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  • Denmark Embarks on 10GW Offshore Wind Energy Island Mission

    11 December 2019
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Denmark has initiated studies to find possible locations for one or more energy islands supporting at least 10GW of offshore wind capacity. This corresponds to ten large offshore wind farms that could meet the electricity demand of more than ten million European households. The total investment needed for the project is estimated to be between […]

  • Dropsafe and Van Dam Ink Deal for European Offshore Wind

    5 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dropsafe has signed a distribution deal with the Dutch fire and blast protection specialist Van Dam for dropped objects prevention solutions for the European offshore wind market. According to Dropsafe, the offshore wind sector is subject to significant dropped object risks, with personnel transferring from vessels and engineers and other staff routinely carrying out maintenance operations at […]

  • Ørsted and Covestro Sign Largest-Ever Offshore Wind PPA

    4 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Covestro has signed a ten-year corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted to buy the output of 100MW from the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind project in Germany. With the ten-year indexed fixed-price agreement, Germany-based Covestro will offtake 100MW of the project’s 900MW total capacity, which makes it the world’s largest corporate PPA for offshore […]

  • Ex-Vattenfall Offshore Wind Exec Finds New Gig

    21 November 2019
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Ramboll has appointed Michael T. Simmelsgaard, Ex-Vattenfall Vice President of Offshore Wind, as the new Managing Director for the global energy division. Simmelsgaard will take over the position on 1 January 2020, succeeding Thomas Rand who has decided to retire after ten years as Ramboll’s Managing Director for Energy and 41 years in the company. […]

  • Investigations Kick Off at Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project

    21 November 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Site investigations have commenced on the Star of the South offshore wind project in Australia. Two floating LiDARs and a wave buoy were deployed this week to collect data on the wind profile and conditions in the Bass Strait for what is to be Australia’s first offshore wind farm. The wind and wave monitoring equipment […]

  • WoodMac: China Faces Offshore Wind Supply Chain Bottlenecks

    20 November 2019
    R&D

    Only 20% of China’s current offshore wind pipeline is expected to be connected to the grid by the end of 2021, mainly due to local supply chain bottlenecks, according to Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie reports that 45GW of projects have been approved for higher feed-in tariffs (FIT) before 2022, which strengthens the long-term outlook but […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Studying German Bight Offshore Wind Clusters

    12 November 2019
    R&D

    Fraunhofer IWES has commenced a project focused on investigating how the wind conditions in the German Bight could change if offshore wind farms are expanded on a large scale. The X-Wakes “Interaction Between the Wakes of Large Offshore Wind Farms and Wind Farm Clusters With the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer” research project is funded by […]

  • APEM Surveying Wildlife at Vietnam’s 3.4GW Offshore Wind Project

    7 November 2019
    R&D

    APEM Ltd has begun conducting aerial surveys at the Thang Long offshore wind project in Vietnam. Under a contract with Enterprize Energy, APEM is conducting baseline digital aerial surveys to collect data on birds and marine mammals at the project site offshore Ke Ga Cape. According to the UK-headquartered company, the surveys will be collected […]

  • UK Invites EoI for Offshore Wind R&D Competition

    6 November 2019
    R&D

    Innovate UK is inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) from companies to apply for a share of up to GBP 1.5 million from a bilateral offshore wind R&D program with the U.S. Innovate UK will invest in UK companies partnering with U.S. consortia to work on projects as part of the USD 40 million U.S. National […]

  • PKN Orlen Kicks Off Geological Surveys Offshore Poland

    29 October 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    PKN Orlen has commenced geological surveys at its offshore wind farm license area in the Polish Baltic Sea. The vessel sailed from the port of Gdansk to carry out the surveys at the circa 131km2 area located some 23km from the coast which will accommodate up to 1.2GW of offshore wind. The collected soil samples will be […]

  • First SeaMade Offshore Substation Transition Piece Heads to Rotterdam

    18 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The first offshore substation transition piece and J-tube cage for the SeaMade offshore wind farm are on their way from Belgium to the Sif terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, DEME Group said. The transition piece was loaded out at Smulders’ yard in Hoboken. Together with the foundation, which is already in Rotterdam, the transition piece and […]

  • Van Oord Notches Offshore Wind Revenue Bump in 2017

    20 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Dutch offshore specialist Van Oord reported EUR 403 million revenue coming from offshore wind activities in 2017, a 2.3% increase compared to EUR 394 million revenue recorded in 2016.

