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  • UK’s Subsea Cable Specialists Win Queen’s Award

    24 April 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    UK Subsea Cable Specialists Engineering Technology Applications Ltd have received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for their global success, particularly in relation to offshore renewables. The award recognises that in the last three years ETA has seen an increase of nearly 200% in international sales. This increase has largely been […]

  • DONG Energy Finds Offshore Communication Solution

    6 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Innovative employees in DONG Energy’s wind business have found a new communication tool that makes it possible to communicate on offshore sites before cables have been uncoiled, and telecommunication poles have been installed. The solution is a small portable 10-foot container containing communication systems which can reach far out to sea. At the moment, DONG […]

  • Businesses Support Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Plans

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Businesses have overwhelmingly backed plans to create the world’s first man-made tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Every business that took part in a survey by Swansea Bay Business Club said it supported the plans, and that the lagoon would be a positive development for the area. Even companies that did not believe the lagoon would […]

  • USA: Subsea Cabling Software Sells Good in Offshore Renewables Market

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Makai Ocean Engineering has recently made multiple sales of their full-featured GIS route engineering software, MakaiPlan, to power cable installers who serve the offshore renewable energy market. “We have been monitoring the offshore renewables market closely,” said Dr. Jose Andres, CEO of Makai, “and we are excited that our planning and installation tools are being […]

  • RWE Subcontracts Semco for Nordsee Ost Substation Project (Germany)

    19 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    German energy group RWE has chosen Semco Maritime as subcontractor for design and installation of German utility provider RWE’s substation platform at the offshore wind farm Nordsee Ost in the German North Sea region. The project includes offshore commissioning of the electrical and technical systems at the substation. The contract was won in close cooperation […]

  • North Devon Council Discusses Atlantic Array (UK)

    10 September 2013
    Authorities

    At a council meeting on 28the August, North Devon Councillors discussed the application for the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm. Councillors considered the impact of the development on the unique environment and views of the area, the effect on residents living along the access routes needed for its construction and the cumulative effect of the turbines on the […]

  • Germany: AMBAU to Construct Largest Offshore Wind Tower

    10 July 2013

    July will see construction begin at the AMBAU site in Cuxhaven, Germany of the largest offshore tower ever built for a wind turbine, measuring 7.33 metres at the base flange. Consisting of four segments, the tower will have a total height of 106 metres; the largest segment can only be manufactured at Cuxhaven due to […]

  • Germany: Seafox Group Successfully Starts Operations in Offshore Wind Industry

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    After months of careful planning and detailed engineering, the Seafox 5  installed the first offshore wind monopile on February 28th. These  monopiles serve as the foundations of the  DanTysk Offshore Wind Park. The main contractor for the foundations of this wind farm is Aarsleff Billfinger Berger Joint Venture (ABJV) that, with use of the Seafox […]

  • Germany: Rösler Discusses Challenges in Offshore Wind Development

    9 August 2012

    The Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler yesterday met with representatives of the North German coastal states and the transmission system operators to discuss solutions to the challenges in the development of offshore wind energy. The main questions were about the issue of liability for delays and disruptions of supply from offshore […]

  • Germany: TenneT Gets Approval for Nordergründe Connection

    9 July 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Since the update of the Energy Act in August 2009, an approval of high-voltage cables for connection of offshore wind farms is required for the implementation of planning procedures. In early 2011, TenneT filed extensive application forms for both the sea and the land route of the Nordergründe grid connection project to the authority of […]

  • Germany: NORD/LB Finances Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is participating in the financing of an installation vessel for offshore wind energy farms. Commissioned by the international provider of construction-related services HOCHTIEF, the “VIDAR” is a jack-up vessel being built at the Crist shipyard in Poland and scheduled to go into service from 2013 onwards. NORD/LB has co-structured the transaction within […]

  • ForWind Organizes ‘Wind Energy and Impact of Turbulence on Conversion Process’ Conference (Germany)

    14 February 2012

    EUROMECH Colloquium 528 will be hosting a “Wind Energy and the Impact of Turbulence on the Conversion Process” event from 22 to 24 February at the University of Oldenburg. The conference has been organized by ForWind, the Centre for Wind Energy Research of the University of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen. More than 80 experts from […]

  • Palfinger to Supply 111 Offshore Wind Platform Cranes to Dong Energy (Denmark)

    14 October 2011
    Technology

      Following the recent order for 48 cranes by REpower Systems SE, PALFINGER WIND is again in the headlines winning a tender for 111 offshore wind platform cranes to be delivered to DONG Energy, Denmarks leading energy company. Deliveries will already start in January next year for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, Denmark’s largest offshore […]

