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  • Frazer-Nash Verifies Positive Results of CETO 3 Device (UK)

    9 September 2011

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy advises that independent engineering firm, Frazer-Nash, has verified the positive results of its CETO 3 device. The results were unveiled today by Carnegie’s Technology Development Manager, Jonathan Fievez, at the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference in Southampton, England. Carnegie had previously advised that a competitive tender process for […]

  • German Renewables Shipbrokers Starting Off

    14 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

        An increasing number of offshore installations utilizing wind, wave and tidal energy will characterize Europe’s coastal waters of the future. German Renewables Shipbrokers is the very first ship broker specializing in tonnage for offshore wind energy projects. With their newly founded company, both founders want to apply their longtime experience to a market […]

  • Gamesa Seeks to Reserve Four Spots for Its Turbines at IREC’s ZÈFIR Test Station Offshore Wind Farm (Spain)

    8 February 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    * Gamesa aims to install two anchored and two floating turbines at the experimental offshore wind laboratory off the coast of Tarragona, Spain * The project marks further progress in the company’s offshore strategy, as Gamesa designs and develops two families of 5 MW and 6 MW-7 MW turbines Gamesa, a global leader in wind […]

  • Floating LiDAR Campaign Completed for NZ Super Fund and CIP’s New Zealand Wind Project

    11 March 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    France-based Akrocean has completed the Floating LiDAR campaign for the proposed 1 GW offshore wind farm in Taranaki, New Zealand, developed by a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and NZ Super Fund. On 11 March, Akrocean announced the completion of its Floating LiDAR turnkey service for Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP) in New Zealand, […]

  • Scotland’s New Floating Wind Projects – What We Know So Far

    18 January 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland made headlines yesterday (17 January) by awarding seabed lease rights to 17 offshore wind projects totalling almost 25 GW in capacity, well beyond the expected 10 GW, and by the fact that more than half of this massive capacity is coming from floating wind farms. With many details about the selected proposals yet to […]

  • CEO of Alstom Reorganizes Company to Boost its Development (France)

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      The Alstom Board has approved a major reorganisation of the company proposed by Patrick Kron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alstom. This reorganisation is effective on 4 July 2011. Alstom has undergone a period of strong growth, followed by the necessary adaptation to a tougher economic environment created by the crisis. As the […]

  • PGE Baltica Contracts Local Company to Build O&M Base for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

    5 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    PGE Baltica, owned by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, has selected local company Doraco as the general contractor of the operational and service (O&M) base for the offshore wind farms in Ustka, Poland. The O&M base will consist of an office and warehouse building, a maneuvering area, and a quay where service units will moor to transport […]

  • CWind Taiwan Completes Yunlin Survey

    23 October 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    CWind Taiwan has completed its first project – a bathymetric survey at wpd’s Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan.

  • SeaRoc Holds Marine Coordination Training in Taiwan

    29 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    SeaRoc Group has delivered the first formal marine coordination training in Taiwan to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

  • MAATS Tech Delivers Cable Lay Equipment to NKT Victoria

    25 August 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    UK engineers MAATS Tech delivered cable-laying equipment to NKT’s newbuild NKT Victoria prior to the vessel’s first project – the Caithness – Moray subsea link in Scotland. 

  • Dongfang Turbines to Spin on Two Chinese Offshore Wind Farms

    23 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) has won contracts to supply wind turbines for two offshore wind projects in Chinese waters with a combined capacity of 360 MW. DEC will provide its 7.5 MW turbines for the 300 MW Zheneng Taizhou No. 1 offshore wind farm in the East China Sea, off the […]

  • Ørsted to Offer Major Installation Contracts in Coming Weeks

    10 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted plans to launch two tenders covering transport and installation work on the 1 GW Baltica 3 and 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind projects in Poland in the coming weeks. The first tender will be launched in the second half of January or early February. The tender will cover the transport and installation of […]

  • Moray East Counts to 50

    11 June 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Blue Tern installed the 50th Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbine at the Moray East offshore wind farm, marking the halfway milestone. The 50th turbine was installed at 22.40 local time on Thursday, 10 June. Last work on the turbine was completed at 05.14 on Friday, 11 June, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier said. Bold […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik on Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    2 June 2021

