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  • Germany: HiDef Licenses Technology and Infrastructure to BioConsult

    27 November 2013

    BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG of Germany has signed a five-year contract to license HiDef’s technology and infrastructure. This contract allows BioConsult SH to provide digital video surveys to German wind farm developers, government departments and academic institutes. The agreement which is thought to be the first of its kind in the sector ushers […]

  • UK: Marine South East to Hold Series of Offshore Wind Farm Logistics Events

    12 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Marine South East is to run a series of events between April and June to inform local businesses of the opportunities that exist to supply products and services to Offshore Wind Farms being developed off the South Coast. The first of these events is scheduled for Thursday 12th April 2012 at Northbrook College, Shoreham Airport, […]

  • The Netherlands: Meindert van Genderen (Eneco) will be Conference Chairman at “Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 2011”

    28 April 2011

    Meindert van Genderen, interim director of the Princess Amalia wind park which is co-owned by Eneco (share of 50%), will be the chairman at the conference “Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 2011”. As such, he will also open the conference with a short statement. Eneco has a wind portfolio of over 2500 MW and is […]

  • Offtake Talks Paused for Gulf of Maine Floating Offshore Wind Project

    2 April 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The US Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has approved Pine Tree Offshore Wind’s request to suspend offtake negotiations for the Gulf of Maine’s first floating offshore wind research array. Pine Tree Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising researchers from the University of Maine, the State of Maine, and Diamond Offshore Wind joint venture, asked to suspend […]

  • New Partners Come Onboard for 2 GW Catalpa Offshore Wind Project in Western Australia

    1 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Perth-based Wind With Purpose (WWP) has signed a partnership agreement with Barrington Energy and Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation (GKB) to co-develop the 2 GW Catalpa offshore wind farm in Australia. The agreement grants GKB an equity shareholding in the project, deepening WWP’s commitment to driving meaningful economic and social benefits for the Gnaala Karla […]

  • Offshore Wind of Change for China

    30 December 2011

    The two figures of “100 million” and “10 million” are extremely meaningful to each Chinese people. By the end of October, the total installed capacity of China Guodian Corporation surpassed 100 million kilowatts, among which wind power 10 million kilowatts, the symbolic WTG is located at Jiangsu Rudong Offshore (Intertidal) 150,000 kilowatts Large-Scale Demonstration Wind […]

  • Final Dogger Bank Wind Farm Offshore Substation Installed

    22 May 2025
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation and the topside for Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed in the UK. According to the recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir installed the jacket foundation and the topside at the Dogger Bank […]

  • EnBW Taps JBO for Work on 1 GW German Offshore Wind Farm

    8 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    German engineering company Jörss-Blunck-Ordemann (JBO) has been awarded new contracts by EnBW for the geotechnical work and pre-FEED design for the Dreekant offshore wind project in Germany. EnBW secured the rights to develop an offshore wind farm in the N-12.3 area in the German North Sea in June this year. Located 120 kilometres northwest of […]

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: New Renewable Energy Technology Keeping Lloyd’s Register Busy

    23 August 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The global drive for low-carbon solutions has powered more renewable energy technologies looking to hit the market and Lloyd’s Register is one of the first-hand witnesses of this as the company is seeing an increase in inquiries for technology qualification and foresees a significant growth over the next 5 to 10 years, according to John Yates, Offshore Business Development Manager at Lloyd’s Register.

  • EDF Renewables Launches Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project in UK

    9 March 2022
    Environment, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renewables has launched a new green hydrogen project in Teesside, UK, which will be powered by offshore wind and solar energy. The Tees Green Hydrogen production centre will be based in the vicinity of the former Redcar steelworks. The project will use green electricity from EDF’s nearby operating Teesside offshore wind farm and a […]

  • Swire Energy Services Scores UK Offshore Wind Farm Work for Ørsted

    6 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded integrated service provider Swire Energy Services (SES) a routine maintenance campaign contract covering Irish Sea offshore wind farms for summer 2022. Under the new contract, SES will provide services including blade maintenance and the provision of service operation vessel (SOV) and crew transfer vessel (CTV) logistics for two of Ørsted’s wind farms […]

  • Orange Targets Offshore Wind with New Cable Vessel

    3 December 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    French telecommunications corporation Orange has ordered a cable vessel specially designed for the maintenance of submarine cables, including the inter-array cables used on offshore wind farms. Ordered by Orange Marine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orange, the new vessel will replace C/S Raymond Croze, launched in 1983. The hybrid vessel will be constructed by the Colombo […]

