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  • Brave Tern Checks In at St Nazaire, Nacelle Load-Out About to Start

    12 July 2016
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has arrived in St. Nazaire in western France, with the process of loading the GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the Block Island Wind Farm to begin shortly. “This is an exciting project to be working on and we look forward to working closely with GE and Deepwater […]

  • Four Largest Wind Turbine Installation Vessels Meet at Port of Esbjerg, Denmark

    7 January 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    Four of the largest wind turbine installation vessels in the world are currently positioned in the Port of Esbjerg, where Blue Water Shipping is acting as agent and handling stevedore assignments. “Sea Installer” is the latest new-build vessel from A2SEA which recently arrived from China to Esbjerg, to be prepared for its first assignment in […]

  • AREVA Rotor Stars Loading Commence

    22 January 2014

    Crane vessel VIDAR has started loading the first AREVA rotor stars for the offshore wind farm Global Tech I yesterday. The pre-assembly of the almost sixty metres long rotor blades and the nacelle was accomplished at the terminal site of the JadeWeserPort, adjacent to the ship. Following loading, the VIDAR will leave with the next […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Wind Turbines Sale Decreases in UK, Germany

    17 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    In the first half of the year sales of wind turbines decreased, despite the ambitions of Germany and the UK. This makes obvious the struggle which the offshore wind sector and its financial supporters are facing in reaching the respective countries´ goals. As the financial crisis has spread throughout Europe, banks minimized the loans and […]

  • Siem Ends Siem Offshore Contractors Sale Talks, Reveals Potential Buyer

    29 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Siem Offshore has terminated discussions regarding a potential sale of Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC).

  • Esvagt Orders Diesel Electric System for DeBu SOV

    6 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has signed a contract with Havyard Design & Solutions for the delivery of a complete diesel electric system to Esvagt’s new HD 831 service operation vessel (SOV).

  • Windcat Orders Hydrogen CSOVs at Damen

    29 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Windcat Offshore has announced an order for the construction of a series of hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with Damen Shipyards at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The “Elevation Series” CSOVs have been designed by Damen Shipyards in cooperation with Windcat and CMB.TECH. The result is said to […]

  • USA: Delaware Congressional Delegation Introduces Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

    3 March 2013
    Authorities

    Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act to provide critical financial incentives for investment in offshore wind energy. This legislation would provide the offshore wind industry with enhanced stability by extending investment tax credits for the first 3,000 Megawatts of offshore wind facilities […]

  • EnBW Closes Third Quarter with Revenue up to EUR 13,76 Million (Germany)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG closed its third quarter of the current fiscal year 2011 with 6.4% and 13.5% higher unit sales of electricity and gas, respectively. Compared to the prior year, electricity sales thus increased to 116.9 billion kilowatt-hours and gas sales to 42.8 billion kilowatt-hours. EnBW’s revenue rose by 6.3% to € 13,761 million. […]

  • UK: Devon Entrepreneur to Build Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay

    29 May 2013

    A green energy entrepreneur from Devon is planning to build the world’s first purpose-built, tidal energy lagoon, capable of generating predictable, renewable electricity for more than 100,000 homes. Mark Shorrock from Tavistock is the driving force and chief executive of Tidal Lagoon Power Limited, which for the last 18 months has been working up detailed […]

  • SSE Renewables Calls On Ireland to Raise Offshore Wind Ambitions

    17 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has called on the Irish Government to expand its renewable energy ambition and increase its current 5 GW target of installed offshore wind energy by 2030. Speaking at the Irish Renewable Energy Summit at Croke Park, Dublin, the company’s Director of Development Maria Ryan said the offshore wind was key to addressing the […]

  • EnBW Reports EUR 588 Million Net Loss in 1H 2011 (Germany)

    29 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Karlsruhe. In the first six months of 2011 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG increased its revenue by 5.1% to a total of € 9,409.8 million. In contrast, there was a decline in earnings as expected. Adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (adjusted EBIT) fell by 24.2% in comparison to the corresponding prior-year period to € 878.1 […]

