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  • Wind Innovation Assumes Position at Veja Mate

    6 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    C-bed’s floating hotel Wind Innovation has started 2017 by heading off to the German North Sea and starting a new charter on the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. The new project is located 95 kilometres off Borkum Island. In total, the wind farm will comprise 67 Siemens 6MW turbines. The project is expected to be concluded […]

  • Haliade-X 12 MW Cable Link In Place

    17 July 2019
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Visser & Smit Hanab has completed the cable connection which will link the prototype Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam to the Stedin high-voltage station. The 1.5-kilometre, 66kV connection was tested on 16 and 17 July, after which it was put into operation, Visser & Smit Hanab said. GE Renewable […]

  • CLS Offshore Hull Division Picks General Manager

    20 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    David Scott has joined CLS Offshore as General Manager for the company’s Hull Division. David comes to CLS with over 20 years of international experience in the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) sectors, at both technical and managerial levels. He joins CLS from The IBS Group, a large multi-segment group providing integrated oilfield […]

  • UK: Call for Evidence to Help Independent Renewable Generators Access Electricity Market

    6 July 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Government is publishing a call for evidence to assess and address barriers to market access that independent renewable generators may be experiencing. Before independent generators can raise debt to build their project, they require long-term contracts that guarantee that someone will purchase the power they generate. Some generators are reporting a decline in the terms […]

  • Top News of the Week Jan 19 – 25, 2015

    25 January 2015

    DEME’s order of the Living Stone, a new multi-purpose vessel to be delivered in 2017, was the most read news on Offshore WIND this week. Check out this and other popular news in our weekly review:  DEME Orders New Multi-Purpose Vessel DEME has ordered another vessel serving the offshore energy market. Vattenfall Seeking Personnel for Sandbank Marine […]

  • Ireland: Arklow Marine Delivers ‘Gardian 8’

    16 March 2012

    After the Arklow Marine successfully launched and tested its first 20 m Wind Farm Service Vessel Gardian 8, the vessel departed Arklow last Monday arriving at Ramsgate on Tuesday afternoon. Gardian 8 will be operated by its new owners Dalby Offshore Renewables. To meet current enquiries from the offshore industry Arklow has recently designed a new […]

  • Arkona OSS Foundation Ready for Delivery

    27 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has transported the offshore substation jacket foundation for the Arkona offshore wind farm to a quay in the Saint-Nazaire Port, from where it will be placed on a barge and transported to the wind farm site in the German Baltic Sea.

  • UK: Levenmouth Area Committee Members Visit World’s Largest Turbine

    21 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Members of the Levenmouth Area Committee paid a visit to Samsung Heavy Industries at Methil’s Energy Park Fife this week to find out about progress on the world’s largest and most powerful turbine. Last week the tower and nacelle of the turbine were erected and this week work began on installing the blades. It is […]

  • DONG Energy Looking for Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm Constructor (UK)

    22 December 2011

    DONG Energy is pursuing efforts to find the Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm constructor. This offshore wind farm engineering contract consists of adjustment of J-tubes and tightening of immersed seals on offshore wind farm(s). Contractor is responsible for: – Development, production and test of tool to raise and adjust the J-tubes at hang-off; – Adjusting J-tubes […]

  • Fraunhofer Unleashes New Bearing Test Bench

    8 May 2019
    R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES has presented the now fully operational rotor blade bearings test bench during the inauguration of a new test site in Hamburg. The goal of the BEAT 6.1 test bench (Bearing Endurance and Acceptance Test rig) is to lower development costs and reduce yield loss in order to make it more economical […]

  • Northwester 2 Substation Reaches Oostende

    30 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 962-ton Northwester 2 offshore high voltage station has completed its journey from Aalborg, Denmark to the Port of Oostende in Belgium. The Port of Oostende will be a temporary home to the substation prior to the installation at the site some 48 kilometres north-west of Oostende. The substation’s journey from the Bladt Industries’ facilities […]

  • InterMoor Completes Suction Pile Sea Fastening Work

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    InterMoor Marine Services Ltd. engineers based in their Aberdeen office have completed design and installation of sea fastenings for sea transportation of suction piles and other project equipment. The 7.5 metre diameter suction piles weighed 180 Tonnes with a height of 13 metres. Sea fastening design was a critical requirement as the piles were required to be transported […]

