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  • FoundOcean Completes Substation Foundation Grouting for Walney 2 (UK)

    31 August 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    FoundOcean, contracted to Volker Staal en Funderingen BV (VSF), has completed the offshore grouting operations for Walney Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Phase 2 substation installation. The substation jacket is a four-legged steel structure with one pile sleeve per leg. The jacket was secured to the seabed by injecting grout into the annuli between the pile […]

  • Wind Sector and Dutch Government Close Offshore Wind Energy Green Deal

    9 October 2011
    Authorities

    The Dutch government and the Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA) have jointly signed a Green Deal on offshore wind energy. For further development of wind energy in the North Sea a substantial reduction of the cost is required, increasing to 40% in 2020. Innovation and policy adjustments form an essential part. The Green Deal incorporates […]

  • Denmark: MT Højgaard Appoints New CEO

    22 May 2012

    MT Højgaard’s Board of Directors has decided to appoint Torben Biilmann as new President and CEO of MT Højgaard. Torben Biilmann comes from a position as CEO in NCC. He will take up his position on the 1st of November 2012. Chairman of the Board, Helge Israelsen, says: “The Board is pleased that Torben Biilmann […]

  • UK: RenewableUK Welcomes Energy Bill in Queen’s Speech

    10 May 2012
    Authorities

    RenewableUK has welcomed the introduction of a bill to reform the electricity market in today’s Queen’s Speech. The Energy Bill is designed to ensure delivery of low-carbon generation by replacing the current support system, the Renewables Obligation (which will cease for new projects in 2017) with a Feed-in Tariff with Contracts for Difference (FiT-CfD). Commenting […]

  • Germany: Nordic Yards Starts Construction of Third Offshore Transformer Platform

    3 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Construction starts on the SylWin alpha offshore transformer platform at Nordic Yards, manufacturer of innovative special ships and major maritime projects for the offshore wind and other industries. The first steel blank cut was made in the presence of representatives of the client, Siemens Energy, and the end customer, TenneT, at the Rostock-Warnemünde yard.  SylWin […]

  • UK: South Tyneside at Centre of Green Energy Revolution

    1 May 2012

    Installation of the 20,000MW of offshore wind turbines in the UK as a part of the announced green energy revolution sweeping its way through the country will push its way ahead through the South Tyneside as well, the core of the North East’s incipient low-carbon economy, nebusiness informed. “South Tyneside is a perfect fit for […]

  • UK Ranks Fifth on Potential Renewable Energy Markets List

    29 February 2012

    Projects in Scotland have helped the UK climb to fifth on a list ranking the potential renewable energy markets of 40 countries. The UK had been sixth on Ernst & Young’s quarterly Renewable energy country attractiveness indices. Announcements on what has been described as the world’s largest offshore wind farm and also marine projects helped […]

  • Vestas Announces Organizational Changes (Denmark)

    13 January 2012

    Yesterday, Vestas has disclosed a company announcement outlining its organizational changes. Globally, Vestas expects to lay off 2,335 employees by ceasing manufacturing at a factory, merging production units and centralising administrative functions. Additional cost reductions are being prepared as a result of the market development, primarily in the USA. As its mentioned in the company […]

  • Venterra Group Forms Offshore Wind Alliance in Australia & New Zealand

    28 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    Venterra Group and Tonkin + Taylor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on offshore wind projects in Australia and New Zealand. With both countries setting ambitious offshore wind targets – Australia aiming for 32 GW by 2030 and New Zealand exploring up to 8 GW – this partnership is timed to capitalise on […]

  • 3sun: Offshore Wind Presents Powerful Opportunities, Gusty Challenges

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As an alternative to fossil fuels, wind power is plentiful, renewable, clean and produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. The effects on the environment are generally less problematic than those from other power sources. In 2010, wind energy production was more than 2.5 percent of total worldwide electricity usage, and growing rapidly at more […]

  • USA: Virginia Jobs and Energy Act Introduced, Hastens Offshore Wind Development

    1 May 2013
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment

    Representative Scott Rigell (VA-2) introduced the Virginia Jobs and Energy Act (H.R. 1782) on Friday to open the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the coast of Virginia for energy development. Original co-sponsors of the bill include Virginia Representatives Rob Wittman (VA-1), Robert Hurt (VA-5), and Morgan Griffith (VA-9). Governor Bob McDonnell and Virginia’s U.S. Senators, […]

  • UK Should Move More Renewable Energy Efforts Offshore, Says 4NRg

    23 July 2012

    From the Tide Mill at Woodbridge to the Rance in Britanny, the tidal power has been harnessed for centuries. Mark Aspinall, director of 4NRg, based at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft and managing director of Scour Prevention Systems Ltd, explains why this ancient concept is still relevant today. Nothing seems to divide opinion like renewable energy  Whilst […]

  • Scottish Floating Wind Project Completes Metocean Campaign

    22 January 2025
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 has retrieved floating LiDARs and wave buoy equipment as part of the metocean campaign for the proposed Salamander floating offshore wind farm off the North East of Scotland. The campaign started in October 2023 with the deployment of two floating SEAWATCH Wind Lidar Buoys and […]

