“You can say we are very, very good at constructing pipes”, states Jan Bruggenthijs, CEO of steel manufacturer Sif Group based in the Netherlands. The company manufactures foundations for the offshore wind and oil and gas industries.
Adwen’s prototype 8MW wind turbine generator, currently under construction in Bremerhaven, Germany is now mechanically complete, the company told Offshore WIND.
NKT has held a naming ceremony for NKT Victoria, the company’s new cable-laying vessel which was part of the recently completed acquisition of ABB’s high voltage cable business, at its power cable plant in Karlskrona, Sweden.
New Bedford, US, and Grimsby, UK, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement as the New Bedford port is looking to tap into the offshore wind opportunities same as Grimsby.
Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Pacific Orca has arrived to the Peel Ports Great Yarmouth to load Siemens wind turbine components ahead of her first trip to the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm.
Siemens reported a strong order growth in nearly all industrial businesses in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2017, with the strongest contributions from Wind Power and Renewables and Energy Management, both with large contract wins, the company said.
The public support for offshore wind in the UK is at an all-time high, according to the newly released statistics issued by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Statoil has started assembling the Siemens 6MW turbines for the 30MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm at the assembly base in Stord, Norway.
Four German transmission system operators (TSOs) have presented the second version of the Offshore-Network Developement Plan 2030 (Offshore-Netzentwicklungsplan – O-NEP).
Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) has shipped out the last six transition pieces built for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm.
The Netherlands-based Acta Marine has contracted Norway’s Ulstein Power and Control AS to deliver complete power and control systems for Acta Marine’s Construction Support Vessel (CSV) currently under construction at Ulstein Verft.
Denmark’s Blue Water Shipping has delivered machinery and special equipment to the Mäntyluoto port in Pori designed to handle and transport the wind turbine blades for the 40MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm.
The Manor Venture, Manor Renewable Energy’s new wind farm service vessel, has performed the first push test on the 336MW Galloper wind farm off Suffolk.
Belgium’s DEME Group is recruiting more than 200 new employees in 2017 to meet the demand driven by the growth in offshore wind energy.