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting to Install Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard Platform

    6 March 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has secured a contract to install the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Offshore Wind Leaves Good Mark on James Fisher Results

    1 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    James Fisher and Sons has reported a revenue that climbed 9% in 2017 compared to the previous year, exceeding GBP 500 million for the first time. With an underlying operating profit of GBP 55.8 million, the company marked a 10% increase from GBP 50.8 million posted for 2016. Three out of four James Fisher’s business divisions saw a boost in their profits, with the Marine Support division – which serves the offshore renewables sector – leading with an increase of 17%.

  • BLP Advises Macquarie on Taiwanese Offshore Wind Partnership with EnBW

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    International law firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Macquarie Capital on the introduction of EnBW Energie Baden-Württenberg AG (EnBW) to its partnership with Swancor Renewable to jointly develop three offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Ørsted Applies For Fewer, Bigger Hornsea Two Offshore Substations

    15 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has sent an application to the UK’s Planning Inspectorate to reduce the maximum number of offshore HVAC collector substations permitted under the Hornsea Project Two Development Consent Order (DCO).

  • GBP 72 Billion Lay in Fighting Corrosion in Offshore Renewables

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore renewable energy sector in Europe – including offshore wind, wave and tidal energy industries – could create up to GBP 72 billion of supply chain opportunities in anti-corrosion solutions and the development of new materials by 2050.

  • Taiwan to Sign 5.5GW of Contracts with Offshore Wind Developers by July

    30 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    Nine developers looking to build offshore wind farms in Taiwan have qualified for offshore environmental permits. These developers, offering 10.5GW of offshore wind capacity in total, will now compete for 5.5GW of offshore wind contracts, 3.5GW to be selected for the feed-in-tariff (FIT) and the rest to be awarded at an auction in May.

  • US Test Center Gearing Up For Offshore Wind Giant

    30 January 2018
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Clemson University is preparing the 15MW dynamometer test rig at its SCE&G Energy Innovation Center in Charleston, South Carolina, which will be used to test the gearbox of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s 9.5MW offshore wind turbine.

  • KCI and Tractebel Join Hands in French Offshore Wind Projects

    29 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    KCI The Engineers is supporting Tractebel at the Dieppe et Le Tréport and Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farms in France by providing the structural know-how to the engineering team for the offshore substations. KCI’s scope will be to assist by setting up the engineering packages for the OSS topsides and foundations from […]

  • Offshore WIND Team to Check Out What’s New in England

    24 January 2018

    Offshore WIND has confirmed it will take part in this year’s Southern North Sea Conference & Exhibition (SNS2018), to be held on 28 February and 1 March in Norwich.

  • RanaWorks Floats Offshore O&M Work Station Concept

    22 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Rotterdam-based RanaWorks B.V. has introduced a new concept to the market of inspection, repair and maintenance in the North Sea offshore wind and oil & gas markets.

  • OGA: Gas-to-Wire Concept Boosts Offshore Power Output

    19 September 2018
    Authorities, Grid Connection, R&D

    A partnership between gas platforms and wind farms could see more power generated – maximising both gas production and renewable electricity generation offshore, according to a report from the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).

  • New Jersey Nears 1.1GW Offshore Wind Tender Launch

    14 September 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will consider inviting bids for the development of up to 1,100MW of offshore wind capacity next week, the New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said during the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. 

  • Offshore Wind Boosts James Fisher’s H1 2018 Results

    31 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind has taken one of the leading roles in James Fisher & Sons’ results for the first half of 2018, as the group’s Marine Support business division marked revenue growth of 21% – the highest of all James Fisher divisions – mainly powered by activities in the UK offshore wind market.

  • Prysmian Secures Contracts for Three Offshore Wind Farms in France

    29 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has secured inter-array cable contracts worth over EUR 220 million for three offshore wind farms in France.