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  • SSE Calls On UK to Go Faster and Harder on Wind Energy

    13 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The next UK government should go faster and harder on offshore and onshore wind in a bid to reach the net zero targets by 2050, according to SSE Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies. In its interim results, SSE called on political leaders to put renewable power “front and center” of the plans to tackle climate change. […]

  • Polish Company to Prepare Conceptual Design for PGE’s Third Baltica Offshore Wind Project

    5 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    PGE Group has contracted Polish company Energoprojekt-Katowice to prepare a conceptual design for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm. The 900 MW Baltica 1 is the third project in PGE’s Baltica Offshore Wind Farm portfolio. The first two, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, are being developed by PGE and Ørsted and are in an advanced development […]

  • Vattenfall Expands Into New London Office (UK)

    21 October 2011

    The Vattenfall team in London is expanding its UK operations by moving into a brand new office on commercially buzzing Tudor Street. The move comes as the 50/50 joint venture between Vattenfall and UK energy company Scottish Power Renewables enters a new phase.  “Our bold plan to develop the world’s largest off shore wind farm […]

  • Singapore Investor Establishes Pure-Play Offshore Wind Vessel Company

    19 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Seraya Partners, an investment management company based in Singapore, has launched a pure-play offshore wind farm vessel company named Cyan Renewables. The founding company says Cyan aims at accelerating the growth of the offshore wind sector through a dedicated fleet of wind farm support vessels for offshore wind projects globally. The new company, led by […]

  • P&O Maritime Logistics Unveils Zero-Emission Vessel for Offshore Wind Ops

    21 February 2023
    Vessels

    UAE-headquartered P&O Maritime Logistics has unveiled plans to convert one of its multi-carrying vessels (MCVs) into a cable-laying vessel (CLV) that would be used to connect offshore wind farms with the mainland. The vessel will be the first of its kind within the company’s fast-expanding portfolio of specialised offshore products and services. CLV will feature […]

  • OWS Takes Over BARD Offshore 1 Wind Farm

    20 November 2013
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    In early 2014, Offshore Wind Solutions GmbH (OWS) will assume responsibility for the operation and servicing of the offshore wind farm BARD Offshore 1, situated some 90 kilometres off the coast of Borkum. OWS aims to establish itself on the wind energy market and provide services to third parties both offshore and onshore. These services […]

  • Denmark: Cutting Costs for Future Offshore Wind Industry

    28 June 2013

    The strategy of the European wind industry up unto 2030 is to develop offshore wind turbine technology into being the most competitive energy source. The target from the EU Commission is that the sector should cover a third of European electricity demand by 2030. By 2050, wind power should supply half of the electricity demand […]

  • Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Readies for Giant Turbines

    29 May 2017
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has submitted a scoping report for the revised 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm to the Scottish Ministers.

  • Aibel to Deliver Dogger Bank Converter Platforms

    30 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian offshore service company Aibel has won a contract to deliver converter platforms for the 3.6GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Aibel will deliver two converter platforms for the 1.2GW Creyke Beck A and the 1.2GW Creyke Beck B projects, with an option for a third platform for the 1.2GW Teesside A project at the […]

  • New Contracts Awarded for 1 GW Floating Wind Project Offshore Scotland

    7 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    The developers behind the Buchan floating offshore wind project, have awarded a series of contracts worth more than GBP 1.5 million to three Scottish companies. The 1 GW Buchan floating offshore wind project is being developed by the Floating Energy Allyance, a consortium comprising BW Ideol, Elicio, and BayWa r.e., which secured the rights for the project […]

  • PGE, Ørsted Add Ramboll, Projmors to Baltica Team

    23 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and PGE Group have selected a consortium of Ramboll Polska and Projmors to prepare the construction of the 2.5 GW Baltica offshore wind farm in Poland. The Polish subsidiary of engineering consultancy Ramboll, together with the Polish maritime construction design office Projmors, will prepare a construction project for both stages of the Baltica offshore […]

  • Siemens Wins NEMO Link Job

    9 June 2015
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Siemens has been awarded an order for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system to connect the British and Belgian national grids via subsea cable. Siemens will be responsible for the turnkey installation of both converter stations using HVDC Plus technology with a transmission voltage of ±400 kilovolt (kV) DC. Customer is Nemo Link, a […]

  • 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 […]

