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  • WEM Sisters Start First Offshore Wind Charters

    20 June 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Sunderland-based Wind Energy Marine Limited has taken delivery of two wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) which have since started their first offshore wind charters in the German North Sea.

  • France Announces New Wind Project Offshore Oléron

    14 June 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    France will launch a new offshore wind tender off Oléron in response to the announced increase in offshore wind targets, François de Rugy, France’s minister for ecological transition, said. The new project will have the capacity of between 500MW and 1,000MW, de Rugy said at the launch of the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project. No timeline was […]

  • Yunlin Offshore Wind Project Achieves Financial Close

    30 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind developer wpd AG has reached financial close on the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Yunlin project is 73% owned by wpd and 27% owned by a Sojitz Corp-led consortium which includes Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc., Chudenko Corporation, Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc., and JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation. […]

  • Mingyang Lands 1.4GW Offshore Wind Turbine Order

    30 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has received an order from China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) to manufacture and deliver offshore wind turbines with a combined capacity of around 1,403MW. The value of the contract is CNY 8.587 billion (EUR 1.12 billion), the turbine manufacturer said. In total, Mingyang will manufacture and deliver 255 MySE5.5MW wind turbines to […]

  • UK Tackles Offshore Wind Power Integration Challenge

    22 May 2019
    R&D

    The UK Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a new task force dedicated to finding innovative solutions to make the best use of electricity generated by renewable sources, including offshore wind. The Solving the Integration Challenge research project is a key part of the Offshore Wind Sector Deal announced in March, RenewableUK said. A group of experts and […]

  • Second Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge Kicks Off

    14 May 2019
    Technology

    Offshore Wind Innovators, a community for companies active in the Dutch offshore wind industry, has opened the new edition of Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge for applications. In the first challenge of the competition, Deutsche Windtechnik is seeking a device or method to measure the present stress within the elongated bolt, without knowing the initial length of […]

  • TEPCO Ponders 1GW Offshore Wind Farm in Japan

    9 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) is mulling a 1,000MW project in Japan that could be built off Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, The Japan News (The Yomiuri Shimbun) reports. TEPCO plans to set up an offshore wind farm comprising 200 5MW wind turbines, installed on fixed-bottom foundations, according to The Japan News, which further writes that the Japanese […]

  • Platform Supply Vessel Operator Diversifies into Offshore Wind

    15 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Fletcher Group, an Aberdeen-based platform supply vessel (PSV) operator, has entered the offshore wind market following ROV operations and boulder clearance carried out at an offshore wind project, which the company left unnamed. After 20 years of supporting the oil and gas industry, Fletcher said it is now expanding into offshore wind with a new cost-efficient solution. […]

  • Offshore Wind Promising Market for LNG-Fuelled Vessels

    2 March 2017

    Offshore wind installation is a promising market for LNG-fuelled vessels, according to GustoMSC’s report titled ‘LNG fueled Mobile offshore units’.

  • Port of Dundee Gearing Up for Offshore Wind Work

    1 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    UK port owner and operator Forth Ports is investing GBP 10 million to construct a new quayside at the Port of Dundee in order to put the port at the forefront of the North Sea oil & gas decommissioning and offshore wind sectors.

  • The Netherlands Opens Door to More Offshore Wind by 2023

    14 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The House of Representatives of the Netherlands has voted in favour of carrying out further research to determine if new offshore wind farms can be added to increase the country’s target of having a total of 4.45GW of offshore wind generation capacity commissioned by 2023.

  • Taiwan Gets Complete Offshore Wind Development Guidelines

    7 February 2017
    Authorities, R&D

    ITPEnergised (ITPE), Ramboll and BMT Asia Pacific (BMT) have delivered their third and final set of best practice guidelines for development of offshore wind farms in Taiwan and presented them to the local industry.

