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  • WindEurope CEO Emphasises Importance of Offshore Wind Ports

    13 October 2017

    On 10 October, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson highlighted the importance of offshore wind ports in a speech delivered to members of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) in Tampere, Finland.

  • SSE, Dutch Pension Fund Expect to Reach FID on IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Farm by Late 2025

    9 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    SSE and APG (acting on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP), which last month jointly secured the rights to develop the IJmuiden Ver Alpha offshore wind site in the Netherlands, now confirmed they are moving forward with the 2 GW project whose focus, in line with the tender requirements, is biodiversity. The two partners, who […]

  • US to Start Permitting Process for 2 GW Offshore Wind Farm in Massachusetts

    29 October 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate an environmental review of the proposal for a commercial wind energy project offshore Massachusetts, submitted by Mayflower Wind, a company co-owned by Shell New Energies and Ocean Winds (a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE). […]

  • Locals Invited to Drop-In Sessions on Galloper OWF

    28 April 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Galloper Wind Farm Ltd (GWFL) has invited local residents to drop-in sessions on the Galloper offshore wind farm project being developed off the coast of Suffolk, UK. Members of the GWFL project team will be in the Leiston area on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th of May to host two drop-in sessions about the project. Members of […]

  • Vineyard Wind Kicking Off SMAST Fisheries Monitoring Studies

    8 April 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind will implement recommendations from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) to guide the fisheries monitoring studies during the construction of the 800MW wind farm offshore Massachusetts. The recommendations will also be used to initiate longer-term studies as part of a regional approach to fisheries studies. SMAST’s studies […]

  • Top News of the Week May 19 – 25, 2014

    25 May 2014

    Siemens to Use ‘Wind Server’ Jack-Up Vessel for Three Years Siemens Energy has entered into a charter agreement with DBB Jack-Up Services A/S for the use of a new purpose-built jack-up vessel, the Wind Server, designed for the service and maintenance of the rising number of large scaled offshore wind power projects across Northern Europe. […]

  • Red Rock Cranes for Dogger Bank Wind Farm SOVs

    22 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Red Rock has been awarded a contract by Vard for equipment supply for the three service operations vessels (SOVs) owned by North Star Renewables that have been chartered for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Red Rock will deliver two 2T 3D Motion Compensated cranes, a 5T 3D Motion Compensated crane, three 2T […]

  • Schmidbauer Muscle for French Floating Wind Farm

    27 January 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Siemens Gamesa has contracted Schmidbauer to provide heavy load logistics on the Provence Grand Large floating wind project in France. EDF Renouvelables is developing the 25 MW Provence Grand Large project in the Faraman area in the Mediterranean Sea, some 17 kilometres from the Napoléon beach in the town of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. The project will feature […]

  • Cromarty Firth Port Hosts Fabrication and Assembly of New Power Device (UK)

    10 May 2011

      The Invergordon Service Base has played host to the fabrication and assembly of the next generation wave power device. The Powerbuoy ®, PB150, is the largest and most powerful designed to date by Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) and with a peak rated power output of 150KW, would produce enough energy to supply 150 homes. […]

  • Ørsted Picks Greater Changhua Geophysical Surveyor

    24 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a contract with Taiwan-based EGST to conduct three geophysical surveys at the offshore site of the Greater Changhua wind project in Taiwan.

  • Final Rampion Foundation Piled into Seabed

    10 November 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessels MPI Discovery and Pacific Orca have completed the installation of 116 turbine foundations at the 400MW Rampion wind farm off Sussex, E.ON reports. The installation has been completed on schedule, E.ON said. Work to install the first foundations began in early February and was put on hold, as planned, during the Black Bream spawning […]

  • GEOMET Metal Coating Gets Double Certification

    1 May 2014
    Technology

    Since the end of 2013, GEOMET® 321 has been used by SIEMENS WIND POWER A/S on fasteners of wind turbine blades. For this application, SIEMENS WIND POWER A/S requires that the coating must be able to exist in a C5-H environment (according to ISO-12944) without corrosion of the substrate material even after a 1440 hours salt spray test. For […]

  • Caribbean Island Starts Offshore Surveys with Plan for Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Production

    17 July 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Power-to-X, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s survey vessel Fugro Brasilis has arrived at the Port of Willemstad in Curaçao ahead of offshore surveys the company will perform as the Curaçao government is working on identifying areas for floating wind development. The work, scheduled to start today (17 July) and take place until 29 July, follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) […]

  • Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm Hits Major Construction Milestones

