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  • Bombora Develops Cheap Way to Harness Wave Power

    30 January 2014

      Perth-based company, Bombora Wavepower, is developing a technology to harness energy of relatively small ocean waves, writes the Science Network. The power system uses a large membrane to convert wave energy by circulating air into electricity. As a wave passes over the system it moves air around the circuit and drives it through the […]

  • Accelerated Deployment Needed to Meet France’s 18 GW Offshore Wind Target by 2035, Study Says

    7 April 2025
    Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    France will fail to meet its offshore wind installation target unless it streamlines permitting and creates a more favourable investment climate, according to new research from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Despite carrying out numerous tenders since 2011, France has just 1.5 GW of operational offshore wind. The study finds that […]

  • VIDEO: Iberdrola Commits to Offshore Wind

    14 February 2013

    Iberdrola has identified offshore wind power as one of its key areas for future growth and it aims to lead the development of this technology going forward with the necessary caution for investments of this nature. In order to achieve this objective, the Company has created an Offshore Business Department with offices in Glasgow, London, […]

  • GWS, Swire Secure O&M Contract for Horns Rev 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    10 February 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall has awarded contracts to Swire Energy Services and Global Wind Service (GWS) for operations and maintenance (O&M) work on Horns Rev 1, the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, which is operating offshore Denmark. The contracts, worth approximately EUR 15 million in total, cover preventative services and additional O&M campaigns. The work is set […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Signs Training Deal with UK College

    22 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Training & Education

    Siemens Gamesa has entered into a partnership with the North Lindsey College for the provision of apprenticeship training in the UK. The two parties will develop a customized program that will provide training for individuals from the UK applying for a place on the Siemens Gamesa turbine O&M technician apprenticeship. The training will take place at Siemens […]

  • New Method Said to Cut Offshore Wind Installation Time by 89 Per Cent

    14 July 2021
    Technology, Vessels

    A new method to install offshore wind turbines is said to cut installation time by 89 per cent, minimise noise pollution and vibrations, and lower the installation costs. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clicking on the link below:

  • Areva and Gamesa to Establish Joint Offshore Wind Business?

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Rumor has it that Areva and Gamesa are negotiating the establishment of a new joint venture in offshore wind energy industry. If true, the companies would focus on building offshore wind turbines and would each hold a 50% stake in the new business, according to two sources cited by Reuters that have “direct knowledge of […]

  • GEO Carries Out Site Clearance Survey for Jack-up Platform Installation (Sweden)

    15 December 2011

    In connection with the service of turbines at Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm, GEO carried out a Site Clearance Survey for a jack-up platform installation. GEO conducted a sidescan sonar survey at two foundations in order to identify objects that could hinder the installation of the jack-up platform. GEO was contracted by Siemens Wind Power A/S. […]

  • VBMS to Lay Inter Array Cables at E.ON’s Latest Offshore Wind Project

    25 April 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has been awarded a contract by E.ON for the installation of 65 inter array cables for the Arkona offshore wind farm. The total scope of work for VBMS will consist of route engineering, surveying, a pre-lay grapnel run, trenching, termination and testing of the 65 cables. Survey activities are scheduled to start this year, and […]

  • Japanese SoftBank Confirms Building of 100MW Ibaraki Offshore Wind Farm

    1 July 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    SB Energy Corp., a subsidiary of the Japanese SoftBank Corp., today confirmed that it will construct an offshore wind farm in Japan. The plan is to install 20 wind turbines with a 5MW capacity off Kamisu in Ibaraki prefecture. The wind farm is being developed by the Japanese wind energy company Wind Power Energy Co., […]

  • Photo of the Day: Westermeerwind Foundations Reach Half Mark Point

    21 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Westermeerwind wind farm reaches a half point in the foundation installation. Namely, the ‘De Schelde’ pontoon, topped by a Liebherr crane 11350, installed the 24th foundation pile yesterday. The 35-meter long foundation piles, weighing around 250 tons, are being transported from Vlissingen to the project site, 500m from the […]

  • Jiangsu Hengtong Wins Rudong OWF Cable Deal

    6 April 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jiangsu Hengtong Power Cable Co., Ltd has won a contract from China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to provide high voltage subsea cables for the 150MW Rudong offshore wind demonstration project.  The contract, worth CNY 32.05 million (approx. EUR 4.8 million), covers the delivery of a 55km long 35kV submarine optical composite cable with accompanying equipment. The project will feature […]

  • Germany: Six Wind Farms under Construction

    16 January 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The investment for an offshore wind farm comprising 80 turbines amounts to EUR 1.5 billion, stated the German government, continuing that they cannot make any statement regarding the additional costs for delays in grid connection. Many offshore wind developers have announced that they will face delays in connecting their wind farms to the grid. Germany […]