  • Canada: Fundy Tidal to Hold Public Meeting for Two Tidal Power Projects

    27 October 2013

    Fundy Tidal Inc. has invited local residents, businesses and community stakeholders to attend a public meeting on Thursday, November 14th at 7PM to be held in the multipurpose room of the Islands Consolidated School in Freeport. Doors will open at 6:15 for a meet and greet prior to the presentation and discussion to follow. Fundy […]

  • USA: Governor LePage Welcomes Statoil’s Announcement

    16 October 2013
    Authorities

    Governor Paul R. LePage released today the following statement with regard to Statoil’s announcement to close the Hywinds Maine project:  “The Administration has been perfectly clear through the regulatory process that the term-sheet offered by Statoil was ironclad in its cost – placing a $200 million burden on Mainers by way of increasing electric costs. […]

  • BOEM Releases Final Environmental Review of G&G Surveys off Atlantic Coast

    28 February 2014
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday published a final environmental review of geological and geophysical (G&G) survey activities off the Mid- and South Atlantic coast that establishes multiple mitigation measures designed to minimize the impacts to marine life while setting a path forward for survey activities that will update nearly four-decade-old data on […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Picks Main Service Jack-Up Vessel

    12 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Siemens Gamesa has selected Wind Enterprise, chartered by ZITON, as its main service jack-up vessel for the coming years. Following the tender win, ZITON has lifted the option to buy Wind Enterprise from Vroon, which is expected to be executed soon. The vessel is currently undergoing ten years Class Approval at Fayard shipyard in Denmark […]

  • East Anglia ONE Turbine Installation Enters Final Stretch

    9 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    82 out of the 102 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines have been installed on the 714MW East Anglia ONE wind farm offshore Suffolk, UK, Iberdrola said. The turbines are pre-assembled and loaded out on DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer from Peel Ports Great Yarmouth prior to being transported and installed at the site located […]

  • Sumitomo Acquires 30% Stake in Northwester 2

    29 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    As of 24 August, Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation holds a 30% stake in the Northwester 2 offshore wind project, developed by Parkwind in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. 

  • Vallourec to Make MSH Sections for Walney Extension Anode Cages

    9 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    French tubular components maker Vallourec received an order for 400 tons of MSH sections which will be used as basic structures for the anode cages constituting the corrosion protection system of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. Walney Extension is a project of DONG Energy UK in the Irish Sea comprising up to 90 turbines with a […]

  • Administrators Set Pelamis Closing Date

    5 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Interested parties have until 10:30am on Tuesday to submit their offers for Pelamis Wave Power Limited’s business and its assets.  Mr Nimmo, head of restructuring at KPMG in Scotland, said: “We have been encouraged by the level of initial interest in Pelamis and we believe there is the will and desire to see the continuation […]

  • Aquamarine Power Appoints New CEO

    23 April 2015

    Aquamarine Power has appointed Dr Paddy O’Kane as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, replacing interim CEO John Malcolm who has stepped down after six months in the role. O’Kane has been Aquamarine Power’s Chief Technical Officer since 2010. Prior to this he was Head of Engineering and Wind Resource Assessment at SSE Renewables, with responsibility […]

  • Sofia Gets Electricity Generation Licence

    19 June 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority has granted an electricity generation licence to Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Limited.

  • VIDEO: Tank Test of GICON’s Floating Offshore Foundation

    24 December 2013
    R&D, Technology

    GICON is currently developing a load-bearing floating structure for offshore wind turbines, the GICON® SOF (Schwimmendes Offshore Fundament = German for ‘Floating Offshore Foundation’). A key development milestone was passed in February 2012 when wave and tow tests of a 1:25 scale model were conducted at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA), confirming functionality, usability […]

  • RTE Seeks Marine Warranty Surveyor for French OWF Connections

    10 February 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité) is looking for Marine Warranty Surveyor services for the offshore connections of which the French transmission system operator is in charge.

  • Benthic Survey Wraps Up for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    3 July 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist contractors have completed a benthic survey along a 420-kilometre stretch of seabed for the proposed Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The month-long benthic campaign gathered information at 122 different sites along the route that will be used to export renewable energy from the Ossian floating offshore wind farm off the east coast […]

  • Portugal Lays Groundwork for First Offshore Wind Auction

    23 April 2025
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Portuguese government has outlined the framework for the country’s first auction of commercial-scale offshore wind farms, which is expected to take place later this year. Published on 21 April in the Diário da República, the order sets out a centralised sequential model for allocating offshore wind development areas, in alignment with the National Energy […]