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  • APEM Zeroes In On Birds in Flight

    20 February 2018
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Scientists at APEM have developed a new technique for measuring the height of birds in flight expected to ease concerns about the potential dangers of wind turbines for birds and lead to improved outcomes for developers of offshore wind farms.

  • Precision Drilling Benefits from Offshore Wind Development

    3 September 2015

    Precision Drilling has won a raft of new construction and demolition jobs stemming from increased offshore wind and green energy related contracts. The Hull-based specialist contractor has recently invested £100,000 in new equipment, machinery, vehicles and business development. Ian Wilkinson, managing director, said: “Since purchasing Precision Drilling in 2013, we have invested more than a […]

  • Scotland Set to Open World’s First Floating Wind Farm

    18 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will inaugurate the world’s first floating wind farm, Statoil’s Hywind Scotland Pilot Project, today (18 October).

  • South Korea: Samsung Completes World’s Largest Wind Farm Installation Vessel

    26 July 2012

    Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 25th that it had successfully built Pacific Orca, the world’s largest wind farm installation vessel (WIV), and delivered it to SPO (Swire Pacific Offshore), a Singapore-based shipper. The wind farm installation vessel is a new special vessel for which demand is expected to grow as the focus of the […]

  • Dutch Government Goes 16 Pct Renewable by 2020

    1 November 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The additional 2.4 billion budgeted for renewable energy by the new Dutch Rutte II cabinet should be sufficient to realise 16% renewable energy in 2020. This calls for a balanced development of renewable heat, green gas and renewable electricity. The previous cabinet focused on renewable heat as a cost-effective technique. If the new cabinet is […]

  • Germany Launches Another Offshore Wind Tender, Qualitative Criteria Introduced

    27 February 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Technology, Training & Education

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has launched another offshore wind tender, this one for 1,800 MW of capacity to be developed across four centrally pre-examined areas in the North Sea. This is in addition to the tender for 7 GW of capacity in areas that had not been centrally pre-examined launched at the end of January. […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2014

    2 November 2014

    Ballast Nedam Puts Its Offshore Wind Unit & Heavy Lift Vessel on Sale Ballast Nedam has started a process, aimed at the sale of its business unit Ballast Nedam Offshore with the intention to conclude a transaction at short notice.The sale of Ballast Nedam Offshore is an addition to the disposals programme that Ballast Nedam […]

  • Germany Could Tap Into 82 GW of Offshore Wind with Co-Use of Space, Bigger Turbines – Study

    22 August 2022
    R&D

    Germany has the potential to have 82 GW of offshore wind capacity installed by 2045 – 12 GW more than the federal government currently plans to have connected to the grid by that time, according to a new study by the Fraunhofer IWES research institute. The German Government recently established increased offshore wind targets, as […]

  • Elia Inaugurates Its Modular Offshore Grid

    11 September 2019
    Grid Connection

    Elia has inaugurated its Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the presence of His Majesty the King of Belgium. MOG is expected to begin gathering the electricity generated by the Rentel, Northwester 2 and SeaMade offshore wind farms and transmitting it to the mainland via joint subsea cables in 2020. It features the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, constructed by Heerema Fabrication […]

  • 3sun Eyes New Markets as UK Recruitment Drive Picks Up Steam (Video)

    25 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education

    3sun Group has organised a special recruitment day in Great Yarmouth at the Kings Centre, Queen Anne’s Road where wind turbine technicians and inspection engineers selected from more than 1,500 applicants will have five-minute pre-booked speed-interviews to secure one of over 100 new roles within GBP 6 million of new and extended existing contracts. Booked interviews will be […]

  • PGE, Ørsted Gather Tier 1 Offshore Contractors for 1.5 GW Baltica 2

    31 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The PGE and Ørsted joint venture has signed an agreement with German-based Steelwind Nordenham for the supply of foundations for Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Under the contract, Steelwind Nordenham will deliver 34 monopile foundations with the production expected to start in […]

  • Rix Sea Shuttle Assists in Gwynt y Môr Cabling

    29 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    SHIP operator Rix Sea Shuttle has netted a contract at one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. The company was awarded the work by Reef Subsea to support their two cable installation vessels at the RWE Innogy Gwynt y Môr development. Gwynt y Môr is one of the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction […]

  • HTM to Expand its Helicopter Fleet (Germany)

    14 February 2012

    HTM Helicopter Travel Munich yesterday signed a letter of intent to acquire an EC145 T2, adding this enhanced version of Eurocopter’s popular EC145 rotary-wing aircraft to its fleet for the servicing of offshore wind farms. The EC145 T2 was selected for its outstanding operational performance, including the capability to support offshore wind farm missions by […]

  • Offshore Energy Awards 2018 Winners Revealed

    22 October 2018

    The 400+ attendees were very curious to find out who the winners of the Offshore Energy Awards were last night. The black-tie dinner gala, hosted by Viktoria Koblenko, served a culinary dinner and offered sultry musical interludes by Jennifer Ewbank. The evening was officially opened by executive Vice President Shell, Bart van de Leemput, and Managing Director of Navingo, Coert van Zijll Langhout.

