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  • Vineyard Power Talks Offshore Wind with Cape Cod Fishermen

    17 February 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Representatives from Vineyard Power and Vineyard Wind met the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance on Wednesday in Chatham to get the fishermen’s feedback on an offshore wind project planned to be developed off Martha’s Vineyard.

  • Port of Davisville Counting on Offshore Wind, Upgrading Pier 2

    16 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) has started working on modernising and rehabilitating Pier 2 at the Port of Davisville, after receiving an approval for a USD 50 million general obligation bond for the redevelopment of the pier in November 2016.

  • European Progress Blazes Trail for Investment in US Offshore Wind

    9 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The progress offshore wind industry has made in Europe is making things easier when it comes to investments into such projects in the United States.

  • AIS Prepping Deep Ocean Crew for Offshore Wind Work

    2 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Training & Education

    AIS Training has secured a contract with offshore cable installation contractor, DeepOcean, to upskill its workers as the company prepares to deliver several new offshore wind contracts. The scope of the contract will see AIS train up to 100 of DeepOcean’s workers in mandatory global wind qualifications at its industrial training village in North Shields, which […]

  • Blue Water BREB Enters German Offshore Wind Scene

    25 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Denmark’s Blue Water Shipping and Germany’s Bremer Reederei E&B (BREB) have formed a shipping and transport joint venture with the main focus on servicing the wind turbine industry in Germany. The range of services at the newly established Blue Water BREB GmbH will include port agency, stevedoring, loading, discharging, storage and transport. BREB has been active in […]

  • JFMS Wins ScottishPower Renewables Best Offshore Wind Award

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) won the ScottishPower Renewables Best Offshore Wind Award at the 2016 East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) awards held at Dunston Hall, Norwich, on 14 September. The award, which is presented to the company who had made the biggest contribution to the offshore renewable sector in the previous 12 months, recognised JFMS’s contributions […]

  • Offshore Project Support All-Rounder Formed in Den Helder

    2 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Den Helder Support Service (DHSS), Den Helder Aircraft Systems (DHAS), Glomar Offshore and GEOxyz have formed a joint venture – Offshore Project Support (OPS) – to provide a complete package of specialized services above and below water in the offshore energy industry. The joint venture, called OPS, has resulted in one team which can offer a fleet of […]

  • SPT Offshore Adds Aberdeen Wind Farm to Bucket List

    19 April 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has once again contracted SPT Offshore, this time for the detailed design and installation suction pile foundations for Vattenfall’s 92.4MW Aberdeen offshore wind farm.

  • Gemini and Westermeerwind Triple Dutch Offshore Wind Capacity in 2016

    28 December 2016
    Grid Connection

    The Netherlands has nearly tripled its installed offshore wind capacity in 2016 due to two major projects coming online during the year. The two wind farms which were hooked up to the grid in 2016 are the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the North Sea and the 144MW Westermeerwind nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer lake. […]

  • OrbisEnergy Spotlights Oil & Gas Businesses Diversifying into Offshore Wind

    17 August 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    After the launch of a GBP 6 million grant fund in July, OrbisEnergy today emphasised the opportunity for oil and gas businesses to use the fund to diversify into the renewables industry amidst the downturn in their main playing field, through adapting their ideas to offshore wind, wave and tidal power. “We know we have some amazingly talented […]

  • BOEM Updates Fishing Industry on Atlantic Offshore Wind Projects

    13 July 2016

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has set up a new webpage that serves as a single point of entry for updates on Atlantic offshore renewable energy planning and leasing efforts. The webpage, dedicated to the commercial fishing industry, will provide users with status updates, charts and maps, and project-specific developer contact information for fisheries liaisons and fishery representatives. The fishing […]

  • Taiwan Issues First Offshore Wind Commercial Operating Licence

    5 May 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan has issued its first ever commercial operating licence for an offshore wind farm – the 8MW Formosa I Phase I wind farm off the Miaoli County.

  • Photo of the Day: Offshore Wind Components at Sif’s Maasvlakte Site

    30 June 2017

    Sif Group has published a photo of its new site at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam accommodating, among others, piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm foundations and monopiles for the Rentel offshore wind farm.

