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  • Lower Offshore Wind Availability Hits Vattenfall’s Q1 Results

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall reported a lower earnings contribution from its Wind operating segment in the first quarter of the year, which stood at SEK 400 million (approx. EUR 39.5 million), mainly due to lower wind speeds and lower availability of offshore wind. The company posted a 11 per cent net sales decrease in the first quarter of […]

  • Trianel Windpark Borkum Generates 452.33GWh in 6 Months

    18 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    First purely municipal offshore wind farm installed off German coast, Trianel Windpark Borkum, has been in operation for half a year now, and has generated 452.33GWh of electricity, with January 2016 as the month with the highest yield so far – 95.12GWh. Construction on the wind farm began in September 2011. From July 2013, all 40 AREVA Wind M5000-116 […]

  • HeavyLift@Sea Keeps Burbo Bank 2 Blades Safe at Sea

    3 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has contracted the Hamburg-based design and engineering company HeavyLift@Sea GmbH to design grillages for the sea fastening of wind turbine blades built for DONG Energy’s 258 MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The 80-metre-long blades are part of the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbines, the first components of which have […]

  • SHL Covers Difficult Beatrice Angles with Ampelmann’s Angular Boom Tip

    7 December 2017
    Vessels

    After being awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), Ampelmann has designed and created an Angular Boom Tip that SHL is now using during the installation of the jacket foundations at the Beatrice offshore wind farm to ensure the workers safely access the wind turbine structures. 

  • Mott MacDonald to Keep an Eye on Norther OWF Construction and Operation

    20 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Mott MacDonald, which is lenders’ technical advisor (LTA) on the EUR 1.2 billion Norther offshore wind project, will now provide construction and operational monitoring in an ongoing role, following the financial close for the project. Having initially provided technical support at an earlier stage of development, Mott MacDonald transitioned to an LTA role in late […]

  • EWE, Trianel Reach Preliminary Investment Decision for TWB II

    9 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    EWE AG and Trianel have made a preliminary investment decision and agreed to jointly bring the Trianel Wind Farm Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm to realisation with each having a 37.5% stake in the project.  For the remaining 25% of the project, talks are currently being held with interested third-party investors before the final investment […]

  • UK: Neptune Renewable Energy Goes into Liquidation

    7 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Neptune was set up in 2005 as a development company for tidal stream power generation, using a new, niche concept and approach. The hope was that following further development of the concept, building and deploying a full-scale experimental demonstrator, followed by testing and evaluation, this would lead to the deployment of arrays of the devices, […]

  • AREVA Signs MoU for Its Factory in Scotland

    19 November 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    On the occasion of Mr. Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minister’s, visit to Paris, the AREVA group and Scottish Enterprise, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on industrial site development for the manufacture of wind turbines in East Scotland. The MoU is a step towards establishing an AREVA factory in Scotland that will manufacture its 5MW […]

  • France: Innovative Decision Support System for Structural Maintenance of FOWTs Close to Finalization

    12 March 2013

    Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas says an innovative decision support system for the structural maintenance of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) is close to being finalised. The initiative could result in significant cost and energy saving for all types of renewable marine energy farms. The system has been developed within the framework of Eurogia+, […]

  • Ballast Nedam Deploys HLV Svanen at London Array Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    17 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      Ballast Nedam has signed an agreement with London Array Limited for the deployment of the heavy lift vessel (HLV) Svanen at The London Array Offshore Wind Farm from the second half of August this year. Svanen will perform its services in addition to the installation vessels currently installing foundations for Phase One of the […]

  • Seajacks Becomes Main Installation Contractor for Meerwind Offshore Wind Project (Germany)

    11 August 2011

      Seajacks UK announces that WindMW GmbH (WindMW) has confirmed that the Meerwind project has reached financial close. Seajacks will be the the main installation contractor and will use vessels from Seajacks’ fleet to install 80 foundations and wind turbine generator sets at Meerwind’s location in the German Bight. The contract is valued in excess […]

  • Denmark: A2SEA Orders New Jack-Up Vessel

    23 March 2012

    A2SEA (owned 51% by DONG Energy and 49% by Siemens Wind Power) has signed a contract with Chinese company, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., for the construction of a new jack-up vessel specially designed for the purpose of installation of offshore wind turbines. The contract has a value of USD 155 million (approx. DKK 890 […]

