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  • Modus Checks Gwynt y Môr Inter-Array Cable Routes

    2 June 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Modus Seabed Intervention has completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter-array cable routes at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The 160-turbine offshore wind farm, operated by innogy, comprises 161 inter-array cables totaling some 147 kilometres in length. To carry out the depth of burial survey at the wind […]

  • Trianel Windpark Borkum II in Full Array

    18 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The 32nd and final wind turbine at the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) site was installed on Sunday, 17 May. “The last big components were installed Saturday, and final bolt and nut Sunday early morning”, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier informed on 18 May. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier was contracted in February to install eleven turbines on the […]

  • Germany Marks Three Areas as Suitable for Offshore Wind

    30 March 2020
    Authorities

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie; BSH) has marked three new areas as suitable for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms.

  • ORE Catapult and Tus Expand Partnership in China

    10 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Tus Holdings have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the People’s Government of Qingdao and the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology in China. The MoU comes as part of ORE Catapult and Tus Holdings’ partnership, under which they established the TUS-ORE Catapult Research Centre (TORC) for offshore wind in China. […]

  • SSE Urges UK BEIS for More Offshore Wind

    5 July 2019
    Authorities

    SSE has called on the Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Minister Chris Skidmore to increase the 6GW cap on new offshore wind in the UK. According to SSE, the current Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction includes a limited capacity of offshore renewables set before the Committee on Climate Change published its report and the government passed the […]

  • MHI Vestas Orders ABB Transformers for Moray East Turbines

    26 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has won an order from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to supply its WindSTAR transformers for installation in wind turbines on the 950MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Under the project, 100 transformers manufactured in ABB’s transformer factory in Vaasa, Finland, will be supplied for Moray Offshore Renewable Power’s Moray East offshore wind project. […]

  • Kriegers Flak OSS Topsides Touch Down in Baltic Sea

    4 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift vessel Rambiz has installed the Kriegers Flak substation topsides in the Danish Baltic Sea, Energinet reports.

  • N-Sea Well Into East Anglia ONE UXO Hunt

    14 March 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    UK and Netherlands-based subsea provider N-Sea is part-way through a multi-million-pound unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance campaign for ScottishPower Renewables on the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

  • BOEM Issues Final SEIS for Cape Wind Energy Project

    7 August 2017
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Cape Wind Energy Project offshore Massachusetts.

  • Offshore Wind Expert Support Team Helping Scottish Businesses Tap Into GBP 60bn Market

    5 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands & Island Enterprise (HIE) and BVG Associates (BVGA) are continuing their collaboration within the Offshore Wind Expert Support framework, and are launching a new phase of this programme designed to support Scottish companies in making the most of renewable energy opportunities, valued at GBP 60 billion. The Offshore Wind Expert Support framework was developed by SE and […]

  • Siemens 7MW Turbine Duo Undergoing Final Tests

    16 February 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens has recently installed a second SWT-7.0-154 turbine for field testing, with both 7MW prototype turbines currently undergoing grid performance, quality and safety trials. Siemens’ flagship offshore wind turbine received final type certification from DNV GL in January, the final milestone in the development process, allowing customers to make final investment decisions for offshore projects. Since many of the […]

  • German Trailblazer Beats Forecast Annual Yield

    18 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, generated 242.176 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2015, surpassing the forecast yield in its fifth year of operation by 3.1 percent. The power generated by the 60 MW Alpha Ventus is equivalent to the annual power consumption of 69,000 average households. The wind farm, jointly owned by EWE, E.ON and […]

  • 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 […]

  • Top News of 2018 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2019

    From a sea of major updates that hit the headlines last year, Offshore WIND has chosen a few that could sketch the sector’s progress by looking at various developments across the globe in 2018.

