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  • Offshore Wind Turbines Part of Danish Touristic Offer

    17 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Fear that tourists will opt out of Søndervig region on the Danish west coast due to the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms has got holiday home owners in the area to turn against the upcoming offshore wind projects, according to the Danish Wind Industry Association (DWIA). At the other end of the country, […]

  • BizMDOSW: US Offshore Wind Industry Will Move Forward

    16 November 2016
    Authorities

    Following the result of the US presidential election, the Business Network for Offshore Wind (BizMDOSW) issued a statement congratulating President-Elect Donald J. Trump and saying it believes that harnessing the power of offshore wind to create jobs, strengthen the economy, and improve the quality of life for all citizens transcends political parties. The US offshore wind industry […]

  • MacGregor Unveils Offshore Crane 3D Motion Compensator

    14 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Marine equipment manufacturer MacGregor has introduced the 3D Motion Compensator (3DMC), a flexible retrofit device ”designed to enhance the load-handling precision of an offshore crane even in challenging sea states.” The 3DMC can be fitted to the knuckle jib of a number of new or existing MacGregor subsea/offshore cranes. It compensates for the roll, pitch and heave […]

  • DNV GL Okays DanTysk Offshore Accommodation Platform

    8 November 2016
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL has awarded Vattenfall with a final statement of compliance for its DanTysk offshore accommodation platform recently installed in the North Sea. This is the first offshore platform in the North Sea to host up to 50 operation and maintenance staff members working at the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm. As the offshore wind […]

  • SeaPlanner Eyes Southeast Asian Offshore Wind Market

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    UK based company, SeaPlanner Ltd, is to launch an international tender for businesses in the South East Asia offshore wind market interested in entering a reseller agreement for the company’s marine management software solution – SeaPlanner. SeaPlanner is a management and monitoring system which has supported the construction of 26 wind farms in UK, Germany, Belgium and […]

  • OEEC Technical Session Puts Offshore Renewables into Focus

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is hosting a technical session on offshore renewables where industry experts will discuss  developments in offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, presenting their market size and potential.  The session, titled  ”Offshore Renewables”, will be held at the G-Rooms of the Amsterdam RAI from starts at 10:00 to 12:00 hrs […]

  • Siemens Hires Aimselect to Provide Offshore Wind Talent

    13 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    UK-based recruitment, talent and search consultancy Aimselect Projects Limited has been awarded a framework agreement with Siemens Wind Power to provide services for their offshore wind projects. Aimselect will provide Siemens Wind Power with EHS Advisors, Quality Inspectors and QHSE Site Inspectors for all of their wind projects. Dean Bradshaw, Aimselect’s CEO said: “Siemens are one of the […]

  • Avangrid Wins North Carolina Offshore Wind Auction

    16 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid Renewables, LLC, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, has secured a lease sale of 122,405 acres offshore Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, for offshore wind development after 17 auction rounds with a winning bid of USD 9,066,650. Avangrid has beaten three other bidders, Wind Future LLC, Statoil Wind US LLC, and wpd offshore Alpha LLC, to secure what is […]

  • New European Project to Boost Offshore RE Development

    16 March 2017
    R&D

    A new European project – H2020 marinerg-i – aimed at developing an integrated infrastructure to facilitate future growth and development in the offshore renewable energy sector, was launched in Brussels on 15 March.

  • Global Offshore Wind Capacity Reaches 14.4GW in 2016

    10 February 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D

    2,219MW of installed offshore wind capacity was added worldwide in 2016, bringing the total to 14,384MW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). 2016 brought a significant slowdown in momentum when compared to the record-breaking 2015 when 3,443MW of installed capacity was added, almost two thirds of which was commissioned in Germany. However, 2017 is […]

  • AFBE-UK Scotland Gets Real on Offshore Wind

    9 February 2017
    Training & Education

    Aberdeen-based AFBE-UK Scotland is to hold a series of events throughout the year aimed at giving young people an insight into working in the engineering industry, including the UK offshore wind industry. The Scottish chapter of this not-for-profit organisation will hold its first Transition programme of 2017 on Saturday, February 18 in the Taylor Building (A21) […]

  • Fathom Enters Offshore Wind Picture with Beatrice Contract

    6 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Fathom Systems has won a contract to supply a turnkey service of design engineering, procurement and manufacture of specialist electrical distribution equipment to be installed in each of the 84 turbine transition pieces intended for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The scope of supply for the GBP 2.6 billion wind farm project located off the coast […]

  • OSK-Offshore Preps Bold Tern for Veja Mate

    24 January 2017
    Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Danish design and consulting company OSK-Offshore A/S has assisted and worked in cooperation with Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) to prepare the wind farm installation vessel Bold Tern for the turbine installation project at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. The first of 67 Siemens 6MW wind turbines installed at the site started supplying the […]

  • New Hampshire Wants Offshore Wind Task Force

    26 August 2016
    Authorities, R&D

    New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan has received a petition to make a formal request to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for a formation of a task force to investigate the state’s offshore wind potential. The petition which gathered over 2,000 signatures was put together by 350 New Hampshire and Seacoast Anti-Pollution League. The formation […]

  • Danes Snap Up Offshore Wind Acreage in Massachusetts

    26 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired 100% of Offshore MW LLC, a company holding a 166,886 acre (675 square km) offshore wind energy lease issued by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and located south of Massachusetts.  Offshore MW LLC is eligible to participate in the utility tender program established by recently […]

  • 8 in 10 UK Bosses Support Offshore Wind

    19 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    A poll of nearly 1,000 bosses by the Institute of Directors found that nearly eight in ten, or 78.8% to be more precise, support the increased deployment of offshore wind in UK waters. 998 members of the Institute of Directors replied to the survey between 11-26 May 2016. Out of those surveyed, 44.5% strongly support increased development […]

  • Offshore Wind Market Bringing New Opportunities to Boskalis

    18 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    In its financial results for the first half of the year, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) said it remains focused on market segments that show structural growth in the longer term while also providing short-term opportunities, including offshore wind. The company explained that the greater focus on climate-related issues and ensuing opportunities in the field of […]

  • TenneT Hires MMT for Offshore Geo Surveys in Germany

    19 July 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    MMT has signed a framework agreement with TenneT to carry out offshore and nearshore geophysical and geotechnical investigations from 2016 to 2020. The area to be surveyed is the electrical grid connection of offshore wind farms within German territorial waters in the Northern Sea to the German onshore extra high voltage transmission network. Stefan Eliasson, MMT’s CEO, said: “We have worked for […]

  • France Launches Third Call for Offshore Wind Tenders

    5 April 2016
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Environment, Energy and Marine, yesterday launched the third offshore wind call for tenders for an area off the coast of Dunkerque, identified as having favorable conditions for offshore wind development.  The Minister appointed the Maritime Prefect for the English Channel and the North Sea, and the Prefect for the Northern region – Pas-de-Calais Picardie, to carry […]

  • Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Construction to Start in Early 2020s

    30 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall will submit a planning application for its 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm to the UK Planning Inspectorate in 2018, with hope it will obtain an irrevocable consent in early 2020.  If all processes run as smoothly as expected and a final investment decision is taken, offshore construction can start in the early 2020s, according to Ruari Lean, […]

  • BOEM Greenlights 12MW Wind Demo Offshore Virginia

    25 March 2016
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has paved the way for a 12MW offshore wind demonstration project in Virginia by approving the first Research Activities Plan (RAP) for a wind energy facility in U.S. federal waters. The project, for which the final engineering review is pending, involves the installation and operation of two 6MW turbines and associated cabling to […]

  • Pharos Offshore Recovers Faulty Cable at Walney OWF

    29 February 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Pharos Offshore’s hydraulic cable grab and offshore personnel have successfully supported and completed the recovery of a faulty cable section at the 367.2 MW Walney offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The cable grab had been built to client specification for this project and was delivered to Liverpool Port within a 6 day turnaround onboard […]

  • RWE Has Offshore Wind beneath Its Wings

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind boosted RWE Innogy’s operating result, which rose by €251 million to €280 million year on year, RWE Group reported in its results for the first three quarters of 2015.  This was due in particular to the commissioning of the new wind farms Gwynt y Môr off the coast of North Wales and Nordsee Ost […]

  • Taiwanese Offshore Wind Gets O&M Guidelines

    12 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    BMT Asia Pacific, IT Power and Ramboll have completed the second phase of their project that started in 2014 with an aim to provide Taiwan’s offshore wind industry with a series of guidelines for the future developments around the island.  The first phase of the project provided guidelines for the design and construction of offshore wind […]

  • UK, Danish Offshore Wind Orgs Team Up

    5 November 2015

    Team Humber Marine Alliance and Offshoreenergy.dk have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aiming to develop closer offshore wind industry links between Denmark and the UK. The two business development organisations said they want to harness the potential of supply chain companies and wind farm projects in both countries and will cooperate closely on inward and outward […]

  • ESNA Launches New Offshore Wind CTV Design

    28 October 2015
    Vessels

    ESNA AS, a Norwegian company specializing in Surface Effect Ship (SES) design, has introduced its new vessel design – an air cushion catamaran for offshore wind crew transfer, called the Tern. The crew transfer vessel (CTV) is partly supported by an air cushion in addition to the two side hulls. The Tern uses the air cushion not only for […]