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  • Photo of the Day: Stemat Spirit and Ndurance in Action at Galloper OWF

    28 June 2017

    VBMS has published a photo of its cable laying vessels Stemat Spirit and Ndurance working at the Galloper offshore wind farm, while Seajacks Hydra is accommodating the personnel at the wind farm site.

  • Partrac Nets Dudgeon Metocean Contract

    19 April 2016
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has selected Partrac to provide real-time wave and current measurement services for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Partrac has been contracted to manage the deployment and maintenance of the equipment and the delivery of real-time waves and current data over the duration of the construction phase of the development. Partrac selected a Triaxys […]

  • EOWDC Transformer Hits the Road

    26 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The 92.6 tonne transformer built for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Center (EOWDC) is currently on its way to the installation site in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  • New Coalition to Strengthen Rotterdam’s Offshore Wind Industry

    15 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    CEOs of fifteen companies working in the offshore wind sector have formed a coalition under the name “Rotterdam Offshore Wind Delta”.  Van Oord, Boskalis, Mammoth, SIF Group, Ampelmann, Falck, STC Group, Keppel Verolme, Eneco, Marsh, Rabobank, Jules Dock, Port of Rotterdam, City of Rotterdam and Rotterdam Partners, signed a manifesto on 13 June. The Netherlands is heading towards 3.5GW of capacity, […]

  • Scotland’s Renewable Energy Plans Likely Ten Years Late

    11 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Even though the Scotland’s First Minister is planning to meet 100 % of Scotland’s electricity needs from renewable energy, North Sea industry officials think this will be hard to achieve. The leaders from the oil and gas industry will tell MSPs this week that the renewable energy plans are likely to be ten years late, […]

  • Vattenfall Has It on Video: No Seabird Collided with Aberdeen Offshore Wind Turbines During Two-Year Monitoring Campaign

    28 February 2023
    Environment, R&D, Research & Development

    Updated on 1 March with a download link to the final report (full study). Vattenfall has been testing technology and conducting research at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm for several years now. On 28 February, the company reported the findings of a study into seabird behaviour, performed in collaboration with bird and nature protection organisations, […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    3 August 2015

    Formosa 1 In June Siemens signed a Turbine Supply Agreement with Formosa Wind Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Swancor Enterprise and the developer of what could be Taiwan’s first offshore wind farm, the 128MW Formosa 1 offshore wind demonstration project. Formosa 1 is located 3 to 6km off Miaoli county, in north-west Taiwan, in water […]

  • France: Offshore Wind to Grow Quickly from Low Base, Says IEA

    12 July 2012
    R&D

    Renewable power generation is expected to continue its rapid growth over the next five years, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that acknowledges the coming-of-age of the renewable energy sector. The report says that despite economic uncertainties in many countries, global power generation from hydropower, solar, wind and other renewable sources […]

  • GE Vernova to Build Up to 18 MW Offshore Wind Test Turbine in Norway

    4 July 2025
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted GE Vernova’s subsidiary Georgine Wind permission to build and operate an 18 MW test turbine in Gulen municipality. The project, which is part of a test programme to advance offshore wind technology, will feature an up to 18 MW turbine, with a maximum tip height […]

  • EWEA: Is German Offshore Wind Under Threat?

    12 April 2013

    European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) spoke to Andreas Wagner, CEO of the Offshore Wind Foundation (Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie) and part of the team negotiating with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, trying to find out what is the future of German offshore wind power, as the country is said to be facing support cuts, besides the already known […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Offshore WIND Magazine Edition 2: Operations and Maintenance Focus

    6 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Among others, DONG Energy and Siemens will offer their views on the developments and trends within offshore wind operations and maintenance in this year’s second edition of the Offshore WIND Magazine.

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting In Charge of 32 Trianel Windpark Borkum II Foundations

    25 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has been awarded an EPCI contract for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farm, which includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of wind turbine foundations, comprising of monopiles and transition pieces. Project management and engineering has already started at Seaway Heavy Lifting’s offices in Hamburg and Zoetermeer. Fabrication will take […]

  • Mainstream Puts Neart na Gaoithe on Fast Track

    16 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Following the ruling of the Inner House of the Court of Session, Mainstream Renewable Power plans to speed up the development of its Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to bring the project to the construction phase, planned to start in 2019.