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  • 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 […]

  • Vestvind Arrives at Port of Esbjerg

    7 July 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    United Wind Logistics’ new special purpose vessel Vestvind arrived at the Port of Esbjerg today, 7 July, the port reported via social media.

  • 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 […]

  • Seacat Enterprise Passes Acceptance Tests

    10 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Cowes-based Seacat Services has accepted the 27-metre High Speed Utility Vessel (HSUV) Seacat Enterprise following the completion of sea trials and a series of tests on the vessel’s equipment.

  • Wirescan Tests TenneT’s Offshore Export Cables

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    During the two first weeks of September, Wirescan had been performing LIRA measurements on three different export cables in the German North Sea.  The assignments were both baseline measurements (fingerprint) and second measurement for condition monitoring. The tests were performed from both the onshore and offshore substation of three different wind farms. The LIRA system can be used […]

  • UK Energy Secretary OKs Hornsea Project One

    10 December 2014
    Authorities

    UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has granted the development consent for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm located 103 kilometers off the Yorkshire coast. On 10 September the Planning Inspectorate submitted recommendations to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change after which the department had three months to review the recommendations. Secretary Davey […]

  • Queen’s Speech Confirms Conservatives’ Energy Plans

    27 May 2015
    Authorities

    Her Majesty The Queen today delivered the speech to the UK Parliament as part of the State Opening of Parliament 2015. The speech sets out the government’s policies and proposed legislative programme for the new parliamentary session. Regarding the new Energy Bill, it was revealed today that the UK government, led by David Cameron and the Conservative party, would […]

  • Minesto Welcomes EU’s Energy Union Plans

    12 March 2015

    Minesto has welcomed EU’s new strategy for a resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy. “An important and necessary step to speed up the process to reach a sustainable future,” said Minesto’s CEO, Anders Jansson. The European Commission has published its strategy to reboot the EU’s energy policy. The report identifies ocean energy […]

  • Virginia’s Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting Today

    22 September 2016

    The US Bureau of Energy Management (BOEM) is holding the Virginia Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force meeting today at Virginia Beach to discuss the current status of activities offshore Virginia. Participation during the meeting will be limited to Task Force members only. Task Force is an intergovernmental group, including federal officials and elected state, local, and […]

  • Second Ulstein Wind Farm SOV Ready for Paint Job (Photos)

    2 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Ulstein has shared several photos of the second wind farm support operations vessel (SOV) to undergo construction at the Ulstein Verft shipyard in Norway as she is getting ready to be painted. The Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder plans to launch the SOV in late October, with sea trials scheduled to start immediately after the launch. The SOV […]

  • Semcon and DONG Ink German Offshore Wind Consultancy Agreement

    17 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Semcon has signed a framework agreement with DONG Energy which covers consultancy services for DONG’s German offshore wind power business activities. The agreement between DONG and Semcon focuses on supporting construction, commissioning and operations of offshore wind farms in Germany. “Our expertise from various industries will join together in providing an exciting approach to this assignment. We will be helping […]

  • DONG Recommends New Board of Directors Member

    5 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The nomination committee of DONG Energy A/S has decided to recommend that Dieter Wemmer be elected new member of the Board of Directors.

  • Jan De Nul Installs Last Nobelwind Turbine

    3 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The last turbine at Belgian Nobelwind offshore wind farm was installed at 8:50am on 3 April, according to MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s social media pages.

  • ABB Fixes DolWin2 Cable Ahead of Schedule

    12 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The 916MW DolWin2 offshore grid connection has been re-energized much sooner than expected following cable repairs undertaken by ABB, TenneT TSO’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND. DolWin2 has been back in operation since Saturday, 7 January, the spokesperson said. ABB was initially expected to complete remediation works on cable components by 27 March. DolWin2 had been out of action […]

  • Fujian Province Key to Chinese Offshore Wind Development

    27 July 2012

    The fact that Chinese wind turbine manufacturers and province-owned companies have launched wind power projects in Fujian province, both onshore and offshore, confirms that this is one of the key areas that will lead the country to its 2020 national energy production goals. The Fujian province has some of the richest offshore wind power resources […]

  • Moventas Completes Cooperation Negotiations with Its Finnish Staff

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wind and industrial gear manufacturer and service provider Moventas Gears Oy has today completed the cooperation negotiations it started with its Finnish staff on 7 January, 2013. Moventas seasonally adjusts its capacity to match the market situation by temporary layoffs of a minimum of two weeks. Moventas Gears Oy has today agreed with its Finnish […]

  • Teachers from Hull to Educate about Offshore Renewables (UK)

    14 February 2012
    Training & Education

    Ten teachers from the Hull region are going to become educators in a renewable industry education program started by Forewind. Forewind is a consortium comprising four leading international energy companies which joined forces to bid for the Dogger Bank Zone Development Agreement as part of The Crown Estate’s third license round for UK offshore wind […]

  • 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.

  • UK: Belfast Harbour Advances in Offshore Wind Market

    21 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Pacific Orca, the world’s largest wind turbine installation vessel, has arrived to the Belfast Harbour, where DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables have built a terminal for the assembly of offshore wind turbines, The Irish News reports. This is another step forward for Belfast Harbour, which dived into the offshore wind market and in that way […]

  • Danish Yachts Completing Fifth Carbon Fibre SWATH

    11 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The first of the ‘second generation’ of Carbon Fibre SWATHs from Danish Yachts is nearing completion and will be soon placed into the water for initial sea trials.  The fifth SWATH (four SWATHs were delivered in 2013), designed and built by Danish Yachts, has been further enhanced and developed in order to keep her at […]

  • New Massachusetts’ Bill Could Boost Offshore Wind

    28 January 2015
    Authorities

    A representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Patricia A. Haddad, introduced a bill that would promote renewable energy generation off its coast. The legislation requires utilities to conduct periodic joint solicitations for proposals from offshore wind energy developers no later than 30 June 2016. The first solicitation would be for 1.5 million MWh per […]

  • DNV GL Joins Canadian Offshore Wind Project

    1 June 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL has won a contract to provide the Canadian offshore wind developer Beothuk Energy with the constraints analysis, wind resource and energy assessment, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) modeling and a preliminary wind farm layout for the 180MW St. George’s Bay project off western Newfoundland and Labrador. Beothuk awarded the contract to DNV GL through its engineering […]

  • Norway: Hammerfest Strøm Changes Its Name to ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Earlier this year ANDRITZ HYDRO increased its shareholding in Hammerfest Strøm AS and became the majority shareholder in the Company. Other major shareholders are the Spanish utility company Iberdrola and the local Norwegian utility company Hammerfest Energi. The company will operate under the name of ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest with immediate effect.  Managing Director of ANDRITZ […]

  • Minister Opens GBP 1.5 Mln Boat Building Construction Hall

    11 November 2013
    Authorities

    Mustang Marine has officially opened its new construction hall today at Pembroke Port. The new £1.5million boat building construction hall has been built in response to growing demand for workboats, pilot boats, wind farm support vessels and passenger vessels from around the world. This expansion has doubled the size of workboats construction operations at the […]

  • Belgium: REpower Installs 6 MW Wind Turbine Offshore Oostende Port

    21 March 2012

    REpower Systems SE and Belgian offshore project development company C-Power NV yesterday installed the world’s most powerful offshore turbine, 28 kilometres off the port of Oostende. The turbine with a rated power of 6.15 megawatts (MW) is the first of 48 REpower 6M to be constructed in the phases 2 and 3 of the Belgian […]