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  • 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 […]

  • CERC Takes Part in Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme (UK)

    23 May 2013
    R&D

    Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) is currently working for the Carbon Trust to develop a mesoscale modelling approach to the investigation of offshore wind farm wake effects, as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Programme. The main objective is to investigate the capability of a mesoscale modelling approach to estimating long-range wake effects from […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Given Development Consent

    24 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Today, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change granted development consent for Galloper Wind Farm; an offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast with an installed capacity of up to 504 megawatts. The development consent would allow the joint venture partners, RWE npower renewables and SSE renewables, to build the offshore wind farm […]

  • Belgium: European Commission to Make Offshore Wind Data Public

    29 August 2012

    The European Commission is opening a public consultation on “Marine Knowledge 2020: from seabed mapping to ocean forecasting”, reported Utility Week. Namely, the EU Commission wants to make private marine data public. For example, seabed surveys used by companies to obtain licenses for offshore wind development could be used publicly. The Commission thinks that the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Photo of the Day: Maintenance at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

    6 June 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Wind turbine technicians carrying out maintenance work at Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm.  Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm comprises 88 Siemens 3.6MW turbines, which are 132m high. The turbines are located between 17 and 28 km off the Norfolk coast in England. The wind farm became fully operational in the summer […]

  • Offshore WIND Vessel Directory 2016 Looking For a ‘Cover Girl’

    15 April 2016
    Vessels

    The offshore wind industry will have a new reference directory at Seawork International in June: the Offshore WIND Vessel Directory 2016. This third edition of the directory offers an updated overview of available vessels in the market, including a new category: the Multicat work boats. For this third edition of the vessel directory we are […]

  • UK: Enventi Completes Analysis of Offshore Wind Cable Installation

    8 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Enventi announces the completion of its comprehensive investigation into power cable installation in the offshore wind industry which forms part of the company’s strategic move into the design of offshore wind farm infrastructure. Enventi’s General Manager, Scott Macknocher commented on the findings: “Until now, we have found it difficult to understand why power cable installation […]

  • Northeast Ohio Institutions to Develop Offshore Wind Energy (USA)

    12 September 2011
    R&D

      Three Northeast Ohio institutions will receive new federal resources to develop offshore wind energy.  (onlinetes) [mappress] Source: onlinetes, September 12, 2011

  • UK: Narec Submits Application for Blyth Offshore Demonstration Project

    28 March 2012

    Narec is seeking consent from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to construct and operate, for up to 22 years, a 99.9MW offshore wind demonstration site at Blyth, Northumberland. The proposed project will comprise a maximum of 15 turbines, to be constructed across 3 arrays, with a maximum number of 5 turbines in each array, at water […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ørsted and Partners Secure Funds for Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Project

    20 December 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The H2RES project, for which Ørsted and partners have just now received funding, will be using power directly from Ørsted’s two Siemens Gamesa 3.6MW offshore wind turbines at the Avedøre Power Station.

  • Offshore Wind Energy Group Generates Interest in Urbana (USA)

    14 January 2011

    With several offshore wind initiatives likely on the agenda of the Maryland General Assembly’s legislative session that opened Wednesday… By Chris Huntemann (gazette) [mappress] Source: gazette, January 14, 2011

  • DNV Updates Standard for Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (Norway)

    27 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      DNV’s recognized standard for design of offshore wind turbine structures has been through a revision process together with the wind energy industry. The updated standard which aims to reduce cost and increase safety is now available. he standard, Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (DNV-OS-J101), provides principles, technical requirements and guidance for design, construction […]

  • DNV GL Certifies BASF’s Offshore Grout MasterFlow 9500

    18 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    BASF A/S, the Danish legal entity of BASF’s Construction Chemicals Division, is the first company to obtain the Type Approval Certificate (TAC) from certifying body DNV GL for the company’s offshore grout MasterFlow 9500 used in the grouted connections of offshore wind turbine foundations. MasterFlow 9500 is an ultra-high strength, fatigue resistant grout which is specially […]

  • New England Preps for Offshore Wind Surge with DNV Analysis

    15 March 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D

    DNV has analyzed 20,000 years of plausible weather and power production for the Massachusetts-based ISO New England (ISO-NE). With the completion of this project, which began at the end of 2019, ISO-NE can now understand the magnitude, frequency, and duration of events like cold snaps or heat waves which drive regional load, as well as […]

  • DNV to Certify Polenergia and Equinor’s Polish Offshore Wind Projects

    11 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and Polenergia S.A. have awarded a contract to DNV to certify the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farms, located in the Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea. DNV’s scope of work includes the delivery of certificates for the offshore wind farms related to the design, fabrication/installation/commissioning and operation […]

  • New Hampshire Has What It Takes for Offshore Wind Industry

    11 April 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    New Hampshire Representative Bill Baber has written a commentary on offshore wind energy and its vast benefits for New Hampshire. Mr. Baber cosponsored a bill for the establishment of a committee to study offshore wind energy and the development of other ocean power technology, which passed the House on a voice vote and is now […]

  • USA: Atkins to Prepare EIS for Innovative Offshore Wind Farms

    20 March 2012

    The North American business of Atkins, one of the world’s leading engineering and design firms, has been selected by Baryonyx Corporation of Austin, Texas, and approved by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, as the third-party contractor to prepare the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a pair of innovative offshore wind farms. […]

  • ESB Seeks Offshore Wind Environmental Impact Assessment Services

    16 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland’s state-owned electricity company, has opened a tender for environmental impact assessment (EIA) services for offshore wind projects in Ireland and the UK. ESB plans to procure works, supplies and services through a framework agreement related to environmental assessment and consenting services for the offshore and onshore elements of offshore wind farms. […]

  • Port of Gdańsk Launches Tender for Offshore Wind Installation Terminal

    10 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Following the Polish Government’s switch of the location for the country’s offshore wind installation terminal from the Port of Gdynia to the Port of Gdańsk, the latter launched a competition procedure for leasing an area within the administrative boundaries of the Port and the construction of the installation terminal. Initial offers will be accepted until […]

  • Scottish Enterprise to Launch New Offshore Wind Initiative (UK)

    31 January 2012
    Authorities

    A new £900,000 offshore wind initiative will be launched today, 31 January 2012 at Scotland’s largest offshore wind conference in Aberdeen to support rapid growth in the developing offshore wind supply chain. To be announced by Scottish Enterprise chief executive, Lena Wilson, during her opening address to more than 600 delegates, the new Offshore Wind […]

  • Scottish Government Releases Blueprint on Planning Offshore Renewables Development

    8 February 2012
    Authorities

    A blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore renewables developments was published today. The report, prepared by a task force comprising Marine Scotland, environmental regulators, renewable developers and The Crown Estate, was welcomed by Alex Salmond as he co-chaired the first 2012 meeting of the Scottish Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). The task […]

  • Scottish Govt OKs European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

    29 August 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish Government has issued a marine licence for the construction of the proposed European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay. The EOWDC is being developed by Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (AOWFL) – a joint venture between Vattenfall and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) – plus development consortium partner Technip. The 11-turbine […]

  • German Ports Group Launches Website to Demonstrate Offshore Logistics

    25 May 2011

      Germany’s Seaports of Niedersachsen has launched a new website to demonstrate the capabilities of the various ports within the group in… (heavyliftpfi) [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, May 25, 2011