  • Offshore Wind Drives MAKE’s Global Outlook Upgrade

    21 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    MAKE has upgraded its ten-year global wind outlook citing innovation and advancements in cost-out measures in offshore wind as main drivers behind the upgrade.

  • More US Senators Join Offshore Wind Tax Credit Extension Campaign

    27 June 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Senator of Delaware Tom Carper and Maine Senator Susan Collins have introduced a bill expected to initiate investments in the U.S. offshore wind market by extending tax credits. The Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act would extend the investment tax credit (ITC) at 30% for offshore wind farms that begin construction by 1 January 2027 or the year […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Mission to Japan and Korea Bears Fruit

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    From 25 October to 4 November, a delegation of twenty-five Dutch offshore wind companies and knowledge institutions visited Japan and Korea. The offshore wind delegation was part of the economic mission led by Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp and it ran parallel to the state visit of King Willem-Alexander and queen Máxima to Japan […]

  • Tidal Transit Achieves ISO 14001 Certification (UK)

    27 February 2013

    Tidal Transit Limited has just achieved ISO 14001, the internationally recognised Environmental Management Standard for business. The certification defines controls for any activity that has an effect on the environment, including the use of natural resources, handling and treating of waste and energy consumption. Tidal Transit is a young company, growing in response to the […]

  • Sulmara Secures Geo Work at 1 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Project

    19 March 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Stromar, a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy, and Renantis, has awarded Sulmara a contract to conduct site characterisation work at the 1 GW floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. For this work, Sulmara will utilise the 60-metre multi-purpose subsea vessel Vos Gorgeous to carry out a geophysical investigation across the proposed wind farm site […]

  • Areva, Gamesa Negotiate Joint Venture in Offshore Wind

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    It is official: Areva and Gamesa are entering into exclusive negotiations to create a 50/50 joint-venture company in the field of offshore wind power.  The companies announced this yesterday via official press release, just a couple of days after the rumors about their joint venture had come out in the media. They stated that, from […]

  • Eni’s Plenitude Investing in W2Power Floating Offshore Wind Technology

    22 April 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Italian oil and gas major Eni will, through its energy transition unit Plenitude, invest in EnerOcean S.L., the Spanish developer of the W2Power technology for floating wind power. The deal is structured as a long-term partnership focused on the deployment of the W2Power technology as a lead contender for floating wind power developments worldwide. With […]

  • Spain: IREC Signs Cooperation Agreement with EWE OSS

    10 March 2013

    IREC and EWE OSS will exchange technological information, train engineers and cooperate technically on the ZEFIR project The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has signed an agreement with EWE Offshore Services & Solutions GmbH, the company that is co-owner and operating ALPHA VENTUS, the first test platform for 5 MW offshore wind turbines, located […]

  • Germany Awards Four More Offshore Wind Sites for EUR 784 Million

    10 August 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    After awarding four offshore wind areas to BP and TotalEnergies for EUR 12.6 billion through its first dynamic bidding process last month, the German Federal Network Agency (BSH) has now awarded further sites for a total of EUR 784 million in the process organised for four centrally pre-investigated areas. Three of the new four areas […]

  • DONG Energy’s O&M Base in Wirral Gets Green Light

    8 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Wirral Council has approved plans for a new marine operations and maintenance facility to be built by DONG Energy at Kings Wharf in Seacombe. The has welcomed the fact that more than 40 skilled jobs will be created at the new facility, which will provide day-to-day monitoring, servicing, maintenance and emergency repair of DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms and […]

  • UK: P&O Ferries to Showcase Renewable Energy Services

    4 July 2012

    P&O Ferries is to highlight its future in the renewable energy sector in an industry showcase in Hull. The company has moved into the sector with the conversion of the cross-Channel freight ship, the European Seaway, into an offshore wind farm accommodation vessel and has further signalled its intentions with membership of Team Humber Marine […]

  • Vestas and OutSmart to Run First Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    8 April 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    NoordzeeWind has selected Vestas and Dutch-German OutSmart to operate and maintain the Egmond aan Zee wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Egmond aan Zee is the Netherlands’ first offshore wind farm, consisting of 36 Vestas V90-3.0 MW wind turbines located ten to eighteen kilometers off the Dutch coast. Originally built as a demonstration project […]