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  • UK Missing out on Investment in Manufacturing, Specialist Says

    12 August 2015

    The UK is missing out on vital investment in manufacturing to support offshore wind to Germany and other countries because of the current lack of clarity in the government’s future strategy for offshore wind, an industry champion claims. Germany and other countries are being allowed to surge ahead threatening the UK’s position as world leader […]

  • Germany: Onshore and Offshore Wind Results Presented at DEWEK 2012

    1 November 2012

    The latest results of research and development concerning offshore wind energy, but also topics related to the onshore use of wind energy, will be presented on 7/8 November at the 11th German Wind Energy Conference (DEWEK 2012) in Bremen. The conference is accompanied by an exhibition and also features a technical excursion on the day […]

  • UK: SeaGen Achieves 5 GWh Milestone

    6 September 2012

    SeaGen, the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system has achieved a new milestone of 5 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of tidal power generation since starting operation at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. That equals the annual power consumption of 1,500 British households. The Siemens-owned system is one of the largest tidal stream power projects today. This latest […]

  • DONG Explains the Thinking Behind Subsidy-Free Bids

    14 April 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has revealed the factors behind the decision to place two zero subsidy bids in the first round of offshore wind auctions in Germany. As reported earlier, the Bundesnetzagentur awarded DONG the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of 590MW. For two of the projects – […]

  • RWE Installs First Foundation at Thornton Bank 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium

    23 June 2011
    Wind Farm Update

      The first foundation of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The around 50 metre high and 550 ton steel foundation (a so-called jacket foundation) was manufactured in Hoboken near Antwerp, and in the past few days it was transported via pontoons through the Scheldt […]

  • DanTysk Starts to Power Germany

    3 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Today, the offshore wind farm DanTysk, located 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt, will supply the German electricity network with its first wind power from the North Sea. The 80 wind turbines are now successively in the commissioning phase for the production of electricity. DanTysk is then expected to be fully connected to the […]

  • Seaway7 Starts Dogger Bank B Foundation Installation Work

    14 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway7’s vessels, Seaway Strashnov and Seaway Alfa Lift, have commenced the installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces (TPs) for Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, which is set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once in operation. The monopiles and TPs, […]

  • NSERC Praises Canada’s Young Entrepreneurial Researchers

    16 October 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    Some of Canada’s leading young researchers were honoured today for applying their leading-edge research to real-world situations. Their work includes the development of a new self-propelled sea vessel to serve offshore wind turbines, creating a new platform technology to produce bacterial vaccinations, and enhancing the capabilities of Atomic Force Microscopes. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister […]

  • DECC Sets Out Plan to Keep UK’s Leading Position in Offshore Wind

    19 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Maximising the economic benefit from offshore wind is a key priority for the UK Government, reveals a new report. The Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB) annual report explains how the board is pursuing a comprehensive programme of real action to drive down costs and maximise benefits to the UK economy – tackling issues from skills […]

  • UK: Second Wind, Dulas Team Up on Advanced Wind Measurement Systems

    27 March 2012

    Second Wind, a leading provider of wind measurement technology, software and services, today announced an expanded relationship with Dulas, one of the UK’s leading renewable energy services firms, designed to offer the UK’s wind industry a full range of wind measurement technologies and turnkey field services. Through the new partnership, UK-based wind developers and wind […]

  • Bombora Ends Capital Raise

    19 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Perth-based company, Bombora Wavepower, has wrapped up its capital funding round, according to Hydro World. Recently, the company announced its plan to raise US$3.6 million during the capital raise. Bombora executive director Glen Ryan welcomed this announcement by saying: “It is a great achievement given the tough environment for capital raising and the political uncertainty […]

  • UK: SeaRoc Installs Anemometry Platform for Narec Blyth

    14 November 2012

    Novel tripod installation in 37m deep waters to validate wind conditions for the largest independent offshore wind demonstration site proposed in the UK. The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has completed the installation of an offshore research and anemometry platform, three nautical miles off the coast of Blyth, Northumberland, next to the nearest shore array […]

  • SBM Offshore: Floating Wind Technology Is the Future (Interview)

    16 January 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Pilot floating wind farm projects such as the ones recently approved in France provide floating technology developers with a chance to demonstrate that their products can be a part of the future energy mix, Joost Heemskerk, SBM Offshore’s Renewable Energy Product Line Director told Offshore WIND.

