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  • Vattenfall Unveils Norfolk Vanguard Onshore Plans

    6 October 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has revealed early plans for the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm, including its decision to bury around 50km of onshore transmission cables under ground. After coming to an agreement with National Grid, Vattenfall plans to bring power from the 1.8GW offshore wind farm, located 47km offshore at its nearest point, to the shore between Bacton […]

  • 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms Reach New Development Stage

    11 July 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate has accepted into the examination phase the Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) Offshore Wind Farms developed by RWE and Masdar. The DBS East and DBS West offshore wind farms, which could provide electricity for up to three million typical UK homes, are located in shallow […]

  • First-Ever Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Farm Halfway Done

    1 November 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel Wind Osprey has installed the 70th Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbine at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The installation of the 70th turbine marks the halfway milestone on the 140-turbine project, Cadeler said. Once fully installed and commissioned in the […]

  • Cloudberry Ramping Up Its Offshore Wind Game

    8 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    Cloudberry Clean Energy, a Nordic renewable energy developer and power producer currently working on a shallow-water wind farm in Lake Vänern in southern Sweden, is strengthening its offshore wind business and looking into opportunities for developing further shallow-water as well as “conventional” offshore wind projects. Cloudberry’s CEO Anders Lenborg said the company had an ambition […]

  • The Netherlands: Wind Turbines to Reach Capacity of 20MW by 2020

    5 December 2011

    In 2020 wind turbines will reach a capacity of 20 MW. This is the conclusion of a feasibility study conducted within Europe’s Upwind wind power project . Giant wind turbines, with rotor having a 200 meter diameter and a capacity of 20 MW will be put into service by 2020. Significant technological innovation and design […]

  • BP, Equinor, and Ithaca to Explore Electrification Options of West of Shetland Oil & Gas Fields

    7 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Contribution

    BP, Equinor, and Ithaca Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore electrification options for their offshore production facilities in the West of Shetland area. The agreement includes three oil & gas fields off the UK, namely the BP-operated Clair, the Equinor-operated Rosebank, and the Ithaca-operated Cambo. Electrification solutions could include power from […]

  • Ørsted Charters Normand Jarstein for Hornsea Two

    3 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to deploy its offshore support vessel (OSV) Normand Jarstein on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract has been signed for a period of four months, starting in the third quarter of 2021, when the vessel will support operations at the 1.4 […]

  • DEME’s Trio Starts Saint-Nazaire OWF Work

    31 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s vessels Neptune, D’Artagnan, and Bonny River have been deployed on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project, with some of the work now underway at the site located some 12 kilometres off the coast of the Guérande peninsula in France. The company’s cutter suction dredger D’Artagnan and trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River are currently on […]

  • Austal Bags First Contract for Three Offshore Support Vessels (Australia)

    9 September 2011

    Following the launch of Austal’s Wind Express series last year, Austal announces the award of a contract for three purpose-built 21 metre offshore support vessels for Holyhead-based Turbine Transfers Ltd. While Austal had been working with Turbine Transfers for some time to develop a customised wind farm vessel solution, Seawork helped to develop the relationship […]

  • Siemens Showcases Rotra Vente in Port of Esbjerg

    2 December 2016
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Today, the Port of Esbjerg is hosting Siemens Wind Power’s official presentation of its first customised “roll on/roll off ” (RoRo) transport vessel, Rotra Vente. “We look forward to seeing the vessels frequently at the Port, where we are currently building two new RoRo ramps and expanding our piers to accommodate even more vessels,” the Port […]

  • Offshore Wind to Get Entire Seacat Fleet Busy in 2018

    3 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    UK vessel operator Seacat Services will see its fleet reach a maximum occupancy in 2018 with all 14 vessels under charter in certain periods of the year due to the growing demand in the offshore wind sector.

  • U.S. Hunts Hurricanes to Improve Offshore Wind Turbine Designs

    12 June 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Hurricane season has officially started, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts more than a dozen named storms this year.  With an average sustained wind speed of over 74 miles per hour, these storms pose a threat to residents living in coastal regions of the United States. Coincidentally, these coastal regions are also […]

  • Floating LIDARs Ace Gwynt y Môr Trials

    20 February 2015
    R&D, Technology

    RWE Innogy, together with the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, completed a two year trial at what is soon to become the world’s second largest offshore wind farm. They tested the Light Detection and Ranging units (LIDAR) technology mounted on floating buoys at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the Liverpool Bay. The trial, […]

  • Eni Makes Another Renewable Energy Move. After GE, Teams Up with Statoil

    15 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    After entering renewable energy development partnership with GE last year, Italian oil and gas company Eni made another move into the sector as it signed an agreement with Statoil for the development of clean energy projects on 14 March.