  • SMC Secures Work at Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farms

    23 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to deliver marine coordination services at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan. SMC will deliver a turnkey marine coordination package for the construction of the two wind farms, including the provision of both marine coordination specialists and local Taiwanese personnel. The delivery of marine coordination […]

  • NOV Joins Crew on New OHT Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    11 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has awarded NOV with a contract to design and supply equipment for OHT’s new wind turbine installation vessel. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary VIND Offshore Installation 1, OHT signed the complete shipbuilding contract with CMHI in October 2020. The jack-up vessel, referred to as VIND 1, and its sister vessel VIND 2 are […]

  • Star of the South Seabed Surveys Impending

    2 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Seabed surveys at Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project, are set to begin in March. According to the project developer, specialists will carry out the seabed studies from Lakes Entrance using the vessel Silver Star. The surveys include mapping the seafloor, measuring water depths and identifying any buried infrastructure such as cables. Data […]

  • New French and Japanese Co-Op Targets Floating Wind Projects

    22 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Japanese utility JERA, French state-owned investment company ADEME Investissement, and Ideol have teamed up to develop commercial-scale floating offshore wind projects. The parties agreed on the key terms for the establishment of an investment vehicle dedicated to the financing of the development phase of at least 2 GW of projects using Ideol’s Damping Pool technology. According […]

  • Ørsted and Deutsche WindGuard Join Hands for Technician Training

    10 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Deutsche WindGuard and Ørsted have kicked off their cooperation to together provide GWO training for offshore wind technicians. The training starts this week at the safety training center in Norddeich, north Germany. For Deutsche WindGuard this is the second training center in addition to the one in Elsfleth, Wesermarsch.  According to the company, the site is ideal […]

  • Mammoet-Giant Joint Venture Joins Greater Changhua Foundation Ops

    30 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture of Mammoet and Giant Heavy Machinery Services has started working with Sing Da Marine Structure Corporation (SDMS) on the locally-produced jacket foundations for the Greater Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan. The joint venture will be performing the assembly, transportation and load-out of the jackets, each weighing approximately 1,200t. The PTC200-DS Ring […]

  • Marine Coordination Services Secures Windpark Fryslân Work

    10 December 2019
    Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Ventolines has selected Marine Coordination Services to supply a range of support personnel for the construction phase of the 382.7MW Windpark Fryslân offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The arrangement will include the supply of QA, QC inspectors, auditors, and client representatives. “We are glad to be able to offer our support to Windpark Fryslân,” […]

  • Moray East Turbine Jackets Halfway There

    27 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    50 out of 100 wind turbine jacket foundations have been installed at the Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Chartered by DEME Group, the jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla installed the wind farm’s 50th turbine jacket foundation at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on Monday, 26 October, the project’s latest Notice of Operations […]

  • Scour Protection Works Needed at One Trianel Windpark Borkum Turbine

    5 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision and installation of scour protection at one wind turbine location in the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor is responsible for the provision of the scour protection material (rocks) and its installation. Therefore, the chosen company will also provide any […]

  • Ørsted, Dayeh Uni to Develop OW Apprenticeship Program

    13 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Ørsted has signed a cooperation agreement with the Dayeh University in Taiwan to jointly develop an offshore wind apprenticeship program.

  • Correll Services Wraps Up Formosa 1 Phase 2 Job

    15 October 2019
    Grid Connection

    Correll Services has completed the subsea and land cable termination and testing works at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Correll Services was in charge of project documentation, export cable (HV & FO) jointing at the TJB and OSS, array cable terminations (HV & FO) on 22 assets, and post-installation testing from […]

  • Ulstein Orders Red Rock Crane for Merkur SOV

    18 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Ulstein Verft has contracted Red Rock to deliver a 3D-motion compensated knuckle jib crane for the service operations vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte for the Merkur offshore wind farm. Red Rock also delivered cranes and davits for the two previous vessels, Windea La Cour and Windea Leibniz, that Ulstein built for Bernhard Schulte. To remind, Bernhard […]

  • Manor Provides Hohe See Power Kit

    9 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has secured a contract with EnBW to provide a temporary power package for the turbine installation phase of the Hohe See offshore wind project. MRE said it started providing a full temporary power package of generators, personnel and vessels in the German North Sea this month. The UK-based company is working […]

  • Floating Met Mast Starts Operating Offshore Greece

    26 July 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Greek companies Streamlined Naval Architects LTD, ETME, ERGOMARE S.A., and Enalios Diving Center have completed the deployment of a FloatMast platform in the Aegean Sea. The first Floating MetMast was installed off the coast of the island of Makronissos, at a sea depth of 65 metres and at a distance of 250 metres from the […]