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  • Denmark: Swiber Else Marie Completes Flushing of Anholt OWF Cables

    7 March 2013
    Grid Connection

    On Tuesday 19 February 2013 at around noon, Swiber Else Marie completed the flushing of the last of a total of 111 cables which connect the 111 wind turbines in the wind farm with Energinet.dk’s offshore substation. Having worked day and night for seven months, Swiber Else Marie could put a stop to the work […]

  • Australia: Adelaide Unlikely to Develop Offshore Wind Turbines

    6 June 2012
    Authorities

    Parliamentary select committee has been informed that there are no hurdles for wind turbines to be built in the hills and offshore Adelaide coast, reports ABC News. However, Andrew Grear from the South Australian Planning Department said that they were considering putting a ban on some hill sites. Greens MP Mark Parnell stated that it […]

  • French Media to Visit Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    25 June 2012

    Agentschap NL has organized a trip to The Netherlands for a number of French journalists from various French media to show what knowledge, skills and products the Netherlands can offer in the field of offshore wind energy. Background of this trip is the tender for the construction of offshore wind farms at the coast of […]

  • Mitsui Buys Stake in Mainstream, Company Valued at EUR 2.1 Billion

    24 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    Mitsui & Co., Ltd., part of Japan’s Mitsui Group, has agreed to invest EUR 575 million in Mainstream Renewable Power in the form of new common shares, corresponding to a 27.5 percent equity stake in the global renewable energy company. Mitsui will take a long-term active role in the growth of Mainstream, alongside Aker Horizons, […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV to Work on Europe’s Largest Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    15 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Royal HaskoningDHV has been awarded a contract for environmental consultancy services for NortH2, a large offshore wind-to-hydrogen project being developed by a consortium comprising Shell, Gasunie, Equinor, and RWE, and supported by Groningen Seaports and Province of Groningen. “We are thrilled to be part of the ground-breaking NortH2 development. Green hydrogen has an important role […]

  • Massachusetts to Invest USD 100 Million in Offshore Wind Ports

    19 May 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Massachusetts’s Baker-Polito Administration has announced its plans to invest USD 100 million to support offshore wind ports in Salem, New Bedford, and Somerset. Governor Charlie Baker made this announcement on 18 May in Salem at the site of what will be Massachusetts’ second offshore wind port. The investment is part of the government fiscal year […]

  • Vineyard Wind Eyeing Tisbury Marine Terminal for O&M Base

    30 August 2021
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance

    The developer of the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm is considering Tisbury Marine Terminal as a base for its operations and maintenance (O&M) activities, according to the latest documents available on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s website. Namely, the Commission is currently reviewing plans submitted by Tisbury Marine Terminal LLC (TMT), which is […]

  • Vineyard Wind Expands Offshore Wind Team

    31 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind energy developer vying to build the first utility-scale project off the coast of Massachusetts, has named Lars Thaaning Pedersen as its new CEO and Iain Henderson as CFO.

  • Study: Wind Farms Come Alive During Coldest Winter Days

    16 June 2017
    Environment, R&D

    A new study by climate scientists has shown that wind farms produce more energy during the coldest spells of the winter compared to milder winter periods.

  • UK: Recent Graduate Climbs the Offshore Energy Ladder

    30 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    Recent graduate Katie Musgrave is playing a leading role in a young company’s pioneering scour protection technology thanks to the direct support of her university. Katie became product engineer with Scour Prevention Systems only a month after graduating with distinction from her Masters in Energy Engineering with Environmental Management at the University of East Anglia […]

  • Ramboll to Carry Out EIA for Three Nearshore Wind Farms in Denmark

    28 October 2013
    Environment

    Ramboll was recently awarded a major contract to carry out the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for three near-shore wind farms in Danish waters for the Danish energy grid owner, Energinet.dk. The project covers the EIA for both the offshore wind farms as well as the onshore connection to the national grid. “Ramboll’s experts have significant […]

  • Shadow Energy Minister Backs Onshore and Offshore Wind

    12 June 2014
    Authorities

    The UK Shadow Energy Minister Tom Greatrex has expressed his party’s support for onshore wind, saying a future Labour government would not curtail its deployment if elected next year. He said a “significant contribution” from onshore wind is needed to meet the UK’s decarbonisation objectives. His comments contrast with those made by the Conservative party, […]

  • Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry

    26 December 2014

    Pontoon loaded with offshore wind turbine parts sinks off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea. The 35×11 meters large transporting pontoon sprung a leak while being towed from Stralsund towards Kiel by Bösch tug, and sank almost four kilometers northwest of […]