  • Zero Investments in Offshore Wind Farms in Europe in 2022 – WindEurope

    1 February 2023

    Not a single investment in an offshore wind farm in Europe was made in 2022, apart from a few small floating wind projects, according to WindEurope. Several offshore wind farms were expected to reach financial close last year, but final investment decisions were delayed due to inflation, market interventions, and uncertainty about future revenues, WindEurope […]

  • AMSC Introduces New Corporate Identity (USA)

    17 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    American Superconductor Corporation today announced that it is now doing business as AMSC and introduced a new corporate identity in order to foster strong, sustainable growth. AMSC’s wind and grid offerings are now branded as Windtec Solutions and Gridtec Solutions to better reflect the company’s expertise across the power lifecycle. The value of AMSC’s solutions […]

  • East Anglia Three Export Cable Makes Landfall in Suffolk

    16 July 2025
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first section of the export cable for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been pulled ashore, making landfall at Bawdsey in Suffolk. NKT, which is supplying and installing the export cable for the project under a turnkey contract secured in 2022, started working on East Anglia Three in June, following […]

  • First TP-Less Monopiles In Place at Ørsted’s German Offshore Wind Projects

    7 August 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group’s newest crane vessel, Les Alizés, has kicked off its maiden assignment by installing the first of 107 monopile foundations at Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Delivered in early 2023, Les Alizés arrived in the Dutch Eemshaven at the end of June, where the […]

  • Denmark: Sirris Wins Best Scientific Poster Award at EWEA 2012

    18 April 2012

    The Sirris initiative won the „Best scientific poster“award at the EWEA 2012 event yesterday. The prize has been awarded for the company’s state-of the –art testing at the Belwind offshore windfarm under the flag of OWI-Lab. Namely, in October, after a couple of offshore training days, people from Sirris and VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel – […]

  • ScottishPower Discusses Offshore Wind Investment in UK with DECC

    25 April 2012
    Authorities

    ScottishPower Renewables CEO Keith Anderson met with Charles Hendry MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, at Belfast Harbour this week to discuss investment in the UK’s offshore wind power sector. At the same time, the energy company is also set to award Belfast-based Northstone Limited contracts worth more than £20m to deliver […]

  • Irish Offshore Wind Farm Seeks Tier 1 Contractors

    7 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables has issued contract notices seeking Tier 1 contractors for the Arklow Bank Phase 2 wind farm project offshore Ireland. Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 is located approximately 6 to 15 kilometres off the coast of Arklow, Co. Wicklow and covers an area approximately 27 kilometres long and 2.5 kilometres wide. The wind […]

  • Gwynt y Môr: Construction Phase Done

    25 November 2014
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The final array cable has been installed at RWE Innogy’s flagship 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, off the North Wales coast, completing the construction phase of the project. The project is now progressing towards its ultimate milestone, the final commissioning and operation of all remaining 41 turbines. The completion of the construction phase […]

  • Verbrugge Terminals Loads-In First Eneco Luchterduinen Monopile

    4 June 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    On Tuesday May 20th, Verbrugge Terminals in the Port of Vlissingen successfully completed the first load-in for the Dutch offshore wind farm ‘Eneco Luchterduinen’. The monopiles are constructed by SIF Group and Smulders Group and are transported to Vlissingen for intermediate storage. In July 2014 the first monopiles will be shipped out and installed by […]

  • The Netherlands: New Offshore Wind Foundation Deliveries Started at BOW Terminal

    8 November 2012

    BOW terminal has unloaded her first barge with 4 foundation piles for the Dan tysk project. It is the 12th offshore energy related project since the establishment in 2010. BOW terminal is very excited to act again as an marchalling yard for this large offshore wind project of 80 turbines, the project will take problably […]

  • WINDENERGY DEVELOPMENTS

    18 November 2016

    Following Japan s 2011 Fukushima disaster, the German government decided to move away from largely nuclear power and carbon-based energy toward clean renewables such as wind, solar, biomass and hydropower. Offshore wind energy will play a great role in this transition. Last year alone Germany connected 2,282.4MW of new offshore wind power capacity representing 75.4 […]

  • Wind Measurement Campaign to Start at Falck and BlueFloat’s Floating Wind Sites in Scotland

    15 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Spanish company Eolos Floating LiDAR Solutions is preparing to deploy two of its FLS200 floating LiDAR buoys at two sites offshore Scotland, where partners Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy plan to build floating wind farms. The LiDAR buoys will be installed this month out of the Peterhead port, where Eolos has engaged ASCO to provide […]

  • Westermeerwind Produces First Power

    9 November 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch 144MW Westermeerwind offshore wind farm has produced first electricity. The milestone was achieved last week using the 44km of electricity cables installed by VBMS. Also, Siemens has installed a total of 17 out of 48 of its 3 MW turbines. When completed the 144MW wind farm will be able to produce electricity for […]