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  • MarineSpace Secures Work on Erebus Floating Wind Project

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    MarineSpace has been appointed as the lead offshore environmental impact assessment (EIA) and consenting consultants for the 96MW Erebus floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea. MarineSpace will form part of a wider consultancy team, led by Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) that will deliver an overall package of engineering, electrical, consenting, commercial and HSEQ for […]

  • Van Oord Testing New Trencher Ahead of Dutch Offshore Wind Work

    9 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Van Oord is conducting final tests with its Deep Dig-It trencher before the installation of cables at the Hollandse Kust (South) offshore wind farm zone. Van Oord is conducting final tests with the Tracked Remotely Operated Vehicle (TROV) in the Alexiahaven harbor, the Netherlands, in preparation for the actual installation of the sea cables in […]

  • OHT Alfa Lift Taking Shape in China

    27 November 2019
    Vessels

    Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new semi-submersible wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift is taking shape at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in China. According to Ulstein, two 450t blocks were lifted into dock for assembly on 21 November at CMHI’s facility in Jiangsu. Alfa Lift, for which the first steel was cut on 1 […]

  • Triton Knoll Gives to Charity

    25 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Six charities from Lincolnshire, UK, have received a share of a GBP 12,000 charity fund pot from Siemens and the Triton Knoll offshore wind project. The donations are part of an initiative which promotes and rewards excellence in health and safety amongst staff and contractors working at the onshore substation construction site near Bicker, Boston. […]

  • Nexans to Supply Seagreen Phase 1 Export Cables

    4 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    SSE has chosen Nexans as the preferred supplier of export cables for the first phase of the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland, which comprises the Seagreen Alpha and Bravo offshore wind farms. Nexans will design, manufacture and install three 65km offshore export cables and three 20km onshore export cables for Seagreen Phase 1. “We […]

  • 50Hertz Seeks Routing Services for O-1.3 Area Grid Connection

    8 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    German transmission system operator in charge of grid connections in the Baltic Sea has issued a tender for routing services for the grid connection route OST-1-4. The work scope includes pre-route planning services and preparation of the necessary technical approval documents for the seaside section of the connecting cable OST-1-4. The contract duration for routing […]

  • French Floaters to Gather Occitane Businesses

    14 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Midi-Pyrénées region (CCI Occitanie) in France is organizing meetings regarding the EolMed and Les Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind projects. The aim of the business-to-business (B2B) meetings is to allow regional companies to better understand the opportunities for collaboration in the two projects. The event will […]

  • TEPCO to Separate Renewables Business

    12 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO HD) is forming a new company dedicated to handling its renewable energy generation business. The aim of separating the renewables unit into a new entity is to increase the recognition of the renewables business and better coordinate with both domestic and overseas partners, the company said. Additionally, the […]

  • Taillevent Heads to Trianel Windpark Borkum II

    2 August 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s offshore installation vessel Taillevent has left Eemshaven with a first load of turbine components to be installed on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Taillevent is loading the turbine components at the Buss Terminal Eemshaven in sets of three and transporting them to the installation […]

  • Danes Plan Thor Tender Meet-Up

    5 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and Energinet are hosting a market dialogue in November for potential bidders and investors in the coming tender for the Thor offshore wind project. The market dialogue, which will be held on 25 November, aims to optimize the tendering material in order to ultimately obtain the lowest possible bid price. The main […]

  • Hywind Tampen Secures Enova Funding

    22 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has secured funding of up to NOK 2.3 billion (circa EUR 231.5 million) from Enova for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project in Norway. “The support that the licences have received for the Hywind Tampen project demonstrates the will of Norwegian authorities to invest in and develop floating offshore wind farms and renewable energy […]

  • JERA Acquires Part of Gunfleet Sands

    28 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Japanese utility JERA has agreed to acquire a 24.95% equity interest in the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm in the UK from Marubeni Corporation.

  • Top News of the Week, 2 – 9 December 2018

    9 December 2018

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 2 to 9 December 2018.