  • Mainstream Renewable Power Gets Board Level Membership on OWDC in USA

    21 June 2011

      Leading offshore wind developer, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announced its Board level membership of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition in the U.S. The company, which is already actively developing over 7,600MW of offshore wind projects in Europe, recently expressed an interest in developing a major wind farm as part of New Jersey’s offshore wind […]

  • SgurrEnergy Reveals Hywind Role

    20 January 2017
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, acted as technical advisor for the investment in the 30MW Hywind floating wind farm being developed by Statoil off Scotland. Located off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Hywind is the world’s first multi-turbine floating offshore wind farm. Consisting of five Siemens SWT6MW-154 wind turbine generators, the wind […]

  • Netherlands to Miss 2031 Offshore Wind Target

    29 April 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Netherlands’ previous goal to achieve 21 GW of offshore wind capacity by the end of 2031 has been postponed by one year, now targeting achievement by 2032. On 25 April, the office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate sent a letter to the parliament on the progress of the 2030 Offshore Wind […]

  • Siemens Energy Launches New Wind Turbine (Belgium)

    15 March 2011

    Siemens Energy today launched a new direct drive gearless wind turbine for low to moderate wind speeds at the EWEA 2011 wind power exhibition and conference in Brussels. The core feature of the new SWT-2.3-113 wind turbine is an innovative drive concept with a compact permanent magnet generator. This type of generator is characterized by […]

  • Fugro Goes Full Circle on First UK Offshore Wind Farm (Video)

    31 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has shared a video showing the decommissioning of the Blyth project, the first offshore wind farm built in UK waters. The Blyth offshore wind farm consisted of two 2MW turbines commissioned in December 2000, which were at that time the most powerful units. Back then, Fugro supported E.ON with the site investigation and the […]

  • Foundation Installation Completed at Kriegers Flak

    1 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    On 28 August, the 72nd and final foundation including a monopile and a transition piece was installed at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind site in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea. The monopile foundations, installed by Van Oord’s havy lift vessel Svanen, were manufactured by EEW SPC in Germany, while Bladt Industries delivered the transition […]

  • OSY Platform Topside Leaves Construction Site

    5 April 2019
    Grid Connection

    The topside of Elia’s Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform has left Heerema Fabrication Group’s construction site in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, and was loaded onto a barge. According to Elia, the topside left the construction site this morning, which represents the first step in the journey towards its final destination in the Belgian North Sea. The topside will […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Jupiter Bach Expand Cooperation

    27 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has expanded the cooperation with Jupiter Bach for the supply of nacelle covers for its offshore wind turbines. The expanded cooperation includes Jupiter Bach supplying nacelle canopy covers for Siemens Gamesa’s SWT-7.0-154 turbine, which are delivered from the company’s factory in Poland. According to the company, the deal will also include spinner covers […]

  • Vietnamese Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground

    3 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Vietnam’s Tra Vinh Wind Power has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the 48MW Korea- Tra Vinh wind farm (Phase 1). The Korea- Tra Vinh intertidal wind farm (Phase 1) will comprise 24 2MW wind turbines installed offshore the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh. The project will reportedly feature Vestas wind turbines […]

  • TenneT Plans Tenders for Dutch Wind Farm Zones

    16 August 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    TenneT TSO is planning to issue two tenders in September regarding surveys for three offshore wind zones in the Netherlands. TenneT will be seeking a party to carry out non-UXO offshore and nearshore route survey activities at the Hollandse Kust (West Beta), Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden and IJmuiden Ver wind farm zones. In the second tender, the transmission operator will […]

  • Ørsted Picks Cable Backup for UK Projects

    18 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Ørsted has contracted Hellenic Cables to supply subsea cable that will be used as spares for its offshore wind farms in the UK. Under the contract, Hellenic Cables is in charge of the design, manufacture and testing of the 33kV inter-array submarine cable. The company will produce 23km of cable at its plant in Corinth, Greece, and is […]

  • Bladt Completes First Frame for Iberdrola’s OWF Picture

    19 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    First of the total 82 A-frames for Wikinger offshore wind farm foundations is ready for the next step in the fabrication process, Bladt Industries reported via social media. The company will deliver 41 four-legged jacket foundations for Iberdrola’s wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The jacket foundations will be installed in water depths of […]

  • Photo of the Day: Nordsee One Foundations Falling into Place

    26 January 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    RWE AG has shared a photo of the world’s biggest jack-up vessel in operation, Innovation, installing one of 54 foundations at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German waters of the North Sea. The installation work is being carried out by GeoSea, part of DEME Group. The contract includes the installation of all monopile foundations and […]