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  • Northwester 2 Reaches Financial Close

    8 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Northwester 2 has reached the official close of financial agreements with all key stakeholders and banks for the construction of the 219MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Aegir Installs DOT at Princess Amalia

    1 October 2018
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Aegir has installed the Delft Offshore Turbine (DOT) at the Princess Amalia offshore wind farm (Prinses Amaliawindpark) in the Netherlands.

  • Bibby HydroMap Goes Autonomous with DriX

    26 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels

    Bibby HydroMap has partnered with the Paris-based provider of navigation, positioning and imaging services iXblue to bring DriX, a new autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV), to the European market.

  • New Offshore WIND International Business Guide Coming in February

    9 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The 7th edition of our annual Offshore WIND International Business Guide (IBG) will be published in February 2018.

  • Offshore Wind Breaks Record in Europe

    3 October 2017

    Offshore wind turbines spinning off the European countries’ coasts generated 264 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity yesterday, 2 October, according to WindEurope’s Daily Wind data.  “There has never been so much offshore wind power in Europe,” WindEurope said via social media. In February, offshore wind in Europe broke the generation record with 218GWh. Monday saw wind energy […]

  • DEME Bags EUR 130 Million Deal for Belgian Modular Offshore Grid

    17 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Vessels

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has awarded Dredging International, part of the DEME Group, with a contract for the subsea cable installation for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the Belgian part of the North Sea.

  • Bladt to Build Beatrice Jackets

    16 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting has placed an order with Bladt Industries for 30 jacket foundations for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm. Bladt Industries will manufacture 30 four-legged jacket foundations at its production facilities at Lindoe Industrial Park, Denmark. The jacket foundations will have a height of up to 71 metres and weigh up to 830 tonnes, with a footprint […]

  • Effectiveness of HiDef’s Offshore Wildlife Survey Technology Confirmed

    7 June 2016
    R&D, Technology

    HiDef today informed that its bespoke ultra-high resolution digital video aerial technology had been confirmed as the standard bearer for offshore wildlife surveys by academics from the University of Kiel. The study, published in May, has highlighted the effectiveness of HiDef’s technology, with a direct comparison to two still camera platforms. The study reports on the findings […]

  • Damen Picks Uptime Walk to Work Gear for Bibby WaveMaster 1

    25 May 2016
    Vessels

    Norway’s Uptime International has entered into a contract with Damen Shipyards Group for delivery of an Uptime access solution for the Bibby WaveMaster 1, the Dutch shipbuilder’s first service operations vessel (SOV) currently under construction in Galati, Romania, for Bibby Marine Services.  The delivery consists of an Uptime motion compensated gangway and an adjustable pedestal. The […]

  • DCN Rids Gode Wind 1 & 2 of Grouting Hoses

    22 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch subsea services provider DCN International Diving and Marine Contractors has completed the removal of all grouting hoses at the Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms located in the German sector of the North Sea. DCN visited a total of 97 locations to remove the 5,5 grouting hoses, which were cut and removed with in house […]

  • Brexit Not the Best Choice for UK’s Energy Sector, According to Assessment

    24 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    Vivid Economics published a note on the impact of the UK leaving the EU, the so-called Brexit, on the UK’s energy sector. The note builds on the company’s work for National Grid from November 2015, when it was asked to assess the impact of the Brexit on the UK’s energy sector, finding that the overall impacts are likely […]

  • Dutch Senate Sets the Stage for Offshore Wind

    23 March 2016
    Authorities

    The Dutch Senate yesterday approved the amendment of the Electricity Act related to the development of offshore wind energy, thus providing the required legal basis and confirming TenneT’s role as the developer and operator of the Dutch offshore grid.  In December 2015, the Senate rejected the so-called “Stroom” bill, which caused a delay in the legislative decision-making […]

  • EEW SPC Rolls Out World’s Heaviest Monopile

    3 March 2016
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The heaviest monopile ever produced for an offshore wind project left the production site of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock on 2 March, and will be ready to be installed at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm within the next few months. This monopile weighs a total of 1,302.5 tons, its diameter is 7.8 […]

  • The Netherlands: Abis Names New Multi-Purpose Heavy Cargo Ship

    3 July 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Abis Shipping held a naming ceremony for its 15th vessel, the MS ABIS Dundee, at the port of Harlingen at 16:30 today (July 3). The MS ABIS Dundee was christened by Cynthia Dijkstra-van den Broek, wife of Mr Jan Dijkstra, the director of Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma. It is the third ship from a series of four which Abis […]

