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  • Photo of the Day: Block Island OWF Construction

    22 July 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Full steam ahead at the Block Island offshore wind farm site. Deepwater Wind started building the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. yesterday, when the installation vessel Weeks 533 and a barge carrying wind turbine foundations met three miles (4.8 kilometres) off Block Island with several crew transfer vessels and tug boats. […]

  • Seagreen Offshore Substation Jacket Leaves United Arab Emirates

    21 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation and the accompanying pin piles for the Seagreen offshore substation have left the United Arab Emirates and are en route to Scotland, Petrofac said. Petrofac is in charge of designing, supplying, and installing the High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) onshore and offshore substations for the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm. The […]

  • Fugro Wins Work on 3.5 GW Offshore Wind Project in Vietnam

    20 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium between Vietsovpetro, PTSC G&S and Fugro has won a contract for offshore geotechnical survey services for the 3.5 GW La Gan offshore wind project in Vietnam. As part of the contract, Fugro will carry out offshore geotechnical surveys using its geotechnical vessel Fugro Mariner and deliver onshore soils laboratory testing and engineering studies. […]

  • Ørsted Contracts Global Maritime for Greater Changhua 1 & 2a MWS

    12 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded a Marine Warranty Services (MWS) contract to Global Maritime Singapore, which will provide the services for the wind turbine installation phase at the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan. “This project will expand our footprint in the growing Offshore Wind market in Asia which is a key aspect […]

  • Jan De Nul Takes Delivery of Voltaire, ‘World’s-Tallest’ Jack-Up

    20 December 2022
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has taken delivery of its jack-up vessel, Voltaire, from the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in China. The vessel had been delivered by the shipyard on 15 December, and departed for Dubai on the morning of Tuesday, 20 December. Designed in-house, Voltaire will be used to transport, lift and install offshore wind turbines, transition pieces, and […]

  • Schottel Propulsion Kit for Four Chinese Wind Turbine Installation Vessels

    25 November 2022
    Vessels

    Four Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIVs) being built for Ouyang Offshore in Shanghai will be propelled by SCHOTTEL thrusters. Two electrically-driven SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers type 430 azimuth thrusters and two SCHOTTEL TransverseThrusters type STT 4 will be equipped on each of the vessels to ensure DP mode manoeuvrability and precise positioning. SCHOTTEL said the vessels will […]

  • Cecon Contracting and Partners Order Hybrid Cable Installation Vessel

    21 November 2022
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    Norwegian offshore and subsea installation contractor Cecon Contracting and partners have entered into an agreement to build a hybrid propulsion cable installation vessel. The vessel, NSK 6255, was designed by Cecon`s engineering team and NSK Ship Design, an independent international ship design company from Norway. It is set to be build at Sefine Shipyard in […]

  • BlueFloat’s 1 GW Floating Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan Clears EIA Review

    17 January 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy’s 1 GW Winds of September floating offshore wind project in Taiwan has passed the final Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) committee review, the developer announced via social media on 17 January. This milestone follows the company’s preliminary approval last October. Winds of September is BlueFloat Energy’s first floating offshore wind project in Taiwan which […]

  • LOC Germany Secures Offshore Grid Work with TenneT

    6 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has awarded LOC Germany with a framework agreement for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services, along with several other companies that applied for the tender earlier this year. One-year framework agreements, with the potential for extension for up to eight years, have been awarded to multiple MWS providers which will support the realisation of several […]

  • Construction Starts on Siemens Gamesa’s French Turbine Plant

    29 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has begun the construction of its offshore wind turbine plant in the Port of Le Havre, France. The company revealed earlier this summer that the consortium led by GTM Normandie-Centre is in charge of the turbine plan construction. As part of the consortium, ENGIE Solutions is responsible for all technical trades for the […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts at Neart na Gaoithe Site

    13 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) has entered the first phase of offshore construction. Saipem’s vessel S7000 set to start installing pile casings at the site some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The 197.5-metre semi-submersible crane vessel will also prepare the seabed for the jacket foundations for the project’s 54 wind turbines […]

  • GE Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Bag Sofia Contract

    9 July 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected a consortium of GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine to provide the electrical transmission system for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. As the consortium leader, GE Grid Solutions will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of two HVDC converter stations. The offshore […]

