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  • NABU Objects to Gennaker Offshore Wind Project

    14 February 2020
    Environment

    The German Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) has filed an objection against the building permit for the Gennaker offshore wind project.

  • ASCO Details Kincardine Deployment

    31 October 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    ASCO Marine has completed its involvement in the installation of the first floating wind turbine on the Kincardine wind farm offshore Scotland where the company’s team provided marine coordination from their marine control facility at Steadfast House in Aberdeen.

  • Siemens Gamesa Firms Belgian Combo Order

    3 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received the order for the 487MW SeaMade offshore wind power project in Belgium from Seamade NV.

  • Partrac in Metocean Monitoring Action on Hywind Scotland

    17 August 2017
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Glasgow-based offshore survey specialist Partrac has been selected by Statoil to provide real-time wave and current measurement services for Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm.

  • CSBC, GeoSea to Build Hai Long OWF?

    9 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Northland Power and Yushan Energy, the developers of the proposed Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan, have reportedly signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the recently formed joint venture between Belgian GeoSea and Taiwanese CSBC Corporation to cooperate in Taiwan’s offshore wind sector.

  • Ming Yang CEO Makes a ”Going-Private” Pitch

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Chinese wind turbine designer and manufacturer China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited has received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter from its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chuanwei Zhang to buy all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the NYSE-listed company not already in his ownership through a “going-private” transaction. Zhang, who currently controls 33% of Ming Yang’s shares, offered to buy out the […]

  • Alstom Hiring at Saint-Nazaire Facility

    22 September 2015
    Training & Education

    Alstom continues spurring the job market in the Pays de la Loire Region, especially in the Saint Nazaire area. The Group is currently hiring people in the area, mostly operators, to work in the offshore wind turbine plant which was inaugurated in December 2014. Launched in the summer, the campaign will stretch until December 2015. […]

  • International Collaboration for Floating Wind Innovation

    8 July 2015
    R&D

    A major international collaborative project involving 12 partners from eight countries and worth €7.3 million is set to drive forward development of the next generation of floating wind substructures. The European Horizon2020-funded programme LIFES50+, led by Norway’s MARINTEK (and involving Politechnico de Milano, DTU, Ramboll, ORE Catapult, Universität Stuttgart, Iberdrola I&C, Ideol, DNV GL, Tecnalia, […]

  • Waypoint North Takes Off

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Waypoint North is a newly established consultancy company specializing in the offshore aviation segment within the Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas industry. “The demand for offshore aviation expertise is expected to increase as offshore wind projects are moving further offshore into harsher marine environments,” says Managing Director Johan Hansen. “We are seeing a large […]

  • UK: Phase 1 of Walney Offshore Wind Farm Becomes Operational

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      The first phase of the offshore wind farm being developed in the Irish Sea by Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd, in which SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has a 25.1% stake, is now operational. This means that 51 turbines, with a total installed capacity of 183.6MW, have successfully completed commissioning tests and are […]

  • Eiffage Métal and Engie Solutions to Build Saint-Brieuc Offshore Substation

    7 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ailes Marines has selected Eiffage Métal and Engie Solutions to manufacture the offshore substation for the 496 MW wind farm in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Eiffage Métal will be in charge of the engineering and construction of the upper part of the substation, housing the transformers and electrical equipment. The company will also fabricate the […]

  • UK: Innovative PLAT-O Platform Trial to Help Deliver Cost-Effective Tidal Energy

    23 May 2013

    Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) announced (Wednesday 22 May 2013) that it is to build and test a new generation systems integration platform aimed at enabling tidal energy to become a cost effective green source of energy. The technology development company will be using its unique PLAT-O platform, together with STG 50 tidal turbines it is […]

  • UK: Wind Power Increases Copper Demand

    2 August 2012

    Analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s metal markets and power research teams reveals that a 12% growth in wind power capacity across Western Europe is increasing copper demand, required for component parts of wind turbines and related infrastructure. Growing pressure from European Union (EU) environmental targets in recent years has resulted in the rapid expansion of wind […]

  • EDS HV Management to Watch Over Blyth 66kV Cable

    19 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Management has been appointed to act on behalf of EDF Energy Renewables (EDF ER) as owner’s engineers monitoring the cable manufacture for the 41.5MW Blyth offshore wind demonstration project in Northumberland. The offshore wind farm, located 5.7km off the North East coast will initially comprise of 5 optimised MHI Vestas […]

  • OWC to Assess EA1 Readiness for Offshore Construction

    19 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC) has signed a contract with ScottishPower Renewable to carry out an offshore readiness assessment to ensure East Anglia ONE is ready to complete the offshore works in an efficient and safe manner.