  • Green Port Hull On Track

    29 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Construction work on the Green Port Hull Alexandra Dock site is progressing well and is on schedule for an early 2017 completion, Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced. The 54-acre site, which ABP and its main contractor GRAHAM Lagan Construction Group Joint Venture (JV) are preparing for Siemens’ offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility, is being […]

  • ST3 Offshore Issues New Call for Buyers with 20 Per Cent Lower Selling Price

    13 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Polish manufacturer of offshore wind foundations, ST3 Offshore, has issued a third tender looking for buyers for the company, now reducing the price by further 10 per cent. In the current tender, the starting price has been reduced to PLN 187,744,000 (around EUR 41.3 million) net. “This is 20% less than the actual value of […]

  • DNV Appointed as Certified Verification Agent for Cape Wind (USA)

    4 May 2011

    DNV is appointed as the Certified Verification Agent (CVA) for the Cape Wind Project, the first offshore wind farm to be built in the US. The role of DNV as CVA is to conduct third-party design reviews, inspections and other verification activities. US regulations require that offshore wind developers submit a Construction and Operations Plan […]

  • TenneT Takes Over SylWin1 Offshore Grid Connection

    27 April 2015
    Grid Connection

    Siemens has handed over SylWin1, the third North Sea grid connection this year, to its customer TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission grid operator has now put the world’s most powerful grid connection to date into commercial operation, Siemens said in a press release issued Friday, April 25. The offshore platform of the SylWin1 grid connection is […]

  • Ørsted Revises Offshore Production Forecasts Downward

    29 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has revised its offshore wind production forecasts after concluding that the company’s current production forecasts underestimate the negative impact of the blockage effect and the wake effect. The blockage effect arises from the wind slowing down as it approaches the wind turbines. There is an individual blockage effect for every turbine position and a […]

  • Seabed Survey of New Offshore Wind Area in Norway Goes to Finnish Firm

    16 April 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Arctia Meritaito, a subsidiary of Finland’s icebreaking, fairway maintenance, and hydrographic surveying player Arctia, has been tasked with carrying out a hydrographic seabed survey of one of the offshore wind farm areas the Norwegian government plans to auction off next year. Thanks to a contract with the Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hydrographic Service (NHS), Arctia Meritaito […]

  • Ground Breaks for Sofia, Dogger Bank C

    8 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1.4 GW Sofia and the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank C offshore wind projects have marked the start of their onshore construction with an official ground-breaking in Teesside, the UK. The separate wind farm projects are sited on Dogger Bank in the middle of the North Sea, more than 190 kilometres from the North East […]

  • Previous Bidders Resubmit New Offshore Wind Proposal in New York

    10 September 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Community Offshore Wind and Vineyard Offshore have submitted a proposal to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop the Community Offshore Wind and Excelsior Wind projects, which were cancelled in April this year, in response to the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation. Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE […]

  • UK: New Contracts Boost IVB’s Turnover

    8 January 2013

    Significant new contracts have boosted fledgling East of England company Inspection Verification Bureau Ltd (IVB). Launched less than two years ago but led by a small team with combined experience of more than 100 years, the latest business will allow the Norfolk-based business to hit its annual growth target of 20% on current turnover of […]

  • The Netherlands: Veka-Group Builds Catamaran for Offshore Industry

    6 August 2012

    Veka-Group builds a series of catamarans for the offshore industry. The vessel has been specially developed for crew tendering and offers also enough deck space for transporting three 10 ft containers. The first vessel, destined for an operator of a wind farm, will be delivered mid September.  Stable, fast and economical ‘A monohull built without […]

  • Dutch Gov’t to Launch Next Offshore Wind Tender in September 2025, Postpones Procedure for One Site

    21 November 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has published draft regulations and plot decisions for the offshore wind tender for the IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek I areas and said that the government would open the tendering procedure in September 2025. Previously planned as a 4 GW, four-site tender, the procedure will offer three sites as one is […]

  • The British Support Wind Power

    20 April 2012

    New research by Ipsos MORI for RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries, shows that two-thirds (67%) of respondents* are in favour of the use of wind power in the UK, with 28% “strongly in favour”. One in twelve (8%) are opposed – with only 3% suggesting that […]

  • BOEM Studies Offshore Wind Construction

    29 September 2015
    Authorities, R&D

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has begun a new study to conduct real-time, independent observations and data collection during construction of offshore wind turbines. Field work took place in August and September of this year through the Real-time Opportunity for Development Environmental Observations study, or RODEO, which is taking direct measurements of […]