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  • Burbo Bank Extension Topside Meets Jacket (Gallery)

    2 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Engie Fabricom and Iemants completed the load-out of the topside for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm at the ENGIE Fabricom’s Hoboken yard on 30 May. The 1180-tonne topside was placed next to the 985-tonne offshore substation jacket on the pontoon. The jacket was loaded onto the pontoon on 11 May. The topside […]

  • Danes Explore Wind Potential Offshore Funen

    15 June 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency has granted a permission to Sønderborg Forsyningsservice A/S to explore the possibility to develop an offshore wind farm in an area between Als and Helnæs in Funen.

  • TÜV Rheinland on Trianel Windpark Borkum II Blade Watch

    28 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Senvion has contracted TÜV Rheinland to oversee the production of wind turbine blades for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farm.

  • VBMS Pulls In First EOWDC Export Cable

    2 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has pulled ashore the first export cable for Vattenfall’s 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) located in the Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • New Edition of Offshore WIND Magazine Now Out

    4 June 2018

    The latest edition of the Offshore WIND magazine is now out and you can get your hands on it by subscribing to receive a printed copy and/or find it available in a digital format.

  • USACE Approves Offshore Wind Farm in Atlantic City

    20 July 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer, Fishermen’s Energy, has now got all the necessary federal and state documentation to start building the first U.S. demonstration offshore wind farm. Namely, the developer has announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) gave a Clean Water Act permit for the project, the NJ.com, a New Jersey based news portal […]

  • Alstom Eyes UK Offshore Wind Possibilities

    27 September 2012

    Alstom’s offshore wind vice president Frederic Hendrick revealed that the company has plans to expand its presence in the UK’s offshore wind sector. Reuters quotes Mr. Hendrick as saying that the decision to have “an industrial footprint “ in the UK would depend on acquiring more investment certainty and that it should be made in […]

  • UK: Obtaining Planning Permission Becomes Harder

    2 December 2013

     Going offshore could be the answer for wind energy hiccups as getting planning permission for onshore wind farms becomes harder. Solicitors Coles Miller warn that it’s getting harder to find onshore sites that are not covered by some form of planning protection. Even though the offshore wind is one of the solutions, it also faces […]

  • UK: FP7 Project Kicks Off

    6 September 2013

    A three year EU funded FP7 Project – OPTIMUS – has officially kicked off. Twelve consortium partners from six EU member states are involved in the project with Narec acting as the project coordinator. OPTIMUS will develop and demonstrate, in the field, novel methods and tools for delivering the prognostic technology necessary to evolve to […]

  • Gamesa Says Game Over to Dundee (UK)

    6 December 2011

    Gamesa announced on Friday that it has ruled out Dundee from its potential UK hub list. They said that Dundee can’t help them in achieving plan to manufacture G11X-5.0 MW and G14X-7.0 MW offshore wind turbines. Leith, proposed by Forth Ports, entered the race for UK hub. The Spanish wind turbine developer is now considering […]

  • Maersk Supply Service Narrows Down Focus to Offshore Wind and OSVs

    28 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Maersk Supply Service will shift its focus to fewer business areas and regions in an effort to increase its presence in core markets, increase synergies in its operations, and improve profitability. Going forward, the company’s two core business areas will be offshore wind and offshore support vessels (OSVs). The offshore vessel markets continue to improve, […]

  • Far Offshore Pioneer Turns Ten

    17 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm has marked a ten year anniversary since its official inauguration by HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark on 17 September 2009. At the time of the inauguration, the 209MW Horns Rev 2 was the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Located in the Danish North Sea at a distance […]

  • Hexicon and Elia to Optimise Floating Offshore Wind Farm Transmission Connection

    11 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Sweden-based Hexicon and Elia Grid International (EGI) have joined forces to connect the wind energy produced by floating offshore wind farms to the onshore grid. Under the agreement, the partners will develop concepts and projects to integrate large-scale floating offshore wind farms into the onshore power systems. By doing so, the two companies expect to […]

  • Boskalis Adds to Inch Cape Tally

    7 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) and Boskalis have signed an exclusive Pre-Construction Agreement (PCA) covering the transportation and installation of the wind turbine foundations, the offshore substation, and the inter-array cables.

