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  • UK: CEDCO to Showcase Their Multi Purpose Jack Up Design at All-Energy

    17 May 2013

    Celtic Design Consultants are to exhibit at All Energy 2013. They will be showing their innovative multi purpose jack up design. The design is one that has eliminated the use of conventional cranes but which can reach the highest point of the turbine and provide a safe working platform at height for personnel, eliminating the […]

  • MacArtney Group to Display Medium Voltage Inline Termination in Warwick, USA

    29 May 2013
    Grid Connection, Technology

    On June 10th 2013, when doors open to the 10th edition of the annual Energy Ocean International Conference in Warwick, Rhode Island – global provider of underwater technology solutions, the MacArtney Group, will be displaying a full-scale section of a Medium Voltage Inline Termination on its exhibitors stand. Underwater connectivity plays an increasingly vital role […]

  • Aeolus Comes for First Borssele III & IV Monopiles

    18 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has arrived at the Sif terminal in Rotterdam to load the first monopiles for the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm. The load out of the monopiles for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm is currently being prepared at the Sif Rotterdam yard, a spokesperson for […]

  • Tekmar CPS to Protect Beatrice Inter-Array Cables

    28 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has selected the UK based Tekmar Energy Ltd to supply the cable protection systems (CPS) for the inter-array grid cable system to be installed at the 588MW Beatrice wind farm off Scotland. In June 2016, SOC was awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inter-array grid cable system […]

  • GWO: US Needs to Train 25,000 Offshore Wind Workers to Build 9.1 GW by 2025  

    26 August 2021
    Training & Education

    According to the Global Wind Organisation’s (GWO) forecast for the US East Coast, over 25,000 people will require entry-level standard training to work on offshore wind turbines over the next five years.   With 9.1 GW of offshore wind planned to be installed by 2025, the training is necessary for jobs in the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance […]

  • RenewableUK Expands to Tidal Lagoon Energy

    2 May 2014

    The trade association representing the wind and marine energy industries, RenewableUK, is expanding its membership to include companies involved in tidal lagoon energy. The organisation has covered wave and tidal stream energy since 2004 and will now take on an additional form of tidal power. Tidal lagoon technology traps water at high tide in vast […]

  • Construction Starts on Mingyang and BASF’s Chinese Offshore Wind Farm

    24 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the Xuwen Dongsan Offshore Wind Power Demonstration Project, developed by a joint venture between Mingyang Smart Energy and Germany’s BASF, has commenced in Zhanjiang, China. This is the first offshore wind power project in China to be approved as a Sino-German cooperation, according to the developers. In July 2023, Mingyang Smart Energy […]

  • MECAL

    16 August 2013

    MECAL is an independent engineering company operating globally, offering engineering consultancy services to the semiconductor industry, the wind industry, and recently also to the solar market. Their headquarters are in Enschede, in the Netherlands, with offices located also in Denmark, Japan and the US. The company has seen its business triple an its workforce double […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset in Time of Offshore Wind

    4 January 2018

    Not all heroes wear capes, and not all sunsets look (and feel) the same. Especially when we realise we live in an era of wind turbines spinning at sea, allowing us to turn on our lights while knowing our homes are powered by clean energy, and on top of that we now have one more image of a sunset that was not the luxury previous generations had. 

  • 8.2 Consulting Carrying Out Technical Due Diligence at Meerwind

    7 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Independent fund management company DIF has awarded 8.2 Consulting AG with a contract to perform preliminary technical due diligence at the 288MW Meerwind Süd|Ost offshore wind farm. DIF asked 8.2 Consulting AG to focus on the analysis of the O&M strategy, the O&M budget estimation, the estimation of electrical losses and a general red-flag analysis. Meerwind Süd|Ost is located in […]

  • Acteon Wraps Up Cable Survey at CVOW

    19 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Acteon has completed a cable survey at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in Virginia as part of a partnership with Siemens Gamesa. Acteon’s TerraSond performed the survey from Atlantic Endeavor, the project’s dedicated crew transfer vessel (CTV) that was specially modified for the work. The CVOW export cables are about 45 kilometers long, […]

  • Saipem Wins EUR 460 Million Offshore Wind Contract in France

    1 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Saipem has been awarded a EUR 460 million contract by Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados (EODC) for the delivery of wind turbine foundations for the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm in France. The contract, subject to EODC making a positive final investment decision, covers the design, construction and installation of the foundations. Saipem will deliver 64 large […]

