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  • Wind Turbine Makers Unveil Production Standardization Manual

    27 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    The APQP4Wind project has marked the official go-live of the new APQP4Wind manual, website, and coming training courses to deploy new common standards for quality assurance in the production of wind turbines. The manual, the website and the training concept were presented on January 25 at the APQP4Wind Kick-Off Event at Vestas Wind Systems in Aarhus. The […]

  • Equinor and SINTEF Bolster Floating Offshore Wind Ties

    3 December 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Equinor and the Norwegian independent research organization SINTEF have entered into a strategic collaboration covering four areas, one of which is floating offshore wind. The purpose of the agreement is to facilitate the exchange and development of ideas and radical solutions between the two partners. The companies will collaborate on projects that can provide good […]

  • Primo Marine Completes Cable Emergency Response Manual for Luchterduinen OWF

    18 April 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Rotterdam-headquartered Primo Marine has finalized the Cable Emergency Response Manual for the subsea power cables of the 129MW Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Primo Marine was commissioned to compile an operational Cable Emergency Response Manual, covering prevention, and preparedness & response in regard to cable emergencies and planned solutions. The main objective was to develop a handbook for […]

  • Smulders to Produce Its 1000th Transition Piece

    2 September 2014

    In August 2013 Smulders Projects, subsidiary of Smulders Group, secured together with Sif Group an order from Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects b.v. for the delivery of 150 Transition Pieces for the Gemini Windfarm. Sif Group will supply the primary steel tubulars, Smulders Projects will supply and install all secondary steel and will perform surface […]

  • DONG Energy, MHI Vestas Sign First Commercial Deal for 8MW Turbine

    21 August 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have reached a conditional agreement for the purchase of 32 units of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s V164-8.0MW offshore wind turbine for installation at the Burbo Bank Extension project in Liverpool Bay off the north-western coast of England. The agreement will become the first commercial order for this powerful […]

  • Vattenfall, wpd and Caisse des Dépôts Form Dunkerque Offshore Wind Alliance

    6 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall, German wind power developer wpd and French financial institution Caisse des Dépôts have formed an alliance for the bid preparation in an offshore wind tender in Dunkerque, France.

  • UK’s Wind Energy Exceeds 5 GW Threshold

    5 February 2013

    A record amount of electricity has been generated by wind energy in Great Britain, according to National Grid. The new high was reached on Sunday morning, when wind generated more than 5 gigawatts for the first time – more than 12% of the nation’s electricity needs for industry, businesses and households – enough to power […]

  • 4.1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project Adapts to Protect Birds

    11 October 2021
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables plans to reduce the size of the area over which the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank offshore wind project in Scotland will be developed to protect local seabird populations. The developer said it will reduce the overall size of the site by around ten per cent compared to the area available for development. The […]

  • BOEM Releases Draft EIS for Two Proposed Wind Projects Off Atlantic Coast

    13 December 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released two draft Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for offshore wind projects for public review and comment. The two projects, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) and the Sunrise Wind, if approved, could provide more than 4 GW of offshore wind power capacity, enough to power more than […]

  • Palfinger Receives Crane Order for Another Japanese Offshore Wind Farm

    15 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger Marine has officially been commissioned to deliver 25 of its stiff boom cranes for the Kitakyusyu-Hibikinada offshore wind farm in Japan. The deliveries of the service platform cranes are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2024. The Austrian-based company said that the design of the stiff boom cranes with an outreach of […]

  • Industry First: DEME Drills XL Monopile into French Seabed

    11 June 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has installed the first drilled XL monopile at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm offshore France. This is the first time this technique has been used to install an XL monopile on an offshore wind farm. Although the first monopile foundations had to be conventionally driven, 73 of the wind farm’s 80 XL monopile foundations have […]

  • IRENA Makes Case for Floating Wind

    22 December 2016

    International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) added a supplement on floating wind to its Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind report. In the document, IRENA details on the technology itself, current status, developers of floating wind technology, barriers and ways to overcome them to tap into the future market. In the document, IRENA points out that participation from policy makers, investors, […]

