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  • Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine

    18 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. This innovation, the Elisa technology 5MW fully operational prototype, is located in the Canary Islands and is the first bottom-fixed offshore wind turbine completely installed without the need for heavy-lift vessels, […]

  • Chinese Offshore Wind Farm in Turbine Installation Mode

    30 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The 300MW Jiangsu Dafeng Three Gorges offshore wind farm in China has entered the turbine installation phase with the first Goldwind 3.3MW unit put into place at the end of May, Goldwind said.

  • Google Buys Offshore Wind Power from Ørsted

    30 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Google under which Google will offtake 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Borkum Riffgrund 3 was the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm to be awarded a zero bid and is expected […]

  • Offshore Wind Vessel First to Feature Electric VSPs

    10 March 2021
    Vessels

    The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are ready to be installed prior […]

  • Wind Farm CTV Loses Propulsion in Liverpool Bay

    18 September 2019
    Vessels

    A crew transfer vessel working in Liverpool Bay lost propulsion just north of the Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and was escorted and towed to a dock on the River Mersey by an RNLI lifeboat. The 21m water jet-powered catamaran, Challenger, lost propulsion on 16 September after a rope had fouled its jet drives. Seven […]

  • Japanese Utility Joins 700MW Offshore Wind Project

    20 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Japanese Utility Tohoku Electric Power (TEP) has invested in the Akita Yurihonjo offshore wind project in Japan. Renova is leading the development of the project which is planned to have a power generating capacity of approximately 700MW, making it one of the largest offshore wind farms in Japan. The company said it is currently engaged in dialogues […]

  • MMS Launches Its First Offshore Wind Catamaran

    8 August 2016
    Vessels

    Hull-based MMS Ship Repair has launched MMS Crusader, its first workboat specially built to serve the offshore wind industry, according to Hull Daily Mail. The vessel, a 26m aluminium catamaran, has been built at the company’ shipyard at Alexandra Dock for MMS Offshore Renewable Services, MMS’ subsidiary operating offshore renewables vessels. MMS Crusader has been developed to service a […]

  • KCI Extends Chinese Offshore Wind Contract Scope

    15 February 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Beijing-based Huadian Heavy Industries has extended KCI the Engineers’ scope for the offshore wind contract awarded last December.

  • Huhne prefers wind over nuclear power (UK)

    6 August 2010
    Authorities

    THEY say he’s a dangerous man because he favours wind power above nuclear energy.
    Eastleigh MP, Chris Huhne, has come under fire from the lobbying group, Supporters of Nuclear Energy, after speaking out in favour of extra onshore and offshore wind power.

  • German-Danish Offshore Wind Link Comes to Life

    12 November 2018
    Grid Connection, Technology

    The Kriegers Flak – Combined Grid Solution has reached another milestone after Germany’s 50Hertz and Denmark’s Energinet completed the 24 hours tests on both of the offshore cables connecting the Danish platform on the Kriegers Flak wind farm with the German platform on the Baltic 2.

  • Maersk Joins Floating Wind Project Offshore Spain

    22 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract by Saitec Offshore Technologies for the installation of the mooring system on the offshore DemoSATH floating wind project in Spain. The offshore installation will be carried out in the second quarter of 2022. SATH Technology, which is being developed by the Spanish engineering company Saitec Offshore Technology, […]

  • India’s Power Houses Sign Offshore Wind Pact

    22 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    India’s NTPC Ltd. and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a joint venture company for the renewable energy business. As per the MoU, NTPC and ONGC will explore the setting up of offshore wind and other renewable energy projects in India and overseas. They […]

  • Rotech Subsea Continues Taiwan Offshore Wind Streak

    8 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Rotech Subsea has secured a contract for a follow-up phase of sand wave clearance and seabed leveling work at an offshore wind project in Taiwan. In Q3 2020, the company mobilized its TRS2 Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) and Suspended Jet Trenching tool, setting sail from Aberdeen to Taiwan, where the TRS2 completed a sand wave […]

  • ABB Tech for Japanese Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    10 March 2020
    Vessels