  • Hywind Tampen Concrete Foundations Move Forward (Video)

    22 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Aker Solutions has completed the first part of the construction of concrete foundations for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project at its yard in Stord, Norway. The 11 substructures are currently being towed to Vindafjord where the rest of the slip-forming and mechanical outfitting will be completed. Aker built the first 20 meters of the […]

  • China’s SPIC Puts 800 MW of Offshore Wind into Operation

    15 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has commissioned two of its offshore wind farms in Rudong, bringing 800 MW of offshore wind power more to the Chinese energy mix this year. The first of SPIC’s two wind farms that make up its 800 MW Rudong Offshore Wind Project, H4, went into production on 29 November, […]

  • Dajin Heavy Industry Sends Off First Monopiles for 496 MW French Offshore Wind Project

    5 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    China-based Dajin Heavy Industry has dispatched the first eleven monopiles for the 496 MW Iles D’Yeu et Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. The monopiles, each weighing 700 tonnes, have been loaded onto Boskalis’ heavy-load carrier Black Marlin, which is currently located in China’s Yellow Sea, according to AIS data. The units were manufactured by […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Lands Biggest Nearshore Contract in Vietnam

    23 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has secured a contract to provide wind turbines and long-term operation and maintenance services for the 78 MW Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm in Vietnam. The Hiep Thanh wind farm will be located between one and three kilometres off the coast of Tra Vinh Province. The wind farm will feature 18 units of […]

  • JDR Wins Hywind Tampen Cable Contract

    14 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems has secured a contract with Equinor to provide inter-array and export cables for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in Norway. JDR will design and manufacture eleven 66kV dynamic inter-array cables and two static export cables, each equipped with a JDR-designed breakaway system and a range of cable accessories for delivery […]

  • Vattenfall Lists Hollandse Kust A Team

    15 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has revealed the main component suppliers and contractors for the 760MW Hollandse Kust (zuid) 3 and 4 wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Similarly to Hollandse Kust (zuid) 1 and 2, also being developed by Vattenfall, the Hollandse Kust (zuid) 3 and 4 will feature Siemens Gamesa 10MW wind turbines, […]

  • CWind Taiwan CTV Couple on Formosa 1 Duty

    9 July 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    CWind Taiwan has secured two crew transfer vessel (CTV) charters for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. CWind Taiwan secured a 90-day extension with Formosa Offshore Wind for the Taiwan-flagged Ocean Surveyor 3 in support of the project’s ongoing phase 1 maintenance requirements. The second contract was secured with Jan De Nul for […]

  • LOC China Wins Marine Warranty Survey Contract for Xuwen OWF

    21 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    LOC China has won a contract to provide Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services for the transportation, installation and construction operations on the Xuwen offshore wind project. The contract was signed at the end of last year, and the project is expected to take place throughout 2021 and to be completed at the end of this […]

  • Bill Aiming to Relocate Aqua Ventus I Dismissed

    11 May 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A bill aiming to prohibit the permitting of an offshore wind energy project within the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area, or within 10 nautical miles of the area, was dismissed by the U.S. State of Maine’s Energy, Utilities and Technology committee.

  • Portuguese Company Ramping Up for Offshore Wind

    20 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Portugal-based ASM Industries is reportedly planning on increasing its involvement in the offshore wind sector and has chosen the port of Aveiro as a location for its new EUR 25 million plant that would accommodate the production of foundations.

  • Lamprell Sends Off First East Anglia ONE Jackets

    25 January 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Lamprell has dispatched the first batch of partly-assembled jacket foundations for East Anglia ONE to Belfast, and loaded the first eight fully-assembled jackets from its Jebel Ali facility onto a vessel that will ship them to Vlissingen.

  • Top News of the Week, 16 – 23 July 2017

    23 July 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 16 to 23 July 2017.

  • Fugro to Begin Seabed Surveys at Triton Knoll

    12 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to start seabed and sub-seafloor investigations at the Triton Knoll site in the UK. Under a GBP 3 million contract, Fugro will operate three vessels out of the Humber, supported by technical teams from the company’s Wallingford headquarters.

  • Double Slip Joint Developers Eye Borssele V Tender

    14 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    A Dutch consortium led by KCI has trialed and tested a 1:5 scale prototype of a Double Slip Joint, a new method of connecting a wind turbine monopile to a transition piece.