    Deutsche Windtechnik has signed service agreements for four offshore wind farms in the Netherlands during the first quarter of this year. The four new contracts are for inspection and maintenance of the Balance of Plant (BoP) at the Gemini, Prinses Amaliawindpark, Eneco Luchterduinen, and the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farms. The scope for Deutsche […]

  • Fugro on Cable Route Survey Duty Offshore Maine

    19 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has secured a contract to conduct a cable route survey for the New England Aqua Ventus I floating wind project offshore Maine. Under the contract, Fugro will carry out a combined geophysical, environmental and geotechnical cable route survey at the state-designated area two miles south of Monhegan Island and 14 miles from the Maine […]

  • Seaway 7 Opts for CRP Subsea Cable Protection for Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farm

    13 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 has contracted CRP Subsea to provide 140 NjordGuard cable protection systems and bellmouths for the Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan. These will protect the inter-array and export power cables for 62 wind turbines and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) conduit cables from fatigue damage due to the significant wave and […]

  • Korea Floats Solar-Offshore Wind Combo Project

    31 October 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    South Korean President Moon Jae-in has announced a 4GW solar-offshore wind complex with the Saemangeum reclaimed land area in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do Province, at its centre.

  • Ofgem Picks Race Bank OFTO

    20 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Ofgem has chosen Diamond Transmission Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high voltage transmission link to Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.

  • Ørsted Orders Changhua Jackets in South Korea

    11 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has signed contracts with South Korea’s Samkang M&T and Hyundai Steel Industries for the supply of jacket foundations for the 900MW Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Samkang M&T will manufacture and deliver 28 jacket foundations, and Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries 27 units, according to Korean media. […]

  • Wind of Change Reports for Duty

    16 May 2019
    Vessels

    Ørsted’s newly built service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change has arrived in Emden, Germany, from where the vessel will soon start servicing offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Wind of Change is expected to enter full operations and start working on the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 […]

  • Bibby HydroMap Sends SeaZip Fix to Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II

    24 July 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Bibby HydroMap has taken the survey vessel SeaZip Fix on charter from Seazip Offshore Service. Rebuilt in 2015, the 42m DP1 Ice Class vessel will supplement the existing Bibby HydroMap fleet and will commence seismic survey operations on Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II in the Dutch North Sea on behalf of Vattenfall during July. […]

  • Ørsted Opens UK Apprenticeship Program for Applications

    1 July 2019
    Training & Education

    Ørsted is inviting applications for its apprenticeship program for offshore wind turbine technicians in the UK. Ørsted is offering 12 places for those that are looking to change their careers or are finishing their education, with the application period closing on 5 July. The three-year program is expected to begin in September and will see […]

  • Avangrid Begins Surveys Offshore North Carolina

    1 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables is conducting geophysical surveys at the Kitty Hawk offshore wind lease area off the coast of North Carolina, U.S. The work is being carried out in and near the wind lease area and proposed cable corridor from Sandbridge, Virginia, to the east of Corolla, North Carolina. The purpose of the surveys, scheduled for […]

  • Dutch Seek Feedback on TNW Grid Connection

    21 June 2019
    Grid Connection

    TenneT and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) are holding a number of public meetings regarding the grid connection of the North of the Wadden Sea Islands offshore wind farm. The aim of the meetings is to learn the residents’ opinion on the cable connection route from the 700MW Ten Noorden van […]

  • Coda Boulder Hunter Completes Trials

    11 February 2019
    Technology

    Coda Octopus has trialed its new Survey Engine Automatic Object Detection (SEADP) package,  which is said to have shown a 91% accuracy rate. As a result of the trials, Coda Octopus introduced additional reporting tools in the new automatic boulder detection package which cover detection rates and qualitative analysis, among other data. According to the company, SEADP has been […]

  • Sif and EWA Tackle Foundation Logistics Challenge in Asia

    16 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif and Japan-based East Winds Asia (EWA) have developed a method to transport and store offshore wind foundations in Asian harbors which is said to eliminate the need for additional infrastructural investments.