    ABB has won a contract to provide the power systems for Shimizu Corporation’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). The self-elevating platform is designed to handle turbines with an individual capacity of 8MW or more, and is said to be the first such vessel to be built in Japan for the local offshore wind market. ABB […]

  • UK Launches 7GW+ Offshore Wind Leasing Round

    19 September 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Crown Estate has launched Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, opening up the potential for at least 7GW of new seabed rights for offshore wind development in the waters around England and Wales. The Crown Estate, which acts as manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is making four broad areas of […]

  • China: COSCO Delivers Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announces that COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has delivered one windmill turbine installation vessel (WTIV) “SEA INSTALLER” to its European buyer. The delivery documents were signed by and between COSCO Nantong and the buyer […]

  • Siemens to Establish New Wind Base in Livingston, Scotland

    16 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Siemens will establish its new projects and construction base in Livingston, and the company is now recruiting to fill 30 working positions at the new base, Herald Scotland informs. The expansion of Siemens’ operations in Scotland will support a 100 more jobs elsewhere, most of them in Scotland and Ireland. Livingston will serve as a […]

  • Vattenfall and Hellenic Cables Open Offshore Wind Tab

    1 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Hellenic Cables has secured its first contract with Vattenfall under which it will deliver the inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms in Denmark. The Greek company will design, manufacture, test, and supply approximately 70 kilometers of 66kV XLPE insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories for the projects. The cables will be manufactured […]

  • IMCA Playing Big Part in Offshore Wind Safety

    12 August 2015

    International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has gained a seat at the UK HSE GB ‘Offshore Wind Industry Leaders Workshop’ in Bootle in November thanks to its Offshore Renewable Workgroup. “There is no doubt that the Offshore Renewables Workgroup, under the dynamic chairmanship of Alan MacLeay of Subsea 7/Seaway Heavy Lifting, is extremely proactive and producing some […]

  • Pacific Green and SINOPEC Join Hands for Offshore Wind

    27 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Pacific Green Technologies (Shanghai) has entered into a framework agreement with SINOPEC Star to work on a portfolio of projects that includes offshore wind, among others. Under the agreement, the Chinese companies will provide design, development engineering and consulting services for projects in the areas of offshore and onshore wind power, photovoltaic power and comprehensive […]

  • 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.

  • Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Site Updates (UK)

    6 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    By Nathalie Stevenson As we near the end of the first year of the project, I wanted to take the opportunity to recap the significant progress that has been made by Narec as we work towards our target to have first demonstrator deployments by the end of 2013/early 2014. Our proposed facility was awarded a […]

  • VOS Start Begins New Offshore Wind Gig

    11 November 2019
    Vessels

    Vroon’s walk-to-work vessel VOS Start has begun operating at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project in Belgium. For the charter, VOS Start has been fitted with a three-dimensional motion-compensation system (3D Tip), with a lifting capacity of up to 5t. All operations are being conducted from the port of Ostend, with the vessel on duty […]

  • French Wind Energy Heavyweights Sign Climate Pledge

    2 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    French wind energy players Alstom, Areva, EDF and Eiffage have joined 35 other compatriot companies, including banks and investors into renewable energy, in making a firm commitment to combat climate change. The 39 major French companies, employing a total of 4.4 million people worldwide and generating sales of EUR 1.2 trillion euros, signed a climate pledge to contribute to limiting […]

  • GRS: Hamburg Becoming Hotspot for Offshore Wind Industry

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    German Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) will exhibit at WindEnergy Hamburg at booth B4.EG.118 . The GRS shipbroker team will be ready to answer all questions and discuss any topics concerning offshore tonnage and equipment at their 42 m2 exhibition booth from 23 to 26 September 2014. “WindEnergy Hamburg is a home match for us,” explains Philippe Schönefeld, […]

  • Rotech Completes North Sea Offshore Wind Job

    10 June 2020
    Grid Connection

    Rotech Subsea has completed a three-phase work scope at the Borssele and Triton Knoll offshore wind farms for a dredging specialist. Rotech provided its TRS1 and TRS1LD Jet Trenching tools to carry out pit clearing and cable lowering at the Borssele project in the Dutch North Sea, as well as grout bag and cable de-burial […]