  • MMO to Charge for Marine Licence Administration and Monitoring

    18 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK Ministers have approved plans allowing the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to charge for work carried out on marine licence cases once consent has been given. The charges, which come into effect from 1 October 2014, relate to requests to change a marine licence once it has been granted (licence variations), and also to monitor […]

  • Denmark: Dong to Solely Maintain Anholt OWF after Five Years

    3 October 2013

    Since spring 2012, DONG Energy has systematically established the operations organisation, which has gradually taken over operation and maintenance of the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. In the first five-year warranty period, DONG Energy will operate and be responsible for maintenance of the wind farm in cooperation with turbine supplier, Siemens Wind Power, but after the […]

  • Royal Geographical Society: Wind Farm Regulation Makes Consumers Pay

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Consumers will be saddled with the cost of green energy infrastructure for at least 20 years under agreements that ensure profitability for Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs), according to research presented at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) international conference in London. The current regulation of offshore wind energy transmission, as well as increasing costs of […]

  • TMD Enters OW Industry, Seeks Composite Boat Builder in North East UK

    27 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    The news by Siemens & ABP of a GBP 310 million investment in the offshore wind energy industry and the follow on effects for further investment in the offshore wind energy supply chain hit right at the heart of Trawlercat Marine Designs’ (TMD) first step into this industry, the company’s President and CEO said. The […]

  • REpower Rebrands to Senvion

    20 January 2014

    REpower Systems SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifthlargest manufacturer of wind turbines, is changing its name as announced: from today, the company will be known as Senvion SE. The Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer will now identify itself using the new Senvion branding worldwide. The company has been using the […]

  • Tidal Lagoon Power’s CEO Addresses Public after Project Milestone

    10 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Mark Shorrock, Chief Executive of Tidal Lagoon Power, wrote a message to the public, after the company submitted an application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for its Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon energy project: It’s been three years since we first began work on the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. In that time, we have […]

  • SeaRoc Shortlisted for RenewableUK Health & Safety Awards

    27 January 2014
    Technology

    SeaRoc have been shortlisted for the 2014 renewableUK Health & Safety Awards for their innovation and delivery of a ‘minimal human intervention’ lattice tower installation methodology, recently deployed at Dogger Bank. SeaRoc, working on behalf of contracting company Fred. Olsen United (FOU) designed and implemented the concept of removing riggers who previously had to be […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 18 – 24, 2014

    24 August 2014

    Sunken Barge Carried Working Platforms for Baltic 2 OWF A barge that sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) off Darßer Ort in the Baltic Sea was carrying four working platforms for the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm, the company confirmed to Offshore WIND. Siemens: Order Placed for 67 Dudgeon Offshore Wind Turbines Siemens Energy […]

  • Egyptian Investment Bank Buys 49% of EDP Renewables France

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    A private equity arm of the Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes has acquired a 49% stake in EDP Renewables France for EUR 160 million. EDP Renewables France is a subsidiary of EDPR (Energias de Portugal Renovaveis) and has a portfolio of 33 operational wind farms with a combined capacity of 334 MW that it will continue to […]

  • GDF SUEZ Appoints New CFO

    12 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Judith Hartmann has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of GDF SUEZ, effective 16 March 2015. Judith Hartmann, an Austrian citizen, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Vienna. She began her career in 1993 at Transport Canada in Ottawa. In 1997, she began working at the Financial department of Walt Disney Company in […]

  • Sonardyne Companies Get OHSAS 18001 Accreditation

    28 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Two of Sonardyne International Ltd. subsidiary companies, Sonardyne Brasil Ltda and Sonardyne Asia Pte Ltd, have been awarded OHSAS 18001 Safety Management System Standard accreditation following audits of their sites in Rio das Ostras and Singapore. These are the first in the Sonardyne group of companies to formally demonstrate their commitment to health and safety in […]

  • Tideland Lights Up Germany’s FINO1 Research Platform

    15 April 2014

    The Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel GmbH has chosen Tideland’s Nova-65HI LED lanterns to mark its FINO1 research platform in the North Sea approximately 45 kilometres offshore from Borkum. The research platform is in the immediate vicinity of Alpha Ventus, the first German offshore wind farm and it was built to measure and analyse ambient […]