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  • Irish Utility Enters Scottish Offshore Wind Market

    9 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Red Rock Power Limited has formed a 50:50 joint venture with the Irish state-owned utility ESB to develop the Inch Cape Offshore Limited wind farm development off the east coast of Scotland. Inch Cape is set to be constructed 15 kilometres off the Angus Coast. The project recently received approval to increase its capacity to […]

  • Equinor Ramps Up Its Offshore Wind Game

    2 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor plans to expand its acquisition of wind acreage and will continue to leverage its position in offshore wind, the company said in a press release from 2 November. The oil and gas major, which has been making significant renewable energy steps over the past several years, will establish renewables as a separate reporting segment […]

  • LOC Germany Secures Offshore Grid Work with TenneT

    6 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has awarded LOC Germany with a framework agreement for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services, along with several other companies that applied for the tender earlier this year. One-year framework agreements, with the potential for extension for up to eight years, have been awarded to multiple MWS providers which will support the realisation of several […]

  • New Irish Company Establishing Offshore Wind Base

    28 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Green Rebel Marine has acquired Crosshaven Boatyard in County Cork, which will be used to service planned offshore wind projects in Ireland. The nine-acre site, which will continue its normal operations as a boatyard, will serve as a base for the new operation to survey, equip and service a network of planned wind farms. Green […]

  • South Tyneside Getting Offshore Energy Manufacturing Zone

    8 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    South Tyneside Council has secured almost GBP 500,000 to develop a manufacturing zone for the offshore energy sector. Coming from the UK Government’s Local Growth Fund through the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the funding will be used to support high growth businesses in the advanced manufacturing and offshore energy supply chain. Located within […]

  • Scots Awarding Half a Million Pounds for Offshore Wind

    3 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    Crown Estate Scotland is awarding GBP 500,000 for the development of the local offshore wind market. The funds comprise GBP 300,000 for Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) projects and GBP 200,000 for environmental research. The awarding of SOWEC funding will be linked to criteria which include aligning with the goals of the Offshore Wind […]

  • Installation Team Needed for Danish Offshore Wind Farms

    1 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has issued a tender for installation works on two wind farms in the Danish North Sea – Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord. The tender is divided into three lots and covers the installation of the foundations, the cables, and the wind turbines. The contracts are scheduled to run from July 2021 to the end […]

  • Equinor Takes First Offshore Wind Step in Brazil

    24 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has submitted an application to the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) for an environmental impact assessment needed to further look into the possibility of developing an offshore wind project in Brazil. A spokesperson from Equinor told Offshore WIND that it is too early to provide details on a potential project and development […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts at Neart na Gaoithe Site

    13 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) has entered the first phase of offshore construction. Saipem’s vessel S7000 set to start installing pile casings at the site some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The 197.5-metre semi-submersible crane vessel will also prepare the seabed for the jacket foundations for the project’s 54 wind turbines […]

  • Poles Join Bladt on Kaskasi Offshore Substation Project

    12 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Bladt Industries has selected Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia (EPG) as a subcontractor for the prefabrication of the offshore substation topside and sea fastening for the Kaskasi offshore wind project in Germany. The Polish company started the production of steel structure in July in Gdynia. Bladt is in charge of the construction of the offshore substation, including the […]

  • Manor Inks First Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan

    4 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has secured a contract to provide temporary power during the turbine installation phase at the Yunlin offshore wind project. The contract was signed with Yunneng Wind Power, the project company belonging to developer wpd, and represents MRE’s first in Taiwan. “We’re hugely excited about establishing an office in Taipei and working […]

  • Galloper Makes Offshore Wind Scarecrow Tried-and-True

    3 August 2020
    Environment

    A scarecrow system installed on the substation of the Galloper offshore wind farm has reduced seabird guano on the structure from approximately 50-60% coverage to almost none in the last 12 months. The Scaretech system was installed on the substation located 27km off the Suffolk coast in the UK in July last year to address […]

  • GIEK’s Offshore Wind Portfolio Quadruples in H1 2020

    21 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind portfolio of the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) has quadrupled since the end of last year, the agency reported on 21 July. GIEK’s offshore wind portfolio since the end of 2019 until now amounts to NOK 4.2 billion (approximately EUR 399 million), while the state-owned agency is actively seeking new business […]

  • Germans Seek Expedience on Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Projects

