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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Germany: First Voith Linear Jet Takes Shape

    4 September 2012
    Technology

    The new vessel propulsion system Voith Linear Jet (VLJ) literally takes shape. The Dutch foundry Drunen has cast the rotor of the first VLJ. Two of these propulsion systems will be used in a newly designed vessel supplying offshore wind farms with staff and equipment, even at high seas. Turbine Transfer Ltd. expands its fleet […]

  • UK: Kentish Flats Extension to Boost Business, Vattenfall Says

    19 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats Extension has received a development consent order from the Energy Secretary today. The consent means that Vattenfall can step up its engagement with the local and UK supply chains as it develops a forward programme for installation and operation. The up to 17 turbine extension (KFE) will deliver up to 51MW of […]

  • Japan: Marubeni-led Group to Conduct Floating Wind Farm Feasibility Study

    6 March 2012

     A consortium made up of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu and Mizuho Information & Research are participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. This experimental […]

  • NREL Releases Estimate of National Offshore Wind Energy Potential (USA)

    14 September 2010
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announces the release of a new report that assesses the electricity generating potential of offshore wind resources in the United States. According to the Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Resources for the United StatesPDF, 4,150 gigawatts of potential wind turbine nameplate capacity (maximum turbine capacity) […]

  • Seaqualize Wins Mammoet’s Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge

    16 May 2022
    Technology

    Dutch company Seaqualize has won the offshore wind innovation competition organised by its compatriot Mammoet and now has the chance to collaborate with Mammoet to further develop its solution. Seaqualize won the competition with its Delta Active Heave Compensator, which turns a standard heavy lifting crane into a high-performance active heave-compensated crane, up to a […]

  • Largest Offshore Wind Farm in China Fully Grid Connected

    27 December 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 802 MW Jiangsu Qidong, China’s largest offshore wind farm, achieved a full capacity grid connection on Saturday, 25 December. The Jiangsu Qidong offshore wind farm comprises three projects; H1, H2, and H3, each with an accompanying offshore booster station. The wind farm is located between 31 and 40 kilometres off the coast of Qidong, […]

  • Merkur Ownership Change Completed

    14 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) and the Dutch pension investor APG have completed the acquisition of the 396 MW Merkur offshore wind farm. The consortium comprising of funds managed and/or advised by Partners Group (50%), InfraRed Capital Partners (25%), DEME Concessions (12.5%), GE Energy Financial Services (6.25%), and ADEME, acting on behalf of France […]

  • Trianel Windpark Borkum Opens Tender for CPS Work

    15 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for subsea works on the cable protection systems (CPS) and bolt exchanges at diffusor plates at the Trianel Windpark Borkum project in Germany. The selected company will be in charge of installing 20 preventive CPS retrofits, four corrective CPS retrofits, as well as bolt exchange at six steel […]

  • Solstad Wins Moray East Contract

    27 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore ASA has secured a contract with GeoSea for the Moray East offshore wind project in the UK. Solstad Offshore will provide the vessel Normand Service, previously Sea Spider, to support wind farm installation operations at the 950MW project. The vessel will be chartered for a period of 180 days firm, with up to […]

  • ECN Lists Benefits of SAITEC’s Floating Concept

    10 May 2016
    R&D, Technology

    Spanish engineering company SAITEC asked ECN to quantify the benefits of its floating wind concept – Swinging Around Twin Hull (SATH) – and to demonstrate the concept’s added value. SAITEC’s solution has a single mooring point. Two twin concrete hulls are fastened to the mooring point with a bearing, allowing the platform to swing around this point. ECN calculated that connecting to one […]

  • Offshoretronic Lays Out Drilling Vessel to WTIV Concept

    16 February 2016
    Vessels

    Spanish company Offshoretronic has informed that it designed the first wind farm installation vessel (WTIV) concept based on the conversion of the Samsung 10.000 DP Deepwater Drillship. According to the company, the newly designed vessel, named Sustainable Installer I, and installation method will have a 30% faster installation time compared to the older wind turbine installation jack-up vessels. The Sustainable […]