  • Pelamis Undertakes KTP with University of Dundee (UK)

    12 July 2013

    The KTP project will investigate the design, construction and manufacturing processes associated with the use of concrete as a primary construction material for Pelamis machines. The tube structures of existing Pelamis wave energy converters are currently constructed from steel, which has proven a very effective versatile material for the early stages of Pelamis technology development. […]

  • UK Ups CfD Budget by GBP 25 Mln

    28 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The auctions, which will start on 29 January, will see only the most competitive projects receive contracts – helping to drive down the cost of renewables support. Projects are set to compete for £325 million in support from new Contracts for Difference (CFD) – an increase of £25 million from the budget published in October. […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Offshore Wind Bonanza

    13 February 2015

    RenewableUK says a number of fresh announcements highlight the full extent of the UK’s booming business environment for the offshore wind industry and its supply chain. The global manufacturing company CS Wind has confirmed that it’s planning to build an offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in the Humber region – the first factory in […]

  • Moventas Opens Subsidiary in France

    20 February 2013

    Moventas, one of the world’s leading gear manufacturers and service providers, has opened a subsidiary in France. Moventas France will increase the company’s presence and sales efforts in all of its business areas in the country. The new subsidiary will be building Moventas’ local service and technical support in France, for both its industrial and […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s Announcement

    13 March 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed today’s announcement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, that coastal communities around the UK will be getting a share of millions of pounds of funding to create jobs and support local projects. The Coastal Communities Fund – a pot of money worth £27.8 million this year – is financed […]

  • RABOBANK’S RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE GROUP WELCOMES TONY MUOSER AS MANAGING DIRECTOR (USA)

    2 September 2010
    Training & Education

    Rabobank today announced that Tony Muoser will join its Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Finance (REIF) – Americas group, as a Managing Director based in New York. “Tony’s extensive knowledge of the renewable energy sector and his experience in closing transactions will contribute to our team’s planned growth,” said Thomas Emmons, Head of REIF – Americas […]

  • Building an offshore wind industry (UK)

    30 June 2010
    Training & Education

    Exclusive from Offshore wind 2010 conference in Liverpool. David Still, managing director of CBE talked today on Offshore Wind 2010 Conference about building the industry and offshore wind supply chain. Supply chain is all about timing, we can’t relie on given time frames. He also added they are building the Britannia 10MW turbine which is […]

  • NJ Officials Party in Atlantic City for Offshore Wind

    8 August 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    US Department of Energy’s grant for the development of an offshore wind farm off New Jersey’s coast was celebrated yesterday on Steel Pier in Atlantic City. In May, Fishermen’s Energy Atlantic City Windfarm (FACW) project was selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as one of three projects that will receive up to $46.7 […]

  • Mitsubishi Electric Develops SVC-Diamond Static Synchronous Compensator

    25 August 2014
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed the SVC-DiamondTMstatic synchronous compensator (STATCOM), a voltage source converter (VSC) shunt reactive power compensator with a modular multilevel converter (MMC). The commercial launch is targeted sometime in or after 2016.  The new SVC-DiamondTM helps strengthen the power network when renewable energy resources such as solar and wind are introduced. Since […]

  • Osiris Creates Construction Timeline of ‘Bibby Athena’ Offshore Survey Vessel

    23 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, have issued an updated timeline with the latest time lapse footage of the ‘Bibby Athena’ build so far. Since the original video was made available the build has progressed substantially. Fabrication of the hull is now complete and the updated timeline footage is now live on Osiris Projects’ website. […]

  • MEA Issues Geophysical Report on Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Area

    4 June 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has released a report detailing a high-resolution geophysical and oceanographic survey of the entire Maryland Wind Energy Area. The survey was the first by any state to map the seafloor geology of a complete Wind Energy Area. This information is critical to optimizing the siting, design and layout of an offshore […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 1 – 7, 2013

    7 July 2013

    China: Ming Yang Completes 6.5MW Wind Turbine Prototype China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”) , a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, announced that its first 6.5MW prototype super compact drive (“SCD”) wind turbine generator (“WTG”) has been successfully completed in June 2013, and installation and testing are expected […]