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  • First Wind Turbines for Yunlin OWF En Route to Taiwan

    23 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of wind turbines for the Yunlin offshore wind farm is on its way from Denmark to Taiwan. The components for Siemens Gamesa’s 8 MW wind turbines have been loaded onto the UHL Falcon vessel in Aalborg. Scan Global Logistics is in charge of the transportation of the main wind turbine components to […]

  • Taillevent Readies to Install Wind Turbines off Taiwan

    17 July 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul and Hitachi have issued a notice on the commencement of wind turbine installation works off the Taiwanese coast. The work will be carried out by Jan De Nul’s vessel Taillevent, which was reported earlier this year as having left the turbine installation at the German Trianel Windpark Borkum II for a project […]

  • GEOxyz Secures IJmuiden Ver Geophysical Survey Work

    19 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has awarded GEOxyz BVBA with the contract to carry out geophysical surveys at the IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone. Under the contract, GEOxyz will conduct geophysical investigations required to obtain the soil information at a part of the Ijmuiden Ver zone in the Dutch North Sea. The acquired soil information […]

  • Seagreen Gets OK for Onshore Cable Route

    19 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Angus Council has approved two applications relating to the underground cable route of the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. The decisions, made at the council’s Development Standards Committee meeting, will allow for works to begin along the consented cable route from landfall at Carnoustie to Tealing. According to SSE, the works are expected […]

  • Virginia Governor Signs Off on 5.2 GW by 2034 Offshore Wind Target

    13 April 2020
    Authorities

    Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Clean Economy Act which requires at least 5.2 GW of offshore wind power to be developed in this U.S. state by 2034. The Virginia General Assembly passed this House Bill 1526 and Senate Bill 851 Clean Economy Act in March. The act provides that 5.2 GW of offshore wind generation is […]

  • French Consortium Completes Offshore Substation Trifecta

    9 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium has also cut the first steel for the electrical substation for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.

  • Vestas Secures Third Intertidal Turbine Order in Vietnam

    2 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vestas has received an order from Hoa Binh 1 Company to supply 13 V150-4.2 MW turbines for an intertidal project in Vietnam. Vestas said it will supply and supervise the installation of ten 3.8MW and three 4MW turbines to optimize energy production for the site’s specific wind conditions.  The 50MW project will be located in […]

  • Marine Power Systems Secures Grant for Wind-Wave Tech

    25 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) has secured GBP 4.3 million by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of DualSub, a technology that combines floating offshore wind and wave energy. The funding, part of a GBP 6.2 million project under the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership scheme, will enable MPS to […]

  • GE Haliade-X 12MW Blade Arrives in US for Testing

    6 November 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at MassCEC’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) in Boston, U.S. The 107m long blade will undergo a series of fatigue tests that include moving it millions of times during a few months to validate that it can withstand more than 25 years of operation […]

  • Formosa 2 Reaches Financial Close

    29 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s Formosa 2 offshore wind farm has reached financial close, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) said. Formosa 2 has been jointly developed by Macquarie Capital (75%) and Swancor Renewable Energy (25%). GIG will now play a role in delivering the project through its construction phase. The 376MW offshore wind project located off the coast of Miaoli […]

  • Offshore Wind Training Facility Opens in Massachusetts

    28 October 2019
    Training & Education

    The Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) has launched the nation’s first offshore wind training facility. The facility includes a crew transfer training vessel (CTV), which supports safety training for workers moving from relatively small CTVs to the fixed support structures of offshore wind turbines. Initially, MMA will focus on Basic Safety Training for the industry with a […]

  • Major Offshore Wind Developers Join Energi Coast

    16 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Energi Coast, North East England’s offshore wind cluster, has recently expanded to include some of the leading offshore wind developers such as Equinor, innogy, and SSE. “The cluster now includes developers Equinor and SSE which are joint venture partners in Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms and innogy Renewables, which is involved with the Sofia project,” Joanne […]