  • First BlueTec Tidal Platform to Be Named

    9 March 2015
    Technology

    Naming ceremony for the first BlueTec tidal platform will be held on April 9 in Den Helder, the Netherlands. Shortly after the event, the tidal turbine will be installed offshore the isle of Texel and will start generating power for a Texel-based facility. BlueTec is a joint project of 12 Dutch high-tech companies sharing their knowledge in order […]

  • East Anglia THREE Application Reaches BEIS Desk

    31 March 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    On 28 March, the UK Planning Inspectorate issued a report of recommendation on the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Greg Clark, who now has three months to issue a decision.

  • Saft Provides Backup Power for Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm

    27 June 2016

    Saft has supplied its Uptimax nickel battery systems for E.ON’s Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. Saft has provided a total of 80 Saft Uptimax battery systems – one for each turbine. In the event of an interruption to the main power supply, the batteries are designed to deliver peak power for essential safety systems for […]

  • VOS Sugar Gets Down to Business at BARD Offshore 1 (Gallery)

    24 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Subsea support vessel (SSV) VOS Sugar, the newest addition to Vroon’s fleet, has started work on the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm, supporting dive operations and maintenance work on wind-turbine foundations for NDE Offshore. NDE Offshore, a Sweden-based provider of subsea services, will conduct a combined topside and subsea campaign for the first time. The campaign comprises of […]

  • New Forest District Council Keeping Eye on Navitus Bay

    10 October 2014
    Authorities

    New Forest District Council decided not to submit a formal objection against Navitus Bay offshore wind farm, according to Daily Echo. However, the council reserved the right to lobby a planning inquiry due to start in Bournemouth next week. They raised concern over the onshore underground cable installation which will create a 40 meter corridor […]

  • SEA CHALLENGER Fully Loaded, Starts Its Journey to Westermost Rough OWF

    6 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    On August 4, SEA CHALLENGER loaded the last components for the first batch for Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. SEA CHALLENGER is scheduled to leave Esbjerg today (August 6) and installation is expected to start this week. “It is a new generation of components and lifting gear with the Siemens 6MW turbine […]

  • DHI Holds Live Demo of TetraSpar Floating Foundation Tests

    30 June 2017
    R&D

    DHI, together with DTU Wind Energy and Stiesdal Offshore Technology, recently opened doors to the offshore wave basin at its headquarters in Denmark for all those interested to witness the tests of Henrik Stiesdal’s TetraSpar floating foundation concept.

  • Seajacks Scylla Books East Anglia One Summer Tour

    17 May 2018
    Vessels

    Wind farm installation vessel Seajacks Scylla is set to begin working on the East Anglia One offshore wind farm at the end of July or the beginning of August, a spokesperson on behalf of Seajacks told Offshore WIND.

  • Narec Gets UKAS Accreditation for Its 100m Blade Test Facility

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Narec’s 100m blade test facility has been awarded accreditation by UKAS for structural testing of wind turbine blades; complementing the existing accreditation for blades up to 50m in length as well its ASTA/Intertek and UKAS accredited electrical and materials laboratories. The 100m facility, which opened in 2012 to accommodate larger blades for the next generation of […]

  • Windfarm Update: Cape Wind

    8 December 2014

    At the start of August developer Cape Wind awarded a contract to Weeks/Manson Joint Venture (WMJV), a joint venture of marine contractor Weeks Marine and heavy civil marine contractor Manson Construction Co., to become lead construction contractor for the 468MW Cape Wind offshore wind farm. Cape Wind is to be located off the coast of […]

  • Highland Council Responds to MeyGen’s Consent Application (UK)

    10 January 2013
    Authorities

    The Highland Council who are a Statutory consultee have issued a letter to Marine Scotland not objecting to the MeyGen Section 36 application which was submitted in July 2012.  These comments relate purely to the offshore component of the project and are disconnected from the onshore works consent which is currently with The Highland Council […]