  • MingYang Launches Business & Engineering Centre in Hamburg

    7 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    MingYang has established a business and engineering centre in Hamburg, Germany, with an aim to introduce its latest offshore wind turbine products into the European market. The Chinese wind turbine manufacturer said that it was motivated by the growth of the offshore wind market in Europe, and that with its new centre it also wants […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Work on Thor Offshore Wind Project

    16 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has secured a contract by Danish engineering consultancy Geo to supply a vessel for preliminary geotechnical investigations for the Thor offshore wind project. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will use its jack-up vessel Jill to support Geo with the offshore borehole campaign. The purpose of the assignment is to acquire geotechnical and geological information […]

  • RCAM and Accucode Unite for Offshore Wind 3D Tech

    27 December 2019

    RCAM Technologies and Accucode have entered into a partnership to develop offshore wind turbine components using 3D concrete printing. RCAM will first install a large-scale 3D concrete printing system at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where the fabricating of fixed-bottom support structures for offshore wind turbines will begin. After manufacturing and assembly processes have […]

  • Ørsted Issues Green Senior Bonds in Taiwan

    5 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has issued green senior bonds in Taiwan for the purpose of raising green financing for its investments in the local offshore wind sector. Ørsted has completed the pricing of new unsecured green senior bonds of nominal TWD 12 billion (circa EUR 342.6 million) in total comprising a 7-year TWD 4 billion fixed-rate tranche and […]

  • Galloper Enters Transmission Assets Sales Deal

    26 February 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Diamond Transmission Partners (DTP) has signed an agreement to purchase the transmission assets of the Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Trianel Borkum Seeks Corrective Maintenance Services

    4 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender seeking corrective maintenance work for the Trianel Windpark Borkum offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor will be in charge of the corrective maintenance and optional repair/refurbishment of major components such as gearboxes, generators, blade sets and rotor hubs. The tender also covers work on the MV converters, MV switchboards, main […]

  • Statoil Aims at NY Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement by End-2018

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy company Statoil plans to sign a power purchase agreement with a U.S. utility by the end of 2018 in order to develop an offshore wind project off New York, a senior company official told Reuters.

  • Photo of the Day: Borkum Riffgrund II, Horns Rev 3 Towers at Port of Esbjerg

    2 July 2018

    The Port of Esbjerg posted a photo on its social media pages on 2 July, showing 20 wind turbine towers for Borkum Riffgrund II and 14 towers for Horns Rev 3 waiting at the port to be loaded onto vessels and then installed at their respective sites in Germany and Denmark.

  • Umoe Rapid Lands German Offshore Wind Contract

    13 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Wavecraft’s crew transfer vessel (CTV) Umoe Rapid has won a 12-month charter to provide crew and cargo transfer during turbine installation work at an offshore wind farm in Germany.

  • Mainprize Offshore Picks MO5 Owner’s Representative

    1 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Mainprize Offshore Limited has awarded Marine MAC with an owner’s representative contract for its new crew transfer vessel (CTV) MO5.

  • Canyon Offshore to Trench North Sea Link

    20 July 2017
    Grid Connection

    Prysmian has awarded Canyon Offshore with a multi-million pound contract for the provision of offshore cable trenching services on the North Sea Link interconnector, the 1.4GW subsea HVDC system with cables linking the UK and Norway.

  • Leask Marine Helps Maersk Connector Ground at Morecambe Bay

    5 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Leask Marine’s vessel C-Fenna supported DeepOcean’s Maersk Connector during recent work on DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind project.

  • Works on Tahkoluoto’s Cable Landing Site About to Start

    9 August 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Excavation and dredging works at the cable landing area in Kallioholma, where the power cable from Finnish 40MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm will come ashore, will start next week, Suomen Hyötytuuli informed via social media. In June, seabed preparation works started at the wind farm site, including dredging and excavation to prepare the seabed for Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm’s […]

  • Vattenfall’s EOWDC FID Does Not Stop Trump

    22 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Even though Vattenfall yesterday informed it made a final investment decision to build the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), this did not mark an end of the fight against the project for Donald Trump, whose company Trump International Golf Links said it will file “formal written objections” in an effort to stop the project’s construction.  Trump plans to start another […]