  • Vattenfall and Ziton Seal Offshore Wind O&M Deal

    22 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vattenfall Wind Power AB and Denmark’s Ziton A/S have signed a three-year framework agreement through which Ziton will become the main provider of jack-up vessels for major component replacements at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms. Both companies agree that this is an important step in the right direction for a more efficient and cost reducing offshore wind market. Working […]

  • Palfinger Marine Unveils 3D-Compensation Module for Offshore Cranes

    31 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Palfinger Marine has launched a new 3D-compensation module designed for mounting on the company’s knuckle boom, telescopic boom or stiff boom cranes to transfer goods between the service operation vessels (SOVs) and wind turbines or other fixed offshore installations.   The 3D-compensation enables positioning of the cargo on the wind turbine or substation/installation despite movements of the vessel due to […]

  • New York Offshore Wind Acreage Goes on the Block in December

    28 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper have announced that 79,350 acres offshore New York will be offered in commercial wind lease sale in December.  “Today’s announcement not only marks another milestone for the U.S. offshore wind energy program, but also demonstrates how […]

  • Aquaterra and Proeon Launch Offshore Wind Structure Monitoring System

    11 October 2016
    R&D, Technology

    Aquaterra Energy and Proeon Systems have developed a new integrated structural monitoring system with the goal of improving the integrity of offshore wind structures and reducing O&M costs. With global offshore wind expenditure forecast to reach GBP 210 billion over the next ten years, the offshore wind energy monitoring system aims to improve inspection and repair planning, […]

  • Vattenfall Seeks Offshore Project Certification Services for Danish OWFs

    21 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has invited tenders for the provision of offshore project certification services for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm and its nearshore wind projects Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd. 

  • New Offshore Wind Tower Plant Rises in Port of Bilbao

    14 December 2017
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    The temporary consortium of INBISA Construcción, Gaimaz and Intxausti has completed the first phase in the construction of the new offshore wind tower manufacturing plant for Haizea Wind Group in the Port of Bilbao, Spain.

  • Kongsberg and NorSea Taking Offshore Wind Logistics to Digital Realm

    13 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    Kongsberg Digital is purchasing a 34 per cent ownership share in NSG Digital, a subsidiary of the NorSea Group. The two companies will now collaborate on digitalising the supply chain in the oil and gas and offshore wind industries.

  • BVGA, InnoEnergy Update Report on Future Offshore Wind Costs

    7 December 2017
    Ports & Logistics, R&D

    BVG Associates (BVGA) has published an updated report on future costs of energy for offshore wind for InnoEnergy, examining how technology innovation is anticipated to reduce the cost of energy from European offshore wind farms up to 2030.

  • Kriegers Flak Offshore Substation Topsides Start Rolling Out

    23 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Hollandia Offshore and Croonwolter&dros have moved the Kriegers Flak B (KFB) offshore substation topside from Hollandia Offshore’s production hall in Krimpen aan den IJssel and into the yard.  

  • Huadian Heavy Joins Laothing Bodhi Offshore Wind Project

    20 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Beijing-based Huadian Heavy Industries has signed a contract with Hebei Construction & Investment Offshore Wind Power for the construction of the 300MW Laoting Body Island offshore wind farm in Tangshan, China.

  • Southern North Sea Energy Alliance Launches at Offshore Energy

    23 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Amsterdam Ijmuiden Offshore Ports AYOP, East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), North Sea Energy Gateway Den Helder NSEG and Team Humber Marine Alliance have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation during the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam.

  • MHI Vestas Turbines for Dutch Offshore Wind Innovation Site

    6 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Two Towers B.V., the consortium developing the 19MW Borssele V demonstrator wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as the preferred wind turbine supplier.

  • New Jersey BPU Backs Offshore Wind Executive Order

    1 March 2018
    Authorities

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved an order that implements Governor Phil Murphy’s executive order which calls for the full implementation of the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act (OWEDA) and to begin moving the state toward a solicitation of 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity.