The French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has approved two floating wind pilot projects as part of the country’s call for tenders for the development of floating wind launched last year. The two project approved by the ministry are the 24MW project in the Gruissan area, some 15 kil
GE Renewable Energy marked an 11 percent decrease in profit for the three months ended June 30, 2016, compared to the same period a year earlier, despite significant improvements in revenue. The profit for the second quarter stood at USD 128 million, as opposed to USD 144 million recorded in the sec
Oceanteam Shipping has appointed Holger Reurslag, an experienced offshore energy player with a 25-year career in the offshore construction, drilling and production sector, to the role of the Company Captain. As the Company Captain, Reurslag will be responsible for a wide range of managerial tasks, i
Rough Sea Ahead for German Offshore Wind, Industry Says The new German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) means troubled waters for the German offshore wind industry, according to a press release jointly issued by AGOW (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offshore-Windenergie), Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA P
Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has completed the installation of the last foundation at the Burbo Bank Extension project. Van Oord was responsible for the installation of the foundations, supply and installation of the scour protection and provided the logistics of the foundations between the f
National Grid, which will build, own and operate the majority of the new electrical infrastructure needed to connect the Block Island Wind Farm to the electric grid on Block Island and mainland Rhode Island, is progressing with cabling works required to connect the first American offshore wind farm
Navantia has delivered the first jacket foundations to Iberdrola for its Wikinger offshore wind farm located in the German part of the Baltic Sea.
The first six 80-metre long blades for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project that yesterday arrived at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will be the first locally built blades to be installed at a UK offshore wind farm. The blades for the V164-8.0 MW turbines were desi
Even though Vattenfall yesterday informed it made a final investment decision to build the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), this did not mark an end of the fight against the project for Donald Trump, whose company Trump International Golf Links said it will file “formal written obje
On Tuesday, the installation of foundations at the Rampion offshore wind farm kept awake some of the people living in the area, resulting in several complaints received by E.ON, the project developer. According to BBC, loud thumping noise coming from the offshore construction site had awoken some of
Following the recent announcement on Boskalis being chosen by Vattenfall as the preferred Offshore Balance of Plant contractor for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the contract has now been formally awarded. Worth in excess of EUR 100 million, the contract includes all offshore
In the presence of the French President Francois Hollande and An Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny, EirGrid and RTE today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to move to the next phase of development of the Celtic Interconnector Project. Following the completion of feasibility studies over
The global high voltage cables and accessories market is expected to be worth USD 41.27 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.0% from 2016 to 2021, according to a market research by Markets and Markets. The growth of the offshore wind sector is a major factor driving the market, the report says. The under
Dalby Offshore’s latest vessel – the Dalby Ouse – was delivered to its owner on 8 July in Great Yarmouth, two weeks after the official naming of the vessel at Seawork 2016. The vessel has left the Alicat Workboats yard and commenced its first employment with immediate effect from Trinity Quay, Dalby
