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  • Siemens Gamesa Taps Welcon for 140 Offshore Wind Turbine Towers

    2 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has ordered 140 offshore wind turbine towers for three different projects at Denmark’s Welcon. 78 towers will be manufactured for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, 38 towers for the 342 MW Kaskasi project in the German North Sea, and 24 towers for the 450 […]

  • Date Confirmed for Lithuania’s Second Offshore Wind Tender

    8 November 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Lithuanian government has confirmed that the country’s second offshore wind tender will be opened on 15 January 2024. The tender was pushed back to January instead of this autumn after Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy received feedback from investors on the global renewable energy sector being affected by the current economic conditions. Last month, the […]

  • Damen Fast Crew Supplier 7011 Starts Final Commissioning – Gallery

    10 February 2022
    Vessels

    Dutch shipbuilder Damen has started the final commissioning of its “groundbreaking” Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 7011 vessel class, the Aqua Helix. Damen FCS 7011 vessel class, the Aqua Helix, entered into the final phase of its commissioning, with Ampelmann gangway recently installed and integrated with the ship’s systems. Following the installation of the gangway, the Aqua […]

  • Worley Joins Hexicon’s Two-Turbine Floater Demonstrator Project

    15 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Hexicon has partnered with Worley for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), Engineering Procurement Fabrication (EPF), and installation management of the TwinWay project in Norway, a pilot to commercialise Hexicon’s floating offshore wind technology. Through the partnership, Worley will take over the project specific engineering, planning and fabrication phase, including the management of the installation, following […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Chevalier Floatels Springs Into Action in Vlissingen

    24 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    DEME Group has contracted Chevalier Floatels to provide a floating hotel for the crew working on the cable laying vessel Living Stone in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

  • 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.

  • Ampelmann and Eidesvik Team Up on Wikinger

    23 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ampelmann has been awarded a contract by Eidesvik to deliver an Ampelmann E-type for the Viking Neptun, currently serving as an accommodation and a crew transfer vessel (CTV) on the Wikinger offshore wind farm.

  • SKF Opens Bearings Test Center in Germany

    26 June 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Sweden’s SKF has inaugurated its newly-built Sven Wingquist Test Center in Schweinfurt, Germany.

  • SOV Edda Passat Set to Start Journey to Race Bank

    27 February 2018
    Vessels

    Østensjø Rederi’s Service Operations Vessel (SOV) Edda Passat will depart for Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK at the end of this week, after the owner took delivery of the vessel from Astilleros Gondán today, 27 February. 

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • FoundOcean Completes Grouting at Gemini

    5 January 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    FoundOcean has successfully completed the grouting of foundations at Gemini Wind Farm on behalf of the main contractor, Van Oord. The offshore wind farm, situated 85 kilometres north of the Dutch province of Groningen, is made up of 150 wind turbines spanning across 2 sites. The 600 MW wind farm will provide 785,000 homes with […]

  • K2 Management Bags Danish Nearshore Wind Job

    7 December 2015

    K2 Management has been awarded with a contract from Sønderborg Forsyning, a local Danish utility covering the municipality of Sønderborg, which is planning to build a 100-120MW nearshore wind farm. The wind farm is a part of “Project Zero” making the local community CO2 neutral by 2029. K2 Management will in the initial phase support with […]

  • A&P to Build Seatricity’s Wave Energy Device

    5 February 2014

    Wave energy company Seatricity has contracted A&P Falmouth to build Oceanus 2, a wave energy device, which will be deployed at the Wave Hub, a grid-connected offshore facility in South West England. The device is scheduled for deployment in spring of 2014, and if successful, Wave Hub could see  full scale grid-connected array in 2015. […]