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  • Arkona OSS Foundation Ready for Delivery

    27 February 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has transported the offshore substation jacket foundation for the Arkona offshore wind farm to a quay in the Saint-Nazaire Port, from where it will be placed on a barge and transported to the wind farm site in the German Baltic Sea.

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Installs All Beatrice Piles

    4 December 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has installed the 86th and final four-pile set at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. SHL carried out the piling work with the heavy-lift vessel Stanislav Yudin, which will now re-mobilise for jacket foundation installation.

  • Wind Innovation Assumes Position at Veja Mate

    6 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    C-bed’s floating hotel Wind Innovation has started 2017 by heading off to the German North Sea and starting a new charter on the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. The new project is located 95 kilometres off Borkum Island. In total, the wind farm will comprise 67 Siemens 6MW turbines. The project is expected to be concluded […]

  • MPI Resolution Heads to Amrumbank West

    16 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, has been contracted by E.ON Climate & Renewables for the first gearbox exchange on the 302MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm located some 35 kilometers north of the Heligoland in the North Sea. The scope of work includes the exchange of a single gearbox, accommodation and supporting […]

  • Iberdrola Expects Saint-Brieuc Construction Permit in First Half of 2017

    22 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola expects to receive a construction permit for the 500MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project by 30 June, 2017.

  • Ecosse Subsea Systems Doubles Wikinger Workload

    1 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has extended a trenching scope on the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project. The Scottish company was last year awarded a contract by main contractor Prysmian Group to carry out pre-cut seabed trenching, prior to cable laying, on Iberdrola’s 70-turbine […]

  • UK Green Investment Bank Crosses GBP 10 Billion Milestone

    24 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has committed GBP 2.3 billion to 58 green infrastructure projects with a total value of GBP 10.1 billion in its first three years of existence. Part of the commitments went towards financing of 757 offshore wind turbines in the UK – or 40% of all the turbines currently operating or under construction. The bank’s […]

  • MMO Examines Westermost Rough OWF’s Noise Issues

    3 March 2014
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is currently looking into concerns about noise in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire and the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm.  The MMO regulates development in the seas around England, this includes offshore wind farms construction with a capacity of up to 100 megawatts. The organization licensed DONG Energy to […]

  • UK: Aberdeen Bay Wind Farm Plans Altered

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The planed project in the Aberdeen Bay could give a blow to Trump’s anti-wind intentions due to the fact that the development companies have announced great interest of manufacturers in the project, reports Business Green news portal. Namely, Vattenfall, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and Technip confirmed they have signed Memoranda of Understanding with six […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 2 – 8, 2013

    8 December 2013

    Storm ‘Christian’ Shakes DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)  DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. Competition in Offshore Wind Industry to Intensify  With an expected compound average growth rate of 28.3% […]

  • Germany: BARD Engineering Implements Data Storage Solution from Dell

    29 May 2013
    Technology

    BARD Engineering from Emden, a company specialized in planning, implementation and operation of offshore wind farms, has implemented a Dell Compellent Storage System with a total capacity of 120 TB. In this way, the company automatically and continuously collects daily measurements from wind farms and archives them reliably and dynamically throughout the life cycle of […]

  • Scottish Renewables Comments on Nigg Fabrication Yard Announcement

    21 October 2011

      Today First Minister Alex Salmond announced that Nigg fabrication yard has been bought by Global Energy Group (GEG), creating 2,000 on-site jobs by 2015. A public fund of £1.8 million was also announced to help support the transformation of the site into a renewables hub.  Johanna Yates, Offshore Policy Manager for Scottish Renewables, said: […]

  • DONG Energy Looking for Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm Constructor (UK)

    22 December 2011

    DONG Energy is pursuing efforts to find the Gunfleet Sands Wind Farm constructor. This offshore wind farm engineering contract consists of adjustment of J-tubes and tightening of immersed seals on offshore wind farm(s). Contractor is responsible for: – Development, production and test of tool to raise and adjust the J-tubes at hang-off; – Adjusting J-tubes […]

  • Design for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Visitor, O&M Building Released