  • Ørsted, PGE Sign Gdansk Port Lease for Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Project

    16 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    PGE and Ørsted have signed a lease agreement with Istrana sp.z o.o. for the future T5 terminal in the Port of Gdansk that will be used for the storage, pre-assembly, and offshore installation of turbine components for Baltica 2, the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in Poland. The lease will cover the […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Picks Port for East Anglia Two Pre-Assembly

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s UK arm, has selected Peel Ports Great Yarmouth as the staging ground for pre-assembly works for its 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind project. The companies have signed a reservation agreement that will see the Siemens Gamesa turbine components and sections come together for assembly at the Norfolk site before installation […]

  • Romax Doubles Bearing Grease Flushing Business

    3 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Romax has doubled the size of its main bearing grease flushing business across its customer portfolio over the past 12 months. The company use a unique process and specially developed patent-pending apparatus for grease flushing, designed to significantly increase a turbine’s life, reducing the cost of operation & maintenance, and extending costly service intervals. Romax has […]

  • Swire, Tien Li Forge O&M Services Alliance in Taiwan

    25 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy

    Denmark-based Swire Renewable Energy (SRE) and Taiwan’s Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver operations and maintenance services in the Taiwanese offshore wind turbine industry and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region. SRE said that the signing marks a key step for both companies to establish a joint […]

  • All Moray East Jacket Foundations Installed

    28 December 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 103rd and final jacket foundation has been installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel installed the first three-legged jacket in July. The wind farm’s three offshore transformer modules (OTMs), together with their three jacket foundations, have been in place since mid-September. DEME’s installation vessel Orion, initially scheduled to be […]

  • MHI Vestas 9MW Platform to Be Typhoon Ready in 2020

    15 May 2018
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has confirmed that its 9MW turbine platform will be typhoon ready in 2020, in time for all offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Baltic Wind Power 2013 Event to Be Held in Stockholm, Sweden

    15 August 2013

    Baltic Wind Power 2013 conference and exhibition will take place on 09-10 September 2013 in Stockholm. The conference will focus on further wind energy market development (both onshore and offshore) in Sweden and the Baltic Sea basin and will offer a crucial update on cutting-edge technologies, new projects and finance. Located in the networking area […]

  • Damen to Unveil Walk to Work Vessel at EWEA’s Event

    4 November 2013

    Damen’s focus at EWEA Offshore 2013 will be on the introduction of their new offshore wind vessel providing in field accommodation and work space for engineers working on all phaes of wind farm projects. Strong coastal winds make offshore turbines the natural choice for wind-powered energy production. Their distance from land, however, can push up […]

  • Master Fined after Accident at Sheringham Shoal

    3 September 2014

    The master of a wind farm support boat has been made to pay £3,000 in fines and costs after breaching maritime collision regulations. Geoffrey Whinfrey was in charge of the Island Panther when it collided with a wind turbine in the Sheringham Shoal wind farm on 21 November 2012. Whinfrey had been requested by the […]

  • MeyGen Enters Construction Phase

    25 November 2014

    After more than seven years of planning and design, the MeyGen tidal energy project is now entering the construction phase for the first 6MW tranche of capacity in what is believed to be the world’s largest planned tidal stream project. Now that the financing package has been agreed for the first four turbines, Atlantis Resources has entered into all the major construction contracts. […]

  • Two New Vessels to Join Sheringham Shoal Fleet (UK)

    23 September 2011

      Two new vessels will join the growing fleet working on the site of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm today as the installation and commissioning of the 88 turbines progresses. The 91m ‘SEA JACK ‘, a self-elevating platform vessel will combine forces with the already operational 76m ‘GMS Endeavour’ over the coming months and […]