  • Japan: Kajima, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Planning 500MW Offshore Wind Farm

    16 November 2012
    R&D

    Kajima Corp. and the engineering unit of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. are planning to construct 500MW of offshore wind power in the next five years, the companies announced yesterday. This follows the statement that these two companies have combined their expertise in a study, aiming to provide the total solution services for designing […]

  • China’s Dajin Wraps Up Monopile Delivery for French Offshore Wind Project

    2 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China’s Dajin Heavy Industry has completed the final shipment of monopiles for the 488 MW îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Dajin Heavy Industry announced the delivery of the final shipment of 20 monopiles on their social media, marking the completion of all 61 monopiles. The monopiles have been loaded onto heavy […]

  • First Foundation In at Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm

    4 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine foundation at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm has been installed, the developer Ailes Marines informed today, 4 July. Using Subsea 7’s Seven Borealis vessel, Van Oord installed the first jacket foundation, located in the northern part of the project site and has already started installing the second one in the same […]

  • Jacket Piles In at Ishikari Offshore Wind Farm

    8 December 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    CAPE Holland has announced that 56 jacket foundation pin piles were installed at the Ishikari offshore wind farm in Japan. From May to August 2022, the CAPE VLT-320 was used for the installation of 56 pin piles with lengths of 60 metres and a diameter of 2.5 metres for the Japanese offshore wind project. The […]

  • BayWa r.e. Unveils Floating Wind Project Offshore Sardinia

    16 January 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Italian offshore wind developer, Regolo Rinnovabili, a subsidiary of BayWa r.e., has applied for a 30-year maritime concession to build and operate a 510 MW floating wind farm off the northwest of Sardinia. Regolo Rinnovabili submitted the application with the Guardia Costiera di Porto Torres to install 34 wind turbines with an individual capacity […]

  • Moray West Monopiles to Be Installed with CAPE Holland’s Vibro Lifting Tech

    4 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands-based CAPE Holland has announced that its Vibro Lifting Technology was selected for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The Moray West project, located in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland, will utilise the CAPE Vibro Lifting Technology to install up to 62 monopiles in water depths ranging […]

  • Surveys Completed for Polenergia and Equinor’s Polish Offshore Wind Projects

    23 March 2023
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and Polenergia have completed geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farms, located in the Polish Baltic Sea. The seabed surveys were carried out by a fleet of ten vessels owned by different contractors along a 1,000-kilometre section for the two wind farms with a total […]

  • Vestas Picks ASCO for Shipping Services on World’s Deepest Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Farm

    11 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has selected integrated logistics and materials management company ASCO to provide shipping services on the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. The deal will see ASCO’s ship agency Seletar provide services including crew transfer to the operations of the project, initially during the construction phase, from Montrose port. The project […]

  • Port of Esbjerg to Boost Offshore Wind Ops with Digital Twin Tech

    7 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Danish Port of Esbjerg has started working with global infrastructure advisory firm Moffatt & Nichol on developing a ‘digital twin’ of the port that will allow simulating future offshore wind projects. “Port Esbjerg and the whole supply chain in Esbjerg has a lot of experience in supporting offshore wind and has been involved in more […]

  • Greencoat UK to Acquire Stake in Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm

    2 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Greencoat UK Wind has signed an agreement to acquire a 25 per cent stake in the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm from AIP, in partnership with a number of pension funds investing through Greencoat Renewable Income LP, a fund also managed by Greencoat Capital. Through the acquisition, to be completed on 30 November, Greencoat UK will take […]

  • Nordsee One Looking to Award Long-Term BoP Service and Maintenance Agreement

    22 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Nordsee One GmbH, the operator of the the 332 MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, has opened a tender for service and maintenance for the Balance of Plant (BoP) covering the project’s offshore substation, its jacket foundation, and wind turbine monopile foundations. The company, owned by Northland Power (85 per […]

  • EEW SPC and Windar to Deliver Baltic Eagle Foundations

    13 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has contracted EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) and Windar for the supply of 50 monopile foundations and accompanying transition pieces for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The monopiles will be fabricated at EEW’s mega-factory in Rostock, starting in January 2022. The monopiles will have a diameter between 8.75 metres and 9 […]

  • DEME’s First SOV All Set for Belgian Offshore Wind Farms

    28 June 2021
    Vessels

    After taking the delivery of its first-ever service operations vessel (SOV) earlier this month, DEME has officially named Groenewind, which is now ready to start working at the Rentel and SeaMade offshore wind farms in Belgium. DEME held the naming ceremony on 25 June, with the Belgian Federal Minister of Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten […]