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  • Onshore Cable Pulling Starts at Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

    5 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Work is underway to pull cabling through 19.5 kilometres of underground ducts which will connect the GBP 3 billion Seagreen Wind Farm to the Scottish national grid. The cable pulling is the latest stage in the cable installation process and another milestone in the construction of the 1,075MW 114-turbine development 27 kilometres off the coast […]

  • Rampion OWF Transmission Assets Sold to TCP

    19 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The transmission assets of the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK have been sold to Transmission Capital Partners (TCP), a consortium comprising International Public Partnerships Limited, Amber Infrastructure Group, and Transmission Investment. The assets now owned by TCP comprise Rampion’s offshore and onshore substations, and offshore and onshore export cables. The sale follows the […]

  • 40 Foundations In at Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

    19 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Half of the total of 80 wind turbine foundations are now in place at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France.  The 80 foundations are being installed by DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation, which put the first monopile in place in early May and had more than a quarter of the project’s foundations installed by the end of August. […]

  • Scottish Enterprise, Marubeni Jointly Eyeing Floating Wind and Green Hydrogen Projects

    10 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    Scotland’s national economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise, and Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore opportunities in floating offshore wind and green hydrogen. The new partners have identified three key areas of collaboration as part of the agreement, including projects in floating offshore wind and the development and […]

  • BP, EnBW to Deploy Floating LiDARs at 3 GW Offshore Wind Project Sites

    29 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    BP and EnBW, who won lease rights for two offshore wind sites in the UK Round 4 leasing at the beginning of this year, have deployed two metocean buoys and will soon deploy two floating LiDARs as part of a metocean and wind measurement campaign at the two sites. The metocean buoys will stay at their […]

  • 1.2 GW Polish Offshore Wind Project Gathers Financing Team

    22 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    PKN Orlen and Northland Power, the owners of the Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland, have appointed a consortium comprising Polish company Pekao Investment Banking and the international financial advisory firm Green Giraffe as a financial advisor for their 1.2 GW offshore wind farm. The two companies will be responsible for developing a complete […]

  • Ørsted CFO Steps Down

    23 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    Marianne Wiinholt has decided to step down as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ørsted to accept a position outside the energy industry. Wiinholt served as Ørsted’s CFO for the past eight years and will continue in the role until 30 June 2022 at the latest. ”I have been part of Ørsted’s amazing journey over […]

  • Kvaerner Teams Up with DOF Subsea for Hywind Tampen Marine Operations

    31 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Following the award of a contract for the Hywind Tampen project, Kvaerner has joined forces with DOF Subsea to deliver marine operations for the floating wind farm in Norway. Kvaerner’s contract for the Hywind Tampen project is worth about NOK 1.5 billion (approx. EUR 146 million). In addition to engineering, procurement, and construction of the […]

  • DEME Lays Keel for First Offshore Wind Maintenance SOV

    16 December 2019
    Vessels

    DEME Group has held a keel-laying ceremony for its first dedicated service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farm maintenance. The keel-laying ceremony took place on 13 December at the CEMRE shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, for what is said to be the world’s first DP2 twin-hulled SOV. Due to be delivered in 2021, the SOV […]

  • Siem Offshore Contractors Nets Trianel Borkum II Inter-Array Cable Contract

    14 November 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has been awarded a contract for a turnkey supply and installation of the inner array grid cable system for the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase II (TWB-II) offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The contract was awarded by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II. The TWB-II offshore wind farm is […]

  • Societe Generale Goes All In on Offshore Wind in 2016, Cuts Coal Financing

    27 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    Societe Generale was involved in 100% of offshore wind farm projects financed in Europe this year, the French multinational banking and financial services company said in its announcement that it will stop dedicated coal financing and step up its commitment to renewable energies. This decision will take effect on 1 January 2017. By doing this, the […]

  • Top News of the Week, 10 – 16 October 2016

    16 October 2016

    Vattenfall Bids for Borssele III & IV Vattenfall, a Swedish wind energy developer which could build the cheapest nearshore project off the coast of Denmark, has disclosed that it is taking part in the Borssele III and IV tender. Photo of the Day: Extra Muscle Needed for Nordsee One Monopiles Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG […]

  • Alewijnse Continues Windcat Streak

    25 April 2019
    Vessels

    Alewijnse Marine has received an order to provide full electrical outfitting for two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) under construction at Dok and Scheepsbouw Woudsend shipyard for Windcat Workboats. The vessels form part of a series of CTVs that  Windcat Workboats BV is having built at the Dok and Scheepsbouw Woudsend BV shipyard. The electrical outfitting […]

  • Photo of the Day: Maasvlakte Getting Ready for Haliade-X 12MW

    12 April 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    GE Renewable Energy is currently preparing the site in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, for installation of its Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine prototype. Preparations of the site which will host the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine are being carried out in partnership with Future Wind. The two companies signed an agreement at the beginning of the year […]

  • Global Offshore Adds Kriegers Flak to To-Do List

    22 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Global Offshore, part of Global Marine Group, has won an inter-array cable installation contract by Vattenfall for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark. Global Offshore will carry out the inter-array cable installation, burial, testing and termination at the 605MW project. The company said its multi-purpose vessel Global Symphony will complete the installation supported by the […]

  • Hornsea ONE Contracts Trickle Throughout Spain

    24 January 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Spain’s Dragados Offshore has awarded compatriot IKM Testing Spain with a contract to manufacture sheet metal panels which will be used for the construction of offshore substation jackets for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project ONE offshore wind farm. IKM Testing Spain, part of the IKM Group, plans to fabricate the steel plates at its newly opened steel works […]

  • Reds On Call for Diving Ops at Race Bank OWF

    21 June 2016

    DONG Energy has awarded Reach Engineering and Diving Services (Reds) a 15-month contract to support the construction of Race Bank offshore wind farm. As of this month, Reds will be on call for diving services during the construction of the 580MW wind farm, situated 17 miles off the Lincolnshire coast. Following the contract win, Reds said that its £500,000 […]

  • ECN Releases Offshore Wind Access Report, Introduces O&M Access Tool

    5 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has released Offshore Wind Access 2017 report, which provides an overview of the existing and under-development access systems for offshore wind operation and maintenance (O&M). Besides the conventional method of access to the boat landing through crew transfer vessels, motion compensated gangways on the deck of service operation vessels […]

  • Siemens Celebrates Topping Out in Cuxhaven, Hull Factory to Start Operation Next Week

    23 November 2016

    Siemens held the topping out ceremony for its new wind turbine manufacturing facility in Cuxhaven, Germany, today.  The structural steel uprights now stand for the production building in Cuxhaven, which will offer 56,000 square meters of floor space. A two-story building enclosing some 3,800 square meters of floor space is being erected next to the production building […]

  • Mainstream Urges Scottish Ministers to Back Neart na Gaoithe

    27 July 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power has urged Scottish ministers to appeal the recent judicial review of Scottish Court of Session which has ruled in favour of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and has put a stop to four offshore wind projects off the Fife coast, including Mainstream’s 450MW Neart na Gaoithe.  In October 2014, Mainstream was granted consent […]

  • FORESEA Brings Offshore Energy Test Centres Closer to Developers

    27 July 2016
    Authorities, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The EUR 11 million FORESEA programme opened its first call for support package applications on 27 July, offering successful applicants a free access to test ocean energy technologies in real sea conditions at the project’s network of open sea test centres. The FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) project was launched earlier this month […]

  • India Set to Install First Offshore Wind LiDAR off Gujarat

    18 January 2017
    R&D

    India’s offshore wind development will kick off in Gujarat, as the first LiDAR that will monitor wind conditions at sea is expected to be installed by the end of this month off the coast of the country’s westernmost state.

  • USA: Kitty Hawk Lease Sale Set for March. Shell, Statoil In the Game

    18 January 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a commercial wind lease sale for the 122,405-acre area offshore Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 16 March 2017, and has identified nine companies as eligible to participate in the auction.

  • SeaRoc Expands Team

    7 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    UK-based SeaRoc Group has announced the expansion of its team with a number of new hires throughout the second quarter of 2017.

  • Galloper OWF Generates First Power. Turbines Tweaked to Add 17MW More

    7 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Innogy announced three pretty big news about its Galloper offshore wind project today, 7 November. The wind farm generated the first power on 5 November, 38 wind turbines are now installed at the site, and the project’s capacity has increased by 17MW.

  • Top News of the Week, 20 – 26 November 2017

    26 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    Mussel Farming Begins at Belwind OWF On 15 November, a bio mussel force line was installed at the Belwind offshore wind farm as part of a research project investigating mussel farming at offshore wind farms. Ballast Nedam Re-Entering Offshore Wind Sector A few years after the sale of its offshore wind activities, the Netherlands-based construction […]