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  • DMA Analyses Offshore Wind CTV Safety

    31 March 2017
    R&D, Vessels

    The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has issued a report on safety analysis for high-speed offshore vessels carrying up to 60 persons, which can be used to harmonise safety on board offshore vessels carrying wind turbine technicians.

  • The Netherlands: CTruk Delivers Multi-Purpose Catamaran to Sima

    2 November 2012

    Dutch-owned Sima Charters has taken delivery of the latest vessel to join its fleet, a CTruk 20T multi-purpose catamaran. Sporting Sima Charters’ eye-catching yellow and blue livery, SC Buzzard is the tenth vessel to be completed at the Brightlingsea yard in two years. The relationship between Sima Charters and CTruk had an interesting start, with […]

  • Largest Wind Turbine Rotor Test Rig Under Construction in Netherlands

    24 August 2020
    R&D, Technology

    A consortium comprising GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and TNO is building a test facility for wind turbine rotors, which will be largest of its kind once built at LM Wind Power’s WMC Technology Center in Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands. The test rig, being constructed under the three-year STRETCH project which is partially funded by […]

  • Rolls Royce to Equip Two SOVs Ordered by DONG Energy

    26 May 2016
    Vessels

    Along with the design for DONG Energy’s service operations vessel (SOV), which will be done in cooperation with Østensjø Rederi, Rolls Royce will also provide ship equipment.  The company will supply the diesel electric main machinery, consisting of frequency controlled electric driven azimuth thrusters, super silent mounted transverse thrusters, DP2 dynamic positioning system, power electrical system, deck machinery, and […]

  • Offshore Wind Vessel First to Feature Electric VSPs

    10 March 2021
    Vessels

    The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are ready to be installed prior […]

  • APEM Zeroes In On Birds in Flight

    20 February 2018
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Scientists at APEM have developed a new technique for measuring the height of birds in flight expected to ease concerns about the potential dangers of wind turbines for birds and lead to improved outcomes for developers of offshore wind farms.

  • Total Joins Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator

    14 May 2021
    R&D

    Total, an oil major which entered the offshore wind market last year, has become a member of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA). In the Accelerator, dedicated to offshore wind research and development, Total has existing members: EnBW, Equinor, Ørsted, RWE Renewables, ScottishPower Renewables, Shell, SSE Renewables, and Vattenfall. “Total has great ambition for […]

  • Kriegers Flak Wind Turbines Halfway There

    8 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    36 of the 72 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines have been installed on the Kriegers Flak wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea, Jan De Nul reports. Jan De Nul, Siemens Gamesa and Vattenfall installed the very first wind turbine for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm at the end of January. The last […]

  • Estonian Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

    12 June 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The council of the Hiiu municipality in Estonia has approved a cooperation agreement with Nelja Energia and Hiiumaa Offshore Tuulepark, developers of the Loode-Eesti offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea near Hiiumaa Island.

  • Vattenfall Wins Kriegers Flak Tender with EUR 49.9 per MWh Bid

    9 November 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the tender to build the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea with the lowest ever bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh, 58% below the original cap of EUR 120 per MWh. “The announcement is an essential milestone for our ambition to increase our production […]

  • Fugro to Survey Site for Norway’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    29 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has secured a marine site characterization contract from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for the Sørlige Nordsjø II project, set to become the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Norway. The work scope will include mapping the seafloor and sub-seafloor to expand understanding of the site’s geological features and support future development phases of […]

  • Virginia’s 12 MW of Offshore Wind Ready for Commercial Operation

    14 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project has completed reliability testing and is now ready to enter commercial service. The next significant regulatory step for the two-turbine project is to submit the final documentation to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) which will carry out a technical review, expected to be completed […]

  • Hitachi Zosen and Naval Energies Form Floating Wind Pact

    8 July 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Japanese industrial and engineering corporation Hitachi Zosen and French offshore renewable energy technology developer Naval Energies have agreed to cooperate in the field of floating wind energy. The project between the two companies is based on a feasibility study to jointly design and build floating wind turbines with a capacity of several hundred megawatts using Naval […]

  • Wood Puts Galion Radar Through Paces

    18 February 2019
    R&D

    Wood has completed the first commercial lidar test at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine. Wood tested its Galion lidar system at the onshore met mast of the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine located on the Fife coast in the UK. According to the UK company, the test was completed ahead of schedule, in one month […]

