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  • 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 […]

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • Top News of the Week Nov 4 – 10, 2013

    10 November 2013

    VIDEO: Boskalis in West of Duddon Sands Project  In September, the first turbine was installed at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the East Irish Sea, approximately 14 km from the nearest coast on Walney Island, Cumbria. Record-Breaking Year for UK Offshore Wind  The offshore wind industry has enjoyed a record breaking […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 20 – 26, 2014

    26 October 2014

    TenneT Invites Tenders for BorWin4 TenneT-owned DC-Netz BorWin4 GmbH is inviting tenders for BorWin4 connection system located in the North Sea. Trianel Wind Farm Borkum Commissioning Pushed to 2015 The initial testing of the link between Trianel Wind Farm Borkum’s transformation platform and TenneT’s transformation platform “DolWin 1” failed. Seatower to Load Out Foundation from […]

  • Two Turbine Installation Vessels Install Eight Wind Turbines at Walney 2 (UK)

    21 June 2011

    Walney 2 was planned to be installed in almost half the time it took to install Walney 1. In order to do that, two turbine installation vessels are working side by side with the installation. On Thursday 2 June 2011, both Kraken and Leviathan installed their first turbine in Walney 2, and both vessels have […]

  • DOE and US Department of the Interior plan to increase offshore development together

    1 July 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The US Department of the Interior and Department of Energy plan to increase offshore renewable energy development together, under a formal agreement signed Tuesday. Interior and the DOE would develop “attainable” goals for constructing renewable energy projects on the US Outer Continental Shelf, determine how to streamline federal and state approval processes and identify areas […]

  • Blue Water to Aid Offshore Wind Development in North Sea

    21 July 2014

    When the construction of the three large offshore wind parks in the Nort Sea, Borkum Riffgrund, Westermost Rough and Butendiek commences, Blue Water will provide a range of port agency services for all three projects. “In cooperation with the client, we will plan and handle the terminal and stevedore assignments for the three projects. At […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • UK: Forewind General Manager Presents at EEEGR’s Annual Conference

    7 March 2013

    Forewind General Manager Lee Clarke was one of a number of key industry speakers presenting at this year’s SNS2013 conference (South North Sea) organised annually by the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR). More than 500 delegates attended this year’s event in Norwich which is one of the main calendar highlights for the offshore energy […]

  • Estonian-Latvian Researchers Study Gulf of Riga Offshore Wind Potential

    3 February 2012
    R&D

    Since Monday, the research group has been conducting observation flights over the Gulf of Riga, including the island of Saaremaa and Ruhnu, with the task of the Estonian-Latvian Cooperation Program to identify suitable sites for a future offshore wind farm construction, reports Saarte Hääl. “The aim is to map, together with Latvians, the locations of […]

  • Offshore Supergrid: Vital Memorandum Signed Today (UK)

    7 December 2010
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    RenewableUK, the UK’s leading renewable energy trade association, has welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by ten European ministers from countries bordering the North Sea. The Memorandum covers an agreement to develop an offshore electricity grid enabling interconnection between continental, offshore and British energy resources. Dr Gordon Edge, RenewableUK’s Director of policy commented: […]

  • Cable Works at Walney 2 Progress In-spite of Bad Weather (UK)

    25 January 2012
    Grid Connection

    Despite the weather, it has been possible to energise the next cable string with eight turbines. Energizing the cable string is a vital part of the commissioning of the turbines, and the eight turbines connected to the string are expected to have first power in near future – depending on the weather.  All array cables […]

  • Beatrice Foundation Installation Works In Full Swing

    4 September 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessels Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov have installed 69 pile clusters and 12 jacket foundations in the Outer Moray Firth off Scotland for the 588 Beatrice offshore wind farm project.

  • 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).

  • 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 […]