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  • Riffgat OWF Out of Action Until End of April

    5 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Oldenburg-based utility EWE will not see any power coming from its 113.4 MW Riffgat offshore wind farm until the end of April due to a malfunction on the subsea cable some 22 kilometres off the coast, Mathias Fischer, a spokesperson for the grid operator TenneT TSO, told Offshore WIND. The wind farm has been offline since November 2015 […]

  • Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase 2 Cable Laying Tender Out

    22 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Oldenburg-based Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II has invited tenders for the production and turnkey installation of the inner park cabling at the 200 MW Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) Phase 2, situated in the German exclusive economic zone in the North Sea. The TWB Phase 2 sits 45 kilometers north of the island of Borkum at a water depth […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 21 – 27, 2015

    26 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Umoe Ventus Sinks After Catching Fire off Langeland The Wave Craft Surface Effect Ship Umoe Ventus sank yesterday after catching fire off Langeland, while en route to Bagenkop, according to local media and the police. German Offshore Wind Farms Over 6 Times Busier in 2015 Germany’s offshore wind farms have generated 1.3% of the overall […]

  • COWI Acquires Norwegian OW Foundation Designer

    11 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    COWI A/S has acquired Norwegian engineering firm Teknisk Data A/S (TDA), a company that specialises in the design of offshore wind foundations and high technology floating bridges. In October, TDA reported that it has won several major design contracts for the design of offshore wind turbine foundations, both jackets and monopiles. The contracts involve FEED, Basic […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 09 – 15, 2015

    15 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    First German Floating Foundation Secures Grid Connection German engineering consultancy Gicon has received permission from a governmental agency to feed 2.3MW of grid connection capacity through the country’s first floating offshore foundation – GICON®-SOF. RWE-Led Consortium to Bid for Dutch Borssele OW Projects RWE Innogy, EDP Renewables and Macquarie Capital have formed a consortium to […]

  • No Fire on ‘Beaumaris Bay’

    4 November 2015
    Vessels

    Following the news about fire breaking out on one of the WFSVs at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, Offshore WIND communicated with both the German Maritime Search and Rescue Association (DGzRS), which received the distress call, and Turbine Transfers, the vessel’s operator.  Turbine Transfers contacted Offshore WIND to report that there had not been a […]

  • DNV GL Certifies Meerwind Süd|Ost

    8 June 2015

    DNV GL has submitted the project certificate for the German offshore wind farm Meerwind Süd|Ost to WindMW, responsible for the development, construction and operation of the project. Meerwind Süd|Ost is a 288 megawatt offshore wind farm, located 23 kilometers offshore from the island of Helgoland, and one of the largest projects of its kind in […]

  • Seatronics Appoints Deputy Managing Director

    15 May 2015

    Seatronics Ltd, an Acteon company and part of its survey, monitoring and data business, has promoted Phil Middleton from deputy managing director to group managing director. Middleton will be responsible for managing and developing Seatronics’ global business with a particular focus on long-term growth, strategy and compliance. Middleton said, “I am looking forward to working […]

  • Survivex Appoints New HR Director

    9 September 2014
    Training & Education

    Survivex, a provider of offshore survival training and safety skills to the global energy industry, promotes Lisa Flint from Human Resource (HR) Manager to HR Director, following a period of significant growth and expansion of the company board. Subsequent to the recent appointment of Andrew Green as CEO, Survivex announces Lisa Flint as HR Director. […]

  • OMM Demonstrates Its New ‘Tower Support Services’ Package

    1 September 2014
    Grid Connection

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed six of eleven cable pull-in operations under its new ‘Tower Support Services’ package. The package, which was formed to provide clients with a clearly defined set of support services, also includes hang-off as well as termination and testing operations. John Lawton, Director from OMM, commented: “Our Tower Support […]

  • Former Japanese Prime Minister Visits Carnegie

    25 August 2014

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited hosted former Japanese Prime Minister Mr Naoto Kan this morning at its Fremantle Wave Energy Research Facility. Japan has the potential to host a significant capacity of wave power projects, with approximately 34,000km of coastline and a wave energy resource capable of generating up to 40GW of clean, […]

  • Offshore Wind Services Acquires Offshore Beaver

    30 May 2014

    Offshore Wind Services (OWS) has acquired a multipurpose / diving support vessel “Offshore Beaver”, formerly known as “Union Beaver”. Before entering the fleet of OWS, “Offshore Beaver” had supported projects in the North Sea for Boskalis. With her 32 pax accommodation capacity, 25t crane, salvage winches and 4-point mooring system, she is capable of laying her […]