  • France: Navalu Gets Order from Enviroserve to Build Two Wind Farm Catamarans

    24 February 2012
    R&D

    UK wind farm service provider Enviroserve Ltd announces that it has ordered two 24 metre wind farm catamarans, from French work boat builder Navalu. The first boat will be named Sea Fox in keeping with the theme on Enviroserve’s other vessels. The first vessel is to be launched in January 2013. Working in close collaboration […]

  • Global Tech I Transformer Station Successfully Installed (Germany)

    9 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Yesterday, the transformer station for the offshore wind farm Global Tech I was successfully installed. The offshore platform is a core element of the North Sea wind farm: The power from its 80 wind turbines is gathered here and transformed from 30 to 155 kilovolts. The transmission grid operator will subsequently draw power from the […]

  • OWC Exec Becomes AqualisBraemar Group Marketing Director

    5 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    AqualisBraemar has appointed John MacAskill from Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) as its first group marketing director.

  • Yard Work Starts on Hollandse Kust West Alpha Topside

    15 March 2023
    Grid Connection

    The topside for the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore substation has now left the hall where initial construction works were being done and moved to a yard in Hoboken, Belgium, where the remaining work will continue before the platform is ready to be installed offshore the Netherlands. The offshore transformer platform is being constructed by […]

  • All Saint-Brieuc Jacket Foundations Installed

    9 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The last jacket foundation has been installed at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France, being built by Iberdrola through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines. The Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm features 62 jacket foundations that will support Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167DD wind turbines. All 62 1,150-tonne units for the 496 MW project have been produced […]

  • Van Oord’s New Cable-Laying Vessel Drops Anchor in Norway

    8 December 2022
    Vessels

    Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso has arrived in Norway where it will undergo the installation of cable carousels, as well as other finishing touches. Work on the first of two cable carousels has already started at VARD’s Brattvaag shipyard in Norway, where the construction of Calypso will be fully completed. With a total cable-carrying […]

  • Awind Orders CSOVs, Targets Offshore Wind

    9 March 2021
    Vessels

    Norway’s Awind AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions AS, has signed newbuild contracts for two purpose-built, walk-to-work Commissioning, Service, and Operations Vessels (CSOVs). The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2023 from China Merchants Industry, Hong Kong. In addition, Awind AS has secured an option agreement for up to […]

  • HKZ Alpha Jacket Foundation Arrives in Netherlands

    28 August 2020
    Grid Connection

    The jacket foundation and pin piles for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Alpha platform have arrived from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands. According to Petrofac’s post on social media, the 3,200-tonne jacket is currently off the coast of Scheveningen, waiting for Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir to place it at […]

  • California State Lands Commission Reviewing Two Floating Wind Applications

    19 November 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The California State Lands Commission is reviewing two floating offshore wind applications for the use of land for demonstration projects in the Pacific Ocean. This concerns the construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of two projects that would be located in state waters off the coast of Lompoc and Vandenberg Air Force Base. The first application […]

  • Siemens Gamesa, Vinci VR Developing Virtual Reality Training for US Offshore Wind

    9 October 2020
    Training & Education

    Siemens Gamesa and Boston-based startup Vinci VR have secured funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to develop Virtual Reality (VR) training simulations for the offshore wind sector in Massachusetts and the U.S. East Coast. The USD 124,670 grant will be used to create the first Global Wind Organizations (GWO) certified VR training tools, starting with the Basic […]

  • INNOVEN Nabs Far Offshore Supply Runs

    11 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Bremerhaven-based INNOVEN Marine Service has won a contract to provide offshore supply vessel services to the Global Tech I and BARD Offshore 1 wind farms in the German North Sea. The contract covers the transport of containers carrying dangerous goods and general cargo from Emden to the wind farms and back, as well as substation refueling services. […]

  • EU Nods to JERA Joining Formosa I Offshore Wind Project

    4 February 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of joint control over Formosa I offshore wind project in Taiwan by Macquarie, Ørsted, Swancor, and Japan’s utility JERA. Formosa 1 is currently a joint venture between Ørsted (35% ownership), Taiwanese developer Swancor Renewable (15%), and Macquarie Capital (50%). As reported, JERA agreed […]