  • UK: Phase 1 of Walney Offshore Wind Farm Becomes Operational

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      The first phase of the offshore wind farm being developed in the Irish Sea by Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd, in which SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has a 25.1% stake, is now operational. This means that 51 turbines, with a total installed capacity of 183.6MW, have successfully completed commissioning tests and are […]

  • Visser & Smit Marine Contracting and Ballast Nedam Offshore at Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance Conference Rotterdam

    22 December 2010

    Ton Geul, Business Development Manager at Visser & Smit Marince Contracting and Edwin van de Brug, Commercial Manager at Ballast Nedam Offshore will present their views during the conference Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 3011. The second edition of the conference will pay special attention to the electricity grid. Visser & Smit Marine Contracting is […]

  • Precision Drilling Benefits from Offshore Wind Development

    3 September 2015

    Precision Drilling has won a raft of new construction and demolition jobs stemming from increased offshore wind and green energy related contracts. The Hull-based specialist contractor has recently invested £100,000 in new equipment, machinery, vehicles and business development. Ian Wilkinson, managing director, said: “Since purchasing Precision Drilling in 2013, we have invested more than a […]

  • UK: ADC Launches Code of Practice at 2012 Oceanology Exhibition

    20 March 2012

    Following a period of development, ADC launched the new Code of Practice at the 2012 Oceanology Exhibition, recently held at the Excel Centre in London. The Code deals with all matters relating to Conducting Diving Operations on Renewable Energy Projects up to 12 miles offshore, in water depths up to 50m depth, using air or […]

  • Octopus Helps Oxifree Expand to Offshore Wind

    27 August 2015

    Corrosion prevention specialist Oxifree Global has secured funding from Octopus Investments enabling it to invest in expanding its offering within the offshore wind industry. The business will also supplement existing operations in Houston, Texas with additional facilities in Europe and the Far East. Ed Hall, one of the Founders and MD of Oxifree, said: “We are […]

  • Omexom Hires HeliService for Air Transport on 5 Offshore Wind Farms

    5 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Omexom Renewable Energies Offshore, former EWE Offshore Service & Solutions (EWE OSS), has awarded a contract to HeliService, booking the German helicopter transport provider’s services on five offshore wind farms for at least two years. HeliService will be responsible for offshore air transport and hoisting work on the Alpha Ventus, Riffgat, Trianel Windpark Borkum, and Merkur […]

  • Finland to Test 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbines in Freezing Sea Conditions

    15 February 2023
    Authorities, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted EUR 30 million to Suomen Hyötytuuli, the owner and operator of the country’s only offshore wind farm, to support the development of the Tahkoluoto demonstration project off Pori. The funding will go towards the installation of two 15 MW turbines in proximity to the 44.3 MW Tahkoluoto […]

  • GE’s Haliade-X 14.7 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Type-Certified

    15 December 2022
    Technology

    GE Renewable Energy has received a full type certificate from DNV for its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine for operations up to 14.7 MW. This type certification follows an earlier certification that the Haliade-X could operate at up to 13.6 MW and makes the Haliade-X the most powerful turbine with a full type certification, according to […]

  • India Approves National Offshore Wind Energy Policy

    9 September 2015
    Authorities

    India’s Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy. With this approval, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been authorized as the Nodal Ministry for use of offshore areas within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country and […]

  • OMM Signs Five-Year Nordsee Ost Contract

    15 July 2015
    Grid Connection

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has been awarded a contract by RWE Innogy to deliver cable repair and an option for maintenance services to the German Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. The five-year agreement will involve OMM working in collaboration with the firm to provide essential structural and subsea services on its 295MW farm, situated close […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Industry Needs Noise Impact Studies

    12 March 2012
    Environment

    Long-term impacts of turbine noise on the marine life are still poorly understood and the lack of data might have unfavorable impacts on offshore wind projects, reports Vineyard Gazette. However, certain studies have provided some clues about how marine life might be affected by underwater turbine noise while the potential impact on fisheries remains an […]

  • Danish Offshore Wind Farm Cleared For Takeoff

    11 November 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency has granted an establishment permit giving HOFOR Vind the right to build the Aflandshage offshore wind farm in the Øresund Strait. The wind farm will feature up to 26 offshore wind turbines with an individual capacity of between 9.5 MW 11 MW, and a combined capacity of between 247 MW and […]

  • Greencoat Completes Transaction to Acquire 12.5 Pct of Hornsea One

    26 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Greencoat UK Wind has completed its acquisition of a net 12.5 per cent stake in the Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK, currently the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. Greencoat announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the stake on 16 May 2022 and said the buy-in will be funded […]