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  • Baltic Eagle Cleared for Takeoff

    25 April 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has completed the planning approval process for the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm and received a positive decision from Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). Following the approval from BSH, Iberdrola is now moving forward with the construction phase of the company’s second wind farm project in the […]

  • Hengtong Delivers Subsea Cables for Two Nearshore Wind Farms in Vietnam

    30 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Chinese submarine cable manufacturer Hengtong has delivered the 35 kV cables and accessories for the Hiep Thanh and Tra Vinh V1-2 nearshore wind farms in Vietnam. According to the company’s update on social media, Hengtong delivered the subsea cables on 29 June, when they sailed out of China on board Hengtong’s CLB Hengtong Lan 1. […]

  • Moray East Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering

    7 June 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm has started exporting power to the UK grid, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said. The wind farm is still under construction, but the engineering methodology used enables power to be exported before all of the wind farm’s 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines have been installed, the developer said. […]

  • UK: Yes2wind Wins Ruling against Donald Trump

    24 April 2013
    Authorities

    yes2wind, the pro-wind campaign and support group has had a complaint against Trump International Golf Club Scotland Limited upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). A complaint was filed on behalf of yes2wind in December 2102, following a misleading and distasteful advertisement that appeared in Scottish newspapers, The Courier and The Press and Journal on […]

  • Offshore Substation Installed at West of Duddon Sands OWF, UK

    21 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50/50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, is officially underway following the successful installation of the project’s offshore substation on site in the east Irish Sea. The entire project will consist of 108 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of […]

  • Spanish firm Gamesa Signs MoU with BLRT to Explore Cooperation Opportunities

    28 February 2012
    R&D

    BLRT Grupp, one of the biggest industrial holdings in the Baltic States, and Gamesa, global technological leader in design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of wind turbines, through the intermediary of Energy Worldwide Holding, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore cooperation opportunities. The document confirms both companies’ mutual interest in further detailed exploration of […]

  • Constructions Start on London Array Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    11 March 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    As people begin arriving in Brussels on Sunday for the EWEA 2011 Annual Event, it’s a safe bet that many of them will be talking about what is expected to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The three developers of the London Array announced on Tuesday that the first of 177 foundations has now […]

  • New Pilot Project Looking to Decarbonise Floating Wind by Using Green Ammonia-Fuelled Vessels

    28 June 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Vessels

    Blåvinge, a consortium comprising Fred. Olsen Seawind, Hafslund and Ørsted, has launched a pilot project that aims to explore whether installation vessels for floating offshore wind, and in particular anchor handling vessels, can use green ammonia as an energy carrier for maritime operations. The goal of the project, initiated under the Green Shipping Programme (GSP), […]

  • ETI: Focus More on Floating Foundations

    20 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has recommended more emphasis to be placed on floating foundations in order to access the best offshore wind resources in the UK and pave the way to subsidy-free offshore wind farms in 2050 energy mix. Floating platform solutions should be further derisked, as at the moment, investors and developers still favour […]

  • Universal Foundation ‘Suction Bucket’ to Be Tested this Summer

    11 June 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) is joining forces with Statoil, Statkraft, EON, DONG Energy and Universal Foundation, in close co-operation with Aalborg University, to undertake installation trials of the Universal Foundation ‘suction bucket’ offshore wind foundation. Such innovative foundation designs alone have the potential to reduce the capital costs of offshore wind energy by up […]

  • Research and Markets Offers Another Offshore Wind Report

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Research and Markets has added the “Analyzing the Potential of Offshore Wind Energy – 2014” report to their offering. This research brings a complete in-depth focus on the global offshore wind energy industry in its report – Analyzing the Potential of Offshore Wind Energy. The report begins with an exploration of the importance of wind […]

  • Offshore Wind Farm Upsets War Veterans (France)

    20 July 2011

    Even after 67 years, the memory of Normandy’s bloodied waters is still with Major Roy E. Eddy. The 87-year-old war veteran from Mississauga was just 20 on June 6, 1944, when he piloted a landing craft filled with soldiers on Juno Beach. Most of them he never saw again. Eddy — who has returned to […]

  • 2011: Tough Year for Vestas with Two Profit Warnings (Denmark)

    8 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    2011 was a very challenging year for the wind industry. The same applies to Vestas which had to issue two profit warnings and abandon its Triple15 targets. In 2011, Vestas recorded revenue of EUR 5.8bn and an EBIT margin before special items of (0.7) per cent, slightly below the preliminary financial figures for 2011 announced […]

  • First Foundation at London Array Installed by A2SEA’s Seaworker (UK)

