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  • India to Install First Offshore Wind Turbine in 5 Years

    9 April 2012

    In the forthcoming five years India will have its first offshore windmill, located in Dhanushkodi, executive director of Centre for Wind Energy Technology, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Dr S Gomathi Nayagam announced at a two day conference on renewable energy held in Chennai last week, IBN Live informs. According to him, India will […]

  • New Study Puts Offshore Wind Rough Riders Into Focus

    25 April 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is coordinating a study on the psychological and physiological well-being of crew being transited to offshore wind farms in choppy waters.

  • Germany: Unexploded Bombs Pose Threat to Offshore Wind Farms

    8 November 2012

    Old munitions from the Second World War are polluting the German coast thus posing a threat to the offshore wind farm developers, writes DW. “There are some one point 6 million tons of munitions in German seas,” according to Bernd Scherer, who is responsible for marine protection at the Schleswig-Holstein’s Environment Ministry. After the war […]

  • Ørsted Picks Certification Body for German Offshore Wind Farms

    18 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services with a contract to provide project certification services for the German Cluster offshore wind farm 01 (GCW01). Under the deal, Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services will carry out site conditions assessment (SCA) and project design basis evaluation (DBE). The Hamburg-based company will evaluate whether the assessment of the external conditions […]

  • Cape Wind Releases Statement on Court of Appeals Overturn (USA)

    31 October 2011

      Mark Rodgers, Communications Director of Cape Wind released statement on court of appeals opinion regarding the FAA. “The FAA has reviewed Cape Wind for eight years and repeatedly determined that Cape Wind did not pose a hazard to air navigation. The essence of today’s court ruling is that the FAA needs to better explain […]

  • IKM Subsea Nets First Offshore Wind Job in Taiwan

    8 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    IKM Subsea Singapore has won a contract to provide ROV services at an offshore wind project in Taiwan, the company’s first in the region. IKM Subsea Singapore secured the deal with Solstad and will provide ROV services onboard Solstad’s construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Baltic. The company’s Merlin WR200 Workclass ROV with toolings will carry […]

  • SSE Renewables to Compete in Next Dutch Offshore Wind Tender

    13 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    UK energy company SSE Renewables plans to enter bids into the upcoming tenders for the 1.4 GW Hollandse Kust (west) wind farm zone in the Netherlands which are set to take place in the first half of 2022. The Dutch Government has recently issued revised draft Ministerial Orders which included tender assessment criteria for the […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Contracts Await Innovators and Cost Cutters

    24 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Companies hoping to win contracts in the GBP 25 billion UK offshore wind farm investment must be innovative and cut their costs to be part of it, over 250 supply chain representatives heard during an event to celebrate Offshore Wind Week held in Lowestoft. Businesses supplying services, products and skills to help meet the target of […]

  • BOEM Investigates US Atlantic Coast Offshore Wind Potential

    5 April 2018
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is conducting a high-level assessment of all waters offshore the US Atlantic Coast for potential future offshore wind lease locations.

  • MAKE: Europe to Have 39.2GW Offshore Wind Capacity by 2025

    27 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    Europe’s commissioned offshore wind capacity will grow at an average rate of 3GW per year between 2017 and 2025 and represent a key driver of growth in Europe, according to MAKE. The offshore market accounted for 21%, or 3GW, of all new grid-connected capacity in Europe in 2015, more than double the amount connected in 2014. […]

  • Bang-Up Job Done on Pioneering Offshore Wind Project

    29 August 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The companies that installed an innovative foundation on DONG Energy’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm can mark another great milestone for their businesses after the first offshore wind Suction Bucket Jacket stands at its position. GeoSea carried out the floating load out, transport and installation, while the suction process was done by SPT Offshore. Armour stones will be installed […]

  • Siemens Wind Power Marks Triple-Digit Profit Growth

    1 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens Wind Power and Renewables recorded a 119% increase in profit in the first quarter of the Fiscal Year 2017 compared to the same period a year earlier. The company’s renewable energy arm ended the first quarter of the current fiscal year with a profit of EUR 111 million, compared to EUR 51 million profit in the […]

  • DanTysk to Certify All Offshore Wind Farm Components (Germany)

    10 February 2012

    DanTysk Offshore Wind GmbH, Hamburg, intends to build an offshore windfarm in the North Sea. In the first construction phase they are planning to build 80 wind turbines with a total output of 288 MW, an offshore substation and an offshore accommodation platform. The project is located in the German Bight area, around 75 km […]

  • Floating Wind Test Site in Mediterranean Sea Fully Permitted 

    11 November 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    During the 3rd General Assembly of the INFLOW (INdustrialization setup of a FLoating Offshore Wind turbine) demo project, which was held on October 22nd 2014, it was announced that a key milestone of the project has been successfully reached. The offshore site for testing the novel floating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) to be developed during the INFLOW project […]

  • New WTIV Design to Handle Next Generation Wind Turbines

    8 February 2017
    Vessels

    SeaOwls and Ulstein have launched a new heavy lift jack-up vessel design – the SOUL, developed with the installation of next-generation offshore wind turbines (10-12MW) in mind.