    20 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Representatives from the German offshore wind industry are urging the government to issue tenders for additional offshore wind areas needed to produce green hydrogen as quickly as possible. Germany’s National Hydrogen Strategy (NWS) opens up the opportunity to use about 3 GW of offshore wind energy to produce green hydrogen, thus additional areas must be […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Sets Up Polish Office

    16 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has set up an office in Warsaw, Poland, to support offshore wind development in the Baltic Sea. To head up its new office in Warsaw, OWC appointed offshore wind consultant Lukasz Sikorski. Sikorski previously held offshore engineering roles at DNV GL, as well as site and project manager roles with Iberdrola. […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farm Needs Insurance Policy

    16 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a contract notice for insurance policy services covering the 200 MW Trianel Windpark Borkum I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract covers combined property damage and business interruption all risks insurance for the operational phase of the wind farm consisting of 40 offshore wind turbines including […]

  • German Airport Operator Seeks Offshore Wind Power

    8 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    German transport company Fraport AG plans to procure electricity generated at wind farms selected in Germany’s last two offshore wind auctions. Fraport AG, the operator of the Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main, intends to sign one or more power purchase agreements (PPAs) with offshore wind farm operators. The company seeks to procure around 350 […]

  • Japanese Consortium to Bid for Wind Project Offshore Akita

    29 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium of eight Japanese companies will jointly bid to develop an offshore wind power project in Akita Prefecture for which a public tender is scheduled. Sumitomo Corporation, INPEX Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration, JR-EAST Energy Development, Kato Construction, Narita Construction, TEPCO Renewable Power, and Venti Japan will jointly take on the project near the cities […]

  • Breaking: Belgian Consortium to Build Dutch Offshore Substations

    27 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT has selected the consortium of ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants to design, engineer, produce, deliver, transport, and install a 700 MW offshore substation for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm. The contract also includes the options for identical work on the Hollandse Kust West Alpha and Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore substations. The Hollandse […]

  • Lithuania Opens with 700 MW Offshore Wind Pitch

    14 May 2020
    Authorities

    Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy has submitted a draft Government Resolution to stakeholders for coordination on locations in the Baltic Sea suitable for offshore wind farms. Proposals were also submitted regarding the capacities of the wind farms which could potentially meet a quarter of Lithuania’s electricity demand. The draft Government Resolution proposes the construction of a […]

  • DP Galyna Finishes Belgian Offshore Wind Job

    4 May 2020
    Vessels

    Chevalier Floatels’ walk-to-work (W2W) vessel DP Galyna has completed termination and testing at an offshore wind farm in Belgium. According to Chevalier, the charter party for the vessel was signed at the beginning of April and the contract was finished shortly before contract signing. DP Galyna completed the project in four weeks, two weeks ahead of […]

  • Equinor Picks MMT for US Offshore Wind Surveys

    30 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Equinor Wind US has awarded MMT US Inc. with a contract for geophysical survey services at its offshore wind lease area in New England. The contract, set to be carried out through the Reach-MMT cooperation, covers high resolution geophysical, benthic surveys and shallow subsurface surveys for the planning and engineering of the lease area. Work […]

  • Nestlé UK and Ørsted Sign Offshore Wind PPA

    27 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Nestlé UK has signed a long-term corporate power purchase agreement to buy the output of 31 MW from Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. The UK subsidiary of the world’s largest food and beverage company, Nestlé, signed a 15-year indexed fixed price agreement with Ørsted. This is Ørsted’s largest fixed-price corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) […]

  • Equinor Targets Global Offshore Wind Major Role

    6 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor is planning to become a global offshore wind major by setting up an ambition to grow its renewable energy capacity tenfold by 2026, to up to 6GW.

  • Siemens Gamesa Doubles Offshore Order Intake in 2019

    4 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has doubled the order intake in the offshore segment in 2019 compared to 2018, partly due to the company’s strongest ever results reported in the last quarter of the calendar year. The world-leading wind turbine manufacturer saw the order intake in the offshore segment double to 3,343MW, of which 1,279MW was signed in […]

  • RelyOn Nutec Invests in Offshore Wind Safety Training

    6 January 2020
    Training & Education

    Safety training provider RelyOn Nutec has invested in its Aberdeen facility to diversify into offshore wind safety training. RelyOn Nutec updated its Foinavon Close and Wellheads Road centers with a GBP 60,000 refurbishment to accommodate new wind safety training courses. According to the company, the investment includes an extension to the platform in the pool […]