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  • HOCHTIEF Solutions Commissions VIDAR Offshore Jack-Up Vessel

    12 December 2013
    R&D

    In the next few days, HOCHTIEF Solutions will commission a further powerful jack-up vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms. In the company of around 300 guests from the European offshore market the ship named VIDAR will officially be commissioned in Bremerhaven on December 12. The jack-up vessel was developed especially for construction and […]

  • Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Hails UK Government’s Decision

    4 December 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    In response to the UK Government’s announcement on changes to government renewable energy subsidies, ORE Catapult CEO Andrew Jamieson said: “We welcome the Government’s announcement of additional financial support for the development of offshore wind energy generation, in recognition of both the challenges that it faces and the opportunity that it brings. “It is now […]

  • China: Shi Xiping Investigates Longyuan Power Offshore Branch

    2 December 2013

    Shi Xiping, the chairman of board of supervisors of key large state-owned enterprises arrived at Jiangsu china Longyuan Power Offshore Branch for investigation, accompanied by Chen Bin, the Chief Accountant and member of the party leadership group of China Guodian Corporation, and Huang Qun, Secretary of Party Leadership Group of China Longyuan Power. During the […]

  • SDI to Present Scottish Offshore Wind Industry in Frankfurt, Germany

    14 November 2013

    This year, Scottish Development International (SDI) will be present at the EWEA conference in Frankfurt with 24 Scottish companies, representing the entire value chain of the offshore wind industry. SDI will present products, technologies and services from Scotland at the Scottish National Pavilion at Stand 30C10. The country is leading in the area of renewable […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Services Certifying All Its Vessels

    13 November 2013

    Offshore Wind Services B.V. has certified its first vessel in the process that will entail awarding all the company’s vessels with the MLC 2006 certificate. The Offshore Phantom was successfully certified in accordance with the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) last week. The vessel is operating out of IJmuiden. In order to maintain […]

  • PIRIOU to Showcase Its Offshore Wind Portfolio at EWEA’s Event

    6 November 2013

    French shipbuilding company PIRIOU has announced its participation in the EWEA Offshore event in Frankfurt. The company is a specialist in the fields of shipbuilding and ship repairing for medium sized vessels. The company is a specialist in the fields of shipbuilding and ship repairing for medium sized vessels. This year, Piriou moved into the […]

  • Strategic Marine Delivers Sixth WSV to Njord Offshore (UK)

    22 May 2013

    Specialist boatbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered the Njord Puffin windfarm service vessel (WSV) to offshore windfarm service fleet operator Njord Offshore for deployment in Northern Europe. “The Puffin is the sixth in a series of eight vessels ordered, a strong signal of our commitment to the global windfarm industry,” said Rodney Davies, Operations Manager at […]

  • UK: Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Back on Track

    11 December 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    DP Vessel ‘Fugro Commander’ and the jack-up ‘Excalibur’ are both back on Walney offshore wind farms site after the recent poor weather. ‘Excalibur’ is accompanied by the support tug ‘MTS Valiant’, and an additional DP Vessel ‘MV Gargano’ is expected to arrive on site, according to KIS-ORCA. This marks the beginning of further development of […]

  • LEEDCo to Design Offshore Wind Foundations Optimized for Fabrication in U.S.

    18 December 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) announced today that it is leading an international engineering team to design an offshore wind turbine foundation optimized for fabrication in the United States. The design will catalyze domestic manufacturing growth by removing barriers to entry faced by U.S.-based steel fabricators that want to supply foundations for the […]

  • East of England Has Much to Offer to Offshore Wind Industry

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Major international energy companies remain enthusiastic about wind farm prospects off the East of England coast despite recent setbacks like the shelving of the Galloper project off Suffolk. That was the message from James Gray, inward investment director for EEEZ (the East of England Energy Zone), back from the Renewable UK 2014 Conference and Exhibition […]

  • Offshore Wind to Expand in Maryland over Next 15 Years

    5 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    The carbon pollution from two entire coal plants could be eliminated in Maryland if wind power supplied 30 percent of the nation’s electricity needs, according to a new analysis by Environment Maryland. The analysis comes just as Congress considers whether to renew tax credits critical to wind development. “Wind power can replace the dirty energy […]

  • Farmer Fights Offshore Wind Project to Keep His Land

    28 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Stephen Kirkwood, an East Yorkshire wheat producer, has filed a complaint against Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) to the European Commission. The development of AMEP, which will be built to accommodate the deployment of large components for offshore wind farms in the North Sea and beyond, requires a site that will compensate for the loss of estuary land. For this purpose, 100ha […]

  • Offshore Energy Companies Win Great Yarmouth’s Business Awards

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The winners of an annual celebration of business excellence in the Great Yarmouth borough were announced at a trophy presentation ceremony, at the Town Hall, on Friday, November 21. The Spirit of Enterprise Awards, now in its seventh year, is organised by enterpriseGY, Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s business support service, and aims to recognise and raise […]