  • MPI Offshore to Install Senvion Turbines at Nordsee One

    20 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore has been awarded a contract to install wind turbines on the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The contract was signed by representatives from Senvion and MPI in a short ceremony held earlier this week in Hamburg, MPI’s wind turbine installation vessel, MPI Enterprise, will […]

  • OWC 2016 to Gather Offshore Wind Experts in Amsterdam

    22 April 2016

    This year’s Offshore WIND Conference will focus on business opportunities in the offshore wind energy industry and how, together, we can reach potential. On 24 and 25 October 2016 the seventh edition of the Offshore WIND Conference will be held at the Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands as part of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) […]

  • BOEM to Discuss North Carolina Offshore Wind Leases

    13 April 2016

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the next North Carolina renewable energy task force meeting on 19 April via a webinar. The sixth Nort Carolina task force meeting will focus on the request for information and proposed sale notice for commercial wind leasing offshore North Carolina. The task force is an intergovernmental group and includes […]

  • Report: Offshore Wind on Fast Track to Cost Competitiveness

    28 March 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Offshore wind could potentially be fully integrated into the market on a competitive basis in some European countries within the next decade, according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency’s Renewable Energy Technology Deployment programme (IEA-RETD).

  • Polar Queen Makes First Offshore Wind Connection

    24 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GC Rieber Shipping’s construction support vessel Polar Queen has started operations with its new charterer Senvion, supporting turbine commissioning at the 332MW Nordsee One wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Report: Japan Sleeping On Its Offshore Wind Potential

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Japanese offshore wind-power resources have been largely overlooked but have tremendous potential, and can viably contribute to baseload power demand in the country’s post-nuclear era, according to a report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

  • Gardline and G.A.S. Jointly Tackle Taiwanese Offshore Market

    8 March 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Gardline and Global Aqua Survey (G.A.S) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on offshore survey projects in Taiwan. Under the MoU, Gardline will provide specialist consultancy and services to G.A.S. The company plans to introduce into the Taiwanese market ”high-end geotechnical and environmental services in-line with European standards of quality and safety.” Both companies provide […]

  • Danes Launch Offshore Wind-Optimised Drill Ship

    3 March 2017
    Vessels

    Danish engineering consultancy company Geo and shipping company NCT Offshore have launched a new drill ship, named Freja, an S-Class ROV Support DP2 vessel and the only drill ship of its calibre and type in the Nordic countries after the rebuild, according to the companies that marked entering a strategic collaboration with the joint vessel launch.

  • Seasoned Offshore Wind Player Joins ORE Catapult

    22 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has appointed Thomas Arensbach, former Head of Offshore Projects UK at Siemens, as Senior Business Development Manager. Arensbach has previously worked at Gamesa, A2Sea, Statkraft UK, UPC Energy Management and Vestas Offshore Wind. Commenting on the new appointment, Andrew Jamieson, ORE Catapult Chief Executive, said: “Thomas’ extensive, international experience of developing offshore […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference 2016 Unveils Speaker Lineup

    17 June 2016

    The two day program for Offshore WIND Conference 2016 is set and a great speaker faculty is already confirmed! Leading experts from the industry like David Molenaar (Siemens), Andreas Wagner (German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation) and Alun Roberts (BVG Associates) will discuss and present global business opportunities. Next to that, building on the experiences of others will play […]

  • EDF Decides to Build Blyth Offshore Wind Farm

    7 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    EDF Energy Renewables will build a new offshore wind farm off the coast of Blyth in Northumberland. Onshore construction work has already begun and offshore work will start in 2017. The wind farm will comprise five turbines, totaling 41.5MW in capacity. The project has permission for a maximum total generating capacity of almost 100MW. Blyth […]

  • K2 Management Bags Korean Offshore Wind Deal

    27 May 2016

    K2 Management has been awarded a contract from Korea Offshore Wind Power (KOWP) who is developing the Korea Offshore Wind Power Project, located 11 kilometres off the South Korean west coast in the Yellow Sea. The total planned project capacity is 2.5GW installed over three rounds. K2 Management Wind Analysis team will conduct an independent […]

  • Video: Rotterdam Ready for Offshore Wind with Sif Group

    3 October 2016

    Dutch manufacturer of offshore wind foundations, Sif Group, is working full steam at its new facilities in Rotterdam after assembling the first monopiles there at the end of the last month. Expecting to have more than 150 people working in Rotterdam in two years, the company is continuously looking to recruit. The first monopiles that will leave […]

  • Vroon and Rhenus Keeping German Offshore Substations Supplied

    2 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has started cooperating with the German-based Rhenus Offshore Logistics on the provision of offshore supply services to wind farms on the German Continental Shelf. According to the agreement, Vroon is in charge of delivering bulk, containerised and project cargo to wind farm offshore substations off Germany, the company announced via social media. The operations are performed […]