  • ROVOP Wins New Enterprise Accolade at Subsea UK

    6 February 2014

    The subsea specialist ROVOP has won the New Enterprise accolade at last night’s Subsea UK business awards. Subsea UK’s coveted New Enterprise award, which represents the fourth industry accolade that ROVOP has won, recognises the success of the business in the subsea sector including overall vision, commercial performance to date and market differentiation. ROVOP, an […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 21 – 27, 2013

    27 October 2013

    UK: World’s Largest Wind Turbine Construction Complete  The world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine is now standing at Energy Park Fife. GL Garrad Hassan Reviews Offshore Wind Over Last 10 Years  GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a […]

  • UK: ABPmer Applauds Triton Knoll’s Planning Consent

    12 July 2013

    ABP Marine Environmental Research ltd. (ABPmer) welcomes the announcement that planning consent has been granted by the Secretary of State, Edward Davey, for the construction of the offshore wind farm at Triton Knoll, off the Lincolnshire and Norfolk coast. Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited has been granted permission to construct a 1,200MW wind farm […]

  • Search and Rescue Exercise with Admiral Danish Fleet at Anholt OWF

    8 July 2013
    Training & Education

    As the work in Anholt Offshore Wind Farm takes place in the middle of the Kattegat, it is not ‘just’ possible to call an ambulance or the fire department should an accident happen. Therefore, regular practice and training of safety procedures are part of the employees’ workday; however, a rescue helicopter is not usually a […]

  • Irish Government Approves CWE’s CETO Wave Energy Licence

    6 May 2013
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Ltd. (CWE) announces that the Irish Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan T.D., has approved its application for a Foreshore License in respect of site investigation works between Freagh Point and Spanish Point, Co. Clare. This site was originally selected by CWE’s 100% owned […]

  • UK: Natural Power’s Wave & Tidal Business Development Manager Appointed as Board of Directors Member at OREF

    12 March 2013

    Natural Power’s Business Development Manager for Wave & Tidal, Sally Roberts, has been appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at Orkney Renewable Energy Forum (OREF). OREF’s principal aims are to promote and develop sustainable local energy resources and promote local skills and expertise, benefiting the local community in Orkney. Sally commented on […]

  • Offshore Wind Leaders Discuss Industry Future in Waltham, USA

    31 January 2013

    Offshore wind energy experts met in Waltham on Wednesday to discuss the use of Cape Wind Development as springboard for further offshore wind development in the US, writes South Coast Today. Fara Courtney, executive director of the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative, Bill White, director of offshore wind for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Mark Rogers, […]

  • Eco Wave Power Step Closer to Commercial Scale Power Plant

    30 August 2012

    Having designed, manufactured and tested a mid-scale model of wave energy generating unit, Eco Wave Power has successfully proven the concept of producing cheaper electricity from the ocean waves energy. Based on a number of their patented inventions, like “Power Wing” and the “Wave Clapper”, their electricity generation unit can transform ocean wave energy into […]

  • German Regulator Prepared to Take National Responsibility for Power Grid

    6 June 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    German power network regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, has offered to assume national responsibility for the grid encompassing 16 state borders in Europe’s biggest national power market, Reuters informed. After Chancellor Angela Merkel’s proposition to rapidly replace nuclear power with renewable sources, the government has not set out a valid plan to deal with the shift to […]

  • UK Energy Minister Visits Alderney Renewable Energy

    4 May 2012

    Charles Hendry, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) visited Alderney to meet members of the management team of Alderney Renewable Energy (ARE). ARE has ambitious plans for developing tidal power in the coastal waters around Alderney. In partnership with French industrial group DCNS, ARE plans to create one of […]

  • TAG Energy Solutions Secures First Contract (UK)

    7 September 2011

      TAG Energy Solutions has been awarded its first project since the completion of its £20 million tubular production facility. The Billingham-based company has been awarded a contract to produce a test pile by Wilton Engineering Group, which will be utilised in trial fitting of clamps for DONG Energy’s Siri field in the Danish North […]

  • UK National Grid Launches Pylon Design Competition

    23 May 2011

    The UK’s National Grid launched an unusual competition last week – to design the electricity pylons of the future that will carry green electricity from onshore and offshore wind farms, and other power sources, to the consumer. The UK has around 88,000 pylons built in a steel lattice tower using a design that has barely […]

  • Gemini Offshore Substations Sail Out

    17 August 2015

    The FICG consortium of Cofely Fabricom, Iemants and CG, which was selected by Van Oord for the Gemini offshore wind project in the Netherlands, has finalized the construction of the two HV offshore substations and has shipped them out to their final destination. Both substations Buitengaats (300MW) and ZeeEnergie (300MW) left the Hoboken dock near […]

  • Second WindFloat Atlantic Turbine Heads Home

    2 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The structure comprises a floating platform developed by Principle Power and an MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbine, the largest wind turbine ever installed on a floating structure.