    21 January 2014
    Technology

    Designs for an iconic offshore visitor, operations and maintenance building have been finalised, providing an educational, cultural and leisure base for local people and the 100,000 visitors expected to want to come and see Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon each year once it is up and running in 2018. The 3,500 m2 landmark building has been […]

  • EDF ENERGIES NOUVELLES: France can now be part of the offshore wind story

    9 March 2015

    Being awarded the concession to develop three French offshore wind farms is not only a great opportunity for EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) to further expand its renewables portfolio but also a great opportunity for the country’s industrial sector and offshore wind knowledge base. Offshore WIND interviews Béatrice Buffon, EDF EN Deputy Chief Executive Officer, […]

  • China’s Offshore Wind Industry on Track for Large-Scale Development

    3 December 2013

    The just-concluded 18th Congress of Chinese Communist Party explicitly called for implementation of “Biological Civilization” strategy, which restored confidence in offshore wind power, which is still in an initial phase.  It also vastly brightened outlook for the upcoming trade exhibitions and conferences concurrently to be held on 4-6 June 2014 at Shanghai New International Expo […]

  • Navantia and Windar Resume Jacket Foundation Delivery for Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm

    19 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The Navantia-Windar consortium has started shipping the remaining jacket foundations for the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, being built by Iberdrola through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. Each batch will comprise four jackets of the 38 that are still in the Navantia Seanergies Fene shipyard. All 62 foundations […]

  • Framo Pumps for Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Project

    2 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Framo, part of Alfa Laval, has received an order from Saipem to supply its marine pumping systems for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Framo’s pumping systems will be used for the suction bucket foundations, to secure and anchor the wind turbine platforms to the seabed. “This second order for our Framo pumping systems […]

  • Foundation Transport and Installation Wanted for 900 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    19 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has opened a tender looking for a company to transport and install the foundations for the He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The selected company will be in charge of the transport and installation of the transition pieces and monopiles, including the anode cages and grouted connection at the German project. The scope also includes […]

  • Action Heating Up Offshore Virginia

    20 May 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Subsea 7 has completed a cable pull-in at Camp Pendelton in Virginia, US, for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 12 MW CVOW demonstration project is being jointly developed by Dominion Energy and Ørsted. Subsea 7 won the contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the wind farm in 2018 through Seaway […]

  • Ørsted Contracts Muehlhan Wind Service for Offshore Wind Coating Campaign

    28 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has awarded Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) with a contract to carry out a coating campaign at three of its UK offshore wind farms. The work will be performed on the Walney 1 & 2 and the Barrow 1 offshore wind farms located on the West coast of England in the Irish Sea. The order […]

  • Germany’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm Celebrates 9th Birthday

    6 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    On Friday, 3 April, EnBW marked the ninth year of operation of its Baltic 1 offshore wind farm.

  • PivotBuoy Floater Nearing Production Phase

    12 March 2020
    Technology

    X1 Wind and its partners have completed the design of PivotBuoy, the single point mooring system platform for floating wind turbines. The prototype has now entered the manufacturing phase prior to assembly and installation which is planned this autumn at a test site at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) in Spain. The […]

  • Vattenfall Submits Norfolk Boreas DCO Application

    18 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has submitted the Norfolk Boreas Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the UK Planning Inspectorate. The application was submitted by Norfolk Boreas Limited on 11 June. The Planning Inspectorate has 28 days to review the application and decide whether or not to accept it. The acceptance decision on this application should therefore be made by Tuesday […]

  • EIB Approves EUR 250 Million Loan for Rentel OWF

    13 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 250 million loan to Rentel NV for the development of the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in Belgian waters of the North Sea. Rentel was founded by a consortium of 8 Belgian shareholders, including Otary Offshore Energy and DEME Group. The consortium aims to complete the EUR 1.25 […]

  • Race to Build Floaters Heating Up in France

    12 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Eolfi and CGN European Energy Company have through their joint venture, Eolfi Offshore France, submitted a proposal to ADEME for the construction of a floating wind farm off the island of Groix, the Brittany Region said in a statement. The 17 km2 wind farm is situated in one of four areas deemed suitable for the development of floating wind farms off France […]