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  • NMS Secures Seagreen Client Representative Role

    8 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Developers of the Seagreen offshore wind farm have appointed Northern Marine Services (Scotland) Ltd (NMS) to support the delivery and installation of the project’s offshore wind turbine foundations out of Port of Nigg in Scotland’s Cromarty Firth. The awarding of the contract follows the announcement in February that Global Energy Group’s (GEG) Port of Nigg […]

  • Moray East Pin-Piles In Position

    28 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore piling works have been completed on the Moray East wind farm in the Moray Firth off the North East coast of Scotland, the developers of the 950MW project said. Work to install the pin-piles in the seabed commenced in May of last year, using DEME Offshore’s jack-up installation vessel Apollo which worked out of […]

  • UK Companies Investigate Scour Strategies on Monopiles

    4 October 2017
    R&D

    HR Wallingford has completed a ten week project with Oxford University’s Department of Engineering and Science and E.ON as part of the research aiming to minimise the effects of scour on wind turbine foundations.

  • GeoSea Installs All Galloper Foundations Two Months Early

    29 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea’s jack-up vessel Innovation has installed all 56 turbine foundations at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm two months ahead of schedule, Galloper Wind Farm Ltd. reports.

  • H145 Helicopter Passes Offshore Wind Test

    5 February 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Following a two-day flight trial in late January, the H145 helicopter has proved its operational capabilities for offshore missions. Airbus Helicopters reported today that aviation companies Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH and HTM Offshore have tested its twin-engine multipurpose helicopter H145 in all the relevant fields of offshore operations. The flight test programme included missions such as approaching […]

  • US Bankrolls Two Offshore Wind Projects

    24 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has set aside over USD 8 million for two offshore wind-related projects. USD 3.57 million will go to a team led by the University of Virginia for the design of a 50 MW wind turbine featuring downwind morphing, expected to reduce blade loads and allow ultralight segmented blades. They will […]

  • Cape Sharp Tidal Project Brings NS Firms Multi-Million Contracts

    16 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    A third Nova Scotian company has secured a multi-million dollar contract with the Cape Sharp Tidal project, which has potential to be the first grid-connected tidal array in the world. Hawboldt Industries of Chester, Nova Scotia, has been awarded a $4.7-million contract for the design and manufacturing of three heavy lift winches to be used […]

  • Scottish Enterprise Invites Interest for Hunterston Test Centre for Offshore Wind

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Enterprise and SSE are investors in a project to develop the Port of Hunterston, for the testing of the latest full scale offshore turbine technology. Scottish Enterprise is developing one of the three test berths and is seeking initial expressions of interest from manufacturers interested in leasing this from July 2015. Hunterston has a […]

  • UK: Green Port Hull Plans Ready to Go Ahead

    2 May 2012

    Siemens and Associated British Ports’ (ABP) plans for a £210m wind turbine facility at Green Port Hull have been recommended for outline approval by planners, subject to conditions. The project, which is expected to create 700 jobs and complete in 2014, involves the demolition of existing buildings at Alexandra Dock for use as a massive […]

  • USA: New Wind Energy Operations Services from Second Wind

    7 March 2012
    Technology

    Second Wind, a leading provider of wind measurement technology, software and services, today announced the introduction of a suite of wind farm operations services based on the company’s Triton® Sonic Wind Profiler and SkyServe® Wind Data Service. Triton, a remote sensing system using sodar technology to provide wind measurements across the turbine rotor sweep, and […]

  • NorWind Installer Provides Vessel for Tidal Energy Foundation Installation (Scotland)

    17 August 2011

    NorWind Installer (NWI) provided the construction vessel “North Sea Giant” owned by North Sea Shipping when BAUER Renewables Ltd., a subsidiary of BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH, successfully installed a drilled-in monopile foundation structure for a tidal energy turbine at the offshore test site of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, in late July. […]

  • Offshore Wind to Blow Jobs to Humberside (UK)

    27 December 2010
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Developers believe green energy can do for Humberside what oil and gas did for Aberdeen in the 1970s. Fishing has always been one of the main industries on the banks of the Humber, but these days it’s on a much smaller scale – there is now a new harvest to be reaped at sea. The […]

  • Construction Begins on US Offshore Wind’s First Daughter Craft

    7 August 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has launched construction of the US offshore wind industry’s first-ever mini-crew transfer vessel (CTV), designed by Chartwell Marine. Set to begin operating in the summer of 2024 for Ørsted and their US-based joint venture partner, Eversource Energy, the CTV will simultaneously accompany the launch of ECO Edison, the first American-built service […]