  • First Steel Cut for Nordseecluster A Foundations

    30 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s Dajin Heavy Industry has started the manufacturing of the foundations for RWE’s Nordseecluster A, the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster project being built in the German North Sea. The project, featuring a TP-Less structure, has entered the production stage after its initial cutting ceremony held at the Dajin Penglai facility on 28 […]

  • Seawind Partners with SeaTech on Semi-Submersible Floating Platform Design

    19 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Seawind Ocean Technology has announced a collaboration with Singapore-based SeaTech Solutions International on the design of semi-submersible floating platforms. Under the agreement, SeaTech will provide Seawind with the basic design of the semi-submersible floating platform according to international standards and specifications. Upon finalising the basic draft, SeaTech will then provide a full design package of […]

  • Saipem 7000 Back in Action Following Crane Incident

    30 May 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Semi-submersible crane vessel, Saipem 7000, is returning to the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland to resume the installation of jacket foundations at the 114-turbine site. Saipem 7000 and support vessels are expected to arrive on site on or around Wednesday, 1 June, the project’s latest Notice to Mariners shows. The three-legged suction caisson foundations will […]

  • Changfang & Xidao Foundations Installation Reaches Halfway Mark

    5 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has installed 31 out of 62 jacket foundations at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm in Taiwan, which means the project has reached the halfway mark. After finishing the installation of 108 pin piles a month ago, Boskalis has reached another milestone on the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project, with the installation […]

  • NED-Project Introduces Hydrogen-Ready, Jones Act-Compliant Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    24 September 2021
    Vessels

    NED-Project, a Poland-headquartered naval architecture and ship design company with an office in the US, has developed a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which features a hydrogen-ready set-up and has the capability to install 15-20 MW wind turbines as well as to load and transport monopiles vertically. The vessel design, NP20000X ULAM, which is […]

  • DanTysk Sandbank Hires Air and Water Crew Transfer Team

    22 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG has selected the providers of air and water crew transfer services for the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The operator of the wind farms, a joint venture between Stadtwerke München and Vattenfall, has selected Denmark’s KN Helicopters A/S and their new […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Adds Gode Wind 3 to Firm Orders

    20 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has announced the firm order for the supply of wind turbines for Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The 242 MW offshore wind farm will feature the first installation of the Siemens Gamesa’s SG 11.0-200 DD turbines in German waters. The wind farm will feature 23 of […]

  • Ørsted Taps TÜV NORD for German Offshore Wind Duo

    9 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has commissioned TÜV NORD to certify the submarine cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm, and the transformer station and the submarine cables for the Gode Wind 3 wind farm in the German North Sea. With 83 turbines and a total capacity of 900 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 will be the largest wind […]

  • Japanese Consortium Launches Project to Mass-Produce Floating Wind Foundations

    21 January 2022
    R&D, Technology

    “K” Line Wind Service, Japan Marine United Corporation, Nihon Shipyard, and Toa Corporation have established a consortium to work on a project focused on mass production of floating wind foundations and cost reduction of floating wind installation. The consortium sys it aims to develop a mass production method and cost reduction of floating wind foundations, […]

  • CSBC-DEME Starts Working on First Taiwan-Built Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    30 April 2020
    Vessels

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has started working on a floating heavy-lift installation vessel to be named Green Jade. According to CDWE, this will be the first Taiwan-built offshore wind installation vessel. CDWE, a joint venture between Taiwan’s shipbuilder CSBC and Belgian offshore construction company DEME Offshore, informed on 30 April that it had initiated the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Reports Drop in Sales, Boost in Orders

    30 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Between October and December 2017, Siemens Gamesa received double the orders for offshore wind turbines compared to the same period of the previous year. 

  • EU Researchers Join Hands to Tackle Monopile Scour

    8 June 2018
    R&D

    European scour researchers have kicked off PROTEUS, a new EU Hydralab+ project, which aims to improve the design of scour protection around offshore wind turbine monopiles and future-proof them against the impacts of climate change.

  • VOS Start Gears Up for Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm

    14 July 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vroon’s first DP2 subsea-support walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, VOS Start, will start her first offshore wind charter at DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm following her official naming ceremony scheduled for next Thursday, 20 July.

  • Norfolk Marine’s Scour Prevention System for Elisa Floater

    5 July 2017
    Technology

    Norfolk Marine’s Tyre Filled Net (TFN) scour prevention system will be installed as scour protection for the foundation of the 5MW Elisa prototype under construction in the Canary Islands.