  • Fugro to Start Hollandse Kust West Geotechnical Works in April

    1 March 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro plans to commence geotechnical survey operations at the Hollandse Kust (west) site in April, the company informed after recently winning the contract for the works with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl). As the agreement is expected to be finalised soon, Fugro has already started preparing to carry out the project that will run until […]

  • Engie Wears Many Hats at Moray East

    7 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engie has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd to purchase 23.3% of the electricity generated from the 950MW Moray East wind farm. The PPA is for a 15-year period, starting from commercial operation of the wind farm which is scheduled to commence in 2022. Engie currently holds a 23.3% […]

  • Carbon Trust Opens New Floating Wind JIP Tenders

    28 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    The Carbon Trust has launched three tenders for floating wind technology as part of the Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership (JIP). In the first tender, The Carbon Trust is inviting companies and consortia to undertake a study looking at the feasibility and technology development needs for heavy lift offshore operations in a floating wind farm. The scope […]

  • ORE Catapult and Tus Expand Partnership in China

    10 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Tus Holdings have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the People’s Government of Qingdao and the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology in China. The MoU comes as part of ORE Catapult and Tus Holdings’ partnership, under which they established the TUS-ORE Catapult Research Centre (TORC) for offshore wind in China. […]

  • MHI Vestas Orders ABB Transformers for Moray East Turbines

    26 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has won an order from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to supply its WindSTAR transformers for installation in wind turbines on the 950MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Under the project, 100 transformers manufactured in ABB’s transformer factory in Vaasa, Finland, will be supplied for Moray Offshore Renewable Power’s Moray East offshore wind project. […]

  • Ørsted’s Ex Wind CEO Finds New Gig

    25 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has appointed Ørsted Wind Power’s former CEO Samuel Leupold as Chairman of Wind Energy. In this newly created position, Leupold will support the development and implementation of GIG’s global strategy for offshore and onshore wind. According to GIG, the new chairman will also support the expansion of the organization’s global footprint […]

  • JDR and Tufts Uni Form Offshore Wind Program

    9 April 2019
    Training & Education

    JDR Cable Systems and the U.S. Tufts University have established a collaboration which includes an education office for students who wish to pursue an offshore wind career. The undergraduate Engineering Cooperative Education Office is dedicated to students who are in their junior and senior year and want to pursue a career in the offshore wind […]

  • Vineyard Wind Kicking Off SMAST Fisheries Monitoring Studies

    8 April 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind will implement recommendations from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) to guide the fisheries monitoring studies during the construction of the 800MW wind farm offshore Massachusetts. The recommendations will also be used to initiate longer-term studies as part of a regional approach to fisheries studies. SMAST’s studies […]

  • Heerema to Make Offshore Cuts

    21 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) is planning to divest a part of its activities dedicated to the design and fabrication of steel constructions for the offshore market following a strategic review.

  • Siemens Grid Connection for Triton Knoll

    7 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy Management has received a firm order to design, supply and build the grid connection for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm by German customer innogy SE.

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens (Video)

    6 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm was officially opened on Thursday, 6 September, at a ceremony in Barrow in the north-west of England.

  • Ingeteam Targets Next-Generation Turbines with New Converter

    5 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The Spain-based Ingeteam has developed a new medium voltage power converter for offshore wind turbines with the capacity of up to 15MW.

  • SeaRoc Unveils New Addition to SeaPlanner

    30 July 2018
    Technology

    SeaRoc Group has expanded its SeaPlanner marine monitoring and management solution with the launch of a Permit to Work solution for offshore wind farms.

  • Covestro, Tekmar to Jointly Protect Chinese OWF Cables

    28 June 2016

    Covestro and Tekmar Energy have signed a cooperation agreement on subsea cable protection for Chinese offshore wind market, set to grow towards 10GW of capacity within the next three to five years. Both companies will collaborate on the development of Cable Protection Systems for subsea energy cables at vulnerable locations from the wave and tidal […]