Height, First Aid, Fire Awareness, […]

  • Vattenfall Acquires Global Tech II Project

    10 August 2016

    Vattenfall has acquired Global Tech II offshore wind project located in the German North Sea some 85 kilometres north of the island of Borkum. The project is currently under development with up to 79 wind turbines in an area of 47 square kilometres. The realization of the project depends on obtaining a capacity contract in the […]

  • Final Bids in for EOWDC Research Programme

    28 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    Sixteen shortlisted candidates for a EUR 3 million scientific research programme to understand the environmental impacts of offshore wind at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen, Scotland, have submitted their final bids. The shortlisted projects span topics from analysis of distribution and movement of different bird, mammal and fish species, to looking at the […]

  • ENSM Starts Engineering Course on Offshore Structures

    10 October 2016
    Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Training & Education

    France’s National Maritime School (the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Maritime or ENSM) has just welcomed the first class of a new course focused on offshore systems, including systems used for offshore renewable energy projects. The course, titled ”Deployment and maintenance of offshore systems”, is being held in Nantes and it aims to train engineers in the specificities of offshore renewable […]

  • EDF Inaugurates Teesside Offshore Wind Farm

    16 April 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    EDF Energy has opened its Teesside offshore wind farm located 1.5km off the North East coast at Redcar. The plaque was unveiled today by EDF Chairman, Henri Proglio, and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon. “These projects show our commitment to investing in low carbon generation in the UK,” said Proglio. The wind farm consists of 27 […]

  • Forewind Submits Application for 2.4 GW Dogger Bank Teesside A&B

    28 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Forewind submitted its development consent order application for the 2.4 GW Dogger Bank Teesside A&B offshore wind energy proposal to the Planning Inspectorate today. The single application for the development of two offshore wind farms, each with an installed capacity of up to 1.2 gigawatts (GW), was submitted after almost four years of offshore and […]

  • Germany: Galion Lidar Deployed on FINO 1

    11 October 2012

    SgurrEnergy’s flagship product, Galion Lidar, was deployed last month on FINO1, Europe’s most established offshore met mast. Located in the German North Sea, the offshore research platform is equipped by German Wind Energy Institute, DEWI, with meteorological sensors to study the offshore environment. The three month deployment of the Galion G250 Offshore model on the […]

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Windfarm Progressing as Planned

    14 March 2012

    EDF Energy Renewables officials have confirmed that the work on Teesside offshore windfarm is going as planned, according to Hartlepool Mail. Eight monopiles have already been installed with two more to follow later this week. The Project manager, Tim Bland, said: “We are still at a relatively early stage in the construction phase, but we […]

  • Largest Ever 8MW Order Lands on MHI Vestas Desk

    13 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the approval from the German consenting authority ‘Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie’ (BSH), DONG Energy placed an order with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 project, marking the largest ever order for the wind turbine manufacturer.

  • Global Maritime Bags Block Island OWF Contract

    11 July 2016

    Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering has signed a contract with Deepwater Wind to provide marine warranty services for the Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm. Services that will be provided include a technical review of all installation procedures and calculations, the survey and inspection of installation vessels, the witnessing of the installation […]

  • CIP Selects Partners to Build Taiwanese O&M Base

    6 August 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has teamed up with two Taiwanese companies to build an offshore wind farm operations and maintenance base in Changhua County, Taiwan. CIP has partnered with CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc. and Reiju Construction to build the O&M base. The project is currently in its design stage and is expected to be issued […]

  • AXYS to Exhibit at Offshore Wind China 2012 in Shanghai

    23 May 2012

    The AXYS Ocean Renewables team announced that they will be exhibiting at Offshore Wind China 2012 in Shanghai, China between 30th May and June 1st, 2012, at stand E7-A057. As one of many world class exhibitors, the services offered by AXYS Ocean Renewables will be presented throughout the exhibition. Offshore Wind China 2012 is Asia’s […]

  • REA Awards the Bets Best in British Renewables

    27 June 2012

    The 7th annual British Renewable Energy Awards few nights ago paid tribute to the UK renewable energy industry’s achievements at a packed gala dinner attended by over 300 people in the boutique Kensington hotel, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower. Hosted by UK BIG Lottery Fund Chairman, Peter Ainsworth, the inaugural Judges’ Award was shared by two […]

  • VSMC to Complete Work on DanTysk’s Infield Cables

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Visser & Smit Marine Contracting B.V. (VSMC) will complete the installation and termination of infield cables for the DanTysk offshore wind farm, which is situated west of the island of Sylt in the German North Sea, directly on the German-Danish border. Under the contract that VSMC had signed with the DanTysk developers, Vattenfall and Stadtwerke […]

  • TenneT Seeks Representative During 525 kV Cable Tests

    11 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT TSO B.V. has issued a tender call for technical inspection services during the testing of a 525 kV High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable system. TenneT plans to develop 2GW offshore grid connection systems to integrate offshore wind farms into the Dutch and into the German power grid. To be able to transport the […]

  • Top News of the Week, 26 Sep – 2 Oct 2016

    2 October 2016

    South Korea Becomes Offshore Wind Energy Producer South Korea received first electricity generated by an offshore wind farm on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Take a 360° Aerial Tour of an Offshore Wind Farm with Siemens (Video) Siemens has released a video showing a 360° flight to an offshore wind farm. Beatrice Contract Pushes EEW Into […]

  • Singapore and Taiwan Firms Ink Offshore Wind MoU

    18 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Singapore’s Kim Heng Marine & Oilfield (KHMO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Taiwan-based Hung Hua Construction (HHC) to collaborate on the offshore wind sector. KHMO will provide vessels, tugboats and barges to HHC by way of a charter, sale or joint ownership and operation to be used for the transportation, delivery […]

  • LNT Commissioning Around the Corner

    30 April 2014

    The high voltage supply at LORC Nacelle Testing has been energized, the main components such as the base adapter are being delivered, and it is now only a little more than a month until commissioning.  In April the 33 kV supply from the local substation to the electrical system of the LORC nacelle testing centre […]

  • Damen to Deliver Fourth HST Fast Crew Supplier in December

    31 October 2019
    Vessels

    The fourth Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 for High Speed Transfers (HST) – to be named HST Euan – is taking its final steps toward completion and will be delivered to its owner and operator in December. The HST Euan delivery will follow the recent handover of HST Harri, the third FCS 2710 ordered by […]