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  • Top News of the Week, 13 – 19 November 2017

    19 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    BiFab Crisis: Workers Rally at Scottish Parliament as Unions Urge SSE to ‘Rein In’ SHL The trade unions supporting BiFab workers have called on SSE to ‘rein in’ the contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) and save 1,400 jobs in Fife and Lewis. On 16 November, SSE issued a statement saying that, as a 15% shareholder […]

  • IMCA Playing Big Part in Offshore Wind Safety

    12 August 2015

    International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has gained a seat at the UK HSE GB ‘Offshore Wind Industry Leaders Workshop’ in Bootle in November thanks to its Offshore Renewable Workgroup. “There is no doubt that the Offshore Renewables Workgroup, under the dynamic chairmanship of Alan MacLeay of Subsea 7/Seaway Heavy Lifting, is extremely proactive and producing some […]

  • KSB: Pumps Increase Efficiency of Wind Energy Systems (Germany)

    25 September 2012

    At Husum WindEnergy 2012, the trade fair held in Husum from 18 to 22 September, German pump and valve manufacturer KSB presented its products and services for suppliers and original equipment manufacturers of wind energy systems. Etaseco canned motor pumps were one of the highlights at the fair. They are installed in the wind turbines’ […]

  • Atmocean Gets Green Light for Peru Wave Energy Project

    9 December 2014
    Authorities

    Atmocean, Inc. has announced it has been awarded a permit to deploy its wave energy system just north of ILO, Peru. In addition, Atmocean is now working with the Global Technology Deployment Initiative (GTDI) to develop a Strategic Plan to accelerate the deployment of its technology globally. GTDI seeks to identify breakthrough technologies which when brought […]

  • Australia: Carnegie Wave Energy Receives First Payment for CETO Seawater Desalination Plant

    8 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) announces that it has received $142,692 as the first payment of its $1.27m AusIndustry grant to support a CETO Seawater Desalination Demonstration Pilot Plant. The first and subsequent grant payments support the design, construction and operation of a CETO powered Desalination Plant which will desalinate seawater to […]

  • Nexans Continues Export Cable Works at Beatrice

    30 October 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The second campaign of the installation of two export cables in the export corridors and construction site of the Beatrice offshore wind farm will start around 2 November, according to the project’s Notice to Mariners. 

  • Dudgeon Substation Jacket Stands Straight

    1 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A 1,500-tonne steel jacket which will support an offshore substation at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm has been installed in the seabed some 32 kilometres off Cromer, Norfolk.  The jacket structure, built by Sembmarine SLP Ltd, was sunk into the seabed using suction bucket technology for the first time on an offshore substation in the UK. Four suction buckets, […]

  • One Week Left Until Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark

    29 November 2012

    Next week over 80 of the most senior health and safety executives will be meeting in the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel in Denmark’s capital for the Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit. On the 5-6th December the who’s who of the offshore wind health and safety industry will be discussing the biggest challenges facing the industry […]

  • South Korea Setting Up International Offshore Wind Research Center

    12 July 2019
    R&D

    EnBW Asia Pacific has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korea’s Chonbuk National University to support the creation of an International Offshore Wind Research Center. 26 other institutions and companies are participating in this project including Korea Shipbuilding & Ocean Engineering Research Institute, Hyundai Global, JY Heavy Industries, among others. The center will support the Seamangeum offshore […]

  • UK: Sutton Bridge Asks for Benefits in Centrica’s Offshore Wind Projects

    7 October 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment

    Sutton Bridge Parish Council is trying to get the best from Centrica’s offshore wind projects and protect its citizens and shore at the same time, as the Race Bank project development gears up. After the cables were laid through the Sutton Bridge sea bank for Lincs offshore wind farm, the sea bank will yet again […]

  • Carnegie Completes Pipeline Work on Desalination Pilot Plant

    13 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has received a quarterly grant payment of $143,436 as part of a $1.27m AusIndustry grant that supports the design, construction and operation of a CETO wave powered desalination pilot plant, part of the Perth Wave Energy Project. This is the fifth quarterly payment received and takes the total funds received to date to $949,096 […]

  • First Transition Piece Installed at DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    8 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first transition piece (TP) was grouted at the DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm on location DT01 on the 1st of May. Since the Seafox 5 first entered the DanTysk field it has been too cold for the installation of the TPs. Monopiles have been left standing, just barely visible above the waters surface. For the installation of the TPs, grout (concrete) has […]

  • Global Energy Wins Work on Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    26 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has signed a multi-million-pound contract with the Scottish fabricator Global Energy Group (GEG) to supply secondary foundation elements for the Moray West wind farm offshore Scotland. Under the contract, GEG will manufacture and transport two J-tube frames that will be attached to the two foundations holding the offshore substation platforms. The frames will […]

