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  • China Wind Farm O&M Industry Report for 2014-2016 Out Now

    17 November 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Wind Farm Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Industry Report, 2014-2016” report to their offering.  Global wind farm operations and maintenance (O&M) market size had increased progressively year after year during 2008-2013, attaining to USD 7.35 billion in 2013, and is predicted to reach USD 9.84 billion […]

  • Baker Consultants Welcome Borkum Riffgrund 1 Opening

    12 October 2015

    Last week saw the inaugural opening ceremony of Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, for which Baker Consultants provided noise and marine mammal monitoring services. “This is a fantastic achievement for all involved and we are proud of Baker Consultants’ role in this,” Baker Consultants said. In August 2013, the construction of the wind farm started with the […]

  • Eneco Luchterduinen Completed ahead of Schedule & Officially Open

    22 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm was put into operation, which was officially celebrated yesterday with a traditional Japanese Kagami Biraki ceremony. The wind farm, owned jointly by Mitsubishi Corporation and Eneco, comprises 43 wind turbines and is located 23 kilometres off the coast of Zandvoort and Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Eneco Luchterduinen has a capacity of 129 megawatts, which means it will supply […]

  • Westermost Rough O&M Building Nominated for LABC Award

    16 September 2015

    ​The Westermost Rough offshore wind farm Operations & Maintenance (O&M) building, located on the Grimsby Royal Dock, has been nominated for a national building award. Having won best commercial building at the regional South Yorkshire & Humber awards, the Westermost Rough O&M building is now in contention for the national prize at The Local Authority […]

  • Wikinger Substation Stands in the Baltic Sea

    29 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation Andalucía, built for Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm, has been installed in the German zone of the Baltic Sea. The 4,550 tonne offshore substation, built by Navantia at the Puerto Real shipyard, departed from Cadiz, Southern Spain, mid-August. Andalucía is the first offshore substation to include two topsides, as it will also be used by […]

  • McCaffery Welcomes Plans for Jobs Boost

    30 March 2012

    ReneweableUK, the trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has warmly welcomed announcement by the wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa that it plans to build a huge manufacturing base in the UK, employing more than 800 people. Blades and nacelles, which include the key components to generate electricity in offshore wind turbines, will […]

  • Zèfir Project Wins First Prize in Sustainability Category (Spain)

    2 November 2011
    R&D

    The piece of work “Zèfir: in search of deep water offshore wind energy”, carried out by students from the Cor de Maria school in Valls, has been awarded the first prize in the Sustainability category. Over 12,000 people of all ages took part in the 12th edition of the science competition “Ciencia en Acción”, which […]

  • Marine Energy Projects in New Zealand

    17 October 2011
    Authorities

    The marine energy projects are a wave energy device at Stewart Island, a cable linking to another device at Wellington’s Moa Point and turbines at Parnell Baths in Auckland. New Zealand’s huge potential for generating electricity through marine energy will be explored with three different marine energy projects. Acting Energy Minister Hekia Parata says they […]

  • BOEMRE Conducts Study on Regulating Worker Safety in Offshore Renewable Energy Operations (USA)

    2 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced it has contracted with the National Research Council’s Marine Board to conduct a study on regulating worker safety in connection with the development of offshore renewable energy on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The project will be important in establishing worker safety requirements […]

  • DCNS Presents Its Expertise at Ocean Energy Europe Conference

    1 October 2014

    DCNS is a partner of the Ocean Energy Europe conference, the European forum for the sector, which will take place on 1 and 2 October 2014 in Paris in the presence of the main energy decision-takers and industrialists. DCNS will present its expertise in marine energy, a sector in which the Group has been investing […]

  • Scotland Mustn’t Back Down From the Offshore Wind

    27 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    THE Skykon factory is currently the only significant manufacturer of wind turbine towers in Scotland and is therefore a very important part… By Paul Brewer (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 27, 2010;

  • Planning For Offshore Wind in Michigan – Divided Opinions of the Locals

    21 February 2011

      The issue of siting wind turbines remains a thorny issue. Planning for on-shore and off-shore wind continues in Michigan. By Saulius Mikalonis (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, February 21, 2011

  • UK Leads in Offshore Wind Development

    15 February 2011

    Firms urged to capitalise on potential of wave and tidal energy as boom in turbine industry creates thousands of jobs, says Andrew Stone.   (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, February 15, 2011

  • UK offshore wind energy industry gets £10 million grant

    22 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    The first round of grants since the Budget for developing next-generation offshore wind turbines technology are announced by the Department… By Trevor Sievert (windfair) [mappress] Source: windfair, July 22, 2010;

  • SBM Offshore to supply the design for installation jack-up vessels to Dubai-based Lamprell Energy.