  • Editors’ Picks | Offshore Wind News in 2024: ‘The First, The Largest, The Record’

    2 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Environment, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Innovation, Manufacturing, Off-Grid, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Some news are important for the offshore wind industry at large, some are significant for parts of the supply chain or in certain regions, and some are just good to know. With 366 days and thousands of news in 2024 behind us, the task of choosing only a few stories was not an easy one […]

  • DEME Bags Contract for Offshore Wind Terminal in Cuxhaven

    28 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure

    Belgium-headquartered DEME has won a contract for the construction of a new offshore wind terminal at the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany. As part of a consortium, including Depenbrock and TAGU, DEME will carry out the dredging and land reclamation works, with a total volume of more than 3 million m³ expected to be reclaimed. […]

  • RWE Gets Go-Ahead for 100 MW Electrolyzer for Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    1 November 2024
    Clean Fuels, Fixed-Bottom, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has secured construction and environmental permits to build a 100 MW electrolyzer in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The electrolyzer is part of system integration solutions associated with OranjeWind, an offshore wind project RWE is jointly developing with TotalEnergies in the Dutch North Sea. RWE described the permits as an important step in […]

  • Sany Enters Offshore Wind Market, Unveils 9 MW Wind Turbine

    11 April 2023
    Business development, Industry, Research & Development

    Chinese engineering company Sany Renewable Energy launched its 9 MW offshore wind turbine during a ceremony at Sany Wind Power Equipment Industrial Base in Dongying. The unit is 13.6 metres long, 4.1 metres high, and 9 MW in capacity. According to the company, it only took 45 days from the beginning of construction until the […]

  • Caribbean Island Starts Offshore Surveys with Plan for Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Production

    17 July 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Power-to-X, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s survey vessel Fugro Brasilis has arrived at the Port of Willemstad in Curaçao ahead of offshore surveys the company will perform as the Curaçao government is working on identifying areas for floating wind development. The work, scheduled to start today (17 July) and take place until 29 July, follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) […]

  • 100th Turbine Rises at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    27 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    100 out of the 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind turbines have been installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid, the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm and soon to be the largest offshore wind farm in operation. ”We have finished the installation of offshore wind turbine number 100 at the Hollandse Kust Zuid […]

  • Boskalis Lands US Offshore Wind Farm Deal with Mystery Client

    16 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has won a contract with an undisclosed client to construct a large wind farm offshore the USA. Under the contract, Boskalis will transport and install the wind turbine foundations and power cables for which two crane vessels, and several transport and cable-laying vessels will be deployed, the company said. The Dutch firm […]

  • Half of Seagreen Offshore Wind Turbines Installed

    12 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessel Wind Orca has hit the halfway mark on the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland, where 57 out of the 114 Vestas 10 MW wind turbines have now been installed. The first wind turbine was installed in early December 2021 by the Wind Osprey vessel, which was replaced by its sister vessel […]

  • Haizea, SPIE Inaugurate New Saint-Brieuc Assembly Site in Brest

    7 October 2022
    Industry, Wind Farm Update

    Haizea Wind Group and SPIE Industrie & Tertiaire inaugurated their assembly site at the Brest polder on 6 October. The site is housing the final outfitting of the 62 wind turbine towers for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. Haizea is manufacturing the towers at its factory in the Port of Bilbao, Spain, and then […]

  • Vattenfall Steps In Offshore Germany, Matches Zero-Subsidy Bid

    29 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has exercised its step-in-rights to develop a 980 MW offshore wind farm in the N-7.2 zone in the German North Sea after RWE won the tender with a zero-subsidy bid. As part of the tender process for the N-7.2 project, Vattenfall has informed German authorities that it is exercising its right of entry to […]

  • Global Energy Wins Work on Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    26 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has signed a multi-million-pound contract with the Scottish fabricator Global Energy Group (GEG) to supply secondary foundation elements for the Moray West wind farm offshore Scotland. Under the contract, GEG will manufacture and transport two J-tube frames that will be attached to the two foundations holding the offshore substation platforms. The frames will […]

  • Finnish Shipbuilder Enters Offshore Wind Market with MCS CTV Order

    1 November 2023
    Vessels

    The Finnish shipbuilder, Uudenkaupungin Työvene OY (Työvene), has secured an order for three hybrid-ready SWATH crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from the Scottish company Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS). The first of Työvene’s SWATHs will be delivered to Maritime Craft Services in the spring of 2025. “The major advantage of the SWATH design and its […]

  • Kraken Robotics Bags Boulder Detection Survey Contract

    19 October 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Kraken Robotics has received a USD 3 million (approximately EUR 2.8 million) contract to carry out boulder detection subsea survey services as part of an offshore wind farm project in Europe. The survey campaign will be executed in the fourth quarter of 2023 with Kraken’s Acoustic Corer technology providing accurate, high-resolution 3D imaging of 24 […]