  • Offshore wind jobs: Skills shortage is a potential bottleneck for growth

    14 August 2013
    Jobs & Recruitment

    With 40GW installed power still expected to come on stream by 2020 and even 150GW by 2030, the offshore wind sector is well aware that something needs to be done to prevent a severe skills shortage in the industry. In the first real analysis of the scale of the problem the European Union’s Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind) produced a revealing report about possible […]

  • LOC Consultants to Exhibit at Offshore Energy & OWIM Events in Amsterdam

    22 October 2014

    London Offshore Consultants (LOC) are exhibiting at Offshore Energy & OWIM conference on the 28th – 29th October in Amsterdam. Mike Frampton will be presenting during the supply chain and operational management session (part of the OWIM conference) on Wednesday 29 October 2014 from 13.30 to 15.00 hrs. The company will be located at stand 8.049 […]

  • Remontowa Turns Oil & Gas OSV to Offshore Wind Vessel

    18 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    An 83m long, multipurpose offshore support vessel (OSV) / anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) Normand Draupne, has undergone conversion and upgrade at Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA and is now capable of working in the offshore wind industry. The vessel has arrived at Remontowa still in its old livery of Norwegian offshore support fleet operators – Solstad Offshore. Now the ship […]

  • Airbus Helicopters Delivers 1st H135 for Offshore Wind Ops

    3 August 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first H135 to HTM Helicopter Travel Munich GmbH for offshore wind operations, marking a new milestone for the enhanced version of Airbus Helicopters’ lightweight rotorcraft previously known as the EC135 T3. The H135 is well adapted to the full range of offshore operations, benefitting from the helicopter’s excellent performance, especially in […]

  • Denmark Launches New Offshore Wind Technology Test Scheme

    21 July 2015
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a call for applications for a new offshore wind technology test scheme of 50 MW. The deadline for applications is 15 October 2015 and the first commitments are expected to be assigned within the end of the year. The test scheme aims to develop new and innovative wind turbine projects which have the […]

  • Vessels: CTruk Transfers Offshore Wind Knowledge to Military Sector

    13 July 2015
    Vessels

    Lessons learned from the prolific increase in building workboats for the offshore wind farm sector can benefit the military user, according to CTruk CEO Andy White. White told the audience at a Royal Institute of Naval Architects conference entitled Warships 2015: Future Surface Vessels that developments in vessel design, construction and operation as a result of […]

  • ScottishPower Calls for Stable Regulation at Global Offshore Wind 2015

    25 June 2015

    Keith Anderson, CEO of ScottishPower Renewables, addressed the Renewable UK Global Offshore Wind Conference in London today. He called for stable regulation and close working between the industry and the Government in order to ensure that the UK gains the maximum benefits from the offshore wind power industry. In his speech, Keith Anderson said: “The […]

  • Cathie Associates Backs EDF’s Blyth Offshore Wind Demo

    25 June 2015
    R&D

    Following on from years of work with Narec, Cathie Associates reported that its expertise is now being utilised by EDF Energy Renewables in the development of the Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project. The company is delivering geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy to the project from geophysical and geotechnical survey design, supervision and management to geological GIS […]

  • ITW Celebrates 25 Years of Its Offshore Grouting Product

    10 February 2015

    This year, ITW celebrates the 25th anniversary of Ducorit® – an Ultra High Performance Cementitious (UHPC) based material for grouting, which is used in renewable energy projects and oil and gas industry. In offshore renewables sector, the product has been applied as a grouted connection between piles and transition pieces in all foundation types for wind […]

  • Able UK, Siemens Back Offshore Wind Connections 2015

    1 April 2015

    Leading renewables businesses and industry figures are backing the Offshore Wind Connections 2015 conference and exhibition to be held on June 4 at the Spa, Bridlington. Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) has just announced headline lead sponsorship by Able UK, and by Siemens and East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Mark O’Reilly, chairman of the business […]

  • Conference Dedicated to Offshore Wind Opens Its Door in Amsterdam

    29 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore WIND Installation and Maintenance Conference kicked off this morning as part of Offshore Energy 2014 Exhibition & Conference. Frans van der Loo, owner of LOO e-Consult and Andy Barwise, Business Development Director of Gardline Geosciences Limited gave keynote speeches at the event dedicated to the offshore wind. Mr. van der Loo spoke about […]

  • Crown Estate Publishes UK Offshore Wind Speed Data

    9 June 2015

    The Crown Estate has released new new offshore wind speed and direction data on its online Marine Data Exchange (MDE). The data added to the MDE has been collated from several meteorological masts, buoys and LiDAR (remote sensing technology) around the UK, including The Wash, Thames Estuary and the Irish Sea, covering a period from […]

  • USA: Virginia’s Offshore Wind Potential Attracts Nine Companies

    14 February 2013

    An area designated for development of wind energy off Virginia’s coast has attracted a number of companies interested in construction of offshore wind farms there. Last year’s list of eight companies now has a new potential developer, Sea Breeze Energy LLC, which has shown its intention to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to […]