  • Industry Primer: Wind Energy 2010

    1 February 2011
    R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Industry Primer: Wind Energy 2010” report to their offering. This comprehensive primer on the wind industry covers the entire wind value chain, from components manufacturers to wind farm owner/operators. The 122-page report is intended to help institutional investors, lenders and private equity professionals quickly get up […]

  • Subsea 7 Buys 4Subsea

    3 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 has acquired 4Subsea, the Norway-based provider of technology and solutions for the offshore wind and oil & gas markets. 4Subsea will function autonomously within Subsea 7, maintaining an independent brand and management team, as well as Peter Jenkins keeping his role as CEO of the company. An early priority project will be towards monitoring of […]

  • DeepOcean Launches New Base at Port of Blyth

    17 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    DeepOcean has opened a new offshore services base at the Port of Blyth in the UK.

  • Ideol Raises EUR 8 Million, Attracts Familiar Names

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    French floating offshore wind developer Ideol has raised an additional EUR 8 million in financing to boost growth and accelerate international development.

  • SeaRoc Bolsters Operations Team

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    SeaRoc Group has expanded its operations team with the hiring of a senior communications engineer, project manager and project planner.

  • China Ming Yang Goes Private

    23 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Chinese wind turbine designer and manufacturer China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited has become a privately held company after completing the previously announced merger with Regal Ally Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Regal Concord Limited, with Ming Yang as the surviving company. As a result of the merger, Ming Yang ceased to be a publicly-traded company and became […]

  • USA: MCBH to Host Navy Renewable Ocean Energy Conference

    9 March 2012

    The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Engineering Service Center (ESC) and NAVFAC Pacific will host the Renewable Ocean Energy Conference on two separate days, March 26 and March 28, at the Koa Malina Officers Club at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay. The conference will provide information to companies interested in developing new energy […]

  • Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Supports Green Development in Hull (UK)

    11 May 2011
    Authorities

    The UK’s Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, is in support of a green port hull site proposed by the Associated British Ports’ (ABP) and engineering company Siemens. According to a press release, ABP and Siemens have put forward re-development plans, which include the building of a new factory to manufacture offshore wind turbines. Clegg expressed […]

  • Griffon Hoverwork Designs New Craft For Swedish Coastguard

    8 March 2011
    Technology

    Griffon Hoverwork has designed a brand new craft, the 2450TD, with significant design input from the Swedish Coastguard. The 2450TD is based on the popular 2400TD design but, as the Coastguard wanted to transport their snowmobiles, the dimensions and payload of the craft were increased. These vessels are being marketed for work with offshore wind […]

  • Interview with Giles Dickson: EWEA and COP21

    27 May 2016

    While the European wind energy association (EWEA) welcomes the landmark agreement achieved at the United Nations Paris Climate Summit – known as COP21 – whereby countries will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions to a level that will restrict the global average temperature to a rise ‘well below’ a 2°C threshold, the new EWEA Chief […]

  • Seaplace’s CROWN Readies to Go Full-Size

    17 May 2021
    R&D, Technology

    Seaplace has received Approval in Principle from LR for its active ballast control system, designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platforms concept – CROWN. Seaplace’s ballast control system is a novel technology that includes both buoy and reduced-draft spar operational concepts, expected to reduce CAPEX costs of the floating wind generation. Seaplace’s active […]

  • DONG to Start Walney Extension Offshore Works Next Week

    15 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will start the offshore construction at the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm off Cumbria next week with initial preliminary installation works on the seabed. The project, located next to the 367.2MW Walney 1 & 2 offshore wind farms, will be the largest wind farm in the world when built and is expected to be generating […]

  • Crew transfer vessel update

    2 September 2016

    At the time this article was being written, almost 45 per cent of the purpose built crew transfer vessels in the offshore wind industry were owned or operated by eleven British companies and one Anglo-Dutch company, with 74 of the vessels owned or operated by one of two companies, Turbine Transfers Ltd. and Windcat Workboats. Turbine Transfers is a wholly owned […]

  • Dominion Energy Proposes to Build Largest US Offshore Wind Farm

    19 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dominion Energy is proposing to develop a 2.6GW wind farm off the coast of Virginia by 2026, which represents the largest offshore wind development in the U.S. The news comes as Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam signed an executive order which sets the goal of having up to 2.5GW of offshore wind developed in the state by 2026. […]