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  • Vos Prodect Completes Export Cable Hang-Off Test

    22 January 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Vos Prodect Innovations has announced the completion of a new test on the permanent section of the cable hang-off system. With the latest test, the company’s main aim was to determine the maximum axial cable load that the permanent hang-off part can withstand. Vos Prodect has used a 3x630mm² submarine cable, which was secured at […]

  • Alewijnse to Refit Van Oord’s Nordnes

    5 December 2014
    Vessels

    Alewijnse Marine Systems was awarded contract for electrical repairs and modifications to Van Oord’s modern flexible fallpipe vessel, Nordnes. Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, who was awarded the contract by Van Oord to refit the Nordnes, has subcontracted the electrical repairs and modifications to long-standing partner Alewijnse Marine Systems. The 166 metre […]

  • ABP Reopens Lowestoft Town Quay

    22 July 2015

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested £4.5 million in the reconstruction of Town Quay at the Port of Lowestoft, ensuring it is fit for purpose for at least the next 50 years. Town Quay was officially re-opened by Lieutenant Commander Gavin Dawe, Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Navy tall ship Young Endeavour, which was […]

  • MMT to Carry Out Pre-Lay and UXO Survey for ABB

    18 June 2015
    R&D, Vessels

    MMT has been contracted by ABB to perform a pre-lay and UXO survey for a cable laying project between Caithness and Moray in northern Scotland. ABB will provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of the Moray Firth in northern Scotland. The survey […]

  • WindGuard Introduces Acoustic Testing Services

    19 March 2015
    R&D

    Deutsche WindGuard launches their new acoustic test section at the large scale wind tunnel in Bremerhaven. The new equipment permits measuring the precise location of noise sources on rotor blade profiles and thus give clues to their origin. A special feature of the wind tunnel is that it allows for simultaneous aerodynamic and acoustic measurements […]

  • Top News of the Week Apr 6 – 12, 2015

    12 April 2015

    Dong Enters US Offshore Wind Market DONG Energy has taken over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s (RES) more than 1000MW newly assigned development project rights off the coast of Massachusetts. First 8 Eneco Luchterduinen Turbines Onboard ‘Aeolus’ With the first days of April, Van Oord’s Aeolus arrived in Esbjerg, Denmark, to pick up parts of the […]

  • Enel Green Power Joins Ocean Energy Europe

    13 May 2015

    Enel Green Power (EGP), part of Enel Group has became a member of Ocean Energy Europe. EGP operates around 750 plants in 16 countries in Europe and the American continent with an annual production of 29 billion kWh from water, sun, wind and the Earth’s heat – enough to meet the energy needs of approximately 10 million […]

  • UK: Ofgem Welcomes DECC’s Announcement on Energy Policy

    26 November 2012

    Ofgem has welcomed DECC’s announcement on energy policy. Ofgem’s Senior Partner for Markets Andrew Wright said: “Ofgem welcomes today’s announcement by DECC on the future of energy policy. We will continue to work constructively with Government to get the best outcome for consumers both now and in the future. “Ofgem has played a key role […]

  • UK: Borehole Survey at Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Landfall Site

    24 February 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist contractors working for Forewind will drill three boreholes near the proposed landfall location for the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck export cables this week to understand the soil strata and geotechnical information of the site. The three boreholes will be drilled on arable land approximately 500 metres inland from the beach, between Barmston and Ulrome, […]

  • TenneT Requires Seabed Survey Work (Germany)

    19 April 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D

    TenneT Offshore GmbH is responsible for the connection of the electrical substation of the offshore wind farms in the HelWin2 cluster. In order to connect the wind farms with the onshore AC grid TenneT requires seabed survey services for the potential clearance of unexploded ordnance. The wind farm area is located 33KM North West of […]

  • Netsurvey Exhibits at Offshore Wind 2011 (UK)

    28 June 2011

    NETSURVEY, part of MMT Group, are exhibiting at Offshore Wind 2011 this week in Liverpool. You can visit them on Stand 218 to find out how their Marine Survey Services can give your Offshore Wind project the detailed, high quality survey data required for a successful installation as well as their innovative, cost effective, monopile […]

  • CG Secures Contract for Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    9 September 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    After the realisation of the prestigious Belwind offshore wind farm project, CG attracts major contract for the German Butendiek project Butendiek is a 288 MW German offshore wind farm project. A total of 80 turbines of the 3.6 MW class will be installed in the German North Sea. The project developer of the Butendiek offshore […]

  • AREG’s Response to Samsung Plans for Fife Wind Farm (UK)

    1 February 2012

    First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday announced that Samsung is to base its first European offshore wind project in Fife in an inward venture worth up to £100m that is expected to create more than 500 jobs in Scotland. The announcement came at the Scottish Offshore Wind and Supply Chain Conference in Aberdeen. Morag McCorkindale, chief […]

  • ABP in Search for Contractors to Expand Hull’s Docks (UK)

    13 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Associated British Ports is searching for contractors to expand its docks in Hull to allow construction of offshore wind turbines. Plans for a huge expansion of the docks, known as Green Port Hull, were first drawn up with the idea of enticing a wind turbine or offshore company to the region. The big gamble […]

  • Vestas and SGERI finish study about integration wind turbines into Chines grid

    16 August 2010
    R&D

    Compiled by Vestas and Chinese research institute SGERI, it explores the most suitable solutions for a large-scale integration of diffused generation – especially of wind – in the Chinese energy system

  • USA: ORPC to Unveil Full-Scale Commercial Unit

    22 July 2012

    Portland-based tidal energy expert, Ocean Renewable Power Co., will unveil its first full-scale commercial unit of the TidGen™ Power System on Tuesday, writes Press Herald news portal. This newly developed 180 kilowatt unit will be installed on the Cobscook seafloor sometimes next month. “Maine is where it all started and where the lessons are being […]

  • Damen Launches World’s First Fully Electric SOV Capable of Charging Offshore at OEEC 2023

    28 November 2023
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group officially launched its fully electric Service Operations Vessel (SOV) with offshore charging capabilities on 28 November at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 in Amsterdam. The company says that the new SOV 7017 E, said to be the world’s first vessel with offshore charging capabilities, paves the way for significantly reduced […]

  • World’s First Energy Island Starts Taking Shape – Video

    23 April 2024
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Power-to-X

    The first of the 23 caissons being built for Princess Elisabeth Island in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is almost finished and will be immersed in the North Sea this summer. The artificial Belgian energy island is a world first. A Belgian consortium comprising DEME and Jan De Nul (TM Edison) is building the foundations of the […]

  • Irish-Scottish Offshore Grid Study Gets GBP 1 Million of European Funding

    21 June 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    A detailed study into how an offshore electricity grid between Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland could be introduced has now been commissioned after being awarded European funding. The second part of the flagship Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES) has now been given £1 million to examine how an offshore grid could be established by […]

  • DOI Proposes Offshore Wind Lease Sale Off Maryland’s Coast

    18 December 2013
    Authorities

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau yesterday joined Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to announce the proposed notice of sale for nearly 80,000 acres offshore Maryland for commercial wind energy leasing. BOEM identified the Maryland Wind Energy Area in consultation with members of its […]

  • Wind Power Picks up in 2011

    2 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Randers, Denmark) on March 30 announced the launch of its newest dedicated offshore turbine, called the V164-7.0 MW, with a rotor diameter of 164m/538 ft. According to Anders Søe-Jensen, president of Vestas Offshore, the offshore wind market is set to take off in the coming years, but more so in […]

  • TenneT Establishing New Funding Structure to Separate Dutch, German Ops Into Two Standalone Companies

    18 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    TenneT Holding is setting up a new funding structure to facilitate the separation of its Dutch and German operations by establishing two standalone companies, each operating and funded separately, the holding company said on 18 April. “The new funding structure is part of TenneT’s exploration of structural solutions for the equity needs of its German […]

  • BREAKING: JERA Buys Parkwind, Belgium’s Leading Offshore Wind Developer

    22 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry

    Belgium’s Virya Energy has signed an agreement with JERA Green, an affiliate of Japan’s JERA, to sell 100 per cent of the shares of Parkwind, Virya Energy’s offshore wind energy platform. Closing of the transaction is expected later this year and is subject to the approval by the relevant competition and other regulatory authorities. Virya […]

  • BREAKING: UK Puts Massive Amount of New Offshore Wind Capacity on Fast Track

    26 September 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK will speed up planning and development consent processes for projects from the recently completed, currently ongoing, and upcoming (floating) offshore wind leasing rounds to bring new energy capacity online faster and facilitate economic growth and job creation. In this article: Will the UK Now Need to Set New Offshore Wind Target? Pre-Brexit Era […]

  • Securing Jack-Up Foundation

    17 November 2014
    Vessels

    Establishing a safe foundation is a vital part of jack-up operations. The jack-up vessel needs to be supported by an absolutely solid foundation during the entire jack-up operation at any given site. As the vessel is jacked up, the weight is carried by the legs and onto the seabed. The seabed must be able to […]

  • International Marine Energy Experts Head for Orkney, UK

    10 October 2013

    Final preparations are underway for a major international ocean energy conference, set to take place in Orkney next week. The two-day Global Ocean Energy symposium – part of a programme of events aimed at celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Orkney based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) – will see wave and tidal power experts […]