  • EU Achieves 2010 Renewable Electricity Target (Belgium)

    12 January 2012

    The EU achieved its 2010 renewable electricity target of 21% of electricity consumption according to latest analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). (The EU’s 2001 Renewable Electricity Directive set a target of 21% electricity from renewable sources for 2010). In 2010 renewable energies produced between 665 Terrawatt hours (TWh) and 673 TWh, hitting […]

  • China’s Offshore Wind Industry Entering Era of Large-Scale Development

    7 January 2013

    China’s offshore wind industry is entering an era of large-scale development, as the country’s wind power development is the most rapid in the world. “Wind power has become the third-largest electric power in China,” said Liu Qi, deputy director general of the National Energy Administration. “There is no electric power to substitute the position of […]

  • Mainstream Consortium Makes Bid for 2.5 GW Offshore Wind Development in Australia

    30 May 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    A consortium of Australian and global companies comprising Mainstream Renewable Power (Mainstream), Reventus Power, AGL, and Direct Infrastructure has submitted a feasibility licence application for a 2.5 GW offshore wind development off the coast of Victoria, Australia. The proposed 2.5 GW project has the potential to generate economic benefits to Australia including more than AUD […]

  • GE Takes Delivery of First Made-in-France Crew Transfer Vessel

    10 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    GE Renewable Energy has taken delivery of its first of two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) dedicated to the operations and maintenance of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. The announcement was made by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and Tidal Transit which were selected by GE Renewable Energy in December 2020 to provide two CTVs for the […]

  • Port of Esbjerg Orders Another Liebherr Crane to Handle Next-Gen Turbines

    18 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Danish Port of Esbjerg has ordered a second Liebherr LHM 800 crane capable of lifting next-generation offshore wind turbines. The Port of Esbjerg received the first LHM 800 crane in 2019, while the second one is expected to be delivered in 2023. The LHM 800 crane, which has a lifting capacity of 308 tonnes, is […]

  • Construction Starts on Ørsted’s First Green Hydrogen Project

    17 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has started construction of the 2 MW H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark, for which the company reached a final investment decision (FID) in January. With a groundbreaking ceremony held on 17 May and led by Dan Jørgensen, the Danish minister for Climate, Energy & Utilities, Ørsted marked the onsite start of construction of […]

  • Belgium: EWEA Elects New President

    8 March 2013

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has elected Andrew Garrad as its new President. Garrad joined the wind energy industry in 1979 and was President and later Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest independent renewable energy consultancy, with 1,000 employees in 27 countries devoted to renewable energy. Garrad built his first wind turbine […]

  • Next Geosolutions, RMS Surveying West of Adlergrund OWF Cluster Cable Routes

    20 September 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    Next Geosolutions and RMS Submarine are some two months away from wrapping up a 17-month project involving marine surveys for cable route design and engineering of multiple 220kV HVAC grid connections for Arkona and Wikinger offshore wind farms in the western Baltic Sea. Next Geosolutions has been hired by Prysmian, which was awarded a contract to deliver and install the power […]

  • North America Teams Up for Clean Energy

    15 February 2016
    Authorities

    Energy leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration. The MoU was signed during the North American Energy Ministers Meeting on 12 February, when the officials also launched a web platform where North American energy information can be easily accessed in one area. Under […]

  • New York Senators Ask For Offshore Wind Tier in New Clean Energy Standard

    18 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    New York State senators Liz Krueger and Brad Hoylman released a letter signed by 20 state senators to Governor Andrew Cuomo and Audrey Zibelman, Chair of the New York State Public Service Commission, calling for the inclusion of an offshore wind tier in the forthcoming Clean Energy Standard. The Public Service Commission (PSC) recently published a […]

  • UK: DONG Energy Opens Gunfleet Sands Demonstration Project

    12 September 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy’s next generation demonstration site at Gunfleet Sands has been officially opened by Greg Barker MP, the Minister for Climate Change at a ceremony in Harwich. Located next to the existing 172MW Gunfleet Sands wind farm off the coast of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, the new two Siemens 6 megawatt wind turbines mark a significant […]

  • Wind Plays Big Role in UK Shift to Renewables

    31 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    RenewableUK says Government statistics released today show that onshore and offshore wind energy is playing the central role in the country’s successful transition from fossil fuels to clean renewables. In its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics, the Department of Energy and Climate Change says electricity generated from renewable sources increased by 30% in 2013 […]