  • DemoSATH Floating Wind Platform Secures Final Prototype Certification

    27 September 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology

    Saitec Offshore Technologies, in collaboration with RWE and Kansai Electric Power, has been awarded the final prototype certification for the DemoSATH floating wind project by Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV). The final prototype certification of DemoSATH2MU by BV confirms that a comprehensive set of standards for safety, structural integrity, and operational feasibility, including BV […]

  • Floating Wind Digital Twin Software Secures US Grant

    26 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    A consortium of partners led by Principle Power has been awarded a USD 3.6 million grant from the U.S Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop, validate and operate DIGIFLOAT, the world’s first digital twin software tailored to floating offshore wind applications. This digital twin model will be a real-time, high-fidelity numerical […]

  • CIP and Andel to Jointly Bid in Danish Offshore Wind Tender

    15 September 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Andel and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will form a consortium to cooperate on two tenders for offshore wind farms in Denmark, namely the Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm in Kattegat north of Zealand and Kriegers Flak II in the Baltic Sea. The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities revealed plans to auction off 9 GW […]

  • UK: Port of Ardersier Submits Plans for Offshore Wind Development

    6 May 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    A renewables jobs boom could come to the Highlands of Scotland if plans to turn a former oil fabrication yard into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind get the go ahead. The Port of Ardersier has submitted plans to Highland Council, Marine Scotland and Transport Scotland for the consents needed to make the site a […]

  • New Jersey Sets 7.5GW Offshore Wind Solicitation Schedule

    3 March 2020
    Authorities

    The State of New Jersey has announced the solicitation schedule to meet the 7,500MW offshore wind capacity goal by 2035, with the earliest solicitation expected to be opened by September 2020. The winner of this 1,200MW solicitation round is to be selected by the second quarter of 2021. In total, New Jersey plans to hold […]

  • Seatrium to Build Third Offshore Wind Project in Netherlands for TenneT

    19 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    A consortium led by Seatrium and GE Vernova will be constructing its third offshore wind project in the Netherlands for Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT, with the construction work commencing on 1 June 2024. In March 2023, Seatrium was awarded a five-year framework cooperation agreement with GE Vernova by TenneT for the supply three […]

  • G9: 616 Reported Incidents in Offshore Wind Industry in 2013

    17 July 2014
    R&D

    The G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association (G9), supported by the Energy Institute (EI), has published its first annual incident data report. This publication gives a comprehensive insight into the health and safety performance of the G9 members from 35 sites spread across the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. The offshore wind industry has […]

  • Ocean Installer Nets Gode Wind 1 Cable Gig

    22 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Stavanger-based subsea company Ocean Installer has been awarded an offshore wind contract with Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH.  The scope of work includes recovery of two pre-laid HVAC export power cables in the 500 m zone of the Gode Wind 1 offshore sub-station, relay of the cable, installation of the centralizer cable protection system and pull-in to […]

  • 2.4GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm Gets Government’s OK

    17 February 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    UK Government has approved the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A and B wind project, expected to support up to 900 green jobs in Yorkshire and Humberside and millions of pounds worth of investment in the UK’s economy. The project will include up to 400 wind turbines, around 130km off the coast of the East Riding of […]

  • Germany: Vessels for Wind Farm Tenders use M72 engines

    4 May 2010
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The number of wind farms generating sustainable energy is increasing steadily. These farms are supplied and maintained by tenders – vessels whose specialized design makes them impervious to heavy seas. “Thanks to our powerful propulsion plant, the special double-hull construction and our electronically controlled fin stabilizers, the crew can access the platforms even in seas […]

  • EU to Implement Cybersecurity and Offshore Wind Infrastructure Surveillance Measures

    20 December 2023
    Authorities, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    After energy ministers of 26 EU Member States signed the European Wind Charter on 19 December, a dive into the EU Wind Power Package documents shows that, besides the new EU offshore renewable energy target and plans to streamline permitting and strengthen the supply chain, the EU will also be implementing cybersecurity measures and surveilling […]