  • Hornsea Two Monopiles Order Lands on EEW SPC Desk

    11 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has placed an order with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) for 165 monopiles for the 1.4GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Planning Inspectorate Schedules Hornsea Three DCO Meets

    9 January 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK Planning Inspectorate is holding hearings and accompanied site inspections for the Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm as part of its examination of Ørsted’s application for an order granting development consent. The first hearing will take place on 28 January at 7:00 p.m. local time at the North Norfolk District Council. The next three meetings […]

  • Scylla Getting Ready to Help Out with Veja Mate Turbine Installation

    22 November 2016
    Vessels

    On Sunday morning, the jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla arrived at the Port of Esbjerg to be commissioned for the upcoming installation of wind turbines at the Veja Mate offshore wind farm in Germany. The vessel is expected to be put into service in January 2017, and will take part in turbine installation at the 402MW offshore wind […]

  • E.ON Setting the Stage for Skilled Workforce

    10 November 2016
    Training & Education

    Three young people from the local area have been awarded paid apprenticeship at E.ON’s Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm base in Great Yarmouth, as they embarked on a four-year apprenticeship programme launched by the company in September. The programme will provide them with an Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering Maintenance. In the first two years, the apprentices will predominantely […]

  • Fred. Olsen Ocean and Teekay Offshore See a Gap in Offshore Wind Vessel Market

    24 January 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Ocean AS and Teekay Offshore Partners have entered into an agreement to develop a new vessel design for the offshore wind market. John B. Andersen, VP Business Development in Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, a Fred. Olsen Ocean company, will lead this new initiative and the corresponding team. “We are very excited to work with […]

  • Offshore Wind Goes Mainstream as Costs Slide

    21 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Speaking at the Global Offshore Wind conference in Manchester, RenewableUK’s new Chief Executive, Hugh McNeal, said that offshore wind cost reduction “is on a scale that you might associate more readily with consumer electronics than with multi-billion pound infrastructure projects.” In his first speech to the offshore wind industry, he described the renewable energy sector […]

  • Top News of the Week, 15 – 21 August 2016

    21 August 2016

    BREAKING: USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media. Timelapse: Dudgeon OSS Topside Lowered into Place Statoil has shared a timelapse video of a heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov installing a 1,700-tonne topside onto a jacket on […]

  • Beefed Up Thor Comes with Offshore Grid Package

    12 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The scope of the tender to develop the Thor wind farm in the Danish North Sea will include the offshore grid connection, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) said. DEA has also revealed that Thor will have the minimal installed capacity of 800MW, with an option for the developer to boost the wind farm’s capacity to […]

  • OWC and TCE Partner Up Offshore India

    11 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC) and Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE) have signed an agreement to partner up for upcoming projects in the emerging Indian offshore wind sector. Under the agreement, the two engineering consultancies will combine their powers to deliver engineering and project management services to Indian offshore wind developments. Last summer, India set a […]

  • Final Arkona Monopile Goes For a Splash

    8 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    On Tuesday, 7 November, the 60th and final monopile built for the Arkona offshore wind farm was lowered into water at the port basin of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH prior to being towed to the installation site some 35 kilometres northeast of the Rügen Island in the German Baltic Sea.

  • Photo of the Day: Neptune Mariner Tows Arkona Monopile to Svanen

    18 October 2017
    Vessels

    Landfall Marine Contractors has posted a photo of their Neptune Mariner during the delivery of one of the monopiles for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, where they are being installed by Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen.

  • Fugro, IOVTEC to Install LiDAR Buoy off Taiwan

    13 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Fugro and International Ocean Vessel Technical Consultant (IOVTEC) will install a LiDAR buoy off the Taiwanese coast in January 2018 to collect wind resource data. 

  • Semco Maritime to Open Office in Grimsby

    4 October 2017

    Following media reports that Danish-based Semco Maritime will open an office in Grimsby, Offshore WIND contacted the company who confirmed and said the opening reception will be held on Thursday, 12 October, in Grimsby.