  • Boat, Anchor, and Tidal Generator (USA)

    4 October 2011

      When summer comes and the fishing crews return, electricity demand rises by 40% or more. For Nushgak Cooperative, that creates a dilemma: The utility needs a plant big enough to generate that electricity, but the extra capacity goes unused in the winter, and customers have to pay for a plant that is partly idle. […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News in 2017

    1 January 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The Offshore WIND editorial staff brings the most read news in 2017 chosen by you, our readers. From new technologies in the offshore wind industry to the development of subsidy-free bids, 2017 has shown us that the sector is developing faster than anyone had anticipated.

  • The Crown Estate Celebrates Inauguration of Two OWFs (UK)

    5 July 2013
    Authorities

    The Crown Estate has welcomed the inauguration this week of two further UK offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 900 MW. On Wednesday 3 July the final phase of construction of the 270 MW Lincs offshore wind farm was formally recognised by joint owners Centrica Renewable Energy, Dong Energy and Siemens. The following […]

  • DoE Selects Three Offshore Wind Demo Projects

    7 May 2014
    Authorities

    As a part of the Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced the selection of three pioneering offshore wind demonstrations to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years to deploy innovative, grid-connected systems in federal and state waters by 2017. These projects – located off the coast of New […]

  • Wind Farm Developers Accused of ‘Fooling Public’ (UK)

    27 May 2011

    WIND-FARM developers have been accused of ‘fooling the public’ by separating their offshore turbine application from the controversial… (skegnessstandard) [mappress] Source: skegnessstandard, May 27, 2011

  • Hull Receives Planning Applications for Green Port (UK)

    13 December 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A series of planning applications for a new £200m wind turbine factory in Hull have been submitted.   (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 13, 2011; Image: siemens

  • Maryland officials launch online Coastal Atlas (USA)

    9 June 2010
    Authorities

    Maryland renewable energy officials launched an interactive online map Tuesday, that shows potential locations for wind turbine off the…   [mappress] Source: wboc, June 08, 2010;

  • Thor Offshore Wind Farm to Feature Siemens Gamesa’s Newly Launched GreenerTowers

    24 April 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Infrastructure, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has revealed its GreenerTower, a wind turbine tower made of more sustainable steel. The company already closed its first order with RWE to feature 36 of the GreenerTower units at the 1 GW Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. Today, tower production accounts for more than one-third of all wind-turbine-related CO2 emissions, according […]

  • Damen Unveils New Offshore Vessel Charging Concept

    13 June 2024
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group has developed a new concept for offshore charging said to offer a way to dramatically reduce emissions during the operational phase of an offshore wind farm. The system envisages a fully electric crew transfer vessel (CTV) which can charge at either a turbine or one of Damen’s commissioning service operations vessels (CSOVs) […]

  • Almost Half of EnBW Baltic 2 OWF Sold for EUR 720 Mln

    7 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has sold 49.89 percent of its shares in the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 to Macquarie Capital, the principal investment, advisory and capital markets arm of Macquarie Group. A corresponding purchase agreement has now been signed. “This means that we have now successfully implemented our second participation model in the […]

  • Ribbon Cut at Westermost Rough OWF

    1 July 2015

    Westermost Rough, the world’s first offshore wind farm to make commercial use of giant 6MW turbines with 75 metre blades, has been officially opened at a ceremony in Grimsby today. Capable of meeting the electricity demand of well over 150,000 homes, the wind farm, is a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners […]

  • Denmark: Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Cables Installed in Record Time

    29 January 2013

    New Year’s Eve 2011, 19.00 hours: the rest of Denmark is gathered for their celebrations. The installation vessel ‘Svanen’ is hammering a foundation pile into the seabed approximately 20 kilometres north east of Grenaa. The pile marks the beginning of construction of DONG Energy’s new facility, Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. In June 2012, the cable-laying […]