    3 May 2010
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Engineering outfit SBM Offshore is to supply the design for two highly specialised wind turbine-installation jack-up vessels to Dubai-based   [mappress] Source: upstreamonline, May 03, 2010;

  • UK: Centrica to conduct a geotechnical survey off the coast of Wells for offshore wind farm

    2 May 2010
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    A scheme to build up to 383 wind turbines in two sites off the north Norfolk coast is to come under scrutiny in a nautical navigational…   [mappress] Source: fakenhamtimes, March 01, 2010;

  • CS WIND Offshore Rolls Out Last Borkum Riffgrund 3 Monopile

    11 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    CS WIND Offshore has completed the fabrication of the last monopile foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany and has marked the milestone with its loadout. CS WIND Offshore, which acquired Denmark’s Bladt Industries in 2023, has manufactured 40 XXL wind turbine foundations for the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3, which will become […]

  • EnBW Opens Helicopter Transport Tender for German Offshore Wind Farms

    20 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    EnBW has launched a tender for helicopter transport services for its offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The offshore wind owner/developer is looking for a helicopter service for the offshore-onshore transport of personnel including personnel luggage in the contract period. In individual cases, and after consultation with the provider, cargo, including dangerous goods, […]

  • Wison Receives Offshore Wind Farm Installation Vessel Order

    25 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Shanghai-headquartered Wison Offshore & Marine has won a contract from China’s Shandong Lankun Offshore Engineering for the construction of an offshore wind farm installation vessel that will be able to handle offshore wind turbines of up to 16 MW. Under the contract, Wison Nantong Heavy Industry, a subsidiary of Wison Offshore Engineering, will provide engineering, […]

  • Seaway Moxie to Support O&M Ops at Beatrice OWF

    18 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seaway Moxie is set to be deployed on the Beatrice offshore wind farm at the end of January for walk-to-work operations during an operations & maintenance (O&M) campaign at the wind farm, located some 13 kilometres off the coast of Caithness in Scotland. According to the wind farm’s latest Notice to Mariners, work will commence […]

  • Seajacks Stays on Akita Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm

    11 January 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seajacks Japan LLC has been awarded a contract with Kajima Corporation to transport and install the wind turbines at the Akita Port and Noshiro Port offshore wind farms in Japanese waters. Seajacks Japan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UK-based Seajacks International, will in total transport and install 33 MHI Vestas V117 – 4.2 MW wind […]

  • Pacific Osprey’s New Crane Boom in Action

    3 June 2020
    Vessels

    The upgraded crane boom on jack-up vessel Pacific Osprey is fully operational, Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) said. The installation of Pacific Osprey’s new crane boom started in the Port of Esbjerg in mid-April and was completed on 30 May. The lift of the boom onto the jack-up was executed on 14 April by NOV with […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Preferred Supplier for 2.6GW US Offshore Wind Project

    7 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Energy has selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred turbine supplier for its 2.6GW offshore wind project in Virginia, the U.S. Siemens Gamesa will supply the turbines from its Offshore Direct Drive platform, with the final amount to be determined during a later phase of the early development period. A long-term service and maintenance agreement […]

  • Saitec to Launch Scaled Down BlueSATH Prototype

    26 November 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Spain’s Saitec Engineering is launching its first offshore wind medium-scale prototype: BlueSATH. The project is scheduled to go online during the first quarter of 2020 in the open sea waters of Santander Spain for a 12-month period after which the prototype will be completely decommissioned. Testing will take place in real sea environment with the […]

  • Naval Energies Opts for Floating Wind over Tidal Energy

    27 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Naval Energies has decided to stop investing in tidal energy, a market said to be in the process of closing, and focus on floating offshore wind, as well as ocean thermal energy conversion.

  • Goldwind Flies High in 2015

    29 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    China-based wind turbine manufacturer Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology (Goldwind) ended the Fiscal Year 2015 with CNY 2.85 billion (EUR 398 million) net profit, a near 56% increase compared to a year earlier, making 2015 the company’s best year ever in terms of wind turbine sales and overall financial results. Goldwind became the world’s largest […]