  • Vattenfall Orders Reusable Monopile Covers for Hollandse Kust Zuid

    12 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has ordered 140 reusable monopile covers for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm from Theuws Polyester, which will work together with Composite Cover Manufacturing on the project. The first 40 covers are planned to be delivered this year and the remaining 100 in 2022. “The design of these monopile covers is innovative, […]

  • Stadtwerke Bochum Invests in Trianel Borkum II Offshore Wind Farm

    3 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German utility Stadtwerke Bochum has agreed to acquire a 10 percent stake in the 203MW Trianel Borkum II offshore wind farm. Other stakeholders in the Trianel Borkum II offshore wind farm include EWE AG and Trianel, with each company controlling a 37.5 percent share of the project. EWE AG and Trianel are currently in talks with interested […]

  • Shell Joins Dutch OW Consortium Aiming for EUR 70/MWh by 2030

    14 June 2016
    R&D

    A consortium of 16 Dutch companies and research institutes will launch an innovation program for offshore wind – GROW – with an aim to bring the cost of offshore wind further down to seven eurocents per kWh by 2030.  The GROW (Growth through Research, development & demonstration in Offshore Wind) consortium will spend at least EUR 100 million on research, development and […]

  • Changfang & Xidao Foundations Installation Reaches Halfway Mark

    5 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has installed 31 out of 62 jacket foundations at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm in Taiwan, which means the project has reached the halfway mark. After finishing the installation of 108 pin piles a month ago, Boskalis has reached another milestone on the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project, with the installation […]

  • Triton Knoll Starts Marine Mammals Safety Mission

    2 April 2020
    Environment

    Seiche Environmental has been appointed to monitor and manage the safety of marine mammals at the Triton Knoll offshore wind project site in the UK. Seiche Environmental stated it is in charge of implementing important mitigation measures at the site offshore Lincolnshire, despite it already being assessed as having low potential for marine mammal presence. […]

  • Carnegie’s Desal Plant Connected to CETO Wave Plant

    23 October 2015
    Technology

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has announced that the world’s first wave energy powered seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant is fully integrated and operational. Carnegie’s desalination pilot plant on Garden Island (co-located with the Perth Wave Energy Project) was commissioned off the electricity grid earlier this year, and is now fully integrated with the CETO wave energy power plant, meaning […]

  • Seatower Deployed at Fécamp Site

    10 February 2015
    Technology

    Seatower installed a crane-free gravity base foundation at the Fécamp site in the English Channel yesterday. MT Højgaard carried out the installation by towing the foundation to desired position and then letting seawater flow into the hollow foundation thus fixing it to the seabed by its own ballasted weight. “We are pleased that both the manufacturing schedule and […]

  • MCT Upkeeps SeaGen Tidal Turbine

    10 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Marine Current Turbines’ (MCT) SeaGen tidal turbine, installed in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland, will be undergoing scheduled inspection and maintenance from Monday, December 15. SeaGen comprises a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines at the extremities. The crossbeam is expected to be raised above the water for inspection and maintenance work for a period of 3 days. SeaGen works by […]

  • First Turbines Up at World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first two wind turbines have been installed at Dogger Bank A, the first of the three phases of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction. According to a Notice of Operations from the project, the first wind turbine was installed on the 29th of August […]

  • All Foundations, Subsea Cables Installed at Formosa 2

    1 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    All 47 wind turbine jacket foundations and all subsea cables are now in place at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The wind farm also has more than half of its wind turbines installed so far. The final jacket foundation was installed on 26 August, with the subsea cable works reaching completion on […]

  • Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

    23 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm, soon to be the largest of its kind in Scottish waters, has produced first power on 22 August, when the first wind turbine was commissioned and connected to the grid. The GBP 3 billion (approx. EUR 3.6 billion) project, owned by SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, is located 27 […]

  • UKEF Helps BiFab Meet Beatrice OWF Terms of Contract

    21 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK Export Finance (UKEF) yesterday informed that it had helped BurntIsland Fabrications Ltd (BiFab) access finance to meet the terms of the contract for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, awarded to the UK steel structures fabricator by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) in June 2016.

  • Offshore Renewables Focus of IMCA’s Meeting (Germany)

    12 November 2013

    On Thursday 28 November, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will hold the first ever meeting of its long-established Europe & Africa Section in Germany, where offshore renewables will be in focus. “IMCA established an offshore renewables workgroup in 2011 following growing concerns regarding safety in the offshore wind construction industry,” explains the association’s Technical […]