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  • Energinet Issues Thor Environmental Study Call

    5 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Energinet has issued a tender seeking a consultant to provide a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for the Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark. The work will include a number of surveys to be carried out, as well as technical reports of specific environmental and other themes, for the construction, operation and decommissioning phases of the […]

  • Dudgeon Gets to 1TWh During Installation and Commissioning

    4 January 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, comprising 67 Siemens 6MW wind turbines installed off the coast of Norfolk in England, achieved a production of 1TWh during offshore installation and commissioning in 2017.

  • Borkum Riffgrund 2 OSS Jacket In Place

    21 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore substation was installed at the offshore construction site on 19 July.

  • 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.

  • Boskalis Pools Offshore Energy Offering Under One Name

    30 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Boskalis has presented its integrated service portfolio for the offshore energy market under one single brand name.

  • Shoreline Nets French Floater Work

    2 July 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    A consortium comprising ENGIE, EDP Renewables, Caisse des Dépôts and Eiffage has selected Shoreline to provide a simulation solution for the Les Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind farm pilot project in France.

  • Gardline on Empire Wind Survey Duty

    25 June 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Gardline Limited is conducting geophysical survey operations at Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project located off the southern coast of Long Island, New York.

  • 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.

  • Innogy CEO Leaves the Company

    20 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Peter Terium, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of innogy SE, is leaving the company with immediate effect in agreement with the Supervisory Board.

  • Offshore Wind Advocate Wins New Jersey Gubernatorial Race

    9 November 2017
    Authorities, Environment

    Phil Murphy, a U.S. Democrat and a proponent of an ambitious offshore wind development plan for the State of New Jersey, has won the Garden State governor’s race.

  • TenneT Kicks Off BorWin3 Subsea Cable Installation Works

    16 August 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    Prysmian’s cable laying vessel Cable Enterprise is getting ready to install the next section of the 130-kilometre subsea cable link which will connect the 900Mw BorWin3 offshore station to the German grid.

  • Nordsee Ost Receives WindSeal01

    1 July 2016

    To celebrate Nordsee Ost first TW production milestone, Fabricom Offshore Services has offered the wind farm the adoption of a Helgoland-born seal named WindSeal01.  Fabricom was able to make the offer after donating to Verein Jordsand, an association involved in North Sea nature and wildlife preservation. Helgoland represents a crucial breeding spot for seals, which are […]

  • GOW 2016 Kicks Off, Meet Offshore WIND Team in Manchester

    21 June 2016

    RenewableUK’s event dedicated to the offshore wind industry opened its door this morning. The Global Offshore Wind 2016 exhibition and conference is being held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Manchester.  Offshore WIND, located at stand 169, is exhibiting alongside companies such as Siemens, MHI Vestas, and DONG Energy, which position Global Offshore Wind 2016 as a high-profile industry […]

  • 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, […]

  • Seabed Preparation for Finnish Ice-Proof Wind Farm to Start in June

    27 May 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Seabed preparation works for the 40MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm will start off Pori, Finland, in early June, according to Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the owner and developer of what is to be the first ice-proof offshore wind farm. The works will include dredging and excavation to prepare the seabed for the wind farm’s ten foundations and subsea cables, and is expected […]

  • Ampyx Starts Building AP3 Prototype. Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

    11 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Ampyx Power, the airborne wind energy technology developer which entered a collaboration with E.ON on 11 April, started building an AP3 aircraft prototype at the end of March and launched a crowdfunding campaign aimed at raising investments of EUR 2.5 million to finance activities towards commercialisation of its technology.

  • Gondan Shipyard Lays Keel for Race Bank SOV

    19 September 2016
    Vessels

    Gondan Shipyard has laid the keel for the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) that will serve as a mother ship for wind turbine technicians at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The keel laying ceremony marked the start of the assembly of the hull in the slipway at Gondan’s facilities in Figueras, where the […]

  • Photo of the Day: Haliade Nacelles Ready for Trip to USA

    6 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has shared an image of two of the five Haliade 150 6MW nacelles ready to be loaded and start their journey across the Atlantic to the Port of Providence, Rhode Island, and become the heart of the first turbines ever to generate power offshore the USA at the 30MW Block Island wind […]

  • VolkerInfra to Take Care of Galloper’s Onshore Connection

    23 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    GE’s Grid Solutions, a division of GE Energy Connections, has appointed VolkerInfra as the provider of substation interconnectors and onshore export cables for the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. The contract, worth in excess of £5 million, will see VolerInfra design, supply, install and pre-commission two 132kV onshore export cables, six No 132kV cable circuits in the Galloper substation, […]

  • Last Turbine Installed at Westermeerwind

    1 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has installed the last of the 48 turbines at the 144MW Westermeerwind Wind Farm, the largest near-shore wind farm in the Netherlands. The Westermeerwind will be commissioned following a test phase, and it will provide enough power to meet the demand of around 160,000 Dutch households. Anne de Groot, Director of Westermeerwind, said: “Since almost half of […]

  • WES Releases R&D Services Call Video

    8 April 2015
    R&D, Technology

    Last month Wave Energy Scotland (WES) launched its first GBP 7 million international technology innovation competition. WES aims to support and accelerate the development of wave energy technology in Scotland and was established as part of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, at the request of the Scottish Government, during December 2014. The organisation will provide funding […]

  • Prysmian to Supply Belwind 2 Inter-Array Cables

    5 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Prysmian Group has been awarded contracts by Nobelwind NV, an offshore wind farm developer, to supply wind turbine inter-array cables for the Bligh Bank 2 (Belwind 2) offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Zeebrugge in Belgium. Prysmian is responsible for the design, manufacture and supply of the 33 kV submarine cables with various […]

  • JBA to Undertake Tidal Lagoon Flood Risk Work

    31 July 2015
    Environment

    Tidal Lagoon Power has appointed JBA Consulting to undertake flood risk assessment work in relation to their Tidal Lagoon Cardiff project. With the second highest tidal range in the world, the Severn Estuary is the focus of Tidal Lagoon Power’s first two developments at Swansea Bay and Cardiff. The proposed lagoon, between Cardiff and Newport, […]

  • European Energy Orders MHI Vestas Quartet

    17 June 2015
    R&D

    European Energy A/S has placed an order for two V164-8.0 MW and two V117-3.45 MW turbines for an onshore project in Esbjerg, southern Denmark. The project will enable further testing of the installation and operation of the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine. MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received a 23 MW order from European […]

  • 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 […]

  • RenewableUK to Host ICOE 2016

    17 December 2014

    The trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, RenewableUK, has announced that, for the first time ever, the global conferences on renewable energy will be held in the UK. The 6th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) will take place from 23rd to 25th February 2016 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. […]