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  • Seajacks Zaratan Construction Summary (UK)

    28 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    In February 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with GustoMSC to provide the Basic Design Package for two purpose built wind farm installation vessels.   In June 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with Lamprell shipyard to build these new vessels and Seajacks will take delivery of the first new-build, Seajacks Zaratan, in May 2012, […]

  • Energy Minister Tours FaB Test Marine Renewables Site (UK)

    2 May 2013
    Authorities

    Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has seen first-hand how Cornwall is playing a key role in the development of the marine energy industry in the UK.  The Minister, who was on a two-day visit to the region, was given a guided tour of the FaB Test marine energy nursery site in Falmouth Bay […]

  • Gwynt Y Mor Readies for Export Cable Corridor Survey Following Cable Issues

    14 April 2022
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm in the UK is set to undergo a pre-construction survey of its export cable corridor, following a series of export cable issues. Titan Endeavour will carry out the work, starting around 15 April and scheduled to take up to seven days, subject to weather conditions. The pre-survey of […]

  • The Netherlands: DNV KEMA Expands High-Power Laboratory to Facilitate Super Grids

    27 November 2012
    R&D

    Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA will invest approximately EUR 70 million in the expansion of its High-Power Laboratory in Arnhem, the Netherlands. With the expansion, DNV KEMA creates the first laboratory in the world in the extreme testing segment for the upcoming market for super grids: bulk energy transport at 800 […]

  • SCORE Awards a Hat-Trick of Grants to East of England SMEs

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Grant programme, Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE), has announced three new grant recipients, all whose projects illustrate the innovation and entrepreneurship thriving in the East of England’s offshore renewable energy sector. Working in collaboration with Cambridge University, Essex-based GreenSpur is developing a new cost effective generator design for the wind turbine market. […]

  • eDNA Pilot Study Completed at World’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    30 May 2023
    Environment, R&D

    Equinor and Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE) have completed a pilot study using environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor the biodiversity and abundance of marine life in waters around the 30 MW Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm. The pilot study took place in August 2021, at Equinor’s Hywind Scotland offshore wind farm, located 25 kilometres east […]

  • Powerhouses Clash Offshore California in Bid to Build Wind Farms

    6 December 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding a live auction, starting on 6 December, for the rights to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in five areas off the California Coast. This is the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US Pacific coast and the first-ever through which the country is […]

  • Marco Polo Marine to Outfit Its Offshore Wind Vessels with Ammonia-to-Power Systems

    18 April 2023
    Vessels

    Singapore-based offshore wind vessel owner and operator, Marco Polo Marine, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Amogy, under which the New York company’s ammonia-to-power systems will be installed on Marco Polo Marine’s offshore wind vessels. The system will be installed on Marco Polo Marine’s existing or newly built wind vessels, the company said in a […]

  • TGS Adds New Locations to Its US East Coast Multi-Client LiDAR Campaign

    9 March 2023
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Norway-based energy data and intelligence provider, TGS, has added four more locations on the US East Coast to its multi-client offshore wind and metocean measurement campaign. In addition to their floating LiDAR buoy in the New York Bight, TGS announced four further deployments, one offshore Massachusetts, two covering the impending Central Atlantic lease round, and […]

  • Vestas Named World’s Most Sustainable Company

    19 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has been named the most sustainable company in the 18th annual ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, published by Corporate Knights. The ranking is based on a detailed assessment of 6,914 companies, each with more than USD 1 billion in revenue, where performance across a range of sustainability metrics […]

  • DolWin Epsilon Converter Platform Sets Sail from Singapore to Europe

    16 October 2023

    The 900 MW DolWin Epsilon offshore converter platform has left Seatrium’s shipyard in Singapore and is heading towards Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway, where it is expected to arrive in the second half of December. After three years of construction and with more than ten million manhours, the heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 1 has […]

  • US Territories Step Closer to Offshore Wind

    7 September 2018
    Authorities, Environment

    The US House Committee on Natural Resources has unanimously passed the Offshore Wind for Territories Act that would amend federal law to authorize offshore wind energy development in the Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to all five US territories. The Natural Resources Committee has unanimously reported the bill to the full House of Representatives for consideration. […]

  • Rotork Supplies All-Electric Valve Actuation Package for DanTysk (Germany)

    13 November 2012
    Technology

    Rotork is supplying an all-electric valve actuation package encompassing isolating, regulating and modulating actuators with two-wire digital control for the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Almost one hundred Rotork quarter-turn electric actuators will control butterfly valves on the DanTysk transformer platform, situated 70 kilometres west of the German island of Sylt. The […]