    21 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s Formosa 2 offshore wind farm has passed two significant construction milestones, completing the installation of twelve turbines and transmitting power to the national grid. According to Formosa 2, the offshore wind farm has now completed more than half of the foundation installations and more than a quarter of the wind turbines have been installed […]

  • RWE, Energinet Sign Grid Connection Agreement for Thor

    7 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German-based RWE has signed an agreement with the Danish grid operator Energinet to build two new electrical substations for its 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. The agreement with Energinet regulates the technical set-up, the power quality, and the cooperation between RWE and Energinet, at the point of connection (POC) in Volder Mark. To connect […]

  • MHI Vestas Japan Opens for Business

    1 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Vestas have launched MHI Vestas Japan, a joint venture targeting onshore and offshore wind turbine markets in Japan. The joint venture started operating on Monday, 1 February. MHI Vestas Japan’s head office is located in Chiyoda-ku, in central Tokyo. Masato Yamada, former Asia Pacific Regional Manager of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, […]

  • SMC Joins Saint-Brieuc Roster

    29 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    French offshore wind developer Ailes Marines has awarded Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) with a contract to provide vessel inspection services to support the construction of the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. SMC will be providing up to three local Accredited Vessel Inspectors (AVIs) to the project. SMC’s French inspectors will be supported by the company’s back-office […]

  • Bottlenecks Loom Unless Installation Vessels Keep Pace with Super-Sized Wind Turbines – Report

    2 February 2022
    Vessels

    Offshore wind turbines are growing in size as technology advances and demand for renewable energy soars but installing them could be a headache for operators as demand will outpace the supply of capable vessels by 2024, Rystad Energy research shows. Operators will have to invest in new vessels or upgrade existing ones to install the […]

  • TWD Proved Higher MP Friction

    22 September 2020

    Over the course of the last years TWD developed an advanced friction measurement method and probabilistic verification of monopile stability during transit. Both have now received certification from DNVGL. This sets a new standard in monopile seafastening. Seafastening of future monopiles on heavy lift installation vessels becomes an ever-increasing challenge. One challenge is verification of […]

  • Wind Turbines Offshore Netherlands Open to Sea Life

    4 April 2022
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer Vattenfall and De Rijke Noordzee (The Rich North Sea) are jointly investigating the effect of water replenishment holes in wind turbine foundations on the surrounding sea life. The research is being carried out on Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm, the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm. Hollandse Kust Zuid […]

  • SK Ecoplant Joins Corio and TotalEnergies on South Korean Offshore Wind Projects

    6 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Corio Generation and TotalEnergies have joined forces with SK Ecoplant to develop the 2 GW BadaEnergy offshore wind portfolio in South Korea. SK Ecoplant, which will join the partners in taking the projects from early planning through licensing and construction to operation, will also acquire a stake in the portfolio, subject to the completion of […]

  • EMF Inaugurates Eco-Friendly O&M Base for Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

    22 October 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm was inaugurated today (22 October) in La Turballe. The facility, which has 1,250 square metres, including 751 square metres of warehouse, was designed to be functional, innovative, and to have a lower carbon footprint, according to EDR Renewables, which owns the Saint-Nazaire offshore […]

  • Swire Energy Services Acquires ALL NRG

    3 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Energy services provider Swire Energy Services has acquired the Danish wind services provider, ALL NRG. The acquisition will see Swire Energy Services become the sole owner of  the ALL NRG wind and solar division. ALL NRG is a provider of manpower services and project solutions including installation, commissioning & decommissioning support, blade inspection & repairs, and […]

  • China Three Gorges Building Two New Wind Farm Installation Vessels

    23 July 2021
    Vessels

    The China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation is building two offshore wind farm installation vessels, one at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding yard and one at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in Jiangsu. CSSC is building a 2000-tonne wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for CTG and CMHI will deliver a 3000-tonne heavy lift vessel for the company, whose offshore wind development […]

  • Connecticut House Nods to 2GW of Offshore Wind

    15 May 2019
    Authorities

    The Connecticut House of Representatives has voted 134-10 in favour of legislation authorizing the development of 2,000MW of wind capacity offshore Connecticut. The legislation, House Bill 7156, An Act Concerning the Procurement of Energy Derived From Offshore Wind, will next be referred to the State Senate. It ensures that the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) must […]

  • Fugro Secures GBP 13 Mln Hornsea Survey Deal

    21 November 2014

    Dong Energy has awarded a contract for one of the largest seabed investigation campaigns in the history of the offshore wind industry to Fugro GeoConsulting. Worth £13 million, it covers geotechnical investigation work in preparation for Hornsea Project One, scheduled to go into operation by 2020 when it will become the world’s first gigawatt scale […]