  • Drones Could Streamline O&M Ops from Esvagt SOVs

    27 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    ESVAGT, Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted are looking into using drones for spare parts and tools transfer from service operation vessels (SOVs) to offshore wind turbines. The three companies will examine the potential in meeting offshore wind turbine technicians’ needs in an easier way within a project called Operative package deliveries by drones. The project, scheduled […]

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr OWF Exports First Electricity

    30 August 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has officially generated and exported its first electricity, on track to become the second largest operational offshore wind farm in the world. The milestone builds on other recent good news for developer RWE npower renewables (RWE), its project partners, and the wider offshore wind industry. First generation at Gwynt […]

  • ABS and Korean Industry Leaders Collaborate on Offshore Floating Green Hydrogen Platform

    10 May 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has joined Korean industry leaders in the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to produce a feasibility study for a near-shore floating platform of green hydrogen production and liquefaction. The feasibility study will be included in a report from the Jeolla Province to determine the viability of developing […]

  • REBO Welcomes Offshore Wind Teams

    4 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norther N.V. and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have moved into a new building at the REBO terminal in the Port of Ostend in Belgium.

  • Iberdrola Plans to Increase Kitty Hawk Capacity to 3.5 GW

    26 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola plans to increase the total capacity of the Kitty Hawk offshore wind development, located off North Carolina, from 2.5 GW to 3.5 GW. The decision to raise the capacity comes “as the current turbine technology allows to increase the capacity potential of the leased area”, the Spanish renewable energy developer which owns the US-based […]

  • Ireland: Parkwind, ESB to Jointly Develop Oriel and Clogherhead OWFs

    22 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind and ESB have reached an agreement under which ESB will acquire up to 35% stake in the Oriel offshore wind project in Ireland. The companies will also work together on the Clogherhead offshore wind farm, as Parkwind plans to acquire up to 35% in this project, for which ESB holds a foreshore license to commence site […]

  • Niras and New Power Partners Pool Offshore Wind Know-How

    24 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Niras and New Power Partners (NPP) have agreed a memorandum of understanding to offer shared services related to development, engineering and project execution expertise to the offshore wind community.

  • Met Office, WindSim Partner for Better Wind Energy Forecasting

    10 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Met Office and WindSim AS have announced a new partnership with the objective of generating more accurate Wind Resource Assessments and Wind Power forecasts to meet increasing industry demand for improved short term power forecasting and longer term power yield analysis. Accurate short term power forecasts are becoming increasingly important as balancing costs are […]

  • OPUS MARINE to Measure Vessel Motion

    24 July 2014

    German operator of crew transfer vessels, OPUS MARINE GmbH, has decided to invest into innovation and report impact forces applied to boat landings in offshore wind farms. Also body forces which the service technicians have to experience during the transit will be reported. For this purpose OPUS MARINE has signed an agreement with MIR Maritime […]

  • German Offshore Wind Grinds to a Standstill in 2021

    16 July 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    Germany will not install a single offshore wind turbine in 2021, marking no expansion in offshore wind capacity in a calendar year for the first time in more than ten years, the country’s wind organisations said. This expansion gap is not the expression of a lack of interest on the part of investors or a […]

  • RWE, NTE, and Havfram Eye Floating Wind Farms Offshore Norway

    10 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    German energy company RWE and Norway’s NTE and Havfram have signed a collaboration agreement to participate in the Norwegian government’s tender process for floating offshore wind energy, which will begin later this year. The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has designated a new area for this purpose. Utsira Nord, located around 30 kilometres off […]

  • Offshoretronic Unveils Dual Crane Vessel, Add-On Installation Support Tower Concept

    20 October 2020
    Vessels

    Offshoretronic has unveiled a dual crane wind turbine installation vessel design and a novel concept called ADD-ON Installation Support Tower, which can be fitted onto the vessel. The company, headquartered in Spain, said that this transportation and installation method could provide large cost savings by utilising the same monohull crane vessel for installing all kinds […]