  • UK: SMD Showcases QTrencher 1000

    9 November 2012

    The QTrencher 1000 has been specifically developed for cable and pipeline burial to 2000m water depth. The ROV provides a compact high powered trenching capability for the burial of cables, umbilicals and 500mm diameter pipes up to 2-3 metres deep. The use of variable high pressure jetting optimises the trenching operation to suit a range […]

  • Denmark: OWIB 2012 Expects 500 Participants

    3 September 2012

    International analyses indicate that around € 40 billion will be invested in new offshore wind farms in Europe over the coming 4 years. This money will be on the agenda when Offshore Center Danmark stages the annual international B2B event for the offshore wind industry – OWIB – also known as the Offshore International Business2Business […]

  • Plans Unveiled for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon (UK)

    22 March 2013

    Plans have been released for the world’s first, purpose-built, tidal lagoon power plant that will be capable of generating electricity equivalent to Swansea’s entire domestic consumption. The proposed 250MW power plant will produce predictable, baseload electricity for 16 hours each day, using both the ebb and flood tides. It will save over 200,000 tonnes of […]

  • BOS and SMD to Develop Underwater Drilling ROV for Wind Turbines (UK)

    27 October 2011
    Technology

    SMD and Blade Offshore Services (BOS) announce the signature of Heads of Terms for a joint venture. Under the joint venture, expected to be called SMD-BORD, SMD will design and manufacture subsea remote drilling solutions for the marine renewable industry, offering a cost effective alternative to monopile and gravity foundations for wave, tidal and wind […]

  • AREVA Tests 5MW Turbines in New Test Bench in Bremerhaven (Germany)

    22 November 2011

    All AREVA M5000 5 Megawatt offshore wind turbines are tested from now on in the new full load test bench in Bremerhaven (Germany) to deliver a 100% quality product to the next offshore sites. The test bench offers the possibility to check the functionality under nominal load conditions and is a tool for the qualification […]

  • Alpha Ventus Consortium Decides to Decommission Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    22 May 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind Germany’s first offshore wind farm has decided to decommission the 60 MW Alpha Ventus and is currently developing a concept for an environmentally friendly dismantling of the 15-year-old wind farm with relevant authorities. The news about the Alpha Ventus consortium (EWE, RWE and Vattenfall) considering the next steps for the offshore wind farm, […]

  • Boskalis Reports Record 2023 with 150 Pct Net Profit Increase; Half of Offshore Energy Revenue Came from Offshore Wind

    12 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Boskalis’s offshore energy division saw 50 per cent of its revenue coming from offshore wind in 2023, according to annual results the Dutch dredging and offshore construction specialist released on 7 March. Company-wide, Boskalis reported a 20 per cent increase in revenue and a 150 per cent higher net profit than in 2022. For its […]

  • Vattenfall Hails Uncrewed Vessels

    28 December 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall conducted large-scale seabed surveys with uncrewed surface vessels at several of its offshore wind farms in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK earlier this year. In the late summer and early autumn of 2022, uncrewed vessels were used for seabed surveys across Horns Rev 1, Horns Rev 3, and Kriegers Flak in […]

  • ‘We Had Hoped to See More Developers’ – Rhode Island Reviewing the Only Offshore Wind Proposal It Received

    20 March 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    On 13 March, Ørsted and Eversource announced that they had submitted a proposal for an 884 MW offshore wind farm in Rhode Island’s offshore wind solicitation. At the end of last week, Rhode Island Energy confirmed this was the sole response to its request for proposals (RFP). “Although we had hoped to see more developers […]

  • Seacat Services Adopts Carbon Management Plan to Help Decarbonise Offshore Wind Sector

    1 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment

    The offshore wind support vessel operator Seacat Services has become the first business to adopt the Carbon Management Plan, a first of its kind emissions reduction strategy introduced by new maritime sustainability consultancy, Cedar Marine. “The offshore wind sector has suffered scepticism in recent weeks around the environmental performance of its supply chain and support […]

  • Shell to Bid for Two Offshore Wind Areas in Norway

    17 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Dutch oil major Shell has partnered with Norwegian hydropower producers BKK and Lyse to apply for licences in two areas currently offered by Norwegian government for offshore wind development. The consortium is now working to prepare applications for projects in the Utsira Nord area, deemed better suitable for floating wind technology, and Sørlige Nordsjø II, […]

  • Saipem 7000, Seaway Strashnov to Begin Dogger Bank B Offshore Construction Work

    9 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of the offshore substation topside and monopile foundations is about to commence at Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm, the second of the three 1.2 GW phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Installation vessels Saipem 7000 and Seaway Strashnov are expected to arrive at the project site […]

  • UK: Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Application Accepted for Examination

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Planning Inspectorate has announced that the application by DONG Energy Burbo Extension (UK) Ltd for the proposed extension to the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm has been accepted, by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for examination. The application for the proposed Burbo Bank Extension project, being an extension to the […]