    8 March 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar today (8th March) announced that the first of 177 foundations has been installed at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm, in the Thames Estuary. The monopile, weighing 268 tonnes – the equivalent of around 35 double decker buses – was supplied and installed by joint venture company Per Arsleff Bilfinger […]

  • SSE Buys Power from 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

    17 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    SSE Energy Markets has signed a long-term route-to-market power purchase agreement (PPA) with Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Renewables and ESB, to offtake electricity from Scotland’s 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm. SSE Energy Markets will offtake 50 per cent of the offshore wind farm’s electricity output and associated […]

  • All Locally-Made Pin Piles In Place at Zhong Neng Wind Farm Offshore Taiwan

    4 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All pin piles have been installed at the Zhong Neng wind project offshore Taiwan, being jointly developed by Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Taiwan-based China Steel Corporation (CSC). The pin piles were manufactured locally by the Taiwanese company CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) under a contract signed with CSC in 2020. The […]

  • Wärtsilä Methanol Engines Ready to Power Van Oord’s Next-Gen Jack-Up

    21 April 2023
    Vessels

    The Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engines, which will power Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Boreas, have passed the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and are on their way to the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (YCRO) in China where the mega jack-up is currently being built. Finnish technology group Wärtsilä received its first order for five methanol-fuelled engines […]

  • Nexans Completes Seagreen Export Cable Works

    7 September 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    France-headquartered Nexans has completed the installation of all the subsea cables and onshore cables on the 1,075 MW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. Nexans has supplied and installed three 65-kilometre offshore export cables and three 20-kilometre onshore export cables for which the company was awarded a contract in 2020. Onshore cable work finished in June […]

  • Van Oord Wins Major O&M Contract with Vattenfall

    22 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has selected Van Oord for planned and unplanned maintenance work at its offshore wind farms in Europe that together comprise around 600 wind turbines. Under a four-year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract, which has a one-year extension option, Van Oord-owned MPI Offshore will provide jack-up and associated lifting services for main component exchanges across […]

  • Huisman to Deliver Cranes for Taiwan’s First Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    2 July 2020
    Vessels

    Huisman has secured a contract by CSBC Corporation to deliver a 4,000mt Offshore Mast Crane (OMC) for Green Jade, the first Taiwan-built floating heavy-lift offshore wind installation vessel. The crane will be built at Huisman’s production facility in China and is scheduled for delivery in 2022 when the CSBC-DEME Wind Energy (CDWE) joint venture will […]

  • Ingeteam Kit for Jan De Nul’s Giant Jack-Up

    4 February 2020
    Vessels

    Ingeteam has secured a contract to provide an electrical power system as well as an Integrated Automation System for Jan De Nul’s offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire. Currently under construction at COSCO Nantong shipyard in China, the Voltaire is said to be the largest wind farm installation vessel in the world. Standing taller than the […]

  • WindFloat Atlantic Gets Unspent NER300 Funds

    2 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has reinvested a portion of unspent funds from the NER300 programme to support the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project offshore Portugal. WindFloat will be the first offshore windfarm employing a floating semi-submersible platform to reach the pre-commercial stage following successful prototype testing, the Commission said. The first MHI Vestas 8.4MW wind turbine […]

  • E.ON Selects Nexans Subsea Cables for Arkona

    4 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans Deutschland has won a contract to supply 76 kilometres of subsea energy cables to E.ON for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm. The cables, which will be manufactured in Nexans’ Hanover plant, are designed for operation at 33 kV and will serve as the internal cabling for the wind farm which is to be built between the […]

  • Local Content Needed for Finnish Offshore Wind Farm

    18 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the developer of the 40MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Pori, Finland, and Jan De Nul NV, the project’s main contractor for marine construction, have invited local businesses to join the two companies in constructing the world’s first offshore wind farm suitable for icy conditions. The local companies will have a chance to meet with the representatives from Jan De Nul […]

  • Most Popular Videos of 2015

    28 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    With 2016 fast approaching, Offshore WIND staff have today compiled a list of the five most popular videos in 2015. Take a look of what was watched the most in the year coming to an end. Behind the Offshore Wind Maintenance Scene During high waves, storm and hail, André Carstens goes out to sea to maintain […]

  • Sabik to Mark Nordergründe OWF

    17 July 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Carmanah Technologies Corporation’s (Carmanah) subsidiary Sabik GmbH (Sabik Offshore), which was acquired on July 2, 2015, has been awarded a contract to provide a marking system for the Nordergründe offshore wind project. The company will provide marine lights, monitoring and control for all 18 turbines. Sabik Offshore will start working immediately and plans to complete 50% this year […]