  • Nordsee One GmbH Opens O&M Base, Inks Service Contracts

    21 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Nordsee One GmbH officially inaugurated a new operation and maintenance base for the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Norddeich, Lower-Saxony, Germany, on Wednesday, 21 September. Nordsee One, which is currently being built approximately 40km north of the island of Juist, will be operated and serviced from the venue, which comprises offices, a control room, […]

  • South Korea Plans to Build 2.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    10 November 2010

    South Korea has confirmed it intends to become a major player in the offshore wind sector with an announcement last week that an $8.2 billion (€5.9 bn) wind farm will be built in the Yellow Sea. With an eye to reducing its dependence on expensive imported fossil fuels, the nation will begin testing 20 5-MW […]

  • Olympic Taurus Demobilizes at BOW Terminal

    28 January 2014
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    After succesful cable installation for Northwind offshore wind project, vessel Olympic Taurus started demobilization at BOW Teminal. Olympic Taurus was also the first ship to call at BOW Terminal in 2014, when it collected the last cable reels for installation on the Northwind offshore wind farm. The Northwind offshore wind project is located on the […]

  • Deep BV Staying Busy Offshore Taiwan

    10 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch subsea survey specialist Deep BV is carrying out unexploded ordnance (UXO) geophysical survey at the Formosa 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. The survey is being carried out at the potential locations of the wind turbines, the company said. Deep BV did similar work on the 128MW Formosa 1, Taiwan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. […]

  • MCC Preps Steelwork for Offshore Wind Blade Upgrade

    7 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    M. C. Construction (Cleveland) Limited (MCC) has completed the fabrication and coating of two blade rack grillages as part of a blade upgrade campaign at an offshore wind project.

  • Fresh Impetus for Atlantic City Wind Farm

    13 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A bill which allows the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to reconsider Fishermen’s Energy’s 24MW Atlantic City Wind Farm project has cleared both houses of the State legislature.

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Nets First UK Installation Deal with Hornsea Project One

    12 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has won a contract for transport and installation of Siemens 7MW turbines at DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will install approximately half of the 174 turbines, while the remainder will be installed by A2SEA, which was awarded the contract on Tuesday, 10 May. “This is a […]

  • Balfour Beatty to Operate Thanet OWF’s Offshore Transmission Link

    26 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Balfour Beatty Investments Limited has been chosen to operate the offshore transmission system of the Thanet wind farm.  Ofgem has determined to grant an offshore transmission licence to Thanet OFTO Limited, which is the proposed licensee entity incorporated by Balfour Beatty Investments Limited, the successful bidder in respect of the Thanet project. With 100 Vestas V90 3MW wind turbines, the Thanet Offshore Wind […]

  • Samsung Keeps Offshore Wind Activities

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Korean company Samsung Heavy Industries has denied recent reports that it is halting its offshore wind activities. Spokesperson said: “It is not true that we are pulling back from the offshore wind industry. “We will keep working to secure a high performance prototype and focus on developing new technology. We have made rapid progress […]

  • Denmark: Anholt Substation Scheduled for Operation on 1 August 2012

    3 May 2012

    At Easter, Energinet.dk’s approximately 1600 tonnes heavy top section for the offshore substation was hoisted into position with assistance from a Dutch crane vessel. The substation platform will connect the 111 wind turbines in the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm to the Danish power grid. On Good Friday 6 April 2012, the platform was installed on […]

  • MCT All Set to Start With Tidal Energy Project (UK)

    29 April 2011

    The Bristol-based Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) has been able to clinch a deal with the Crown Estate Commissioners to harness the…   By Apoorva Prasad (topnews) [mappress] Source: topnews, April 29, 2011;

  • Great Yarmouth’s EastPort UK gets two self-propelled jack-up vessels

    12 May 2010
    Technology

    Two self-propelled jack-up vessels purpose-built for installing offshore wind turbines have made Great Yarmouth’s EastPort UK their home…   [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, May 11, 2010;

  • Suzlon Plans Plans to Build Manufacturing Facility (UK)

    17 November 2011

    Wind turbine maker Suzlon will set up offshore wind energy projects in the UK, and plans to build a manufacturing facility on the coast to…   (thehindubusinessline) [mappress] Source: thehindubusinessline, November 17, 2011; Image: suzlon